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John Loder (1898–1988)

A tall, debonair, immaculately-groomed British leading man best known for his pipe-smoking chaps, actor John Loder (ne John Muir Lowe), the son of a British general, first served in Gallipoli in WWI and was a German prisoner of war at one point. Upon his release he actually stayed there in order to run a pickle factory. An interest in acting ... See full bio »

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(age 90) in London, England, UK
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Known For

King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines Sir Henry Curtis
(1937)
Sabotage
Sabotage Ted Spencer
(1936)
Old Acquaintance
Old Acquaintance Preston Drake
(1943)
How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley Ianto
(1941)
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 1971 The Firechasers
Routledge
 1970 Biography (TV Series)
General Kugelgen
- Beethoven (1970) ... General Kugelgen
 1958 Josette from New Orleans
The Colonel
 1958 The Secret Man
Maj. Anderson
 1955-1958 The Vise (TV Series)
Monsieur Rivier / Lew / Colonel March / ...
- The Visitor (1958) ... Monsieur Rivier
- Diamond Jubilee (1958) ... Lew
- Fast Cars and Girls (1957) ... Colonel March
- Wrong Time Murder (1955) ... Horner
- Side Entrance (1955) ... Tom Walker
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 1958 Television Playwright (TV Series)
Tom Saunders
- The Commentator (1958) ... Tom Saunders
 1958 White Hunter (TV Series)
Steve Anderson
- The Treasure of Tippu Tib (1958) ... Steve Anderson
 1958 Gideon of Scotland Yard
Ponsford 'The Duke'
 1957 Woman and the Hunter
Mitchell Gifford
 1957 Small Hotel
Mr. Finch
 1957 The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (TV Series)
Sir John Gaylord
- The Counterfeiters (1957) ... Sir John Gaylord
 1957 The Story of Esther Costello
Paul Marchant
 1957 The Assassin (TV Movie)
Superintendent Blackthorne
 1956 Chevron Hall of Stars (TV Series)
- Disappearance (1956)
 1956 Assignment Foreign Legion (TV Series)
- The Thin Line (1956)
 1956 The Count of Monte Cristo (TV Series)
Baron Danglars
- Point, Counter Point (1956) ... Baron Danglars
 1956 Death to the First Lady (TV Mini-Series)
Tony Abel
 1955 Dead on Time (Short)
 1951 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series)
Preston Mitchell
- For Love or Money (1951) ... Preston Mitchell
 1950 The Billy Rose Show (TV Series)
- Moon Over Miami (1950)
- One More Night to Go (1950)
 1950 The Prudential Family Playhouse (TV Series)
Roger Hilton
- Call It a Day (1950) ... Roger Hilton
 1949 The Silver Theatre (TV Series)
- 'Til Death Do Us Part (1949)
 1947 Dishonored Lady
Felix Courtland
 1946 Lights Out (TV Series)
- De Mortuis (1946)
 1946 One More Tomorrow
Owen Arthur
 1946 The Wife of Monte Cristo
De Villefort, Prefect of Police
 1946 The Fighting Guardsman
Sir John Tanley
 1945 Woman Who Came Back
Dr. Matt Adams
 1945 A Game of Death
Don Rainsford
 1945 Jealousy
Dr. David Brent
 1945 The Brighton Strangler
Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
 1944 Abroad with Two Yanks
Aussie Sgt. Cyril North
 1944 The Hairy Ape
Tony Lazar
 1944 Passage to Marseille
Manning
 1943 Old Acquaintance
Preston Drake
 1943 Adventure in Iraq
George Torrence
 1943 Murder on the Waterfront
Lt. Cmdr. Holbrook
 1943 The Mysterious Doctor
Sir Henry Leland
 1943 The Gorilla Man
Captain Craig Killian
 1942 Gentleman Jim
Carlton De Witt
 1942 Now, Voyager
Elliot Livingston
 1942 Eagle Squadron
Paddy Carson
 1941 Confirm or Deny
Captain Lionel Channing
 1941 One Night in Lisbon
Cmdr. Peter Walmsley
 1941 Scotland Yard
Sir John Lasher
 1940 Tin Pan Alley
Reggie Carstair
 1940 Diamond Frontier
Dr. Charles Clayton
 1940 Adventure in Diamonds
Michael Barclay
 1940 Maxwell Archer, Detective
Maxwell Archer
 1940 Menaces...
Dick Stone
 1939 Murder Will Out
Dr. Paul Raymond
 1939 Continental Express
Bordier
 1938 Anything to Declare?
Capt. Rufus Grant
 1938 Paix sur le Rhin
Émile Scheffer
 1938 Katia
Le tsar Alexandre II
 1938 To the Victor
David Moore
 1937 Under Secret Orders
Lt. Peter Carr
 1937 Non-Stop New York
Inspector Jim Grant
 1937 Doctor Syn
Denis Cobtree
 1937 King Solomon's Mines
Sir Henry Curtis
 1936 Sabotage
Ted Spencer
 1936 The Man Who Lived Again
Dick Haslewood / Dr. Laurience
 1936 Guilty Melody
Richard Carter
 1936 Ourselves Alone
Captain Wiltshire
 1936 Queen of Hearts
Derek Cooper
 1936 Mozart
Prince Lobkowitz
 1935 It Happened in Paris
Paul
 1935 The Silent Passenger
John Ryder
 1935 This Woman Is Mine
Trelawney
 1934 Lorna Doone
John Ridd
 1934 Sing As We Go!
Hugh Phillips
 1934 Java Head
Gerrit Ammidon
 1934 Warn London
Inspector Yorke / Barraclough
 1934 Thunder in the East
Fergan
 1934 Rolling in Money
Lord Gawthorpe
 1934 Love, Life & Laughter
Prince Charles
 1933 La bataille
Herbert Fergan
 1933 Paris Plane
 1933 You Made Me Love You
Harry Berne
 1933 Money for Speed
Mitch
 1932 Wedding Rehearsal
Bimbo
 1932 Money Means Nothing
Earl Egbert
 1931 On the Loose (Short)
Mr. Loder
 1931 Seas Beneath
Franz Shiller
 1930 Are You There?
Bit Role (uncredited)
 1930 One Night at Susie's
Hayes
 1930 Sweethearts and Wives
Sam Worthington
 1930 The Man Hunter
George Castle
 1930 The Second Floor Mystery
Fraser-Freer's Younger Brother
 1930 Lilies of the Field
Walter Harker
 1929 Rich People
Captain Danforth
 1929 The Racketeer
Jack Oakhurst
 1929 Love, Live and Laugh
Dr. Price
 1929 Her Private Affair
Carl Weild
 1929 The Unholy Night
Capt. Dorchester
 1929 Black Waters
Charles
 1929 Sunset Pass
Ashleigh Preston
 1929 The Doctor's Secret
Hugh Paton
 1929 The Case of Lena Smith (uncredited)
 1928 The First Born
Lord David Harborough
 1928 Adam und Eva
 1928 Die Sünderin
Armand
 1928 Freiwild
Oberleutnant von Rohnstedt
 1928 A Daughter of Destiny
Der Vicomte
 1927 Der große Unbekannte
Dr. Ralf Hallam
 1927 Die weiße Spinne
Lord Gray
 1926 Madame Doesn't Want Children
Dancer (uncredited)
 1925 Dance Fever
Dance extra (uncredited)
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Radio: "Suspense", Episode 122 "The Brighton Strangler" See more »

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Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Personal Quote:

[from the 1940s] Why is it that I'm not able to get the roles they give Clark Gable? They always say, "You have no name. But when you have one, come again." By that time I'll be old and stiff, A kind of poor man's Aubrey Smith.

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Star Sign:

Capricorn
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