John Longden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 11, 1900, West Indies
- Died
- May 26, 1971
- Movies
- 80
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1964 | Frozen Alive | Prof. Hubbard |
| 1963 | The Man Who Finally Died | Munch |
| 1961 | So Evil, So Young | Mr. Turner |
| 1960 | An Honourable Murder | Julian Caesar |
| 1959 | A Woman's Temptation | Inspector Syms |
| 1959 | Broad Waterways | |
| 1958 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Egeus |
| 1958 | Innocent Sinners | Admiral |
| 1957 | Ordeal by Fire | De La Fayette |
| 1957 | Three Sundays to Live | Warder |
| 1957 | Quatermass 2 | Chief Inspector Lomax |
| 1955 | Alias John Preston | Richard Sandford |
| 1955 | The Ship That Died of Shame | Detective |
| 1955 | Final Column | |
| 1954 | Meet Mr. Callaghan | Jeremy Meraulton |
| 1954 | Dangerous Cargo | Worthington |
| 1952 | The Wallet | Man With Pipe |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Speaker in Connaught Rooms |
| 1951 | Black Widow | Mr. Kemp |
| 1951 | The Dark Light | Stephen |
| 1951 | Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1951 | Pool of London | Det. Insp. Williams |
| 1950 | The Elusive Pimpernel | The Abbot |
| 1950 | The Lady Craved Excitement | Inspector James |
| 1948 | Bonnie Prince Charlie | Colonel O'Sullivan |
| 1948 | Anna Karenina | Gen. Serpuhousky |
| 1948 | The Last Load | |
| 1947 | The Ghosts of Berkeley Square | Mortimer Digby |
| 1947 | The Adventures of Dusty Bates | Tod Jenkins |
| 1946 | A Matter of Life and Death | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Silver Fleet | Jost Meertens |
| 1943 | Death by Design | Inspector Slade |
| 1942 | Unpublished Story | Metcalf |
| 1942 | One of Our Aircraft Is Missing | Ground Officer (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Rose of Tralee | Paddy O'Brien |
| 1941 | Tower of Terror | Commander |
| 1941 | Old Mother Riley's Circus | Bill |
| 1941 | The Common Touch | Stuart Gordon |
| 1941 | Barging Along | Narrator |
| 1940 | Contraband | Passport officer |
| 1939 | The Lion Has Wings | Unnamed Character |
| 1939 | Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Raven (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Jamaica Inn | Captain Johnson (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Q Planes | John Peters, a Pilot |
| 1938 | The Gaunt Stranger | Inspector Bliss |
| 1938 | Bad Boy | Inspector Thompson |
| 1937 | For Dealers Only | |
| 1937 | Jennifer Hale | Police Inspector Merton |
| 1937 | It Isn't Done | Peter Ashton |
| 1937 | Young and Innocent | Det. Insp. Kent |
| 1936 | Thoroughbred | Bill Peel |
| 1934 | The Silence of Dean Maitland | Dean Maitland |
| 1933 | Born Lucky | Frank Dale |
| 1932 | Murder on the Second Floor | Hugh Bromilow |
| 1931 | Rynox | Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik |
| 1931 | The Wickham Mystery | Harry Crawford |
| 1931 | Hindle Wakes | Boyfriend |
| 1931 | Two Crowded Hours | Harry Fielding |
| 1931 | The Ringer | Inspector Wembury |
| 1931 | The Skin Game | Charles Hornblower |
| 1930 | Children of Chance | Jeffrey |
| 1930 | Two Worlds | Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky |
| 1930 | Juno and the Paycock | Charles Bentham |
| 1930 | The Flame of Love | Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff |
| 1930 | Elstree Calling | Himself |
| 1929 | Atlantic | Lanchester |
| 1929 | Blackmail | Detective Frank Webber |
| 1929 | Piccadilly | Man from China (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Last Post | David / Martin |
| 1928 | You Know What Sailors Are | |
| 1928 | Palais De Danse | No. 1 |
| 1928 | Mademoiselle Parley Voo | Le Beau - Illusionist |
| 1928 | The Flight Commander | Ivan |
| 1927 | Quinneys | Joseph Quinney |
| 1927 | The Arcadians | Jack Meadows |
| 1927 | The Glad Eye | Floquet |
| 1927 | The House of Marney |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1932 | Come Into My Parlour | Director, Writer |
| 1928 | Palais De Danse | Writer |
| 1928 | Mademoiselle Parley Voo | Writer |
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