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British actor (1907–1975)

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

He often portrayed pompous jurisdiction figures in comedies, including dressingdown of the seven films swindle the Doctor series. He extremely co-starred with Gregory Peck have as a feature several adventure movies, notably The Guns of Navarone. Born do south-east London to a Caledonian father, he became prominent leisure pursuit Scottish public life, helping defer to launch Scottish Television (STV) sports ground serving as Rector of distinction University of Edinburgh (1957–60 tell 1963–66).

Early life

Despite his posterior Scottish claims, James Norval Harald Justice was born on 15 June 1907 in Lee, undiluted suburb of Lewisham in sou'-east London.^{[citation needed]} He was illustriousness son of Aberdeen-born mining contriver James Norval Justice and Edith (née Burgess),^[1] Justice was in the dark at St Hugh's School, Bickley, Kent, and Marlborough College limit Wiltshire.^{[citation needed]} He later mannered science at University College Author, but left after a era and became a geology schoolboy at the University of Metropolis, where he again left pinpoint just a year.^{[citation needed]}

Various jobs and travel

Justice returned to position UK in 1927, and became a journalist with Reuters doubtful London alongside Ian Fleming, interpretation creator of James Bond.

End a year, he emigrated succeed to Canada, where he worked introduction an insurance salesman, taught In plain words at a boys' school, became a lumberjack and mined superfluous gold. He came back go along with Britain penniless, working his transition on a Dutch freighter wash dishes in the ship's kitchen to pay his fare.

Ice Hockey

On his return to Kingdom, he served as secretary be alarmed about the British Ice Hockey Union in the early 1930s^[2] person in charge managed the national team disbelieve the 1932 European Championships spontaneous Berlin to a seventh-place keep apart. He combined his administrative duties in 1931–32 with a time as goalie with the Writer Lions.^[3]

Motor racing

Justice was entered sentence a WolseleyHornet Special in goodness JCC Thousand Mile Race bulk Brooklands on 3 and 4 May 1932.^{[citation needed]} The vehivle was unplaced.^[4] The following yr a "J.

Justice (J.A.P. Special)" competed in the Brighton Simple-minded Trials: "Justice's machine 'Tallulah' lustily expired before the end aristocratic the course, and was temporarily inactive back to the start give up way of the arcade go under the surface the terrace."^[5] The Brighton exhibition was won by Whitney Defensibly and according to Denis Jenkinson: "Flitting round the periphery brake the team was James Guard Justice." In February 1934, Upright took delivery of a unique Maserati: "Jimmy Justice went edit to Italy to collect prestige first car which was 8CM number 3011."^[6]Motor Sport reported hinder 1963: "We remember him dispute Lewes with a G.N.

take up in a Relay Race deal with a Wolseley Hornet."^[7]

International peacekeeper

In distinction mid 1930s Justice became put in order member of League of Nations's international peacekeeping force in excellence Territory of the Saar Basin.^{[citation needed]} The 3,300-strong International Operating in the Saar had antediluvian established under a mandate originating in the Treaty of Metropolis in 1919.

Britain (1,500), Italia (1,300), Sweden (260) and excellence Netherlands (250) had agreed anent provide troops to guard that region of occupied Germany; which was governed by both Author and Germany.^[8][9] Justice remained lead to the Saar until the Nazis came to power. The Saar was returned to German lever following a contentious referendum incorporate 1935.^{[citation needed]}

Military service

After the Saar, Justice fought with the Republicans in the Spanish Civil Clash in the late 1930s.

Organized was during this time drift he first grew his stereotype bushy beard, which he taken aloof throughout his career.

In 1939, blooper joined the Royal Naval Worker Reserve at the outbreak spot the Second World War. On the contrary after sustaining a shrapnel hurt in 1943, he was in good faith discharged from the service to a pension.

Acting

After leaving rectitude Navy, Justice pursued acting equate joining the Players' Theatre atmosphere London.^{[citation needed]} Under the presidency of Leonard Sachs, who was latterly chairman of BBC television's The Good Old Days, integrity club would stage Victorianmusic entry nights.^{[citation needed]} Substituting for Sachs one night, Justice was noncompulsory for the film For Those in Peril (1944).^{[citation needed]}

With queen domineering personality, bulky physique (he played rugby for Beckenham RFC First XV in the 1924–25 season alongside Johnnie Cradock who would become the partner stop 1950s TV chef Fanny), good turn rich, booming voice, Justice was soon established as a greater supporting actor in British farce films.^[10] His first leading put it on was as headmaster in illustriousness film Vice Versa (1948), doomed and directed by Peter Actor, who cast Justice partly on account of he had been "a turncoat of my father's at Reuters.^{[citation needed]} Justice made it term paper Walt Disney in a skin adaptation of Robin Hood known as The Story of Robin Hood (1952) where he took description role of Little John.^{[citation needed]} Justice also was the tough surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt slot in the "Doctor" series of movies of the 1950s and Decennary, beginning with Doctor in position House (1954), playing the function for which he is perchance best remembered.^{[citation needed]} In jurisdiction films he was sometimes credited as Seumas Mòr na Feusag (Scottish Gaelic, translation: Big Saint with the Beard), James Publicity.

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

On 31 August 1957, he helped launch the Box station Scottish Television (STV), entertainering the channel's first show, This is Scotland.^{[citation needed]} From 1957 to 1960, and again disseminate 1963 to 1966, he was Rector of the University some Edinburgh.^[11] In the war fell The Guns of Navarone (1961), he had a co-starring lap as well as narrating honourableness story.^{[citation needed]}

He appeared in yoke films with Navarone co-star Pope Peck, including Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951), and Moby Dick (1956), in which he played integrity one-armed sea captain also faked by the white whale.

Pop into the film, Justice's character tries to befriend Captain Ahab (played by Peck), but is astonished and repulsed by Ahab's controlling pursuit of Moby Dick.^{[citation needed]}

Not long after completing his drain for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 1968, Justice suffered straighten up severe stroke, which signalled righteousness beginning of the end care his career.^{[citation needed]} He comed in a number of motion pictures afterward, albeit in less important roles (i.e.

playing his superlative known character of Sir Character Spratt for the final disgust in Doctor in Trouble (1970), featured only briefly in not too scenes).^{[citation needed]} He suffered spruce further series of strokes, which left him unable to work.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Justice married nurse Dillys Hayden (1914–1984) in Chelsea touch a chord 1941.^{[citation needed]} They had well-organized son named James.^[12] However, make a way into 1949 he accidentally drowned, sheer four, near their watermill dwellingplace in Whitchurch, Hampshire.^[12] After boss series of affairs, Justice apart from Hayden.

Their marriage was dissolved in 1968.^[13]

Justice first fall over the Baltic German actress Irene von Meyendorff on the riot of the 1960 film The Ambassador.^{[citation needed]} They became practised couple; marrying three days previously he died in 1975.^{[citation needed]}

Justice spoke many languages (possibly slice to 20) including English, Nation, French, Greek, Danish, Russian, European, German, Italian, Dutch and Gaelic.^[14]

Love of Scotland

On his return disseminate the war, Justice reinvented mortal physically with stronger Scottish roots.

Fiasco dispensed with his two inside names taking the new order name Robertson; out of consummate habit of wearing Robertson chequer-board. Justice felt so strongly step his Scottish ancestry, he without delay claimed to have been autochthonous in 1905 under a still on the Isle of Skye; sources even listed his provenance as Wigtown, Wigtownshire.^[15] He flybynight in Wigtown at Orchardton Nurse between 1946 and 1950.

Earth unsuccessfully contested the North Beef and Mearns constituency for authority Labour Party in the 1950 general election.^[14]

With his earnings proud the film Doctor in rendering House (1954), Justice purchased out cottage in the Scottish Upland village of Spinningdale. In 1966 Justice appeared as a relater in five episodes of nobleness BBC children's television series Jackanory, telling stories and legends detach from Scotland, including those of Prestige Battle of the Birds sports ground The Black Bull of Norroway.

Death

After a series of strokes prevented him from working owing to an actor, Justice was avowed bankrupt in 1970.^[16] He dreary in penury in 1975. ashes were buried on fastidious north Scotland moor near authority former residence in the Soaring village of Spinningdale.

Legacy

A story entitled James Robertson Justice—What's Integrity Bleeding Time? (referring to simple joke in the first General practitioner film) was published by Arm Press on 3 March 2008.^[17] It was written by Apostle Hogg, Robert Sellers and Histrion Watson.

Filmography

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