1890-10-01 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stanley Holloway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Journey into Fear | Mr. Mathews | 1975-08-08 |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Poole der Butler | 1973-03-07 |
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Up the Front | The Great Vincento | 1972-07-14 |
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Flight of the Doves | Judge Liffy | 1971-04-02 |
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Gravedigger | 1970-10-29 |
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Target: Harry | Jason Carlyle | 1969-05-23 |
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Run a Crooked Mile | Caretaker | 1969-11-18 |
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Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter | Mr. Brown | 1968-01-22 |
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The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner | Self | 1966-02-21 |
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The Sandwich Man | Park Gardener | 1966-07-01 |
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In Harm's Way | Clayton Canfil | 1965-04-06 |
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Ten Little Indians | Det. William Henry Blore | 1965-07-31 |
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My Fair Lady | Alfred P. Doolittle | 1964-12-01 |
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The Fantasticks | Amos Babcock Bellamy | 1964-10-17 |
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The Third Sam | Narrator | 1962-01-01 |
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The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe | Self / Alfred P. Doolittle | 1962-02-11 |
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The Lion and Albert | 1961-04-03 | |
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No Love for Johnnie | Fred Andrews | 1961-02-14 |
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On the Fiddle | Mr. Cooksley | 1961-10-10 |
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The Mikado | Pooh-Bah | 1960-04-29 |
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Hello London | himself | 1960-11-05 |
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An Arabian Night | 1960-06-09 | |
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No Trees in the Street | Kipper | 1959-03-03 |
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Alive and Kicking | MacDonagh | 1959-07-13 |
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Lancashire Coast | 1957-08-01 | |
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Jumping for Joy | Captain Jack Montague | 1956-01-01 |
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An Alligator Named Daisy | The General | 1955-12-13 |
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Fast and Loose | Major George Crabb | 1954-02-12 |
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A Day to Remember | Charley Porter | 1953-11-10 |
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The Titfield Thunderbolt | Walter Valentine | 1953-03-04 |
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The Beggar's Opera | Mr. Lockit | 1953-08-24 |
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Meet Mr. Lucifer | Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer | 1953-11-30 |
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Meet Me Tonight | Henry Gow | 1952-09-09 |
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The Magic Box | Broker's Man | 1952-01-01 |
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The Happy Family | Henry Lord | 1952-03-30 |
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One Wild Oat | Alfred Gilbey | 1951-05-16 |
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Lady Godiva Rides Again | Thomas Clark | 1951-10-25 |
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The Lavender Hill Mob | Albert Pendlebury | 1951-06-28 |
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Midnight Episode | 1950-12-31 | |
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Passport to Pimlico | Arthur Pemberton | 1949-10-26 |
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The Perfect Woman | Ramshead | 1949-05-23 |
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Another Shore | Alastair McNeil | 1948-11-24 |
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Noose | Inspector Rendall | 1948-09-28 |
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Snowbound | Joe Wesson | 1948-03-23 |
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The Winslow Boy | Comico | 1948-09-24 |
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One Night with You | Tramp | 1948-04-25 |
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Hamlet | Gravedigger | 1948-12-10 |
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Vincent Crummles | 1947-03-12 |
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Meet Me at Dawn | Emile Pollet | 1947-02-17 |
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The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle | Narrator | 1947-01-02 |
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Wanted for Murder | Sergeant Sullivan | 1946-06-17 |
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Carnival | Charlie Raeburn | 1946-12-02 |
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The Way to the Stars | Mr. Palmer | 1945-06-16 |
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Brief Encounter | Albert Godby | 1945-11-24 |
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Caesar and Cleopatra | Belzanor | 1945-12-11 |
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The Way Ahead | Pvt. Ted Brewer | 1944-06-09 |
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This Happy Breed | Bob Mitchell | 1944-05-28 |
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Champagne Charlie | The Great Vance | 1944-08-25 |
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Salute John Citizen | 1942-09-28 | |
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Major Barbara | Policeman | 1941-05-14 |
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Albert's Savings | Himself | 1940-08-31 |
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Co-operette | 1938-01-01 | |
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Gunner Sam | Narrator / Sam Small (voice) | 1937-08-01 |
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The Vicar of Bray | The Vicar of Bray | 1937-05-09 |
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Cotton Queen | Sam Owen | 1937-06-01 |
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The Lion and Albert | Narrator (voice) | 1937-02-01 |
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Three Ha'pence a Foot | Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice) | 1937-03-01 |
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Sam's Medal | 1936-01-01 | |
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Halt, Who Goes There? | Narrator / Sam Small (voice) | 1936-01-01 |
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Beat the Retreat | Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice) | 1936-01-01 |
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D’Ye Ken John Peel? | Sam Small | 1935-07-22 |
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Drummed Out | Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice) | 1935-01-01 |
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Sam and His Musket | Narrator / Sam Small (voice) | 1935-01-01 |
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Play Up the Band | Sam Small | 1935-11-01 |
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In Town Tonight | Himself | 1935-01-01 |
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Squibs | Constable Charley Lee | 1935-06-11 |
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Lily of Killarney | Father O'Flynn | 1934-06-09 |
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Sing As We Go | Policeman | 1934-09-13 |
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Love at Second Sight | 1934-07-13 | |
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Road House | Donovan | 1934-11-29 |
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Sleeping Car | Francois | 1933-06-06 |
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The Girl from Maxim's | Dr Mongincourt | 1933-08-22 |
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The Co-Optimists | 1929-12-27 |
