
Also known as: John Longdon
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.
Acting
November 11, 1900
May 26, 1971
70 years old
West Indies
0.5

The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)

Frozen Alive
Prof. Hubbard

The Man Who Finally Died
Munch

Espionage
American Ambassador

Richard the Lionheart
Sir Thomas

So Evil, So Young
Mr. Turner
An Honourable Murder
Julian Caesar

Man from Interpol
Mercer
A Woman's Temptation
Inspector Syms
Broad Waterways

Interpol Calling
Lord Ruskington

Innocent Sinners
Admiral

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Egeus

The Adventures of William Tell

Quatermass 2
Chief Inspector Lomax

Ordeal by Fire
De La Fayette

Three Sundays to Live
Warder

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alias John Preston
Richard Sandford

The Ship That Died of Shame
Detective
Final Column

The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Abbot

Dangerous Cargo
Worthington

Meet Mr. Callaghan
Jeremy Meraulton

Mark Saber
Simon Graves
The Wallet
Man With Pipe

The Magic Box
Speaker in Connaught Rooms

Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
Sherlock Holmes

Pool of London
DI Williams

Black Widow
Mr. Kemp
The Dark Light
Stephen

The Lady Craved Excitement
Inspector James

The Elusive Pimpernel
The Abbot

Bonnie Prince Charlie
Colonel O'Sullivan

The Last Load

Anna Karenina
Gen. Serpuhousky

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Mortimer Digby

The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Tod Jenkins

A Matter of Life and Death
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Death by Design
Inspector Slade

The Silver Fleet
Jost Meertens

Unpublished Story
Metcalf

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Ground Officer (uncredited)
Rose of Tralee
Paddy O'Brien
Barging Along
Narrator

The Common Touch
Stuart Gordon

Tower of Terror
Commander
Old Mother Riley's Circus
Bill

Contraband
Passport officer

Jamaica Inn
Captain Johnson (uncredited)

Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Raven (uncredited)

Q Planes
John Peters, a Pilot

The Lion Has Wings
Unnamed Character

The Gaunt Stranger
Inspector Bliss
Bad Boy
Inspector Thompson

Young and Innocent
Det. Insp. Kent
It Isn't Done
Peter Ashton

Jennifer Hale
Police Inspector Merton
For Dealers Only

Thoroughbred
Bill Peel

The Silence of Dean Maitland
Dean Maitland

Born Lucky
Frank Dale

Murder on the Second Floor
Hugh Bromilow
Come Into My Parlour
Director
Come Into My Parlour
Writer

The Skin Game
Charles Hornblower

Hindle Wakes
Boyfriend

Rynox
Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
The Ringer
Inspector Wembury

Two Crowded Hours
Harry Fielding

The Wickham Mystery
Harry Crawford

Juno and the Paycock
Charles Bentham

The Flame of Love
Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff

Elstree Calling
Himself

Children of Chance
Jeffrey

Two Worlds
Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky

Blackmail
Detective Frank Webber

The Last Post
David / Martin

Piccadilly
Man from China (uncredited)

Atlantic
Lanchester

Palais De Danse
No. 1

You Know What Sailors Are

The Flight Commander
Ivan
Mademoiselle Parley Voo
Le Beau - Illusionist

Palais De Danse
Writer
Mademoiselle Parley Voo
Writer
Quinneys
Joseph Quinney
The Arcadians
Jack Meadows

The Glad Eye
Floquet
The House of Marney
Quinneys
Scenario Writer