Stanley Holloway
Date of birth: 1890-10-01
Place of birth: Manor Park, London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known 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 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.
Movie Credits
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973-03-07
Musical version of the story in which Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealin
Brief Encounter
1945-11-24
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is throw
Ten Little Indians
1965-07-31
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion. When the host doesn't show
Passport to Pimlico
1949-10-26
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and d
My Fair Lady
1964-12-01
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her present
Hamlet
1948-12-10
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953-03-04
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of loc
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951-06-28
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal go
The Way Ahead
1944-06-09
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and
The Way to the Stars
1945-06-16
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Bri
Champagne Charlie
1944-08-25
A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival m
Up the Front
1972-07-14
In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er cowa
One Wild Oat
1951-05-16
A lawyer's plan to break up his daughter's budding romance backfires when the boyfriend's father bec
Noose
1948-09-28
Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempt
Wanted for Murder
1946-06-17
The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist th
This Happy Breed
1944-05-28
A chronicle of the lives of the Gibbons family, from shortly after the end of the First World War to
The Magic Box
1952-01-01
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young a
Flight of the Doves
1971-04-02
While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a mas
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947-03-12
A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.
Target: Harry
1969-05-23
Pilot Harry Black is hired to fly a man named Carlyle to Istanbul, where he's murdered. Now, mysteri
The Winslow Boy
1948-09-24
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents
The Perfect Woman
1949-05-23
In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on
Snowbound
1948-03-23
Good and bad characters are stuck in a ski chalet near buried Nazi gold in the Alps.
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968-01-22
Herman inherits a greyhound and decides to make his fortune by dog racing. After traveling from Manc
Fast and Loose
1954-02-12
An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn togethe
On the Fiddle
1961-10-10
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chanc
Journey into Fear
1975-08-08
U.S geologist discovers something about Oil that proves VERY threatening to the Turkish and Arab bus
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953-11-30
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
Another Shore
1948-11-24
A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the E
No Love for Johnnie
1961-02-14
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his li
Play Up the Band
1935-11-01
A brass band goes to London to take part in a competition.
A Day to Remember
1953-11-10
A group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members of th
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955-12-13
Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger
Alive and Kicking
1959-07-13
Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escap
The Vicar of Bray
1937-05-09
The Vicar of Bray is a satirical description of an individual fundamentally changing his principles
One Night with You
1948-04-25
Two strangers meet when they both miss their trains, and end up spending a penniless day and night t
Carnival
1946-12-02
A melodrama about a 19th-century ballet dancer who makes an unfortunate career move by marrying a ta
No Trees in the Street
1959-03-03
Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England
Cotton Queen
1937-06-01
The niece of a mill-owner goes undercover in the mill of a rival, where she gets mixed up in romanti
Sam and His Musket
1935-01-01
Based on a comic monologue performed by Stanley Holloway on radio and records.
Drummed Out
1935-01-01
One of the greatest personalities of modern times. The life of a statesman who has helped to make th
Halt, Who Goes There?
1936-01-01
Halt, Who Goes There?
The Lion and Albert
1937-02-01
Gunner Sam
1937-08-01
Based on a comic monologue performed by Stanley Holloway on radio and records.
Beat the Retreat
1936-01-01
Three Ha'pence a Foot
1937-03-01
Animation based on a Stanley Holloway/G. Marriott Edgar monologue. A northern wood salesman refuses
Midnight Episode
1950-12-31
A panhandler who opens car doors for people in London's theatre district finds himself involved in a
The Happy Family
1952-03-30
When the Government decide to build a Festival of Britain exhibition site, everything goes to plan,
In Town Tonight
1935-01-01
A British musical film directed by Herbert Smith.
Run a Crooked Mile
1969-11-18
A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murde
Squibs
1935-06-11
Squibs, a cockney flowerseller with a father overwhelmed by gambling debts wins through with the hel
The Third Sam
1962-01-01
Driver Sam Smith is given the privilege of driving one of the new electric trains. But when a proble
Co-operette
1938-01-01
Debroy Somers and his Band, comedian Hal Walters and the delightful dance troupe ‘The Six Co-Operett
Road House
1934-11-29
Road House is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Violet Loraine
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951-10-25
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain proc
The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
1947-01-02
Henry demonstrates his two-wheel tomfoolery, but there's no happy ending for this bike.
The Fantasticks
1964-10-17
Widowers Amos and Ben plot to romantically unite Amos’ daughter, Luisa, and Ben’s son, Matt, by pret
Love at Second Sight
1934-07-13
It is love at first sight between Juliet and Allan as they catch sight of each other on passing trai
The Lion and Albert
1961-04-03
Combines two episodes by author Marriott Edgar about Ramsbottom family, namely “The Lion and Albert”
The Girl from Maxim's
1933-08-22
A Doctor tries to pass off a singer as his wife in Paris in 1904.
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970-10-29
When a bored Sherlock eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon following an attempt on her life,
The Beggar's Opera
1953-08-24
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffit
Lily of Killarney
1934-06-09
Set in Ireland, a poor knight's rival frames him for murder in this musical based on 'Colleen Bawn'.
Hello London
1960-11-05
Hello London is a 1958 documentary film starring Sonja Henie and Michael Wilding.
Major Barbara
1941-05-14
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels
Jumping for Joy
1956-01-01
At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's no
The Sandwich Man
1966-07-15
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
Meet Me at Dawn
1947-02-17
A young man makes his living in Paris in 1900 by fighting duels on behalf of other parties. He is hi
The Co-Optimists
1929-12-27
A British concert musical film directed by Edwin Greenwood
Salute John Citizen
1942-09-28
A typical working family have to cope with living through the Blitz, adapting to its privations, and
Meet Me Tonight
1952-09-09
Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
1966-02-21
Hosted by Cyril Ritchard, with performances by Florence Henderson, Barbara Harris, Stanley Holloway,
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962-02-11
A musical special celebrating the fruitful collaboration of Broadway lyricist/librettist Alan Jay Le
Sleeping Car
1933-06-06
A French sleeping-car attending with an eye for the ladies hooks up with a wealthy widow and they ge
Sam's Medal
1936-01-01
Pvt. Sam Small is awarded a medal after Waterloo for saving his Sgt. Major's life. The truth emerges
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945-12-11
The aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
In Harm's Way
1965-04-06
A Naval officer, reprimanded after Pearl Harbor, is later promoted to Rear Admiral and gets a second
Albert's Savings
1940-08-31
A homily on the duty to save, in the guise of one of the "Albert" rhyming monologues, recited by Sta
D’Ye Ken John Peel?
1935-07-22
Major John Peel returns to England, following Napoleon's Waterloo defeat, and renews his acquaintanc
Lancashire Coast
1957-08-01
The holiday attractions of the Lancashire coast, including a beauty contest in Morecambe, Southport
An Arabian Night
1960-06-09
Sing As We Go
1934-09-13
When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the
The Mikado
1960-04-29
In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he m
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970-07-02
British television film about the life of Charles Dickens directed by Ned Sherrin and starring Antho