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name: "James Robertson Justice"
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born: "15 June 1907"
died: "2 July 1975"
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# James Robertson Justice

Actor. Born 15 June 1907 in Lewisham, London, England, UK. Died 2 July 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 June 1907, Lewisham, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 2 July 1975
- **Also known as:** James Robertson-Justice, James Robertson, James R. Justice, Seamus Mor Na Feasag, James Norval Harald Justice
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Robertson_Justice, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254265, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0433150/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11130

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Guns of Navarone*](https://film.one/film/the-guns-of-navarone.md) (74)

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## Biography

James Robertson Justice (15 June 1907 – 2 July 1975) was a British character actor. Born James Norval Harald Justice in Lewisham, London, he appeared in British films from the mid-1940s onwards, frequently cast as pompous authority figures.

He is known for his role as Commodore Jensen and the prologue narrator in *The Guns of Navarone* (1961), and for playing Sir Lancelot Spratt in the *Doctor* comedy series, beginning with *Doctor in the House* (1954). Other notable credits include *Whisky Galore!* (1949), *Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.* (1951), *Moby Dick* (1956), *Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines* (1965) and *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968).

He also worked in Scottish public life, helping to launch Scottish Television and serving twice as Rector of the University of Edinburgh.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Guns of Navarone* (1961), Fi1m 74, as Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-guns-of-navarone.md)

## Complete filmography (84)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dors: The Other Diana* (1990), Actor
- *The Massacre of Glencoe* (1971), as MacIain
- *Doctor in Trouble* (1970), as Sir Lancelot Spratt
- *Some Will, Some Won't* (1970), as Sir Charles Robson
- *Zeta One* (1969), as Major Bourdon
- *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968), as Lord Scrumptious
- *Mayerling* (1968), as Prince of Wales
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Fitzwilliam
- *Spirits of the Dead* (1968), as Countess' Advisor (segment "Metzengerstein")
- *Hell Is Empty* (1967), as Angus McGee
- *Two Weeks in September* (1967), as McClintock
- *The Trygon Factor* (1966), as Sir John (voice)
- *Lucy in London* (1966), as Head of Madame Tussauds' Guides
- *Long Legs, Long Fingers* (1966), as Sir Hammond
- *Doctor in Clover* (1966), as Sir Lancelot Spratt
- *The Face of Fu Manchu* (1965), as Sir Charles
- *You Must Be Joking* (1965), as Librarian
- *Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes* (1965), as Narrator
- *Up from the Beach* (1965), as British Beachmaster
- *Father Came Too!* (1964), as Sir Beverley Grant
- *Dr. Crippen* (1963), as Captain McKenzie
- *Doctor in Distress* (1963), as Sir Lancelot Spratt
- *Das Feuerschiff* (1963), as Kapitän Freytag
- *Mystery Submarine* (1963), as RAdm. Rainbird
- *The Fast Lady* (1962), as Commander Charles Chingford
- *Love on a Pillow* (1962), as Katov - un sculpteur
- *Guns of Darkness* (1962), as Hugo Bryant
- *Crooks Anonymous* (1962), as Sir Harvey Russellrod
- *A Pair of Briefs* (1962), as Justice Haddon
- *Murder She Said* (1961), as Luther Ackenthorpe
- *Raising the Wind* (1961), as Sir Benjamin Boyd
- *The Guns of Navarone* (1961), as Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-guns-of-navarone.md)
- *Very Important Person* (1961), as Sir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS
- *The Ambassadress* (1960), as Robert Morrison
- *A French Mistress* (1960), as Robert Martin / 'Bow Wow'
- *Doctor in Love* (1960), as Sir Lancelot Spratt
- *Foxhole in Cairo* (1960), as Capt. Robertson
- *Upstairs and Downstairs* (1959), as James Mansfield
- *Orders to Kill* (1958), as Naval Commander
- *Thérèse Étienne* (1958), as Anton Muller
- *Seven Thunders* (1957), as Dr. Martout
- *Campbell's Kingdom* (1957), as 'Mac' MacDonald
- *The Living Idol* (1957), as Doctor Alfred Stoner
- *Doctor at Large* (1957), as Sir Lancelot Spratt
- *Checkpoint* (1956), as Warren Ingram
- *The Iron Petticoat* (1956), as Colonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff
- *Moby Dick* (1956), as Capt. Boomer
- *Storm Over the Nile* (1955), as General Burroughs
- *An Alligator Named Daisy* (1955), as Sir James Colebrook
- *Land of the Pharaohs* (1955), as Vashtar
- *Doctor at Sea* (1955), as Captain Wentworth Hogg
- *Above Us the Waves* (1955), as Admiral Ryder
- *Out of the Clouds* (1955), as Captain Brent
- *Doctor in the House* (1954), as Sir Lancelot Spratt
- *Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue* (1953), as Duke Campbell, of Argyll
- *The Sword and the Rose* (1953), as King Henry VIII
- *The Voice of Merrill* (1952), as Jonathan Roche
- *Miss Robin Hood* (1952), as The MacAlister
- *Les Miserables* (1952), as Robert
- *The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men* (1952), as Little John
- *The Lady Says No* (1952), as Matthew Huntington Hatch
- *Anne of the Indies* (1951), as Red Dougal
- *David and Bathsheba* (1951), as Abishai
- *Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.* (1951), as Seaman Quist
- *Pool of London* (1951), as Engine Room Officer Trotter
- *Blackmailed* (1951), as Mr. Sine
- *The Magnet* (1950), as Tramp
- *The Black Rose* (1950), as Simeon Beautrie
- *My Daughter Joy* (1950), as Prof. Keval
- *Prelude to Fame* (1950), as Sir Arthur Harold
- *Christopher Columbus* (1949), as Martin Alonso Pinzon
- *Private Angelo* (1949), as Feste
- *Poet's Pub* (1949), as Prof. Benbow
- *Whisky Galore!* (1949), as Dr. Maclaren
- *Stop Press Girl* (1949), as Arthur Peters
- *Scott of the Antarctic* (1948), as P.O. (Taff) Evans R.N.
- *Quartet* (1948), as Branksome (segment "The Facts of Life")
- *My Brother Jonathan* (1948), as Eugene Dakers
- *Against the Wind* (1948), as Ackerman
- *Vice Versa* (1948), as Dr. Grimstone
- *Appointment with Crime* (1946), as Prison Governor
- *Fiddlers Three* (1944), as Centurion of the 8th Legion
- *Champagne Charlie* (1944), as Patron (uncredited)
- *For Those in Peril* (1944), as Operations Room Officer

## Gallery

- ![James Robertson Justice](https://film.one/media/person/1240664/gallery-7fad8752eeef.jpg) James Robertson Justice — Ross-Stillman Productions, Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/James_Robertson_Justice_in_The_Lady_Says_No_%281950%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![James Robertson Justice](https://film.one/media/person/1240664/gallery-d19e007430e1.jpg) James Robertson Justice — Image via TMDB

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