James Robertson Justice

James Robertson Justice is one of the most gloriously unclassifiable figures I have come across. Ornithologist, journalist, ice hockey player, and finally a beloved character actor, he packed several lifetimes into one. I delight in the irony that a Bonn-educated intellectual made his name playing blustering authority figures in comedy, appearing in all seven Doctor films and alongside Gregory Peck in The Guns of Navarone. Born in 1907 and gone by 1975, he lived like a character from one of his own adventure pictures. To me he embodies a vanished breed of larger-than-life Britishness.

Name (English)

James Robertson Justice

Name (Japanese)

ジェームズ・ロバートソン・ジャスティス

Reading

じぇーむず・ろばーとそん・じゃすてぃす

Born

June 15, 1907 – July 2, 1975

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Goat

Origin

Lewisham, United Kingdom

Occupation

ornithologist / journalist / ice hockey player / character actor / film actor

University

University College London

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Robertson%20Justice
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q254265

Tags

• ornithologist
• journalist
• ice hockey player

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.