John Standing [11282] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.8327 Birthplace: London, England, UK Birthday: 1934-08-16 Age: 90 years Movies: 74 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: 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. Standing was born in London, the son of Kay Hammond (née Dorothy Katherine Standing), an actress, and Sir Ronald George Leon, 3rd Baronet, a stockbroker descended from Sir Herbert Leon, the builder of Bletchley Park. He succeeded his father as the 4th baronet in 1964, but does not use the title. The Leon family were, until 1937, owners of Bletchley Park, the country house in Buckinghamshire used in the Second World War as a code-breaking centre. He was educated at Eton College and Millfield School, Somerset. He served in the King's Royal Rifle Corps as a second lieutenant, before going on to study at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London Standing began his career in Peter Brook's 1955 production of Titus Andronicus starring Laurence Olivier and wife Vivien Leigh and later played leading parts in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Christopher Fry's Ring Round the Moon, A Sense of Detachment by John Osborne, and Noël Coward's Private Lives, with Maggie Smith. He was nominated for an Olivier award (1979) for Close of Play at the National Theatre. He made his film debut in The Wild and the Willing (1962), going on to appear in King Rat (1965), Walk, Don't Run (1966), The Psychopath (1966), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), The Elephant Man (1980), Nightflyers (1987), Mrs Dalloway (1997) and A Good Woman (2004). One of his first major television roles was as Sidney Godolphin in the BBC twelve-part serial, The First Churchills (1969). Other television appearances include Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979); the ITV sitcom The Other 'Arf (1980–84), with Lorraine Chase; The Choir (1995) and King Solomon's Mines (2004). In the United States, he made guest appearances in numerous weekly programmes including L.A. Law, Civil Wars and Murder, She Wrote, and co-starred briefly with Robert Wagner and Samantha Smith in the action series Lime Street (1985). In 1976, he also appeared opposite Peter O'Toole in the little-seen BBC thriller film, Rogue Male, directed by Clive Donner. He appeared in the horror film Nightflyers (1987) adapted from a short story by George R. R. Martin. In 2002, he had a speaking credit on Lost Horizons, the second studio album from the British electronic duo Lemon Jelly. On track 1, "Elements", he lists the basic “elements" that make up the world: ash, metal, water, wood, fire and sky. On track 3, "Ramblin' Man", Standing reads a long list of various locations around the world, ranging from small Sussex villages to major world capitals. In July 2010, it was confirmed that he would be appearing as Jon Arryn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, based on Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels. Can You Hear Me?2024-06-14 The Great Escape2023-10-06 May… I Have Th2020-01-18 A Family Affair2019-06-20 Churchill and th2019-01-24 King Lear2018-05-28 The Happy Prince2018-04-12 The Hippopotamus2017-03-08 Churchill's Secr2016-02-29 The Last Resort2014-10-24 Queen & Country2014-09-14 The Shadow in th2007-09-15 Consenting Adult2007-09-04 The Contractor2007-07-10 I Want Candy2007-03-23 Rabbit Fever2006-09-22 Scoop2006-07-27 Lassie2005-12-16 V for Vendetta2006-02-23 Animal2005-01-11 A Good Woman2004-09-15 Shoreditch2003-11-28 The Real Jane Au2002-12-30 The Gathering St2002-04-22 The Falklands Pl2002-04-10 Witness to a Kil2001-11-08 Queen's Messenge2001-05-02 The Calling2000-12-21 Pandaemonium2001-06-29 Longitude2000-01-02 Mad Cows1999-10-29 Rogue Trader1999-06-25 8 ½ Women1999-05-22 The Man Who Knew1997-11-14 Mrs. Dalloway1997-09-01 The Woman In Whi1997-01-01 Riders1993-05-01 Chaplin1992-12-17 The Count of Sol1992-02-02 Drug Wars: The C1992-01-19 Night of the Fox1990-11-27 Chameleons1989-12-20 The Endless Game1989-08-20 Dark Holiday1989-05-01 Flapjack Floozie1988-06-17 Nightflyers1987-10-23 Visitors1987-02-22 The Biko Inquest1984-11-01 To Catch a King1984-01-20 Pygmalion1983-12-31 Privates on Para1983-03-18 Invitation to th1983-01-01 The Elephant Man1980-10-09 The Sea Wolves1980-07-03 The Class Of Mis1979-01-27 The Legacy1978-09-29 The Sinking of t1977-10-12 The Eagle Has La1976-12-24 Rogue Male1976-09-22 Au Pair Girls1972-07-01 Zee and Co.1971-07-01 All the Right No1970-10-16 Wine of India1970-04-15 Charley's Aunt1969-11-23 A Touch of Love1969-09-01 Torture Garden1967-11-01 Walk Don't Run1966-06-29 The Psychopath1966-02-04 King Rat1965-10-27 Sharp at Four1964-01-12 Hot Enough for J1964-01-01 The Iron Maiden1963-06-07 The Wild and the1962-10-16 A Pair of Briefs1962-03-01