John Loder
Date of birth: 1898-01-02
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: William John Muir Lowe
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Loder (3 January 1898 — 26 December 1988) was a British-American actor. He was born William John Muir Lowe in London. His father was General W. H. M. Lowe, the British officer to whom Patrick Pearse, the leader of the Irish 1916 Rising in Dublin, surrendered. Both General Lowe and his son were present at the surrender of Pearse. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College and followed his father into the army, commissioned into 15th Hussars as a second lieutenant on 17 March 1915, and then serving in the Gallipoli Campaign and at one point being imprisoned by the Germans. Upon being released, he stayed in Germany to run a pickle factory and also began to develop an interest in acting, appearing in bit-parts in a few German films. He left Germany to briefly return to England and then headed to Hollywood to try his luck in the new medium, Talkies. He appeared in The Doctor's Secret, which was Paramount's first talking picture—though his very English persona didn't win America over at this time and he returned to England where he co-starred in plush musicals and intrigue such as Love Life and Laughter and Sabotage. He was the male romantic interest in the 1937 original film version of King Solomon's Mines. When World War II started he returned to America where he seamlessly coasted into a career in 'B' movie roles usually playing upper crust characters with occasional appearances on Broadway. He occasionally did play roles, though supporting ones, in major 'A' films such as How Green Was My Valley, in which he was at the same time one of Roddy McDowall's brothers and Donald Crisp's sons. In 1947 he became an American citizen, his last screen appearance was in 1971. In 1959 he became a naturalised citizen of the United Kingdom as he has been of "uncertain nationality". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Loder, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
A Daughter Of Destiny
1928-01-25
Hanns Heinz Ewers' grim science-fiction novel Alraune has already been filmed twice when this versio
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936-09-11
Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul.
Dishonored Lady
1947-05-16
Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with a
Now, Voyager
1942-10-22
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man
Sabotage
1937-01-08
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly
The Doctor's Secret
1929-01-26
Young Englishwoman Lillian Garson is unhappy with her marriage and decides to elope with another man
The Man Hunter
1930-05-02
Rin-Tin-Tin leaves his usual far north and ranch settings for Africa.
Love, Live & Laugh
1929-11-02
Any movie that starts Jewish entertainer George Jessel as an Italian accordionist named Luigi can't
How Green Was My Valley
1941-10-28
A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933-08-17
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne B
Gentleman Jim
1942-11-14
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzli
Jealousy
1945-07-23
A female cabbie is suspected of killing her drunken husband.
King Solomon's Mines
1937-06-17
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing f
Passage to Marseille
1944-03-11
A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.
On the Loose
1931-12-26
Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The ne
The Gorilla Man
1943-01-16
A wounded soldier discovers his hospital is secretly run by the Nazis.
Old Acquaintance
1943-11-27
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
The Mysterious Doctor
1943-03-03
The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which i
Confirm or Deny
1941-12-12
Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate stuf
The First Born
1928-10-01
Would-be politician Sir Hugo Boycott and his wife Madeleine have an unhappy marriage. Madeleine is a
Allá donde el viento brama
1963-06-15
The action takes place in Comodo Rivadavia, and reenacts a 1907 mission lead by José Fuchs, who was
Adventure in Iraq
1943-09-27
Three Allied soldiers in an airplane flying to Egypt crash-land in Iraq. They are taken in by a loca
Woman Who Came Back
1945-12-13
A young woman is tormented by the belief that she is the victim of a witch's curse.
Wedding Rehearsal
1932-10-01
The grandmother of a British nobleman, reluctant to marry, plays matchmaker. He outmaneuvers her by
The Brighton Strangler
1945-05-10
After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, John Loder, a theatre actor comes to believe himself
The Hairy Ape
1944-07-02
Aboard ship, a spoiled woman (Susan Hayward) insults the brutish stoker (William Bendix) while watch
A Game of Death
1945-11-23
A shipwrecked Don Rainsford washes up on a homicidal big-game hunter's Caribbean island where the ma
Murder Will Out
1939-08-13
Paul and Pamela Raymond become immersed in intrigue after receiving a costly jade. As they look for
Adventure in Diamonds
1940-03-08
A government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John Loder) s
Katia
1938-11-07
In the middle of the 19th century, Tsar Alexander II made the acquaintance of a young aristocratic g
The Second Floor Mystery
1930-04-26
In this mystery, a man and woman have been corresponding through a "personal" column under the names
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944-08-04
Biff and Jeff, two American G.I.'s on furlough in Australia during The Second World War, are enjoyin
Murder on the Waterfront
1943-09-18
A sailor and his wife become involved in a murder investigation.
Owd Bob
1938-01-26
Adam McAdam is an old, dour sheepherder whose life is devoted to his faithful dog, the whiskey bottl
Non-Stop New York
1937-09-13
A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from L
Java Head
1934-07-31
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. T
Rolling in Money
1934-08-20
An impoverished duchess arranges a marriage for her daughter to a wealthy working-class London barbe
Guilty Melody
1936-07-21
A British spy falls in love with a singer whose husband is working for the enemy.
It Happened in Paris
1935-06-30
A British millionaire's son travels to France to study art, and falls in love in Paris.
Queen of Hearts
1936-10-04
A woman prevents a popular stage performer getting arrested for drunk driving, though has to pretend
Love, Life and Laughter
1934-03-01
Gracie plays a London publican's daughter named after Nell Gwynn, who much like the original, become
Lilies of the Field
1930-01-05
Mildred Harker loses custody of her child in a messy divorce settlement. Leaving her hometown in dis
Threats
1940-01-11
"Menaces" deals with the months before WW2 in a hotel :t he fear of the impending war never leaves t
Money for Speed
1933-03-01
A motorcycle champion becomes a stunt rider after he is banned from speedway racing.
One Night at Susie's
1930-10-19
A woman gets help from her gangster friends after her foster son takes the blame for a murder he did
Doctor Syn
1937-08-25
A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this Britis
Her Private Affair
1929-09-27
A married society woman accidentally kills her would-be lover and blackmailer and then suffers a cri
Money Means Nothing
1932-09-01
British comedy film directed by Harcourt Templeman and Herbert Wilcox..
The Silent Passenger
1935-06-01
A really well made British murder mystery from British Gaumont studios. Story opens with a dead body
The Wife of Monte Cristo
1946-04-22
In this sequel to the original story, Monte Cristo count Edmund Dantes (Martin Kosleck) returns to P
My Song Goes Round the World
1934-09-22
Set in Venice, the touching and sometimes comic story of a diminutive tenor who falls in love whilst
The Fighting Guardsman
1945-04-24
A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.
The Battle
1934-05-11
The Battle is a 1934 Franco-British co-production English language drama film directed by Nicolas Fa
Scotland Yard
1941-04-03
Inspector Cork pursues a bank robber who serves in the army and receives facial injuries. After plas
You Made Me Love You
1933-10-01
A rich American businessman in London makes believe he's lost all his money so that his daughter wil
Small Hotel
1957-10-14
The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very shrewd
Lorna Doone
1934-12-09
High drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600s. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone
Eagle Squadron
1942-06-16
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in lov
Tin Pan Alley
1940-11-29
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to Engla
Peace on the Rhine
1938-11-10
During the lead up to a second World War, one of several French films hoping for peace,specifically
One Night In Lisbon
1941-06-13
Saucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite interference f
Rich People
1929-12-07
Connie Hayden (Constance Bennett) faces a dilemma; will she choose the rich guy or the ordinary Joe?
Diamond Frontier
1940-09-30
Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.
Ourselves Alone
1936-04-27
In 1921, as Irish nationalists battle with British authorities, a young girl is torn between loyalty
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
1936-02-22
The story of Mozart and his wife Constance, set against a background of court intrigue and professio
Sweethearts and Wives
1930-06-15
An aristocrat tries to prevent her sister's divorce by attempting to recover a diamond necklace, whi
One More Tomorrow
1946-05-24
Shiftless playboy Tom Collier lives to jump from party to party — until he meets photographer Christ
Black Waters
1929-04-05
A mad captain poses as a cleric to murder people aboard a fogbound ship.
Meet Maxwell Archer
1940-02-17
Maxwell Archer, a private detective, attempts to clear a young man wrongly accused of murder.
The Firechasers
1971-01-01
Insurance investigator must find out who is setting fires. Along the way he meets and works with a b
18 Minutes
1935-04-07
A lion-tamer's partly innate and partly acquired attitude to other living beings - that they shall s
The Secret Man
1958-12-01
A physicist finds himself drawn into an investigation to track down a spy at his research station.
Fair Game
1928-02-21
The Silent Battle
1939-03-01
Secret agents try to defeat terrorists on the Orient Express.
Josette of New Orleans
1958-01-01
Josette of New Orleans
Sunset Pass
1929-02-09
This Zane Grey adaptation stars square-jawed Jack Holt as a lawman going undercover to ferret out a
Woman and the Hunter
1957-01-13
When embittered safari guide David Kirby accepts a fateful commission to lead a hunting trip for wea
The Story of Esther Costello
1957-11-06
Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident that killed her mother. Wealthy
The Unholy Night
1929-09-13
When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an E
The Racketeer
1929-11-09
A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced s
Die weiße Spinne
1927-10-26
Anything to Declare?
1938-12-02
John Loder and Elliot Makeham star in Redd Davis’s British topical crime thriller. Professor Grayson
Gideon's Day
1958-03-25
Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-vi
Seas Beneath
1931-01-30
In the waning days of WWI, a U.S. "Mystery Ship," sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a submarin
Under Secret Orders
1937-12-06
During the First World War, a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to b
Sing As We Go
1934-09-13
When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the
Casanovas Erbe
1928-05-15
The Case of Lena Smith
1929-01-19
A peasant girl goes to great lengths to protect her child in 19th century Vienna. The film is consid