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

Tony Awards

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Danny Kaye Show

The Bell Telephone Hour

The Bell Telephone Hour

DuPont Show of the Month

My Fair Lady

Hallmark Hall of Fame

All Movies (84)

• Journey into Fear1975 · as Mr. Mathews
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1973 · as Poole der Butler
• Up the Front1972 · as The Great Vincento
• Flight of the Doves1971 · as Judge Liffy
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes1970 · as Gravedigger
• The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens1970 · as Mr. Vuffin
• Run a Crooked Mile1969 · as Caretaker
• Target: Harry1969 · as Jason Carlyle
• Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter1968 · as Mr. Brown
• The Sandwich Man1966 · as Park Gardener
• The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner1966 · as Self
• Ten Little Indians1965 · as Det. William Henry Blore
• In Harm's Way1965 · as Clayton Canfil
• My Fair Lady1964 · as Alfred P. Doolittle
• The Fantasticks1964 · as Amos Babcock Bellamy
• The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe1962 · as Self / Alfred P. Doolittle
• The Third Sam1962 · as Narrator
• On the Fiddle1961 · as Mr. Cooksley
• The Lion and Albert1961
• No Love for Johnnie1961 · as Fred Andrews
• Hello London1960 · as himself
• An Arabian Night1960 · as Ibrahim
• The Mikado1960 · as Pooh-Bah
• Alive and Kicking1959 · as MacDonagh
• No Trees in the Street1959 · as Kipper
• Lancashire Coast1957
• Jumping for Joy1956 · as Captain Jack Montague
• An Alligator Named Daisy1955 · as The General
• Fast and Loose1954 · as Major George Crabb
• Meet Mr. Lucifer1953 · as Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer
• A Day to Remember1953 · as Charley Porter
• The Beggar's Opera1953 · as Mr. Lockit
• The Titfield Thunderbolt1953 · as Walter Valentine
• Meet Me Tonight1952 · as Henry Gow
• The Happy Family1952 · as Henry Lord
• The Magic Box1952 · as Broker's Man
• Lady Godiva Rides Again1951 · as Thomas Clark
• The Lavender Hill Mob1951 · as Albert Pendlebury
• One Wild Oat1951 · as Alfred Gilbey
• Midnight Episode1950
• Passport to Pimlico1949 · as Arthur Pemberton
• The Perfect Woman1949 · as Ramshead
• Hamlet1948 · as Gravedigger
• Another Shore1948 · as Alastair McNeil
• Noose1948 · as Inspector Rendall
• The Winslow Boy1948 · as Comico
• One Night with You1948 · as Tramp
• Snowbound1948 · as Joe Wesson
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby1947 · as Vincent Crummles
• Meet Me at Dawn1947 · as Emile Pollet
• The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle1947 · as Narrator
• Carnival1946 · as Charlie Raeburn
• Wanted for Murder1946 · as Sergeant Sullivan
• Caesar and Cleopatra1945 · as Belzanor
• Brief Encounter1945 · as Albert Godby
• The Way to the Stars1945 · as Mr. Palmer
• Champagne Charlie1944 · as The Great Vance
• The Way Ahead1944 · as Pvt. Ted Brewer
• This Happy Breed1944 · as Bob Mitchell
• Salute John Citizen1942
• Major Barbara1941 · as Policeman
• Albert's Savings1940 · as Himself
• Co-operette1938
• Gunner Sam1937 · as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
• Cotton Queen1937 · as Sam Owen
• The Vicar of Bray1937 · as The Vicar of Bray
• Three Ha'pence a Foot1937 · as Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)
• The Lion and Albert1937 · as Narrator (voice)
• Halt, Who Goes There?1936 · as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
• Beat the Retreat1936 · as Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
• Sam's Medal1936
• Play Up the Band1935 · as Sam Small
• D’Ye Ken John Peel?1935 · as Sam Small
• Squibs1935 · as Constable Charley Lee
• Sam and His Musket1935 · as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
• Drummed Out1935 · as Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)
• In Town Tonight1935 · as Himself
• Road House1934 · as Donovan
• Sing As We Go1934 · as Policeman
• Love at Second Sight1934
• Lily of Killarney1934 · as Father O'Flynn
• The Girl from Maxim's1933 · as Dr Mongincourt
• Sleeping Car1933 · as Francois
• The Co-Optimists1929

All TV Shows (13)

• Thingumybob1968
• The World of Wodehouse1967 · as Beach
• Blandings Castle1967 · as Beach
• The Danny Kaye Show1963 · as Self
• Our Man Higgins1962
• The Bell Telephone Hour1959 · as Pooh-Bah
• The Bell Telephone Hour1959 · as Self
• DuPont Show of the Month1957 · as Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957 · as Self
• Armchair Theatre1956 · as Norman Dodd
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Performer
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Bellomy
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self