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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-08-16 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

John Standing

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Sir John Ronald Leon, 4th Baronet (born 16 August 1934) is an English actor and baronet who is known as John Standing. He is the stepson of John Clements.

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Known For

Acting

2024

2023

2020

2019

A Family Affair as Bernard
Churchill and the Movie Mogul as Additional Voices

2018

The Happy Prince as Dr. Tucker
King Lear as Butler
Patrick Melrose as George Watford

2017

The Hippopotamus as Podmore

2016

Churchill's Secret as Lord Camrose
The Crown as Imbert-Terry

2014

Queen & Country as Grandfather George
The Last Resort as Mr. Carpenter (voice)

2012

Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife as Lord George Meriot

2011

Game of Thrones as Jon Arryn

2007

The Shadow in the North as Webster Garland
The Contractor as Sir Anthony
I Want Candy as Michael de Vere
Consenting Adults as Lord Goddard
Fallen Angel as Voice of Francis Youlgreave

2006

V for Vendetta as Lilliman
Rabbit Fever as Ally's dad
Scoop as Garden Party Guest
The Line of Beauty as Lord Kessler

2005

Lassie as French
Animal as Dean Frydman

2004

A Good Woman as Dumby
King Solomon's Mines as Dr. Sam Maitland

2003

Shoreditch as Jenson Thackery

2002

The Falklands Play as Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
The Real Jane Austen as Mr. Austen
The Gathering Storm as Lord Moyne

2001

Pandaemonium as Rev Holland
In Deep as Ritchie
Love in a Cold Climate as Lord Montdore

2000

The Calling as Jack Plummer
Longitude as Capt. Proctor

1999

Rogue Trader as Peter Baring
8 ½ Women as Philip Emmenthal
Mad Cows as Politician
Joan of Arc as Archbishop

1997

Mrs. Dalloway as Richard Dalloway
The Woman In White as Mr. Gilmore
Midsomer Murders as Charles Rust
A Dance to the Music of Time as Nicholas Jenkins (older)
Lexx as Count Dracul
Midsomer Murders as Will Tunstall

1996

Gulliver's Travels as Admiral Bolgolam

1995

The Choir as Bishop Robert Young

1993

Riders as Malise Gordon

1992

Chaplin as Butler

1991

Eerie, Indiana as Professor Nigel Zirchon

1990

Night of the Fox as Alan Stacey

1989

The Endless Game as Belfrage
Dark Holiday as Charnaud
Chameleons as Henry
Paddington Bear as Mr. Brown
Agatha Christie's Poirot as Colonnel Toby Luttrell

1988

Flapjack Floozie as Dr. Kipper

1987

Nightflyers as D'Branin
Visitors as Jack

1986

L.A. Law as Nigel Morris

1985

Lime Street as Edward Wingate

1984

To Catch a King as The Duke of Windsor
The Biko Inquest as Van Rensburg
Hunter as George Franklin
Murder, She Wrote as Arthur Constable
Murder, She Wrote as Chief Daniel Trent

1983

Privates on Parade as Captain Sholto Savory
Pygmalion as Colonel Pickering

1982

1980

The Sea Wolves as Finley

1979

The Class Of Miss MacMichael as Charles Fairbrother

1978

The Legacy as Jason Mountolive

1977

1976

The Eagle Has Landed as Father Verecker
Rogue Male as Major Quive-Smith

1975

Space: 1999 as Pasc

1972

Au Pair Girls as Buster
Van der Valk as Ehrlich
The Frighteners as Tony Wardle

1971

Zee and Co. as Gordon

1970

1969

Charley's Aunt as Jack Chesney
The First Churchills as Sidney Godolphin
The Main Chance as Lord Radchester

1967

Torture Garden as Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

1966

Walk Don't Run as Julius D. Haversack
The Psychopath as Mark Von Sturm

1965

King Rat as Daven

1964

Sharp at Four as Sutcliffe
Hot Enough for June as Men's Room Attendant

1963

The Iron Maiden as Humphrey Gore-Brown

1962

A Pair of Briefs as Hubert Shannon
The Saint as Gendarme

1961

1956

Armchair Theatre as Sutcliffe