Wyndham Standing

Wyndham Standing
The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
Born	Charles Wyndham Standing (1880-08-23)23 August 1880 London, England
Died	1 February 1963(1963-02-01) (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1915–1948
Spouse	Winifred

Charles 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 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.

Partial filmography

• A Mother's Atonement (1915)
• The Law of the Land (1917)
• To the Death (1917)
• The Silence Sellers (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)
• Blackmail (1920)
• The Iron Trail (1921)
• Smilin' Through (1922)
• The Hypocrites (1923)
• The Lion's Mouse (1923)
• Daytime Wives (1923)
• Forgive and Forget (1923)
• Little Johnny Jones (1923)
• The Rejected Woman (1924)
• Pagan Passions (1924)
• Vanity's Price (1924)
• The Early Bird (1925)
• The Teaser (1925)
• The Unchastened Woman (1925)
• Soiled (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)
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
• Smilin' Through (1941) - uncredited cameo
• The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)

External links

• Wyndham Standing at IMDb