Gerald Standing I

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This page is about Gerry Standing, one of the main characters.
You may be looking for his grandson of the same name, found here.

“	See you, "Last Man Standing"!	”
	— Jackie Small, Buried Treasure

Gerald Standing I
Alive
Physical Information
Name	Gerald Standing (né Gerard Lestade)
Born	c.1940s France
Portrayed by	Dennis Waterman
First Appearance	The Chinese Job
Appearances	see list
Occupational Information
Occupation	Metropolitan Police Officer (??-??)
Title	Detective Sergeant (retired)
Police Branch	CID (??-??) Vice Unit (??-??) Pedophile Unit (??-??) UCOS (2003-)
Family Information
Spouse	Alison (8 years; div.) Carole (div.) Jayne (div.)
Father	Norman Lestade
Mother	Valerie Maud Lestade
Children	Paula Standing Amelia Standing Caitlin Standing Emily Driscoll (non-paternal)
Other	Gerald Standing II (grandson) Sid Lestade (cousin) Barry Lestade (cousin) Harry Lestade (second cousin) Gary Lestade (second cousin) Larry Lestade (second cousin once removed) Terry Lestade (first cousin once removed) Danny (cousin) Robin (son-in-law)

Gerald Standing I, possibly better known as "Gerry Standing", was a Detective Sergeant for the Metropolitan Police Service, retiring sometime in the 1990s. In 2003 he decided to join UCOS in order to better finance his familes. He is currently the only member from the original team to remain.

Personal Life

Family

His father is revealed to be Norman Lestade however he would later change his name to "Gerald Standing".

Standing has been married, and subsequently divorced, three times. One of his partners out of wedlock was Trisha Driscoll - she had a daughter, Emily Driscoll, whom she thought was fathered by Standing but died of cancer, years after they separated, before she could find out for certain. Emily would later track down the man that her mother spoke of.

Standing has three children - Paula, Amelia and Caitlin. He was later confronted by another woman, Emily Driscoll, who claimed to be his fourth daughter after having a relationship with her mother, Trisha Driscoll, but DNA tests disproved this, however he still considers her to be his daughter none-the-less.

He has a grandson from Paula, Gerry Standing, whom she named after his grandfather.

Gambling Addiction

Sometime in the 1970s, Standing drew up a debt that was large enough to cost him his life. He was later bought out by loan shark, Danny Paye.

Trivia

• Gerald Standing is, so far, the only character to appear in all episodes of New Tricks to date.
• Gerry Standing is the last remaining member of the original UCOS team and is therefore the longest serving member overall - Jack Halford left in A Death In The Family, Brian Lane left in The Little Brother and Sandra Pullman, their former leader, left in The One That Got Away.
• Hannah Waterman, Dennis Waterman's real-life daughter, portrays Standing's daughter, Emily Driscoll.
• Dennis Waterman and his on-screen counterpart, Gerry Standing, have each been divorced three times.
• One of his nicknames is "Last Man Standing", as he was the only person in his old squad to not be bought out by gangster, Bobby Small. It is a coincidnece that this nickname ties in to him being the last remaining member from the original team.
• He claims the worst time in his life was when he was sent to Coventry - he hated it so much that he put in a request to transfer to VICE.
• He worked under DCI Karen Hardwick, who he attempted to flirt with on her first day, during his time at the Pedophile Unit.
• Dennis Waterman very nearly decided to leave New Tricks in 2013 after his co-workers did the same, but later decided to stay because he enjoyed it so much.
• He is allergic to Granola cereal.

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