This Englishman went the long way round to become a Hollywood actor.
John Loder was educated at Eton and Sandhurst and first became a cavalry officer.
Following a request by Jesse Lasky of Paramount, he was soon famous, starring in 1942's Gentleman Jim and 1945's The Brighton Strangler.
But Loder was unhappy, asking: "Why am I not given the roles they give Clark Gable?" Perhaps the critic, Hannen Swaffer, had the answer, saying of Loder: "He plays the king as though afraid someone would play an ace at any moment."
-Gordon Dean, Lancing
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