
Birthday
1900/11/11
Day of death
1971/05/26 (70 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
West Indies
Also know as
John Longdon
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.

(1929) Blackmail
as Detective Frank Webber

(1937) Young and Innocent
as Det. Insp. Kent

(1955) Alias John Preston
as Richard Sandford

(1957) Quatermass 2
as Chief Inspector Lomax

(1930) Juno and the Paycock
as Charles Bentham

(1931) The Skin Game
as Charles Hornblower

(1940) Contraband
as Passport officer
(1941) Barging Along
as Narrator

(1938) The Gaunt Stranger
as Inspector Bliss

(1929) The Last Post
as David / Martin
(1927) Quinneys
as Joseph Quinney
(1927) The Arcadians
as Jack Meadows

(1927) The Glad Eye
as Floquet

(1947) The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
as Mortimer Digby

(1961) So Evil, So Young
as Mr. Turner

(1947) The Adventures of Dusty Bates
as Tod Jenkins
(1937) It Isn't Done
as Peter Ashton

(1954) Dangerous Cargo
as Worthington
(1950) The Lady Craved Excitement
as Inspector James

(1948) Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Colonel O'Sullivan

(1946) A Matter of Life and Death
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1938) Bad Boy
as Inspector Thompson
(1952) The Wallet
as Man With Pipe

(1939) Jamaica Inn
as Captain Johnson (uncredited)

(1939) Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Raven (uncredited)

(1954) Meet Mr. Callaghan
as Jeremy Meraulton

(1948) The Last Load
as ---

(1939) Q Planes
as John Peters, a Pilot

(1930) The Flame of Love
as Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff

(1958) Innocent Sinners
as Admiral

(1936) Thoroughbred
as Bill Peel

(1930) Elstree Calling
as Himself

(1931) Hindle Wakes
as Boyfriend

(1934) The Silence of Dean Maitland
as Dean Maitland

(1951) Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
as Sherlock Holmes
(1960) An Honourable Murder
as Julian Caesar

(1933) Born Lucky
as Frank Dale

(1931) Rynox
as Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik

(1941) The Common Touch
as Stuart Gordon

(1937) Jennifer Hale
as Police Inspector Merton

(1929) Piccadilly
as Man from China (uncredited)

(1951) Pool of London
as DI Williams

(1951) Black Widow
as Mr. Kemp

(1941) Tower of Terror
as Commander

(1930) Children of Chance
as Jeffrey

(1930) Two Worlds
as Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
(1931) The Ringer
as Inspector Wembury

(1931) Two Crowded Hours
as Harry Fielding

(1931) The Wickham Mystery
as Harry Crawford

(1932) Murder on the Second Floor
as Hugh Bromilow

(1929) Atlantic
as Lanchester
(1927) The House of Marney
as ---

(1942) Unpublished Story
as Metcalf

(1943) Death by Design
as Inspector Slade

(1928) Palais De Danse
as No. 1

(1939) The Lion Has Wings
as Unnamed Character

(1952) The Magic Box
as Speaker in Connaught Rooms

(1964) Frozen Alive
as Prof. Hubbard

(1942) One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
as Ground Officer (uncredited)
(1941) Old Mother Riley's Circus
as Bill

(1943) The Silver Fleet
as Jost Meertens

(1963) The Man Who Finally Died
as Munch

(1950) The Elusive Pimpernel
as The Abbot

(1955) The Ship That Died of Shame
as Detective
(1959) A Woman's Temptation
as Inspector Syms

(1928) You Know What Sailors Are
as ---

(1948) Anna Karenina
as Gen. Serpuhousky
(1937) For Dealers Only
as ---
(1959) Broad Waterways
as ---

(1928) The Flight Commander
as Ivan
(1928) Mademoiselle Parley Voo
as Le Beau - Illusionist

(1957) Ordeal by Fire
as De La Fayette

(1958) A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
(1951) The Dark Light
as Stephen
(1942) Rose of Tralee
as Paddy O'Brien

(1956) The Count of Monte Cristo
as ---

(1959) Interpol Calling
as Lord Ruskington

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as The Abbot

(1958) The Adventures of William Tell
as ---

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Archbishop

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Ned

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Count Leger

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Gyles of Wren

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Lord Blackstone

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Chambertin

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Walter Fitzurse

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Wulfric

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Tailor

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Sir Walter De Lys

(1955) The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Hodges

(1960) Man from Interpol
as Mercer

(1962) Richard the Lionheart
as Sir Thomas

(1960) Man from Interpol
as Superintendent Mercer

(1994) The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)

(1954) Mark Saber
as Simon Graves

(1954) Mark Saber
as Albert Lake