John Longden
Acting
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.
Born: November 11, 1900
Place of Birth: West Indies
Known For
A Matter of Life and Death
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Over several decades throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and career shaped by his love for his wife and his unwavering dedication to his students.
The Gaunt Stranger
A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fast to uncover the serial killer known as 'The Ringer'.
Contraband
During early World War II, a Danish sea captain, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spies.
The Ship That Died of Shame
After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme, but the business they choose to go into is smuggling.
Innocent Sinners
A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church.
Man from Interpol
Anthony Smith, an agent based at Britain's Interpol Division at Scotland Yard, takes on international assignments dealing with murderers, drug smugglers and slave runners.
Man from Interpol
Anthony Smith, an agent based at Britain's Interpol Division at Scotland Yard, takes on international assignments dealing with murderers, drug smugglers and slave runners.
Mark Saber
A half-hour 1950s detective television series that took different forms and titles during its run. From October 1951 to June 1954, ABC Mystery Theater stars Tom Conway as the titular character, a plainclothes English detective working with the NYPD Homicide Division. The Vise (seasons 1–4): Donald Gray portrays Saber as a one-armed private detective based in London. Broadcast on ABC from October 1954 to June 1957. Saber of London (seasons 5–7): Gray reprises his role in this final iteration, broadcast on NBC from September 1957 to May 1960.
Mark Saber
A half-hour 1950s detective television series that took different forms and titles during its run. From October 1951 to June 1954, ABC Mystery Theater stars Tom Conway as the titular character, a plainclothes English detective working with the NYPD Homicide Division. The Vise (seasons 1–4): Donald Gray portrays Saber as a one-armed private detective based in London. Broadcast on ABC from October 1954 to June 1957. Saber of London (seasons 5–7): Gray reprises his role in this final iteration, broadcast on NBC from September 1957 to May 1960.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Prof. Hubbard
as Munch
as Sir Thomas
as Mr. Turner
as Mercer
as Superintendent Mercer
as Lord Ruskington
as Egeus
as Admiral
as De La Fayette
as Chief Inspector Lomax
as Richard Sandford
as The Abbot
as Archbishop
as Count Leger
as Sir Gyles of Wren
as Lord Blackstone
as Chambertin
as Walter Fitzurse
as Wulfric
as Tailor
as Sir Walter De Lys
as Hodges
as Detective
as Simon Graves
as Albert Lake
as Jeremy Meraulton
as Worthington
as Speaker in Connaught Rooms
as Mr. Kemp
as Sherlock Holmes
as DI Williams
as The Abbot
as Colonel O'Sullivan
as Gen. Serpuhousky
as Mortimer Digby
as Tod Jenkins
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as Jost Meertens
as Inspector Slade
as Metcalf
as Ground Officer (uncredited)
as Commander
as Stuart Gordon
as Passport officer
as Unnamed Character
as Raven (uncredited)
as Captain Johnson (uncredited)
as John Peters, a Pilot
as Inspector Bliss
as Police Inspector Merton
as Det. Insp. Kent
as Bill Peel
as Dean Maitland
as Frank Dale
as Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
as Hugh Bromilow
as Harry Crawford
as Boyfriend
as Harry Fielding
as Charles Hornblower
as Jeffrey
as Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
as Charles Bentham
as Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff
as Himself
as Lanchester
as Detective Frank Webber
as Man from China (uncredited)
as David / Martin
as No. 1
as Ivan
as Floquet