James Robertson Justice

1907-1975

Biography: life and films

James Robertson Justice was an English actor whose birth name was James Norval Harald Robertson Justice. He was born in Lewisham, London, England on 15th June 1907 and died in Winchester, Hampshire, England on 2nd July 1975, aged 68.

His best films as an actor include Frederick Wilson's comedy-thriller Poet's Pub (1949), Ralph Thomas's Above Us the Waves (1955), Hugo Fregonese's Seven Thunders (1957), George Pollock's Murder She Said (1961) and Doctor in Distress (1963).

James Robertson Justice appeared in 80 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Ralph Thomas (13 films), Ken Annakin (6), J. Lee Thompson (2), Harold French (2), Charles Crichton (2), Basil Dearden (2) and Anthony Asquith (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (37 films), comedy (30), War (13), history (8), romance (7), comedy-drama (6), comedy-romance (4), Thriller (3), Fantasy (3), Biography (3), crime-thriller (2) and Horror (2).

Our average rating for James Robertson Justice over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Champagne Charlie (1944) [a]

Fiddlers Three (1944) [a]

For Those in Peril (1944) [a]

Appointment with Crime (1946) [a]

Against the Wind (1948) [a]

My Brother Jonathan (1948) [a]

Quartet (1948) [a]

Scott of the Antarctic (1948) [a]

Vice Versa (1948) [a]

Christopher Columbus (1949) [a]

Poet's Pub (1949) [a]

Private Angelo (1949) [a]

Stop Press Girl (1949) [a]

Whisky Galore! (1949) [a]

My Daughter Joy (1950) [a]

Prelude to Fame (1950) [a]

The Black Rose (1950) [a]

Anne of the Indies (1951) [a]

Blackmailed (1951) [a]

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) [a]

David and Bathsheba (1951) [a]

Pool of London (1951) [a]

Les Miserables (1952) [a]

Miss Robin Hood (1952) [a]

The Lady Says No (1952) [a]

The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) [a]

The Voice of Merrill (1952) [a]

Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953) [a]

The Sword and the Rose (1953) [a]

Doctor in the House (1954) [a]

Above Us the Waves (1955) [a]

An Alligator Named Daisy (1955) [a]

Doctor at Sea (1955) [a]

Land of the Pharaohs (1955) [a]

Out of the Clouds (1955) [a]

Storm Over the Nile (1955) [a]

Checkpoint (1956) [a]

Moby Dick (1956) [a]

The Iron Petticoat (1956) [a]

Campbell's Kingdom (1957) [a]

Doctor at Large (1957) [a]

Seven Thunders (1957) [a]

Souvenir d'Italie (1957) [a]

The Living Idol (1957) [a]

Orders to Kill (1958) [a]

Thérèse Étienne (1958) [a]

Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) [a]

A French Mistress (1960) [a]

Die Botschafterin (1960) [a]

Doctor in Love (1960) [a]

Foxhole in Cairo (1960) [a]

Murder She Said (1961) [a]

Raising the Wind (1961) [a]

The Guns of Navarone (1961) [a]

Very Important Person (1961) [a]

A Pair of Briefs (1962) [a]

Crooks Anonymous (1962) [a]

Dr. Crippen (1962) [a]

Guns of Darkness (1962) [a]

Le Repos du guerrier (1962) [a]

The Fast Lady (1962) [a]

Das Feuerschiff (1963) [a]

Doctor in Distress (1963) [a]

Mystery Submarine (1963) [a]

Father Came Too! (1964) [a]

The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) [a]

Up from the Beach (1965) [a]

You Must Be Joking! (1965) [a]

Doctor in Clover (1966) [a]

Lange Beine - lange Finger (1966) [a]

The Trygon Factor (1966) [a]

À coeur joie (1967) [a]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) [a]

Histoires extraordinaires (1968) [a]

Mayerling (1968) [a]

Hell Is Empty (1969) [a]

Zeta One (1969) [a]

Doctor in Trouble (1970) [a]

Some Will, Some Won't (1970) [a]

The Massacre of Glencoe (1971) [a]



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