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person_profile-John Justin

John Justin Died at age: 85

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

John Justin

Date of Birth:

Nov 24, 1917

Country of birth:

England

Died:

Nov 29, 2002

Biography of

John Justin

    ​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 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.

    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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John Justin

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Filmography of

John Justin

Found 24 Movies in total

Schalcken the Painter

Vanderhausen ( Actor )

... 1979

The Big Sleep

Arthur Geiger ( Actor )

... 1978

Valentino

Sidney Olcott ( Actor )

... 1977

Lisztomania

Count d'Agoult ( Actor )

... 1975

Barcelona Kill

Comisario Mendoza ( Actor )

... 1973

Savage Messiah

Lionel Shaw ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1962

Man Wants to Live

Carter ( Actor )

... 1961

The Spider's Web

Henry Hailsham-Brown ( Actor )

... 1960

Island in the Sun

Denis Archer ( Actor )

... 1957

Safari

Brian Sinden ( Actor )

... 1956

Guilty?

Nap Rumbold ( Actor )

... 1956

Untamed

Shawn Kildare ( Actor )

... 1955

The Man Who Loved Redheads

Lord Binfield ( Actor )

... 1955

The Teckman Mystery

Philip Chance ( Actor )

... 1954

Seagulls Over Sorrento

Lieutenant Wharton ( Actor )

... 1954

King of the Khyber Rifles

Lt. Geoffrey Heath ( Actor )

... 1953

Melba

Eric Walton ( Actor )

... 1953

The Village

Allan Manning ( Actor )

... 1953

The Sound Barrier

Philip Peel ( Actor )

... 1952

The Angel with the Trumpet

Paul Alt ( Actor )

... 1950

Journey Together

Flying Instructor, Flying Grading School ( Actor )

... 1945

The Gentle Sex

Flying Officer David Sheridan ( Actor )

... 1943

The Thief of Bagdad

Ahmad ( Actor )

... 1940