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person_profile-Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway Died at age: 91

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Stanley Holloway

Date of Birth:

Oct 01, 1890

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Jan 30, 1982

Biography of

Stanley Holloway

    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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Filmography of

Stanley Holloway

Found 60 Movies in total

Journey into Fear

Mr. Mathews ( Actor )

... 1975

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Poole der Butler ( Actor )

... 1973

Up the Front

The Great Vincento ( Actor )

... 1972

Flight of the Doves

Judge Liffy ( Actor )

... 1971

... 1970

Run a Crooked Mile

Caretaker ( Actor )

... 1969

Target: Harry

Jason Carlyle ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1968

The Sandwich Man

Park Gardener ( Actor )

... 1966

... 1966

Ten Little Indians

Det. William Henry Blore ( Actor )

... 1965

In Harm's Way

Clayton Canfil ( Actor )

... 1965

My Fair Lady

Alfred P. Doolittle ( Actor )

... 1964

The Fantasticks

Bellamy ( Actor )

... 1964

... 1962

On the Fiddle

Mr. Cooksley ( Actor )

... 1961

No Love for Johnnie

Fred Andrews ( Actor )

... 1961

Alive and Kicking

MacDonagh ( Actor )

... 1959

No Trees in the Street

Kipper ( Actor )

... 1959

Jumping for Joy

Captain Jack Montague ( Actor )

... 1956

An Alligator Named Daisy

The General ( Actor )

... 1955

Fast and Loose

Major George Crabb ( Actor )

... 1954

Meet Mr. Lucifer

Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer ( Actor )

... 1953

A Day to Remember

Charley Porter ( Actor )

... 1953

The Beggar's Opera

Mr. Lockit ( Actor )

... 1953

The Titfield Thunderbolt

Walter Valentine ( Actor )

... 1953

Meet Me Tonight

Henry Gow ( Actor )

... 1952

The Happy Family

Henry Lord ( Actor )

... 1952

The Magic Box

Broker's Man ( Actor )

... 1952

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Thomas Clark ( Actor )

... 1951

The Lavender Hill Mob

Albert Pendlebury ( Actor )

... 1951

One Wild Oat

Alfred Gilbey ( Actor )

... 1951

Passport to Pimlico

Arthur Pemberton ( Actor )

... 1949

The Perfect Woman

Ramshead ( Actor )

... 1949

Hamlet

Gravedigger ( Actor )

... 1948

Another Shore

Alastair McNeil ( Actor )

... 1948

Noose

Inspector Rendall ( Actor )

... 1948

The Winslow Boy

Comico ( Actor )

... 1948

One Night with You

Tramp ( Actor )

... 1948

Snowbound

Joe Wesson ( Actor )

... 1948

... 1947

Meet Me at Dawn

Emile Pollet ( Actor )

... 1947

Carnival

Charlie Raeburn ( Actor )

... 1946

Wanted for Murder

Sergeant Sullivan ( Actor )

... 1946

Caesar and Cleopatra

Belzanor ( Actor )

... 1945

Brief Encounter

Albert Godby ( Actor )

... 1945

The Way to the Stars

Mr. Palmer ( Actor )

... 1945

Champagne Charlie

The Great Vance ( Actor )

... 1944

The Way Ahead

Pvt. Ted Brewer ( Actor )

... 1944

This Happy Breed

Bob Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1942

Major Barbara

Policeman ( Actor )

... 1941

Cotton Queen

Sam Owen ( Actor )

... 1937

Play Up the Band

Sam Small ( Actor )

... 1935

D’Ye Ken John Peel?

Sam Small ( Actor )

... 1935

Squibs

Constable Charley Lee ( Actor )

... 1935

Sing As We Go

Policeman ( Actor )

... 1934

... 1934

The Girl from Maxim's

Dr Mongincourt ( Actor )

... 1933

Sleeping Car

Francois ( Actor )

... 1933