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Acting

John Standing

Career: Active from 1964 to 2025, busiest in 1997 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 18
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: The Real Jane Austen
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 82 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Standing Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.1, average 5.4
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0
Pop Culture
1.5, average 2.2
Adrenaline
4.2, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Psychological Drama 3
Character Study 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Melancholy 3
Literary Adaptation 3
Political Intrigue 3
British Cinema 3
Gentle Humor 2
Psychological Tension 2
Family Secrets 2
Eccentric Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

131

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 68

Can You Hear Me?

as Ben

The Great Escaper

68

as Arthur

May… I Have This Dance?

as Narrator

2010s

13 titles · average score 70

A Family Affair

as Bernard

Patrick Melrose

75

TV show · as George Watford

King Lear

76

as Butler

The Happy Prince

63

as Dr. Tucker

The Hippopotamus

55

as Podmore

The Crown

82

TV show · as Imbert-Terry

Churchill's Secret

66

as Lord Camrose

Queen & Country

65

as Grandfather George

The Last Resort

as Mr. Carpenter (voice)

Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife

56

TV show · as Lord George Meriot

Game of Thrones

86

TV show · as Jon Arryn

Borgia

75

TV show

2000s

27 titles · average score 60

The Shadow in the North

61

as Webster Garland

The Contractor

46

as Sir Anthony

V for Vendetta

74

as Lilliman

Scoop

53

as Garden Party Guest

King Solomon's Mines

61

TV show · as Dr. Sam Maitland

Shoreditch

46

as Jenson Thackery

Keen Eddie

54

TV show

The Falklands Play

71

as Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)

The Real Jane Austen

80

as Mr. Austen

Witness to a Kill

42

as Foreign Secretary

Queen's Messenger

41

as Foreign Secretary

The Calling

46

as Jack Plummer

1990s

24 titles · average score 62

8 ½ Women

51

as Philip Emmenthal

The Man Who Knew Too Little

52

as Embleton

The Woman In White

70

TV show · as Mr. Gilmore

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Will Tunstall / Charles Rust

Mrs. Dalloway

65

as Richard Dalloway

The Woman In White

62

as Mr. Gilmore

Lexx

77

TV show · as Count Dracul

The Choir

TV show · as Bishop Robert Young

The Count of Solar

as Coudray

Chaplin

65

as Butler

Eerie, Indiana

88

TV show · as Professor Nigel Zirchon

Night of the Fox

54

as Alan Stacey

1980s

24 titles · average score 66

Agatha Christie's Poirot

84

TV show · as Colonnel Toby Luttrell

Paddington Bear

TV show · as Mr. Brown

Chameleons

as Henry

Nightflyers

40

as D'Branin

Visitors

as Jack

L.A. Law

77

TV show · as Nigel Morris

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Arthur Constable / Chief Daniel Trent

Hunter

70

TV show · as George Franklin

To Catch a King

as The Duke of Windsor

Hotel

65

TV show

The Other 'Arf

TV show

The Elephant Man

85

as Fox

1970s

19 titles · average score 60

Hart to Hart

60

TV show

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

92

TV show · as Sam Collins

The Legacy

36

as Jason Mountolive

The Class Of Miss MacMichael

52

as Charles Fairbrother

as John Tallwatch

Rogue Male

60

as Major Quive-Smith

The Eagle Has Landed

66

as Father Verecker

Space: 1999

73

TV show · as Pasc

Zee and Co.

39

as Gordon

Van der Valk

66

TV show · as Ehrlich

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

73

TV show · as Lord Amberley

All the Right Noises

61

as Bernie

1960s

20 titles · average score 66

The First Churchills

74

TV show · as Sidney Godolphin

A Touch of Love

65

as Roger

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Captain Bluntschli

The Main Chance

TV show · as Lord Radchester

ITV Playhouse

TV show

The Psychopath

54

as Mark Von Sturm

Walk Don't Run

69

as Julius D. Haversack

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Cléante / Jack Chesney

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Russ

as Sutcliffe

The Saint

74

TV show · as Gendarme

The Avengers

83

TV show

1950s

1 title · average score 68

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Sutcliffe