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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 16, 1934
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Джон Стэндинг
- Sir John Ronald Leon, 4t baronet
- John Ronald Leon
John Standing
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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.
Known For
0.0
Ben
Can You Hear Me?
2025
6.6
Arthur
The Great Escaper
2023
0.0
Narrator
May… I Have This Dance?
2020
6.0
Bernard
A Family Affair
2019
7.3
Additional Voices (voice)
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
2019
6.1
Butler
King Lear
2018
7.6
George Watford
Patrick Melrose
2018
6.3
Dr. Tucker
The Happy Prince
2018
6.4
Podmore
The Hippopotamus
2017
8.2
Imbert-Terry
The Crown
2016
Credits
Can You Hear Me?
as Ben
2025
0.0
The Great Escaper
as Arthur
2023
6.6
May… I Have This Dance?
as Narrator
2020
0.0
A Family Affair
as Bernard
2019
6.0
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
as Additional Voices (voice)
2019
7.3
King Lear
as Butler
2018
6.1
Patrick Melrose
as George Watford
2018
7.6
The Happy Prince
as Dr. Tucker
2018
6.3
The Hippopotamus
as Podmore
2017
6.4
The Crown
as Imbert-Terry
2016
8.2
Churchill's Secret
as Lord Camrose
2016
6.3
Queen & Country
as Grandfather George
2015
6.1
The Last Resort
as Mr. Carpenter (voice)
2014
0.0
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
as Lord George Meriot
2012
6.0
Borgia
2011
7.3
Game of Thrones
as Jon Arryn
2011
8.5
The Shadow in the North
as Webster Garland
2007
6.5
Consenting Adults
as Lord Goddard
2007
5.0
The Contractor
as Sir Anthony
2007
5.6
I Want Candy
as Michael de Vere
2007
5.1
Fallen Angel
as Voice of Francis Youlgreave
2007
4.5
🎬
Rabbit Fever
as Ally's dad
2006
5.8
Scoop
as Garden Party Guest
2006
6.6
The Line of Beauty
as Lord Kessler
2006
6.3
V for Vendetta
as Lilliman
2006
7.9
Lassie
as French
2005
6.4
Animal
as Dean Frydman
2005
4.8
A Good Woman
as Dumby
2004
6.3
King Solomon's Mines
as Dr. Sam Maitland
2004
6.2
Shoreditch
as Jenson Thackery
2003
3.0
Keen Eddie
2003
8.0
The Real Jane Austen
as Mr. Austen
2002
8.5
The Gathering Storm
as Lord Moyne
2002
6.6
The Falklands Play
as Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
2002
7.3
Witness to a Kill
as Foreign Secretary
2001
4.5
Pandaemonium
as Rev Holland
2001
4.9
Queen's Messenger
as Foreign Secretary
2001
4.0
In Deep
as Ritchie
2001
10.0
Love in a Cold Climate
as Lord Montdore
2001
7.8
The Calling
as Jack Plummer
2000
4.8
Longitude
as Captain Proctor
2000
7.0
Longitude
as Capt. Proctor
2000
7.4
Mad Cows
as Politician
1999
3.4
Rogue Trader
as Peter Baring
1999
5.9
8 ½ Women
as Philip Emmenthal
1999
5.4
Joan of Arc
as Archbishop
1999
6.6
The Vice
1999
5.3
The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Embleton
1997
6.3
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Nicholas Jenkins (older)
1997
4.3
Mrs. Dalloway
as Richard Dalloway
1997
5.5
Lexx
as Count Dracul
1997
7.0
Midsomer Murders
as Charles Rust
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Will Tunstall
1997
7.5
The Woman In White
as Mr. Gilmore
1997
6.6
Gulliver's Travels
as Admiral Bolgolam
1996
7.1
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Look at the State We're In!
as Dr Smith
1995
0.0
The Choir
as Bishop Robert Young
1995
0.0
Riders
as Malise Gordon
1993
3.5
Chaplin
as Butler
1992
7.4
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The Old Boy Network
1992
6.0
The Count of Solar
as Coudray
1992
0.0
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
as Whitfield
1992
5.0
Eerie, Indiana
as Professor Nigel Zirchon
1991
7.5
Night of the Fox
as Alan Stacey
1990
6.0
Chameleons
as Henry
1989
0.0
Paddington Bear
as Mr. Brown
1989
8.6
The Endless Game
as Belfrage
1989
6.0
The Endless Game
as Belfrage
1989
0.0
Dark Holiday
as Charnaud
1989
0.0
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Colonnel Toby Luttrell
1989
8.2
Murphy's Law
1988
5.0
Flapjack Floozie
as Dr. Kipper
1988
0.0
Nightflyers
as D'Branin
1987
4.4
Visitors
as Jack
1987
6.0
L.A. Law
as Nigel Morris
1986
7.0
Lime Street
as Edward Wingate
1985
5.5
The Biko Inquest
as Van Rensburg
1984
0.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Arthur Constable
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Chief Daniel Trent
1984
7.5
Hunter
as George Franklin
1984
7.1
To Catch a King
as The Duke of Windsor
1984
4.0
Pygmalion
as Colonel Pickering
1983
8.5
Privates on Parade
as Captain Sholto Savory
1983
4.5
Invitation to the Wedding
1983
0.0
Hotel
1982
6.8
The Elephant Man
as Fox
1980
8.1
The Sea Wolves
as Finley
1980
5.8
The Other 'Arf
1980
0.0
Shillingbury Tales
1980
6.8
Hart to Hart
1979
6.9
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
7.5
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Charles Fairbrother
1979
4.8
The Legacy
as Jason Mountolive
1978
5.4
Beryl Reid
1977
0.0
The Sinking of the HMS Victoria
as Captain Winsloe
1977
0.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Captain Winsloe
1977
7.0
🎬
Nanny's Boy
as John Tallwatch
1977
0.0
The Eagle Has Landed
as Father Verecker
1976
6.6
Rogue Male
as Major Quive-Smith
1976
6.5
Space: 1999
as Pasc
1975
7.1
Van der Valk
as Ehrlich
1972
5.8
The Frighteners
as Tony Wardle
1972
8.5
Au Pair Girls
as Buster
1972
4.5
Zee and Co.
as Gordon
1972
5.6
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Lord Amberley
1971
7.4
All the Right Noises
as Bernie
1970
5.5
🎬
Wine of India
as Russ
1970
0.0
🎬
Charley's Aunt
as Jack Chesney
1969
0.0
The First Churchills
as Sidney Godolphin
1969
6.3
A Touch of Love
as Roger
1969
6.3
The Main Chance
as Lord Radchester
1969
7.7
Torture Garden
as Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
1967
6.1
Walk Don't Run
as Julius D. Haversack
1966
6.5
The Psychopath
as Mark Von Sturm
1966
6.3
King Rat
as Daven
1965
7.1
BBC Play of the Month
as Jack Chesney
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Cléante
1965
5.0
Hot Enough for June
as Men's Room Attendant
1964
5.7
🎬
Sharp at Four
as Sutcliffe
1964
0.0
The Iron Maiden
as Humphrey Gore-Brown
1963
6.4
The Wild and the Willing
as Arthur
1962
5.8
The Saint
as Gendarme
1962
7.4
A Pair of Briefs
as Hubert Shannon
1962
5.7
🎬
Drama 61-67
as Ronald Brook
1961
0.0
The Avengers
1961
7.7
Armchair Theatre
as Sutcliffe
1956
5.8