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Stanley Holloway

Acting

1.6 Popularity Oct 01, 1890 (91 years old) Manor Park, London, England, UK

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 re...

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.

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Filmography 96

1975
Journey into Fear Movie

as Mr. Mathews

1973
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Movie

as Poole der Butler

1972
Up the Front Movie

as The Great Vincento

1971
Flight of the Doves Movie

as Judge Liffy

1970
1969
Run a Crooked Mile Movie

as Caretaker

1969
Target: Harry Movie

as Jason Carlyle

1967
1966
The Sandwich Man Movie

as Park Gardener

1965
Ten Little Indians Movie

as Det. William Henry Blore

1965
In Harm's Way Movie

as Clayton Canfil

1964
My Fair Lady Movie

as Alfred P. Doolittle

1964
The Fantasticks Movie

as Amos Babcock Bellamy

1963
1962
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe Movie

as Self / Alfred P. Doolittle

1962
The Third Sam Movie

as Narrator

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Not specified
Birthday October 01, 1890 (91 years old)
Died January 30, 1982
Place of Birth Manor Park, London, England, UK
Also Known As Stanley Augustus Holloway , Stanley Augustus Holloway OBE
Years Active 1929 - 1975
Popularity 1.6
Career Stats
96 Total Credits
83 Movie Roles
11 TV Roles
3 Photos