John Longden

Acting

Born: 1900-11-11 in West Indies

Died: 1971-05-26

Biography

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.

Acting

Blackmail

Detective Frank Webber

Young and Innocent

Det. Insp. Kent

Alias John Preston

Richard Sandford

Quatermass 2

Chief Inspector Lomax

Juno and the Paycock

Charles Bentham

The Skin Game

Charles Hornblower

Contraband

Passport officer

Barging Along

Narrator

The Gaunt Stranger

Inspector Bliss

The Last Post

David / Martin

Quinneys

Joseph Quinney

The Arcadians

Jack Meadows

The Glad Eye

Floquet

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

Mortimer Digby

So Evil, So Young

Mr. Turner

The Adventures of Dusty Bates

Tod Jenkins

It Isn't Done

Peter Ashton

Dangerous Cargo

Worthington

The Lady Craved Excitement

Inspector James

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Colonel O'Sullivan

A Matter of Life and Death

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Bad Boy

Inspector Thompson

The Wallet

Man With Pipe

Jamaica Inn

Captain Johnson (uncredited)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Raven (uncredited)

Meet Mr. Callaghan

Jeremy Meraulton

The Last Load

Q Planes

John Peters, a Pilot

The Flame of Love

Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff

Innocent Sinners

Admiral

Thoroughbred

Bill Peel

Elstree Calling

Himself

Hindle Wakes

Boyfriend

The Silence of Dean Maitland

Dean Maitland

Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared

Sherlock Holmes

An Honourable Murder

Julian Caesar

Born Lucky

Frank Dale

Rynox

Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik

The Common Touch

Stuart Gordon

Jennifer Hale

Police Inspector Merton

Piccadilly

Man from China (uncredited)

Pool of London

DI Williams

Black Widow

Mr. Kemp

Tower of Terror

Commander

Children of Chance

Jeffrey

Two Worlds

Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky

The Ringer

Inspector Wembury

Two Crowded Hours

Harry Fielding

The Wickham Mystery

Harry Crawford

Murder on the Second Floor

Hugh Bromilow

Atlantic

Lanchester

The House of Marney

Unpublished Story

Metcalf

Death by Design

Inspector Slade

Palais De Danse

No. 1

The Lion Has Wings

Unnamed Character

The Magic Box

Speaker in Connaught Rooms

Frozen Alive

Prof. Hubbard

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Ground Officer (uncredited)

Old Mother Riley's Circus

Bill

The Silver Fleet

Jost Meertens

The Man Who Finally Died

Munch

The Elusive Pimpernel

The Abbot

The Ship That Died of Shame

Detective

A Woman's Temptation

Inspector Syms

You Know What Sailors Are

Anna Karenina

Gen. Serpuhousky

For Dealers Only

Broad Waterways

The Flight Commander

Ivan

Mademoiselle Parley Voo

Le Beau - Illusionist

Ordeal by Fire

De La Fayette

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Egeus

The Dark Light

Stephen

Rose of Tralee

Paddy O'Brien

Three Sundays to Live

Warder

Blackmail

Detective Frank Webber

Young and Innocent

Det. Insp. Kent

Alias John Preston

Richard Sandford

Quatermass 2

Chief Inspector Lomax

Juno and the Paycock

Charles Bentham

The Skin Game

Charles Hornblower

Contraband

Passport officer

Barging Along

Narrator

The Gaunt Stranger

Inspector Bliss

The Last Post

David / Martin

Quinneys

Joseph Quinney

The Arcadians

Jack Meadows

The Glad Eye

Floquet

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

Mortimer Digby

So Evil, So Young

Mr. Turner

The Adventures of Dusty Bates

Tod Jenkins

It Isn't Done

Peter Ashton

Dangerous Cargo

Worthington

The Lady Craved Excitement

Inspector James

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Colonel O'Sullivan

A Matter of Life and Death

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Bad Boy

Inspector Thompson

The Wallet

Man With Pipe

Jamaica Inn

Captain Johnson (uncredited)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Raven (uncredited)

Meet Mr. Callaghan

Jeremy Meraulton

The Last Load

Q Planes

John Peters, a Pilot

The Flame of Love

Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff

Innocent Sinners

Admiral

Thoroughbred

Bill Peel

Elstree Calling

Himself

Hindle Wakes

Boyfriend

The Silence of Dean Maitland

Dean Maitland

Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared

Sherlock Holmes

An Honourable Murder

Julian Caesar

Born Lucky

Frank Dale

Rynox

Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik

The Common Touch

Stuart Gordon

Jennifer Hale

Police Inspector Merton

Piccadilly

Man from China (uncredited)

Pool of London

DI Williams

Black Widow

Mr. Kemp

Tower of Terror

Commander

Children of Chance

Jeffrey

Two Worlds

Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky

The Ringer

Inspector Wembury

Two Crowded Hours

Harry Fielding

The Wickham Mystery

Harry Crawford

Murder on the Second Floor

Hugh Bromilow

Atlantic

Lanchester

The House of Marney

Unpublished Story

Metcalf

Death by Design

Inspector Slade

Palais De Danse

No. 1

The Lion Has Wings

Unnamed Character

The Magic Box

Speaker in Connaught Rooms

Frozen Alive

Prof. Hubbard

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Ground Officer (uncredited)

Old Mother Riley's Circus

Bill

The Silver Fleet

Jost Meertens

The Man Who Finally Died

Munch

The Elusive Pimpernel

The Abbot

The Ship That Died of Shame

Detective

A Woman's Temptation

Inspector Syms

You Know What Sailors Are

Anna Karenina

Gen. Serpuhousky

For Dealers Only

Broad Waterways

The Flight Commander

Ivan

Mademoiselle Parley Voo

Le Beau - Illusionist

Ordeal by Fire

De La Fayette

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Egeus

The Dark Light

Stephen

Rose of Tralee

Paddy O'Brien

Three Sundays to Live

Warder

Director

Come Into My Parlour

Director

Come Into My Parlour

Director

Other Credits

Come Into My Parlour

Writer

Quinneys

Scenario Writer

Palais De Danse

Writer

Mademoiselle Parley Voo

Writer

Come Into My Parlour

Writer

Quinneys

Scenario Writer

Palais De Danse

Writer

Mademoiselle Parley Voo

Writer