John Loder

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BIRTHDAY

January 03, 1898

London, England, UK

DIED

December 09, 1988

RECENT CREDITS

Gideon of Scotland Yard (FILM) Jan. 1, 2000

The Firechasers (FILM) Mar. 1, 1970

The Story of Esther Costello (FILM) Oct. 1, 1957

Passage to Marseille (FILM) Mar. 11, 1944

Now, Voyager (FILM) Jan. 1, 1942

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BIOGRAPHY

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Born John Lowe, this tall, aristocratic British leading man often wore tweeds and smoked a pipe in his roles. He served in Gallipoli in World War One, ending up a prisoner of war. First onscreen as an extra (in a dance-party scene) in the German-made Madame Wants No Children (1926), he played leads and second leads in numerous early Hollywood talkies (he was in Paramount's first talkie, The Doctor's Secret [1929]), then became a popular star in '30s British films. When World War Two came to England he returned to Hollywood; there for seven years, he played leads in B-movies and supporting roles in major productions, but never attained the star status he'd enjoyed in Britain. Appeared on Broadway in 1947 and 1950, Loder then returned to England; after several more films he retired to his wife's ranch in Argentina, coming back to the big screen for a film in 1965 and another in 1970. His five wives included actresses Micheline Cheirel (a star in France) and Hedy Lamarr, with whom he costarred in Dishonored Lady (1947), which Lamarr produced. He authored an autobiography, Hollywood Hussar (1977).

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