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James Robertson Justice (15 June 1907 - 2 July 1975) was a popular English character actor in British films of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

Some reference works state his place of birth as Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, and his birth year as 1905. Justice himself helped perpetuate this myth as he felt strongly about his Scottish ancestry. However, his birth certificate shows his place of birth as Lee in South London, in 1907.

James Robertson Justice worked as a journalist and botanist, fought in the Spanish Civil War, on the Republican side and served as a sailor in World War II. He unsuccessfully contested a constituency for the Labour Party in the 1950 general election and latterly was rector of the University of Edinburgh.

He served as secretary of the British Ice Hockey Association in the early thirties and managed the national team at the 1932 European Championships in Berlin to a seventh place finish. He combined his administrative duties in 1931-32 with a season as goaltender with the London Lions.

As an actor, with his dominant personality and booming voice he soon established himself as a major supporting player in British comedy films, especially the "Doctor" series of the 1950s and 1960s, beginning with Doctor in the House in 1954.

In his films he was sometimes credited as Seamus Mor na Feaseg(Scottish Gaelic, translation - Big James with the Beard), James R. Justice, James Robertson or James Robertson-Justice.

He appeared in four films starring Gregory Peck.

• Vice Versa (1947)
• Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
• Quartet (1948)
• Whisky Galore! (1949)
• Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
• David and Bathsheba (1951)
• Doctor in the House (1954)
• Doctor at Sea (1955)
• Doctor at Large (1957)
• Orders to Kill (1958)
• Raising the Wind (1961)
• Very Important Person (1961)
• The Guns of Navarone (1961) (also narrated)
• The Fast Lady 1962
• Doctor in Distress (1963)
• You Must be Joking! (1965)
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) (narrator)
• Doctor in Clover (1966)
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

• James Robertson Justice at the Internet Movie Database
• Britmovie - James Robertson Justice
• Gazetteer for Scotland James Robertson Justice
• Biography Page

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