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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...
Known for
Game of ThronesSeries • 2011
Midsomer MurdersSeries • 1997
Agatha Christie's PoirotSeries • 1989
The CrownSeries • 2016
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
L.A. LawSeries • 1986
The AvengersSeries • 1961
The SaintSeries • 1962
The Wednesday PlaySeries • 1964
BBC Play of the MonthSeries • 1965
Hart to HartSeries • 1979
Screen TwoSeries • 1985
HotelSeries • 1982
ITV PlayhouseSeries • 1967
Space: 1999Series • 1975
HunterSeries • 1984
ITV Saturday Night TheatreSeries • 1969
LexxSeries • 1997
Van der ValkSeries • 1972
V for VendettaMovie • 2006
BorgiaSeries • 2011
Patrick MelroseSeries • 2018
BBC2 Play of the WeekSeries • 1977
The ViceSeries • 1999