John Lodge
Actor
Biography
John Davis Lodge (October 20, 1903 – October 29, 1985) was an American film actor, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was the 79th governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955, and later served as U.S. ambassador to Spain, Argentina, and Switzerland. As an actor, he often was credited simply as John Lodge. He had roles in four Hollywood films between 1933 and 1935, including playing Marlene Dietrich's lover in The Scarlet Empress and Shirley Temple's father in The Little Colonel. He starred or co-starred in many British and European films between 1935 and 1940. Lodge was a member of four prominent political families in the Northeast United States: the Cabot, Lodge, Frelinghuysen and Davis families. He was a direct descendant of at least seven U.S. senators, and had many other politicians in his family, including his brother, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who ran for Vice President of the United States in 1960 alongside presidential nominee Richard Nixon but was defeated by John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Filmography
The Scarlet Empress
as Count Alexei 1934
Murders in the Zoo
as Roger Hewitt 1933
The Little Colonel
as Jack Sherman 1935
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
as Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond 1937
Bank Holiday
as Stephen Howard 1938
From Mayerling to Sarajevo
as Archduke Franz Ferdinand 1940
The Woman Accused
as Dr. Simpson 1933
Pasha's Wives
as Vedad Bey, her husband 1939
Crimson Dynasty
as Grand Duke Frederick 1935
Menace
as Ronald Cavendish 1934
The Tenth Man
as George Winter 1936
Sensation
as Pat Heston 1936
Ourselves Alone
as County Inspector Hanney 1936
Premiere
as Inspector Bonnard 1938
Queer Cargo
as Capt. Harley 1938
Under the Tonto Rim
as Joe Gilbert 1933