Michael Standing

Michael Standing

Michael Standing is a British film and television actor and writer, best known for his role in the feature film _The Italian Job_ and the infamous scene in which Michael Caine tells him "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" He also starred in both versions of _Up The Junction_ (TV play and film) albeit as different characters, and _Poor Cow_. His last role was in the 1990 movie _Aftershock_. As a writer, Standing penned a 1967 Wednesday Play entitled _Another Day, Another Dollar_ and episodes of _Marked Personal_ in 1973-74. He emigrated to America and married Sherri Spillane, ex-wife of novelist Mickey Spillane.

  • Title: Michael Standing
  • Popularity: 5.777
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1939-06-19
  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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Michael Standing Movies

  • 1969
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    The Italian Job
    The Italian Job

    6.989 1969 HD

    Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose...

    Genre: Action

    Cast: Michael Caine

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  • 1967
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    The Violent Enemy
    The Violent Enemy

    5.5 1967 HD

    During the troubles in Ireland an IRA bomb plot is hatched to blow up a British power station. Sean Rogan (Tom Bell) is an IRA bomb expert and...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Tom Bell

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  • 1965
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    Up the Junction
    Up the Junction

    6.9 1965 HD

    The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factories of Battersea, South London.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Carol White

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  • 1990
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    Aftershock
    Aftershock

    4.7 1990 HD

    An alien visits Earth during World War III, learns English by absorbing a dictionary, and meets good and bad earthlings.

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: James Lew

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  • 1972
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    Made
    Made

    5.5 1972 HD

    This compelling emotional drama stars Carol White as a young single mother who finds herself caught between two people – a local priest and a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Carol White

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  • 1968
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    Up the Junction
    Up the Junction

    6 1968 HD

    A young woman trades her upper-class existence for a new life in an economically depressed suburb of London.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Suzy Kendall

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  • 1967
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    Poor Cow
    Poor Cow

    6.5 1967 HD

    A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison....

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Carol White

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  • 1967
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    Another Day, Another Dollar
    Another Day, Another Dollar

    1 1967 HD

    A new steward on a large passenger liner finds himself subject to "charges" levied by the senior bar steward.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Victor Maddern

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  • 1971
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    The Loving Lesson
    The Loving Lesson

    1 1971 HD

    Mary Abbott is a schoolteacher whose husband has to go away for the night on business. After returning home from a party she has an unexpected caller.

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    Cast: Colette O'Neil

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  • 1990
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    Aftershock
    Aftershock

    4.7 1990 HD

    Genre: Science Fiction

    Cast: James Lew

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  • 1979
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    The Tomorrow People
    The Tomorrow People

    6.7 1979 HD

    Born to human parents, an apparently normal child might at some point between childhood and late adolescence experience a process called 'breaking...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Nicholas Young

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  • 1967
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    Gideon's Way
    Gideon's Way

    6.75 1967 HD

    Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: John Gregson

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  • 1969
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    The Champions
    The Champions

    6.029 1969 HD

    The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Alexandra Bastedo

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  • 1972
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    Ace of Wands
    Ace of Wands

    5.5 1972 HD

    Ace of Wands is a fantasy-based British children's television show broadcast on ITV between 1970 and 1972, created by Trevor Preston and Pamela...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Petra Markham

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  • 1969
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    The Saint
    The Saint

    7.279 1969 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

    Genre: Action & Adventure

    Cast: Roger Moore

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  • 1978
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    Life of Shakespeare
    Life of Shakespeare

    1 1978 HD

    Biography of William Shakespeare.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Tim Curry

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  • 1973
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    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    3.8 1973 HD

    Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast:

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  • 1979
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    The Tomorrow People
    The Tomorrow People

    6.7 1979 HD

    Born to human parents, an apparently normal child might at some point between childhood and late adolescence experience a process called 'breaking...

    Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Cast: Nicholas Young

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