John Longden

John Longden

Nascimento : 1900-11-11, West Indies

Morte : 1971-05-26

História

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.

Perfil

John Longden
John Longden

Filmes

Frozen Alive
Prof. Hubbard
A scientist experimenting with suspended animation decides to use himself as a test subject. Before he is frozen, his wife is killed, and he is suspected of her murder. a murder suspect.
The Man Who Finally Died
Munch
Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in Bavaria - with his father's name on the coffin. His investigation in Bavaria reveals startling facts and the obstruction he meets makes him suspect foul play.
An Honourable Murder
Julian Caesar
A modern boardroom take on Julius Caesar.
Usina de Monstros
Chief Inspector Lomax
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
Alias John Preston
Richard Sandford
A mysterious young man settles in a rural English town and immediately starts making a good impression. Before long he has insinuated himself into local life, is married and is serving on the board of the local hospital. Everything seems to be going well for him until a newly appointed consultant psychiatrist shows up and starts asking some probing questions.
The Ship That Died of Shame
Detective
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.
Dangerous Cargo
Worthington
Inspired by the real events of the attempted heist at Heathrow Airport in 1952, a criminal tricks an old friend into giving away the location of a shipment of gold bullion so he and his gang can steal it.
A Caixa Mágica
Speaker in Connaught Rooms
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
The Black Widow
Mr. Kemp
Robert Ayres is driving down a country lane when he comes across someone laying in the middle of the road. Thinking it is someone who has been hit by a car he stops to see if he can help. What he gets for his efforts is a vicious belt to the head from a lead cosh. He is then relieved of his wallet and his car. Several minutes later having somewhat recovered, he staggers to a nearby farmhouse and collapses.
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
Sherlock Holmes
Adaptation of an Arthur Conan Doyle novel, in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the secret of a wealthy businessman.
Pool of London
DI Williams
Jewel thieves, murder and a manhunt swirl around a sailor (Bonar Colleano) off a cargo ship in London.
The Elusive Pimpernel
The Abbot
A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.
The Lady Craved Excitement
Inspector James
A music-hall performer and her boyfriend find themselves caught up in the machinations of a trio of not particularly bright crooks.
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Captain O'Sullivan
The Pretender lands on Scottish shores and attempts to claim the crown.
The Last Load
David and Monty are two friends of Susan and Betty Potter whose father runs a fleet of lorries. One by one, his lorries are involved in accidents and sabotage is suspected. The children are determined to find the culprits.
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
Mortimer Digby
The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion until the unlikely event of a reigning monarch paying the house a visit. It will take more than 200 years... Based on the novel "No Nightingales" by Caryl Brahms and S.J. Simon.
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Tod Jenkins
Dusty Bates observes some smuggled jewels hidden in a crate aboard a ship; he is pursued by low-lifes when the crate is put ashore.
The Silver Fleet
Jost Meertens
Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a child's rhyme reminds him of his patriotic duty, but how best to resist the Nazis without endangering his wife and fellow workers?
Death by Design
Inspector Slade
Inspector Slade investigates a murder.
Unpublished Story
Metcalf
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
E... Um Avião Não Regressou
Ground Officer (uncredited)
Quando o fogo antiaéreo dos Nazistas danificam um bombardeiro britânico, sua tripulação salta e vai a procura de ajuda da resistência holandesa. Durante a ofensiva de Bombardeio dos Aliado na Segunda Guerra Mundial, o público foi frequentemente informado de que "Um ataque ocorreu ontem à noite sobre ..., Uma (ou muitas vezes mais) de Nossas Aeronave está Desaparecida". Atrás destas palavras sombrias estavam histórias de morte, destruição e bravura. Esta é a história de uma dessas tripulações de bombardeio que foram abatidos e os valentes patriotas holandeses que os ajudaram a voltar para casa. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Tower of Terror
Commander
Wartime Germany: Marie, a concentration camp escapee on the run from the Nazis, narrowly escapes drowing when she is rescued by Wolfe Kristan a half-mad lighthouse keeper. Brought aboard the lighthouse itself, she begins to fall in love with the assistant keeper who, unknown to her, is a British spy. As the couple become more intimate, Kristan's jealously finally pushes him over the brink and into full-blown madness...
Old Mother Riley's Circus
Bill
Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.
The Common Touch
Stuart Gordon
The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
Barging Along
Narrator
A short documentary following the lives of barge-folk on England's canals.
Contraband
Passport officer
When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved in a beautiful British Naval Intelligent agent's efforts to capture a group of German spies operating from a London cinema.
The Lion Has Wings
Unnamed Character
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.
Adeus, Sr. Chips
Raven (uncredited)
O filme, baseado no romande de James Hilton, conta a história do Sr. Chipping (Robert Donnar), um respeitado professor de latim, obcecado pelo trabalho. Um dia, este homem com uma vida muito discreta, conhece e se apaixona pela extrovertida Katherine (Greer Garson). Sua convivência com a moça o torna mais amigável e ele ganha a confiança de seus alunos. Tudo parecia bem, mas uma tragédia acontece e muda sua vida novamente.
A Estalagem Maldita
Captain Johnson (uncredited)
Garota órfã vai viver com os tios, proprietários de um hotel. Não demora muito e ela descobre que os tios são na verdade líderes de uma gangue de piratas. E o lugar é apenas uma forma de atrair navios até ali.
Q Planes
John Peters, a Pilot
An eccentric Scotland Yard inspector thinks something beamed from a spy ship is dropping planes.
The Gaunt Stranger
Inspector Bliss
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'.
Bad Boy
Inspector Thompson
Nick plans to go to Canada after being released from prison, but his old gang will not share out the loot from their last job.
Jovem e Inocente
Det. Insp. Kent
Suspeito de ter assassinado uma mulher, Robert Tisdall, foge e vai em busca do assassino real para provar sua inocência. Recebe ajuda da bela jovem Érika.
Jennifer Hale
Police Inspector Merton
A showgirl who is wrongly accused of murdering her manager goes on the run to try to prove her innocence.
It Isn't Done
Peter Ashton
Hubert Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway),a simple Australian farmer inherits a castle and a title in England, and moves his family from the farm to the castle. He also inherits a very stuffy, prim-and-proper butler who constantly reprimands Blaydon whenever he disobeys aristocratic protocol...which he often does.
Thoroughbred
Bill Peel
Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) is a Canadian, adopted by Ma Dawson (Nellie Ferguson), a struggling horse breeder and trainer. Joan thinks "legs don't make a race horse, it's blood", and so she buys an unwanted thoroughbred colt called Stormalong. Helped by Ma's son Tommy Dawson (Frank Leighton), Joan restores the horse to health and fitness, and soon enough the horse is winning race after race, becoming a favourite for the Melbourne Cup.
The Silence of Dean Maitland
Dean Maitland
Dean Maitland (John Longden), a young man in orders and engaged to a woman, is involved in a tragedy, to reveal the details of which would ruin his career. The Dean denies responsibility for both the pregnancy of his lover Alma Lee (Charlotte Francis), and the death of her father, whom it turns out was enraged at the Dean's behaviour, attacked him and was killed in a fall. His friend, Dr. Everard (John Warwick), is found guilty of the death on false evidence, and Maitland allows him to suffer 20 years imprisonment. When the doctor is released from prison, bitter and seeking revenge, the Dean must confront his silence and his guilt, and the climax is the Dean's confession from the pulpit of his sins...
Born Lucky
Frank Dale
A humble girl's rise to fame.
Murder on the Second Floor
Hugh Bromilow
A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...
Come Into My Parlour
Writer
A British crime film directed by John Longden
Come Into My Parlour
Director
A British crime film directed by John Longden
Rynox
Tony Benedik
Wealthy businessman F.X. Benedik, Head of the Rynox company, claims to have been receiving threats from a mysterious stranger named Boswell Marsh. Benedik is subsequently found murdered and the hunt is on for the elusive Marsh. Benedik's son Tony takes over the running of the business and tries to find some lead on Marsh, and why he should have borne a murderous grudge against Benedik Senior. His investigations lead him to the unexpected finding that Marsh never existed.
The Wickham Mystery
Harry Crawford
'Crooks steal pearls and helicopter plans.' (British Film Catalogue)
Hindle Wakes
Boyfriend
A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.
Two Crowded Hours
Harry Fielding
A murderer is on the run from prison and is out to get everyone, especially the girl, who put him there. The detective gives chase with the help of a London cabbie who has aspirations of becoming a policeman himself.
The Ringer
Inspector Wembury
Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.
Jogo Sujo
Charles Hornblower
Duas famílias que sentem um ódio profundo um pelo outro, não perdem oportunidade para começar uma briga entre eles. No meio dessa briga encontra-se uma jovem casada com um passado turbulento. Quando o outro lado descobre começam uma grande luta de poderes e somente quando a jovem tenta suicidar-se começam a se dar conta que foram longe demais com isso. A obra é uma crítica a hipocrisia da alta sociedade inglesa que visavam apenas seus interesses e disputas de poder.
Children of Chance
Jeffrey
A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and actress Lia de Marita – landing her an audition for the producer of a new musical stage show. Marvelling at her good fortune, what Binnie doesn't know is that Lia is also the wife of a notorious jewel thief and that she's already fled the country in possession of a valuable, ill-gotten necklace!
Two Worlds
Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
An old Jew is forced to hide the Austrian lieutenant who killed his son and loves his daughter.
The Flame of Love
Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff
In Russia, a Chinese dancer gives herself to a duke to save her brother's life.
Elstree Calling
Himself
O filme é uma série de 19 cenas em formato de comédias musicais, apresentadas durante um programa de rádio ao vivo, encabeçado por Tommy Handley. Em uma das cenas, um ator deseja interpretar Shakespeare, mas é continuamente interrompido. Já em outra parte, outro comediante cria um aparelho no qual pensa que é possível assistir ao programa de rádio pela TV. Apesar de o filme ser em preto e branco, quatro cenas são coloridas (em tons de amarelo ou marrom). Elstree Calling foi dirigido pelos quatro maiores diretores ingleses da época, que incubiu de inserir o cinema britânico no gênero musical.
Juno e o Pavão
Charles Bentham
O filme enfoca os problemas de uma família típica da cidade de Dublin, capital da conturbada Irlanda, na década de 1920. A matriarca é Juno Boyle que, para manter sua família unida, deve "domar" o marido beberrão, o capitão Jack Boyle (Edward Chapman). Mas os esforços de Juno não impedem que sua filha engravide do namorado ou que seu filho mais novo seja baleado e acusado de espião.
Atlantic
Lanchester
A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.
Chantagem e Confissão
Detective Frank Webber
Por volta de 1920, em Londres, a filha de um lojista namora um detetive da Scotland Yard, que mostra estar mais interessado no seu trabalho do que em estar com ela. Assim, ela decide secretamente se encontrar com outro homem, mas quando este tenta estuprá-la ela o mata com uma faca. Quando o corpo é descoberto quem assume o caso é exatamente o namorado da jovem envolvida, que rapidamente deduz que ela é a assassina em virtude de uma luva deixada no local do crime. Ele no entanto encobre o caso, mas um outro homem pretende chantageá-la e para isto ele tem a outra luva, que pode ligá-la ao crime.
Piccadilly
Man from China (uncredited)
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.
Palais De Danse
Writer
The head taxi dancer at a Tottenham dancehall blackmails a Lady to make her stop her son's affair with a poor but courageous dancer
Palais De Danse
No. 1
The head taxi dancer at a Tottenham dancehall blackmails a Lady to make her stop her son's affair with a poor but courageous dancer
The House of Marney
An Essec sailor helps a girl save an heir from his crooked uncle.