John Lodge
John Davis Lodge (October 20, 1903 – October 29, 1985) was an American film actor, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was the 79th governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955, and later served as U.S. ambassador to Spain, Argentina, and Switzerland. As an actor, he often was credited simply as John Lodge. He had roles in four Hollywood films between 1933 and 1935, including playing Marlene Dietrich's lover in The Scarlet Empress and Shirley Temple's father in The Little Colonel. He starred or co-starred in many British and European films between 1935 and 1940. Lodge was a member of four prominent political families in the Northeast United States: the Cabot, Lodge, Frelinghuysen and Davis families. He was a direct descendant of at least seven U.S. senators, and had many other politicians in his family, including his brother, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who ran for Vice President of the United States in 1960 alongside presidential nominee Richard Nixon but was defeated by John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Scarlet Empress
as Count AlexeiDuring the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine...
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Little Women
as BrookeFour sisters come of age during the American Civil War. With their father away fighting, the...
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Murders in the Zoo
as Roger HewittDr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His...
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The Little Colonel
as Jack ShermanAfter Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former...
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Queer Cargo
as Capt. HarleyThe Captain of a tramp steamer is forced by his ship's owner to smuggle some priceless pearls,...
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Menace
as Ronald CavendishA psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's...
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Bank Holiday
as Stephen HowardA 1930s British summer Bank Holiday starts at midday on Saturday with a rush for the trains to...
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From Mayerling to Sarajevo
as L'archiduc François FerdinandFranz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, is kept absent from the royal court due...
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Pasha's Wives
as Vedad Bey, her husbandMireille, a Frenchwoman, marries a westernized Turkish diplomat and, thinking that she will live...
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The Tenth Man
as George WinterGeorge Winter, a self-made businessman and MP, lets nothing get in the way of his climb to the...
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Bulldog Drummond at Bay
as Hugh "Bulldog" DrummondDrummond goes up against foreign agents who are trying to steal plans for a top-secret aircraft.
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Tonight at Eleven
as Jack MorrisA comedy poking fun at earlier 1930s American crime films: A society lady goes after a gang of...
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Crimson Dynasty
as Grand Duke FrederickKoenigsmark is a 1935 British-French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa...
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Sensation
as Pat HestonPat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more...
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Ourselves Alone
as County Inspector HanneyOne of the most significant films ever made about the Troubles in Ireland, a powerful story of...
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An Audience with...
as SelfAn Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...
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