John Loder

Actor

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Also Known As

John Lowe

Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

January 03, 1898

Biography

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John Loder enlisted in the British Army when he was young, eventually serving as a Cavalryman before finding himself locked up in Germany. After being released from prison, he chose to stay and manage a pickle-making factory, though with his dark, handsome looks, he eventually tried his hand at acting. During the mid-to-late 1920s, he appeared in small roles in German films, which led to...

Filmography

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Gideon of Scotland Yard (1959)

Ponsford, the Duke

Josette from New Orleans (1958)

The Story of Esther Costello (1957)

The Woman And The Hunter (1957)

Dishonored Lady (1947)

Felix Courtland

The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946)

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Sabotage (1936) -- (Movie Clip) If The Arsenal Lose

Old Acquaintance (1943) -- (Movie Clip) My Fatal Beauty

Family & Companions

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Hedy Lamarr

Wife

Third wife; divorced.

Bibliography

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"Hollywood Hussar"

John Loder (1977)

Biography

John Loder enlisted in the British Army when he was young, eventually serving as a Cavalryman before finding himself locked up in Germany. After being released from prison, he chose to stay and manage a pickle-making factory, though with his dark, handsome looks, he eventually tried his hand at acting. During the mid-to-late 1920s, he appeared in small roles in German films, which led to co-starring in the '29 "The Doctor's Secret," Loder's first American movie and the first "Talkie" from Paramount. That same year, he co-starred or appeared in a number of other American films, ranging from Westerns to thrillers, though after failing to gain a mass audience, he spent much of the '30s back in his native England, collaborating with the likes of Alfred Hitchcock on the thriller "Sabotage" and Robert Stevenson on the adventure-themed "King Solomon's Mines." During the next decade, while the world was at war, Loder gradually transitioned from European productions back to Hollywood. Though never a huge star, he landed a supporting role in the 1941 Oscar-winning "How Green Was My Valley" directed by John Ford, whom Loder had previously worked with in the '31 war film "Seas Beneath." He also co-starred in 1942's "Now, Voyager" starring Bette Davis as well as Michael Curtiz' '44 adventure drama "Passage to Marseille" with Humphrey Bogart. Toward the end of the '40s, Loder began appearing on television, which is where he spent most of the next decade before his career slowed.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Gideon of Scotland Yard (1959)

Ponsford, the Duke

Josette from New Orleans (1958)

The Story of Esther Costello (1957)

The Woman And The Hunter (1957)

Dishonored Lady (1947)

Felix Courtland

The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946)

One More Tomorrow (1946)

The Fighting Guardsman (1945)

Sir John Tanlay

A Game of Death (1945)

The Brighton Strangler (1945)

Reginald Parker

The Woman Who Came Back (1945)

Jealousy (1945)

Dr. David Brent

Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)

The Hairy Ape (1944)

Passage to Marseille (1944)

Old Acquaintance (1943)

Murder on the Waterfront (1943)

Lt. Com. Holbrook

The Gorilla Man (1943)

Captain Craig Killian

The Mysterious Doctor (1943)

Sir Henry Leland

Adventure in Iraq (1943)

George Torrence

Gentleman Jim (1942)

Clinton De Witt

Eagle Squadron (1942)

Now, Voyager (1942)

Elliot Livingston

Confirm or Deny (1941)

Captain [Lionel] Channing

One Night in Lisbon (1941)

Commander Peter Walmsley

Scotland Yard (1941)

Sir John Lasher/[Dakin Barrolles]

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

Adventure in Diamonds (1940)

Michael Barclay

Diamond Frontier (1940)

[Dr.] Charles Clayton

Tin Pan Alley (1940)

Reggie Carstair

To the Victor (1938)

King Solomon's Mines (1937)

Doctor Syn (1937)

Non-Stop New York (1937)

Inspector Jim Grant

Sabotage (1936)

The Man Who Lived Again (1936)

This Woman Is Mine (1935)

18 Minutes (1935)

Lorna Doone (1935)

Thunder in the East (1934)

Commander Fergan

The Private Life of Henry VIII (1934)

[Thomas] Peynell

Java Head (1934)

Money For Speed (1933)

Wedding Rehearsal (1932)

Seas Beneath (1931)

The Man Hunter (1930)

Lilies of the Field (1930)

Sweethearts and Wives (1930)

One Night at Susie's (1930)

The Second Floor Mystery (1930)

Lieut. Norman Fraser

The Unholy Night (1929)

Captain Dorchester

Sunset Pass (1929)

Ashleigh Preston

Her Private Affair (1929)

The Doctor's Secret (1929)

Love, Live and Laugh (1929)

The Racketeer (1929)

Rich People (1929)

Captain Danforth

Black Waters (1929)

The First Born (1928)

Alfred Hitchcock: Sabotage and The Lodger (1926)

Cast (Short)

On the Loose (1931)

Life Events

1926

Feature film debut as an extra in Alexander Korda's "Madame Wants No Children"

Photo Collections

Old Acquaintance - Scene Stills

Here are a number of scene stills from Warner Bros' Old Acquaintance (1943), starring Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, and Gig Young.

Videos

Sabotage (1936) -- (Movie Clip) If The Arsenal Lose We know grocer Ted (John Loder) is a policeman, Sylvia Sidney at the ticket box doesn't know the guys (William Dewhurst, Peter Bull, then Torin Thatcher) visiting her husband (Oscar Homolka) are terrorists, her young brother (Desmond Tester) also an innocent, in Hitchcock's Sabotage, 1936.

Old Acquaintance (1943) -- (Movie Clip) My Fatal Beauty In New York, years later during which time Millie (Miriam Hopkins) also becomes a best-selling novelist, she scolds husband Preston (John Loder), who retreats with mentor, friend, rival and baby-sitter Kit (Bette Davis), dropping his own bombshell, in Vincent Sherman's Old Acuqaintance, 1943.

Old Acquaintance (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Every Woman Has A Ghost After another 10-year leap, during WWII, author Kit (Bette Davis) has agreed to meet Preston (John Loder), who left his wife in a failed attempt to win her, and she’s arranged for her young lover (Gig Young) to bring along Preston’s now-grown daughter (Dolores Moran), in Old Acquaintance, 1943.

Gentleman Jim (1942) -- (Movie Clip) If You Were My Girl Errol Flynn as title character Jim Corbett, still just a San Francisco local hero, stands by as Vicky Ware (Alexis Smith) meets the touring world champ Sullivan (Ward Bond), then tangles with her and her less virile boyfriend (John Loder), in Raoul Walsh’s fanciful bio-pic Gentleman Jim, 1942.

How Green Was My Valley (1941) -- (Movie Clip) I Shall Never Return Powerful opening from Richard Llewellyn's novel, Irving Pichel as grown Huw (Roddy McDowall) narrating, Best Director winner John Ford introducing father Donald Crisp, brothers (John Loder, Patric Knowles, Richard Fraser, John Monks, Evan S. Evans) and sister (Maureen O'Hara), in How Green Was My Valley, 1941.

How Green Was My Valley (1941) -- (Movie Clip) I First Saw Bron Irving Pichel's narration as the grown Huw (Roddy McDowall) continues, introducing Bronwyn (Anna Lee) to the Morgans as bride to brother Ivor (Patric Knowles), mother (Sara Algood) and dad (Donald Crisp) featured along with sister Maureen O'Hara (who would name her daughter Bronwyn!), early in John Ford's Welsh family saga How Green Was My Valley, 1941.

How Green Was My Valley (1941) -- (Movie Clip) The Men Will Come Out In turn-of-the-century South Wales, Morgan (Donald Crisp) is a senior coal miner, not as angry over wage cuts as his sons (James Monks, John Loder, Richard Fraser, Evan S. Evans) who walk out amicably, in John Ford's film from the Richard Llewellyn novel, How Green Was My Valley, 1941.

Passage To Marseille (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Never Seen A Stronger Face Captain Freycinet (Claude Rains) giving a look at his Free French air squadron to newsman Manning (John Loder), who is impressed by a gunner named Matrac (Humphrey Bogart), early in Michael Curtiz's Passage To Marseille, 1944.

Now, Voyager (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Not Boston, You Know Shedding fiance` Elliott (John Loder), Charlotte (Bette Davis) with her party hosts (Charlotte Wynters, Don Douglas), is surprised to encounter Jerry (Paul Henreid), with whom she conspires to not-discuss their past romance, in Now, Voyager, 1942, Irving Rapper directing.

Sabotage (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Act Of God Director Alfred Hitchcock's crafty opening, Oscar Homolka's role not altogether clear, his wife (Sylvia Sidney) at the ticket box at the cinema, John Loder the snarky grocer next door, from Sabotage, 1936, loosely based on Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent.

Old Acquaintance (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You Don't Know Kit At the train station in home-town Birchfield (no state is mentioned), childhood pal Millie (Miriam Hopkins), with newsman Charlie (Roscoe Karns), greets local girl turned famous novelist Kit (Bette Davis), her fan club intervening, in Vincent Sherman's 1943 Warner Bros. hit Old Acquaintance.

Adventure In Iraq -- (Movie Clip) Not In Cold Blood The Nazi-friendly Sheik (Paul Cavanagh) explaining to stranded Allied guests Doug (Warren Douglas), Tess (Ruth Ford) and George (John Loder) that he'll have to sacrifice them, in Adventure In Iraq, 1943.

Now, Voyager - (Original Trailer) Lonely spinster Bette Davis lets herself fall for a married man during an ocean cruise in Now, Voyager (1942), co-starring Paul Henreid.

Companions

Hedy Lamarr

Wife

Third wife; divorced.

Bibliography

"Hollywood Hussar"

John Loder (1977)

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