Guy Standing

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Sir Guy Standing KBE (1 September 1873–24 February 1937) was an English actor.

Standing served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve throughout the First World War, reaching the rank of Commander. In 1918, he was part of the British War Mission to the United States. For this service, he was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1918 and raised to Knight Commander (KBE) the following year.

After becoming a noted actor in British and American theater, he moved to Hollywood in the early 1930s appearing in Paramount films. His best-known role is probably that of Colonel Stone, autocratic father of Lieutenant Stone (played by Richard Cromwell), in Henry Hathaway's Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935).

He was the son of Herbert Standing (1846-1923), a noted actor in silent films. His brothers Jack Standing, Herbert Standing and Wyndham Standing were also actors, as was his wife Dorothy Hammond, his son Guy Standing Jr. and daughter Kay Hammond, and grandson John Standing.

He died of a heart-attack after being bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking in the Hollywood Hills, California. He was 63 years old.