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Occupation
  
Actor

Education
  
Role
  
Film actor


Name
  
John Justin

Years active
  
1940-1983

Books
  
Prisoner

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Born
  
24 November 1917 (
1917-11-24
)
London, England

Other names
  
John Justinian de Ledesma

Died
  
November 29, 2002, Petersfield, United Kingdom

Spouse
  
Alison McMurdo (m. 1970–2002), Barbara Murray (m. 1952–1964), Pola Nirenska (m. 1935–1949)

Movies
  
The Thief of Bagdad, The Sound Barrier, Safari, Lisztomania, The Man Who Loved Redheads

Similar People
  
June Duprez, Ludwig Berger, Sabu Dastagir, Tim Whelan, Miles Malleson

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John Justin (24 November 1917 – 29 November 2002) was a British stage and film actor.

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Biography

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John Justinian de Ledesma was born in London, England, the son of a well-off Argentine rancher. Though he grew up on his father's ranch, he was educated at Bryanston School in Bryanston, Dorset. He developed an interest in flying and became a qualified pilot at the age of 12, though he was not allowed to fly solo at the time because of his age.

Acting

He became interested in acting at a young age. By the age of 16, he had joined the Plymouth Repertory. In 1937, he briefly trained with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but did not like it and soon joined the repertory company of John Gielgud. Among the plays he appeared in was Dear Octopus.

Thief of Bagdad

In 1938, he auditioned for and won the role for which he is perhaps best remembered, Ahmad in the 1940 version of The Thief of Bagdad, opposite Sabu. To do so he had to sign a seven year contract with Alexander Korda.

World War Two

The Second World War broke out during the film's production. After completing the picture, Justin joined the Royal Air Force, serving as a test pilot and flying instructor.

He was given leave to work on two films, The Gentle Sex (1943) with Leslie Howard, and Journey Together (1944), an RAF feature film with a cast led by Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling and David Tomlinson; with a special appearance by the American film star, Edward G. Robinson. Legendary silent film star Bessie Love also appeared in the cast.

Post-War

With the war's end, Justin returned to acting. In 1948, he did a stint at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, appearing in King John, The Merchant Of Venice, The Winter's Tale, Othello, Hamlet, and Troilus and Cressida. He also made the film Call of the Blood (1948).

In 1949 he appeared on stage in Peter Pan and was in Antigone on the BBC. Justin was in Return To Tyassi (1950) on the West End and appeared in The Angel with the Trumpet (1950).

Justin had a good role in a hit film The Sound Barrier (1952) and played the lead in Hot Ice (1952). After appearing in Uncle Vanya (1952) on stage he focused on film work.

He was in The Village (1953), a Swiss film; Melba (1953), a biopic; King of the Khyber Rifles (1954), a Hollywood film with Tyrone Power for 20th Century Fox; Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954) with Gene Kelly; The Teckman Mystery (1954) with Margaret Leighton; The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) with Moira Shearer.

Fox called him back for Untamed (1955) and Warwick Films used him in Safari (1956) with Victor Mature. Justin had a good role in Fox's Island in the Sun (1957), romancing Dorothy Dandridge.

In 1957 he appeared on stage in Dinner With The Family. In 1959 he joined the Old Vic where his plays included The Double Dealer, As You Like It, and The Importance Of Being Earnest.

He made his Broadway debut in 1960 in the play Little Moon of Alban and was in The Spider's Web (1960). He was later in stage productions of Much Ado About Nothing (1963), Death of a Salesman (1965), and As You Like It (1965).

Between 1963 and 1970, he made no film appearances. In 1968, he played Thorin Oakenshield in the BBC Radio adaptation of The Hobbit.

Later Career

On stage he was in Lulu (1971), toured South Africa in Who Killed Santa Claus? (1971), was in Old Fruit (1974), A Man And His Wife (1974)

Later films included Ken Russell's Savage Messiah (1972), Lisztomania (1975) and Valentino (1977).

In 1979, he played the ghoulish lover in the BBC's dramatisation of Le Fanu's Strange Incident in the Life of Schalcken the Painter, one of its Christmas ghost stories.

Personal Life

Justin was married three times, first to dancer and choreographer Pola Nirenska. His second marriage, to actress Barbara Murray, lasted from 1952 to 1964; they had three daughters. From 1970 to his death in 2002, he was married to Alison McMurdo.

Filmography

Actor
1983
Good at Art (TV Movie) as
Mr. Coles
1983
Trenchcoat as
Marquis De Pena
1981
Lady Killers (TV Series) as
Mr. Justice Scrutton
- My Perfect Husband (1981) - Mr. Justice Scrutton
1981
Timon of Athens (TV Movie) as
Second Senator
1980
Very Like a Whale (TV Movie) as
Party guest
1979
Schalcken the Painter (TV Movie) as
Vanderhausen
1979
The Onedin Line (TV Series) as
José da Silva
- To Honour and Obey (1979) - José da Silva
1978
Lillie (TV Mini Series) as
Prince Esterhazy / Prince Paul Esterhazy
- Sunset and Evening Star (1978) - Prince Esterhazy
- Mr. Jersey (1978) - Prince Paul Esterhazy
1978
The Big Sleep as
Arthur Geiger
1977
Valentino as
Sidney Olcott
1977
Supernatural (TV Mini Series) as
Dorabella's Father
- Dorabella (1977) - Dorabella's Father
1975
Lisztomania as
Count d'Agoult
1975
Churchill's People (TV Series) as
Vice-Admiral Buckner
- Mutiny (1975) - Vice-Admiral Buckner
1973
Once Upon a Time (TV Series) as
Marat
- Buttons (1973) - Marat
1973
La redada as
Comisario Mendoza
1972
Savage Messiah as
Lionel Shaw
1966
Gideon C.I.D. (TV Series) as
Leonard Bright
- Morna (1966) - Leonard Bright
1965
Front Page Story (TV Series) as
Minister
- Stateless (1965) - Minister
1962
La salamandre d'or as
Vandoeuvre
1962
Candidate for Murder as
Robert Vaughan
1962
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (TV Series) as
Robert Vaughan
- Candidate for Murder (1962) - Robert Vaughan
1961
Les hommes veulent vivre as
Carter
1960
The Spider's Web as
Henry Hailsham-Brown
1960
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) as
Harry Coniston
- A Heart and a Diamond (1960) - Harry Coniston
1960
On Trial (TV Series) as
Sir William Gordon-Cumming
- The Baccarat Scandal (1960) - Sir William Gordon-Cumming
1959
The Widow of Bath (TV Series) as
Hugh Everton
- Episode #1.6 (1959) - Hugh Everton
- Episode #1.5 (1959) - Hugh Everton
- Episode #1.4 (1959) - Hugh Everton
- Episode #1.3 (1959) - Hugh Everton
- Episode #1.2 (1959) - Hugh Everton
- Episode #1.1 (1959) - Hugh Everton
1951
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Oberon / Renny / Tegeus-Chromis
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1958) - Oberon
- The Next Lord Chase (1955)
- The Whiteoak Chronicles #2: Whiteoak Heritage (1955) - Renny
- A Phoenix Too Frequent (1951) - Tegeus-Chromis
1957
Island in the Sun as
Denis Archer
1957
Theatre Night (TV Series) as
Alec Grimes
- Olive Ogilvie (1957) - Alec Grimes
1956
Safari as
Brian Sinden
1956
Guilty? as
Nap Rumbold
1955
Untamed as
Shawn Kildare
1955
The Man Who Loved Redheads as
Mark St. Neots, Lord Binfield
1954
The Teckman Mystery as
Philip Chance
1954
Crest of the Wave as
Lt. Roger Wharton
1954
Sacrifice to the Wind (TV Movie) as
Ulysses
1953
King of the Khyber Rifles as
Lt. Geoffrey Heath
1953
Melba as
Eric Walton
1953
The Village as
Alan Manning
1952
Hot Ice as
Jim Henderson
1952
The Sound Barrier as
Philip
1952
Back to Methuselah (TV Series) as
Ghost of Adam / Adam
- As Far as Thought Can Reach (1952) - Ghost of Adam
- In the Beginning (1952) - Adam
1951
Rush Job (TV Movie) as
Tom Stevenson
1950
The World of Light (TV Movie) as
Bill Hamblin
1950
The Angel with the Trumpet as
Paul Alt
1949
Antigone (TV Movie) as
Haemon
1948
Call of the Blood as
David Erskine
1947
No Alibi (Short) as
The Pilot
1945
Journey Together as
Flying Instructor, Flying Grading School
1943
The Gentle Sex as
Flying Officer David Sheridan
1940
The Thief of Bagdad as
Ahmad
1937
Dark Journey (Unknown) (uncredited)
Self
1993
Rear Window (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Interviewee
- Sabu the Elephant Boy (1993) - Self - Interviewee
1981
Talking Film (TV Series) as
Self
- Thirty Years Of British Cinema (1981) - Self
- The Making of a Motion Picture Part 4 (1981) - Self
1968
The Golden Years of Alexander Korda (TV Movie documentary) as
Htmself
1947
Ridgeway's Late Joys (TV Special)
Archive Footage
2003
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (TV Movie documentary) as
Denis Archer (clip from Island in the Sun (1957))
2001
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (Documentary) as
Self
1999
Biography (TV Series documentary) as
Denis Archer (clip from Island in the Sun (1957))
- Dorothy Dandridge: Little Girl Lost (1999) - Denis Archer (clip from Island in the Sun (1957))
1985
The Moviemakers (TV Series) as
Self
- Best of Britain (1985)
- Best of Britain (1985) - Self
1961
Kraft Mystery Theater (TV Series) as
Henry Hailsham-Brown
- The Spider's Web (1961) - Henry Hailsham-Brown

References

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