John Alderson
Birthdate: Apr 10, 1916
Birthplace: Horden, Durham, England, UK
Died: Aug 4, 2006
John Alderson led a colorful life considering his origins in a mining village in the north of England. After spending all of two weeks as a miner, he lied about his age, joined the British Army and attained the rank of Major. Leaving for the US, he married a General's secretary and got into the movies, often playing villains. He played (uncredited) the Gum Chewer in Blazing Saddles (1974).
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Known For
South Sea Woman
(1953)
The Time Tunnel
(1966)
Wolf Larsen
(1958)
Young Guns II
(1990)
John Alderson Movies
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- 1977 | Candleshoeas Jenkins
- 1974 | The Klansmanas Vernon Hodo
- 1972 | Top of the Heapas Captain Walsh
- 1970 | You Can't Win 'Em Allas U.S. Army Major
- 1964 |
My Fair Lady
asJamie - Doolittle's crony
In 1910s London, snobbish phonetics professor Henry Higgins agrees to a wager that he can make a crude flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, presentable in high society.
- 1963 | The Hookas Crewman Svenson
- 1961 | Gundown at Sandoval
- 1960 | The Barbariansas Carthaginean Officer
- 1958 | Wolf Larsenas Johnson
- 1957 | Last Stagecoach Westas Angus MacKendrick
- 1957 | Shoot-Out at Medicine Bendas Clyde Walters
- 1957 | Spoilers of the Forestas Big Jack Milna
- 1955 | Target Zeroas Cpl. Devon Enoch
- 1955 | To Catch a Thiefas Detective at the Costume Ball
- 1952 | Against All Flagsas Jonathan Harris
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