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- Guy Standing was born on September 1, 1873 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Death Takes a Holiday (1934), Annapolis Farewell (1935) and Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937). He was married to Dorothy Hammond, Blanche Burton and Isabelle Urquhart. He died on February 24, 1937 in Hollywood Hills, California, USA.
- SpousesDorothy Hammond(1908 - February 24, 1937) (his death, 2 children)Blanche Burton(November 27, 1899 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)Isabelle Urquhart(1893 - 1899) (divorced)
- Parents
- RelativesJack Standing(Sibling)Percy Standing(Sibling)Wyndham Standing(Sibling)
- In an eerie coincidence, on the very same day he died the co-writer of Palm Springs (1936), Humphrey Pearson, one of Guy's last films, died in Palm Springs of a gunshot wound.
- He was awarded a military Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 King's Honours List for his services to military in World War I.
- Perhaps best remembered as "Colonel Tom Stone", autocratic father of the fledgling "Lieutenant Donald Stone" (played by Richard Cromwell), in Henry Hathaway's The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935).
- Brother of actor Wyndham Standing and Jack Standing.
- He served in the British 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 awarded a military CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1918 King's Honours List.
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