John Cromwell

Directing · Acting

Born December 23, 1886, Toledo, Ohio, USA

Elwood Dager Cromwell, known as John Cromwell, was an American film and stage director and actor. His films spanned the early days of sound to 1950s film noir, when his directing career was cut short by the Hollywood blacklist.

Filmography

• 1978A Wedding — Bishop Martin
• 19773 Women — Mr. Rose
• 1961A Matter of Morals — Director
• New York Confidential — Director
• 1959The Scavengers — Director
• 1958The Goddess — Director
• 1957Top Secret Affair — General Daniel A. Grimshaw
• 1951The Company She Keeps — Desk Sergeant (uncredited), Director
• 1951The Racket — Director
• 1950Caged — Director
• 1948Night Song — Director, Producer
• Studio One — Senator Harvey Rogers
• 1946Anna and the King of Siam — Director
• 1946Dead Reckoning — Director
• 1945The Enchanted Cottage — Director
• 1945Watchtower Over Tomorrow — Director
• 1944Guest in the House — Co-Director
• 1944Since You Went Away — Director
• 1942Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake — Director
• 1941So Ends Our Night — Director
• 1940Abe Lincoln in Illinois — John Brown (uncredited), Director
• 1940Victory — Director
• 1939In Name Only — Director
• 1939Made for Each Other — Director
• 1938Algiers — Director
• 1937The Prisoner of Zenda — Director
• 1936Banjo on My Knee — Director
• 1936Little Lord Fauntleroy — Director
• 1936To Mary - with Love — Director
• 1935I Dream Too Much — Director
• 1935Jalna — Director
• 1935Village Tale — Director
• 1934Of Human Bondage — Director
• 1934Spitfire — Director
• 1934The Fountain — Director
• 1934This Man Is Mine — Director
• 1933Ann Vickers — Sad Faced Doughboy (uncredited), Director
• 1933Double Harness — Director
• 1933Sweepings — Director
• 1933The Silver Cord — Director
• 1932The World and the Flesh — Director
• 1931Rich Man's Folly — Director
• 1931Scandal Sheet — Director
• 1931The Vice Squad — Director
• 1931Unfaithful — Director
• 1930For the Defense — Director
• 1930Street of Chance — Imbrie (uncredited), Director
• 1930The Texan — Director
• 1930Tom Sawyer — Director
• 1929Close Harmony — Director
• 1929The Dance of Life — Director
• 1929The Dummy — Walter Babbing
• 1929The Mighty — Mr. Jamieson, Director