A tall, debonair, immaculately-groomed British leading man best known for his pipe-smoking chaps, actor John Loder (ne John Muir Lowe), the son of a British general, first served in Gallipoli in WWI and was a German prison er of war at one point. Upon his release he actually stayed there in order to run a pickle factory. An interest in acting developed during this period and he showed up in a few German film bits before returning briefly to England. Talkies had become the new rage in the late 1920s and Loder tried his luck in Hollywood. He appeared in The Doctor's Secret (1929), which was Paramount's first talking picture, and although the "veddy British" actor seemed to show promise, his persona was a bit too cut and dried for American tastes. Gaining little ground as a leading man there, Loder eventually returned to England to embellish his resumé and did so with plush, princely co-leads in musicals and intrigue such as Love, Life and Laughter (1934) and Sabotage (1936). When WWII hit England, Loder returned to America where he fell immediately into "B" movie roles playing various aristocrats and other stuffed shirts in support. He also appeared on Broadway . Two of his five wives were actresses: French star Micheline Cheirel and Hollywood goddess Hedy Lamarr. In the late 1950s he married his fifth wife, Argentinian heiress Alba Larden, and eventually he semi-retired to her ranch. He penned an autobiography in 1977 entitled "Hollywood Hussar" and died in 1988 at age 90.

Became a U.S. Citizen in 1947His father, General Lowe, was the British officer to whom Patrick Pearse, the mystical Catholic zealot and lead rebel of the Irish 1916 Rising in Dublin, surrendered, according to Colm Connolly who wrote a superlative book about Michael Collins.Attended the prestigious Eton college. Once wore his old Etonian tie at a Hollywood party and told one of the inquiring guests that he was wearing it because he liked the way it matched with his suit. The host then had to explain to the indignant guest that although Loder was a Hollywood star, he did in fact attend Eton college.Maternal grandfather was Sicilian, but became a British subject as his family did not accept his marriage to his younger sisters' British governess (Loder's grandmother).Educated at Eton and at the Royal Military College. He served with the 15th Hussars as a second lieutenant in Gallipoli.John (Loder) Lowe, a serving British officer who was in Dublin at the time of the 1916 Rising but was not directly involved in the fighting, did not take the surrender. He accompanied his father, General Lowe, to witness Patrick Pearse surrender to the general. This took place not in front of the General Post Office, Dublin, but at the corner of Parnell Street and Moore Street. There is a photograph which shows the historic moment - Pearse, accompanied by the nurse who carried the ceasefire order to the various rebel outposts in the city, facing General Lowe and his son, John (Loder).Father of Antony Loder .