Jack Standing

Jack Standing (10 February 1886 – 25 October 1917) was an English born American actor.

Biography The son of stage actor Herbert Standing and brother of Wyndham Standing (1880–1963), who also was a famous actor in the early days of film, Jack Standing first appeared in Broadway musicals such as The Belle of New York and Florodora before he went to the Biograph Company in 1909. Because he was a handsome young man, he was quickly offered many roles and signed a contract with Sigmund Lubin in 1911. Like many others from the silent film, Standing was asked to play quite everything from passionate lovers to villains or old men. In 1915, he told the Moving Picture World magazine, "Spare me from being a one-type actor!" He appeared in more than fifty films.

An incomplete print of 1915 Mary Pickford vehicle Fanchon the Cricket, in which Standing co-starred, has recently been found. The teenage Fred and Adele Astaire allegedly made their screen debuts in this film. Standing's greatest success was the 1916 film Hell's Hinges, where he played the weak-willed brother of Clara Williams. On 25 October 1917, Standing died of pneumonia at the age of 31, bringing a premature end to a promising career.

Standing married and had a son, Jack Standing Jr. (born 1914) who apparently appeared in early silent films as a child.

Many members of his family also worked in the theatre or films, including his father Herbert Standing (1846–1923) and brothers Wyndham, Herbert Jr., Sir Guy and Percy, as well as Herbert Jr.'s daughter Joan Standing and Sir Guy's daughter Kay Hammond.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1914 The Perils of Pauline Ensign Summers Serial Detective Craig's Coup Bob Brierly The Price He Paid The Doctor 1915 The Road o' Strife Fanchon the Cricket Landry Barbeau The Son Gene Harlow – the Son Short The Blindness of Devotion Lost film 1916 The Evangelist Rex Allen Lost film Hell's Hinges Rev. Robert Henley Civilization's Child Nicolay Turgenev Lost film 1917 One Touch of Sin Richard Mallaby The Price of Her Soul Snap Gun Connor The Innocent Sinner Walter Benton The Amazons Minor Role Uncredited Lost film The Curse of Eve Leo Spencer Lost film1918 With Hoops of Steel Paul Delarue (final film role)