
John Stuart
Biography
John Stuart (John Alfred Louden Croall; 18 July 1898 – 17 October 1979) was born to Scottish parents, and was a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He successfully made the transition to talking pictures in the 1930s and his film career went on to span almost six decades. He appeared in 172 films (including shorts), 123 stage plays, and 103 television plays and series.
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Acting History
1978
Superman as 10th Elder
1975Royal Flash as English General
1974The Carnforth Practice
1964Theatre 625 as Ardrossan
1963The Scarlet Blade as Beverley
1963The Human Jungle as Dr. MacRae
1963Paranoiac as Williams
1962Danger by My Side as Prison Governor
1962Dr. Finlay's Casebook as Anaesthetist
1960Village of the Damned as Professor Smith
1960Bottoms Up! as Police Officer
1960Sink the Bismarck! as Captain Kerr - 'Hood'
1959The Mummy as Coroner
1959Too Many Crooks as Inspector Jensen
1958The Secret Man as Dr. Warren
1958Further Up the Creek as Admiral
1958Chain of Events as Bank Manager
1958The Revenge of Frankenstein as Inspector
1957The Naked Truth as Police Inspector
1957Quatermass 2 as The Police Commissioner
1956Eyewitness as Chief Constable
1956The Last Man to Hang as Magistrate
1956Tons of Trouble as Doctor
1956Johnny, You're Wanted as Surgeon
1956Space School
1955Alias John Preston as Dr. Underwood
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Pinot
1955The Adventures of Robin Hood as Stationarius
1955John and Julie as Palace Policeman
1955The Gilded Cage as Harding
1955It's a Great Day as Detective Inspector
1954The Men of Sherwood Forest as Moraine
1954Mark Saber as George Hilton
1954The Lost Planet
1953Street Corner as Magistrate
1952The Ringer as Gardener
1952The Magic Box as 2nd Platform Man at Connaught
1952To the Rescue as Owner of Kennels
1951Mr. Denning Drives North as Wilson
1951The Railway Children
1949Ten Little Indians as Dr. Edward Armstrong
1949Man on the Run as Det. Inspector Jim McBane
1949The Man from Yesterday as Gerald Amersley
1949Third Time Lucky as Inspector
1948Escape from Broadmoor as Inspector Thornton
1948House of Darkness as Crabtree
1948R.U.R. as Alquist
1947Mrs. Fitzherbert as Duke of Bedford
1947Mine Own Executioner as Dr. John Hayling
1947The Phantom Shot as Inspector Webb
1945Madonna of the Seven Moons as Guiseppe Labardi
1944Candles at Nine as William Gardener, Turf Commission
1943Headline as L.B. Ellington
1943Women Aren't Angels as Major Gaunt
1942Hard Steel as Alan Saunders
1942Banana Ridge as Chief Police Officer Staples
1942The Missing Million as Inspector Dicker
1942Penn of Pennsylvania as Bindle
1942The Seventh Survivor as Robert Cooper
1941Ships with Wings as Commdr. Hood
1941Old Mother Riley's Ghosts as John Cartwright
1940Old Mother Riley in Society as Tony Morgan
1938The Claydon Treasure Mystery as Peter Kerrigan
1937Talking Feet as Dr. Roger Hood
1937The Show Goes On as Mack McDonald
1937Pearls Bring Tears as Harry Willshire
1936Reasonable Doubt as Noel Hampton
1935Abdul the Damned as Talak Pasha, Officer of Turkish Army
1935D’Ye Ken John Peel? as Captain Moonlight / Captain Freeman
1935Once a Thief as Roger Drummond
1935Blind Justice as John Summers
1935Lend Me Your Husband as Jeff Green
1934The Blue Squadron as Colonel Mario Spada
1934Bella Donna as Nigel Armine
1934The Green Pack as Larry Dean
1934The Black Abbot as Frank Brooks
1933The Pointing Finger as Lord Rollestone
1933The House of Trent as John Trent
1933The Wandering Jew as Pietro Morelli (Phase III)
1933Enemy of the Police as John Meakin
1933Mayfair Girl as Robert Blair
1933Love's Old Sweet Song as Paul Kingslake
1933This Week of Grace as Henry Baring
1933The Lost Chord as David Graham
1933Little Fella as Major Tony Griffiths
1932The Mistress of Atlantis as Lt. Saint-Avit
1932Verdict of the Sea as Gentleman Burton
1932Men of Steel as James 'Iron' Harg
1932Number Seventeen as Barton
1932In a Monastery Garden as Michael Ferrier
1931The Wrong Mr. Perkins as Larry Byrne
1931Hindle Wakes as Alan Jeffcote
1931The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sir Henry Baskerville
1930Children of Chance as Gordon
1930Kissing Cup's Race as Lord Jimmy Hilhoxton
1930No Exit as Bill Alden
1930The Nipper as Max Nicholson
1930High Seas as Tony Bracklethorpe
1930Elstree Calling
1930Eve's Fall as Jack Tremaine
1929Taxi for Two as Jack Devenish
1929Atlantic as Lawrence
1929Kitty as Alex St. George
1928Smashing Through as Richard Bristol
1928Yacht of the Seven Sins as Kilian Gurlitt
1928Mademoiselle Parley Voo as John Smith - Theater Manager
1928The Flight Commander as John Massey
1928Sailors Don't Care as Slinger Woods
1927A Woman in Pawn as James Rawdon
1927Hindle Wakes as Allan Jeffcote
1927The Glad Eye as Maurice
1927Roses of Picardy as Lieutenant Skene
1927Mademoiselle from Armentieres as Johnny
1927London Love as Harry Raymond
1926The Tower of London
1926Baddesley Manor: The Phantom Gambler as Stephen Ellis
1925The Pleasure Garden as Hugh Fielding
1925A Daughter of Love as Dudley Bellairs
1925We Women as Michael Rivven
1924The Alley of Golden Hearts as Jack
1924His Grace Gives Notice as Joseph Longley
1924The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots as George Douglas
1923The School for Scandal as Charles Surface
1923Little Miss Nobody as Guy Cheviot
1923The Mistletoe Bough as Lord Lovell
1920The Great Gay Road as Rodney Foster






