John Justin

John Justin

Known for

Acting

Born

November 24, 1917

Birthplace

London, England, UK

Died

November 29, 2002 (aged 85)

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

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 193...

Best known work

The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad
1940
The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep
1978
The Sound Barrier
The Sound Barrier
1952
Valentino
Valentino
1977
Lisztomania
Lisztomania
1975
Savage Messiah
Savage Messiah
1972
Island in the Sun
Island in the Sun
1957
Schalcken the Painter
Schalcken the Painter
1979
The Teckman Mystery
The Teckman Mystery
1954
Safari
Safari
1956

Filmography

  1. 2008

    Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

    as Ahmad (archival footage)

  2. 1981

    Timon of Athens

    as Second Senator

  3. 1980

    Lady KillersTV

    as Mr. Justice Scrutton (1 episode)

  4. 1979

    Schalcken the Painter

    as Vanderhausen

  5. 1978

    The Big Sleep

    as Arthur Geiger

  6. 1977

    Valentino

    as Sidney Olcott

  7. 1977

    SupernaturalTV

    as Dorabella's Father (1 episode)

  8. 1975

    Lisztomania

    as Count d'Agoult

  9. 1974

    Churchill's PeopleTV

    as Vice-Admiral Buckner (1 episode)

  10. 1973

    Barcelona Kill

    as Comisario Mendoza

  11. 1972

    Savage Messiah

    as Lionel Shaw

  12. 1971

    A Ghost Story for ChristmasTV

    as Vanderhausen (1 episode)

  13. 1967

    OmnibusTV

    as Vanderhousen (1 episode)

  14. 1965

    Gideon's WayTV

    as Leonard Bright (1 episode)

  15. 1962

    La salamandre d'or

    as Vandoeuvre

  16. 1962

    Candidate for Murder

    as Robert Vaughan

  17. 1961

  18. 1960

    The Spider's Web

    as Henry Hailsham-Brown

  19. 1960

    On TrialTV

    as Sir William Gordon-Cumming (1 episode)

  20. 1958

  21. 1957

    Island in the Sun

    as Denis Archer

  22. 1957

    Theatre NightTV

    as Alec Grimes (1 episode)

  23. 1956

    Safari

    as Brian Sinden

  24. 1956

    Guilty?

    as Nap Rumbold

  25. 1955

    Untamed

    as Shawn Kildare

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