John Loder
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.
How Green Was My Valley
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Now, Voyager
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Sabotage
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Gentleman Jim
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The Private Life of Henry VIII
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Passage to Marseille
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Gideon's Day
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Old Acquaintance
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Dishonored Lady
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King Solomon's Mines
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The Man Who Changed His Mind
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The Story of Esther Costello
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The Brighton Strangler
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Adventure in Diamonds
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Tin Pan Alley
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Abroad with Two Yanks
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The Mysterious Doctor
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On the Loose
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Jealousy
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Murder on the Waterfront
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Katia
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The Hairy Ape
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Threats
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You Made Me Love You
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The Silent Passenger
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Adventure in Iraq
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A Daughter Of Destiny
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Eagle Squadron
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Wedding Rehearsal
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Java Head
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Doctor Syn
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The Second Floor Mystery
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The Racketeer
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A Game of Death
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Under Secret Orders
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Confirm or Deny
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It Happened in Paris
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One More Tomorrow
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The Battle
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Love, Life and Laughter
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Lorna Doone
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The Unholy Night
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Non-Stop New York
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Woman and the Hunter
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Lilies of the Field
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The Fighting Guardsman
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The Secret Man
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The Gorilla Man
as Captain Craig KillianA wounded soldier discovers his hospital is secretly run by the Nazis.
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The First Born
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The Firechasers
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One Night at Susie's
as HayesA woman gets help from her gangster friends after her foster son takes the blame for a murder he...
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Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
as Prince LobkowitzMozart biopic.
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Owd Bob
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Money for Speed
as MitchA motorcycle champion becomes a stunt rider after he is banned from speedway racing.
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Meet Maxwell Archer
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Queen of Hearts
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The Wife of Monte Cristo
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Small Hotel
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The Silent Battle
as BordierSecret agents try to defeat terrorists on the Orient Express.
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Anything to Declare?
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18 Minutes
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The Doctor's Secret
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Sing As We Go
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Black Waters
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The Man Hunter
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Sunset Pass
as Ashleigh PrestonThis Zane Grey adaptation stars square-jawed Jack Holt as a lawman going undercover to ferret...
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Scotland Yard
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Her Private Affair
as Carl WeildA married society woman accidentally kills her would-be lover and blackmailer and then suffers a...
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Love, Live & Laugh
as Dr. PriceAny movie that starts Jewish entertainer George Jessel as an Italian accordionist named Luigi...
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Diamond Frontier
as Dr. Charles ClaytonStory of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.
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One Night In Lisbon
as Cmdr. Peter WalmsleySaucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite...
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Ourselves Alone
as Captain WiltshireOne of the most significant films ever made about the Troubles in Ireland, a powerful story of...
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Peace on the Rhine
as Émile SchefferDuring the lead up to a second World War, one of several French films hoping for...
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Allá donde el viento brama
as uncreditedThe action takes place in Comodo Rivadavia, and reenacts a 1907 mission lead by José Fuchs, who...
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Robert Montgomery Presents
as Preston MitchellRobert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...
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The Count of Monte Cristo
as uncreditedThe Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very...
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