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John Justin

John Justin

Actor · 1917 – 2002 · London, England, UK

​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. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Justin licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  • Movie7.1

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1940 · 308 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Valentino

    1977 · 49 votes

  • Movie5.8

    The Big Sleep

    1978 · 104 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Island in the Sun

    1957 · 23 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Lisztomania

    1975 · 40 votes

  • Movie5.9
  • Movie6.0

    Untamed

    1955 · 15 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Sound Barrier

    1952 · 61 votes

  • Movie5.1
  • Movie6.3

    Savage Messiah

    1972 · 26 votes

  • Movie6.6

    The Spider's Web

    1960 · 16 votes

  • Movie5.6

    Safari

    1956 · 18 votes

  • Movie8.0

    La salamandre d'or

    1962 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Journey Together

    1945 · 7 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie6.1

    The Teckman Mystery

    1954 · 19 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Schalcken the Painter

    1979 · 22 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie8.5

    Timon of Athens

    1981 · 2 votes

  • Movie8.0

    Sie fanden eine Heimat

    The Village

    1953 · 3 votes

  • Movie4.7

    La redada

    Barcelona Kill

    1973 · 3 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie10.0

    Les hommes veulent vivre

    Man Wants to Live

    1961 · 1 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Guilty?

    1956 · 3 votes

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  • TV7.2

    Omnibus

    1967 · 9 votes

  • TV5.0

    Churchill's People

    1974 · 2 votes

  • TV7.0

    Gideon's Way

    1965 · 5 votes

  • TV7.5

    Lady Killers

    1980 · 2 votes

  • TV7.4
  • TV7.2

    Supernatural

    1977 · 11 votes

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