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. 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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Films (84)
Journey into Fear
1975 · Mr. Mathews
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973 · Poole der Butler
Up the Front
1972 · The Great Vincento
Flight of the Doves
1971 · Judge Liffy
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970 · Gravedigger
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970 · Mr. Vuffin
Run a Crooked Mile
1969 · Caretaker
Target: Harry
1969 · Jason Carlyle
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968 · Mr. Brown
The Sandwich Man
1966 · Park Gardener
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
1966 · Self
Ten Little Indians
1965 · Det. William Henry Blore
In Harm's Way
1965 · Clayton Canfil
My Fair Lady
1964 · Alfred P. Doolittle
The Fantasticks
1964 · Amos Babcock Bellamy
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962 · Self / Alfred P. Doolittle
The Third Sam
1962 · Narrator
On the Fiddle
1961 · Mr. Cooksley
The Lion and Albert
1961
No Love for Johnnie
1961 · Fred Andrews
Hello London
1960 · himself
An Arabian Night
1960 · Ibrahim
The Mikado
1960 · Pooh-Bah
Alive and Kicking
1959 · MacDonagh
No Trees in the Street
1959 · Kipper
Lancashire Coast
1957
Jumping for Joy
1956 · Captain Jack Montague
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955 · The General
Fast and Loose
1954 · Major George Crabb
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953 · Sam Hollingsworth / Mr. Lucifer
A Day to Remember
1953 · Charley Porter
The Beggar's Opera
1953 · Mr. Lockit
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953 · Walter Valentine
Meet Me Tonight
1952 · Henry Gow
The Happy Family
1952 · Henry Lord
The Magic Box
1952 · Broker's Man
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951 · Thomas Clark
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951 · Albert Pendlebury
One Wild Oat
1951 · Alfred Gilbey
Midnight Episode
1950
Passport to Pimlico
1949 · Arthur Pemberton
The Perfect Woman
1949 · Ramshead
Hamlet
1948 · Gravedigger
Another Shore
1948 · Alastair McNeil
Noose
1948 · Inspector Rendall
The Winslow Boy
1948 · Comico
One Night with You
1948 · Tramp
Snowbound
1948 · Joe Wesson
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947 · Vincent Crummles
Meet Me at Dawn
1947 · Emile Pollet
The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
1947 · Narrator
Carnival
1946 · Charlie Raeburn
Caesar and Cleopatra
1946 · Belzanor
Wanted for Murder
1946 · Sergeant Sullivan
Brief Encounter
1945 · Albert Godby
The Way to the Stars
1945 · Mr. Palmer
Champagne Charlie
1944 · The Great Vance
The Way Ahead
1944 · Pvt. Ted Brewer
This Happy Breed
1944 · Bob Mitchell
Salute John Citizen
1942
Major Barbara
1941 · Policeman
Albert's Savings
1940 · Himself
Co-operette
1938
Gunner Sam
1937 · Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Cotton Queen
1937 · Sam Owen
The Vicar of Bray
1937 · The Vicar of Bray
Three Ha'pence a Foot
1937 · Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)
The Lion and Albert
1937 · Narrator (voice)
Halt, Who Goes There?
1936 · Narrator / Sam Small (voice), Writer
Beat the Retreat
1936 · Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
Sam's Medal
1936
Play Up the Band
1935 · Sam Small
D’Ye Ken John Peel?
1935 · Sam Small
Squibs
1935 · Constable Charley Lee
Drummed Out
1935 · Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)
Sam and His Musket
1935 · Narrator / Sam Small (voice), Writer
In Town Tonight
1935 · Himself
Road House
1934 · Donovan
Sing As We Go
1934 · Policeman
Love at Second Sight
1934
Lily of Killarney
1934 · Father O'Flynn
The Girl from Maxim's
1933 · Dr Mongincourt
Sleeping Car
1933 · Francois
The Co-Optimists
1929
Séries (13)
Thingumybob
1968
The World of Wodehouse
1967 · Beach
Blandings Castle
1967 · Beach
Before the Fringe
1967
The Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self
Our Man Higgins
1962
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Pooh-Bah, Self
DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Norman Dodd
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Performer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Bellomy
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self