Acting
John Standing
Born 1934-08-16
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
Acting
Can You Hear Me?
2025 · Ben
The Great Escaper
2023 · Arthur
May… I Have This Dance?
2020 · Narrator
A Family Affair
2019 · Bernard
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
2019 · Additional Voices (voice)
King Lear
2018 · Butler
The Happy Prince
2018 · Dr. Tucker
The Hippopotamus
2017 · Podmore
Churchill's Secret
2016 · Lord Camrose
Queen & Country
2015 · Grandfather George
The Last Resort
2014 · Mr. Carpenter (voice)
The Shadow in the North
2007 · Webster Garland
Consenting Adults
2007 · Lord Goddard
The Contractor
2007 · Sir Anthony
I Want Candy
2007 · Michael de Vere
Rabbit Fever
2006 · Ally's dad
Scoop
2006 · Garden Party Guest
V for Vendetta
2006 · Lilliman
Lassie
2005 · French
Animal
2005 · Dean Frydman
A Good Woman
2004 · Dumby
Shoreditch
2003 · Jenson Thackery
The Real Jane Austen
2002 · Mr. Austen
The Gathering Storm
2002 · Lord Moyne
The Falklands Play
2002 · Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
Witness to a Kill
2001 · Foreign Secretary
Pandaemonium
2001 · Rev Holland
Queen's Messenger
2001 · Foreign Secretary
The Calling
2000 · Jack Plummer
Longitude
2000 · Capt. Proctor
Mad Cows
1999 · Politician
Rogue Trader
1999 · Peter Baring