Acting
John Loder
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Loder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Firechasers
Film · 1971
Allá donde el viento brama
Film · 1963
The Secret Man
Film · 1958
Josette of New Orleans
Film · 1958
Gideon's Day
Film · 1958
Small Hotel
Film · 1957
Woman and the Hunter
Film · 1957
The Story of Esther Costello
Film · 1957
The Count of Monte Cristo
Series · 1956
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
Dishonored Lady
Film · 1947
The Wife of Monte Cristo
Film · 1946
One More Tomorrow
Film · 1946
Jealousy
Film · 1945
Woman Who Came Back
Film · 1945
The Brighton Strangler
Film · 1945
A Game of Death
Film · 1945
The Fighting Guardsman
Film · 1945
Passage to Marseille
Film · 1944
The Hairy Ape
Film · 1944
Abroad with Two Yanks
Film · 1944
The Gorilla Man
Film · 1943
Old Acquaintance
Film · 1943
The Mysterious Doctor
Film · 1943
Adventure in Iraq
Film · 1943
Murder on the Waterfront
Film · 1943
Now, Voyager
Film · 1942
Gentleman Jim
Film · 1942
Eagle Squadron
Film · 1942
How Green Was My Valley
Film · 1941
Confirm or Deny
Film · 1941
Scotland Yard
Film · 1941
One Night In Lisbon
Film · 1941
Adventure in Diamonds
Film · 1940
Threats
Film · 1940
Tin Pan Alley
Film · 1940
Diamond Frontier
Film · 1940
Meet Maxwell Archer
Film · 1940
Murder Will Out
Film · 1939
The Silent Battle
Film · 1939
Katia
Film · 1938
Owd Bob
Film · 1938
Peace on the Rhine
Film · 1938
Anything to Declare?
Film · 1938
King Solomon's Mines
Film · 1937
Non-Stop New York
Film · 1937
Doctor Syn
Film · 1937
Under Secret Orders
Film · 1937
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Film · 1936
Sabotage
Film · 1936
Guilty Melody
Film · 1936
Queen of Hearts
Film · 1936
Ourselves Alone
Film · 1936
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Film · 1936
It Happened in Paris
Film · 1935
The Silent Passenger
Film · 1935
18 Minutes
Film · 1935
Java Head
Film · 1934
Rolling in Money
Film · 1934
Love, Life and Laughter
Film · 1934
My Song Goes Round the World
Film · 1934
The Battle
Film · 1934
Lorna Doone
Film · 1934
Sing As We Go
Film · 1934
La bataille
Film · 1934
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Film · 1933
Money for Speed
Film · 1933
You Made Me Love You
Film · 1933
Wedding Rehearsal
Film · 1932
Money Means Nothing
Film · 1932
On the Loose
Film · 1931
Seas Beneath
Film · 1931
The Man Hunter
Film · 1930
The Second Floor Mystery
Film · 1930
Lilies of the Field
Film · 1930
One Night at Susie's
Film · 1930
Sweethearts and Wives
Film · 1930
Are You There?
Film · 1930
The Doctor's Secret
Film · 1929
Love, Live & Laugh
Film · 1929
Her Private Affair
Film · 1929
Rich People
Film · 1929
Black Waters
Film · 1929
Sunset Pass
Film · 1929
The Unholy Night
Film · 1929
The Racketeer
Film · 1929
The Case of Lena Smith
Film · 1929
A Daughter Of Destiny
Film · 1928
The First Born
Film · 1928
Fair Game
Film · 1928
Casanovas Erbe
Film · 1928
Die weiße Spinne
Film · 1927