John Davis Lodge

John Davis Lodge
United States Ambassador to Switzerland
In office
May 19, 1983 – April 30, 1985
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byFaith Ryan Whittlesey
Succeeded byFaith Ryan Whittlesey
United States Ambassador to Argentina
In office
July 23, 1969 – November 10, 1973
PresidentRichard Nixon
Preceded byCarter Lane Burgess
Succeeded byRobert Charles Hill
United States Ambassador to Spain
In office
March 24, 1955 – April 13, 1961
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byJames Clement Dunn
Succeeded byAnthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr.
79th Governor of Connecticut
In office
January 3, 1951 – January 5, 1955
LieutenantEdward N. Allen
Preceded byChester Bowles
Succeeded byAbraham Ribicoff
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Connecticut's 4th district
In office
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951
Preceded byClare Boothe Luce
Succeeded byAlbert P. Morano
Personal details
Born(1903-10-20)October 20, 1903
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedOctober 29, 1985(1985-10-29) (aged 82)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting placeArlington National Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 1929)
Children2, including Lily
RelativesLodge family
Alma materHarvard University
Harvard Law School
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Years of service1942–1946 (Active)
1946–1966 (Reserve)
Rank Captain
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsLegion of Honor;
Croix de Guerre

John Davis Lodge (October 20, 1903 – October 29, 1985) was an American film actor, lawyer, politician, and diplomat.[1][2] He was the 79th governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955, and later served as U.S. ambassador to Spain, Argentina, and Switzerland.[3] As an actor, he often was credited simply as John Lodge. He had roles in four Hollywood films between 1933 and 1935, including playing Marlene Dietrich's lover in The Scarlet Empress and Shirley Temple's father in The Little Colonel. He starred or co-starred in many British and European films between 1935 and 1940.

Lodge was a member of four prominent political families in the Northeast United States: the Cabot, Lodge, Frelinghuysen and Davis families. He was a direct descendant of at least seven U.S. senators, and had many other politicians in his family, including his brother, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who ran for Vice President of the United States in 1960 alongside presidential nominee Richard Nixon but was defeated by John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

  1. ^ "John Lodge". Archived from the original on May 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "John Lodge – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
  3. ^ Fowler, Glenn (October 20, 1985). "John Davis is Dead at 82; A Politician, Diplomat and Actor". The New York Times. Retrieved June 18, 2018.