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name: "John Eldredge"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-eldredge"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 August 1904"
died: "23 September 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T02:07:52.783608+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John Eldredge

Actor. Born 30 August 1904 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 23 September 1961.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 August 1904, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 23 September 1961
- **Active:** 1934–1941
- **Also known as:** John Eldrege, John Eldridge, John Elredge, John Dornin Eldredge
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 57 (1), 1940s 58 (1), 1950s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eldredge_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15410604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0253141/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96701

## Biography

John Eldredge was an American stage, film and television actor. Born John Dornin Eldredge on 30 August 1904 in San Francisco, California, he died on 23 September 1961 in Laguna Beach, California. He began his career in repertory theatre and comic opera, later appearing in small parts on Broadway before securing a contract with Warner Bros. after a successful stage role opposite Lillian Gish.

His screen debut came in 1934 with *The Man with Two Faces* and *Flirtation Walk*, in which he played Lieutenant Biddle. Eldredge appeared in numerous films including *Dangerous* (1935), *High Sierra* (1941) and *An American in Paris* (1951), often in supporting or uncredited roles. He also worked extensively in television, with credits including episodes of *The Twilight Zone*, *Bonanza*, *Perry Mason* and *I Love Lucy*. He was the younger brother of character actor George Eldredge.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, watch.plex.tv, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Blossoms in the Dust* (1941), Fi1m 58, as Damon McPherson — [page](https://film.one/film/blossoms-in-the-dust.md)
- *Flirtation Walk* (1934), Fi1m 57, as Robert Biddle — [page](https://film.one/film/flirtation-walk.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *An American in Paris* (1951), Fi1m 76, as Jack Jansen (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-in-paris.md)

## Complete filmography (147)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Five Guns to Tombstone* (1961), as Endicott
- *Mister Ed* (1961), series, as Steward
- *Freckles* (1960), as Mr. Cooper
- *Angel* (1960), series, as Mr. Harrison
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Whittaker — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Mr. Sherman
- *The Deputy* (1959), series, as Senator Hopkins (uncredited)
- *Tightrope* (1959), series, as Myerson
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Dr. Link Cowan
- *I Married a Monster from Outer Space* (1958), as Police Capt. H.B. Collins
- *The Texan* (1958), series, as Potter
- *Raintree County* (1957), as Cousin Sam (uncredited)
- *Annie Get Your Gun* (1957), as Foster Wilson
- *Casey Jones* (1957), series, as Standish
- *Leave It to Beaver* (1957), series, as Mr. Preston
- *Trackdown* (1957), series, as Banker (uncredited)
- *Alcoa Theatre* (1957), series, as Jud Cowan, Dr. Leopold
- *The Californians* (1957), series, as John Ordway
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Thurston
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Col. Phelps
- *The Gale Storm Show* (1956), series, as Henry (uncredited)
- *Hey, Jeannie!* (1956), series, as Mr C.J. Wallace, Grimm
- *Somebody Up There Likes Me* (1956), as George Niles (uncredited)
- *The Toughest Man Alive* (1955), as Ingo Widner
- *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, as Bill Smythe
- *The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp* (1955), series, as Homer Blythe
- *Soldier of Fortune* (1955), as Man Slapped in Lobby (uncredited)
- *Marshals in Disguise* (1954), as Jim Hawks
- *December Bride* (1954), series, as Mr. McGuire
- *Studio 57* (1954), series, Actor
- *Hey Mulligan* (1954), series, as Briggs
- *City Story* (1954), Actor
- *Loophole* (1954), as Frank Temple
- *Public Defender* (1954), series, as Chaplain
- *Racing Blood* (1954), as Mitch Mitchell
- *Annie Oakley* (1954), series, as Frank Sterling
- *Meet Corliss Archer* (1954), series, Actor
- *Topper* (1953), series, as Mr. Vance, Randolph Vance
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Tad Miller, Grady Smith, Mr. Platt, Mayor
- *Invaders from Mars* (1953), as Mr. Turner
- *Girls in the Night* (1953), as Judge
- *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, as Dr. Essex, Bob Frye
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Madden, Young
- *Adventures of Superman* (1952), series, as Walter Canby, Burt Burnside, Jonas Rockwell, Mr. X
- *The Sniper* (1952), as Stonecroft
- *Scaramouche* (1952), as Assembly Clerk
- *Just This Once* (1952), as Commander Denham
- *Flight to the Future ...to the World of Plastics* (1952), as Mr. Arnold
- *The Living Bible* (1952), as Nobleman
- *Street Bandits* (1951), as L.T. Mitchell
- *I Love Lucy* (1951), series, as Man in Box
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Tyman
- *All That I Have* (1951), as Justice Webster
- *An American in Paris* (1951), as Jack Jansen (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-in-paris.md)
- *Boston Blackie* (1951), series, as Ralph Sivetti
- *The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok* (1951), series, as Banker Botkin, Sheriff, Jim Hawks
- *Insurance Investigator* (1951), as John Hammond
- *The Living Christ* (1951), series, as Innkeeper
- *Rustlers on Horseback* (1950), as George Parradine
- *The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show* (1950), series, as Floorwalker Willoughby
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Defense Attorney
- *Lonely Heart Bandits* (1950), as Tony Morell / Wade Antrim
- *Champagne for Caesar* (1950), as Executive No. 1
- *Unmasked* (1950), as Johnny Rocco
- *Square Dance Jubilee* (1949), as Jed Stratton
- *The Lone Ranger* (1949), series, as Jack Burke, Rocky Carson, Applegate aka Denton
- *Top o' the Morning* (1949), as E. L. Larkin
- *The Sickle or the Cross* (1949), as Rev. Dodge
- *Stampede* (1949), as Cox
- *Sky Dragon* (1949), as W. E. French
- *Whispering Smith* (1948), as George McCloud
- *Sealed Verdict* (1948), as Colonel Macklin
- *Jinx Money* (1948), as Lullaby Kane
- *Smart Woman* (1948), as Lester Flynn, Reporter
- *Angels' Alley* (1948), as Asst. Dist. Atty. John Willis
- *California's Golden Beginning* (1948), Actor
- *The Fabulous Joe* (1947), as Charlie
- *Second Chance* (1947), as Conrad Martyn
- *Seven Were Saved* (1947), as Rollin Hartley
- *Backlash* (1947), as John Morland
- *Dark Alibi* (1946), as Anthony Morgan
- *The French Key* (1946), as John Holterman
- *Passkey to Danger* (1946), as Alexander Cardovsky
- *Lost City of the Jungle* (1946), as Doctor Elmore
- *Swing Parade of 1946* (1946), as Bascomb
- *I Ring Doorbells* (1946), as Ransome
- *Up Goes Maisie* (1946), as Benson
- *Live Wires* (1946), as Herbert L. Sayers
- *Little Miss Big* (1946), as Sanford Baxter
- *Dangerous Partners* (1945), as Farrel
- *Bad Men of the Border* (1945), as Bart Breslow
- *The Master Key* (1945), as Walter Stark
- *Circumstantial Evidence* (1945), as Judge White
- *Eve Knew Her Apples* (1945), as Walter W. Walter, II (uncredited)
- *Dangerous Passage* (1944), as Vaughn
- *Song of Nevada* (1944), as Rollo Bingham
- *Bermuda Mystery* (1944), as Lyman Brooks
- *Beautiful But Broke* (1944), as Waldo Main
- *Swing Out the Blues* (1943), as Gregg Talbot
- *Madame Spy* (1942), as Carl Gordon
- *Tough as They Come* (1942), as Walter Rogers
- *Saboteur* (1942), as Footman (uncredited)
- *The Mad Doctor of Market Street* (1942), as Dwight, Ship's Officer
- *Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case* (1941), as Andrew Belmont
- *It Started with Eve* (1941), as Hotel Desk Manager (uncredited)
- *Blossoms in the Dust* (1941), as Damon McPherson — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/blossoms-in-the-dust.md)
- *The Black Cat* (1941), as Stanley Borden
- *Horror Island* (1941), as Cousin George
- *Flight from Destiny* (1941), as Peterson
- *High Sierra* (1941), as Lon Preiser
- *Always a Bride* (1940), as Marshall Winkler
- *The Devil's Pipeline* (1940), as George Butler
- *Son of Roaring Dan* (1940), as Thorndyke
- *Dr. Kildare's Strange Case* (1940), as Henry Adams
- *The Marines Fly High* (1940), as John Henderson / El Vengador
- *Private Detective* (1939), as Millard K. Lannon
- *Television Spy* (1939), as Boris
- *Undercover Doctor* (1939), as Gordon Kingsley
- *Blind Alley* (1939), as Dick Holbrook (as John Eldridge)
- *Persons in Hiding* (1939), as Chief Agent Gordon Kingsley
- *King of the Underworld* (1939), as Dr. Niles Nelson
- *They're Always Caught* (1938), as Jimmy Stark
- *Women Are Like That* (1938), as Charles Braden
- *Sh! The Octopus* (1937), as Paul Morgan
- *One Mile from Heaven* (1937), as Jerry Harrison
- *Mr. Dodd Takes the Air* (1937), as Jim Lidin
- *The Go-Getter* (1937), as Lloyd Skinner
- *Charlie Chan at the Olympics* (1937), as Mr. Cartwright
- *Fair Warning* (1937), as Dr. Galt
- *The Holy Terror* (1937), as Lt. Comdr. R.E. Wallace
- *Mysterious Crossing* (1936), as Paul Briand
- *Adventure in Manhattan* (1936), as Tommy - Actor in Play (uncredited)
- *Follow Your Heart* (1936), as Harrison Beecher
- *His Brother's Wife* (1936), as Tom Claybourne
- *Murder by an Aristocrat* (1936), as John Tweed
- *Snowed Under* (1936), as McBride
- *The Murder of Dr. Harrigan* (1936), as Dr. Harrigan
- *Dangerous* (1935), as Gordon Heath
- *Man of Iron* (1935), as Ed Tanahill
- *Dr. Socrates* (1935), as Dr. Burton
- *The Goose and the Gander* (1935), as Lawrence Grady
- *Oil for the Lamps of China* (1935), as Don Wellman
- *The Girl from 10th Avenue* (1935), as Hugh Brown
- *The Woman in Red* (1935), as Eugene 'Gene' Fairchild
- *The White Cockatoo* (1935), as Francis Talley
- *Flirtation Walk* (1934), as Robert Biddle — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/flirtation-walk.md)
- *The Man with Two Faces* (1934), as Barry

## Gallery

- ![John Eldredge](https://film.one/media/person/1227068/gallery-ad9c5df42c2a.jpg) John Eldredge — ZIV Television Programs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/John_Eldredge_in_Meet_Corliss_Archer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![John Eldredge in Meet Corliss Archer - cropped screenshot (1954)](https://film.one/media/person/1227068/gallery-3e11a52931e4.jpg) John Eldredge in Meet Corliss Archer - cropped screenshot (1954) — ZIV Television Programs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/John_Eldredge_in_Meet_Corliss_Archer_%28TV_series%29.jpg/1280px-John_Eldredge_in_Meet_Corliss_Archer_%28TV_series%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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