- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 24, 1917
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
- Died
- November 29, 2002
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. Af…
Filmography
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
movieVisual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
2008 · Ahmad (archival footage)
movieTimon of Athens
1981 · Second Senator
tvLady Killers
1980 · Mr. Justice Scrutton
movieSchalcken the Painter
1979 · Vanderhausen
movieThe Big Sleep
1978 · Arthur Geiger
movieValentino
1977 · Sidney Olcott
tvSupernatural
1977 · Dorabella's Father
movieLisztomania
1975 · Count d'Agoult
tvChurchill's People
1974 · Vice-Admiral Buckner
movieBarcelona Kill
1973 · Comisario Mendoza
movieSavage Messiah
1972 · Lionel Shaw
tvA Ghost Story for Christmas
1971 · Vanderhausen
tvOmnibus
1967 · Vanderhousen
tvGideon's Way
1965 · Leonard Bright
movieLa salamandre d'or
1962 · Vandoeuvre
movieCandidate for Murder
1962 · Robert Vaughan
movieMan Wants to Live
1961 · Carter
movieThe Spider's Web
1960 · Henry Hailsham-Brown
tvOn Trial
1960 · Sir William Gordon-Cumming
movieA Midsummer Night's Dream
1958 · Oberon
movieIsland in the Sun
1957 · Denis Archer
tvTheatre Night
1957 · Alec Grimes
movieSafari
1956 · Brian Sinden
movieGuilty?
1956 · Nap Rumbold
movieUntamed
1955 · Shawn Kildare
movieThe Man Who Loved Redheads
1955 · Lord Binfield
movieThe Teckman Mystery
1954 · Philip Chance
movieSeagulls Over Sorrento
1954 · Lieutenant Wharton
movieKing of the Khyber Rifles
1953 · Lt. Geoffrey Heath
movieMelba
1953 · Eric Walton
movieThe Village
1953 · Allan Manning
Hot Ice
movieHot Ice
1953 · Jim Henderson
movieThe Sound Barrier
1952 · Philip Peel
movieThe Angel with the Trumpet
1950 · Paul Alt
Call Of The Blood
movieCall Of The Blood
1948 · David Erskine
movieJourney Together
1945 · Flying Instructor, Flying Grading School
movieThe Gentle Sex
1943 · Flying Officer David Sheridan
movieThe Thief of Bagdad
1940 · Ahmad