Stanley Holloway
Birthday
1890/10/01
Day of death
1982/01/30 (91 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Manor Park, London, England, UK
Also know as
Stanley Augustus Holloway , Stanley Augustus Holloway OBE
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 appearance...Read more
Acting
(1973) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Poole der Butler
(1945) Brief Encounter
as Albert Godby
(1949) Passport to Pimlico
as Arthur Pemberton
(1965) Ten Little Indians
as Det. William Henry Blore
(1964) My Fair Lady
as Alfred P. Doolittle
(1948) Hamlet
as Gravedigger
(1953) The Titfield Thunderbolt
as Walter Valentine
(1951) The Lavender Hill Mob
as Albert Pendlebury
(1944) The Way Ahead
as Pvt. Ted Brewer
(1945) The Way to the Stars
as Mr. Palmer
(1944) Champagne Charlie
as The Great Vance
(1972) Up the Front
as The Great Vincento
(1951) One Wild Oat
as Alfred Gilbey
(1948) Noose
as Inspector Rendall
(1946) Wanted for Murder
as Sergeant Sullivan
(1944) This Happy Breed
as Bob Mitchell
(1952) The Magic Box
as Broker's Man
(1971) Flight of the Doves
as Judge Liffy
(1947) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Vincent Crummles
(1969) Target: Harry
as Jason Carlyle
(1948) The Winslow Boy
as Comico
(1949) The Perfect Woman
as Ramshead
(1948) Snowbound
as Joe Wesson
(1968) Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
as Mr. Brown
(1954) Fast and Loose
as Major George Crabb
(1961) On the Fiddle
as Mr. Cooksley
(1975) Journey into Fear
as Mr. Mathews
(1953) Meet Mr. Lucifer
as Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer
(1948) Another Shore
as Alastair McNeil
(1961) No Love for Johnnie
as Fred Andrews
(1935) Play Up the Band
as Sam Small
(1953) A Day to Remember
as Charley Porter
(1955) An Alligator Named Daisy
as The General
(1959) Alive and Kicking
as MacDonagh
(1937) The Vicar of Bray
as The Vicar of Bray
(1948) One Night with You
as Tramp
(1946) Carnival
as Charlie Raeburn
(1959) No Trees in the Street
as Kipper
(1937) Cotton Queen
as Sam Owen
(1935) Drummed Out
as Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)
(1936) Halt, Who Goes There?
as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
(1935) Sam and His Musket
as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
(1937) The Lion and Albert
as Narrator (voice)
(1937) Gunner Sam
as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
(1937) Three Ha'pence a Foot
as Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)
(1936) Beat the Retreat
as Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
(1950) Midnight Episode
as ---
(1952) The Happy Family
as Henry Lord
(1935) In Town Tonight
as Himself
(1969) Run a Crooked Mile
as Caretaker
(1935) Squibs
as Constable Charley Lee
(1962) The Third Sam
as Narrator
(1938) Co-operette
as ---
(1934) Road House
as Donovan
(1951) Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Thomas Clark
(1947) The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
as Narrator
(1964) The Fantasticks
as Amos Babcock Bellamy
(1934) Love at Second Sight
as ---
(1961) The Lion and Albert
as ---
(1933) The Girl from Maxim's
as Dr Mongincourt
(1970) The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
as Gravedigger
(1953) The Beggar's Opera
as Mr. Lockit
(1934) Lily of Killarney
as Father O'Flynn
(1960) Hello London
as himself
(1941) Major Barbara
as Policeman
(1956) Jumping for Joy
as Captain Jack Montague
(1966) The Sandwich Man
as Park Gardener
(1947) Meet Me at Dawn
as Emile Pollet
(1929) The Co-Optimists
as ---
(1942) Salute John Citizen
as ---
(1952) Meet Me Tonight
as Henry Gow
(1966) The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
as Himself
(1962) The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
as Self / Alfred P. Doolittle
(1933) Sleeping Car
as Francois
(1936) Sam's Medal
as ---
(1945) Caesar and Cleopatra
as Belzanor
(1965) In Harm's Way
as Clayton Canfil
(1940) Albert's Savings
as Himself
(1935) D’Ye Ken John Peel?
as Sam Small
(1957) Lancashire Coast
as ---
(1960) An Arabian Night
as ---
(1934) Sing As We Go
as Policeman
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Bellomy
(1962) Our Man Higgins
as ---
(1968) Thingumybob
as ---
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1957) DuPont Show of the Month
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Pooh-Bah
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
(1963) The Danny Kaye Show
as Self
(1966) Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
as ---