Acting
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.
Highest rated appearances
as Det. Insp. Kent
A Woman's Temptation
as Inspector Syms
Broad Waterways
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
Innocent Sinners
as Admiral
Ordeal by Fire
as De La Fayette
Three Sundays to Live
as Warder
Quatermass 2
as Chief Inspector Lomax
Alias John Preston
as Richard Sandford
The Ship That Died of Shame
as Detective
Final Column
Meet Mr. Callaghan
as Jeremy Meraulton
Dangerous Cargo
as Worthington
The Wallet
as Man With Pipe
The Magic Box
as Speaker in Connaught Rooms
Black Widow
as Mr. Kemp
The Dark Light
as Stephen
Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared
as Sherlock Holmes
Pool of London
as DI Williams
The Elusive Pimpernel
as The Abbot
The Lady Craved Excitement
as Inspector James
Bonnie Prince Charlie
as Colonel O'Sullivan
Anna Karenina
as Gen. Serpuhousky
The Last Load
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square
as Mortimer Digby
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
as Tod Jenkins
A Matter of Life and Death
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Silver Fleet
as Jost Meertens
Death by Design
as Inspector Slade
Unpublished Story
as Metcalf
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
as Ground Officer (uncredited)
Rose of Tralee
as Paddy O'Brien
Tower of Terror
as Commander
Old Mother Riley's Circus
as Bill
The Common Touch
as Stuart Gordon
Barging Along
as Narrator
Contraband
as Passport officer
The Lion Has Wings
as Unnamed Character
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Raven (uncredited)
Jamaica Inn
as Captain Johnson (uncredited)
Q Planes
as John Peters, a Pilot
The Gaunt Stranger
as Inspector Bliss
Bad Boy
as Inspector Thompson
For Dealers Only
Jennifer Hale
as Police Inspector Merton
It Isn't Done
as Peter Ashton
Young and Innocent
as Det. Insp. Kent
Thoroughbred
as Bill Peel
The Silence of Dean Maitland
as Dean Maitland
Born Lucky
as Frank Dale
Murder on the Second Floor
as Hugh Bromilow
Rynox
as Anthony Xavier 'Tony' Benedik
The Wickham Mystery
as Harry Crawford
Hindle Wakes
as Boyfriend
Two Crowded Hours
as Harry Fielding
The Ringer
as Inspector Wembury
The Skin Game
as Charles Hornblower
Children of Chance
as Jeffrey
Two Worlds
as Lt. Stanislaus von Zaminsky
Juno and the Paycock
as Charles Bentham
The Flame of Love
as Lieutenant Boris Boriskoff
Elstree Calling
as Himself
Atlantic
as Lanchester
Blackmail
as Detective Frank Webber
Piccadilly
as Man from China (uncredited)
The Last Post
as David / Martin
You Know What Sailors Are
Palais De Danse
as No. 1
Mademoiselle Parley Voo
as Le Beau - Illusionist
The Flight Commander
as Ivan
Quinneys
as Joseph Quinney
The Arcadians
as Jack Meadows
The Glad Eye
as Floquet
The House of Marney
