Wyndham Standing

Born: 1880-08-22, London, England, UK

Died: 1963-02-01

Biography

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

• Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
• Waterloo Bridge (1940)
• Pagan Passions (1924)
• Madame Curie (1943)
• Hell's Angels (1930)
• Soiled (1925)
• The Locket (1946)
• The Sea of Grass (1947)
• Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
• Lured (1947)
• The Long Voyage Home (1940)
• Design for Living (1933)
• Law of the Underworld (1938)
• Sadie McKee (1934)
• A Guy Named Joe (1944)
• The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
• Widecombe Fair (1928)
• The Isle of Doubt (1922)
• The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
• This Above All (1942)
• The Secret Heart (1946)
• The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
• Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)
• The Miracle of Love (1919)
• A Study in Scarlet (1933)
• The Life Mask (1918)
• The City Gone Wild (1927)
• Rose of the World (1918)
• Rulers of the Sea (1939)
• The Silent Witness (1932)