Michael Standing is a British film and television actor and writer, best known for his role in the feature film The Italian Job and the infamous scene in which Michael Caine tells him "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" He also starred in both versions of Up The Junction (TV play and film) albeit as different characters, and Poor Cow. His last role was in the 1990 movie Aftershock. As a writer, Standing penned a 1967 Wednesday Play entitled Another Day, Another Dollar and episodes of Marked Personal in 1973-74. He emigrated to America and married Sherri Spillane, ex-wife of novelist Mickey Spillane.