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John Loder
Actor
Died December 26, 1988 (90 years)
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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".
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Filmography
| 1971 | The Firechasers · as Routledge |
| 1958 | Gideon of Scotland Yard · as Ponsford 'The Duke' |
| 1958 | The Secret Man · as Major Anderson |
| 1958 | Dial 999 (TV Series) · as Bruce |
| 1957 | The Story of Esther Costello · as Paul Marchant |
| 1957 | Small Hotel · as Mr. Finch |
| 1956 | The Count of Monte Cristo (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1954 | The Vise (TV Series) · as Colonel March |
| 1947 | Dishonored Lady · as Felix Courtland |
| 1946 | Lights Out (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1945 | The Brighton Strangler · as Reginald Parker / Edward Grey |
| 1944 | Passage to Marseille · as Manning |
| 1944 | The Hairy Ape · as Tony Lazar |
| 1943 | Old Acquaintance · as Preston Drake |
| 1943 | Adventure in Iraq · as George Torrence |
| 1942 | Now, Voyager · as Elliot Livingston |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim · as Carlton De Witt |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley · as Ianto |
| 1941 | Confirm or Deny · as Captain Lionel Channing |
| 1941 | Scotland Yard · as Sir John Lasher |
| 1938 | Katia · as Le Tsar Alexandre II de Russie |
| 1938 | Paix sur le Rhin · as Émile Scheffer |
| 1938 | Anything to Declare? · as Capt. Rufus Grant |
| 1937 | King Solomon's Mines · as Sir Henry Curtis |
| 1937 | Non-Stop New York · as Inspector Jim Grant |
| 1936 | The Man Who Lived Again · as Dick Haslewood |
| 1936 | Queen of Hearts · as Derek Cooper |
| 1936 | Mozart · as Prince Lobkowitz |
| 1936 | Sabotage · as Ted |
| 1935 | The Silent Passenger · as John Ryder |
| 1935 | It Happened in Paris · as Paul |
| 1934 | Sing As We Go! · as Hugh Phillips |
| 1934 | Love, Life & Laughter · as Prince Charles |
| 1934 | My Song Goes Round the World · as Rico |
| 1933 | The Private Life of Henry VIII · as Thomas Peynell |
| 1933 | You Made Me Love You · as Harry Berne |
| 1933 | La bataille · as Herbert Fergan |
| 1933 | Paris Plane · as actor |
| 1932 | Wedding Rehearsal · as John Hopkins aka Bimbo |
| 1931 | On the Loose · as Mr. Loder |
| 1931 | Seas Beneath · as Franz Shiller |
| 1930 | Sweethearts and Wives · as Sam Worthington |
| 1929 | The Racketeer · as Jack Oakhurst |