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John Standing

Acting · Born August 16, 1934 · London, England, UK

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

Movies with John Standing

• V for Vendetta (2006) — Lilliman
• The Elephant Man (1980) — Fox
• The Contractor (2007) — Sir Anthony
• The Eagle Has Landed (1976) — Father Verecker
• Chaplin (1992) — Butler
• Scoop (2006) — Garden Party Guest
• King Lear (2018) — Butler
• The Great Escaper (2023) — Arthur
• The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) — Embleton
• A Good Woman (2004) — Dumby
• The Happy Prince (2018) — Dr. Tucker
• The Sea Wolves (1980) — Finley

TV shows with John Standing

• The First Churchills (1969) — Sidney Godolphin
• Lime Street (1985) — Edward Wingate
• Paddington Bear (1989) — Mr. Brown
• The Choir (1995) — Bishop Robert Young
• The Other 'Arf (1980)