
John Stuart
Department: Acting
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

The Revenge of Frankenstein
1958

The Wandering Jew
1933

Alias John Preston
1955

The Scarlet Blade
1963

To the Rescue
1952

Pearls Bring Tears
1937

Love's Old Sweet Song
1933

Reasonable Doubt
1936

The Gilded Cage
1955

Paranoiac
1963

Number Seventeen
1932

The Pleasure Garden
1925

Sink the Bismarck!
1960

The Blue Squadron
1934

Madonna of the Seven Moons
1945

The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954

Hindle Wakes
1927

A Woman in Pawn
1927

Sailors Don't Care
1928

The Glad Eye
1927

Headline
1943

The Mistress of Atlantis
1932

The Hound of the Baskervilles
1931

We Women
1925

Yacht of the Seven Sins
1928

Abdul the Damned
1935

The Pointing Finger
1933

Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
1941

Hard Steel
1942

House of Darkness
1948

This Week of Grace
1933

The House of Trent
1933

The Show Goes On
1937

Johnny, You're Wanted
1956

Talking Feet
1937

Lend Me Your Husband
1935

Superman
1978

Village of the Damned
1960

The Ringer
1952

The Missing Million
1942

The Black Abbot
1934

Further Up the Creek
1958

Baddesley Manor: The Phantom Gambler
1926

Escape from Broadmoor
1948

Mine Own Executioner
1947

Hindle Wakes
1931

High Seas
1930

Taxi for Two
1929

Women Aren't Angels
1943

Candles at Nine
1944

The Lost Chord
1933

Ten Little Indians
1949

The Great Gay Road
1920

Verdict of the Sea
1932

The Mistletoe Bough
1923

The Tower of London
1926

Mayfair Girl
1933

In a Monastery Garden
1932

His Grace Gives Notice
1924

The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1938

The Alley of Golden Hearts
1924

Ships with Wings
1941

Royal Flash
1975

Quatermass 2
1957

The Seventh Survivor
1942

Old Mother Riley in Society
1940

Elstree Calling
1930

Kissing Cup's Race
1930

Children of Chance
1930

Eve's Fall
1930

Banana Ridge
1942

Tons of Trouble
1956

The Nipper
1930

No Exit
1930

Once a Thief
1935

The Wrong Mr. Perkins
1931

Men of Steel
1932

Atlantic
1929

The Secret Man
1958

R.U.R.
1948

Bella Donna
1934

The Last Man to Hang
1956

Eyewitness
1956

The School for Scandal
1923

Mr. Denning Drives North
1951

Street Corner
1953

Bottoms Up!
1960

Third Time Lucky
1949

The Magic Box
1952

The Man from Yesterday
1949

Chain of Events
1958

Blind Justice
1935

Smashing Through
1928

Penn of Pennsylvania
1942

The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
1924

D’Ye Ken John Peel?
1935

The Green Pack
1934

The Phantom Shot
1947

It's a Great Day
1955

Kitty
1929

The Naked Truth
1957

Man on the Run
1949

The Mummy
1959

Too Many Crooks
1959

Roses of Picardy
1927

Mrs. Fitzherbert
1947

Little Fella
1933

Little Miss Nobody
1923

A Daughter of Love
1925

London Love
1927

Enemy of the Police
1933

The Flight Commander
1928

Mademoiselle Parley Voo
1928

Mademoiselle from Armentieres
1927

John and Julie
1955

Danger by My Side
1962

The Betrayal
1957

The Big Blockade
1942

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

Space School
1956

The Lost Planet
1954

The Railway Children
1951

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955

The Human Jungle
1963

Theatre 625
1964

Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962

Mark Saber
1954

The Carnforth Practice
1974

Supernatural
1977