Wyndham Standing
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Wyndham Standing was an English film actor. He appeared in 131 films between 1915
and 1948
. A popular and much beloved leading man in the silent film era, he starred and costarred 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.
1915 in film
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...
and 1948
1948 in film
The year 1948 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* Laurence Olivier's Hamlet becomes the first British film to win the American Academy Award for Best Picture.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :...
. A popular and much beloved leading man in the silent film era, he starred and costarred along many famous names of the day, both men and women. He and Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman
Ronald Charles Colman was an English actor.-Early years:He was born in Richmond, Surrey, England, the second son and fourth child of Charles Colman and his wife Marjory Read Fraser. His siblings included Eric, Edith, and Marjorie. He was educated at boarding school in Littlehampton, where he...
were the stars of the now lost classic The Dark Angel
The Dark Angel (1925 film)
The Dark Angel is a drama, based on the play The Dark Angel, a Play of Yesterday and To-day by H. B. Trevelyan, released by First National in 1925, and starring Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky, and Wyndham Standing...
(1925). Standing delivered a memorable performance in Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels (film)
Hell's Angels is a 1930 American war film, directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, and James Hall. The film, which was produced by Hughes and written by Harry Behn and Howard Estabrook, centers on the combat pilots of World War I...
(1930) as the commanding officer who gets fed up with the cowardly antics of Ben Lyon
Ben Lyon
Ben Lyon was an American film actor and a 20th Century Fox studio executive.-Life:Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Lyon entered films in 1918 after a successful appearance on Broadway opposite Jeanne Eagels. He attracted attention in the highly successful film Flaming Youth , and steadily developed into...
and James Hall
James Hall (actor)
James Hall was an American film actor. Born James E. Brown in Dallas, Texas, Hall began his film career during the silent film era. He made his sound film debut in the 1929 film The Canary Murder Case, opposite William Powell and Louise Brooks. In 1930, Hall co-starred in Howard Hughes' epic film...
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
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. He was the son of veteran actor Herbert Standing
Herbert Standing
Herbert Standing was a British stage and screen actor and the patriarch of the Standing family of actors. He was the father of numerous children who many of them had careers in the theatre and/or in cinema...
(1846–1923) and the brother of actors Jack Standing
Jack Standing
Jack Standing was an English actor.The brother of Wyndham Standing , who also was a famous actor in the early days of film, Jack Standing had first appeared in Broadway musicals such as The Belle of New York and Floradora before he went to the Biograph company in 1909...
, Sir Guy Standing
Guy Standing
Commander Sir Guy Standing KBE RNVR was an English actor.-Biography:Standing served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve throughout the First World War, reaching the rank of Commander. In 1918, he was part of the British War Mission to the United States...
, Herbert Standing, Jr. and Percy Standing
Percy Standing
Percy Standing was an English film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 42 films between 1913 and 1934. He was the son of Herbert Standing...
. He was also the uncle of Joan Standing
Joan Standing
Joan Standing was an English actress. She appeared in 63 films between 1919 and 1940.She was the daughter of Herbert Standing Jr. and granddaughter of Herbert Standing . Her uncles were Wyndham Standing, Sir Guy Standing, Percy Standing, Jr. and Jack Standing...
and Kay Hammond.
Selected filmography
- A Mother's AtonementA Mother's AtonementA Mother's Atonement is a 1915 silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and featuring Lon Chaney, Sr. The film is now considered to be lost.-Cast:* Cleo Madison - Alice / Jen Morrison* Lon Chaney, Sr. - Ben Morrison* Arthur Shirley - James Hilton...
(1915) - The Law of the LandThe Law of the Land (film)The Law of the Land is a 1917 silent film starring stage actress turned screen vamp Olga Petrova. It was directed by Maurice Tourneur and produced by Jesse Lasky. The story is based on the 1914 play The Law of the Land by George Broadhurst and starred Julia Dean in Petrova's role. Some scenes of...
(1917) - To the DeathTo the Death (film)To the Death is a 1917 silent American drama film directed by Burton L. King. The film is considered to be lost.- Cast :* Olga Petrova as Bianca Sylva To the Death is a 1917 silent American drama film directed by Burton L. King. The film is considered to be lost.- Cast :* Olga Petrova as Bianca...
(1917) - The Glorious AdventureThe Glorious AdventureThe Glorious Adventure was an American silent film which was one of the last made in the Kinemacolor process.-Production background:...
(1918) - The Witness for the DefenseThe Witness for the Defense (1919 film)The Witness for the Defense is a silent drama directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Elsie Ferguson, Warner Oland, and Wyndham Standing.-Production background:The film is based on a novel by A. E. W. Mason...
(1919) - The Isle of ConquestThe Isle of ConquestThe Isle of Conquest is a silent film drama starring Norma Talmadge and produced by Talmadge and her husband Joseph Schenck. This film is now considered a lost film.-Cast:*Norma Talmadge - Ethel Harmon*Wyndham Standing - John Arnold...
(1919) - Smilin' ThroughSmilin' Through (1922 film)Smilin' Through is a 1922 silent film based on the 1919 play of the same name, written by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin . The film starred Norma Talmadge, Harrison Ford, and Wyndham Standing. It was co-written and directed by Sidney Franklin, who also directed the more famous 1932 remake at MGM...
(1922) - The HypocritesThe HypocritesThe Hypocrites is a 1923 British-Dutch silent drama film directed by Charles Giblyn.-Cast:* Wyndham Standing - Rev, Edgar Linnell* Mary Odette - Rachel Neve* Lilian Douglas - Helen Plugenet* Harold French - Lennard Wilmore...
(1923) - The Lion's MouseThe Lion's MouseThe Lion's Mouse is a 1923 British-Dutch silent crime film directed by Oscar Apfel.-Cast:* Wyndham Standing as Dick Sands* Mary Odette as Mouse* Rex Davis as Justin O'Reilly* Marguerite Marsh as Olga Beverley* Carl Tobi as Stephen...
(1923) - The Rejected WomanThe Rejected WomanThe Rejected Woman is a 1924 silent drama film directed by Albert Parker and featuring Béla Lugosi in a supporting role. -Cast:* Alma Rubens - Diane Du Prez* Conrad Nagel - John Leslie* Wyndham Standing - James Dunbar* Béla Lugosi - Jean Gagnon...
(1924) - The TeaserThe Teaser (1925 film)The Teaser is a 1925 black-and-white silent film comedy/romance/drama film written by Lewis Milestone, Edward T. Lowe Jr. and Jack Wagner based upon the play of the same name by Adelaide Matthews and Martha M. Stanley. The film was directed by William A. Seiter for Universal Pictures, and stars...
(1925) - If Youth But KnewIf Youth But KnewIf Youth But Knew is a 1926 British silent romance film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Godfrey Tearle, Lillian Hall-Davis and Wyndham Standing. It is a love story spanning two generations...
(1926) - Hell's AngelsHell's Angels (film)Hell's Angels is a 1930 American war film, directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, and James Hall. The film, which was produced by Hughes and written by Harry Behn and Howard Estabrook, centers on the combat pilots of World War I...
(1930) - Such Is the LawSuch Is the Law (1930 film)Such Is the Law is a 1930 British film directed by Sinclair Hill.- Cast :*Kate Cutler as Mother*Frances Day as Wife*Maud Gill as Aunt's Maid*Carl Harbord as Vivian Fairfax*Gibb McLaughlin as Valet*Nancy Price as Aunt*Miriam Seegar as Other Woman*C...
(1930) - DraculaDracula (1931 film)Dracula is a 1931 vampire-horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring Bela Lugosi as the title character. The film was produced by Universal and is based on the stage play of the same name by Hamilton Deane and John L...
(1931) - uncredited, as a surgeon - Design for LivingDesign for Living (film)Design for Living is a 1933 American comedy film produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The screenplay by Ben Hecht is based on the 1933 play of the same name by Noël Coward. It concerns a trio of artistic Americans in Paris and their complicated three-way relationship.The film stars Fredric...
(1933) - A Study in ScarletA Study in Scarlet (1933 film)A Study in Scarlet is a drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes and Anna May Wong as Mrs. Pyke. The title comes from Arthur Conan Doyle's novel of the same name, the first in the Holmes series, but the screenplay by Robert Florey was original.Despite her...
(1933) - Imitation of LifeImitation of Life (1934 film)Imitation of Life is a 1934 American drama film directed by John M. Stahl. The screenplay by William Hurlbut, based on Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel of the same name, was augmented by eight additional uncredited writers, including Preston Sturges and Finley Peter Dunne...
(1934) - Smilin' ThroughSmilin' Through (1941 film)Smilin' Through is a 1941 MGM musical film based on the 1919 play of the same name by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin.The film was a remake of a previous 1932 version by MGM and was the third and final film version of the play. It starred Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne and Ian Hunter...
(1941) - uncredited cameo
External links
- Wyndham Standing with Elsie FergusonElsie FergusonElsie Louise Ferguson was an American stage and film actress.-Early life:Born in New York City, Elsie Ferguson was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Benson Ferguson, a successful attorney...
and Warner OlandWarner OlandWarner Oland was a Swedish American actor most remembered for his screen role as the detective Charlie Chan.-Biography:He was born Johan Verner Ölund in the village of Nyby, Bjurholm Municipality,...
in Witness for the Defense(1919) - with Elsie Ferguson, The Witness for the Defense photo #1, ..photo#2
- silent era portrait of Wyndham Standing(1924)