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John Standing


Sir John Standing is one of England's most respected stage, film and television actors. From a distinguished acting dynasty which includes his great-grandfather Herbert Standing (1846-1923) and his grandfather Sir Guy Standing (1873-1937) and his mother, the actress Kay Hammond. He succeeded his father Sir Ronald Leon... See full bio »

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2013 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series)
Colonel Toby Luttrell
Curtain (2013) … Colonel Toby Luttrell
 
2012 The Other Wife (TV series)
Lord George Meriot
 
2012 Bella Fleace Gave a Party (short)
Riley
 
2012 Cheerful Weather for the Wedding
Horace Spigott
 
2011 Game of Thrones (TV series)
Jon Arryn
Winter Is Coming (2011) … Jon Arryn
 
2010 Copelia (short)
Morton Strobel
 
2004-2009 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Charles Rust / Will Tunstall
Bad Tidings (2004) … Charles Rust
 
2009 Stockwell (TV documentary)
Justice Richard Henriques (voice)
 
2008 Mumbai Calling (TV series)
Telephone Voice
All that Glitters Is Not Glass (2008) … Telephone Voice (voice)
My Mate Mumbai (2008) … Telephone Voice (voice)
Dating Season (2008) … Telephone Voice (voice)
Boy to Man (2008) … Telephone Voice (voice)
Good Sellers (2008) … Telephone Voice (voice)
 
2007 The Shadow in the North (TV movie)
Webster Garland
 
2007 Before the Rains
Charles Humphries
 
2007 Consenting Adults (TV movie)
Lord Goddard
 
2007 The Contractor (video)
Sir Anthony
 
2007 Fallen Angel (TV mini-series)
Voice of Francis Youlgreave
The Office of the Dead (2007) … Voice of Francis Youlgreave (voice)
The Judgement of Strangers (2007) … Voice of Francis Youlgreave (voice)
 
2006 Rabbit Fever
Ally's dad
 
2006 Scoop
Garden Party Guest
 
2006 The Line of Beauty (TV mini-series)
Lord Kessler
The Love Chord (2006) … Lord Kessler
 
2005 Lassie
French
 
2005 Animal
Dean Frydman
 
2005 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV series)
Black Rod
The Seed of Cunning (2005) … Black Rod
 
2004 King Solomon's Mines (TV movie)
Dr. Sam Maitland
 
2004 Keen Eddie (TV series)
G.H. Granbury
Keeping Up Appearances (2004) … G.H. Granbury
 
2003 Shoreditch
Jenson Thackery
 
2003 In Deep (TV series)
Ritchie
Queen and Country: Part 2 (2003) … Ritchie
Queen and Country: Part 1 (2003) … Ritchie
 
2003 Trust (TV series)
Teresa's Father
Episode #1.2 (2003) … Teresa's Father
 
2002 The Real Jane Austen (TV documentary)
Mr. Austen
 
2002 The Gathering Storm (TV movie)
Lord Moyne
 
2002 The Falklands Play (TV movie)
Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
 
2001 Lexx (TV series)
Count Dracul
Walpurgis Night (2001) … Count Dracul
 
2001 Queen's Messenger
Foreign Secretary
 
2001 Love in a Cold Climate (TV mini-series)
Lord Montdore
 
2001 The Vice (TV series)
Paul Weir
Into the Night (2001) … Paul Weir
 
2001 Witness to a Kill
Foreign Secretary
 
2000 The Calling
Jack Plummer
 
2000 Pandaemonium
Rev. Holland
 
2000 NYPD Blue (TV series)
Jimmy Cheatham
Tea and Sympathy (2000) … Jimmy Cheatham
 
2000 Longitude (TV movie)
Capt. Proctor
 
1999 Rogue Trader
Peter Baring
 
1999 8 ½ Women
Philip Emmenthal
 
1999 Joan of Arc (TV movie)
Archbishop
 
1997 The Man Who Knew Too Little
Gilbert Embleton
 
1997 A Dance to the Music of Time (TV mini-series)
Nicholas Jenkins
Post War (1997) … Nicholas Jenkins
 
1997 Mrs Dalloway
Richard Dalloway
 
1997 Drovers' Gold (TV mini-series)
Sir Huw Watkins
 
1997 Cluedo (Video Game)
Colonel Mike Mustard
 
1997 The Woman in White (TV movie)
Mr. Gilmore
 
1995 Look at the State We're In! (TV mini-series)
Dr. Smith
 
1995 The Choir (TV mini-series)
Bishop Robert Young
 
1993 Molly (TV movie)
Oliver
 
1993 Riders (TV movie)
Malise Gordon
 
1992 Chaplin
Butler
 
1992 The Old Boy Network (TV series)
Peter Duckham
Kiss and Sell (1992) … Peter Duckham
Red Alert (1992) … Peter Duckham
 
1987-1992 Screen Two (TV series)
Coudray / Jack
The Count of Solar (1992) … Coudray
Visitors (1987) … Jack
 
1992 Eerie, Indiana (TV series)
Professor Nigel Zirchon
 
1992 Civil Wars (TV series)
 
1991 Tonight at 8.30 (TV series)
Toby Cartwright
Ways and Means (1991) … Toby Cartwright
 
1990 Night of the Fox (TV movie)
Alan Stacey
 
1987-1990 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Arthur Constable / Chief Daniel Trent
The Sicilian Encounter (1990) … Chief Daniel Trent
It Runs in the Family (1987) … Arthur Constable
 
1990 The Endless Game (TV movie)
Belfrage
 
1990 L.A. Law (TV series)
Nigel Morris
True Brit (1990) … Nigel Morris
 
1989 Chameleons (TV movie)
Henry
 
1989 Paddington Bear (TV series)
Mr. Brown (voice)
 
1989 Dark Holiday (TV movie)
Charnaud
 
1988 Hunter (TV series)
George Franklin
Naked Justice: Part 2 (1988) … George Franklin
Naked Justice: Part 1 (1988) … George Franklin
 
1988 Windmills of the Gods (TV movie)
Sir George
 
1987 Nightflyers
Michael D'Brannin
 
1987 Hotel (TV series)
Vernon Bennett
Fast Forward (1987) … Vernon Bennett
 
1985 Lime Street (TV series)
Edward Wingate
 
1984 The Biko Inquest (TV movie)
Van Rensburg, for attorney general
 
1984 To Catch a King (TV movie)
Duke of Windsor
 
1983 Hart to Hart (TV series)
Dickie Longstreet
Passing Chance (1983) … Dickie Longstreet
 
1983 Privates on Parade
Captain Sholto Savory
 
1983 Pygmalion (TV movie)
Colonel Pickering
 
1983 Invitation to the Wedding
Earl Harry
 
1981 Shillingbury Tales (TV series)
Dick Firman
The Shillingbury Cloudburst (1981) … Dick Firman
 
1980-1981 The Other 'Arf (TV series)
Charles Latimer
After the Ball (1981) … Charles Latimer
All Right on the Night (1981) … Charles Latimer
A Man of Property (1981) … Charles Latimer
The Big 'E' (1981) … Charles Latimer
Holding the Baby (1981) … Charles Latimer
 
1980 The Elephant Man
Fox
 
1980 The Sea Wolves
Finley
 
1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV mini-series)
Sam Collins
Tinker Tailor (1979) … Sam Collins
 
1979 The Class of Miss MacMichael
Charles Fairbrother
 
1978 The Legacy
Jason Mountolive
 
1978 Do You Remember? (TV series)
Major Frederick Lowndes
Home and Beauty (1978) … Major Frederick Lowndes
 
1977 BBC2 Play of the Week (TV series)
 
1977 Van der Valk (TV series)
Ehrlich
Everybody Does It (1977) … Ehrlich
 
1977 Rogue Male (TV movie)
Major Quive-Smith
 
1977 Jubilee (TV series)
John Tallwatch
Nanny's Boy (1977) … John Tallwatch
 
1976 Space: 1999 (TV series)
Pasc
The Mark of Archanon (1976) … Pasc
 
1975 The Squirrels (TV series)
Palmer
The Whizz Kid (1975) … Palmer
 
1974 Late Night Drama (TV series)
Ms or Jill and Jack (1974)
 
1974 Ms or Jill and Jack (TV movie)
Jack
 
1974 The Compliment (TV movie)
Robin
 
1965-1973 Love Story (TV series)
Jonathan Pearce / Tom
Finders Keepers (1973) … Tom
Squat Betty (1965) … Jonathan Pearce
 
1972 Au Pair Girls
Buster
 
1972 The Main Chance (TV series)
Lord Radchester
Love's Old Sweet Song (1972) … Lord Radchester
 
1972 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Lt. Macneil
The Dirtiest Soldier in the World (1972) … Lt. Macneil
 
1972 X, Y and Zee
Gordon
 
1969-1971 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Cléante / Jack Chesney
Tartuffe (1971) … Cléante
Charley's Aunt (1969) … Jack Chesney
 
1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
Lord Amberley
The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds (1971) … Lord Amberley
 
1967-1971 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Henry
Who Were You with Last Night? (1967) … Henry
 
1971 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Captain Bluntschli
 
1971 All the Right Noises
Bernie
 
1970 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Russ
Wine of India (1970) … Russ
 
1969 Thank You All Very Much
Roger Henderson
 
1967 Torture Garden
Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
 
1967 Trapped (TV series)
Victor
Victor Victor (1967) … Victor
 
1966 Walk Don't Run
Julius D. Haversack
 
1966 The Psychopath
Mark Von Sturm
 
1965 King Rat
Daven
 
1965 Secret Agent (TV series)
James
Sting in the Tail (1965) … James
 
1964 Agent 8 3/4
Men's Room Attendant (uncredited)
 
1964 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Sutcliffe
Sharp at Four (1964) … Sutcliffe
 
1963 The Saint (TV series)
Gendarme
The Bunco Artists (1963) … Gendarme
 
1963 The Swinging Maiden
Humphrey Gore-Brown
 
1963 The Avengers (TV series)
Ted East
School for Traitors (1963) … Ted East
 
1962 Young and Willing
Arthur
 
1962 A Pair of Briefs
Hubert Shannon
 
1959 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Able seaman Beecher
The Signal (1959) … Able seaman Beecher
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1999 8 ½ Women (performer: "On a Slow Boat to China")
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1977 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1995) He acted in Dennis Potter's play, "Son of Man," in a Royal Shakespeare Company production at The Pit Theatre in London, England with Joseph Fiennes in the cast. Bryden was director. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Sir John Standing
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Half brother of Anne Leon. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo