Wyndham Standing


Biography

Wyndham Standing was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Standing began his acting career appearing in various films, such as "Smilin' Through" (1922), "Little Johnny Jones" (1923) and "Flames of Desire" (1924). He also appeared in "The Early Bird" (1924) and "Soiled" (1925). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the twenties and the thirties, appearing in "Th...

Biography

Wyndham Standing was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Standing began his acting career appearing in various films, such as "Smilin' Through" (1922), "Little Johnny Jones" (1923) and "Flames of Desire" (1924). He also appeared in "The Early Bird" (1924) and "Soiled" (1925). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the twenties and the thirties, appearing in "The Teaser" (1925), "The City Gone Wild" (1927) and the historical film "Billy the Kid" (1930) with Johnny Mack Brown. He also appeared in the dramatic adaptation "The Silent Witness" (1932) with Lionel Atwill and "Design For Living" (1933). In the latter part of his career, he tackled roles in the drama "Imitation of Life" (1934) with Claudette Colbert, "Limehouse Blues" (1934) and "Clive of India" (1935). He also appeared in the Merle Oberon drama "Beloved Enemy" (1936) and "Mary of Scotland" (1936) with Katharine Hepburn. Standing more recently acted in the dramatic adventure "The Man in the Iron Mask" (1939) with Louis Hayward. Standing passed away in February 1963 at the age of 83.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

If Winter Comes (1948)
Aged gentleman
B. F.'s Daughter (1948)
F. W. White
Ivy (1947)
Assistant Chief Justice
The Sea of Grass (1947)
Gambler
Merton of the Movies (1947)
Club member
The Arnelo Affair (1947)
Member
The Late George Apley (1947)
Gentleman
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Governor General
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
Count de Vaudrec
The Secret Heart (1946)
Butler
The Locket (1946)
Butler
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
Literary type
The Woman in the Window (1944)
Club member
Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
Butler
A Guy Named Joe (1944)
English colonel
Madame Curie (1944)
King Oscar
Passport to Destiny (1944)
Doctor
Meet the People (1944)
Shipyard executive
Mrs. Parkington (1944)
Butler
Appointment in Berlin (1943)
Bartender
This Above All (1942)
Doctor
Counter-Espionage (1942)
Headwaiter
Laugh Your Blues Away (1942)
Mr. Jamison
They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
Department head
Meet John Doe (1941)
Associate
Rage in Heaven (1941)
Dr. McTernan
Smilin' Through (1941)
Doctor
Free and Easy (1941)
The Son of Monte Cristo (1941)
Chamberlain
Escape to Glory (1940)
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
Naval officer
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Committee man
Out West with the Peppers (1940)
2nd specialist
Safari (1940)
Trader
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Toff
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Senator Ashman
The Night of Nights (1939)
Naval commander
Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)
Ambulance doctor
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)
Master of ceremonies
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Doctor
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
Banker
Kidnapped (1938)
Clansman
Mary of Scotland (1936)
Sergeant-at-Arms
Beloved Enemy (1936)
Thornton
East of Java (1935)
Hunter
Clive of India (1935)
Col. Townsend
Sadie McKee (1934)
Butler at Alderson's
Imitation of Life (1934)
The butler
Limehouse Blues (1934)
Commissioner Kenyon
The Girl from Missouri (1934)
Butler
The Key (1934)
Officer
British Agent (1934)
Englishman
A Study in Scarlet (1933)
Capt. Pyke
Design for Living (1933)
Max's butler
The Silent Witness (1932)
Sir John Lawson
Devil's Lottery (1932)
Pearson
Hell's Angels (1930)
RFC squadron commander
Billy the Kid (1930)
Tunston
The Port of Missing Girls (1928)
Mayor McKibben
The City Gone Wild (1927)
Franklin Ames
Thumbs Down (1927)
James Breen
The Canadian (1926)
Editor Marsh
The Teaser (1925)
Jeffry Loring
The Unchastened Woman (1925)
Hubert Knollys
The Dark Angel (1925)
Capt. Gerald Shannon
The Early Bird (1925)
George Fairchild
The Reckless Sex (1925)
Carter Trevor
The Rejected Woman (1924)
James Dunbar
Soiled (1924)
James P. Munson
Pagan Passions (1924)
John Dangerfield
Flames of Desire (1924)
Daniel Strathmore
Vanity's Price (1924)
Richard Dowling
Forgive and Forget (1923)
Mr. Cameron
Daytime Wives (1923)
Elwood Adams
Little Johnny Jones (1923)
The Earl of Bloomsburg
The Gold Diggers (1923)
Stephen Lee
The Bride's Play (1922)
Sir Fergus Cassidy
Smilin' Through (1922)
John Carteret
The Inner Man (1922)
Thurlow Michael Barclay, Jr.
Isle of Doubt (1922)
Dean Deland
The Lion's Mouse (1922)
The Marriage of William Ashe (1921)
William Ashe
The Iron Trail (1921)
Murray O'Neil
The Journey's End (1921)
The Mill Owner
A Modern Salome (1920)
Harry Torrence
Earthbound (1920)
Richard "Dick" Desborough
My Lady's Garter (1920)
Bruce Calhoun
Lifting Shadows (1920)
Hugh Mason
Blackmail (1920)
Richard Harding
The Hushed Hour (1919)
Lord George Daw
The Miracle of Love (1919)
Clive Herbert
The Isle of Conquest (1919)
John Arnold
The Woman on the Index (1919)
David Maber
The Marriage Price (1919)
Frederick Lawton
Out of the Shadow (1919)
Richard Steel
A Temperamental Wife (1919)
Senator Newton
Paid in Full (1919)
Jimsy Smith
Eyes of the Soul (1919)
Larry Gibson
The Witness for the Defense (1919)
Henry Thresk
The Glorious Adventure (1918)
Hiram A. Wardrobe
The Rose of the World (1918)
Capt. Harry English
The Life Mask (1918)
Woodruffe Clay
The Hillcrest Mystery (1918)
Hugo Smith
The Auction of Virtue (1917)
Kirke
The Soul of a Magdalen (1917)
Leland Norton
The Law of the Land (1917)
Richard Harding
Exile (1917)
Vincento Perez
The Silence Sellers (1917)
Von Kolnitz
To the Death (1917)
Jules Lavinne
The Waiting Soul (1917)
Dudley Kent
The Bugle Call (1916)
Captain William Andrews
Redeeming Love (1916)
Hugh Wiley
Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916)
Count Michael
The Beggar of Cawnpore (1916)
Captain Guy Douglas
The Wolf Woman (1916)
Franklin Walden
Business Is Business (1915)
Marquis
The Supreme Test (1915)
James Semple

Cast (Short)

How to Hold Your Husband - Back (1941)
Miracle at Lourdes (1939)

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Bride's Play, The (1922) -- (Movie Clip) Sir Fergus Entertains More spectacle from designer Joseph Urban, given vast resources by William Randolph Hearst, lover and sponsor of the star Marion Davies, who plays Irish lass Aileen, invited by the admiring Sir Fergus (Wyndham Standing), but more drawn to the dashing poet Bulmer Meade (Carlton Miller), in The Bride’s Play, 1922.
Bride's Play, The (1922) -- (Movie Clip) Tale Of The Ancestors Fantasy flashback begun by tales told by Irish peasants at the wedding of Irish heroine Marion Davies, appearing here as medieval maiden Enid, unwilling to marry the local Earl (Wyndham Standing, also the groom in the contemporary story), with more elaborate staging by architect and designer Joseph Urban, in The Bride’s Play, 1922.
Imitation Of Life (1934) -- (Movie Clip) The Pancake Queen At the 10th anniversary party for her pancake-mix empire, Claudette Colbert as Bea has noted the arrival of handsome Warren William as Archer, as it turns out induced to attend by her wiseacre marketing genius Elmer (Ned Sparks), in Imitation Of Life, 1934, from the Fannie Hurst novel.
Billy The Kid (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Killin' Rats Comes Natural Righteous landowner Tunston (Wyndham Standing) is having it out with scofflaw sheriff Donovan (James A. Marcus) in 1880’s Lincoln County, NM, when star John Mack Brown (title character) make his entrance, Chris-Pin Martin his sidekick, in Billy The Kid, 1930, from MGM and director King Vidor.
Billy The Kid (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Throw Away That Tin Star The arrival of Claire (Kay Johnson), fiancée of benevolent rancher Tunston (Wyndham Standing), gets the attention of gunslinger Grant (Frank Hagney), the title character (John Mack Brown) intervening and Wallace Beery making his first appearance as lawman Pat Garrett, in Billy The Kid, 1930.

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