John Loder
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 2, 1898
- Died
- Dec 26, 1988 (aged 90)
- Place of birth
- London, England, UK
- Credits
- 92
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John Loder (3 January 1898 — 26 December 1988) was a British-American actor. He was born William John Muir Lowe in London. His father was General W. H. M. Lowe, the British officer to whom Patrick Pearse, the leader of the Irish 1916 Rising in Dublin, surrendered. Both General Lowe and his son were present at the surrender of Pearse.
He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College and followed his father into the army, commissioned into 15th Hussars as a second lieutenant on 17 March 1915, and then serving in the Gallipoli Campaign and at one point being imprisoned by the Germans.
Upon being released, he stayed in Germany to run a pickle factory and also began to develop an interest in acting, appearing in bit-parts in a few German films. He left Germany to briefly return to England and then headed to Hollywood to try his luck in the new medium, Talkies. He appeared in The Doctor's Secret, which was Paramount's first talking picture—though his very English persona didn't win America over at this time and he returned to England where he co-starred in plush musicals and intrigue such as Love Life and Laughter and Sabotage. He was the male romantic interest in the 1937 original film version of King Solomon's Mines.
When World War II started he returned to America where he seamlessly coasted into a career in 'B' movie roles usually playing upper crust characters with occasional appearances on Broadway. He occasionally did play roles, though supporting ones, in major 'A' films such as How Green Was My Valley, in which he was at the same time one of Roddy McDowall's brothers and Donald Crisp's sons.
In 1947 he became an American citizen, his last screen appearance was in 1971. In 1959 he became a naturalised citizen of the United Kingdom as he has been of "uncertain nationality".
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Known for
How Green Was My Valley
1941Movie
Ianto Morgan
Sabotage
1936Movie
Ted
Now, Voyager
1942Movie
Elliot Livingston
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933Movie
Peynell
Passage to Marseille
1944Movie
Manning
Gentleman Jim
1942Movie
Carlton De Witt
Filmography
The Firechasers
1971Movie
Routledge
Allá donde el viento brama
1963Movie
The Secret Man
1958Movie
Major Anderson
Gideon's Day
1958Movie
Ponsford 'The Duke'
Josette of New Orleans
1958Movie
The Colonel
The Story of Esther Costello
1957Movie
Paul Marchant
Small Hotel
1957Movie
Mr. Finch
Woman and the Hunter
1957Movie
Mitchell Gifford
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956TV
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950TV
Preston Mitchell
Dishonored Lady
1947Movie
Felix Courtland
One More Tomorrow
1946Movie
Owen Arthur
The Wife of Monte Cristo
1946Movie
De Villefort, Prefect of Police
Woman Who Came Back
1945Movie
Dr. Matt Adams
A Game of Death
1945Movie
Don Rainsford
Jealousy
1945Movie
Dr. David Brent
The Brighton Strangler
1945Movie
Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
The Fighting Guardsman
1945Movie
Sir John Tanley
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944Movie
Aussie Sgt. Cyril North
The Hairy Ape
1944Movie
Tony Lazar
Passage to Marseille
1944Movie
Manning
Old Acquaintance
1943Movie
Preston Drake
Adventure in Iraq
1943Movie
George Torrence
Murder on the Waterfront
1943Movie
Holbrook
The Mysterious Doctor
1943Movie
Sir Henry Leland
The Gorilla Man
1943Movie
Captain Craig Killian
Gentleman Jim
1942Movie
Carlton De Witt
Now, Voyager
1942Movie
Elliot Livingston
Eagle Squadron
1942Movie
Paddy Carson
Confirm or Deny
1941Movie
Captain Lionel Channing
How Green Was My Valley
1941Movie
Ianto Morgan
One Night In Lisbon
1941Movie
Cmdr. Peter Walmsley
Scotland Yard
1941Movie
Sir John Lasher
Tin Pan Alley
1940Movie
Reggie Carstairs
Diamond Frontier
1940Movie
Dr. Charles Clayton
Adventure in Diamonds
1940Movie
Michael Barclay
Meet Maxwell Archer
1940Movie
Maxwell Archer
Threats
1940Movie
Dick Stone
Murder Will Out
1939Movie
Dr. Paul Raymond
The Silent Battle
1939Movie
Bordier
Anything to Declare?
1938Movie
Capt. Rufus Grant
Peace on the Rhine
1938Movie
Émile Scheffer
Katia
1938Movie
Tsar Alexandre II of Russia
Owd Bob
1938Movie
David Moore
Under Secret Orders
1937Movie
Lt. Peter Carr
Non-Stop New York
1937Movie
Inspector Jim Grant
Doctor Syn
1937Movie
Denis Cobtree
King Solomon's Mines
1937Movie
Sir Henry Curtis
Sabotage
1936Movie
Ted
Queen of Hearts
1936Movie
Derek Cooper
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936Movie
Dick Haslewood
Guilty Melody
1936Movie
Richard Carter
Ourselves Alone
1936Movie
Captain Wiltshire
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
1936Movie
Prince Lobkowitz
It Happened in Paris
1935Movie
Paul
The Silent Passenger
1935Movie
John Ryder
18 Minutes
1935Movie
Trelawney
Lorna Doone
1934Movie
John Ridd
My Song Goes Round the World
1934Movie
Rico
Sing As We Go
1934Movie
Hugh Phillips
Rolling in Money
1934Movie
Lord Gawthorpe
Java Head
1934Movie
Gerrit Ammidon
The Battle
1934Movie
Commander Fergan
Love, Life and Laughter
1934Movie
Prince Charles
La bataille
1934Movie
Herbert Fergan
You Made Me Love You
1933Movie
Harry Berne
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933Movie
Peynell
Money for Speed
1933Movie
Mitch
Wedding Rehearsal
1932Movie
John Hopkins aka Bimbo
Money Means Nothing
1932Movie
Earl Egbert
On the Loose
1931Movie
Mr. Loder
Seas Beneath
1931Movie
Franz Shiller
Are You There?
1930Movie
Bit Role (uncredited)
One Night at Susie's
1930Movie
Hayes
Sweethearts and Wives
1930Movie
Sam Worthington
The Man Hunter
1930Movie
George Castle
The Second Floor Mystery
1930Movie
Fraser-Freer's Younger Brother
Lilies of the Field
1930Movie
Walter Harker
Rich People
1929Movie
Captain Danforth
The Racketeer
1929Movie
Jack Oakhurst
Love, Live & Laugh
1929Movie
Dr. Price
Her Private Affair
1929Movie
Carl Weild
The Unholy Night
1929Movie
Captain Dorchester
Black Waters
1929Movie
Charles
Sunset Pass
1929Movie
Ashleigh Preston
The Doctor's Secret
1929Movie
Hugh Paton
The Case of Lena Smith
1929Movie
(uncredited)
The First Born
1928Movie
Lord David Harborough
Casanovas Erbe
1928Movie
Fair Game
1928Movie
Oberleutnant von Rohnstedt
A Daughter Of Destiny
1928Movie
Viscount
Die weiße Spinne
1927Movie