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)

Blackmail

Detective Frank Webber

Final Column

Quatermass 2

Chief Inspector Lomax

Jamaica Inn

Captain Johnson (uncredited)

Young and Innocent

Det. Insp. Kent

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

Ground Officer (uncredited)

Pool of London

Det. Insp. Williams