- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 16, 1934
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
John Standing
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 O…
Filmography
movieCan You Hear Me?
2025 · Ben
movieThe Great Escaper
2023 · Arthur
movieMay… I Have This Dance?
2020 · Narrator
movieA Family Affair
2019 · Bernard
movieChurchill and the Movie Mogul
2019 · Additional Voices (voice)
movieKing Lear
2018 · Butler
tvPatrick Melrose
2018 · George Watford
movieThe Happy Prince
2018 · Dr. Tucker
movieThe Hippopotamus
2017 · Podmore
tvThe Crown
2016 · Imbert-Terry
movieChurchill's Secret
2016 · Lord Camrose
movieQueen & Country
2015 · Grandfather George
movieThe Last Resort
2014 · Mr. Carpenter (voice)
tvRosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
2012 · Lord George Meriot
tvBorgia
2011
tvGame of Thrones
2011 · Jon Arryn
movieThe Shadow in the North
2007 · Webster Garland
movieConsenting Adults
2007 · Lord Goddard
movieThe Contractor
2007 · Sir Anthony
movieI Want Candy
2007 · Michael de Vere
tvFallen Angel
2007 · Voice of Francis Youlgreave
Rabbit Fever
2006 · Ally's dad
movieScoop
2006 · Garden Party Guest
tvThe Line of Beauty
2006 · Lord Kessler
movieV for Vendetta
2006 · Lilliman
movieLassie
2005 · French
movieAnimal
2005 · Dean Frydman
movieA Good Woman
2004 · Dumby
tvKing Solomon's Mines
2004 · Dr. Sam Maitland
movieShoreditch
2003 · Jenson Thackery
tvKeen Eddie
2003
tvTrust
2003 · Teresa's Father
movieThe Real Jane Austen
2002 · Mr. Austen
movieThe Gathering Storm
2002 · Lord Moyne
movieThe Falklands Play
2002 · Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
movieWitness to a Kill
2001 · Foreign Secretary
moviePandaemonium
2001 · Rev Holland
movieQueen's Messenger
2001 · Foreign Secretary
tvIn Deep
2001 · Ritchie
tvLove in a Cold Climate
2001 · Lord Montdore
movieThe Calling
2000 · Jack Plummer
movieLongitude
2000 · Capt. Proctor
tvLongitude
2000 · Captain Proctor
movieMad Cows
1999 · Politician
movieRogue Trader
1999 · Peter Baring
movie8 ½ Women
1999 · Philip Emmenthal
tvJoan of Arc
1999 · Archbishop
tvThe Vice
1999 · Paul Weir
movieThe Woman In White
1997 · Mr. Gilmore
tvThe Woman In White
1997 · Mr. Gilmore
movieThe Man Who Knew Too Little
1997 · Embleton
tvA Dance to the Music of Time
1997 · Nicholas Jenkins (older)
movieMrs. Dalloway
1997 · Richard Dalloway
tvLexx
1997 · Count Dracul
tvMidsomer Murders
1997 · Charles Rust, Will Tunstall
tvGulliver's Travels
1996 · Admiral Bolgolam
Look at the State We're In!
1995 · Dr Smith
tvThe Choir
1995 · Bishop Robert Young
movieRiders
1993 · Malise Gordon
movieChaplin
1992 · Butler
The Old Boy Network
1992
movieThe Count of Solar
1992 · Coudray
movieDrug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
1992 · Whitfield
tvEerie, Indiana
1991 · Professor Nigel Zirchon
movieNight of the Fox
1990 · Alan Stacey
movieChameleons
1989 · Henry
tvPaddington Bear
1989 · Mr. Brown
movieThe Endless Game
1989 · Belfrage
tvThe Endless Game
1989 · Belfrage
movieDark Holiday
1989 · Charnaud
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Colonnel Toby Luttrell
tvMurphy's Law
1988
movieFlapjack Floozie
1988 · Dr. Kipper
movieNightflyers
1987 · D'Branin
movieVisitors
1987 · Jack
tvL.A. Law
1986 · Nigel Morris
tvLime Street
1985 · Edward Wingate
tvScreen Two
1985 · Jack
movieThe Biko Inquest
1984 · Van Rensburg
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Arthur Constable, Chief Daniel Trent
tvHunter
1984 · George Franklin
movieTo Catch a King
1984 · The Duke of Windsor
moviePygmalion
1983 · Colonel Pickering
moviePrivates on Parade
1983 · Captain Sholto Savory
movieInvitation to the Wedding
1983
tvHotel
1982
tvShillingbury Tales
1981 · Dick Firman
movieThe Elephant Man
1980 · Fox
movieThe Sea Wolves
1980 · Finley
tvThe Other 'Arf
1980
tvHart to Hart
1979
tvTinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979 · Sam Collins
movieThe Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978 · Charles Fairbrother
movieThe Legacy
1978 · Jason Mountolive
tvBeryl Reid
1977
movieThe Sinking of the HMS Victoria
1977 · Captain Winsloe
tvBBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Captain Winsloe
Nanny's Boy
1977 · John Tallwatch
Jubilee 1977
1977 · John Tallwatch
movieThe Eagle Has Landed
1976 · Father Verecker
movieRogue Male
1976 · Major Quive-Smith
tvSpace: 1999
1975 · Pasc
tvVan der Valk
1972 · Ehrlich
tvThe Frighteners
1972 · Tony Wardle
movieAu Pair Girls
1972 · Buster
movieZee and Co.
1972 · Gordon
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Lord Amberley
movieAll the Right Noises
1970 · Bernie
Wine of India
1970 · Russ
Charley's Aunt
1969 · Jack Chesney
tvThe First Churchills
1969 · Sidney Godolphin
movieA Touch of Love
1969 · Roger
tvThe Main Chance
1969 · Lord Radchester
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Captain Bluntschli
movieTorture Garden
1967 · Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
tvITV Playhouse
1967
movieWalk Don't Run
1966 · Julius D. Haversack
movieThe Psychopath
1966 · Mark Von Sturm
movieKing Rat
1965 · Daven
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Jack Chesney, Cléante
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Russ
movieHot Enough for June
1964 · Men's Room Attendant
Sharp at Four
1964 · Sutcliffe
movieThe Iron Maiden
1963 · Humphrey Gore-Brown
movieThe Wild and the Willing
1962 · Arthur
tvThe Saint
1962 · Gendarme
movieA Pair of Briefs
1962 · Hubert Shannon
Drama 61-67
1961 · Ronald Brook
tvThe Avengers
1961
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Sutcliffe