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John Justin (24 November 1917 – 29 November 2002) was a British stage and film actor.
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, 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.
The acting bug bit him early. 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. 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.
World War II 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 also worked on two films, The Gentle Sex (1943) with Leslie Howard, and Journey Together (1944) with Edward G. Robinson.
With the war's end, Justin returned to acting. He made more films, such as David Lean's The Sound Barrier (1952), Island in the Sun (1957) and Lisztomania (1975), but his strong preference was for the stage. He became a member of the Old Vic company in 1959. He made his Broadway debut in 1960 in the play Little Moon of Alban. 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.
In 1968 he played Thorin Oakenshield in the BBC Radio adaptation of The Hobbit.
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.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 24 november 1917
Death 29 november 2002 (at 85 years) at Petersfield (United-kingdom)
Birth 24 november 1917
Death 29 november 2002 (at 85 years) at Petersfield (United-kingdom)
John Justin (24 November 1917 – 29 November 2002) was a British stage and film actor.
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, 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.
The acting bug bit him early. 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. 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.
World War II 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 also worked on two films, The Gentle Sex (1943) with Leslie Howard, and Journey Together (1944) with Edward G. Robinson.
With the war's end, Justin returned to acting. He made more films, such as David Lean's The Sound Barrier (1952), Island in the Sun (1957) and Lisztomania (1975), but his strong preference was for the stage. He became a member of the Old Vic company in 1959. He made his Broadway debut in 1960 in the play Little Moon of Alban. 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.
In 1968 he played Thorin Oakenshield in the BBC Radio adaptation of The Hobbit.
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.
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Trenchcoat (1983)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Margot Kidder, Robert Hays, David Suchet, Ronald Lacey, John Justin, Leopoldo Trieste
Roles Marquis De Pena
Rating53%
The aspiring mystery writer Mickey Raymond (Margot Kidder) travels to Malta to research her first novel and falls in love with a handsome, mysterious American (Robert Hays). She is drawn into a conspiracy both fuelled by her vivid imagination and real-world drama. David Suchet plays a local police official who seemingly is one step behind events. Raymond's odd luck leads her to become embroiled in an international plutonium smuggling ring and comedic chaos ensues.
The Big Sleep (1978)
, 1h39Directed by Michael Winner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Richard Boone, Candy Clark, Joan Collins, Edward Fox
Roles Arthur Geiger
Rating58%
In 1970s England, private detective Philip Marlowe (Robert Mitchum) is asked to the stately home of General Sternwood (James Stewart), who hires Marlowe to learn who is blackmailing him. While at the mansion, he meets the General's spoiled and inquisitive daughter Charlotte (Sarah Miles) and wild younger daughter Camilla (Candy Clark).
Valentino (1977)
, 2h8Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Erotic, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Ann Kendal, Seymour Cassel
Roles Sidney Olcott
Rating60%
The film begins with a mock newsreel sequence showing the chaos around the death of 31-year-old film star Rudolph Valentino (Rudolph Nureyev). Thousands of fans mob the funeral home until order is restored, at which point the important women in Valentino's life come to mourn. Each remembers him via flashbacks.
Lisztomania (1975)
, 1h43Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Biography, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas, Ringo Starr, John Justin, Fiona Lewis
Roles Count d'Agoult
Rating60%
Rather than a straightforward narrative, the film presents Liszt's life through a series of episodes. At the start of the film, Liszt is caught in bed with Marie d'Agoult by her husband the Count d'Agoult. The Count challenges Liszt to a fight with sabres but Marie begs the count to let her share Liszt's fate. The Count then orders his staff to trap Liszt and Marie into the body of a piano, nailing it shut, and then leaving it on railroad tracks.
Savage Messiah (1972)
, 1h43Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Peinture, Sculpture
Actors Dorothy Tutin, Helen Mirren, Lindsay Kemp, Michael Gough, John Justin, Aubrey Richards
Roles Lionel Shaw
Rating68%
La vie du sculpteur français Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.
La salamandre d'or (1962)
, 1h37Directed by Maurice Régamey
Origin France
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler
Themes Histoire de France
Actors Jean-Claude Pascal, Valérie Lagrange, Madeleine Robinson, John Justin, Claude Titre, Scilla Gabel
Roles Vandoeuvre
Rating45%
Nous sommes au XVI siècle. Le roi de France François Ier a été capturé par Charles Quint lors de la bataille de Pavie. En son absence, sa mère Louise de Savoie assure la régence et charge le chevalier Antoine de Montpezat, fidèle et loyal compagnon de François, de rassembler la rançon exigée en échange de la liberté de son fils et de se rendre à Madrid pour la remettre à Charles Quint. Montpezat va devoir déjouer les pièges tendus par le traître Vandœuvre, gouverneur du Languedoc qui a fait allégeance au connétable Charles III de Bourbon manigançant pour s’emparer du trône. En même temps, Antoine va retrouver sa bien-aimée Anne de Guise, promise à Vandœuvre…
Man Wants to Live (1961)
Directed by Léonide Moguy
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Jacqueline Huet, John Justin, Claudio Gora, Suzanne Courtal, Robert Le Béal, Alix Mahieux-Cerf
Roles Carter
Trois savants, sans cesse confrontés à la question de la vie après la mort, s'interrogent sur les progrès de la science, et prennent chacun des voies opposées.
The Spider's Web (1960)
, 1h28Directed by Godfrey Grayson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Glynis Johns, John Justin, Cicely Courtneidge, Jack Hulbert, Maurice Costello, Ronald Howard
Roles Henry Hailsham-Brown
Rating61%
The story of an ambassador's wife who must hide the corpse of her husband from his daughter.
Island in the Sun (1957)
, 2hDirected by Robert Rossen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors James Mason, Harry Belafonte, Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins, Dorothy Dandridge, Michael Rennie
Roles Denis Archer
Rating61%
The film follows several characters, black, white as well as mixed. Maxwell Fleury (James Mason) is a white plantation owner's son who suffers from an inferiority complex and makes rash decisions to prove his worth. Maxwell is tormented by jealousy of his wife, Sylvia (Patricia Owens) and is envious of his younger sister Jocelyn (Joan Collins), who is being courted by the Oxford-bound Euan Templeton (Stephen Boyd), a war hero visiting the Governor of the island, his father Lord Templeton (Ronald Squire).
Safari (1956)
, 1h30Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Victor Mature, Janet Leigh, John Justin, Roland Culver, Earl Cameron, Liam Redmond
Roles Brian Sinden
Rating56%
When American white hunter Ken Duffield (Victor Mature) is off leading a safari, Mau Mau terrorists attack his farm; slaughtering the labourers and livestock. Duffield's son Charlie and Aunt May (Estelle Brody) defend their home against the mass attack but they do not know that their houseboy Jeroge (a poor transliteration of Njoroge) (Earl Cameron) is actually a Mau Mau general. From inside the farmhouse, Jeroge murders Aunt May with a machete and Charlie by repeatedly firing May's rifle into the child.
Guilty? (1956)
, 1h33Directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Andrée Debar, John Justin, Barbara Laage, Franck Villard, Noël Darzal, Margo Lion
Roles Nap Rumbold
Rating59%
À Londres, Victoria Martin, jeune réceptionniste d'un hôtel et ancienne résistante, est accusée du meurtre de son amant, Julien Wells. Deux journalistes, également anciens du maquis et envoyés spéciaux de France-Soir, sont convaincus de son innocence et vont tout faire pour la disculper...
Untamed (1955)
, 1h51Directed by Henry King, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films set in Africa, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, Agnes Moorehead, Brad Dexter, Henry O'Neill
Roles Shawn Kildare
Rating60%
Dutchman Paul van Riebeck (Tyrone Power) a Boer cavalry commander travels to Ireland from his native South Africa in 1847 to buy horses for his commandos back home, who need them to fight Zulu tribal warriors. He meets lovely Katie O'Neill (Susan Hayward), daughter of the man selling the horses. She falls in love, but Paul feels he must return home alone.
The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)
, 1h40Directed by Harold French
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Moira Shearer, John Justin, Roland Culver, Gladys Cooper, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews
Roles Lord Binfield
Rating58%
Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954)
, 1h32Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Films based on plays
Actors Gene Kelly, John Justin, Bernard Lee, Jeff Richards, Sid James, Patrick Barr
Roles Lieutenant Wharton
Rating55%
A small group of British sailors stationed on a Scottish island engaged in top-secret research on a new and dangerous torpedo are joined by a US Navy scientist, Lt. Brad Bradville (Gene Kelly), and his assistants. When several tests of the weapon fail, and men are killed, tensions within the group mount. Bradville must prove that the torpedo can work and win over the British, especially Lt. Rogert Wharton (John Justin), before the Admiralty pulls the plug on the project.
The Teckman Mystery (1954)
Directed by Wendy Toye
Actors Margaret Leighton, John Justin, Roland Culver, Michael Medwin, George Coulouris, Duncan Lamont
Roles Philip Chance
Rating61%