Stanley Holloway

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1890-10-01

Deathday 1982-01-30 (91 years old)

Place of Birth Manor Park, London, England, UK

Also Known As Стэнли Холлоуэй

Stanley Holloway

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stanley Holloway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

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

1969
Run a Crooked Mile

as Caretaker

1969
Target: Harry

as Jason Carlyle

1966
The Sandwich Man

as Park Gardener

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

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
No Love for Johnnie

as Fred Andrews

1960
Hello London

as himself

1959
Alive and Kicking

as MacDonagh

1959
1956
Jumping for Joy

as Captain Jack Montague

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

1955
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
Lady Godiva Rides Again

as Thomas Clark

1951
The Lavender Hill Mob

as Albert Pendlebury

1951
One Wild Oat

as Alfred Gilbey

1951
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
1948
Snowbound

as Joe Wesson

1947
Meet Me at Dawn

as Emile Pollet

1946
Carnival

as Charlie Raeburn

1946
Wanted for Murder

as Sergeant Sullivan

1945
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

1941
Major Barbara

as Policeman

1940
Albert's Savings

as Himself

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
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
1935
Squibs

as Constable Charley Lee

1935
Drummed Out

as Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)

1935
Sam and His Musket

as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

1935
In Town Tonight

as Himself

1934
Road House

as Donovan

1934
Sing As We Go

as Policeman

1934
Lily of Killarney

as Father O'Flynn

1933
The Girl from Maxim's

as Dr Mongincourt

1933
Sleeping Car

as Francois

Writer

1936
1935