Guy Standeven

Actor

Born: August 28, 1928 (70 years old)

Died: October 1, 1998

Place of birth: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography

Marcus Guy Wyndham Standeven was a prolific and ubiquitous British background actor. Following service in the army, Guy moved to London, England to pursue acting full time and first started appearing in films in often uncredited minor roles in the early 1950's. One of the busiest and most tireless of British bit players, Standeven could be spotted in scores of movies and television shows in which he was frequently cast as doctors, policemen, military officers, restaurant patrons or various men of the cloth.

Filmography (91)

• Evil Under the Sun (1982, ★ 6.9)
• The Reckoning (1970, ★ 7.3)
• The Elephant Man (1980, ★ 8)
• The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971, ★ 6.9)
• A Night to Remember (1958, ★ 7.7)
• The Day of the Jackal (1973, ★ 7.5)
• The Shining (1980, ★ 8.2)
• Top Secret! (1984, ★ 7.1)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969, ★ 6.7)
• The Servant (1963, ★ 7.6)
• Return of the Jedi (1983, ★ 7.9)
• The Long Arm (1956, ★ 6.9)
• Lunch Hour (1962, ★ 6.7)
• Return to Oz (1985, ★ 6.7)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956, ★ 7.4)
• The Thirty Nine Steps (1978, ★ 6.7)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984, ★ 7.3)
• The Divided Heart (1954, ★ 6.7)
• The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961, ★ 6.8)
• The Medusa Touch (1978, ★ 6.8)
• Lolita (1962, ★ 7.3)
• Two-Way Stretch (1960, ★ 6.7)
• Follow Me! (1972, ★ 7.5)
• The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955, ★ 7.6)
• Public Eye (1965, ★ 7.8)
• Grange Hill (1978, ★ 6.7)
• Harry Enfield and Chums (1994, ★ 7.1)
• Rumpole of the Bailey (1975, ★ 6.9)
• Matlock (1986, ★ 7.1)
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979, ★ 7.6)