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James Robertson Justice

Journalist / Character Actor | * 06/15/1907 († 68, 07/02/1975) | Lewisham, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
James Robertson Justice (15 June 1907 – 2 July 1975) was an English actor. He is best remembered for portraying pompous authority figures in comedies including each of the seven films in the Doctor series. He also co-starred with Gregory Peck in several adventure movies, notably The Guns of Navarone. Born in south-east London to a Scottish father, he became prominent in Scottish public life, helping to launch Scottish Television (STV) and serving as Rector of the University of Edinburgh (1957–60 and 1963–66). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Adventure

Known for these Movies & Shows

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself. ...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

G

1968 | 3.4/5 | 2h 24min
Kids & Family, Music, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy
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A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped Br ...

The Guns of Navarone

NR

1961 | 3.7/5 | 2h 38min
War, Action
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Women around the globe begin disappearing when a renegade race of top-heavy aliens from the planet Angvia begin snatching them off the streets. ...

Zeta One

R

1969 | 2.0/5 | 1h 26min
Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own. ...

Murder She Said

NR

1961 | 3.6/5 | 1h 27min
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Movies with James Robertson Justice as Actor(82)

as Self (archive footage)2000 Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as MacIain1971 The Massacre of Glencoe
as Sir Lancelot Spratt1970 Doctor in Trouble
as Sir Charles Robson1970 Some Will, Some Won't
as Maj. Bourdon1969 Zeta One
as Lord Scrumptious1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Countess' Advisor (segment "Metzengerstein")1968 Spirits of the Dead
as Prince of Wales1968 Mayerling
as Angus McGee1967 Hell Is Empty
as McClintock1967 Two Weeks in September
as Sir Lancelot Spratt1966 Doctor in Clover
as Sir John (voice)1966 The Trygon Factor
as Head of Madame Tussauds' Guides1966 Lucy in London
as Sir Hammond1966 Long Legs, Long Fingers
as Sir Charles1965 The Face of Fu Manchu
as Narrator1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
as British Beachmaster1965 Up from the Beach
as Librarian1965 You Must Be Joking
as Sir Beverly Grant1964 Father Came Too!
as RAdm. Rainbird1963 Mystery Submarine
as Sir Lancelot Spratt1963 Doctor in Distress
as Captain McKenzie1963 Dr. Crippen
as Kapitän Freytag1963 Das Feuerschiff
as Katov - un sculpteur1962 Love on a Pillow
as Sir Harvey Russelrod1962 Crooks Anonymous
as Charles1962 The Fast Lady
as Hugo Bryant1962 Guns of Darkness
as Justice Haddon1962 A Pair of Briefs
as Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator1961 The Guns of Navarone
as Sir Benjamin Boyd1961 Raising the Wind
as Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow RN1961 Very Important Person
as Luther Ackenthorpe1961 Murder She Said
as Sir Lancelot Spratt1960 Doctor in Love
as Robert Martin / 'Bow Wow'1960 A French Mistress
as Capt. Robertson1960 Foxhole in Cairo
as Robert Morrison1960 The Ambassadress
as Mansfield1959 Upstairs and Downstairs
as Naval Commander1958 Orders to Kill
as Dr. Martout1957 Seven Thunders
as Sir Lancelot Spratt1957 Doctor at Large
as Doctor Alfred Stoner1957 The Living Idol
as James MacDonald1957 Campbell's Kingdom
as Colonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff1956 The Iron Petticoat
as Capt. Boomer1956 Moby Dick
as Warren Ingram1956 Checkpoint
as Capt. Hogg1955 Doctor at Sea
as Sir James Colebrook1955 An Alligator Named Daisy
as Vashtar1955 Land of the Pharaohs
as Admiral Ryder1955 Above Us the Waves
as General Burroughs1955 Storm Over the Nile
as Captain Brent1955 Out of the Clouds
as Sir Lancelot Spratt1954 Doctor in the House
as Duke Campbell, of Argyll1954 Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
as King Henry VIII1953 The Sword and the Rose
as The MacAlister1952 Miss Robin Hood
as Little John1952 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
as Jonathan Roche1952 The Voice of Merrill
as Matthew Huntington Hatch1952 The Lady Says No
as Robert1952 Les Miserables
as Seaman Quist1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower
as Mr. Sine1951 Blackmailed
as Engine Room Officer Trotter1951 Pool of London
as Abishai1951 David and Bathsheba
as Red Dougal1951 Anne of the Indies
as Prof. Keval1950 My Daughter Joy
as Sir Arthur Harold1950 Prelude to Fame
as Tramp1950 The Magnet
as Simeon Beautrie1950 The Black Rose
as Martin Alonso Pinzon1949 Christopher Columbus
as Dr. Maclaren1949 Whisky Galore!
as Arthur Peters1949 Stop Press Girl
as Prof. Benbow1949 Poet's Pub
as Feste1949 Private Angelo
as P.O. (Taff) Evans R.N.1948 Scott of the Antarctic
as Ackerman1948 Against the Wind
as Eugene Dakers1948 My Brother Jonathan
as Dr. Grimstone1948 Vice Versa
as Branksome1948 Quartet
as Prison Governor1946 Appointment with Crime
as Centurion of the 8th Legion1944 Fiddlers Three
as Operations Room Officer1944 For Those in Peril
as Patron (uncredited)1944 Champagne Charlie

TV Shows/Series with James Robertson Justice as Actor(1)

as Fitzwilliam1968 The Name of the Game

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Saturday, 06/15 1907 (June) in Lewisham, London, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Wednesday, 07/02 1975 (July) in Romsey (aged: 68)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Gaelic (GD), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Greek
Educated at: University College London, University of Bonn, Marlborough College
Employer: Reuters
Spouses (current/former): Irene von Meyendorff
Other names for James Robertson Justice (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"James Robertson-Justice"
"James Robertson"
"James R. Justice"
"Seamus Mor Na Feasag"
James Robertson Justice frequently works together with these people:
Ralph Thomas (13x, Crew)
Betty E. Box (13x, Crew)
Nicholas Phipps (12x, Actor)
Ernest Steward (12x, Crew)
Leslie Phillips (11x, Actor)
Ken Annakin (9x, Crew)
Joan Hickson (9x, Actress)
Michael Balcon (9x, Crew)
Dirk Bogarde (8x, Actor)
Jack Davies (8x, Crew)
Cyril Chamberlain (8x, Actor)
Broderick Crawford (3x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:317375, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024