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