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
Poole der Butler
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Albert Godby
Brief Encounter
Det. William Henry Blore
Ten Little Indians
Arthur Pemberton
Passport to Pimlico
Alfred P. Doolittle
My Fair Lady
Gravedigger
Hamlet
Walter Valentine
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Albert Pendlebury
The Lavender Hill Mob
Pvt. Ted Brewer
The Way Ahead
Mr. Palmer
The Way to the Stars
The Great Vance
Champagne Charlie
The Great Vincento
Up the Front
Alfred Gilbey
One Wild Oat
Inspector Rendall
Noose
Sergeant Sullivan
Wanted for Murder
Bob Mitchell
This Happy Breed
Broker's Man
The Magic Box
Judge Liffy
Flight of the Doves
Vincent Crummles
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Jason Carlyle
Target: Harry
Comico
The Winslow Boy
Ramshead
The Perfect Woman
Joe Wesson
Snowbound
Mr. Brown
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Major George Crabb
Fast and Loose
Mr. Cooksley
On the Fiddle
Mr. Mathews
Journey into Fear
Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Alastair McNeil
Another Shore
Fred Andrews
No Love for Johnnie
Sam Small
Play Up the Band
Charley Porter
A Day to Remember
The General
An Alligator Named Daisy
MacDonagh
Alive and Kicking
The Vicar of Bray
The Vicar of Bray
Tramp
One Night with You
Charlie Raeburn
Carnival
Kipper
No Trees in the Street
Sam Owen
Cotton Queen
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Sam and His Musket
Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)
Drummed Out
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Halt, Who Goes There?
Narrator (voice)
The Lion and Albert
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Gunner Sam
Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
Beat the Retreat
Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)
Three Ha'pence a Foot
Midnight Episode
Henry Lord
The Happy Family
Himself
In Town Tonight
Caretaker
Run a Crooked Mile
Constable Charley Lee
Squibs
Narrator
The Third Sam
Co-operette
Donovan
Road House
Thomas Clark
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Narrator
The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
Amos Babcock Bellamy
The Fantasticks
Love at Second Sight
The Lion and Albert
Dr Mongincourt
The Girl from Maxim's
Gravedigger
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Lockit
The Beggar's Opera
Father O'Flynn
Lily of Killarney
himself
Hello London
Policeman
Major Barbara
Captain Jack Montague
Jumping for Joy
Park Gardener
The Sandwich Man
Emile Pollet
Meet Me at Dawn
The Co-Optimists
Salute John Citizen
Henry Gow
Meet Me Tonight
Himself
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
Self / Alfred P. Doolittle
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Francois
Sleeping Car
Sam's Medal
Belzanor
Caesar and Cleopatra
Clayton Canfil
In Harm's Way
Himself
Albert's Savings
Sam Small
D’Ye Ken John Peel?
Lancashire Coast
An Arabian Night
Policeman
Sing As We Go
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
82
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-10-01
Place of Birth
Manor Park, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Stanley Augustus Holloway