Stanley Holloway
Known for Acting · 96 credits
- Born
- 1890-10-01
- Died
- 1982-01-30
- Place of birth
- Manor Park, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Stanley Augustus Holloway · Stanley Augustus Holloway OBE
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (12)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Pooh-Bah / Self
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Bellomy
The World of Wodehouse
1967
as Beach
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Norman Dodd
Our Man Higgins
1962
Blandings Castle
1967
as Beach
Thingumybob
1968
Movies (84)
My Fair Lady
1964
as Alfred P. Doolittle
Brief Encounter
1945
as Albert Godby
In Harm's Way
1965
as Clayton Canfil
Hello London
1960
as himself
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951
as Albert Pendlebury
Hamlet
1948
as Gravedigger
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Belzanor
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
as Gravedigger
Meet Me at Dawn
1947
as Emile Pollet
Ten Little Indians
1965
as Det. William Henry Blore
This Happy Breed
1944
as Bob Mitchell
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951
as Thomas Clark
Journey into Fear
1975
as Mr. Mathews
The Winslow Boy
1948
as Comico
Meet Me Tonight
1952
as Henry Gow
No Trees in the Street
1959
as Kipper
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947
as Vincent Crummles
The Way to the Stars
1945
as Mr. Palmer
The Way Ahead
1944
as Pvt. Ted Brewer
An Arabian Night
1960
as Ibrahim
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Fred Andrews
One Night with You
1948
as Tramp
Passport to Pimlico
1949
as Arthur Pemberton
The Magic Box
1952
as Broker's Man
The Sandwich Man
1966
as Park Gardener
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955
as The General
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953
as Walter Valentine
A Day to Remember
1953
as Charley Porter
The Beggar's Opera
1953
as Mr. Lockit
On the Fiddle
1961
as Mr. Cooksley
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953
as Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer
Gunner Sam
1937
as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970
as Mr. Vuffin
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
as Poole der Butler
Up the Front
1972
as The Great Vincento
The Perfect Woman
1949
as Ramshead
Albert's Savings
1940
as Himself
Target: Harry
1969
as Jason Carlyle
Drummed Out
1935
as Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)
In Town Tonight
1935
as Himself
Champagne Charlie
1944
as The Great Vance
Road House
1934
as Donovan
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968
as Mr. Brown
Halt, Who Goes There?
1936
as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Flight of the Doves
1971
as Judge Liffy
Alive and Kicking
1959
as MacDonagh
Run a Crooked Mile
1969
as Caretaker
Jumping for Joy
1956
as Captain Jack Montague
The Fantasticks
1964
as Amos Babcock Bellamy
Wanted for Murder
1946
as Sergeant Sullivan
The Lion and Albert
1937
as Narrator (voice)
Sing As We Go
1934
as Policeman
Carnival
1946
as Charlie Raeburn
Another Shore
1948
as Alastair McNeil
Noose
1948
as Inspector Rendall
Squibs
1935
as Constable Charley Lee
Sam and His Musket
1935
as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
The Happy Family
1952
as Henry Lord
The Vicar of Bray
1937
as The Vicar of Bray
Sam's Medal
1936
One Wild Oat
1951
as Alfred Gilbey
Major Barbara
1941
as Policeman
The Girl from Maxim's
1933
as Dr Mongincourt
Lily of Killarney
1934
as Father O'Flynn
D’Ye Ken John Peel?
1935
as Sam Small
Play Up the Band
1935
as Sam Small
Fast and Loose
1954
as Major George Crabb
The Mikado
1960
as Pooh-Bah
Snowbound
1948
as Joe Wesson
Cotton Queen
1937
as Sam Owen
Love at Second Sight
1934
Beat the Retreat
1936
as Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
The Third Sam
1962
as Narrator
The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
1947
as Narrator
Co-operette
1938
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
1966
as Self
Sleeping Car
1933
as Francois
Salute John Citizen
1942
Three Ha'pence a Foot
1937
as Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)
Midnight Episode
1950
The Lion and Albert
1961
Lancashire Coast
1957
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962
as Self / Alfred P. Doolittle
The Co-Optimists
1929
About 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.… With 96 credits spanning from 1929 to 1975, Stanley Holloway has appeared in 84 films and 12 TV shows.
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- My Fair Lady (1964) — as Alfred P. Doolittle
- Brief Encounter (1945) — as Albert Godby
- In Harm's Way (1965) — as Clayton Canfil
- Hello London (1960) — as himself
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) — as Albert Pendlebury
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