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 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.

Nacimiento: 1934-08-16, London, England, UK
Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,0 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Patrick Melrose como George Watford

Conocido por

V de Vendetta (2006) — Lilliman
Juego de tronos (2011) — Jon Arryn
El hombre elefante (1980) — Fox
El hombre que no sabía nada (1997) — Embleton
Scoop (2006) — Garden Party Guest
The Crown (2016) — Imbert-Terry
Ha llegado el águila (1976) — Father Verecker
La gran escapada (2023) — Arthur

Filmografía

Can You Hear Me? (2025) — Ben
La gran escapada (2023) — Arthur
A Family Affair (2019) — Bernard
Rey Lear (2018) — Butler
Patrick Melrose (2018) — George Watford
La importancia de llamarse Oscar Wilde (2018) — Dr. Tucker
The Hippopotamus (2017) — Podmore
The Crown (2016) — Imbert-Terry
Churchill's Secret (2016) — Lord Camrose
Reina y patria (2015) — Grandfather George
The Last Resort (2014) — Mr. Carpenter (voz)
La Otra Esposa (2012) — Lord George Meriot
Borgia (2011)
Juego de tronos (2011) — Jon Arryn
La Sombra del Norte (2007) — Webster Garland
Consenting Adults (2007) — Lord Goddard
La trampa del asesino (2007) — Sir Anthony
Vaya par de productorex (2007) — Michael de Vere
Fallen Angel (2007) — Voice of Francis Youlgreave
Rabbit Fever (2006) — Ally's dad
Scoop (2006) — Garden Party Guest
The Line of Beauty (2006) — Lord Kessler
V de Vendetta (2006) — Lilliman
Lassie (2005) — French
Animal (2005) — Dean Frydman
A Good Woman (2004) — Dumby
Las minas del rey Salomón (2004) — Dr. Sam Maitland
Shoreditch (2003) — Jenson Thackery
Keen Eddie (2003)
Trust (2003) — Teresa's Father
Amenaza de tormenta (2002) — Lord Moyne
The Falklands Play (2002) — Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
Operación Diamante (2001) — Foreign Secretary
Pandaemonium (2001) — Rev Holland
El Mensajero de la Reina (2001) — Foreign Secretary
In Deep (2001) — Ritchie
Love in a Cold Climate (2001) — Lord Montdore
El llamado (2000) — Jack Plummer
Longitude (2000) — Capt. Proctor
Longitude (2000) — Captain Proctor
Mad Cows (1999) — Politician
El gran farol (1999) — Peter Baring
8 Mujeres y Media (1999) — Philip Emmenthal
Juana de Arco (1999) — Archbishop
The Vice (1999) — Paul Weir
The Woman In White (1997) — Mr. Gilmore
The Woman In White (1997) — Mr. Gilmore
El hombre que no sabía nada (1997) — Embleton
A Dance to the Music of Time (1997) — Nicholas Jenkins (older)
Mrs. Dalloway (1997) — Richard Dalloway
Lexx (1997) — Count Dracul
Los asesinatos de Midsomer (1997) — Charles Rust / Will Tunstall
Los viajes de Gulliver (1996) — Admiral Bolgolam
Look at the State We're In! (1995) — Dr Smith
The Choir (1995) — Bishop Robert Young
Riders (1993) — Malise Gordon
Chaplin (1992) — Butler
The Old Boy Network (1992)
The Count of Solar (1992) — Coudray
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel (1992) — Whitfield
Civil Wars (1991) — Terrence Hemnings
Eerie, Indiana (1991) — Professor Nigel Zirchon
Tonight at 8.30 (1991) — Toby Cartwright
La noche del zorro (1990) — Alan Stacey
Chameleons (1989) — Henry
Paddington Bear (1989) — Mr. Brown
The Endless Game (1989) — Belfrage
The Endless Game (1989) — Belfrage
Dark Holiday (1989) — Charnaud
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) — Colonnel Toby Luttrell
Murphy's Law (1988)
Flapjack Floozie (1988) — Dr. Kipper
Nightflyers, La nave viviente (1987) — D'Branin
Visitors (1987) — Jack
La ley de Los Ángeles (1986) — Nigel Morris
Lime Street (1985) — Edward Wingate
Screen Two (1985) — Jack
The Biko Inquest (1984) — Van Rensburg
Se ha escrito un crimen (1984) — Arthur Constable / Chief Daniel Trent
Hunter (1984) — George Franklin
Jaque al Rey (1984) — The Duke of Windsor
Pygmalion (1983) — Colonel Pickering
Privates on Parade (1983) — Captain Sholto Savory
Tres para una boda (1983)
Hotel (1982)
Shillingbury Tales (1981) — Dick Firman
El hombre elefante (1980) — Fox
Lobos marinos (1980) — Finley
The Other 'Arf (1980)
Hart y Hart (1979)
Calderero, sastre, soldado, espía (1979) — Sam Collins
The Class Of Miss MacMichael (1978) — Charles Fairbrother
El legado (1978) — Jason Mountolive
Beryl Reid (1977)
The Sinking of the HMS Victoria (1977) — Captain Winsloe
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977) — Captain Winsloe
Nanny's Boy (1977) — John Tallwatch
Jubilee 1977 (1977) — John Tallwatch
Ha llegado el águila (1976) — Father Verecker
Rogue Male (1976) — Major Quive-Smith
Espacio 1999 (1975) — Pasc
Van der Valk (1972) — Ehrlich
The Frighteners (1972) — Tony Wardle
Au Pair Girls (1972) — Buster
X, Y & Zee: salvaje y peligrosa (1972) — Gordon
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971) — Lord Amberley
All the Right Noises (1970) — Bernie
Wine of India (1970) — Russ
Charley's Aunt (1969) — Jack Chesney
The First Churchills (1969) — Sidney Godolphin
Su vida íntima (1969) — Roger
The Main Chance (1969) — Lord Radchester
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) — Captain Bluntschli
El jardín de las torturas (1967) — Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
ITV Playhouse (1967)
Apartamento para tres (1966) — Julius D. Haversack
The Psychopath (1966) — Mark Von Sturm
King Rat (1965) — Daven
BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Jack Chesney / Cléante
The Wednesday Play (1964) — Russ
Demasiado cálido para junio (1964) — Men's Room Attendant
Sharp at Four (1964) — Sutcliffe
The Iron Maiden (1963) — Humphrey Gore-Brown
The Wild and the Willing (1962) — Arthur
El santo (1962) — Gendarme
A Pair of Briefs (1962) — Hubert Shannon
Drama 61-67 (1961) — Ronald Brook
Los vengadores (1961)
Armchair Theatre (1956) — Sutcliffe