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
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Can You Hear Me?
Character:Ben
Release Date:28/10/2025
The Great Escaper
Character:Arthur
Release Date:06/10/2023
May… I Have This Dance?
Character:Narrator
Release Date:18/01/2020
A Family Affair
Character:Bernard
Release Date:20/06/2019
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:24/01/2019
King Lear
Character:Butler
Release Date:28/05/2018
The Happy Prince
Character:Dr. Tucker
Release Date:12/04/2018
The Hippopotamus
Character:Podmore
Release Date:08/03/2017
Churchill's Secret
Character:Lord Camrose
Release Date:29/02/2016
Queen & Country
Character:Grandfather George
Release Date:07/01/2015
The Last Resort
Character:Mr. Carpenter (voice)
Release Date:24/10/2014
The Shadow in the North
Character:Webster Garland
Release Date:15/09/2007
Consenting Adults
Character:Lord Goddard
Release Date:04/09/2007
The Contractor
Character:Sir Anthony
Release Date:11/05/2007
I Want Candy
Character:Michael de Vere
Release Date:23/03/2007
Rabbit Fever
Character:Ally's dad
Release Date:22/09/2006
Scoop
Character:Garden Party Guest
Release Date:27/07/2006
V for Vendetta
Character:Lilliman
Release Date:23/02/2006
Lassie
Character:French
Release Date:16/12/2005
Animal
Character:Dean Frydman
Release Date:11/01/2005
A Good Woman
Character:Dumby
Release Date:15/09/2004
Shoreditch
Character:Jenson Thackery
Release Date:28/11/2003
The Real Jane Austen
Character:Mr. Austen
Release Date:30/12/2002
The Gathering Storm
Character:Lord Moyne
Release Date:22/04/2002
The Falklands Play
Character:Rt Hon William Whitelaw CH MC MP (Home Secretary)
Release Date:10/04/2002
Witness to a Kill
Character:Foreign Secretary
Release Date:08/11/2001
Pandaemonium
Character:Rev Holland
Release Date:29/06/2001
Queen's Messenger
Character:Foreign Secretary
Release Date:02/05/2001
The Calling
Character:Jack Plummer
Release Date:21/12/2000
Longitude
Character:Capt. Proctor
Release Date:02/01/2000
Mad Cows
Character:Politician
Release Date:29/10/1999
Rogue Trader
Character:Peter Baring
Release Date:25/06/1999
8 ½ Women
Character:Philip Emmenthal
Release Date:22/05/1999
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Character:Embleton
Release Date:14/11/1997
Mrs. Dalloway
Character:Richard Dalloway
Release Date:01/09/1997
The Woman In White
Character:Mr. Gilmore
Release Date:01/01/1997
Riders
Character:Malise Gordon
Release Date:01/05/1993
Chaplin
Character:Butler
Release Date:17/12/1992
The Count of Solar
Character:Coudray
Release Date:02/02/1992
Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel
Character:Whitfield
Release Date:19/01/1992
Night of the Fox
Character:Alan Stacey
Release Date:28/11/1990
Chameleons
Character:Henry
Release Date:20/12/1989
The Endless Game
Character:Belfrage
Release Date:20/08/1989
Dark Holiday
Character:Charnaud
Release Date:01/05/1989
Flapjack Floozie
Character:Dr. Kipper
Release Date:17/06/1988
Nightflyers
Character:D'Branin
Release Date:23/10/1987
Visitors
Character:Jack
Release Date:22/02/1987
The Biko Inquest
Character:Van Rensburg
Release Date:01/11/1984
To Catch a King
Character:The Duke of Windsor
Release Date:20/01/1984
Pygmalion
Character:Colonel Pickering
Release Date:31/12/1983
Privates on Parade
Character:Captain Sholto Savory
Release Date:18/03/1983
Invitation to the Wedding
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1983
The Elephant Man
Character:Fox
Release Date:09/10/1980
The Sea Wolves
Character:Finley
Release Date:03/07/1980
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Character:Charles Fairbrother
Release Date:27/01/1979
The Legacy
Character:Jason Mountolive
Release Date:29/09/1978
The Sinking of the HMS Victoria
Character:Captain Winsloe
Release Date:12/10/1977
Nanny's Boy
Character:John Tallwatch
Release Date:17/04/1977
The Eagle Has Landed
Character:Father Verecker
Release Date:24/12/1976
Rogue Male
Character:Major Quive-Smith
Release Date:22/09/1976
Au Pair Girls
Character:Buster
Release Date:01/07/1972
Zee and Co.
Character:Gordon
Release Date:21/01/1972
All the Right Noises
Character:Bernie
Release Date:16/10/1970
Wine of India
Character:Russ
Release Date:15/04/1970
Charley's Aunt
Character:Jack Chesney
Release Date:23/11/1969
A Touch of Love
Character:Roger
Release Date:01/09/1969
Torture Garden
Character:Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
Release Date:01/11/1967
Walk Don't Run
Character:Julius D. Haversack
Release Date:29/06/1966
The Psychopath
Character:Mark Von Sturm
Release Date:04/02/1966
King Rat
Character:Daven
Release Date:27/10/1965
Hot Enough for June
Character:Men's Room Attendant
Release Date:10/03/1964
Sharp at Four
Character:Sutcliffe
Release Date:12/01/1964
The Iron Maiden
Character:Humphrey Gore-Brown
Release Date:07/06/1963
The Wild and the Willing
Character:Arthur
Release Date:16/10/1962
A Pair of Briefs
Character:Hubert Shannon
Release Date:01/03/1962
Television Appearances
Patrick Melrose
Character:George Watford
The Crown
Character:Imbert-Terry
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
Character:Lord George Meriot
Borgia
Character:
Game of Thrones
Character:Jon Arryn
Fallen Angel
Character:Voice of Francis Youlgreave
The Line of Beauty
Character:Lord Kessler
King Solomon's Mines
Character:Dr. Sam Maitland
Keen Eddie
Character:
In Deep
Character:Ritchie
Love in a Cold Climate
Character:Lord Montdore
Longitude
Character:Captain Proctor
Joan of Arc
Character:Archbishop
The Vice
Character:
A Dance to the Music of Time
Character:Nicholas Jenkins (older)
Lexx
Character:Count Dracul
Midsomer Murders
Character:Charles Rust
Midsomer Murders
Character:Will Tunstall
Gulliver's Travels
Character:Admiral Bolgolam
Look at the State We're In!
Character:Dr Smith
The Choir
Character:Bishop Robert Young
The Old Boy Network
Character:
Eerie, Indiana
Character:Professor Nigel Zirchon
Paddington Bear
Character:Mr. Brown
The Endless Game
Character:Belfrage
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character:Colonnel Toby Luttrell
Murphy's Law
Character:
L.A. Law
Character:Nigel Morris
Lime Street
Character:Edward Wingate
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Arthur Constable
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Chief Daniel Trent
Hunter
Character:George Franklin
Hotel
Character:
The Other 'Arf
Character:
Shillingbury Tales
Character:
Hart to Hart
Character:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Character:
Beryl Reid
Character:
BBC2 Play of the Week
Character:Captain Winsloe
Jubilee 1977
Character:John Tallwatch
Space: 1999
Character:Pasc
Van der Valk
Character:Ehrlich
The Frighteners
Character:Tony Wardle
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Lord Amberley
The First Churchills
Character:Sidney Godolphin
The Main Chance
Character:Lord Radchester
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Jack Chesney
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Cléante
The Saint
Character:Gendarme
Drama 61-67
Character:Ronald Brook
The Avengers
Character:
Armchair Theatre
Character:Sutcliffe
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