Stanley Holloway

ActorWriter Oct 1 (died age 91) Manor Park, London, England, UK 1929–1975 (46 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

My Fair Lady

Alfred P. Doolittle

Film

Brief Encounter

Albert Godby

Film

Hamlet

Gravedigger

Film

The Lavender Hill Mob

Albert Pendlebury

Film

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Gravedigger

Film

In Harm's Way

Clayton Canfil

Film

Passport to Pimlico

Arthur Pemberton

Film

Ten Little Indians

Det. William Henry Blore

Filmography

Acting (95)

Movies (84)

Journey into Fear

1975

as Mr. Mathews

5.6

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1973

as Poole der Butler

5.9

Up the Front

1972

as The Great Vincento

4.2

Flight of the Doves

1971

as Judge Liffy

5.8

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

1970

as Gravedigger

6.8

The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens

1970

as Mr. Vuffin

Run a Crooked Mile

as Caretaker

Target: Harry

as Jason Carlyle

Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

as Mr. Brown

The Sandwich Man

as Park Gardener

The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner

1966

as Self

In Harm's Way

1965

as Clayton Canfil

6.6

Ten Little Indians

1965

as Det. William Henry Blore

6.2

My Fair Lady

1964

as Alfred P. Doolittle

7.5

The Fantasticks

1964

as Amos Babcock Bellamy

6.0

The Third Sam

1962

as Narrator

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

1962

as Self / Alfred P. Doolittle

On the Fiddle

as Mr. Cooksley

No Love for Johnnie

as Fred Andrews

The Lion and Albert

Hello London

as himself

The Mikado

as Pooh-Bah

An Arabian Night

1960

Alive and Kicking

1959

as MacDonagh

6.9

No Trees in the Street

as Kipper

Lancashire Coast

Jumping for Joy

as Captain Jack Montague

6.5

An Alligator Named Daisy

1955

as The General

6.2

Fast and Loose

1954

as Major George Crabb

6.3

The Titfield Thunderbolt

as Walter Valentine

The Beggar's Opera

as Mr. Lockit

Meet Mr. Lucifer

as Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer

A Day to Remember

as Charley Porter

Meet Me Tonight

as Henry Gow

The Magic Box

as Broker's Man

The Happy Family

as Henry Lord

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951

as Albert Pendlebury

7.2

Lady Godiva Rides Again

as Thomas Clark

One Wild Oat

as Alfred Gilbey

Midnight Episode

The Perfect Woman

as Ramshead

Passport to Pimlico

as Arthur Pemberton

Hamlet

as Gravedigger

Another Shore

as Alastair McNeil

Snowbound

as Joe Wesson

Noose

as Inspector Rendall

The Winslow Boy

as Comico

One Night with You

as Tramp

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

as Vincent Crummles

Meet Me at Dawn

as Emile Pollet

The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle

1947

as Narrator

Wanted for Murder

as Sergeant Sullivan

Carnival

as Charlie Raeburn

Brief Encounter

as Albert Godby

The Way to the Stars

as Mr. Palmer

Caesar and Cleopatra

as Belzanor

Champagne Charlie

as The Great Vance

The Way Ahead

as Pvt. Ted Brewer

This Happy Breed

as Bob Mitchell

Salute John Citizen

Major Barbara

as Policeman

Albert's Savings

as Himself

Co-operette

1938

Three Ha'pence a Foot

1937

as Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)

The Vicar of Bray

1937

as The Vicar of Bray

5.5

Gunner Sam

1937

as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

The Lion and Albert

1937

as Narrator (voice)

Cotton Queen

1937

as Sam Owen

5.3

Beat the Retreat

1936

as Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)

Sam's Medal

1936

Halt, Who Goes There?

1936

as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

Sam and His Musket

1935

as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

Drummed Out

1935

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

Squibs

1935

as Constable Charley Lee

Play Up the Band

as Sam Small

In Town Tonight

as Himself

D’Ye Ken John Peel?

as Sam Small

Lily of Killarney

as Father O'Flynn

Road House

as Donovan

Love at Second Sight

Sing As We Go

as Policeman

The Girl from Maxim's

1933

as Dr Mongincourt

Sleeping Car

1933

as Francois

4.0

The Co-Optimists

1929

Television (11)

Thingumybob

1968

The World of Wodehouse

1967

as Beach

Blandings Castle

1967

as Beach

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

Our Man Higgins

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959

as Pooh-Bah

7.3

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self

7.0

DuPont Show of the Month

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Bellomy

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Halt, Who Goes There?

1936

Writer

Sam and His Musket

1935

Writer