Sir John Ronald Leon Standing, 4th Baronet (born John Ronald Leon; 16
August 1934) is an English actor.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.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 is
from a distinguished acting family on his mother's side, including his
great-grandfather Herbert Standing (1846â€"1923) and his grandfather,
Sir Guy Standing (1873â€"1937). His stepfather was actor Sir John
Clements. He was educated at Eton College and Millfield School,
Somerset, later serving in the King's Royal Rifle Corps as a second
lieutenant, before going to study at the Byam Shaw School of Art in
London.[citation needed]He 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). John Standing Top Movies & Young Movies