John Standing

Career timeline

1. 1934 · Born

   Born in London, England, UK

2. 1956 · Screen debut

   Armchair Theatre (TV)

3. 1997 · Breakthrough

   Midsomer Murders (TV)

4. 2023 · Latest release

   The Great Escaper (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1950s

13 1960s

10 1970s

13 1980s

14 1990s

17 2000s

9 2010s

1 2020s

• Drama56
• Comedy17
• Crime12
• Mystery12
• Thriller9
• Action & Adventure9

Highest-rated title Game of Thrones 2011 8.5 Most popular title Game of Thrones 2011 8.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside John Standing in our catalogue.

Christopher Morahan

6 titles together

Herbert Wise

5 titles together

Peter Hammond

5 titles together

Charles Dance

4 titles together

John Mackenzie

3 titles together

Simon Gray

3 titles together

Reginald Rose

3 titles together

George Segal

3 titles together

Ted Kotcheff

3 titles together

Lena Headey

2 titles together

1. 2023 The Great Escaper as Arthur 6.7 Movie
2. 2018 King Lear as Butler 6.0 Movie
3. 2018 Patrick Melrose as George Watford 7.5 TV
4. 2018 The Happy Prince as Dr. Tucker 6.2 Movie
5. 2017 The Hippopotamus as Podmore 6.3 Movie
6. 2016 The Crown as Imbert-Terry 8.2 TV
7. 2015 Queen & Country as Grandfather George 6.1 Movie
8. 2012 Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife as Lord George Meriot TV
9. 2011 Borgia 7.3 TV
10. 2011 Game of Thrones as Jon Arryn 8.5 TV
11. 2007 The Contractor as Sir Anthony 5.5 Movie
12. 2007 I Want Candy as Michael de Vere 5.1 Movie
13. 2007 Fallen Angel as Voice of Francis Youlgreave TV
14. 2006 Scoop as Garden Party Guest 6.6 Movie
15. 2006 The Line of Beauty as Lord Kessler 6.8 TV
16. 2006 V for Vendetta as Lilliman 7.9 Movie
17. 2005 Lassie as French 6.4 Movie
18. 2004 A Good Woman as Dumby 6.3 Movie
19. 2004 King Solomon's Mines as Dr. Sam Maitland 6.3 TV
20. 2003 Keen Eddie 7.9 TV
21. 2003 Trust as Teresa's Father TV
22. 2002 The Gathering Storm as Lord Moyne 6.7 Movie
23. 2001 Pandaemonium as Rev Holland Movie
24. 2001 In Deep as Ritchie TV
25. 2001 Love in a Cold Climate as Lord Montdore TV
26. 2000 The Calling as Jack Plummer 4.9 Movie
27. 2000 Longitude as Captain Proctor TV
28. 1999 Mad Cows as Politician Movie
29. 1999 Rogue Trader as Peter Baring 5.9 Movie
30. 1999 8 ½ Women as Philip Emmenthal 5.5 Movie
31. 1999 Joan of Arc as Archbishop 6.6 TV
32. 1999 The Vice as Paul Weir TV
33. 1997 The Woman In White as Mr. Gilmore 6.6 Movie
34. 1997 The Man Who Knew Too Little as Embleton 6.4 Movie
35. 1997 A Dance to the Music of Time as Nicholas Jenkins (older) TV
36. 1997 Mrs. Dalloway as Richard Dalloway 5.7 Movie
37. 1997 Lexx as Count Dracul 7.0 TV
38. 1997 Midsomer Murders as Charles Rust 7.5 TV
39. 1996 Gulliver's Travels as Admiral Bolgolam 7.3 TV
40. 1995 The Choir as Bishop Robert Young TV
41. 1991 Eerie, Indiana as Professor Nigel Zirchon 7.5 TV
42. 1989 Paddington Bear as Mr. Brown TV
43. 1989 The Endless Game as Belfrage TV
44. 1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot as Colonnel Toby Luttrell 8.2 TV
45. 1988 Murphy's Law TV
46. 1985 Lime Street as Edward Wingate TV
47. 1985 Screen Two as Jack TV
48. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Arthur Constable 7.5 TV
49. 1984 Hunter as George Franklin 7.1 TV
50. 1982 Hotel 6.7 TV
51. 1981 Shillingbury Tales as Dick Firman TV
52. 1980 The Elephant Man as Fox 8.1 Movie
53. 1980 The Sea Wolves as Finley 5.9 Movie
54. 1980 The Other 'Arf as Charles Latimer TV
55. 1979 Hart to Hart 6.9 TV
56. 1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Sam Collins 7.6 TV
57. 1978 The Legacy as Jason Mountolive 5.4 Movie
58. 1977 BBC2 Play of the Week as Captain Winsloe TV
59. 1977 Jubilee 1977 as John Tallwatch TV
60. 1976 The Eagle Has Landed as Father Verecker 6.7 Movie
61. 1975 Space: 1999 as Pasc 7.1 TV
62. 1972 Van der Valk as Ehrlich TV
63. 1972 The Frighteners as Tony Wardle TV
64. 1971 The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Lord Amberley TV
65. 1969 The First Churchills as Sidney Godolphin TV
66. 1969 The Main Chance as Lord Radchester TV
67. 1969 ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Captain Bluntschli TV
68. 1967 Torture Garden as Leo Winston (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway") 6.2 Movie
69. 1967 Trapped as Victor TV
70. 1966 Walk Don't Run as Julius D. Haversack 6.5 Movie
71. 1965 King Rat as Daven 7.1 Movie
72. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Russ TV
73. 1964 Hot Enough for June as Men's Room Attendant 5.7 Movie
74. 1964 Sharp at Four as Sutcliffe Movie
75. 1962 The Saint as Gendarme 7.4 TV
76. 1961 Drama 61-67 as Ronald Brook TV
77. 1961 The Avengers 7.8 TV
78. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Sutcliffe TV

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