John Stuart

Jul 17, 1898 - Oct 17, 1979 (81 years old) in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK

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.

Known For

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The Adventures of Robin Hood

Pinot

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Superman

10th Elder

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The Human Jungle

Dr. MacRae

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Sink the Bismarck!

Captain Kerr - 'Hood'

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The Carnforth Practice

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The Railway Children

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Quatermass 2

The Police Commissioner

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The Revenge of Frankenstein

Inspector

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Elstree Calling

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Village of the Damned

Professor Smith

Credits

Superman 1978

10th Elder

★ 7.1
Accident 1978

★ NR
Royal Flash 1975

English General

★ 6
The Carnforth Practice 1974

★ NR
The Scarlet Blade 1963

Beverley

★ 5.4
The Human Jungle 1963

Dr. MacRae

★ 8.2
Paranoiac 1963

Williams

★ 6.7
Danger by My Side 1962

Terry - Undercover Detective

★ 5.1
Village of the Damned 1960

Professor Smith

★ 7.2
Bottoms Up! 1960

Police Officer

★ 6.4
Sink the Bismarck! 1960

Captain Kerr - 'Hood'

★ 6.8
The Mummy 1959

Coroner

★ 6.7
Too Many Crooks 1959

Inspector Jensen

★ 7.2
The Secret Man 1958

Dr. Warren

★ 6.3
Further Up the Creek 1958

Admiral

★ 6
Chain of Events 1958

Bank Manager

★ 6.3
The Revenge of Frankenstein 1958

Inspector

★ 6.6
The Naked Truth 1957

Police Inspector

★ 6.5
Quatermass 2 1957

The Police Commissioner

★ 6.4
Eyewitness 1956

Chief Constable

★ 6.7
The Last Man to Hang 1956

Magistrate

★ 5.7
Tons of Trouble 1956

Doctor

★ 5
Johnny, You're Wanted 1956

Surgeon

★ 5
Space School 1956

★ NR
Alias John Preston 1955

Dr. Underwood

★ 5.4
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1955

Pinot

★ 6.1
The Gilded Cage 1955

Harding

★ 5.2
It's a Great Day 1955

Detective Inspector

★ 5.7
The Men of Sherwood Forest 1954

Moraine

★ 6.7
The Lost Planet 1954

★ NR
Street Corner 1953

Magistrate

★ 5.8
The Ringer 1952

Gardener

★ 5.8
To the Rescue 1952

Owner of Kennels

★ 6
The Magic Box 1952

2nd Platform Man at Connaught

★ 6.3
Mr. Denning Drives North 1951

Wilson

★ 6
The Railway Children 1951

★ NR
Ten Little Indians 1949

Dr. Edward Armstrong

★ NR
Man on the Run 1949

Det. Inspector Jim McBane

★ 6.6
The Man from Yesterday 1949

Gerald Amersley

★ NR
Third Time Lucky 1949

Inspector

★ 7
Escape from Broadmoor 1948

Inspector Thornton

★ 6.8
House of Darkness 1948

Crabtree

★ 5
R.U.R. 1948

Alquist

★ 5.8
Mrs. Fitzherbert 1947

Duke of Bedford

★ 6
Mine Own Executioner 1947

Dr. John Hayling

★ 7
The Phantom Shot 1947

Inspector Webb

★ NR
Madonna of the Seven Moons 1945

Guiseppe Labardi

★ 6.3
Candles at Nine 1944

William Gardener, Turf Commission

★ 5
Headline 1943

L.B. Ellington

★ 5.5
Women Aren't Angels 1943

Major Gaunt

★ NR
Hard Steel 1942

Alan Saunders

★ NR
Banana Ridge 1942

Chief Police Officer Staples

★ 5.8
The Missing Million 1942

Inspector Dicker

★ 4.5
Penn of Pennsylvania 1942

Bindle

★ 5.3
The Seventh Survivor 1942

Robert Cooper

★ 6
Ships with Wings 1941

Commdr. Hood

★ 4
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts 1941

John Cartwright

★ 6.5
Old Mother Riley in Society 1940

Tony Morgan

★ 6.5
The Claydon Treasure Mystery 1938

Peter Kerrigan

★ NR
Talking Feet 1937

Dr. Roger Hood

★ 6
The Show Goes On 1937

Mack McDonald

★ 5
Pearls Bring Tears 1937

Harry Willshire

★ 5
Reasonable Doubt 1936

Noel Hampton

★ NR
Abdul the Damned 1935

Talak Pasha, Officer of Turkish Army

★ 5.3
D’Ye Ken John Peel? 1935

Captain Moonlight / Captain Freeman

★ 5.5
Once a Thief 1935

Roger Drummond

★ 5
Blind Justice 1935

John Summers

★ NR
Lend Me Your Husband 1935

Jeff Green

★ 5
The Blue Squadron 1934

★ NR
Bella Donna 1934

Nigel Armine

★ 3.5
The Green Pack 1934

Larry Dean

★ NR
The Black Abbot 1934

Frank Brooks

★ 5.3
The Pointing Finger 1933

Lord Rollestone

★ 5
The House of Trent 1933

John Trent

★ NR
The Wandering Jew 1933

Pietro Morelli (Phase III)

★ 7.6
Mayfair Girl 1933

Robert Blair

★ NR
Love's Old Sweet Song 1933

Paul Kingslake

★ NR
This Week of Grace 1933

Henry Baring

★ 4.3
The Lost Chord 1933

David Graham

★ NR
Little Fella 1933

Major Tony Griffiths

★ NR
The Mistress of Atlantis 1932

Lt. Saint-Avit

★ 5.2
Verdict of the Sea 1932

Gentleman Burton

★ 6
Men of Steel 1932

James 'Iron' Harg

★ NR
Number Seventeen 1932

Barton

★ 5.5
In a Monastery Garden 1932

Michael Ferrier

★ NR
The Wrong Mr. Perkins 1931

Larry Byrne

★ NR
The Hound of the Baskervilles 1931

Sir Henry Baskerville

★ 6.5
Children of Chance 1930

Gordon

★ NR
Kissing Cup's Race 1930

Lord Jimmy Hilhoxton

★ NR
No Exit 1930

Bill Alden

★ NR
The Nipper 1930

Max Nicholson

★ NR
High Seas 1930

Tony Bracklethorpe

★ NR
Elstree Calling 1930

★ 5.1
Eve's Fall 1930

Jack Tremaine

★ NR
Taxi for Two 1929

Jack Devenish

★ NR
Atlantic 1929

Lawrence

★ 4.9
Kitty 1929

Alex St. George

★ 4
Smashing Through 1928

Richard Bristol

★ NR
Yacht of the Seven Sins 1928

Kilian Gurlitt

★ 6
Sailors Don't Care 1928

Slinger Woods

★ NR
A Woman in Pawn 1927

James Rawdon

★ NR
Hindle Wakes 1927

Allan Jeffcote

★ 7.1
The Glad Eye 1927

Maurice

★ NR
Roses of Picardy 1927

Lieutenant Skene

★ NR
Baddesley Manor: The Phantom Gambler 1926

Stephen Ellis

★ NR
The Tower of London 1926

★ NR
The Pleasure Garden 1925

Hugh Fielding

★ 5.3
A Daughter of Love 1925

Dudley Bellairs

★ NR
We Women 1925

Michael Rivven

★ NR
The Alley of Golden Hearts 1924

Jack

★ NR
His Grace Gives Notice 1924

Joseph Longley

★ NR
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots 1924

George Douglas

★ NR
The School for Scandal 1923

Charles Surface

★ NR
Little Miss Nobody 1923

Guy Cheviot

★ NR
The Mistletoe Bough 1923

Lord Lovell

★ NR
The Great Gay Road 1920

Rodney Foster

★ NR

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