John Lodge

John Davis Lodge October 20 1903 October 29 1985 was an American film actor lawyer politician and diplomat He was the 79th governor of Connecticut from 1951 to 1955 and later served as US ambassador to Spain Argentina and Switzerland 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 Dietrichs lover in The Scarlet Empress and Shirley Temples father in The Little Colonel He starred or costarred 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 US 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