Stanley Holloway

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

95

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-10-01

Day of death

1982-01-30 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Manor Park, London, England, UK

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

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • The Danny Kaye Show

    The Danny Kaye Show

  • My Fair Lady

    My Fair Lady

  • The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

  • The Bell Telephone Hour

    The Bell Telephone Hour

  • DuPont Show of the Month

    DuPont Show of the Month

  • An Alligator Named Daisy

    An Alligator Named Daisy

  • Ten Little Indians

    Ten Little Indians

  • The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

  • The Winslow Boy

    The Winslow Boy

  • Wanted for Murder

    Wanted for Murder

  • The Mikado

    The Mikado

  • The Sandwich Man

    The Sandwich Man

  • A Day to Remember

    A Day to Remember

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

  • No Love for Johnnie

    No Love for Johnnie

  • Passport to Pimlico

    Passport to Pimlico

  • In Harm's Way

    In Harm's Way

  • Flight of the Doves

    Flight of the Doves

  • The Co-Optimists

    The Co-Optimists

  • The Way Ahead

    The Way Ahead

  • Sing As We Go

    Sing As We Go

  • The Fantasticks

    The Fantasticks

  • Major Barbara

    Major Barbara

  • Meet Mr. Lucifer

    Meet Mr. Lucifer

  • The Perfect Woman

    The Perfect Woman

  • Brief Encounter

    Brief Encounter

  • Lancashire Coast

    Lancashire Coast

  • The Way to the Stars

    The Way to the Stars

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Jumping for Joy

    Jumping for Joy

  • Champagne Charlie

    Champagne Charlie

  • On the Fiddle

    On the Fiddle

  • The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

  • The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner

    The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner

  • The Vicar of Bray

    The Vicar of Bray

  • One Night with You

    One Night with You

  • Another Shore

    Another Shore

  • Carnival

    Carnival

  • No Trees in the Street

    No Trees in the Street

  • Midnight Episode

    Midnight Episode

  • Snowbound

    Snowbound

  • Our Man Higgins

    Our Man Higgins

  • Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

    Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

  • Alive and Kicking

    Alive and Kicking

  • Run a Crooked Mile

    Run a Crooked Mile

  • Meet Me at Dawn

    Meet Me at Dawn

  • Lily of Killarney

    Lily of Killarney

  • The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

    The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

  • Co-operette

    Co-operette

  • The World of Wodehouse

    The World of Wodehouse

  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

  • Squibs

    Squibs

  • Cotton Queen

    Cotton Queen

  • Road House

    Road House

  • Play Up the Band

    Play Up the Band

  • Noose

    Noose

  • The Beggar's Opera

    The Beggar's Opera

  • This Happy Breed

    This Happy Breed

  • Up the Front

    Up the Front

  • Lady Godiva Rides Again

    Lady Godiva Rides Again

  • The Girl from Maxim's

    The Girl from Maxim's

  • Meet Me Tonight

    Meet Me Tonight

  • Target: Harry

    Target: Harry

  • The Lavender Hill Mob

    The Lavender Hill Mob

  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

    The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

  • Blandings Castle

    Blandings Castle

  • Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

  • Thingumybob

    Thingumybob

  • Hello London

    Hello London

  • The Happy Family

    The Happy Family

  • Salute John Citizen

    Salute John Citizen

  • Journey into Fear

    Journey into Fear

  • In Town Tonight

    In Town Tonight

  • Fast and Loose

    Fast and Loose

  • One Wild Oat

    One Wild Oat

  • Sleeping Car

    Sleeping Car

  • Drummed Out

    Drummed Out

  • The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle

    The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle

  • Halt, Who Goes There?

    Halt, Who Goes There?

  • Sam and His Musket

    Sam and His Musket

  • An Arabian Night

    An Arabian Night

  • Beat the Retreat

    Beat the Retreat

  • Albert's Savings

    Albert's Savings

  • Three Ha'pence a Foot

    Three Ha'pence a Foot

  • Love at Second Sight

    Love at Second Sight

  • Gunner Sam

    Gunner Sam

  • The Lion and Albert

    The Lion and Albert

  • The Third Sam

    The Third Sam

  • D’Ye Ken John Peel?

    D’Ye Ken John Peel?

  • Sam's Medal

    Sam's Medal

  • The Lion and Albert

    The Lion and Albert