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.
Known For
Young and Innocent
(1937)
Det. Insp. Kent
Jamaica Inn
(1939)
Captain Johnson (uncredited)
Quatermass II
(1957)
Chief Inspector Lomax
A Matter of Life and Death
(1946)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Blackmail
(1929)
Detective Frank Webber
The Skin Game
(1931)
Charles Hornblower
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(1939)
Raven (uncredited)
Pool of London
(1951)
DI Williams
Full Filmography
Acting
Quinneys
(1927)
Joseph Quinney
The Glad Eye
(1927)
Floquet
The House of Marney
(1927)
The Arcadians
(1927)
Jack Meadows
Palais De Danse
(1928)
No. 1
Juno and the Paycock
(1929)
Charles Bentham
Atlantic
(1929)
Lanchester
Blackmail
(1929)
Detective Frank Webber
The Last Post
(1929)
David / Martin
Piccadilly
(1929)
Man from China (uncredited)
Elstree Calling
(1930)
Himself
The Flame of Love
(1930)
Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff
Two Worlds
(1930)
Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
Children of Chance
(1930)
Jeffrey
The Wickham Mystery
(1931)
Harry Crawford
The Ringer
(1931)
Inspector Wembury
The Skin Game
(1931)
Charles Hornblower
Two Crowded Hours
(1931)
Harry Fielding
Hindle Wakes
(1931)
Boyfriend
Rynox
(1931)
Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
Murder on the Second Floor
(1932)
Hugh Bromilow
Born Lucky
(1933)
Frank Dale
The Silence of Dean Maitland
(1934)
Dean Maitland
Thoroughbred
(1936)
Bill Peel
It Isn't Done
(1937)
Peter Ashton
Young and Innocent
(1937)
Det. Insp. Kent
Jennifer Hale
(1937)
Police Inspector Merton
The Gaunt Stranger
(1938)
Inspector Bliss
Bad Boy
(1938)
Inspector Thompson
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(1939)
Raven (uncredited)
Jamaica Inn
(1939)
Captain Johnson (uncredited)
The Lion Has Wings
(1939)
Unnamed Character
Q Planes
(1939)
John Peters, a Pilot
Contraband
(1940)
Passport officer
Old Mother Riley's Circus
(1941)
Bill
Barging Along
(1941)
Narrator
Tower of Terror
(1941)
Commander
The Common Touch
(1941)
Stuart Gordon
Unpublished Story
(1942)
Metcalf
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
(1942)
Ground Officer (uncredited)
The Silver Fleet
(1943)
Jost Meertens
Death by Design
(1943)
Inspector Slade
A Matter of Life and Death
(1946)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
(1947)
Tod Jenkins
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
(1947)
Mortimer Digby
The Last Load
(1948)
Bonnie Prince Charlie
(1948)
Colonel O'Sullivan
The Lady Craved Excitement
(1950)
Inspector James
The Elusive Pimpernel
(1950)
The Abbot
The Black Widow
(1951)
Mr. Kemp
Pool of London
(1951)
DI Williams
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
(1951)
Sherlock Holmes
The Magic Box
(1952)
Speaker in Connaught Rooms
The Wallet
(1952)
Meet Mr. Callaghan
(1954)
Jeremy Meraulton
Dangerous Cargo
(1954)
Worthington
Alias John Preston
(1955)
Richard Sandford
The Ship That Died of Shame
(1955)
Detective
Quatermass II
(1957)
Chief Inspector Lomax
Innocent Sinners
(1958)
Admiral
An Honourable Murder
(1960)
Julian Caesar
So Evil, So Young
(1961)
The Man Who Finally Died
(1963)
Munch
Frozen Alive
(1964)
Prof. Hubbard
Writing
Directing