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 Escape
2023-10-06
May… I Have Th
2020-01-18
A Family Affair
2019-06-20
Churchill and th
2019-01-24
King Lear
2018-05-28
The Happy Prince
2018-04-12
The Hippopotamus
2017-03-08
Churchill's Secr
2016-02-29
The Last Resort
2014-10-24
Queen & Country
2014-09-14
The Shadow in th
2007-09-15
Consenting Adult
2007-09-04
The Contractor
2007-07-10
I Want Candy
2007-03-23
Rabbit Fever
2006-09-22
Scoop
2006-07-27
Lassie
2005-12-16
V for Vendetta
2006-02-23
Animal
2005-01-11
A Good Woman
2004-09-15
Shoreditch
2003-11-28
The Real Jane Au
2002-12-30
The Gathering St
2002-04-22
The Falklands Pl
2002-04-10
Witness to a Kil
2001-11-08
Queen's Messenge
2001-05-02
The Calling
2000-12-21
Pandaemonium
2001-06-29
Longitude
2000-01-02
Mad Cows
1999-10-29
Rogue Trader
1999-06-25
8 ½ Women
1999-05-22
The Man Who Knew
1997-11-14
Mrs. Dalloway
1997-09-01
The Woman In Whi
1997-01-01
Riders
1993-05-01
Chaplin
1992-12-17
The Count of Sol
1992-02-02
Drug Wars: The C
1992-01-19
Night of the Fox
1990-11-27
Chameleons
1989-12-20
The Endless Game
1989-08-20
Dark Holiday
1989-05-01
Flapjack Floozie
1988-06-17
Nightflyers
1987-10-23
Visitors
1987-02-22
The Biko Inquest
1984-11-01
To Catch a King
1984-01-20
Pygmalion
1983-12-31
Privates on Para
1983-03-18
Invitation to th
1983-01-01
The Elephant Man
1980-10-09
The Sea Wolves
1980-07-03
The Class Of Mis
1979-01-27
The Legacy
1978-09-29
The Sinking of t
1977-10-12
The Eagle Has La
1976-12-24
Rogue Male
1976-09-22
Au Pair Girls
1972-07-01
Zee and Co.
1971-07-01
All the Right No
1970-10-16
Wine of India
1970-04-15
Charley's Aunt
1969-11-23
A Touch of Love
1969-09-01
Torture Garden
1967-11-01
Walk Don't Run
1966-06-29
The Psychopath
1966-02-04
King Rat
1965-10-27
Sharp at Four
1964-01-12
Hot Enough for J
1964-01-01
The Iron Maiden
1963-06-07
The Wild and the
1962-10-16
A Pair of Briefs
1962-03-01