Stanley Holloway
Born
October 1, 1890
Died
January 30, 1982 (91 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Manor Park, London, England, UK
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.
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Known For
Journey into Fear
Mr. Mathews
1975
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Poole der Butler
1973
Up the Front
The Great Vincento
1972
Flight of the Doves
Judge Liffy
1971
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Gravedigger
1970
Run a Crooked Mile
Caretaker
1969
Target: Harry
Jason Carlyle
1969
Thingumybob
(8 episodes)
1968
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Mr. Brown
1968
The Sandwich Man
Park Gardener
1966
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
Himself
1966
Ten Little Indians
Det. William Henry Blore
1965
In Harm's Way
Clayton Canfil
1965
My Fair Lady
Alfred P. Doolittle
1964
The Fantasticks
Amos Babcock Bellamy
1964
The Danny Kaye Show
Self · (1 episode)
1963
Our Man Higgins
(31 episodes)
1962
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Self / Alfred P. Doolittle
1962
The Third Sam
Narrator
1962
On the Fiddle
Mr. Cooksley
1961
The Lion and Albert
1961
No Love for Johnnie
Fred Andrews
1961
Hello London
himself
1960
An Arabian Night
1960
Alive and Kicking
MacDonagh
1959
No Trees in the Street
Kipper
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
Pooh-Bah · (1 episode)
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self · (1 episode)
1959
DuPont Show of the Month
Self · (1 episode)
1957
Lancashire Coast
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (4 episodes)
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Performer · (1 episode)
1956
Jumping for Joy
Captain Jack Montague
1956
An Alligator Named Daisy
The General
1955
Fast and Loose
Major George Crabb
1954
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer
1953
A Day to Remember
Charley Porter
1953
The Beggar's Opera
Mr. Lockit
1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Walter Valentine
1953
Meet Me Tonight
Henry Gow
1952
The Happy Family
Henry Lord
1952
The Magic Box
Broker's Man
1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bellomy · (1 episode)
1951
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Thomas Clark
1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
Albert Pendlebury
1951
One Wild Oat
Alfred Gilbey
1951
Midnight Episode
1950
Passport to Pimlico
Arthur Pemberton
1949
The Perfect Woman
Ramshead
1949
Hamlet
Gravedigger
1948
Another Shore
Alastair McNeil
1948
Noose
Inspector Rendall
1948
The Winslow Boy
Comico
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (1 episode)
1948
One Night with You
Tramp
1948
Snowbound
Joe Wesson
1948
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Vincent Crummles
1947
Meet Me at Dawn
Emile Pollet
1947
The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
Narrator
1947
Carnival
Charlie Raeburn
1946
Wanted for Murder
Sergeant Sullivan
1946
Caesar and Cleopatra
Belzanor
1945
Brief Encounter
Albert Godby
1945
The Way to the Stars
Mr. Palmer
1945
Champagne Charlie
The Great Vance
1944
The Way Ahead
Pvt. Ted Brewer
1944
This Happy Breed
Bob Mitchell
1944
Salute John Citizen
1942
Major Barbara
Policeman
1941
Albert's Savings
Himself
1940
Co-operette
1938
Gunner Sam
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
1937
Cotton Queen
Sam Owen
1937
The Vicar of Bray
The Vicar of Bray
1937
Three Ha'pence a Foot
Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)
1937
The Lion and Albert
Narrator (voice)
1937
Halt, Who Goes There?
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
1936
Beat the Retreat
Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
1936
Sam's Medal
1936
Play Up the Band
Sam Small
1935
D’Ye Ken John Peel?
Sam Small
1935
Squibs
Constable Charley Lee
1935
Drummed Out
Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)
1935
Sam and His Musket
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
1935
In Town Tonight
Himself
1935
Road House
Donovan
1934
Sing As We Go
Policeman
1934
Love at Second Sight
1934
Lily of Killarney
Father O'Flynn
1934
The Girl from Maxim's
Dr Mongincourt
1933
Sleeping Car
Francois
1933
The Co-Optimists
1929