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 Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens | Mr. Vuffin | 1970-07-02 |
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes | Gravedigger | 1970-10-29 |
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Run a Crooked Mile | Caretaker | 1969-11-18 |
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Target: Harry | Jason Carlyle | 1969-05-23 |
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Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter | Mr. Brown | 1968-06-12 |
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The Sandwich Man | Park Gardener | 1966-07-15 |
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The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner | Self | 1966-02-21 |
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Ten Little Indians | Det. William Henry Blore | 1965-07-31 |
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In Harm's Way | Clayton Canfil | 1965-04-06 |
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The Fantasticks | Amos Babcock Bellamy | 1964-10-17 |
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My Fair Lady | Alfred P. Doolittle | 1964-12-01 |
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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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On the Fiddle | Mr. Cooksley | 1961-10-10 |
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No Love for Johnnie | Fred Andrews | 1961-02-14 |
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The Lion and Albert | 1961-04-03 | |
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Hello London | himself | 1960-11-05 |
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The Mikado | Pooh-Bah | 1960-04-29 |
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An Arabian Night | Ibrahim | 1960-06-09 |
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Alive and Kicking | MacDonagh | 1959-07-13 |
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No Trees in the Street | Kipper | 1959-03-03 |
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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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The Beggar's Opera | Mr. Lockit | 1953-08-24 |
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A Day to Remember | Charley Porter | 1953-11-10 |
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Meet Mr. Lucifer | Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer | 1953-11-30 |
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The Titfield Thunderbolt | Walter Valentine | 1953-03-04 |
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The Magic Box | Broker's Man | 1952-01-01 |
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Meet Me Tonight | Henry Gow | 1952-09-09 |
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The Happy Family | Henry Lord | 1952-03-30 |
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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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One Wild Oat | Alfred Gilbey | 1951-05-16 |
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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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One Night with You | Tramp | 1948-04-25 |
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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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Hamlet | Gravedigger | 1948-12-10 |
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The Winslow Boy | Comico | 1948-09-24 |
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The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle | Narrator | 1947-01-02 |
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Meet Me at Dawn | Emile Pollet | 1947-02-17 |
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Vincent Crummles | 1947-03-12 |
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Carnival | Charlie Raeburn | 1946-12-02 |
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Wanted for Murder | Sergeant Sullivan | 1946-06-17 |
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Brief Encounter | Albert Godby | 1945-11-24 |
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The Way to the Stars | Mr. Palmer | 1945-06-16 |
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Caesar and Cleopatra | Belzanor | 1945-12-11 |
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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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The Way Ahead | Pvt. Ted Brewer | 1944-06-09 |
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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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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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Gunner Sam | Narrator / Sam Small (voice) | 1937-08-01 |
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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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Sing As We Go | Policeman | 1934-09-13 |
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Lily of Killarney | Father O'Flynn | 1934-06-09 |
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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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The Girl from Maxim's | Dr Mongincourt | 1933-08-22 |
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Sleeping Car | Francois | 1933-06-06 |
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The Co-Optimists | 1929-12-27 |
