Stanley Holloway

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-10-01 (92 years old)

Deathday

1982-01-30

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 fi...

Acting

1973

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Poole der Butler

1945

Brief Encounter

as Albert Godby

1965

Ten Little Indians

as Det. William Henry Blore

1949

Passport to Pimlico

as Arthur Pemberton

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

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

1969

Target: Harry

as Jason Carlyle

1948

1949

1948

Snowbound

as Joe Wesson

1954

Fast and Loose

as Major George Crabb

1961

On the Fiddle

as Mr. Cooksley

1975

Journey into Fear

as Mr. Mathews

1948

Another Shore

as Alastair McNeil

1953

Meet Mr. Lucifer

as Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer

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

1959

Alive and Kicking

as MacDonagh

1937

The Vicar of Bray

as The Vicar of Bray

1948

1946

Carnival

as Charlie Raeburn

1937

Cotton Queen

as Sam Owen

1935

Sam and His Musket

as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

1935

Drummed Out

as Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)

1936

Halt, Who Goes There?

as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

1936

Beat the Retreat

as Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)

1937

The Lion and Albert

as Narrator (voice)

1937

Three Ha'pence a Foot

as Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)

1937

Gunner Sam

as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

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

1934

Road House

as Donovan

1951

1964

The Fantasticks

as Amos Babcock Bellamy

1933

The Girl from Maxim's

as Dr Mongincourt

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

1952

Meet Me Tonight

as Henry Gow

1962

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

as Self / Alfred P. Doolittle

1933

Sleeping Car

as Francois

1945

1965

In Harm's Way

as Clayton Canfil

1940

1935

1934

Sing As We Go

as Policeman

Production

1935

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