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Stanley Holloway

Actor
Died January 30, 1982 (91 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Brief Encounter
  • Hamlet
  • Passport to Pimlico
  • This Happy Breed
  • Caesar and Cleopatra
  • The Way Ahead
  • The Winslow Boy
Known For
  • My Fair Lady
  • Brief Encounter
  • The Lavender Hill Mob
  • Passport to Pimlico
  • The Titfield Thunderbolt
  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
  • In Harm's Way
  • The Way Ahead
  • Ten Little Indians
  • This Happy Breed
  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
  • No Love for Johnnie
  • Meet Mr. Lucifer
  • A Day to Remember
  • Johnny in the Clouds
  • Wanted for Murder
  • Snowbound
  • Flight of the Doves
  • Champagne Charlie
  • On the Fiddle
  • Mr. Lord Says No
  • One Wild Oat
  • Bikini Baby
  • The Silk Noose

Filmography

1975
Journey Into Fear · as Mr. Mathews
1973
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Poole Der Butler
1972
Up the Front · as The Great Vincento
1971
Flight of the Doves · as Judge Liffy
1970
1969
Run a Crooked Mile · as Caretaker
1969
Target: Harry · as Jason Carlyle
1968
1966
The Sandwich Man · as Park Gardener
1965
Ten Little Indians · as Det. William Henry Blore
1965
In Harm's Way · as Clayton Canfil
1964
My Fair Lady · as Alfred P. Doolittle
1964
The Fantasticks · as Amos Babcock Bellamy
1963
The Third Sam · as Narrator
1961
On the Fiddle · as Mr. Cooksley
1961
No Love for Johnnie · as Fred Andrews
1959
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series) · as Pooh-Bah
1958
Alive and Kicking · as Macdonagh
1957
1956
Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Norman Dodd
1956
Jumping for Joy · as Captain Jack Montague
1955
An Alligator Named Daisy · as The General
1954
Fast and Loose · as Major George Crabb
1953
Meet Mr. Lucifer · as Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer
1953
A Day to Remember · as Charley Porter
1953
The Beggar's Opera · as Mr. Lockit
1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt · as Walter Valentine
1952
Tonight at 8:30 · as Henry Gow
1952
Mr. Lord Says No · as Henry Lord
1951
Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Bellomy
1951
Bikini Baby · as Thomas Clark
1951
The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Lord Richwealth - Eggcup Tycoon
1951
The Lavender Hill Mob · as Albert Pendlebury
1951
One Wild Oat · as Alfred Gilbey
1951
The Magic Box · as Broker's Man
1950
1949
The Perfect Woman · as Ramshead
1949
Passport to Pimlico · as Arthur Pemberton
1948
Another Shore · as Alastair Mcneil
1948
The Silk Noose · as Inspector Rendall
1948
1948
Snowbound · as Joe Wesson
1948
One Night with You · as Tramp
1948
Hamlet · as Gravedigger
1947
1947
Meet Me at Dawn · as Emile Pollet
1946
Carnival · as Charlie Raeburn
1946
Wanted for Murder · as Sergeant Sullivan
1945
1945
Brief Encounter · as Albert Godby
1945
Johnny in the Clouds · as Mr. Palmer
1944
This Happy Breed · as Bob Mitchell
1944
Champagne Charlie · as The Great Vance
1944
The Way Ahead · as Pvt. Ted Brewer
1941
Major Barbara · as Policeman
1937
The Vicar of Bray · as The Vicar Of Bray
1937
Cotton Queen · as Sam Owen
1937
1937
Sam Small Leaves Town · as Richard Manning
1935
Play Up the Band · as Sam Small
1935
Squibs · as Constable Charley Lee
1935
D'Ye Ken John Peel? · as Sam Small
1934
Road House · as Donovan
1934
Sing As We Go! · as Policeman
1934
1934
The Bride of the Lake · as Father O'flynn
1933
Sleeping Car · as Francois
1929

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