John Longden

AKA: John Longdon
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1900-11-11

West Indies

Biography

John Longden was a West Indian-born English screen, stage, and television actor. He appeared in dozens of films from 1926 to 1964, including five (Blackmail, Juno and the Paycock, The Skin Game, Young and Innocent, Jamaica Inn) directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Longden appeared in numerous television series.

Crew Roles

Come Into My Parlour
Director
Come Into My Parlour
Writer
Quinneys
Scenario Writer
Palais De Danse
Writer
Mademoiselle Parley Voo
Writer
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {90}

Detective Frank Webber

1929-07-11 6.5

Blackmail

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an el ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller, Crime

Det. Insp. Kent

1937-11-01 6.597

Young and Innocent

Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman bec ...
Genre :Thriller, Romance, Mystery

Richard Sandford

1955-12-14 5.263

Alias John Preston

A mysterious young man settles in a rural English town and immediately starts making a good impression. Before long he has insinuated himself into local life, is married and is serving on the board of ...
Genre :Horror, Mystery

Chief Inspector Lomax

1957-05-24 6.4

Quatermass 2

In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has b ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Horror

Charles Bentham

1930-06-29 4.7

Juno and the Paycock

During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values of life really are. At the end, they discover they will not rec ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Charles Hornblower

1931-02-26 5.4

The Skin Game

An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village. ...
Genre :Drama

Passport officer

1940-05-11 6.9

Contraband

When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved in a beautiful British Naval Intelligent agent's e ...
Genre :Thriller, War

Narrator

1941-01-01 0

Barging Along

A short documentary following the lives of barge-folk on England's canals. ...
Genre :Documentary

Inspector Bliss

1938-10-27 6.2

The Gaunt Stranger

A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fast to uncover the serial killer known as 'The Ringer'. ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Drama

David / Martin

1929-01-11 0

The Last Post

'Soldier takes the blame when his Bolshevik brother shoots a soldier during the General Strike.' (British Film Catalogue) ...
Genre :Drama

Joseph Quinney

1927-12-01 0

Quinneys

'Antique dealer's daughter loves foreman who makes fakes for ex-partner.' (British Film Catalogue) ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Jack Meadows

1927-10-01 0

The Arcadians

'Club-owner crashes plane in Arcady, land of truth and beauty.' (British Film Catalogue) ...
Genre :Fantasy

Floquet

1927-06-01 0

The Glad Eye

'The story concerns the misadventures of two flighty husbands in Paris on the spree. They find an excuse for their absence from home by pretending that they are accompanying a famous airman on a fligh ...
Genre :Comedy

Mortimer Digby

1947-10-30 5.2

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion until the unlikely event of a reigning monarch paying the house a visit. It will take more than 200 years.. ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy

1961-01-01 4

So Evil, So Young

A young girl is framed for a robbery and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden. ...
Genre :Drama

Tod Jenkins

1947-09-01 4

The Adventures of Dusty Bates

Dusty Bates observes some smuggled jewels hidden in a crate aboard a ship; he is pursued by low-lifes when the crate is put ashore. ...
Genre :Action

Peter Ashton

1937-02-24 0

It Isn't Done

Hubert Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway),a simple Australian farmer inherits a castle and a title in England, and moves his family from the farm to the castle. He also inherits a very stuffy, prim-and-proper b ...
Genre :

Worthington

1954-05-01 5.2

Dangerous Cargo

Inspired by the real events of the attempted heist at Heathrow Airport in 1952, a criminal tricks an old friend into giving away the location of a shipment of gold bullion so he and his gang can steal ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Inspector James

1950-08-01 5.2

The Lady Craved Excitement

A music-hall performer and her boyfriend find themselves caught up in the machinations of a trio of not particularly bright crooks. ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery

Colonel O'Sullivan

1948-10-26 4.7

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the German House of Hanover, ruler of Great Britain. ...
Genre :Drama, History, War

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1946-12-15 7.8

A Matter of Life and Death

When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mist ...
Genre :Romance, Fantasy, Drama, War, Comedy

Inspector Thompson

1938-01-01 0

Bad Boy

Nick plans to go to Canada after being released from prison, but his old gang will not share out the loot from their last job. ...
Genre :Crime

Man With Pipe

1952-03-01 0

The Wallet

A mystery thriller intended for US TV. ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Captain Johnson (uncredited)

1939-05-11 6.092

Jamaica Inn

In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arran ...
Genre :Crime, Adventure, Thriller

Raven (uncredited)

1939-07-28 7.4

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Jeremy Meraulton

1954-06-01 6

Meet Mr. Callaghan

A young woman is framed for the murder of a wealthy man who met his death at the hands of his heirs. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1948-01-01 0

The Last Load

David and Monty are two friends of Susan and Betty Potter whose father runs a fleet of lorries. One by one, his lorries are involved in accidents and sabotage is suspected. The children are determined ...
Genre :Family

John Peters, a Pilot

1939-02-21 5.9

Q Planes

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while ove ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery

Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff

1930-03-07 5.5

The Flame of Love

A Chinese troupe star and the Grand Duke's adjutant fall in love, to tensions from both sides' respective comrades. ...
Genre :Music, Romance, Drama

Admiral

1958-03-25 7

Innocent Sinners

A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church. ...
Genre :Drama

Bill Peel

1936-05-09 6

Thoroughbred

Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) is a Canadian, adopted by Ma Dawson (Nellie Ferguson), a struggling horse breeder and trainer. Joan thinks "legs don't make a race horse, it's blood", and so she buys an unwan ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Himself

1930-02-06 5.1

Elstree Calling

A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself). ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Boyfriend

1931-10-02 0

Hindle Wakes

A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play. ...
Genre :Drama

Dean Maitland

1934-05-12 5

The Silence of Dean Maitland

Dean Maitland (John Longden), a young man in orders and engaged to a woman, is involved in a tragedy, to reveal the details of which would ruin his career. The Dean denies responsibility for both the ...
Genre :Drama

Sherlock Holmes

1951-04-01 6

Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared

Adaptation of an Arthur Conan Doyle novel, in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the secret of a wealthy businessman. ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery, TV Movie

Julian Caesar

1960-03-31 5

An Honourable Murder

A modern boardroom take on Julius Caesar. ...
Genre :Drama

Frank Dale

1933-04-05 0

Born Lucky

A humble girl's rise to fame. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Drama

Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik

1931-11-04 5.5

Rynox

Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same time, its senior partner, FX Benedik, keeps receiving threats from the disgruntled Boswell Marsh, wh ...
Genre :Drama

Stuart Gordon

1941-11-15 6.3

The Common Touch

On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions ...
Genre :Drama

Police Inspector Merton

1937-10-06 5

Jennifer Hale

Quota quickie with Rene Ray as Jennifer Hale, a chorus girl wanted for questioning in the murder of a theatrical producer. Fleeing to Manchester she becomes a taxi dancer under an assumed name, meets ...
Genre :Crime

Man from China (uncredited)

1929-02-01 6.387

Piccadilly

A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

DI Williams

1951-02-20 6.5

Pool of London

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Mr. Kemp

1951-10-22 5

The Black Widow

Mark Sherwin is driving down a country lane when he comes across someone laying in the middle of the road. Thinking it is someone who has been hit by a car he stops to see if he can help. What he gets ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime

Commander

1941-12-27 5.5

Tower of Terror

Wartime Germany: Marie, a concentration camp escapee on the run from the Nazis, narrowly escapes drowing when she is rescued by Wolfe Kristan a half-mad lighthouse keeper. Brought aboard the lighthous ...
Genre :Thriller

Jeffrey

1930-11-20 0

Children of Chance

A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and actress Lia de Marita – landing her an audition for the producer of a new musical stage show. Marve ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky

1930-07-28 0

Two Worlds

An old Jewish man is forced to hide the Austrian lieutenant who killed his son and loves his daughter. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Inspector Wembury

1931-03-31 0

The Ringer

Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England. ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime

Harry Fielding

1931-07-08 0

Two Crowded Hours

A murderer is on the run from prison and is out to get everyone, especially the girl, who put him there. The detective gives chase with the help of a London cabbie who has aspirations of becoming a po ...
Genre :Drama

Harry Crawford

1931-10-19 0

The Wickham Mystery

'Crooks steal pearls and helicopter plans.' (British Film Catalogue) ...
Genre :Mystery

Hugh Bromilow

1932-03-04 0

Murder on the Second Floor

A novelist imagines the murders of his fellow tenants... ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller, Comedy

Lanchester

1929-11-15 4.9

Atlantic

English-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and set aboard a fictional ship, called the "Atlantic". The main plotline revolves around a man who has a ...
Genre :Drama

1927-04-04 0

The House of Marney

An Essec sailor helps a girl save an heir from his crooked uncle. ...
Genre :Drama

Metcalf

1942-08-10 6.3

Unpublished Story

Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Inspector Slade

1943-01-23 0

Death by Design

Dastardly deeds are afoot in a smog of pipe smoke when a man is found dead - is it cyanide poisoning or smoke inhalation? ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

No. 1

1928-07-27 0

Palais De Danse

The head taxi dancer at a Tottenham dancehall blackmails a Lady to make her stop her son's affair with a poor but courageous dancer ...
Genre :Drama

Unnamed Character

1939-11-03 6.2

The Lion Has Wings

This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis. ...
Genre :Documentary, War

Speaker in Connaught Rooms

1952-01-01 6.3

The Magic Box

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more im ...
Genre :Drama

Prof. Hubbard

1964-12-01 4.2

Frozen Alive

A scientist experimenting with suspended animation decides to use himself as a test subject. Before he is frozen, his wife is killed, and he is suspected of her murder. a murder suspect. ...
Genre :Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

Ground Officer (uncredited)

1942-04-24 6.563

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Nazi-held Holland. Parachuting into Dutch farmlands under cover of darkness, the six-member crew conne ...
Genre :War, Drama

Bill

1941-12-10 4.4

Old Mother Riley's Circus

Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success. ...
Genre :Comedy

Jost Meertens

1943-03-15 6

The Silver Fleet

Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a child's rhyme reminds him of his pat ...
Genre :Drama, War

Munch

1963-12-01 6.2

The Man Who Finally Died

Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in Bavaria - with his father's name on the coffin. His i ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery

The Abbot

1950-11-07 6

The Elusive Pimpernel

A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine. ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama, Romance

Detective

1955-04-19 6.9

The Ship That Died of Shame

After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme, but the business they choose to go into ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Thriller

1959-12-12 0

A Woman's Temptation

Lost Danziger's crime cheapie. ...
Genre :Crime

1928-12-14 0

You Know What Sailors Are

Genre :Comedy, Drama

Gen. Serpuhousky

1948-01-22 6

Anna Karenina

Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vr ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1937-11-25 0

For Dealers Only

This is a film made for Ford dealerships, encouraging them to smarten up their showrooms and organise their sales tactics. Slovenly Mr Sinclair is shown how to get his garage fit for purpose by Ford p ...
Genre :Documentary

1959-01-01 0

Broad Waterways

'Water', says the transport man, 'is lovely stuff' - and the development plan for British Waterways is based on this belief. The film shows parts of the plan in action, then goes to the N.E. Division, ...
Genre :Documentary

Ivan

1928-04-09 0

The Flight Commander

In China, a pilot saves British residents from a Bolshevik's massacre plot. ...
Genre :Drama, Adventure

Le Beau - Illusionist

1928-05-01 0

Mademoiselle Parley Voo

Genre :Crime

De La Fayette

1957-10-31 0

Ordeal by Fire

The biggest wildfire in North American history is brought to life, revealing what it means to us today, when the people of America are still figuring out how their federal government should manage and ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

1956-02-20 4.4

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Sidney Marshall. It premiered in the UK in early 1956 an ...
Genre :Drama, Action & Adventure

Lord Ruskington

1959-09-13 6.7

Interpol Calling

The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery. ...
Genre :Drama

The Abbot

1955-09-26 6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were origin ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

1958-09-15 6.3

The Adventures of William Tell

The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure

Chambertin

1955-09-26 6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were origin ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

Sir Gyles of Wren

1955-09-26 6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were origin ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

Walter Fitzurse

1955-09-26 6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were origin ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

Lord Blackstone

1955-09-26 6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were origin ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

Sir Walter De Lys

1955-09-26 6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were origin ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

Archbishop

1955-09-26 6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were origin ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

Wulfric

1955-09-26 6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were origin ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

Count Leger

1955-09-26 6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were origin ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

Tailor

1955-09-26 6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were origin ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

Ned

1955-09-26 6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were origin ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

Hodges

1955-09-26 6.1

The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were origin ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

Mercer

1960-01-30 7

Man from Interpol

Anthony Smith, an agent based at Britain's Interpol Division at Scotland Yard, takes on international assignments dealing with murderers, drug smugglers and slave runners. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Sir Thomas

1962-06-04 0

Richard the Lionheart

A kid-friendly take on the exploits of King Richard the Lion Heart, from his participation in the Crusades, to his capture in Austria, to his final return to England. ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Family

Superintendent Mercer

1960-01-30 7

Man from Interpol

Anthony Smith, an agent based at Britain's Interpol Division at Scotland Yard, takes on international assignments dealing with murderers, drug smugglers and slave runners. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama