Wyndham Standing
| Wyndham Standing | |
|---|---|
 Standing in The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) | |
| Born |
23 August 1880 London, England |
| Died |
1 February 1963 (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1915–1948 |
| Spouse(s) | Winifred |
Wyndham Standing (23 August 1880 – 1 February 1963) was an English film actor.
Biography
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[1] 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.[2]
Selected filmography
- A Mother's Atonement (1915)
- The Law of the Land (1917)
- To the Death (1917)
- Rose of the World (1918)
- The Hillcrest Mystery (1918)
- The Glorious Adventure (1918)
- Paid in Full (1919)
- The Woman on the Index (1919)
- The Witness for the Defense (1919)
- The Isle of Conquest (1919)
- My Lady's Garter (1919)
- Earthbound (1920)
- The Iron Trail (1921)
- Smilin' Through (1922)
- The Hypocrites (1923)
- The Lion's Mouse (1923)
- The Rejected Woman (1924)
- Vanity's Price (1924)
- The Teaser (1925)
- The Unchastened Woman (1925)
- If Youth But Knew (1926)
- The Canadian (1926)
- Widecombe Fair (1928)
- Power Over Men (1929)
- The Flying Squad (1929)
- Hell's Angels (1930)
- Such Is the Law (1930)
- Dracula (1931) - uncredited, as a surgeon
- Design for Living (1933)
- A Study in Scarlet (1933)
- Imitation of Life (1934)
- Smilin' Through (1941) - uncredited cameo
References
- ↑ Silent Film Necrology, 2nd Edition by Eugene Michael Vazzana, c. 2001 page 497
- ↑ "Biography for Wyndham Standing". IMDb.com.
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