Acting · Manor Park, London, England, UK · Born October 1, 1890
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.
MovieJourney into Fear
1975
as Mr. Mathews
MovieDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973
as Poole der Butler
MovieUp the Front
1972
as The Great Vincento
MovieFlight of the Doves
1971
as Judge Liffy
MovieThe Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970
as Gravedigger
MovieThe Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970
as Mr. Vuffin
MovieRun a Crooked Mile
1969
as Caretaker
MovieTarget: Harry
1969
as Jason Carlyle
Thingumybob
1968
MovieMrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968
as Mr. Brown
The World of Wodehouse
1967
as Beach
Blandings Castle
1967
as Beach
MovieThe Sandwich Man
1966
as Park Gardener
MovieThe Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
1966
as Self
MovieTen Little Indians
1965
as Det. William Henry Blore
MovieIn Harm's Way
1965
as Clayton Canfil
MovieMy Fair Lady
1964
as Alfred P. Doolittle
MovieThe Fantasticks
1964
as Amos Babcock Bellamy
TVThe Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
Our Man Higgins
1962
MovieThe Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962
as Self / Alfred P. Doolittle
MovieThe Third Sam
1962
as Narrator
MovieOn the Fiddle
1961
as Mr. Cooksley
The Lion and Albert
1961
MovieNo Love for Johnnie
1961
as Fred Andrews
Hello London
1960
as himself
MovieAn Arabian Night
1960
as Ibrahim
MovieThe Mikado
1960
as Pooh-Bah
MovieAlive and Kicking
1959
as MacDonagh
MovieNo Trees in the Street
1959
as Kipper
TVThe Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Pooh-Bah
TVDuPont Show of the Month
1957
as Self
MovieLancashire Coast
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Norman Dodd
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
MovieJumping for Joy
1956
as Captain Jack Montague
MovieAn Alligator Named Daisy
1955
as The General
MovieFast and Loose
1954
as Major George Crabb
MovieMeet Mr. Lucifer
1953
as Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer
MovieA Day to Remember
1953
as Charley Porter
MovieThe Beggar's Opera
1953
as Mr. Lockit
MovieThe Titfield Thunderbolt
1953
as Walter Valentine
MovieMeet Me Tonight
1952
as Henry Gow
MovieThe Happy Family
1952
as Henry Lord
MovieThe Magic Box
1952
as Broker's Man
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Bellomy
MovieLady Godiva Rides Again
1951
as Thomas Clark
MovieThe Lavender Hill Mob
1951
as Albert Pendlebury
MovieOne Wild Oat
1951
as Alfred Gilbey
MovieMidnight Episode
1950
MoviePassport to Pimlico
1949
as Arthur Pemberton
MovieThe Perfect Woman
1949
as Ramshead
MovieHamlet
1948
as Gravedigger
MovieAnother Shore
1948
as Alastair McNeil
MovieNoose
1948
as Inspector Rendall
MovieThe Winslow Boy
1948
as Comico
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieOne Night with You
1948
as Tramp
MovieSnowbound
1948
as Joe Wesson
MovieThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947
as Vincent Crummles
MovieMeet Me at Dawn
1947
as Emile Pollet
MovieThe Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
1947
as Narrator
MovieCarnival
1946
as Charlie Raeburn
MovieWanted for Murder
1946
as Sergeant Sullivan
MovieCaesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Belzanor
MovieBrief Encounter
1945
as Albert Godby
MovieThe Way to the Stars
1945
as Mr. Palmer
MovieChampagne Charlie
1944
as The Great Vance
MovieThe Way Ahead
1944
as Pvt. Ted Brewer
MovieThis Happy Breed
1944
as Bob Mitchell
MovieSalute John Citizen
1942
MovieMajor Barbara
1941
as Policeman
MovieAlbert's Savings
1940
as Himself
MovieCo-operette
1938
Gunner Sam
1937
as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
MovieCotton Queen
1937
as Sam Owen
The Vicar of Bray
1937
as The Vicar of Bray
Three Ha'pence a Foot
1937
as Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)
The Lion and Albert
1937
as Narrator (voice)
Halt, Who Goes There?
1936
as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Beat the Retreat
1936
as Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
Sam's Medal
1936
MoviePlay Up the Band
1935
as Sam Small
MovieD’Ye Ken John Peel?
1935
as Sam Small
MovieSquibs
1935
as Constable Charley Lee
Sam and His Musket
1935
as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Drummed Out
1935
as Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)
In Town Tonight
1935
as Himself
Road House
1934
as Donovan
MovieSing As We Go
1934
as Policeman
Love at Second Sight
1934
Lily of Killarney
1934
as Father O'Flynn
MovieThe Girl from Maxim's
1933
as Dr Mongincourt
MovieSleeping Car
1933
as Francois
The Co-Optimists
1929
