Guy Standeven

Born: 1928-08-28, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died: 1998-10-01

Biography

Marcus Guy Wyndham Standeven was a prolific and ubiquitous British background actor. Following service in the army, Guy moved to London, England to pursue acting full time and first started appearing in films in often uncredited minor roles in the early 1950's. One of the busiest and most tireless of British bit players, Standeven could be spotted in scores of movies and television shows in which he was frequently cast as doctors, policemen, military officers, restaurant patrons or various men of the cloth.

Filmography

• Grange Hill (1978)
• The Shining (1980)
• The Professionals (1977)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
• Return of the Jedi (1983)
• Yes, Prime Minister (1986)
• The Protectors (1972)
• The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955)
• The Elephant Man (1980)
• The Day of the Jackal (1973)
• Public Eye (1965)
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
• Lifeforce (1985)
• Top Secret! (1984)
• The Final Conflict (1981)
• Spies Like Us (1985)
• Evil Under the Sun (1982)
• Return to Oz (1985)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
• London Suite (1996)
• Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
• The Servant (1963)
• The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
• The Medusa Touch (1978)
• A Night to Remember (1958)
• Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
• Some Girls Do (1969)
• The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
• Young Winston (1972)