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.
90 movies · 2 shows
The Firechasers
1971·7.7
Allá donde el viento brama
1963·0.0
The Secret Man
1958·6.5
Gideon's Day
1958·6.4
Josette of New Orleans
1958·0.0
The Story of Esther Costello
1957·7.0
Small Hotel
1957·7.0
Woman and the Hunter
1957·8.0
Dishonored Lady
1947·5.8
One More Tomorrow
1946·5.8
The Wife of Monte Cristo
1946·6.4
Woman Who Came Back
1945·5.9
A Game of Death
1945·6.5
Jealousy
1945·5.7
The Brighton Strangler
1945·6.3
The Fighting Guardsman
1945·8.5
Abroad with Two Yanks
1944·6.7
The Hairy Ape
1944·6.3
Passage to Marseille
1944·6.6
Old Acquaintance
1943·7.1
Adventure in Iraq
1943·6.0
Murder on the Waterfront
1943·7.0
The Mysterious Doctor
1943·5.9
The Gorilla Man
1943·5.8
Gentleman Jim
1942·7.2
Now, Voyager
1942·7.4
Eagle Squadron
1942·7.0
Confirm or Deny
1941·4.8
How Green Was My Valley
1941·7.3
One Night In Lisbon
1941·7.0
Scotland Yard
1941·7.0
Tin Pan Alley
1940·5.4
Diamond Frontier
1940·9.0
Adventure in Diamonds
1940·6.0
Meet Maxwell Archer
1940·8.0
Threats
1940·5.9
Murder Will Out
1939·0.0
The Silent Battle
1939·9.0
Anything to Declare?
1938·6.0
Peace on the Rhine
1938·8.5
Katia
1938·8.5
Owd Bob
1938·5.6
Under Secret Orders
1937·9.0
Non-Stop New York
1937·6.7
Doctor Syn
1937·6.8
King Solomon's Mines
1937·5.4
Sabotage
1937·6.7
Queen of Hearts
1936·7.0
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936·6.1
Guilty Melody
1936·8.0
Ourselves Alone
1936·7.5
Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife
1936·5.8
It Happened in Paris
1935·6.2
The Silent Passenger
1935·5.8
18 Minutes
1935·9.5
Lorna Doone
1934·6.5
My Song Goes Round the World
1934·5.0
Sing As We Go
1934·5.8
Rolling in Money
1934·10.0
Java Head
1934·6.8
The Battle
1934·4.3
Love, Life and Laughter
1934·7.0
La bataille
1934·0.0
You Made Me Love You
1933·7.1
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933·6.4
Money for Speed
1933·10.0
Wedding Rehearsal
1932·5.5
Money Means Nothing
1932·8.0
On the Loose
1931·6.8
Seas Beneath
1931·5.3
Are You There?
1930·7.0
One Night at Susie's
1930·5.8
Sweethearts and Wives
1930·10.0
The Man Hunter
1930·8.0
The Second Floor Mystery
1930·8.0
Lilies of the Field
1930·4.3
Rich People
1929·8.0
The Racketeer
1929·5.1
Love, Live & Laugh
1929·9.0
Her Private Affair
1929·4.1
The Unholy Night
1929·5.7
Black Waters
1929·8.0
Sunset Pass
1929·8.0
The Doctor's Secret
1929·7.0
The Case of Lena Smith
1929·6.0
The First Born
1928·4.3
Casanovas Erbe
1928·8.0
Fair Game
1928·7.0
A Daughter Of Destiny
1928·6.4
Die weiße Spinne
1927·8.0