Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

118

Gender

Male

Birthday

1898-07-17

Deathday

1979-10-17 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK

Also Known As

John Alfred Louden Croall

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.

Known For

7.1%

Superman

Dec 14, 1978

7.2%

Village of the Damned

Jun 16, 1960

6.7%

The Mummy

Aug 1, 1959

6.6%

The Revenge of Frankenstein

Jun 13, 1958

6.4%

Quatermass 2

May 24, 1957

5.5%

Number Seventeen

Jul 18, 1932

6.8%

Sink the Bismarck!

Feb 11, 1960

6.7%

Paranoiac

Jan 7, 1963

5.3%

The Pleasure Garden

Nov 3, 1925

6.5%

The Naked Truth

Dec 3, 1957

6.0%

Royal Flash

Oct 10, 1975

6.3%

The Magic Box

Jan 1, 1952

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Acting

1978		Superman as 10th Elder
1978		Accident

1975

Royal Flash as English General

1974

The Carnforth Practice

1963		The Scarlet Blade as Beverley
1963		The Human Jungle as Dr. MacRae
1963		Paranoiac as Williams

1962

Danger by My Side as Terry - Undercover Detective

1960		Village of the Damned as Professor Smith
1960		Bottoms Up! as Police Officer
1960		Sink the Bismarck! as Captain Kerr - 'Hood'

1959		The Mummy as Coroner
1959		Too Many Crooks as Inspector Jensen

1958		The Secret Man as Dr. Warren
1958		Further Up the Creek as Admiral
1958		Chain of Events as Bank Manager
1958		The Revenge of Frankenstein as Inspector

1957		The Naked Truth as Police Inspector
1957		Quatermass 2 as The Police Commissioner

1956		Eyewitness as Chief Constable
1956		The Last Man to Hang as Magistrate
1956		Tons of Trouble as Doctor
1956		Johnny, You're Wanted as Surgeon
1956		Space School

1955		Alias John Preston as Dr. Underwood
1955		The Adventures of Robin Hood as Pinot
1955		The Adventures of Robin Hood as Stationarius
1955		The Gilded Cage as Harding
1955		It's a Great Day as Detective Inspector

1954		The Men of Sherwood Forest as Moraine
1954		The Lost Planet

1953

Street Corner as Magistrate

1952		The Ringer as Gardener
1952		The Magic Box as 2nd Platform Man at Connaught
1952		To the Rescue as Owner of Kennels

1951		Mr. Denning Drives North as Wilson
1951		The Railway Children

1949		Ten Little Indians as Dr. Edward Armstrong
1949		Man on the Run as Det. Inspector Jim McBane
1949		The Man from Yesterday as Gerald Amersley
1949		Third Time Lucky as Inspector

1948		Escape from Broadmoor as Inspector Thornton
1948		House of Darkness as Crabtree
1948		R.U.R. as Alquist

1947		Mrs. Fitzherbert as Duke of Bedford
1947		Mine Own Executioner as Dr. John Hayling
1947		The Phantom Shot as Inspector Webb

1945

Madonna of the Seven Moons as Guiseppe Labardi

1944

Candles at Nine as William Gardener, Turf Commission

1943		Headline as L.B. Ellington
1943		Women Aren't Angels as Major Gaunt

1942		Hard Steel as Alan Saunders
1942		Banana Ridge as Chief Police Officer Staples
1942		The Missing Million as Inspector Dicker
1942		Penn of Pennsylvania as Bindle
1942		The Seventh Survivor as Robert Cooper

1941		Ships with Wings as Commdr. Hood
1941		Old Mother Riley's Ghosts as John Cartwright

1940

Old Mother Riley in Society as Tony Morgan

1938

The Claydon Treasure Mystery as Peter Kerrigan

1937		Talking Feet as Dr. Roger Hood
1937		The Show Goes On as Mack McDonald
1937		Pearls Bring Tears as Harry Willshire

1936

Reasonable Doubt as Noel Hampton

1935		Abdul the Damned as Talak Pasha, Officer of Turkish Army
1935		D’Ye Ken John Peel? as Captain Moonlight / Captain Freeman
1935		Once a Thief as Roger Drummond
1935		Blind Justice as John Summers
1935		Lend Me Your Husband as Jeff Green

1934		The Blue Squadron
1934		Bella Donna as Nigel Armine
1934		The Green Pack as Larry Dean
1934		The Black Abbot as Frank Brooks

1933		The Pointing Finger as Lord Rollestone
1933		The House of Trent as John Trent
1933		The Wandering Jew as Pietro Morelli (Phase III)
1933		Mayfair Girl as Robert Blair
1933		Love's Old Sweet Song as Paul Kingslake
1933		This Week of Grace as Henry Baring
1933		The Lost Chord as David Graham
1933		Little Fella as Major Tony Griffiths

1932		The Mistress of Atlantis as Lt. Saint-Avit
1932		Verdict of the Sea as Gentleman Burton
1932		Men of Steel as James 'Iron' Harg
1932		Number Seventeen as Barton
1932		In a Monastery Garden as Michael Ferrier

1931		The Wrong Mr. Perkins as Larry Byrne
1931		Hindle Wakes as Alan Jeffcote
1931		The Hound of the Baskervilles as Sir Henry Baskerville

1930		Children of Chance as Gordon
1930		Kissing Cup's Race as Lord Jimmy Hilhoxton
1930		No Exit as Bill Alden
1930		The Nipper as Max Nicholson
1930		High Seas as Tony Bracklethorpe
1930		Elstree Calling
1930		Eve's Fall as Jack Tremaine

1929		Taxi for Two as Jack Devenish
1929		Atlantic as Lawrence
1929		Kitty as Alex St. George

1928		Smashing Through as Richard Bristol
1928		Yacht of the Seven Sins as Kilian Gurlitt
1928		Sailors Don't Care as Slinger Woods

1927		A Woman in Pawn as James Rawdon
1927		Hindle Wakes as Allan Jeffcote
1927		The Glad Eye as Maurice
1927		Roses of Picardy as Lieutenant Skene

1926		Baddesley Manor: The Phantom Gambler as Stephen Ellis
1926		The Tower of London

1925		The Pleasure Garden as Hugh Fielding
1925		A Daughter of Love as Dudley Bellairs
1925		We Women as Michael Rivven

1924		The Alley of Golden Hearts as Jack
1924		His Grace Gives Notice as Joseph Longley
1924		The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots as George Douglas

1923		The School for Scandal as Charles Surface
1923		Little Miss Nobody as Guy Cheviot
1923		The Mistletoe Bough as Lord Lovell

1920

The Great Gay Road as Rodney Foster

Sound

1991

The Emperor's New Clothes as Music

1983		Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet as Music
1983		David Copperfield as Music