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James Robertson Justice

James Robertson Justice

Actor · Died July 2, 1975, aged 68 · Lewisham, London, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia James Robertson Justice (15 June 1907 – 2 July 1975) was a popular British character actor in British films of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Robertson Justice, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 15, 1907
Died
July 2, 1975 (aged 68)
From
Lewisham, London, England, UK
Works as
Actor
Titles
39 on MovieCove · 84 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 15% in 30 days

What are James Robertson Justice's films like?

Across their 36 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
30%
Bonds
28%
Self
18%
Power
12%
Survival
6%
Society
4%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love14 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 36 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 20 · Serious 6 · Dark 10

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 16 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 6

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 14 · Charged 14 · Intense 8

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 21 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 9

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 21 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 18 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 32 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

24 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 9 of 24 analyzed roles.

Mentor
9 of 24
Threshold guardian
7 of 24
Ally
5 of 24
Shadow
3 of 24
Show the 24 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
18
Joyful
11
Warm
11
Melancholic
12
Romantic
9
Other
31

How their films linger

Feel-good19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy24
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch James Robertson Justice's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 14 of their 39 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for James Robertson Justice's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

84 credits, 39 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Dors: The Other Diana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Actor

  • The Massacre of Glencoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as MacIain

  • Doctor in Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Sir Lancelot Spratt

  • Some Will, Some Won't (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Sir Charles Robson

  • The Love Factor(1969)

    as Major Bourdon

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(1968)

    as Lord Scrumptious

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Mayerling(1968)

    as Prince of Wales

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Name of the Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Fitzwilliam

  • Spirits of the Dead(1968)

    as Countess' Advisor (segment "Metzengerstein")

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Hell Is Empty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Angus McGee

  • Two Weeks in September (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as McClintock

  • The Trygon Factor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Sir John (voice)

  • Lucy in London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Head of Madame Tussauds' Guides

  • Long Legs, Long Fingers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Sir Hammond

  • Carnaby, M.D.(1966)

    as Sir Lancelot Spratt

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Face of Fu Manchu(1965)

    as Sir Charles

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • You Must Be Joking!(1965)

    as Librarian

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes(1965)

    as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Up from the Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as British Beachmaster

  • Father Came Too! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Sir Beverley Grant

  • Dr. Crippen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Captain McKenzie

  • Doctor in Distress(1963)

    as Sir Lancelot Spratt

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Das Feuerschiff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Kapitän Freytag

  • Mystery Submarine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as RAdm. Rainbird

  • The Fast Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Commander Charles Chingford

  • Love on a Pillow(1962)

    as Katov - un sculpteur

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Guns of Darkness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Hugo Bryant

  • Crooks Anonymous(1962)

    as Sir Harvey Russellrod

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • A Pair of Briefs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Justice Haddon

  • Murder She Said(1961)

    as Luther Ackenthorpe

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Raising the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Sir Benjamin Boyd

  • The Guns of Navarone(1961)

    as Commodore Jensen / Prologue Narrator

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Very Important Person (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    as Sir Ernest "Lieutenant M.J. Farrow, RN" Pease, KBE, FRS

  • The Ambassadress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Robert Morrison

  • A French Mistress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Robert Martin / 'Bow Wow'

  • Doctor in Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Sir Lancelot Spratt

  • Foxhole in Cairo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Capt. Robertson

  • Upstairs and Downstairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as James Mansfield

  • Orders to Kill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Naval Commander

  • Thérèse Étienne(1958)

    as Anton Muller

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Beasts of Marseilles(1957)

    as Dr. Martout

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Campbell's Kingdom(1957)

    as 'Mac' MacDonald

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Living Idol(1957)

    as Doctor Alfred Stoner

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Doctor at Large (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Sir Lancelot Spratt

  • Checkpoint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Warren Ingram

  • The Iron Petticoat(1956)

    as Colonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Moby Dick(1956)

    as Capt. Boomer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Storm Over the Nile(1955)

    as General Burroughs

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • An Alligator Named Daisy(1955)

    as Sir James Colebrook

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Land of the Pharaohs(1955)

    as Vashtar

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Doctor at Sea(1955)

    as Captain Wentworth Hogg

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Above Us the Waves(1955)

    as Admiral Ryder

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Out of the Clouds(1955)

    as Captain Brent

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Doctor in the House(1954)

    as Sir Lancelot Spratt

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue(1953)

    as Duke Campbell, of Argyll

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • The Sword and the Rose(1953)

    as King Henry VIII

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Voice of Merrill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Jonathan Roche

  • Miss Robin Hood(1952)

    as The MacAlister

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Les Miserables(1952)

    as Robert

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men(1952)

    as Little John

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Lady Says No(1951)

    as Matthew Huntington Hatch

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Anne of the Indies(1951)

    as Red Dougal

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • David and Bathsheba(1951)

    as Abishai

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Captain Horatio Hornblower(1951)

    as Seaman Quist

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Pool of London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Engine Room Officer Trotter

  • Blackmailed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Mr. Sine

  • The Magnet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Tramp

  • The Black Rose(1950)

    as Simeon Beautrie

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • My Daughter Joy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Prof. Keval

  • Prelude to Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Sir Arthur Harold

  • Christopher Columbus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Martin Alonso Pinzon

  • Private Angelo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Feste

  • Poet's Pub (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Prof. Benbow

  • Whisky Galore!(1949)

    as Dr. Maclaren

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Stop Press Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Arthur Peters

  • Scott of the Antarctic(1948)

    as P.O. (Taff) Evans R.N.

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Quartet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Branksome (segment "The Facts of Life")

  • My Brother Jonathan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Eugene Dakers

  • Against the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    as Ackerman

  • Vice Versa(1948)

    as Dr. Grimstone

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Appointment with Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Prison Governor

  • Fiddlers Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Centurion of the 8th Legion

  • Champagne Charlie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Patron (uncredited)

  • For Those in Peril (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Operations Room Officer

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 84 titles from 1944 to 1990; peak year 1969.

Biggest box office

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

$7.5M worldwide

Highest rated

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

Midcredits 94th

Film career

19441990

Peak 1969 · their film career is on the way up. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting84 of 84: 84 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score50th

By decade

1940s14 · acting1950s33 · acting1960s33 · acting1970s3 · acting1990s1 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 4% of 26 roles
48535863

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do James Robertson Justice's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 39; across their 36 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 36

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 36

Reach · how many have seen their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 36

Midcredits score across 39 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th13
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 39 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser19
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

Thérèse Étienne (1958)

83rd percentile spread · 50% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Guns of Navarone (1961)

Midcredits 94th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 35 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is James Robertson Justice's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 43 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles4–48 · median 12 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 17 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 37 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does James Robertson Justice work with?

People who share at least 2 of James Robertson Justice's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ernest Steward shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers