From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia John Loder 3 January 1898 26 December 1988 was a BritishAmerican actor He was born William John Muir Lowe in London His father was General W H M Lowe the British officer to whom Patrick Pearse the leader of the Irish 1916 Rising in Dublin surrendered Both General Lowe and his son were present at the surrender of Pearse He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College and followed his father into the army commissioned into 15th Hussars as a second lieutenant on 17 March 1915 and then serving in the Gallipoli Campaign and at one point being imprisoned by the Germans Upon being released he stayed in Germany to run a pickle factory and also began to develop an interest in acting appearing in bitparts in a few German films He left Germany to briefly return to England and then headed to Hollywood to try his luck in the new medium Talkies He appeared in The Doctors Secret which was Paramounts first talking picturethough his very English persona didnt win America over at this time and he returned to England where he costarred in plush musicals and intrigue such as Love Life and Laughter and Sabotage He was the male romantic interest in the 1937 original film version of King Solomons Mines When World War II started he returned to America where he seamlessly coasted into a career in B movie roles usually playing upper crust characters with occasional appearances on Broadway He occasionally did play roles though supporting ones in major A films such as How Green Was My Valley in which he was at the same time one of Roddy McDowalls brothers and Donald Crisps sons In 1947 he became an American citizen his last screen appearance was in 1971 In 1959 he became a naturalised citizen of the United Kingdom as he has been of uncertain nationality Description above from the Wikipedia article John Loder licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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