Jack Standing

Biography

Jack Standing was a British-born American actor, son of stage actor Herbert Standing and brother of fellow thespian Wyndham Standing. He began his career in Broadway musicals before joining the Biograph Company in 1909. Standing's notable film roles included Mary Pickford's "Fanchon, the Cricket" (1915) and Clara Williams' brother in "Hell's Hinges" (1916), marking a highlight of his brief but promising acting career cut tragically short at 31 due to pneumonia.