- Films
- 26
- Avg rating
- 6.04
- Peak run
- 1967’80
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
John by the numbers
Average
6.04
17 rated films
Vote weighted
6.16
bigger films count more
Median
6.2
half are better
Consistency
±0.97
rating spread
Career
46y
1962 to 2007
Total votes
413K
across every film
Best
8.2
The Elephant Man
Worst
5.4
I Want Candy
Newest first
Filmography
| 2007 | I Want Candy | Michael de Vere | 5.4 | 7,881 |
| 2007 | Before the Rains | Charles Humphries | 6.5 | 2,227 |
| 2005 | Animal | Dean Frydman | · | 672 |
| 2005 | Lassie | French | 6.7 | 4,991 |
| 2004 |  A Good Woman | Dumby | 6.4 | 13,640 |
| 2003 | Shoreditch | Jenson Thackery | · | 258 |
| 2001 | Queen's Messenger | Foreign Secretary | · | 343 |
| 2001 | Witness to a Kill | Foreign Secretary | · | 314 |
| 2000 | The Calling | Jack Plummer | 4.4 | 2,203 |
| 1999 | 8 ½ Women | Philip Emmenthal | 5.6 | 4,400 |
| 1999 | Mad Cows | Politician | · | 383 |
| 1997 | Mrs Dalloway | Richard Dalloway | 6.5 | 4,630 |
| 1997 |  The Man Who Knew Too Little | Gilbert Embleton | 6.6 | 37,649 |
| 1987 | Nightflyers | Michael D'Brannin | 4.3 | 1,547 |
| 1983 | Privates on Parade | Captain Sholto Savory | 4.8 | 1,059 |
| 1980 |  The Elephant Man | Fox | 8.2 | 285K |
| 1978 | The Class of Miss MacMichael | Charles Fairbrother | · | 358 |
| 1978 | The Legacy | Jason Mountolive | 5.8 | 3,862 |
| 1976 |  The Eagle Has Landed | Father Verecker | 6.9 | 27,673 |
| 1972 | X, Y & Zee | Gordon | 5.8 | 1,645 |
Better together?
John Standing's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On John Standing
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