Actor
Wyndham Standing
August 22, 1880 · London, England, UK
Wyndham Standing (23 August 1880 – 1 February 1963) was an English film actor. Standing appeared in 131 films between 1915 and 1948. A popular and much beloved leading man in the silent film era, he starred and co-starred along many famous names of the day, both men and women. He and Ronald Colman were the stars of the now lost classic The Dark Angel (1925). Standing delivered a memorable performance in Hell's Angels (1930) as the commanding officer who gets fed up with the cowardly antics of Ben Lyon and James Hall just before sending them off on a deadly bombing mission.
He was born Charles Wyndham Standing in London, England and died in Los Angeles, California. He was the son of veteran actor Herbert Standing (1846–1923) and the brother of actors Jack Standing, Sir Guy Standing, Herbert Standing Jr. and Percy Standing. He was also the uncle of Joan Standing and Kay Hammond.
Notable work
Often works with
Thomas Mitchell
3 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Long Voyage Home, This Above All
Warren William
3 titles together
Imitation of Life, The Man in the Iron Mask, The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Henry Stephenson
3 titles together
The Locket, Ivy, This Above All
Edward Arnold
2 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Sadie McKee
Harry Carey
2 titles together
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Sea of Grass
Joan Bennett
2 titles together
The Woman in the Window, The Man in the Iron Mask
Full filmography · 92
Lured
as Assistant Medical Examiner (uncredited)
19476.3
Ivy
as Assistant Chief Justice (uncredited)
19476.6
The Sea of Grass
as Gambler (uncredited)
19476.1
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
cast
19476.2
The Secret Heart
as Butler
1946
The Locket
as Butler (uncredited)
19466.3
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Literary Type (uncredited)
1945
The Woman in the Window
as Man at Club (uncredited)
19447.4
A Guy Named Joe
as English Colonel (uncredited)
19446.7
Madame Curie
as King Oscar (uncredited)
19437.2
Laugh Your Blues Away
as Mr. Jamison
1942
This Above All
as Doctor
19426.8