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Stanley Holloway
Born · October 1, 1890
Died · January 30, 1982 (91 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Manor Park, London, England, UK
Bio
Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE (1 October 1890 – 30 January 1982) was an English stage and film actor, comedian, singer, poet and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady. He was also renowned for his recordings of comic monologues and songs, which he performed throughout most of his 70-year career. Born in London, in his early years Holloway pursued a career as a clerk. He made early stage appearances before infantry service in the First World War. After the war he joined a concert party, "The Co-Optimists", and his career began to flourish. At first he was chiefly employed as a singer, but his skills as an actor and reciter of comic monologues were soon recognised. Characters from his monologues such as Sam Small, invented by Holloway, and Albert Ramsbottom, created for him by Marriott Edgar, were absorbed into popular British culture. By the 1930s, he was in demand to star in music hall, pantomime and musical comedy. In the 1940s and early 1950s, Holloway moved from the musical stage to acting in plays and films. He made well-received stage and film appearances in Shakespeare, and in a series of films for Ealing Studios. In 1956 he was cast as the irresponsible Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady, a role that he played on Broadway, in the West End and later on film, which brought him international fame. In his later years, Holloway appeared in television series in the U.S. and the UK, toured in revue, appeared in stage plays in Britain, Canada, Australia and the U.S., and continued to make films into his eighties. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stanley Holloway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Journey into Fear
Mr. Mathews
5.6
1975
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Poole der Butler
5.8
1973
Up the Front
The Great Vincento
4.1
1972
Flight of the Doves
Judge Liffy
5.8
1971
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Gravedigger
6.8
1970
Run a Crooked Mile
Caretaker
8.0
1969
Target: Harry
Jason Carlyle
5.6
1969
Thingumybob
(8 episodes)
0.0
1968
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Mr. Brown
4.5
1968
The Sandwich Man
Park Gardener
6.1
1966
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
Himself
0.0
1966
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
(1 episode)
0.0
1966
Ten Little Indians
Det. William Henry Blore
6.3
1965
In Harm's Way
Clayton Canfil
6.6
1965
My Fair Lady
Alfred P. Doolittle
7.5
1964
The Fantasticks
Amos Babcock Bellamy
6.0
1964
The Danny Kaye Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1963
Our Man Higgins
(31 episodes)
6.0
1962
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Self / Alfred P. Doolittle
0.0
1962
The Third Sam
Narrator
0.0
1962
On the Fiddle
Mr. Cooksley
6.2
1961
The Lion and Albert
0.0
1961
No Love for Johnnie
Fred Andrews
6.3
1961
Hello London
himself
5.0
1960
An Arabian Night
0.0
1960
Alive and Kicking
MacDonagh
6.9
1959
No Trees in the Street
Kipper
5.8
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
Pooh-Bah · (1 episode)
7.0
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1959
DuPont Show of the Month
Self · (1 episode)
6.7
1957
Lancashire Coast
0.0
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (4 episodes)
6.5
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Performer · (1 episode)
4.6
1956
Jumping for Joy
Captain Jack Montague
6.5
1956
An Alligator Named Daisy
The General
6.2
1955
Fast and Loose
Major George Crabb
5.8
1954
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer
5.1
1953
A Day to Remember
Charley Porter
7.1
1953
The Beggar's Opera
Mr. Lockit
4.9
1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Walter Valentine
7.0
1953
Meet Me Tonight
Henry Gow
6.7
1952
The Happy Family
Henry Lord
7.2
1952
The Magic Box
Broker's Man
6.3
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bellomy · (1 episode)
8.7
1951
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Thomas Clark
5.8
1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
Albert Pendlebury
7.2
1951
One Wild Oat
Alfred Gilbey
4.5
1951
Midnight Episode
0.0
1950
Passport to Pimlico
Arthur Pemberton
6.8
1949
The Perfect Woman
Ramshead
6.0
1949
Hamlet
Gravedigger
7.4
1948
Another Shore
Alastair McNeil
5.1
1948
Noose
Inspector Rendall
5.0
1948
The Winslow Boy
Comico
7.0
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
1948
One Night with You
Tramp
6.5
1948
Snowbound
Joe Wesson
5.9
1948
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Vincent Crummles
6.5
1947
Meet Me at Dawn
Emile Pollet
7.0
1947
The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
Narrator
0.0
1947
Carnival
Charlie Raeburn
7.6
1946
Wanted for Murder
Sergeant Sullivan
6.3
1946
Caesar and Cleopatra
Belzanor
6.1
1945
Brief Encounter
Albert Godby
7.7
1945
The Way to the Stars
Mr. Palmer
5.9
1945
Champagne Charlie
The Great Vance
5.2
1944
The Way Ahead
Pvt. Ted Brewer
6.4
1944
This Happy Breed
Bob Mitchell
7.1
1944
Salute John Citizen
0.0
1942
Major Barbara
Policeman
6.7
1941
Albert's Savings
Himself
0.0
1940
Co-operette
0.0
1938
Gunner Sam
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
0.0
1937
Cotton Queen
Sam Owen
5.3
1937
The Vicar of Bray
The Vicar of Bray
5.5
1937
Three Ha'pence a Foot
Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)
0.0
1937
The Lion and Albert
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1937
Halt, Who Goes There?
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
0.0
1936
Beat the Retreat
Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
0.0
1936
Sam's Medal
0.0
1936
Play Up the Band
Sam Small
6.0
1935
D’Ye Ken John Peel?
Sam Small
5.5
1935
Squibs
Constable Charley Lee
3.7
1935
Drummed Out
Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)
0.0
1935
Sam and His Musket
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
0.0
1935
In Town Tonight
Himself
0.0
1935
Road House
Donovan
5.5
1934
Sing As We Go
Policeman
5.6
1934
Love at Second Sight
0.0
1934
Lily of Killarney
Father O'Flynn
4.0
1934
The Girl from Maxim's
Dr Mongincourt
0.0
1933
Sleeping Car
Francois
4.0
1933
The Co-Optimists
0.0
1929