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Actor · 1900 to 1971

John Longden

Best rated: A Matter of Life and Death (7.7)

Films
29
Avg rating
6.35
Peak run
1939’51
Every film, by TMDB rating

The career

John Longden, acting career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak era
Peak 1939 to 1951, 6.87456781930193519401945195019551960A Matter of Life and Death 7.7Jamaica Inn 6.1Career avg 6.35

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

John Longden's career barcodecoolhot
192930 films1964
Current formLast 5: 6.65 vs career 6.35 (+0.30)
  1. WA Matter of Life and Death1946 · 7.7+1.4
  2. LAnna Karenina1948 · 6.0−0.3
  3. WPool of London1951 · 6.6+0.3
  4. WThe Magic Box1952 · 6.5+0.2
  5. WQuatermass 21957 · 6.4+0.1
As an actor, films with 25+ votes

John by the numbers

Average
6.35
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.40
bigger films count more
Median
6.5
half are better
Consistency
±0.76
rating spread
Career
36y
1929 to 1964
Total votes
2.16K
across every film
Best
7.7
A Matter of Life and Death
Worst
6.1
Jamaica Inn
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
1964Frozen AliveProf. Hubbard·14
1963The Man Who Finally DiedMunch·16
1961So Evil, So YoungMr. Turner·6
1958Innocent SinnersAdmiral·4
1957Quatermass 2 posterQuatermass 2Chief Inspector Lomax6.4154
1955Alias John PrestonRichard Sandford·9
1955The Ship That Died of ShameDetective·12
1954Meet Mr. CallaghanJeremy Meraulton·2
1952The Magic BoxSpeaker in Connaught Rooms6.525
1951Pool of LondonDet. Insp. Williams6.637
1950The Elusive PimpernelThe Abbot·10
1948Bonnie Prince CharlieColonel O'Sullivan·7
1948Anna KareninaGen. Serpuhousky6.063
1947The Ghosts of Berkeley SquareMortimer Digby·9
1946A Matter of Life and Death posterA Matter of Life and DeathNarrator (voice) (uncredited)7.7492
1943The Silver FleetJost Meertens·9
1942Unpublished StoryMetcalf·7
1942One of Our Aircraft Is MissingGround Officer (uncredited)6.646
1940ContrabandPassport officer·22
1939The Lion Has WingsUnnamed Character·14
Better together?

John Longden's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Alfred Hitchcock and John Longden movies

Takes

On John Longden

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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