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.
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 (Movies)
Journey into Fear
Character:Mr. Mathews
Release Date:08/08/1975
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character:Poole der Butler
Release Date:07/03/1973
Up the Front
Character:The Great Vincento
Release Date:14/07/1972
Flight of the Doves
Character:Judge Liffy
Release Date:02/04/1971
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Gravedigger
Release Date:29/10/1970
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Character:Mr. Vuffin
Release Date:02/07/1970
Run a Crooked Mile
Character:Caretaker
Release Date:18/11/1969
Target: Harry
Character:Jason Carlyle
Release Date:23/05/1969
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Character:Mr. Brown
Release Date:22/01/1968
The Sandwich Man
Character:Park Gardener
Release Date:15/07/1966
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
Character:Self
Release Date:21/02/1966
Ten Little Indians
Character:Det. William Henry Blore
Release Date:31/07/1965
In Harm's Way
Character:Clayton Canfil
Release Date:06/04/1965
My Fair Lady
Character:Alfred P. Doolittle
Release Date:01/12/1964
The Fantasticks
Character:Amos Babcock Bellamy
Release Date:17/10/1964
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Character:Self / Alfred P. Doolittle
Release Date:11/02/1962
The Third Sam
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1962
On the Fiddle
Character:Mr. Cooksley
Release Date:10/10/1961
The Lion and Albert
Character:
Release Date:03/04/1961
No Love for Johnnie
Character:Fred Andrews
Release Date:14/02/1961
Hello London
Character:himself
Release Date:05/11/1960
An Arabian Night
Character:
Release Date:09/06/1960
The Mikado
Character:Pooh-Bah
Release Date:29/04/1960
Alive and Kicking
Character:MacDonagh
Release Date:13/07/1959
No Trees in the Street
Character:Kipper
Release Date:03/03/1959
Lancashire Coast
Character:
Release Date:01/08/1957
Jumping for Joy
Character:Captain Jack Montague
Release Date:01/01/1956
An Alligator Named Daisy
Character:The General
Release Date:13/12/1955
Fast and Loose
Character:Major George Crabb
Release Date:12/02/1954
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Character:Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer
Release Date:30/11/1953
A Day to Remember
Character:Charley Porter
Release Date:10/11/1953
The Beggar's Opera
Character:Mr. Lockit
Release Date:24/08/1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Character:Walter Valentine
Release Date:04/03/1953
Meet Me Tonight
Character:Henry Gow
Release Date:09/09/1952
The Happy Family
Character:Henry Lord
Release Date:30/03/1952
The Magic Box
Character:Broker's Man
Release Date:01/01/1952
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Character:Thomas Clark
Release Date:25/10/1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
Character:Albert Pendlebury
Release Date:28/06/1951
One Wild Oat
Character:Alfred Gilbey
Release Date:16/05/1951
Midnight Episode
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1950
Passport to Pimlico
Character:Arthur Pemberton
Release Date:26/10/1949
The Perfect Woman
Character:Ramshead
Release Date:23/05/1949
Hamlet
Character:Gravedigger
Release Date:10/12/1948
Another Shore
Character:Alastair McNeil
Release Date:24/11/1948
Noose
Character:Inspector Rendall
Release Date:28/09/1948
The Winslow Boy
Character:Comico
Release Date:24/09/1948
One Night with You
Character:Tramp
Release Date:25/04/1948
Snowbound
Character:Joe Wesson
Release Date:23/03/1948
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Character:Vincent Crummles
Release Date:12/03/1947
Meet Me at Dawn
Character:Emile Pollet
Release Date:17/02/1947
The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/01/1947
Carnival
Character:Charlie Raeburn
Release Date:02/12/1946
Wanted for Murder
Character:Sergeant Sullivan
Release Date:17/06/1946
Caesar and Cleopatra
Character:Belzanor
Release Date:11/12/1945
Brief Encounter
Character:Albert Godby
Release Date:24/11/1945
The Way to the Stars
Character:Mr. Palmer
Release Date:16/06/1945
Champagne Charlie
Character:The Great Vance
Release Date:25/08/1944
The Way Ahead
Character:Pvt. Ted Brewer
Release Date:09/06/1944
This Happy Breed
Character:Bob Mitchell
Release Date:28/05/1944
Salute John Citizen
Character:
Release Date:28/09/1942
Major Barbara
Character:Policeman
Release Date:14/05/1941
Albert's Savings
Character:Himself
Release Date:31/08/1940
Co-operette
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1938
Gunner Sam
Character:Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Release Date:01/08/1937
Cotton Queen
Character:Sam Owen
Release Date:01/06/1937
The Vicar of Bray
Character:The Vicar of Bray
Release Date:09/05/1937
Three Ha'pence a Foot
Character:Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)
Release Date:01/03/1937
The Lion and Albert
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/02/1937
Halt, Who Goes There?
Character:Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1936
Beat the Retreat
Character:Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1936
Sam's Medal
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1936
Play Up the Band
Character:Sam Small
Release Date:01/11/1935
D’Ye Ken John Peel?
Character:Sam Small
Release Date:22/07/1935
Squibs
Character:Constable Charley Lee
Release Date:11/06/1935
Sam and His Musket
Character:Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1935
Drummed Out
Character:Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1935
In Town Tonight
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1935
Road House
Character:Donovan
Release Date:29/11/1934
Sing As We Go
Character:Policeman
Release Date:13/09/1934
Love at Second Sight
Character:
Release Date:13/07/1934
Lily of Killarney
Character:Father O'Flynn
Release Date:09/06/1934
The Girl from Maxim's
Character:Dr Mongincourt
Release Date:22/08/1933
Sleeping Car
Character:Francois
Release Date:06/06/1933
The Co-Optimists
Character:
Release Date:27/12/1929
Television Appearances
Thingumybob
Character:
The World of Wodehouse
Character:Beach
Blandings Castle
Character:Beach
The Danny Kaye Show
Character:Self
Our Man Higgins
Character:
The Bell Telephone Hour
Character:Pooh-Bah
The Bell Telephone Hour
Character:Self
DuPont Show of the Month
Character:Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character:Self
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Performer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Bellomy
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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