James Robertson Justice, born James Norval Harald Justice, (15 June 1907 — 2 July 1975), was a British actor best known for playing Sir Lancelot Spratt in the Doctor... Series.
His acting career began when he joined the Players' Theatre in London and was established as a major supporting actor in comedy films being made in Britain at the time thanks to his domineering personality, bulky physique, and booming voice. His first leading role was as Dr. Grimstone in the 1948 film Vice Versa.
Justice was the only actor to appear in all seven Doctor films. He was cast as Sir Lancelot Spratt in Doctor in the House (1954) after Robert Morley wanted too much money and played the role in all of the sequels barring Doctor at Sea, where he played Captain Hogg. He was supposed to be Acting for Two in Doctor in Trouble as Sir Lancelot and his brother, Captain Spratt, but was too ill to play both parts.
He and Gregory Peck starred in several films together such as Captain Horatio Hornblower, Moby-Dick, and The Guns of Navarone. Other films he starred in include Anne of the Indies, Upstairs and Downstairs, Very Important Person, Raising the Wind, Murder, She Said, A Pair of Briefs, The Fast Lady, Father Came Too!, and Zeta One.
After a series of strokes in his later years, he died at the age of 68.
Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
Films- Whisky Galore! (1949) — Dr. Maclaren
- Pool of London (1951) — Engine Room Officer Trotter
- Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) — Seaman Quist
- Anne of the Indies (1951) — Red Dougal
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) — Little John
- Les Misérables (1952) — Robert
- Doctor in the House (1954) — Sir Lancelot Spratt
- Doctor at Sea (1955) — Captain Wentworth Hogg
- Moby-Dick (1956) — Captain Boomer
- Doctor at Large (1957) — Sir Lancelot Spratt
- Doctor in Love (1960) — Sir Lancelot Spratt
- The Guns of Navarone (1961) — Jensen/Narrator
- Raising the Wind (1961) — Sir Benjamin Boyd
- Murder, She Said (1961) — Luther Ackenthorpe
- Love on a Pillow (1962) — Katov
- Doctor in Distress (1963) — Sir Lancelot Spratt
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) — Narrator
- The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) — Sir Charles
- Doctor in Clover (1966) — Sir Lancelot Spratt
- Two Weeks in September (1967) — McClintock
- Spirits of the Dead (1968) — Countess' Advisor
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) — Lord Scrumptious
- Doctor in Trouble (1970) — Sir Lancelot Spratt
- Jackanory, 5 episodesshow list (1966) — Storyteller
