John Burton
John Burton was an English-born actor who appeared in American films from 1923 to 1953.
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as British Radio AnnouncerAn alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face...
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Random Harvest
as Pearson (uncredited)Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall...
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The Woman in Green
as Waring the Mesmerist (uncredited)Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger...
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Army Inspector (uncredited)In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en...
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David and Bathsheba
as Priest (uncredited)King David enters into an adulterous affair with the beautiful Bathsheba, which has tragic...
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Mrs. Miniver
as Halliday (uncredited)Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her...
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Foreign Correspondent
as English AnnouncerAmerican crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover...
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as RAF Officer (uncredited)In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight...
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The Black Swan
as Captain Blaine (uncredited)When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of...
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Captain from Castile
as DeLora (uncredited)Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva, who just...
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Lost Horizon
as Wynant (uncredited)British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and...
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The Spider Woman
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female...
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The House on Telegraph Hill
as Mr. WhitmoreConcentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and...
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Three Strangers
as NarratorOn the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy...
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Invisible Agent
as R.A.F. Flier (uncredited)The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.
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Marie Antoinette
as Lafayette (uncredited)The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of...
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Beloved Enemy
as HallIn 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace...
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A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Captain (uncredited)An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to...
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White Cargo
as Jim Benson (uncredited)In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his...
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Phantom Raiders
as Steve Donnigan of Scotland Yard (uncredited)In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers...
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Kidnapped
as Lieutenant StoneRobert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century...
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The Fan
as Hoskins (uncredited)Lord Windermere appears to all – including his young wife Margaret – to be the perfect husband....
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Slave Ship
as OfficerAction-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced...
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My Blue Heaven
as Lawyer (uncredited)Radio star Kitty Moran, long married to partner Jack, finds she's pregnant, but miscarries. For...
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The Earl of Chicago
as Clerk (uncredited)A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the...
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Journey for Margaret
as Surgeon (uncredited)An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening...
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Lloyd's of London
as Lord NelsonNorfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very...
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Lord Jeff
as John CartwrightSpoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat...
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Three Came Home
as Elderly Resident (uncredited)Borneo, 1941, during World War II. When the Japanese occupy the island, American writer Agnes...
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Rage in Heaven
as Court Clerk (uncredited)A jealous man frames his wife's suspected lover for murder.
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Rulers of the Sea
as Seaman (uncredited)The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all...
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Enter Arsène Lupin
as Radio Commentator (uncredited)A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She herself doesn't know...
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Two Tickets to London
as Royce (uncredited)Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to...
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Black Beauty
as Dr. WhiteBased on Anna Sewell's novel. In rural England of the 1880's, widower Squire Wendon is rearing...
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Eagle Squadron
as Wing CommanderAn American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in...
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Storm Over Bengal
as Sir Austin CarterThis being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed...
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Dark Delusion
as Minister (uncredited)Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt...
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The Very Thought of You
as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)Army sergeants Dave and "Fixit" spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, where they meet Janet and...
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Dark Streets of Cairo
as Official (uncredited)A rapid series of murders occurs when a professor disrupts a tranquil Egyptian tomb by removing...
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Assignment in Brittany
as Doctor (uncredited)A French Resistance fighter discovers he's a dead ringer for a Nazi official.
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Everybody Does It
as Mr. Murray (uncredited)Leonard Borland loves his monied wife, but with his wrecking business looking shaky he treasures...
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Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Michel de Nostradamus (uncredited)This short film applies the prophecies of Nostradamus to events of World War II.
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More About Nostradamus
as Michel de Nostradamus (uncredited)This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to...
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Let's Ask Nostradamus
as NostradamusNostradamus writes a letter to his young son, and his prophecies are compared to events of the...
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Lancer Spy
as Lieutenant (uncredited)An Englishman impersonates an imprisoned German officer and "returns" to Germany to become a...
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Pierre of the Plains
as Prosecutor (uncredited)A French-Canadian trapper's adventures jeopardize his romance with an innkeeper.
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The Sun Never Sets
as Simon RandolphThe Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes...
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Nostradamus
as Nostradamus (uncredited)A look at various predictions Nostradamus made, such as the American and French Revolutions.
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The King Without a Crown
as Inquiring French Nobleman Hudson (uncredited)This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette,...
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