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James Robertson Justice

1907 - 1975

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James Robertson Justice (15 June 1907 – 2 July 1975) was a British actor. He often portrayed pompous authority figures in comedies, including each of the seven films in the Doctor series. He also co-starred with Gregory Peck in several adventure movies, notably The Guns of Navarone. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Robertson Justice has received more than 1,308,378 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. James Robertson Justice is the 3,866th most popular actor (up from 5,067th in 2019), the 3,092nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,904th in 2019) and the 456th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

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  • 49.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, James Robertson Justice ranks 3,866 out of 13,578. Before him are Janet Margolin, Laura Zapata, Anthony LaPaglia, Michael Dorn, Florence Lee, and Noah Wyle. After him are Klausjürgen Wussow, Mary Wickes, David Spade, Laura Hope Crews, Marcia Wallace, and Olivier Marchal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, James Robertson Justice ranks 231. Before him are Seth Neddermeyer, Mascha Kaléko, Wanda Jakubowska, Ahmet Adnan Saygun, Đuro Kurepa, and Philip Arthur Fisher. After him are Ernst Albrecht, Alexander Knox, István Bárány, Georg Braun, Jacques Roumain, and Roderich Menzel. Among people deceased in 1975, James Robertson Justice ranks 166. Before him are Edmundo Piaggio, Minas Avetisyan, James Blish, Arvo Askola, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, and William Phillips. After him are Krešimir Baranović, Pete Ham, Alf Andersen, Jacob Bjerknes, Maurice Feltin, and Paul Verhoeven.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Robertson Justice ranks 3,092 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles P. Dixon (1873), Henry Peach Robinson (1830), Chris Farlowe (1940), Albert Hill (1889), George Bass (1771), and Thomas Moran (1837). After him are Siouxsie Sioux (1957), Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (1472), Winston Graham (1908), Johann von Lamont (1805), Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435), and Anthony Andrews (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, James Robertson Justice ranks 456. Before him are Gladys Cooper (1888), Steve Marriott (1947), Jeremy Northam (1961), Madeleine Carroll (1906), Roger Rees (1944), and Rhona Mitra (1976). After him are Anthony Andrews (1948), Anna Massey (1937), Alec McCowen (1925), Edith Evans (1888), Henry Travers (1874), and Anton Lesser (1952).

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Television and Movie Roles

Moby Dick
Capt. Boomer
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
Jun 27th 19567.052 / 10
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Lord Scrumptious
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
Dec 17th 19686.8 / 10
The Guns of Navarone
Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped British soldiers.
Apr 27th 19617.3 / 10