John Standing
Age: N/A | From: London, England, UK
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Aliases: Джон Стэндинг , Sir John Ronald Leon, 4t baronet , John Ronald Leon
Gender: Male
Place of birth: London, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 53
TV Involvements: 29
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Game of Thrones
(2011) Jon Arryn
L.A. Law
(1986) Nigel Morris
Midsomer Murders
(1997) Will Tunstall
Murder, She Wrote
(1984) Chief Daniel Trent
Agatha Christie's Poirot
(1989) Colonnel Toby Luttrell
Space: 1999
(1975) Pasc
The Saint
(1962) Gendarme
The Crown
(2016) Imbert-TerryActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ben | |
| 2023 | Arthur | |
| 2020 | Narrator | |
| 2019 | Bernard | |
| Additional Voices | ||
| 2018 | Butler | |
| George Watford | ||
| Dr. Tucker | ||
| 2017 | Podmore | |
| 2016 | Imbert-Terry | |
| Lord Camrose | ||
| 2014 | Mr. Carpenter (voice) | |
| Grandfather George | ||
| 2012 | Lord George Meriot | |
| 2011 | N/A | |
| Jon Arryn | ||
| 2007 | Webster Garland | |
| Lord Goddard | ||
| Sir Anthony | ||
| Michael de Vere | ||
| Voice of Francis Youlgreave | ||
| 2006 | Ally's dad | |
| Garden Party Guest | ||
| Lord Kessler | ||
| Lilliman | ||
| 2005 | French | |
| Dean Frydman | ||
| 2004 | Dumby | |
| Dr. Sam Maitland | ||
| 2003 | Jenson Thackery | |
| N/A | ||
| 2002 | Mr. Austen | |
| Lord Moyne | ||
| Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary) | ||
| 2001 | Foreign Secretary | |
| Rev Holland | ||
| Foreign Secretary | ||
| Ritchie | ||
| Lord Montdore | ||
| 2000 | Jack Plummer | |
| Capt. Proctor | ||
| 1999 | Politician | |
| Peter Baring | ||
| Philip Emmenthal | ||
| Archbishop | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1997 | Embleton | |
| Nicholas Jenkins (older) | ||
| Richard Dalloway | ||
| Count Dracul | ||
| Charles Rust | ||
| Will Tunstall | ||
| Mr. Gilmore | ||
| 1996 | Admiral Bolgolam | |
| 1995 | Bishop Robert Young | |
| 1993 | Malise Gordon | |
| 1992 | Butler | |
| N/A | ||
| Coudray | ||
| Whitfield | ||
| 1991 | Professor Nigel Zirchon | |
| 1990 | Alan Stacey | |
| 1989 | Henry | |
| Mr. Brown | ||
| Belfrage | ||
| Charnaud | ||
| Colonnel Toby Luttrell | ||
| 1988 | N/A | |
| Dr. Kipper | ||
| 1987 | D'Branin | |
| Jack | ||
| 1986 | Nigel Morris | |
| 1985 | Edward Wingate | |
| 1984 | Van Rensburg | |
| Arthur Constable | ||
| Chief Daniel Trent | ||
| George Franklin | ||
| The Duke of Windsor | ||
| 1983 | Colonel Pickering | |
| Captain Sholto Savory | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1982 | N/A | |
| 1980 | Fox | |
| Finley | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1979 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Charles Fairbrother | ||
| 1978 | Jason Mountolive | |
| 1977 | N/A | |
| Captain Winsloe | ||
| 1976 | Father Verecker | |
| Major Quive-Smith | ||
| 1975 | Pasc | |
| 1972 | Ehrlich | |
| Tony Wardle | ||
| Buster | ||
| 1971 | Lord Amberley | |
| Gordon | ||
| 1970 | Bernie | |
| Russ | ||
| 1969 | Jack Chesney | |
| Sidney Godolphin | ||
| Roger | ||
| Lord Radchester | ||
| 1967 | Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway") | |
| 1966 | Julius D. Haversack | |
| Mark Von Sturm | ||
| 1965 | Daven | |
| 1964 | Sutcliffe | |
| Men's Room Attendant | ||
| 1963 | Humphrey Gore-Brown | |
| 1962 | Arthur | |
| Gendarme | ||
| Hubert Shannon | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| 1956 | Sutcliffe | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
