John Loder
Biography
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.
Known For
Viscount
Alraune
Dick Haslewood
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Felix Courtland
Dishonored Lady
Elliot Livingston
Now, Voyager
Ted
Sabotage
Hugh Paton
The Doctor's Secret
George Castle
The Man Hunter
Dr. Price
Love, Live & Laugh
Ianto Morgan
How Green Was My Valley
Peynell
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Carlton De Witt
Gentleman Jim
Dr. David Brent
Jealousy
Sir Henry Curtis
King Solomon's Mines
Manning
Passage to Marseille
Mr. Loder
On the Loose
Captain Craig Killian
The Gorilla Man
Preston Drake
Old Acquaintance
Sir Henry Leland
The Mysterious Doctor
Captain Lionel Channing
Confirm or Deny
Lord David Harborough
The First Born
Allá donde el viento brama
George Torrence
Adventure in Iraq
Dr. Matt Adams
Woman Who Came Back
John Hopkins aka Bimbo
Wedding Rehearsal
Reginald Parker / Edward Grey
The Brighton Strangler
Tony Lazar
The Hairy Ape
Don Rainsford
A Game of Death
Dr. Paul Raymond
Murder Will Out
Michael Barclay
Adventure in Diamonds
Tsar Alexandre II of Russia
Katia
Fraser-Freer's Younger Brother
The Second Floor Mystery
Aussie Sgt. Cyril North
Abroad with Two Yanks
Holbrook
Murder on the Waterfront
David Moore
Owd Bob
Inspector Jim Grant
Non-Stop New York
Gerrit Ammidon
Java Head
Lord Gawthorpe
Rolling in Money
Richard Carter
Guilty Melody
Paul
It Happened in Paris
Derek Cooper
Queen of Hearts
Prince Charles
Love, Life and Laughter
Walter Harker
Lilies of the Field
Dick Stone
Menaces...
Mitch
Money for Speed
Hayes
One Night at Susie's
Denis Cobtree
Doctor Syn
Carl Weild
Her Private Affair
Earl Egbert
Money Means Nothing
John Ryder
The Silent Passenger
De Villefort, Prefect of Police
The Wife of Monte Cristo
Rico
My Song Goes Round the World
Sir John Tanley
The Fighting Guardsman
Fergan
The Battle
Sir John Lasher
Scotland Yard
Harry Berne
You Made Me Love You
Mr. Finch
Small Hotel
John Ridd
Lorna Doone
Paddy Carson
Eagle Squadron
Reggie Carstairs
Tin Pan Alley
Émile Scheffer
Paix sur le Rhin
Cmdr. Peter Walmsley
One Night In Lisbon
Captain Danforth
Rich People
Dr. Charles Clayton
Diamond Frontier
Captain Wiltshire
Ourselves Alone
Prince Lobkowitz
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
Sam Worthington
Sweethearts and Wives
Owen Arthur
One More Tomorrow
Charles
Black Waters
Maxwell Archer
Meet Maxwell Archer
Routledge
The Firechasers
Trelawney
18 Minutes
Major Anderson
The Secret Man
Oberleutnant von Rohnstedt
Freiwild
Bordier
The Silent Battle
The Colonel
Josette of New Orleans
Ashleigh Preston
Sunset Pass
Mitchell Gifford
Woman and the Hunter
Paul Marchant
The Story of Esther Costello
Captain Dorchester
The Unholy Night
Jack Oakhurst
The Racketeer
Die weiße Spinne
Capt. Rufus Grant
Anything to Declare?
Ponsford 'The Duke'
Gideon's Day
Franz Shiller
Seas Beneath
Lt. Peter Carr
Under Secret Orders
Hugh Phillips
Sing As We Go
Casanovas Erbe
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
87
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-01-02
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
William John Muir Lowe