John Loder
Acting
Born 1898-01-02
Died 1988-12-26
London, England, UK
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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
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Acting
59 credits
Robert Montgomery Presents
How Green Was My Valley
Now, Voyager
Gentleman Jim
Sabotage
Gideon's Day
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Passage to Marseille
Dishonored Lady
Old Acquaintance
Woman and the Hunter
La bataille
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Owd Bob
The Brighton Strangler
One More Tomorrow
The Mysterious Doctor
Eagle Squadron
The Story of Esther Costello
Katia
King Solomon's Mines
The Hairy Ape
Love, Live & Laugh
The Unholy Night
The Firechasers
The Wife of Monte Cristo
Adventure in Diamonds
Lilies of the Field
Tin Pan Alley
The Battle
Confirm or Deny
Non-Stop New York
Abroad with Two Yanks
The Racketeer
Love, Life and Laughter
Murder on the Waterfront
Are You There?
Peace on the Rhine
On the Loose
Seas Beneath
The Gorilla Man
A Daughter Of Destiny
Jealousy
Scotland Yard
The Fighting Guardsman
Threats
Wedding Rehearsal
A Game of Death
Lorna Doone
It Happened in Paris
One Night In Lisbon
Black Waters
Money for Speed
Doctor Syn
Sing As We Go
Rich People
Small Hotel
You Made Me Love You
Anything to Declare?
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