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Acting

John Standing

Titles: 74movies57TV shows

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 77 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

John Standing Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.1, average 5.2
Adrenaline
4.1, average 5.1
Coming of Age
2.0, average 2.9
Violence
3.5, average 4.3

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Melancholy 3
British Cinema 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Psychological Tension 2
Gentle Humor 2
Lighthearted 2
Family-Friendly 2
Intrigue 2
Psychological Drama 2
Slow Burn 2
Eccentric Characters 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47

Group by

Newest first Oldest first

2010s

6 titles · average score 78

Poster for Churchill and the Movie Mogul

as Additional Voices (voice)

Poster for Patrick Melrose

TV show · as George Watford

Poster for King Lear

as Butler

Poster for The Crown

TV show · as Imbert-Terry

Poster for Game of Thrones

TV show · as Jon Arryn

Poster for Borgia

TV show

2000s

11 titles · average score 74

Poster for V for Vendetta

as Lilliman

Poster for The Line of Beauty

TV show · as Lord Kessler

Poster for Lassie

as French

Poster for Trust

TV show · as Teresa's Father

Poster for The Falklands Play

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

Poster for The Real Jane Austen

as Mr. Austen

Poster for The Gathering Storm

as Lord Moyne

Poster for Love in a Cold Climate

TV show · as Lord Montdore

Poster for In Deep

TV show · as Ritchie

Poster for Longitude

TV show · as Captain Proctor

Poster for Longitude

as Capt. Proctor

1990s

8 titles · average score 77

Poster for Midsomer Murders

TV show · as Charles Rust / Will Tunstall

Poster for The Woman In White

TV show · as Mr. Gilmore

Poster for Lexx

TV show · as Count Dracul

Poster for Gulliver's Travels

TV show · as Admiral Bolgolam

Poster for The Choir

TV show · as Bishop Robert Young

Poster for The Count of Solar

as Coudray

Poster for Eerie, Indiana

TV show · as Professor Nigel Zirchon

Poster for Tonight at 8.30

TV show · as Toby Cartwright

1980s

9 titles · average score 78

Poster for Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV show · as Colonnel Toby Luttrell

Poster for Visitors

as Jack

Poster for L.A. Law

TV show · as Nigel Morris

Poster for Murder, She Wrote

TV show · as Arthur Constable / Chief Daniel Trent

Poster for Hunter

TV show · as George Franklin

Poster for The Biko Inquest

as Van Rensburg

Poster for Pygmalion

as Colonel Pickering

Poster for Shillingbury Tales

TV show · as Dick Firman

Poster for The Elephant Man

as Fox

1970s

5 titles · average score 79

Poster for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

TV show · as Sam Collins

Poster for Space: 1999

TV show · as Pasc

Poster for The Frighteners

TV show · as Tony Wardle

Poster for The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

TV show · as Lord Amberley

Poster for Wine of India

as Russ

1960s

8 titles · average score 80

Poster for The First Churchills

TV show · as Sidney Godolphin

Poster for The Main Chance

TV show · as Lord Radchester

Poster for ITV Playhouse

TV show

Poster for King Rat

as Daven

Poster for Sharp at Four

as Sutcliffe

Poster for The Saint

TV show · as Gendarme

Poster for The Avengers

TV show

Poster for Drama 61-67

TV show · as Ronald Brook