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.

Known For

A Matter of Life and Death

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Jamaica Inn

Captain Johnson (uncredited)

Quatermass 2

Chief Inspector Lomax

Blackmail

Detective Frank Webber

Young and Innocent

Det. Insp. Kent

Juno and the Paycock

Charles Bentham

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Raven (uncredited)

The Skin Game

Charles Hornblower