John Standing est un acteur britannique, né le 16 août 1934 à Londres (Royaume-Uni), 4e baronnet.

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He succeeded his father as the 4th baronet in 1964, but does not use the title. The Leon family were, until 1937, owners of Bletchley Park, the country house in Buckinghamshire used in the Second World War as a code-breaking centre. He married Jill Melford in 1961; the couple had a son, Alexander John, but divorced in 1972.

In 1984 he married Sarah Kate Forbes, the daughter of film director Bryan Forbes and actress Nanette Newman and the sister of television presenter Emma Forbes; they have three children.