Richard Standing is a British actor. Standing has appeared on the TV series ''
Holby City'', ''
Coronation Street'', and ''
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''. He played the part of Danny Hargreaves in Coronation Street from 1999–2001. He also was in ''
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Standing was born in
Ackworth,
West Riding of Yorkshire
The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England. From 1889 to 1974 the administrative county County of York, West Riding (the area under the control of West Riding County Council), abbreviated County ...
, he attended
Hemsworth High School before studying at
Hull University
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and has performed extensively with the theatre company
Northern Broadsides
Northern Broadsides is a theatre company formed in 1992 and based at Dean Clough Mill in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded by Barrie Rutter, who was its Artistic Director until resigning in 2018, followed by Conrad Nelson who was ...
.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
English male television actors
Male actors from Bradford
Male actors from Yorkshire
Alumni of the University of Hull
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