Stanley Holloway
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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
Credits
My Fair Lady (1964)
as Alfred P. Doolittle
Brief Encounter (1945)
as Albert Godby
Hello London (1960)
as himself
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
as Belzanor
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
as Gravedigger
In Harm's Way (1965)
as Clayton Canfil
Meet Me Tonight (1952)
as Henry Gow
Hamlet (1948)
as Gravedigger
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
as Albert Pendlebury
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970)
as Mr. Vuffin
This Happy Breed (1944)
as Bob Mitchell
Ten Little Indians (1965)
as Det. William Henry Blore
Meet Me at Dawn (1947)
as Emile Pollet
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
as Arthur Pemberton
The Way Ahead (1944)
as Pvt. Ted Brewer
Meet Mr. Lucifer (1953)
as Sam Hollingsworth / Mr. Lucifer
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
as Walter Valentine
An Arabian Night (1960)
as Ibrahim
Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951)
as Thomas Clark
Run a Crooked Mile (1969)
as Caretaker
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
as Vincent Crummles
No Love for Johnnie (1961)
as Fred Andrews
The Way to the Stars (1945)
as Mr. Palmer
Gunner Sam (1937)
as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Major Barbara (1941)
as Policeman
The Beggar's Opera (1953)
as Mr. Lockit
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
as The General
On the Fiddle (1961)
as Mr. Cooksley
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (1962)
as Self / Alfred P. Doolittle
The Sandwich Man (1966)
as Park Gardener
The Perfect Woman (1949)
as Ramshead
One Night with You (1948)
as Tramp
The Magic Box (1952)
as Broker's Man
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968)
as Mr. Brown
No Trees in the Street (1959)
as Kipper
The Winslow Boy (1948)
as Comico
A Day to Remember (1953)
as Charley Porter
The Girl from Maxim's (1933)
as Dr Mongincourt
Journey into Fear (1975)
as Mr. Mathews
Sing As We Go (1934)
as Policeman
Fast and Loose (1954)
as Major George Crabb
Flight of the Doves (1971)
as Judge Liffy
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973)
as Poole der Butler
The Happy Family (1952)
as Henry Lord
Up the Front (1972)
as The Great Vincento
Albert's Savings (1940)
as Himself
Drummed Out (1935)
as Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)
Jumping for Joy (1956)
as Captain Jack Montague
Noose (1948)
as Inspector Rendall
Target: Harry (1969)
as Jason Carlyle
Love at Second Sight (1934)
Actor
Another Shore (1948)
as Alastair McNeil
Play Up the Band (1935)
as Sam Small
Halt, Who Goes There? (1936)
as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
The Lion and Albert (1937)
as Narrator (voice)
The Vicar of Bray (1937)
as The Vicar of Bray
Sam's Medal (1936)
Actor
The Fantasticks (1964)
as Amos Babcock Bellamy
Sleeping Car (1933)
as Francois
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner (1966)
as Self
Snowbound (1948)
as Joe Wesson
Carnival (1946)
as Charlie Raeburn
D’Ye Ken John Peel? (1935)
as Sam Small
In Town Tonight (1935)
as Himself
Salute John Citizen (1942)
Actor
Alive and Kicking (1959)
as MacDonagh
Road House (1934)
as Donovan
Squibs (1935)
as Constable Charley Lee
One Wild Oat (1951)
as Alfred Gilbey
Midnight Episode (1950)
Actor
Champagne Charlie (1944)
as The Great Vance
Sam and His Musket (1935)
as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
Lily of Killarney (1934)
as Father O'Flynn
Lancashire Coast (1957)
Actor
Wanted for Murder (1946)
as Sergeant Sullivan
The Third Sam (1962)
as Narrator
Co-operette (1938)
Actor
Beat the Retreat (1936)
as Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
Three Ha'pence a Foot (1937)
as Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)
The Mikado (1960)
as Pooh-Bah
The Co-Optimists (1929)
Actor
Cotton Queen (1937)
as Sam Owen
The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle (1947)
as Narrator
The Lion and Albert (1961)
Actor