Person

John Longden

Acting · 1900–1971 · West Indies

John Longden was a West Indian-born English screen, stage, and television actor. He appeared in dozens of films from 1926 to 1964, including five (Blackmail, Juno and the Paycock, The Skin Game, Young and Innocent, Jamaica Inn) directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Longden appeared in numerous television series.

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  The Adventures of Robin Hood

  The Abbot

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  Mark Saber

  Simon Graves

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  The Count of Monte Cristo

  1956

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  Espionage

  American Ambassador

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  Richard the Lionheart

  Sir Thomas

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  Interpol Calling

  Lord Ruskington

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  The World of Hammer

  Self (archive footage)

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  The Adventures of William Tell

  1958

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  A Matter of Life and Death

  Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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  Man from Interpol

  Mercer

• 1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)
• 1964Frozen AliveProf. Hubbard
• 1963The Man Who Finally DiedMunch
• 1963EspionageAmerican Ambassador
• 1962Richard the LionheartSir Thomas
• 1961So Evil, So YoungMr. Turner
• 1960An Honourable MurderJulian Caesar
• 1960Man from InterpolMercer
• 1959A Woman's TemptationInspector Syms
• 1959Interpol CallingLord Ruskington
• 1959Broad Waterways
• 1958A Midsummer Night's DreamEgeus
• 1958The Adventures of William Tell
• 1958Innocent SinnersAdmiral
• 1957Ordeal by FireDe La Fayette
• 1957Three Sundays to LiveWarder
• 1957Quatermass 2Chief Inspector Lomax
• 1956The Count of Monte Cristo
• 1955Alias John PrestonRichard Sandford
• 1955The Adventures of Robin HoodThe Abbot
• 1955The Ship That Died of ShameDetective
• 1955Final Column
• 1954Mark SaberSimon Graves
• 1954Meet Mr. CallaghanJeremy Meraulton
• 1954Dangerous CargoWorthington
• 1952The WalletMan With Pipe
• 1952The Magic BoxSpeaker in Connaught Rooms
• 1951Black WidowMr. Kemp
• 1951The Dark LightStephen
• 1951Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who DisappearedSherlock Holmes
• 1951Pool of LondonDI Williams
• 1950The Elusive PimpernelThe Abbot
• 1950The Lady Craved ExcitementInspector James
• 1948Bonnie Prince CharlieColonel O'Sullivan
• 1948Anna KareninaGen. Serpuhousky
• 1948The Last Load
• 1947The Ghosts of Berkeley SquareMortimer Digby
• 1947The Adventures of Dusty BatesTod Jenkins
• 1946A Matter of Life and DeathNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1943The Silver FleetJost Meertens
• 1943Death by DesignInspector Slade
• 1942Unpublished StoryMetcalf
• 1942One of Our Aircraft Is MissingGround Officer (uncredited)
• 1942Rose of TraleePaddy O'Brien
• 1941Tower of TerrorCommander
• 1941Old Mother Riley's CircusBill
• 1941The Common TouchStuart Gordon
• 1941Barging AlongNarrator
• 1940ContrabandPassport officer
• 1939The Lion Has WingsUnnamed Character
• 1939Goodbye, Mr. ChipsRaven (uncredited)
• 1939Jamaica InnCaptain Johnson (uncredited)
• 1939Q PlanesJohn Peters, a Pilot
• 1938The Gaunt StrangerInspector Bliss
• 1938Bad BoyInspector Thompson
• 1937For Dealers Only
• 1937Jennifer HalePolice Inspector Merton
• 1937It Isn't DonePeter Ashton
• 1937Young and InnocentDet. Insp. Kent
• 1936ThoroughbredBill Peel
• 1934The Silence of Dean MaitlandDean Maitland
• 1933Born LuckyFrank Dale
• 1932Murder on the Second FloorHugh Bromilow
• 1932Come Into My ParlourDirector
• 1931RynoxAnthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
• 1931The Wickham MysteryHarry Crawford
• 1931Hindle WakesBoyfriend
• 1931Two Crowded HoursHarry Fielding
• 1931The RingerInspector Wembury
• 1931The Skin GameCharles Hornblower
• 1930Children of ChanceJeffrey
• 1930Two WorldsLt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
• 1930Juno and the PaycockCharles Bentham
• 1930The Flame of LoveLieutenant Boris Boriskoff
• 1930Elstree CallingHimself
• 1929AtlanticLanchester
• 1929BlackmailDetective Frank Webber
• 1929PiccadillyMan from China (uncredited)
• 1929The Last PostDavid / Martin
• 1928You Know What Sailors Are
• 1928Palais De DanseNo. 1
• 1928Mademoiselle Parley VooLe Beau - Illusionist
• 1928The Flight CommanderIvan
• 1927QuinneysJoseph Quinney
• 1927The ArcadiansJack Meadows
• 1927The Glad EyeFloquet
• 1927The House of Marney