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John Justin
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, Eng…
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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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2008
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Movie Ahmad (archival footage)
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1981
Timon of Athens
Movie Second Senator
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1980
Lady Killers
TV show Mr. Justice Scrutton
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1979
Schalcken the Painter
Movie Vanderhausen
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1978
The Big Sleep
Movie Arthur Geiger
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1977
Valentino
Movie Sidney Olcott
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1977
Supernatural
TV show Dorabella's Father
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1975
Lisztomania
Movie Count d'Agoult
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1974
Churchill's People
TV show Vice-Admiral Buckner
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1973
Barcelona Kill
Movie Comisario Mendoza
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1972
Savage Messiah
Movie Lionel Shaw
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1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas
TV show Vanderhausen
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1967
Omnibus
TV show Vanderhousen
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1965
Gideon's Way
TV show Leonard Bright
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1962
La salamandre d'or
Movie Vandoeuvre
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1962
Candidate for Murder
Movie Robert Vaughan
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1961
Man Wants to Live
Movie Carter
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1960
The Spider's Web
Movie Henry Hailsham-Brown
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1960
On Trial
TV show Sir William Gordon-Cumming
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1958
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie Oberon
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1957
Island in the Sun
Movie Denis Archer
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1957
Theatre Night
TV show Alec Grimes
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1956
Safari
Movie Brian Sinden
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1956
Guilty?
Movie Nap Rumbold
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1955
Untamed
Movie Shawn Kildare
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1955
The Man Who Loved Redheads
Movie Lord Binfield
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1954
The Teckman Mystery
Movie Philip Chance
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1954
Seagulls Over Sorrento
Movie Lieutenant Wharton
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1953
King of the Khyber Rifles
Movie Lt. Geoffrey Heath
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1953
Melba
Movie Eric Walton
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1953
The Village
Movie Allan Manning
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1953
Hot Ice
Movie Jim Henderson
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1952
The Sound Barrier
Movie Philip Peel
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1950
The Angel with the Trumpet
Movie Paul Alt
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1948
Call Of The Blood
Movie David Erskine
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1945
Journey Together
Movie Flying Instructor, Flying Grading School
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1943
The Gentle Sex
Movie Flying Officer David Sheridan
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1940
The Thief of Bagdad
Movie Ahmad
