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Acting

John Justin

Career

Active from 1940 to 2008, with a break from 1980 to 2007, busiest in 1953 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Justin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.0, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7
  • Family Dynamics
    4.0, average 4.8
  • Pathos
    4.6, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 2
  • Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

38
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad (2008)

as Ahmad (archival footage)

1980s

2 titles
Timon of Athens
Timon of Athens (1981)

as Second Senator

Lady Killers
Lady Killers (1980)

TV show · as Mr. Justice Scrutton

1970s

9 titles · average score 61
Schalcken the Painter
Schalcken the Painter (1979)
GoodWatch score 63

as Vanderhausen

The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep (1978)
GoodWatch score 52

as Arthur Geiger

Valentino
Valentino (1977)
GoodWatch score 51

as Sidney Olcott

Supernatural
Supernatural (1977)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Dorabella's Father

Lisztomania
Lisztomania (1975)
GoodWatch score 53

as Count d'Agoult

Churchill's People
Churchill's People (1974)

TV show · as Vice-Admiral Buckner

Barcelona Kill
Barcelona Kill (1973)

as Comisario Mendoza

Savage Messiah
Savage Messiah (1972)
GoodWatch score 66

as Lionel Shaw

A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas (1971)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Vanderhausen

1960s

7 titles · average score 70
Omnibus
Omnibus (1967)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Vanderhousen

Gideon's Way
Gideon's Way (1965)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Leonard Bright

La salamandre d'or
La salamandre d'or (1962)

as Vandoeuvre

Candidate for Murder
Candidate for Murder (1962)

as Robert Vaughan

Man Wants to Live
Man Wants to Live (1961)

as Carter

The Spider's Web
The Spider's Web (1960)
GoodWatch score 64

as Henry Hailsham-Brown

On Trial
On Trial (1960)

TV show · as Sir William Gordon-Cumming

1950s

15 titles · average score 58
Safari
Safari (1956)
GoodWatch score 56

as Brian Sinden

Guilty?
Guilty? (1956)

as Nap Rumbold

The Man Who Loved Redheads
The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)
GoodWatch score 54

as Lord Binfield

Untamed
Untamed (1955)
GoodWatch score 47

as Shawn Kildare

The Teckman Mystery
The Teckman Mystery (1954)
GoodWatch score 62

as Philip Chance

Seagulls Over Sorrento
Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954)
GoodWatch score 57

as Lieutenant Wharton

The Village
The Village (1953)

as Allan Manning

King of the Khyber Rifles
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
GoodWatch score 51

as Lt. Geoffrey Heath

Melba
Melba (1953)

as Eric Walton

Hot Ice
Hot Ice (1953)

as Jim Henderson

The Sound Barrier
The Sound Barrier (1952)
GoodWatch score 71

as Philip Peel

The Angel with the Trumpet
The Angel with the Trumpet (1950)
GoodWatch score 66

as Paul Alt

1940s

4 titles · average score 70
Call Of The Blood
Call Of The Blood (1948)

as David Erskine

Journey Together
Journey Together (1945)
GoodWatch score 65

as Flying Instructor, Flying Grading School

The Gentle Sex
The Gentle Sex (1943)
GoodWatch score 57

as Flying Officer David Sheridan

The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
GoodWatch score 87

as Ahmad