John Standing
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 Blet...
Known For
Filmography
Can You Hear Me?
2025
as Ben
The Great Escaper
2023
as Arthur
May… I Have This Dance?
2020
as Narrator
A Family Affair
2019
as Bernard
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
2019
as Additional Voices (voice)
The Happy Prince
2018
as Dr. Tucker
King Lear
2018
as Butler
Patrick Melrose
2018
as George Watford
The Hippopotamus
2017
as Podmore
Churchill's Secret
2016
as Lord Camrose
The Crown
2016
as Imbert-Terry
Queen & Country
2015
as Grandfather George
The Last Resort
2014
as Mr. Carpenter (voice)
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
2012
as Lord George Meriot
Game of Thrones
2011
as Jon Arryn
Borgia
2011
The Shadow in the North
2007
as Webster Garland
The Contractor
2007
as Sir Anthony
I Want Candy
2007
as Michael de Vere
Consenting Adults
2007
as Lord Goddard
Fallen Angel
2007
as Voice of Francis Youlgreave
V for Vendetta
2006
as Lilliman
Rabbit Fever
2006
as Ally's dad
Scoop
2006
as Garden Party Guest
The Line of Beauty
2006
as Lord Kessler
Lassie
2005
as French
Animal
2005
as Dean Frydman
A Good Woman
2004
as Dumby
King Solomon's Mines
2004
as Dr. Sam Maitland
Shoreditch
2003
as Jenson Thackery
Keen Eddie
2003
Trust
2003
as Teresa's Father
The Falklands Play
2002
as Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
The Real Jane Austen
2002
as Mr. Austen
The Gathering Storm
2002
as Lord Moyne
Pandaemonium
2001
as Rev Holland
Queen's Messenger
2001
as Foreign Secretary
Witness to a Kill
2001
as Foreign Secretary
In Deep
2001
as Ritchie
Love in a Cold Climate
2001
as Lord Montdore
The Calling
2000
as Jack Plummer
Longitude
2000
as Capt. Proctor
Longitude
2000
as Captain Proctor
Rogue Trader
1999
as Peter Baring
8 ½ Women
1999
as Philip Emmenthal
Mad Cows
1999
as Politician
Joan of Arc
1999
as Archbishop
The Vice
1999
as Paul Weir
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
as Embleton
Mrs. Dalloway
1997
as Richard Dalloway
The Woman In White
1997
as Mr. Gilmore
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Charles Rust
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997
as Nicholas Jenkins (older)
Lexx
1997
as Count Dracul
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Will Tunstall
The Woman In White
1997
as Mr. Gilmore
Gulliver's Travels
1996
as Admiral Bolgolam
The Choir
1995
as Bishop Robert Young
Look at the State We're In!
1995
as Dr Smith
Riders
1993
as Malise Gordon
Chaplin
1992
as Butler
The Count of Solar
1992
as Coudray
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
1992
as Whitfield
The Old Boy Network
1992
Eerie, Indiana
1991
as Professor Nigel Zirchon
Civil Wars
1991
as Terrence Hemnings
Tonight at 8.30
1991
as Toby Cartwright
Night of the Fox
1990
as Alan Stacey
The Endless Game
1989
as Belfrage
Dark Holiday
1989
as Charnaud
Chameleons
1989
as Henry
Paddington Bear
1989
as Mr. Brown
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Colonnel Toby Luttrell
The Endless Game
1989
as Belfrage
Flapjack Floozie
1988
as Dr. Kipper
Murphy's Law
1988
Nightflyers
1987
as D'Branin
Visitors
1987
as Jack
L.A. Law
1986
as Nigel Morris
Lime Street
1985
as Edward Wingate
Screen Two
1985
as Jack
To Catch a King
1984
as The Duke of Windsor
The Biko Inquest
1984
as Van Rensburg
Hunter
1984
as George Franklin
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Arthur Constable
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Chief Daniel Trent
Privates on Parade
1983
as Captain Sholto Savory
Invitation to the Wedding
1983
Pygmalion
1983
as Colonel Pickering
Hotel
1982
Shillingbury Tales
1981
as Dick Firman
The Elephant Man
1980
as Fox
The Sea Wolves
1980
as Finley
The Other 'Arf
1980
Hart to Hart
1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
as Sam Collins
The Legacy
1978
as Jason Mountolive
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
1978
as Charles Fairbrother
The Sinking of the HMS Victoria
1977
as Captain Winsloe
Nanny's Boy
1977
as John Tallwatch
Beryl Reid
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Captain Winsloe
Jubilee 1977
1977
as John Tallwatch
The Eagle Has Landed
1976
as Father Verecker
Rogue Male
1976
as Major Quive-Smith
Space: 1999
1975
as Pasc
Au Pair Girls
1972
as Buster
Zee and Co.
1972
as Gordon
Van der Valk
1972
as Ehrlich
The Frighteners
1972
as Tony Wardle
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971
as Lord Amberley
All the Right Noises
1970
as Bernie
Wine of India
1970
as Russ
A Touch of Love
1969
as Roger
Charley's Aunt
1969
as Jack Chesney
The First Churchills
1969
as Sidney Godolphin
The Main Chance
1969
as Lord Radchester
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Captain Bluntschli
Torture Garden
1967
as Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
ITV Playhouse
1967
Walk Don't Run
1966
as Julius D. Haversack
The Psychopath
1966
as Mark Von Sturm
King Rat
1965
as Daven
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Jack Chesney
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Cléante
Sharp at Four
1964
as Sutcliffe
Hot Enough for June
1964
as Men's Room Attendant
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Russ
The Iron Maiden
1963
as Humphrey Gore-Brown
The Wild and the Willing
1962
as Arthur
A Pair of Briefs
1962
as Hubert Shannon
The Saint
1962
as Gendarme
The Avengers
1961
Drama 61-67
1961
as Ronald Brook
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Sutcliffe