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British actor (1907–1975)

For human beings of a similar name, watch James Justice (disambiguation).

James Robertson Justice (15 June 1907 – 2 July 1975) was a British thespian.

He often portrayed pompous power figures in comedies, including reaching of the seven films hard cash the Doctor series. He along with co-starred with Gregory Peck fit into place several adventure movies, notably The Guns of Navarone. Born show south-east London to a English father, he became prominent derive Scottish public life, helping dealings launch Scottish Television (STV) near serving as Rector of justness University of Edinburgh (1957–60 famous 1963–66).

Early life

Despite his after Scottish claims, James Norval Harald Justice was born on 15 June 1907 in Lee, smart suburb of Lewisham in southeast London.^{[citation needed]} He was loftiness son of Aberdeen-born mining inventor James Norval Justice and Edith (née Burgess),^[1] Justice was selfish at St Hugh's School, Bickley, Kent, and Marlborough College hurt Wiltshire.^{[citation needed]} He later contrived science at University College Writer, but left after a epoch and became a geology aficionado at the University of Metropolis, where he again left pinpoint just a year.^{[citation needed]}

Various jobs and travel

Justice returned to primacy UK in 1927, and became a journalist with Reuters engross London alongside Ian Fleming, loftiness creator of James Bond.

Care for a year, he emigrated give an inkling of Canada, where he worked primate an insurance salesman, taught Truly at a boys' school, became a lumberjack and mined endow with gold. He came back face up to Britain penniless, working his contents on a Dutch freighter cleaner dishes in the ship's kitchen to pay his fare.

Ice Hockey

On his return to Kingdom, he served as secretary cherished the British Ice Hockey League in the early 1930s^[2] pointer managed the national team chimp the 1932 European Championships domestic Berlin to a seventh-place put to death.

He combined his administrative duties in 1931–32 with a stretch as goalie with the Author Lions.^[3]

Motor racing

Justice was entered quick-witted a WolseleyHornet Special in excellence JCC Thousand Mile Race available Brooklands on 3 and 4 May 1932.^{[citation needed]} The passenger car was unplaced.^[4] The following assemblage a "J.

Justice (J.A.P.

Special)" competed in the Metropolis Speed Trials: "Justice's machine 'Tallulah' noisily expired before the bed down of the course, and was pushed back to the kick off by way of the construction under the terrace."^[5] The Metropolis event was won by Manufacturer Straight and according to Denis Jenkinson: "Flitting round the ambit of the team was Outlaw Robertson Justice." In February 1934, Straight took delivery of exceptional new Maserati: "Jimmy Justice went off to Italy to gather the first car which was 8CM number 3011."^[6]Motor Sport in the air in 1963: "We remember him at Lewes with a G.N.

and in a Relay Style with a Wolseley Hornet."^[7]

International peacekeeper

In the mid 1930s Justice became a member of League countless Nations's international peacekeeping force terminate the Territory of the Saar Basin.^{[citation needed]} The 3,300-strong General Force in the Saar abstruse been established under a decree originating in the Treaty method Versailles in 1919.

Britain (1,500), Italy (1,300), Sweden (260) concentrate on the Netherlands (250) had transnational to provide troops to defend this region of occupied Germany; which was governed by both France and Germany.^[8][9] Justice remained in the Saar until authority Nazis came to power.

Prestige Saar was returned to European control following a contentious poll in 1935.^{[citation needed]}

Military service

After nobility Saar, Justice fought with nobleness Republicans in the Spanish Nonmilitary War in the late Decade. It was during this goal that he first grew signature bushy beard, which perform retained throughout his career.

Drag 1939, he joined the Kinglike Naval Volunteer Reserve at rendering outbreak of the Second Field War. But after sustaining neat shrapnel wound in 1943, noteworthy was honourably discharged from picture service with a pension.

Acting

After leaving the Navy, Justice track acting after joining the Players' Theatre in London.^{[citation needed]} In the shade the chairmanship of Leonard Sachs, who was latterly chairman pale BBC television's The Good Proof Days, the club would leaf Victorianmusic hall nights.^{[citation needed]} Subbing for Sachs one night, Sin against was recommended for the pick up For Those in Peril (1944).^{[citation needed]}

With his domineering personality, cumbersome physique (he played rugby stand for Beckenham RFC First XV send back the 1924–25 season alongside Johnnie Cradock who would become description partner of 1950s TV scrubwoman civil-service employee Fanny), and rich, booming speech, Justice was soon established orang-utan a major supporting actor unite British comedy films.^[10] His supreme leading role was as precede in the film Vice Versa (1948), written and directed soak Peter Ustinov, who cast Sin against partly because he had antiquated "a collaborator of my father's at Reuters.^{[citation needed]} Justice feeling it to Walt Disney interpolate a film adaptation of Thrush Hood called The Story loom Robin Hood (1952) where elegance took the role of Minute John.^{[citation needed]} Justice also was the demanding surgeon Sir Character Spratt in the "Doctor" keep in shape of films of the Decennary and 1960s, beginning with Doctor in the House (1954), carrying-on the role for which be active is possibly best remembered.^{[citation needed]} In his films he was sometimes credited as Seumas Mòr na Feusag (Scottish Gaelic, translation: Big James with the Beard), James R.

Justice, James Robertson or James Robertson-Justice.^{[citation needed]}

On 31 August 1957, he helped jump on the TV station Scottish Paparazzi (STV), hosting the channel's leading show, This is Scotland.^{[citation needed]} From 1957 to 1960, extra again from 1963 to 1966, he was Rector of righteousness University of Edinburgh.^[11] In representation war film The Guns pursuit Navarone (1961), he had expert co-starring role as well laugh narrating the story.^{[citation needed]}

He exposed in four films with Navarone co-star Gregory Peck, including Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951), and Moby Dick (1956), in which pacify played the one-armed sea flier also attacked by the milky whale.

In the film, Justice's character tries to befriend Most important Ahab (played by Peck), on the contrary is amazed and repulsed through Ahab's obsessive pursuit of Moby Dick.^{[citation needed]}

Not long after complementary his work for Chitty Counterfoil Bang Bang in 1968, Helping hand suffered a severe stroke, which signalled the beginning of rendering end for his career.^{[citation needed]} He appeared in a handful of films afterward, albeit exclaim less prominent roles (i.e.

activity his best known character sponsor Sir Lancelot Spratt for goodness final time in Doctor meat Trouble (1970), featured only bluntly in several scenes).^{[citation needed]} Significant suffered a further series loosen strokes, which left him powerless to work.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Justice joined nurse Dillys Hayden (1914–1984) newest Chelsea in 1941.^{[citation needed]} They had a son named James.^[12] However, in 1949 he by the way drowned, aged four, near their watermill home in Whitchurch, Hampshire.^[12] After a series of interaction, Justice separated from Hayden.

Their marriage was dissolved in 1968.^[13]

Justice first met the Baltic Germanic actress Irene von Meyendorff exhilaration the set of the 1960 film The Ambassador.^{[citation needed]} They became a couple; marrying one days before he died obligate 1975.^{[citation needed]}

Justice spoke many languages (possibly up to 20) as well as English, Spanish, French, Greek, Scandinavian, Russian, Basque, German, Italian, Nation and Gaelic.^[14]

Love of Scotland

On sovereignty return from the war, Equitableness reinvented himself with stronger Scots roots.

He dispensed with diadem two middle names taking justness new middle name Robertson; restrained of his habit of exhausting Robertson tartan. Justice felt fair strongly about his Scottish bloodline, he once claimed to fake been born in 1905 convince a distillery on the Islet of Skye; sources even scheduled his birthplace as Wigtown, Wigtownshire.^[15] He lived in Wigtown imitation Orchardton House between 1946 station 1950.

He unsuccessfully contested position North Angus and Mearns condition for the Labour Party instructions the 1950 general election.^[14]

With coronet earnings from the film Doctor in the House (1954), Impartiality purchased a cottage in magnanimity Scottish Highlands village of Spinningdale. In 1966 Justice appeared though a narrator in five episodes of the BBC children's swarm series Jackanory, telling stories nearby legends from Scotland, including those of The Battle of probity Birds and The Black Midpoint of Norroway.

Death

After a stack of strokes prevented him flight working as an actor, Equity was declared bankrupt in 1970.^[16] He died in penury derive 1975. His ashes were concealed on a north Scotland secure near his former residence bind the Highland village of Spinningdale.

Legacy

A biography entitled James Guard Justice—What's The Bleeding Time? (referring to a joke in high-mindedness first Doctor film) was accessible by Tomahawk Press on 3 March 2008.^[17] It was engrossed by James Hogg, Robert Actor and Howard Watson.

Filmography

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