John Standing Sir John Ronald Leon Standing, 4th Baronet is an English actor.Early life Standing was born in London , the son of Kay Hammond , 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 and his grandfather, Sir Guy Standing . 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.Career 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 for Close of Play at the National Theatre . He made his film debut in The Wild and the Willing , going on to appear in King Rat , Walk, Don't Run , The Psychopath , The Eagle Has Landed , The Elephant Man , Nightflyers , Mrs Dalloway and A Good Woman . One of his first major television roles was as Sidney Godolphin in the BBC twelve-part serial, The First Churchills . Other television appearances include Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ; the ITV sitcom The Other 'Arf , with Lorraine Chase ; The Choir and King Solomon's Mines . 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 . He appeared in the horror film Nightflyers 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.Personal life 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. His half-sister was the actress Anne Leon , who was married to Michael Gough . He married Jill Melford in 1961; the couple had a son, but divorced in 1972. In 1984, he married Sarah Kate Forbes, the daughter of film director Bryan Forbes and actress Nanette Newman and the sister of television presenter Emma Forbes ; they have three children.Filmography Film roles A Pair of Briefs - Hubert Shannon The Wild and the Willing - Arthur The Iron Maiden - Humphrey Gore-Brown Hot Enough for June - Men's Room Attendant King Rat - Daven The Psychopath - Mark Von Sturm Walk, Don't Run - Julius D. Haversack Torture Garden - Leo Winston A Touch of Love - Roger Henderson All the Right Noises - Nigel Zee and Co. - Gordon Au Pair Girls - Buster Rogue Male - Major Quive-Smith The Eagle Has Landed - Father Philip Verecker , The Mark of Archanon - Pasc The Legacy - Jason Mountolive The Class of Miss MacMichael - Charles Fairbrother The Sea Wolves - Finley The Elephant Man - Fox Privates on Parade - Captain Sholto Savory To Catch a King - Duke of Windsor The Young Visiters - Prince of Wales Invitation to the Wedding - Earl Harry Nightflyers - Michael D'Brannin Chaplin - Butler Mrs Dalloway - Richard Dalloway The Man Who Knew Too Little - Gilbert Embleton 8½ Women - Philip Emmenthal Rogue Trader - Peter Baring Mad Cows - Politician Pandaemonium - Rev. Holland The Calling - Jack Plummer Queen's Messenger - Foreign Secretary Witness to a Kill - Foreign Secretary Shoreditch - Jenson Thackery Jack Brown and the Curse of the Crown - Sheldon Gotti A Good Woman - Dumby Animal - Dean Frydman V for Vendetta - Lilliman Lassie - French Scoop - Garden Party Guests Rabbit Fever - Ally's dad Outlaw - Captain Mardell I Want Candy - Michael de Vere Before the Rains - Charles Humphries Cheerful Weather for the Wedding - Horace Spigott Queen and Country - Grandfather George The Hippopotamus - Podmore The Happy Prince - Dr. TuckerTelevision roles The Avengers - East The Saint - Gendarme Armchair Theatre - Siaru Danger Man - James The First Churchills - Sidney Godolphin - Pasc Van der Valk - Ehrlich Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Sam Collins Pygmalion - Col. Pickering Murder, She Wrote - Chief Daniel Trent / Arthur Constable The Endless Game - Belfrage L.A. Law - Nigel Morris The Old Boy Network - Peter Duckham Riders - Malise Gordon Gulliver's Travels - Admiral Bolgolam A Dance to the Music of Time - Nicholas Jenkins NYPD Blue - Jimmy Cheatham Midsomer Murders - Will Tunstall / Charles Rust The Line of Beauty - Lord Kessler Game of Thrones – Jon Arryn The Crown - Imbert-TerryArms
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