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 stoc ... kbroker 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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Paddington Bear
as Mr. Brown
Episodes: 13
First Aired: Dec 02, 1989
The First Churchills
as Sidney Godolphin
Episodes: 12
First Aired: Sep 27, 1969
Lime Street
as Edward Wingate
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Sep 21, 1985
The Choir
as Bishop Robert Young
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Mar 19, 1995
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Nicholas Jenkins (older)
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 09, 1997
Fallen Angel
as Voice of Francis Youlgreave
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 11, 2007
Hunter
as George Franklin
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 18, 1984
Patrick Melrose
as George Watford
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 12, 2018
In Deep
as Ritchie
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 19, 2001
Joan of Arc
as Archbishop
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 16, 1999
The Line of Beauty
as Lord Kessler
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 17, 2006
King Solomon's Mines
as Dr. Sam Maitland
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 13, 2004
Gulliver's Travels
as Admiral Bolgolam
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 04, 1996
Love in a Cold Climate
as Lord Montdore
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Feb 04, 2001
Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
as Lord George Meriot
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 23, 2012
Midsomer Murders
as Charles Rust
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 23, 1997
L.A. Law
as Nigel Morris
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1986
The Saint
as Gendarme
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1962
Van der Valk
as Ehrlich
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1972
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
as Lord Amberley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1971
The Main Chance
as Lord Radchester
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 18, 1969
Game of Thrones
as Jon Arryn
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 17, 2011
Lexx
as Count Dracul
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 18, 1997
The Crown
as Imbert-Terry
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 04, 2016
Eerie, Indiana
as Professor Nigel Zirchon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1991
Midsomer Murders
as Will Tunstall
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 23, 1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Colonnel Toby Luttrell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 08, 1989
Space: 1999
as Pasc
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 04, 1975
Murder, She Wrote
as Arthur Constable
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Chief Daniel Trent
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
Armchair Theatre
as Sutcliffe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 08, 1956
The Frighteners
as Tony Wardle
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 07, 1972
The Other 'Arf
Episodes: 27
First Aired: May 30, 1980
Old Boy Network
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Feb 16, 1992
Keen Eddie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 03, 2003
The Avengers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 1961
Hotel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 21, 1982
Hart to Hart
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1979
Murphy's Law
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 02, 1988
The Vice
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 04, 1999
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1979
Borgia
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 2011
Shillingbury Tales
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 06, 1980
Beryl Reid
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 12, 1977
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