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Herbert Standing is a Actor British born on 13 november 1846 at Peckham (United-kingdom)

Herbert Standing

Herbert Standing
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Birth name William Reginald Beckwith
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 13 november 1846 at Peckham (United-kingdom)
Death 5 december 1923 (at 77 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Herbert Standing (13 November 1846 – 5 December 1923) 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. Standing himself towards the end of his life appeared in many Hollywood silent films.

He began in theatre in 1867 and had a 40 plus year as a stage actor before turning to films in 1913.

His children include Guy Standing, Wyndham Standing, Percy Standing and Jack Standing. Other children are Herbert Standing, Jr. and Aubrey Standing. Grandchildren who were also involved in show business, Joan Standing, Kay Hammond, Guy Standing Jr., Jack Standing Jr. A nephew was Gordon Standing(1887–1927). Present day character actor John Standing (son of Kay Hammond) is a great-grandson.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Herbert Standing (47 films)

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Jazzmania
Jazzmania (1923)
, 1h20
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mae Murray, Rod La Rocque, Jean Hersholt, Lionel Belmore, Robert Frazer, Edmund Burns
Roles Josephus Ranson
Rating67% 3.361973.361973.361973.361973.36197
The Trap
The Trap (1922)
, 1h
Directed by Robert Thornby
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lon Chaney, Alan Hale, Irene Rich, Dagmar Godowsky, Spottiswoode Aitken, Lon Chaney, Jr.
Roles The Priest
Rating59% 2.9959552.9959552.9959552.9959552.995955
The film features an angry miner who sets out for revenge on a man who stole his mine.
Simple Souls
Simple Souls (1920)

Directed by Robert Thornby
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Blanche Sweet, Charles Meredith, Kate Lester, Herbert Standing, Mayme Kelso
Roles Peter Craine

Based upon a description in a film publication, Molly Shine (Sweet) is a simple girl who likes her books, and lives with a drinking father (Grimwood) and weeping mother (Kelso). One day she meets the young Duke (Meredith) who falls in love with her and marries her, astonishing her parents who do not believe it until they see the marriage certificate. After the marriage she faces the problems of all who marry outside of their class. The Duke's sister Lady Octavia (Lester) tries to snub her at every turn, resulting in Molly's dejection and which to leave. When an opportunity presents itself, she attempts to escape but fate returns her to her husband in a peculiar but pleasing way.
Man and Woman
Man and Woman (1920)

Directed by Benjamin Albert Rolfe
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Joe King, Herbert Standing, Eddie Sturgis, Harry F. Millarde
Roles Governor-General

A young Civil engineer builds a bridge that later collapses which causes him to mentally collapse. He retreats to a South Pacific Ocean island and becomes a beachcomber. Later one of his former engineering supervisors
A Rogue's Romance
A Rogue's Romance (1919)
, 50minutes
Directed by James Young
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Earle Williams, Sidney Franklin, Harry von Meter, Rudolph Valentino, Herbert Standing, Kathryn Adams
Roles Anton Deprenay

As described in a film magazine, Jules Marin (Williams), a Paris thief so clever that the police cannot catch him, has been decorated with the Croix de guerre and loves children. He is popular with the underworld and people warn him when the police are coming. He makes an Apache jealous, and this man tells the prefect of police Henri Duval (Shaw) that Marin will be at a particular restaurant. However, Marin is told that one of his adopted orphan, whom he has picked out among the refugees, is sick, and leaves, thus saves himself. On the way to the orphan his car breaks down, and he goes to the home of jeweler Anton Deprenay (Standing) to get a car. The daughter Mme. Helen (Adams) is there alone and, believing that he is on an mission of mercy, lets him use the car, with him leaving his military decoration as collateral. The police later follow and take down the number of the car. When the prefect goes to the Deprenays, the car has been returned. Later, at a party, Marin is introduced to Helen as M. Picard, but she recognizes his voice. Marin recognizes a crooked promoter at the party. A necklace is stolen, and Helen suspects Marin, but he proves his innocence and recovers the gems. Helen tells him that when he gets as good a recognition from society as he obtained in the field of battle, she will be his friend. Marin learns that the promoter has a stock market scheme to swindle the community out of millions, so, while posing as an investigator from Scotland Yard, Marin helps the prefect get the money back. He and Helen ride off in an automobile.
Almost a Husband
Almost a Husband (1919)
, 50minutes
Directed by Clarence G. Badger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Will Rogers, Peggy Wood, Herbert Standing, Cullen Landis, Clara Horton, Ed Brady
Roles Banker McElwyn

Un enseignant est nommé dans une petite ville de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Peu à peu, son esprit conciliateur le pousse à régler les problèmes de plusieurs habitants de la cité.
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918)
, 1h7
Directed by Marshall Neilan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Mary Pickford, William Scott, Norman Kerry, Kate Price, Ida Waterman, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Roles Father Riordan (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0468953.0468953.0468953.0468953.046895
Set in San Francisco during the early 1900s, the film revolves around Amarilly (Mary Pickford), the daughter of a widowed scrubwoman. Amarilly is proud of her hard-working Irish family, and takes care of her five roughhouse brothers. She is engaged to bartender Terry McGowan (William Scott), who gets her a job as a cigarette girl in his cafe after a fire unfairly causes her to lose her job as a theater scrubwoman. While working as a cigarette girl, she meets Gordon Phillips (Norman Kerry), a handsome and wealthy but frivolous young man, who is a society sculptor.