- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 1, 1890
- Place of Birth
- Manor Park, London, England, UK
- Died
- January 30, 1982
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…
Filmography
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
movieThe Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970 · Mr. Vuffin
movieRun a Crooked Mile
1969 · Caretaker
movieTarget: Harry
1969 · Jason Carlyle
Thingumybob
1968
movieMrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968 · Mr. Brown
The World of Wodehouse
1967 · Beach
Blandings Castle
1967 · Beach
movieThe Sandwich Man
1966 · Park Gardener
movieThe Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
1966 · Self
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
tvThe Danny Kaye Show
1963 · Self
Our Man Higgins
1962
movieThe Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962 · Self / Alfred P. Doolittle
movieThe Third Sam
1962 · Narrator
movieOn the Fiddle
1961 · Mr. Cooksley
The Lion and Albert
1961
movieNo Love for Johnnie
1961 · Fred Andrews
Hello London
1960 · himself
movieAn Arabian Night
1960 · Ibrahim
movieThe Mikado
1960 · Pooh-Bah
movieAlive and Kicking
1959 · MacDonagh
movieNo Trees in the Street
1959 · Kipper
tvThe Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Pooh-Bah, Self
tvDuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Self
movieLancashire Coast
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · 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
movieMidnight Episode
1950
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
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieOne Night with You
1948 · Tramp
movieSnowbound
1948 · Joe Wesson
movieThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947 · Vincent Crummles
movieMeet Me at Dawn
1947 · Emile Pollet
movieThe Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
1947 · Narrator
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
movieSalute John Citizen
1942
movieMajor Barbara
1941 · Policeman
movieAlbert's Savings
1940 · Himself
movieCo-operette
1938
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), Writer
Beat the Retreat
1936 · Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
Sam's Medal
1936
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), Writer
In Town Tonight
1935 · Himself
Road House
1934 · Donovan
movieSing As We Go
1934 · Policeman
Love at Second Sight
1934
Lily of Killarney
1934 · Father O'Flynn
movieThe Girl from Maxim's
1933 · Dr Mongincourt
movieSleeping Car
1933 · Francois
The Co-Optimists
1929