
John Standing
Highest Rated: 93% Lassie (2005)
Lowest Rated: 29% X, Y & Zee (1972)
Birthday: Aug 16, 1934
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Not only does British actor John Standing come from a family of acting royalty -- his grandfather and great-grandfather were both distinguished in the field -- he even descends from royalty itself. (He is a 4th baronet, an outdated noble title he chooses not to use). As with so many other English actors of his generation he has anchored a prolific screen career with decades of stage performances in everything from Shakespeare to Wilde to Noel Coward, in both London and New York. He made his screen debut on television at the end of the 1950s, and had his first major part a decade later in the BBC mini-series "The First Churchills." By the mid-1960s Standing began appearing in American films, and while his parts have continued steadily for decades, he has primarily been cast in character roles, with a notable exception being his starring turn in auteur British director Peter Greenaway's 1999 comedy, "8 1⁄2 Women." Overall Standing's career has covered an amazing amount of ground, including roles in projects spanning from 1980's "The Elephant Man" to the 2006 sci-fi thriller "V for Vendetta." His TV roles have also continued apace, including a part in the HBO fantasy epic, "Game of Thrones" in 2011.
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Filmography
Movies
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91% | 67% | King Lear | Butler (Character) | - | 2018 |
72% | 50% | The Happy Prince | Dr. Tucker (Character) | $464.5K | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 20% | The Falklands Play | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
37% | 27% | Cheerful Weather for the Wedding | Horace Spigott (Character) | $1.9K | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 53% | The Shadow in the North | Webster Garland (Character) | - | 2007 |
49% | 50% | Before the Rains | Unknown (Character) | $1M | 2007 |
73% | 90% | V for Vendetta | Bishop Lilliman (Character) | - | 2006 |
93% | 64% | Lassie | Col. French (Character) | $651.4K | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Witness to a Kill | Foreign Secretary (Character) | - | 2004 |
37% | 49% | A Good Woman | Dumby (Character) | $223.1K | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Queen's Messenger | Foreign Secretary (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Calling | Jack Plummer (Character) | - | 2000 |
41% | 54% | 8 1/2 Women | Philip Emmenthal (Character) | $417.5K | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Mad Cows | Politician (Character) | - | 1999 |
30% | 52% | Rogue Trader | Peter Baring (Character) | - | 1999 |
39% | 69% | The Man Who Knew Too Little | Gilbert Embleton (Character) | $13.8M | 1997 |
71% | 57% | Mrs. Dalloway | Richard Dalloway (Character) | $3.3M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 52% | The Woman in White | Mr. Gilmore (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Endless Game | Belfrage (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Night of the Fox | Alan Stacey (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Passport to Terror | Charnaud (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dark Holiday | Charnaud (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pygmalion | Colonel Pickering (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | 16% | Nightflyers | Michael D'Brannin (Character) | $1.1M | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lime Street | Edward Wingate (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Invitation to the Wedding | Earl Harry (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Privates on Parade | Captain Sholto Savory (Character) | - | 1982 |
92% | 93% | The Elephant Man | Dr. Fox (Character) | - | 1980 |
60% | 23% | The Legacy | Jason Mountolive (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Class of Miss MacMichael | Charles Fairbrother (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Rogue Male | Major Quive-Smith (Character) | - | 1977 |
67% | 67% | The Eagle Has Landed | Father Verecker (Character) | - | 1976 |
29% | 29% | X, Y & Zee | Gordon (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | 56% | All the Right Noises | Nigel (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thank You All Very Much | Roger Henderson (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | 46% | Torture Garden | Leo Winston (Character) | - | 1967 |
83% | 70% | Walk, Don't Run | Julius D. Haversack (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | 40% | The Psychopath | Mark Von Sturm (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | 86% | King Rat | Capt. Daven (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 37% | Agent 8 3/4 | Men's Room Attendant (Character) | - | 1963 |
TV
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90% | 43% | Patrick Melrose | George Watford (Character) | 2018 |
89% | 85% | Game of Thrones | Jon Arryn (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | King Solomon's Mines | Dr. Sam Maitland (Character) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midsomer Murders | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
84% | No Score Yet | NYPD Blue | Jimmy Cheatham (Guest Star) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gulliver's Travels | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Old Boy Network | Unknown (Character) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Civil Wars | Terrence Hemmings (Guest Star) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder, She Wrote | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paddington Bear | Unknown (Voice) | 1989-1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | George Franklin (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Van der Valk | Ehrlich (Character) | 1977 |
66% | 82% | Space: 1999 | Pasc (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | Duke of Wiltshire (Character) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night of the Fox | Alan Stacey (Character) | |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Saint | Gendarme (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Avengers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
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