John Longden
Birthday: 1900-11-11
Place of Birth: 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.
Movies
Blackmail
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his ...
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Young and Innocent
When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins f...
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Alias John Preston
A mysterious young man settles in a rural English town and immediately starts making a good impressi...
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Quatermass 2
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the ...
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Juno and the Paycock
In the slums of Dublin during the Irish Civil War, the Boyle family’s fragile stability collapses af...
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The Skin Game
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village....
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Contraband
During early World War II, a Danish sea captain, delayed in a British port, tangles with German spie...
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Barging Along
A short documentary following the lives of barge-folk on England's canals....
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The Gaunt Stranger
A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fa...
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The Last Post
'Soldier takes the blame when his Bolshevik brother shoots a soldier during the General Strike.' (Br...
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Quinneys
'Antique dealer's daughter loves foreman who makes fakes for ex-partner.' (British Film Catalogue)...
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The Arcadians
'Club-owner crashes plane in Arcady, land of truth and beauty.' (British Film Catalogue)...
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The Glad Eye
'The story concerns the misadventures of two flighty husbands in Paris on the spree. They find an ex...
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The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion until t...
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So Evil, So Young
A young girl is framed for a robbery and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target...
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The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Dusty Bates observes some smuggled jewels hidden in a crate aboard a ship; he is pursued by low-life...
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It Isn't Done
Hubert Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway),a simple Australian farmer inherits a castle and a title in England,...
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Dangerous Cargo
Inspired by the real events of the attempted heist at Heathrow Airport in 1952, a criminal tricks an...
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The Lady Craved Excitement
A music-hall performer and her boyfriend find themselves caught up in the machinations of a trio of ...
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Bonnie Prince Charlie
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose...
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A Matter of Life and Death
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping ...
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Bad Boy
Nick plans to go to Canada after being released from prison, but his old gang will not share out the...
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Jamaica Inn
In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the rem...
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Over several decades throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping ris...
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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....
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The Last Load
David and Monty are two friends of Susan and Betty Potter whose father runs a fleet of lorries. One ...
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Q Planes
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team u...
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The Flame of Love
A Chinese troupe star and the Grand Duke's adjutant fall in love, to tensions from both sides' respe...
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Innocent Sinners
A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny gard...
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Thoroughbred
Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) is a Canadian, adopted by Ma Dawson (Nellie Ferguson), a struggling horse b...
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Elstree Calling
A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television b...
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Hindle Wakes
A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the ...
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The Silence of Dean Maitland
Dean Maitland (John Longden), a young man in orders and engaged to a woman, is involved in a tragedy...
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Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
Adaptation of an Arthur Conan Doyle novel, in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the s...
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Rynox
Things are not all well at Rynox House, where the company is on the verge of collapse. At the same ...
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The Common Touch
On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the C...
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Jennifer Hale
Quota quickie with Rene Ray as Jennifer Hale, a chorus girl wanted for questioning in the murder of ...
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Piccadilly
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become ...
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Pool of London
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London....
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Black Widow
Mark Sherwin is driving down a country lane when he comes across someone laying in the middle of the...
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Tower of Terror
Wartime Germany: Marie, a concentration camp escapee on the run from the Nazis, narrowly escapes dro...
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Children of Chance
A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and...
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Two Worlds
An old Jewish man is forced to hide the Austrian lieutenant who killed his son and loves his daughte...
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The Ringer
Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England....
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Two Crowded Hours
A murderer is on the run from prison and is out to get everyone, especially the girl, who put him th...
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The Wickham Mystery
'Crooks steal pearls and helicopter plans.' (British Film Catalogue)...
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Atlantic
English-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and s...
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Unpublished Story
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisa...
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Death by Design
Dastardly deeds are afoot in a smog of pipe smoke when a man is found dead - is it cyanide poisoning...
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Palais De Danse
The head taxi dancer at a Tottenham dancehall blackmails a Lady to make her stop her son's affair wi...
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The Lion Has Wings
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant ef...
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The Magic Box
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young a...
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Frozen Alive
A scientist experimenting with suspended animation decides to use himself as a test subject. Before ...
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. ...
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Old Mother Riley's Circus
Mother Riley takes over a circus on the point of closing down, and makes it a success....
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The Silver Fleet
The Silver Fleet was inspired by a true story from World War II. Holland now under German occupation...
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The Man Who Finally Died
Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at...
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The Elusive Pimpernel
A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine....
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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 bus...
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A Woman's Temptation
Betty, a young and pretty widow, is seriously concerned about her young son Jimmy who, since his fat...
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Anna Karenina
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the w...
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For Dealers Only
This is a film made for Ford dealerships, encouraging them to smarten up their showrooms and organis...
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Broad Waterways
'Water', says the transport man, 'is lovely stuff' - and the development plan for British Waterways ...
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The Flight Commander
In China, a pilot saves British residents from a Bolshevik's massacre plot....
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Ordeal by Fire
The biggest wildfire in North American history is brought to life, revealing what it means to us tod...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set i...
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The Dark Light
The crew of a lighthouse rescues people they believe to be survivors of a shipwreck, only to find ou...
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Rose of Tralee
Paddy, an Irish singer heads to America to seek fame and fortune. Once successful he returns home to...
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