Stanley Holloway
Acting
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
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movieJourney into Fear
1975
Mr. Mathews
movieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
Poole der Butler
movieUp the Front
1972
The Great Vincento
movieFlight of the Doves
1971
Judge Liffy
movieThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
Gravedigger
movieRun a Crooked Mile
1969
Caretaker
movieTarget: Harry
1969
Jason Carlyle
movieThe Sandwich Man
1966
Park Gardener
movieTen Little Indians
1965
Det. William Henry Blore
movieIn Harm's Way
1965
Clayton Canfil
movieMy Fair Lady
1964
Alfred P. Doolittle
movieThe Fantasticks
1964
Amos Babcock Bellamy
movieThe Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962
Self / Alfred P. Doolittle
movieThe Third Sam
1962
Narrator
movieOn the Fiddle
1961
Mr. Cooksley
movieNo Love for Johnnie
1961
Fred Andrews
movieAn Arabian Night
1960
Ibrahim
movieThe Mikado
1960
Pooh-Bah
movieAlive and Kicking
1959
MacDonagh
tvThe Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Pooh-Bah / Self
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
Norman Dodd
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Performer
movieJumping for Joy
1956
Captain Jack Montague
movieAn Alligator Named Daisy
1955
The General
movieFast and Loose
1954
Major George Crabb
movieMeet Mr. Lucifer
1953
Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer
movieA Day to Remember
1953
Charley Porter
movieThe Beggar's Opera
1953
Mr. Lockit
movieThe Titfield Thunderbolt
1953
Walter Valentine
movieMeet Me Tonight
1952
Henry Gow
movieThe Happy Family
1952
Henry Lord
movieThe Magic Box
1952
Broker's Man
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Bellomy
movieLady Godiva Rides Again
1951
Thomas Clark
movieThe Lavender Hill Mob
1951
Albert Pendlebury
movieOne Wild Oat
1951
Alfred Gilbey
moviePassport to Pimlico
1949
Arthur Pemberton
movieThe Perfect Woman
1949
Ramshead
movieHamlet
1948
Gravedigger
movieAnother Shore
1948
Alastair McNeil
movieNoose
1948
Inspector Rendall
movieThe Winslow Boy
1948
Comico
movieSnowbound
1948
Joe Wesson
movieThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947
Vincent Crummles
movieMeet Me at Dawn
1947
Emile Pollet
movieCarnival
1946
Charlie Raeburn
movieWanted for Murder
1946
Sergeant Sullivan
movieCaesar and Cleopatra
1945
Belzanor
movieBrief Encounter
1945
Albert Godby
movieThe Way to the Stars
1945
Mr. Palmer
movieChampagne Charlie
1944
The Great Vance
movieThe Way Ahead
1944
Pvt. Ted Brewer
movieThis Happy Breed
1944
Bob Mitchell
movieMajor Barbara
1941
Policeman
movieAlbert's Savings
1940
Himself
Gunner Sam
1937
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
movieCotton 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)
Beat the Retreat
1936
Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
moviePlay Up the Band
1935
Sam Small
movieD’Ye Ken John Peel?
1935
Sam Small
movieSquibs
1935
Constable Charley Lee
Drummed Out
1935
Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)
Sam and His Musket
1935
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
movieSing As We Go
1934
Policeman
Lily of Killarney
1934
Father O'Flynn
movieThe Girl from Maxim's
1933
Dr Mongincourt
movieSleeping Car
1933
Francois