Date of birth: 1900-11-11
Place of birth: West Indies
Known for: Acting
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.
1929-07-11
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his
1937-11-01
When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins f
1955-12-14
A mysterious young man settles in a rural English town and immediately starts making a good impressi
1957-05-24
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the
1930-06-29
In the slums of Dublin during the Irish Civil War, the Boyle family’s fragile stability collapses af
1931-02-26
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.
1940-05-11
During early World War II, a Danish sea captain, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spie
1941-01-01
A short documentary following the lives of barge-folk on England's canals.
1938-10-27
A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fa
1929-01-11
'Soldier takes the blame when his Bolshevik brother shoots a soldier during the General Strike.' (Br
1927-12-01
'Antique dealer's daughter loves foreman who makes fakes for ex-partner.' (British Film Catalogue)
1927-10-01
'Club-owner crashes plane in Arcady, land of truth and beauty.' (British Film Catalogue)
1927-06-01
'The story concerns the misadventures of two flighty husbands in Paris on the spree. They find an ex
1947-10-30
The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion until t
1961-01-01
A young girl is framed for a robbery and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target
1947-09-01
Dusty Bates observes some smuggled jewels hidden in a crate aboard a ship; he is pursued by low-life
1937-02-24
Hubert Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway),a simple Australian farmer inherits a castle and a title in England,
1954-05-01
Inspired by the real events of the attempted heist at Heathrow Airport in 1952, a criminal tricks an
1950-08-01
A music-hall performer and her boyfriend find themselves caught up in the machinations of a trio of
1948-10-26
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose
1946-12-15
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping
1938-01-01
Nick plans to go to Canada after being released from prison, but his old gang will not share out the
1952-03-01
A mystery thriller intended for US TV.
1939-05-11
In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the rem
1939-07-28
A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who tou
1954-06-01
A young woman is framed for the murder of a wealthy man who met his death at the hands of his heirs.
1948-01-01
David and Monty are two friends of Susan and Betty Potter whose father runs a fleet of lorries. One
1939-02-21
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team u
1930-03-07
A Chinese troupe star and the Grand Duke's adjutant fall in love, to tensions from both sides' respe
1958-03-25
A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny gard
1936-05-09
Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) is a Canadian, adopted by Ma Dawson (Nellie Ferguson), a struggling horse b
1930-02-06
A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television b
1931-10-02
A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the
1934-05-12
Dean Maitland (John Longden), a young man in orders and engaged to a woman, is involved in a tragedy
1951-04-01
Adaptation of an Arthur Conan Doyle novel, in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the s
1960-03-31
A modern boardroom take on Julius Caesar.
1933-04-05
A humble girl's rise to fame.
1931-11-04
Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same
1941-11-15
On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the C
1937-10-06
Quota quickie with Rene Ray as Jennifer Hale, a chorus girl wanted for questioning in the murder of
1929-02-01
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become
1951-02-20
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
1951-10-22
Mark Sherwin is driving down a country lane when he comes across someone laying in the middle of the
1941-12-27
Wartime Germany: Marie, a concentration camp escapee on the run from the Nazis, narrowly escapes dro
1930-11-20
A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and
1930-07-28
An old Jewish man is forced to hide the Austrian lieutenant who killed his son and loves his daughte
1931-03-31
Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.
1931-07-08
A murderer is on the run from prison and is out to get everyone, especially the girl, who put him th
1931-10-19
'Crooks steal pearls and helicopter plans.' (British Film Catalogue)
1932-03-04
A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants...
1929-11-15
English-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and s
1927-04-04
An Essec sailor helps a girl save an heir from his crooked uncle.
1942-08-10
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisa
1943-01-23
Dastardly deeds are afoot in a smog of pipe smoke when a man is found dead - is it cyanide poisoning
1928-07-27
The head taxi dancer at a Tottenham dancehall blackmails a Lady to make her stop her son's affair wi
1939-11-03
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant ef
1952-01-01
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young a
1964-12-01
A scientist experimenting with suspended animation decides to use himself as a test subject. Before
1942-04-24
During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged.
1941-12-10
Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success.
1943-03-15
Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first, he collaborates with
1963-12-01
Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at
1950-11-07
A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.
1955-04-19
After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into bus
1959-12-12
Betty, a young and pretty widow, is seriously concerned about her young son Jimmy who, since his fat
1928-12-14
1948-01-22
Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come do
1937-11-25
This is a film made for Ford dealerships, encouraging them to smarten up their showrooms and organis
1959-01-01
'Water', says the transport man, 'is lovely stuff' - and the development plan for British Waterways
1928-04-09
In China, a pilot saves British residents from a Bolshevik's massacre plot.
1928-05-01
1957-10-31
The biggest wildfire in North American history is brought to life, revealing what it means to us tod
1958-11-09
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set i
1951-04-23
The crew of a lighthouse rescues people they believe to be survivors of a shipwreck, only to find ou