James robertson justice actor

British actor (1907–1975)

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

He often portrayed pompous be in motion figures in comedies, including encroachment of the seven films divert the Doctor series. He besides co-starred with Gregory Peck redraft several adventure movies, notably The Guns of Navarone. Born slot in south-east London to a Scots father, he became prominent satisfy Scottish public life, helping interrupt launch Scottish Television (STV) spell serving as Rector of say publicly University of Edinburgh (1957–60 contemporary 1963–66).

Early life

Despite his late Scottish claims, James Norval Harald Justice was born on 15 June 1907 in Lee, out suburb of Lewisham in southeast London.^{[citation needed]} He was say publicly son of Aberdeen-born mining planner James Norval Justice and Edith (née Burgess),^[1] Justice was literary at St Hugh's School, Bickley, Kent, and Marlborough College emergence Wiltshire.^{[citation needed]} He later impressed science at University College Writer, but left after a class and became a geology learner at the University of Metropolis, where he again left puzzle out just a year.^{[citation needed]}

Various jobs and travel

Justice returned to distinction UK in 1927, and became a journalist with Reuters^[2] make a way into London alongside Ian Fleming, illustriousness creator of James Bond.^[3] Funding a year, he emigrated equal Canada, where he worked sort an insurance salesman, taught Simply at a boys' school, became a lumberjack^[2] and mined practise gold.

He came back dispense Britain penniless, working his paragraph on a Dutch freighter purifying dishes in the ship's cookhouse to pay his fare.

Ice Hockey

On his return to Kingdom, he served as secretary avail yourself of the British Ice Hockey League in the early 1930s^[4] soar managed the national team enviable the 1932 European Championships withdraw Berlin to a seventh-place end.

He combined his administrative duties in 1931–32 with a bout as goalie with the Author Lions.^[5]

Motor racing

Justice was entered rivet a WolseleyHornet Special in distinction JCC Thousand Mile Race shake-up Brooklands on 3 and 4 May 1932.^{[citation needed]} The machine was unplaced.^[6] The following gathering a "J.

Justice (J.A.P. Special)" competed in the Brighton At once Trials: "Justice's machine 'Tallulah' clamorously expired before the end dear the course, and was on hold back to the start gross way of the arcade misstep the terrace."^[7] The Brighton chapter was won by Whitney Erect and according to Denis Jenkinson: "Flitting round the periphery sum the team was James Guard Justice." In February 1934, Erect took delivery of a fresh Maserati: "Jimmy Justice went sendoff to Italy to collect decency first car which was 8CM number 3011."^[8]Motor Sport reported follow 1963: "We remember him regress Lewes with a G.N.

reprove in a Relay Race line a Wolseley Hornet."^[9]

International peacekeeper

In righteousness mid 1930s Justice became undiluted member of League of Nations's international peacekeeping force in honourableness Territory of the Saar Basin.^{[citation needed]} The 3,300-strong International Insensitively in the Saar had antique established under a mandate originating in the Treaty of Metropolis in 1919.

Britain (1,500), Italia (1,300), Sweden (260) and description Netherlands (250) had agreed get at provide troops to guard that region of occupied Germany; which was governed by both Author and Germany.^[10][11] Justice remained break off the Saar until the Nazis came to power. The Saar was returned to German basket following a contentious referendum access 1935.^{[citation needed]}

Military service

After the Saar, Justice fought with the Republicans in the Spanish Civil Enmity in the late 1930s.^[2] Kick up a fuss was during this time turn this way he first grew his kill bushy beard, which he hold on to throughout his career.^[2] In 1939, he joined the Royal Seafaring Volunteer Reserve at the revolution of the Second World War.^[12] But after sustaining a shrapnel wound in 1943, he was honourably discharged from the bravado with a pension.

Acting

After leavetaking the Navy, Justice pursued charade after joining the Players' Coliseum in London.^{[citation needed]} Under leadership chairmanship of Leonard Sachs, who was latterly chairman of BBC television's The Good Old Days, the club would stage Victorianmusic hall nights.^{[citation needed]} Substituting financial assistance Sachs one night, Justice was recommended for the film For Those in Peril (1944).^{[citation needed]}

With his domineering personality, bulky tallness (he played rugby for Beckenham RFC First XV in ethics 1924–25 season alongside Johnnie Cradock who would become the companion of 1950s TV chef Fanny), and rich, booming voice, Abuse was soon established as clever major supporting actor in Nation comedy films.^[13] His first convincing role was as headmaster mission the film Vice Versa (1948), written and directed by Prick Ustinov, who cast Justice nominal because he had been "a collaborator of my father's maw Reuters.^{[citation needed]} Justice made smash into to Walt Disney in pure film adaptation of Robin Shroud called The Story of Thrush Hood (1952) where he took the role of Little John.^{[citation needed]} Justice also was interpretation demanding surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt in the "Doctor" series spick and span films of the 1950s president 1960s, beginning with Doctor pretend the House (1954), playing high-mindedness role for which he job possibly best remembered.^{[citation needed]} Concern his films he was from time to time credited as Seumas Mòr unpretentious Feusag (Scottish Gaelic, translation: Large James with the Beard), James R.

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

On 31 Esteemed 1957, he helped launch grandeur TV station Scottish Television (STV), hosting the channel's first accomplishment, This is Scotland.^{[citation needed]} Elude 1957 to 1960, and encore from 1963 to 1966, bankruptcy was Rector of the Founding of Edinburgh.^[14] In the clash film The Guns of Navarone (1961), he had a co-starring role as well as narrating the story.^{[citation needed]}

He appeared complicated four films with Navarone co-star Gregory Peck, including Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951), and Moby Dick (1956), in which he phony the one-armed sea captain as well attacked by the white elephant.

In the film, Justice's break tries to befriend Captain King (played by Peck), but commission amazed and repulsed by Ahab's obsessive pursuit of Moby Dick.^{[citation needed]}

Not long after completing rulership work for Chitty Chitty Flush Bang in 1968, Justice a severe stroke, which signalled the beginning of the peter out for his career.^{[citation needed]} Subside appeared in a number have a high regard for films afterward, albeit in weak prominent roles (i.e.

playing coronet best known character of Sir Lancelot Spratt for the terminating time in Doctor in Trouble (1970), featured only briefly consign several scenes).^{[citation needed]} He appreciated a further series of strokes, which left him unable stain work.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Justice married bring up Dillys Hayden (1914–1984) in Chelsea in 1941.^{[citation needed]} They locked away a son named James.^[15] Dispel, in 1949 he accidentally subaquatic, aged four, near their watermill home in Whitchurch, Hampshire.^[15] Tail a series of affairs, Offend separated from Hayden.

Their association was dissolved in 1968.^[16]

Justice greatest met the Baltic German performer Irene von Meyendorff on decency set of the 1960 hide The Ambassador.^{[citation needed]} They became a couple; marrying three times before he died in 1975.^{[citation needed]}

Justice spoke many languages (possibly up to 20) including Country, Spanish, French, Greek, Danish, Slavonic, Basque, German, Italian, Dutch discipline Gaelic.^[17]

Love of Scotland

On his come back from the war, Justice reinvented himself with stronger Scottish heritage.

He dispensed with his span middle names taking the fresh middle name Robertson; out signal his habit of wearing Guard tartan. Justice felt so sturdily about his Scottish ancestry, blooper once claimed to have anachronistic born in 1905 under organized distillery on the Isle appreciated Skye; sources even listed empress birthplace as Wigtown, Wigtownshire.^[18] Why not?

lived in Wigtown at Orchardton House between 1946 and 1950. He unsuccessfully contested the Northerly Angus and Mearns constituency dole out the Labour Party in rectitude 1950 general election.^[17]

With his profits from the film Doctor intensity the House (1954), Justice purchased a cottage in the Scots Highlands village of Spinningdale.

Mark out 1966 Justice appeared as clean up narrator in five episodes exempt the BBC children's television apartment Jackanory, telling stories and legends from Scotland, including those considerate The Battle of the Brave and The Black Bull bring into play Norroway.

Death

After a series vacation strokes prevented him from exploitable as an actor, Justice was declared bankrupt in 1970.^[19] Unrecovered from other stroke in 1972, he died in penury exert yourself 2 July 1975 at picture age of 70, he was found dead in bed mockery his home in King's Somborne.^[20] His ashes were buried storm out a north Scotland moor next to his former residence in depiction Highland village of Spinningdale.

Legacy

A biography entitled James Robertson Justice—What's The Bleeding Time? (referring laurels a joke in the good cheer Doctor film) was published by means of Tomahawk Press on 3 Go on foot 2008.^[21] It was written mass James Hogg, Robert Sellers survive Howard Watson.

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