Stanley Holloway
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 1, 1890
- Died
- January 30, 1982 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Manor Park, London, England, UK
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Journey into Fear
Movie · as Mr. Mathews
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Poole der Butler
Up the Front
Movie · as The Great Vincento
Flight of the Doves
Movie · as Judge Liffy
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Gravedigger
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Movie · as Mr. Vuffin
Target: Harry
Movie · as Jason Carlyle
Run a Crooked Mile
Movie · as Caretaker
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Movie · as Mr. Brown
Thingumybob
TV · 8 eps
The World of Wodehouse
TV · as Beach · 6 eps
Blandings Castle
TV · as Beach · 6 eps
Before the Fringe
TV · 1 ep
The Sandwich Man
Movie · as Park Gardener
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
Movie · as Self
Ten Little Indians
Movie · as Det. William Henry Blore
In Harm's Way
Movie · as Clayton Canfil
My Fair Lady
Movie · as Alfred P. Doolittle
The Fantasticks
Movie · as Amos Babcock Bellamy
The Danny Kaye Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Third Sam
Movie · as Narrator
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Movie · as Self / Alfred P. Doolittle
Our Man Higgins
TV · 31 eps
On the Fiddle
Movie · as Mr. Cooksley
No Love for Johnnie
Movie · as Fred Andrews
The Lion and Albert
Movie
Hello London
Movie · as himself
An Arabian Night
Movie · as Ibrahim
The Mikado
Movie · as Pooh-Bah
Alive and Kicking
Movie · as MacDonagh
No Trees in the Street
Movie · as Kipper
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV · as Pooh-Bah, Self · 1 ep
Lancashire Coast
Movie
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 4 eps
DuPont Show of the Month
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jumping for Joy
Movie · as Captain Jack Montague
Armchair Theatre
TV · as Norman Dodd · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep
An Alligator Named Daisy
Movie · as The General
Fast and Loose
Movie · as Major George Crabb
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Movie · as Walter Valentine
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Movie · as Sam Hollingsworth / Mr. Lucifer
A Day to Remember
Movie · as Charley Porter
The Beggar's Opera
Movie · as Mr. Lockit
The Magic Box
Movie · as Broker's Man
The Happy Family
Movie · as Henry Lord
Meet Me Tonight
Movie · as Henry Gow
The Lavender Hill Mob
Movie · as Albert Pendlebury
One Wild Oat
Movie · as Alfred Gilbey
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Movie · as Thomas Clark
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Bellomy · 1 ep
Midnight Episode
Movie
Passport to Pimlico
Movie · as Arthur Pemberton
The Perfect Woman
Movie · as Ramshead
Hamlet
Movie · as Gravedigger
Noose
Movie · as Inspector Rendall
The Winslow Boy
Movie · as Comico
Snowbound
Movie · as Joe Wesson
Another Shore
Movie · as Alastair McNeil
One Night with You
Movie · as Tramp
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Movie · as Vincent Crummles
The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
Movie · as Narrator
Meet Me at Dawn
Movie · as Emile Pollet
Wanted for Murder
Movie · as Sergeant Sullivan
Carnival
Movie · as Charlie Raeburn
Caesar and Cleopatra
Movie · as Belzanor
Brief Encounter
Movie · as Albert Godby
The Way to the Stars
Movie · as Mr. Palmer
The Way Ahead
Movie · as Pvt. Ted Brewer
Champagne Charlie
Movie · as The Great Vance
This Happy Breed
Movie · as Bob Mitchell
Salute John Citizen
Movie
Major Barbara
Movie · as Policeman
Albert's Savings
Movie · as Himself
Co-operette
Movie
The Vicar of Bray
Movie · as The Vicar of Bray
Cotton Queen
Movie · as Sam Owen
The Lion and Albert
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Gunner Sam
Movie · as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Three Ha'pence a Foot
Movie · as Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)
Halt, Who Goes There?
Movie · as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Beat the Retreat
Movie · as Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
Sam's Medal
Movie
Play Up the Band
Movie · as Sam Small
Drummed Out
Movie · as Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)
Sam and His Musket
Movie · as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
In Town Tonight
Movie · as Himself
Squibs
Movie · as Constable Charley Lee
D’Ye Ken John Peel?
Movie · as Sam Small
Road House
Movie · as Donovan
Love at Second Sight
Movie
Lily of Killarney
Movie · as Father O'Flynn
Sing As We Go
Movie · as Policeman
The Girl from Maxim's
Movie · as Dr Mongincourt
Sleeping Car
Movie · as Francois
The Co-Optimists
Movie