# John Eldredge (actor)

John Dornin Eldredge (August 30, 1904 – September 23, 1961) was an American film and television actor. He was the younger brother of character actor George Eldredge (1898–1977).

## Early life

Eldredge was born August 30, 1904, in San Francisco. He was the son of a clergyman who made a speciality of dramatics at university. When he confessed to his father that he wanted to be an actor, his father grinned and said: "That's all right son so long as you are a good one." His eldest brother, George Eldredge, also became an actor.

## Career

He began his theatrical career in repertory and then in comic opera and later played small parts in New York City till he made a hit on Broadway and it was a role opposite Lillian Gish that won him a Warners film contract.
Eldredge's Broadway credits include Three-Cornered Moon (1932), The Good Fairy (1932), Katerina (1928), The Cherry Orchard (1928), and The Would-be Gentleman (1928).
On 05/28/1959, he played Mr Preston on episode of Leave It to Beaver In 1954–1955, Eldredge played Harry Archer, father of the title character, in the CBS Television situation comedy Meet Corliss Archer.

## Death

He died September 23, 1961, at his home in Treasure Island Trailer Park in Laguna Beach, California, where he was recovering from a heart attack. His remains are interred at Pacific View Memorial Park in Corona del Mar, California.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1934 | The Man With Two Faces | Horace Barry Jones | |
| 1934 | Flirtation Walk | Lieut. Biddle | |
| 1935 | The White Cockatoo | Francis Talley | |
| 1935 | The Woman in Red | Eugene 'Gene' Fairchild | |
| 1935 | The Girl from 10th Avenue | Hugh Brown | |
| 1935 | Oil for the Lamps of China | Don | |
| 1935 | The Goose and the Gander | Lawrence | |
| 1935 | Dr. Socrates | Dr. Burton | |
| 1935 | Man of Iron | Ed Tanahill | |
| 1935 | Dangerous | Gordon Heath | |
| 1936 | The Murder of Dr. Harrigan | Dr. Harrigan | |
| 1936 | Snowed Under | McBride | |
| 1936 | Murder by an Aristocrat | John Tweed | |
| 1936 | His Brother's Wife | Tom Claybourne | |
| 1936 | Follow Your Heart | Harrison Beecher | |
| 1936 | Adventure in Manhattan | Tommy – Actor in Play | (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Mysterious Crossing | Paul Briand | |
| 1937 | The Holy Terror | Lt. Comdr. R.E. Wallace | |
| 1937 | Fair Warning | Dr. Galt | |
| 1937 | Charlie Chan at the Olympics | Cartwright | |
| 1937 | The Go Getter | Lloyd Skinner | |
| 1937 | Mr Dodd Takes the Air | Jim Lidin | |
| 1937 | One Mile from Heaven | Jerry Harrison | |
| 1937 | Sh! The Octopus | Paul Morgan | |
| 1938 | Women Are Like That | Charles Braden | |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | Niles Nelson | |
| 1939 | Persons in Hiding | Chief Agent Gordon Kingsley | |
| 1939 | Blind Alley | Dick Holbrook | |
| 1939 | Undercover Doctor | Gordon Kingsley | |
| 1939 | Television Spy | Boris | |
| 1939 | Private Detective | Millard Lannon | |
| 1940 | The Marines Fly High | John Henderson / El Vengador | |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Strange Case | Henry Adams, Amnesia Patient | |
| 1940 | Son of Roaring Dan | Thorndyke | |
| 1940 | The Devil's Pipeline | George Butler | |
| 1940 | Always a Bride | Marshall Winkler | |
| 1941 | High Sierra | Lon Preiser | |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny | Peterson | |
| 1941 | Horror Island | Cousin George | |
| 1941 | The Black Cat | Stanley Borden | |
| 1941 | Blossoms in the Dust | Damon | |
| 1941 | Life Begins for Andy Hardy | Paul McWilliams | |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve | Hotel Desk Manager | (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case | Andrew Belmont | |
| 1942 | The Mad Doctor of Market Street | Dwight, Ship's Officer | |
| 1942 | Saboteur | Footman | (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Tough as They Come | Rogers | |
| 1942 | Madame Spy | Carl Gordon | |
| 1944 | Beautiful But Broke | Waldo Main | |
| 1944 | Bermuda Mystery | Lyman Brooks | |
| 1944 | Song of Nevada | Rollo Bingham | |
| 1944 | Dangerous Passage | Vaughn | |
| 1944 | Swing Out the Blues | Gregg Talbot | |
| 1945 | Eve Knew Her Apples | Walter W. Walter, II | |
| 1945 | Circumstantial Evidence | Judge White | |
| 1945 | The Master Key | Walter Stark, Council Member M-6 | Serial [Chs.1–5] |
| 1945 | Bad Men of the Border | Bart Breslow | |
| 1945 | Dangerous Partners | Farrel | |
| 1946 | Live Wires | Herbert L. Sayers | |
| 1946 | Up Goes Maisie | Benson | |
| 1946 | I Ring Doorbells | Ransome | |
| 1946 | Swing Parade of 1946 | Bascomb | |
| 1946 | Lost City of the Jungle | Dr. Elmore | Serial |
| 1946 | Passkey to Danger | Alexander Cardovsky | |
| 1946 | The French Key | John Holterman | |
| 1946 | Dark Alibi | Anthony R. Morgan | |
| 1946 | Little Miss Big | Sanford Baxter | |
| 1946 | Temptation | Don Gibbs | |
| 1947 | Backlash | John Morland | |
| 1947 | Seven Were Saved | Rollin Hartley | |
| 1947 | Second Chance | Conrad Martyn | |
| 1947 | The Fabulous Joe | Charlie | |
| 1947 | The Hal Roach Comedy Carnival | Charlie in The Fabulous Joe | Archive footage |
| 1948 | Angels' Alley | Asst. Dist. Atty. John Willis | |
| 1948 | Smart Woman | Lester Flynn, Reporter | |
| 1948 | Jinx Money | Lullaby Kane | |
| 1948 | Sealed Verdict | Col. Macklin | |
| 1948 | Whispering Smith | George McCloud | |
| 1949 | Sky Dragon | William E. French | |
| 1949 | Stampede | Cox | |
| 1949 | The Sickle or the Cross | Rev. Dodge | |
| 1949 | Top o' the Morning | E. L. Larkin | |
| 1949 | Square Dance Jubilee | Jed Stratton | |
| 1950 | Unmasked | Johnny Rocco | |
| 1950 | Champagne for Caesar | Executive No. 1 | |
| 1950 | Lonely Heart Bandits | Tony Morell / Wade Antrim | |
| 1950 | Rustlers on Horseback | George Parradine | |
| 1951 | The Groom Wore Spurs | J.N. Bergen | |
| 1951 | Insurance Investigator | John Hammond | |
| 1951 | Night Into Morning | Professor | (uncredited) |
| 1951 | No Questions Asked | Mr. Perkin | |
| 1951 | The Law and the Lady | Asst. Manager – Monte Carlo Hotel | (uncredited) |
| 1951 | An American in Paris | Jack Jansen | |
| 1951 | Angels in the Outfield | Dr. Eustace Danforth | |
| 1951 | All That I Have | Justice Webster | |
| 1951 | Street Bandits | L.T. Mitchell | |
| 1952 | For Men Only | Mr. St. Claire – Regents Board Member | |
| 1952 | Just This Once | Commander Denham | |
| 1952 | Scaramouche | Assembly Clerk | (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Sniper | Mr. Stonecroft | |
| 1952 | Fearless Fagan | Producer | |
| 1952 | No Holds Barred | Doctor Howard | |
| 1953 | The Mississippi Gambler | Galbreath | |
| 1953 | Girls in the Night | Judge | |
| 1953 | Invaders from Mars | Mr. Turner | |
| 1953 | Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation | Masterson | |
| 1954 | Racing Blood | 'Mitch' Mitchell | |
| 1954 | Loophole | Frank Temple | |
| 1954 | The Desperado | Mr. Cameron | |
| 1955 | Soldier of Fortune | Man Slapped in Lobby | (uncredited) |
| 1955 | 'Toughest Man Alive | Ingo Widner | |
| 1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Sands Co-Owner | |
| 1956 | The Toy Tiger | Executive | |
| 1956 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Reformatory Warden George Niles | |
| 1956 | Francis in the Haunted House | Criminologist | |
| 1956 | The First Traveling Saleslady | Greavy – Prosecuting Attorney | |
| 1957 | God Is My Partner | Jess Northrop | |
| 1957 | Raintree County | Cousin Sam | |
| 1958 | I Married a Monster from Outer Space | Police Capt. H.B. Collins | |
| 1960 | Freckles | Mr. Cooper | |
| 1960 | Five Guns to Tombstone | Endicott | final film role |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1950–1956 | The Lone Ranger | Jack Burke / Rocky Carson / Applegate aka Denton | 4 episodes |
| 1953–1958 | Adventures of Superman | Mr. X / Jonas Rockwell / Burt Burnside / Walter Canby | 4 episodes |
| 1953–1959 | Death Valley Days | Ray Trumbull / Governor McDougal | 2 episodes |
| 1954–1955 | Meet Corliss Archer | Harry Archer | Main role |
| 1959–1961 | Wanted Dead or Alive | Matthew Wilson / Phineos Porter |