John Longden

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1900-11-11

Day of Death

1971-05-26

Place of Birth

West Indies

John Longden

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.

Filmography (76)

⭐ 4.6 Role: Prof. Hubbard

Frozen Alive

⭐ 6.2 Role: Munch

The Man Who Finally Died

⭐ 4.7 Role: Mr. Turner

So Evil, So Young

⭐ 7.0 Role: Julian Caesar

An Honourable Murder

⭐ 6.5 Role: Inspector Syms

A Woman's Temptation

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Broad Waterways

⭐ 7.0 Role: Egeus

A Midsummer Night's Dream

⭐ 7.5 Role: Admiral

Innocent Sinners

⭐ 0 Role: De La Fayette

Ordeal by Fire

⭐ 6.5 Role: Warder

Three Sundays to Live

⭐ 6.4 Role: Chief Inspector Lomax

Quatermass 2

⭐ 5.8 Role: Richard Sandford

Alias John Preston

⭐ 7.3 Role: Detective

The Ship That Died of Shame

⭐ 6.5 Role: Jeremy Meraulton

Meet Mr. Callaghan

⭐ 6.4 Role: Worthington

Dangerous Cargo

⭐ 8.0 Role: Man With Pipe

The Wallet

⭐ 6.5 Role: Speaker in Connaught Rooms

The Magic Box

⭐ 5.7 Role: Mr. Kemp

Black Widow

⭐ 5.5 Role: Stephen

The Dark Light

⭐ 6.5 Role: Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared

⭐ 6.6 Role: DI Williams

Pool of London

⭐ 6.0 Role: The Abbot

The Elusive Pimpernel

⭐ 5.8 Role: Inspector James

The Lady Craved Excitement

⭐ 5.5 Role: Colonel O'Sullivan

Bonnie Prince Charlie

⭐ 6.0 Role: Gen. Serpuhousky

Anna Karenina

⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

The Last Load

⭐ 5.7 Role: Mortimer Digby

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

⭐ 5.3 Role: Tod Jenkins

The Adventures of Dusty Bates

⭐ 7.8 Role: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

A Matter of Life and Death

⭐ 6.4 Role: Jost Meertens

The Silver Fleet

⭐ 0 Role: Inspector Slade

Death by Design

⭐ 6.5 Role: Metcalf

Unpublished Story

⭐ 6.6 Role: Ground Officer (uncredited)

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

⭐ 9.0 Role: Paddy O'Brien

Rose of Tralee

⭐ 5.8 Role: Commander

Tower of Terror

⭐ 4.3 Role: Bill

Old Mother Riley's Circus

⭐ 6.8 Role: Stuart Gordon

The Common Touch

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

Barging Along

⭐ 7.1 Role: Passport officer

Contraband

⭐ 6.4 Role: Unnamed Character

The Lion Has Wings

⭐ 7.4 Role: Raven (uncredited)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

⭐ 6.1 Role: Captain Johnson (uncredited)

Jamaica Inn

⭐ 6.0 Role: John Peters, a Pilot

Q Planes

⭐ 7.3 Role: Inspector Bliss

The Gaunt Stranger

⭐ 7.0 Role: Inspector Thompson

Bad Boy

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

For Dealers Only

⭐ 6.0 Role: Police Inspector Merton

Jennifer Hale

⭐ 7.0 Role: Peter Ashton

It Isn't Done

⭐ 6.6 Role: Det. Insp. Kent

Young and Innocent

⭐ 8.0 Role: Bill Peel

Thoroughbred

⭐ 6.5 Role: Dean Maitland

The Silence of Dean Maitland

⭐ 7.0 Role: Frank Dale

Born Lucky

⭐ 10.0 Role: Hugh Bromilow

Murder on the Second Floor

⭐ 7.0 Role: Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik

Rynox

⭐ 8.0 Role: Harry Crawford

The Wickham Mystery

⭐ 10.0 Role: Boyfriend

Hindle Wakes

⭐ 10.0 Role: Harry Fielding

Two Crowded Hours

⭐ 10.0 Role: Inspector Wembury

The Ringer

⭐ 5.4 Role: Charles Hornblower

The Skin Game

⭐ 9.0 Role: Jeffrey

Children of Chance

⭐ 10.0 Role: Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky

Two Worlds

⭐ 4.7 Role: Charles Bentham

Juno and the Paycock

⭐ 6.0 Role: Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff

The Flame of Love

⭐ 5.1 Role: Himself

Elstree Calling

⭐ 5.2 Role: Lanchester

Atlantic

⭐ 6.5 Role: Detective Frank Webber

Blackmail

⭐ 6.5 Role: Man from China (uncredited)

Piccadilly

⭐ 9.0 Role: David / Martin

The Last Post

⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

You Know What Sailors Are

⭐ 10.0 Role: No. 1

Palais De Danse

⭐ 7.0 Role: Le Beau - Illusionist

Mademoiselle Parley Voo

⭐ 10.0 Role: Ivan

The Flight Commander

⭐ 8.0 Role: Joseph Quinney

Quinneys

⭐ 9.0 Role: Jack Meadows

The Arcadians

⭐ 10.0 Role: Floquet

The Glad Eye

⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

The House of Marney