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.
84 movies · 12 shows
Journey into Fear
1975·6.0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1973·6.3
Up the Front
1972·4.4
Flight of the Doves
1971·5.9
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970·6.8
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
1970·8.0
Run a Crooked Mile
1969·7.7
Target: Harry
1969·6.1
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
1968·5.1
The Sandwich Man
1966·6.5
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
1966·0.0
Ten Little Indians
1965·6.3
In Harm's Way
1965·6.6
My Fair Lady
1964·7.5
The Fantasticks
1964·6.0
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
1962·0.0
The Third Sam
1962·0.0
On the Fiddle
1961·5.7
The Lion and Albert
1961·0.0
No Love for Johnnie
1961·6.7
Hello London
1960·7.0
An Arabian Night
1960·0.0
The Mikado
1960·9.0
Alive and Kicking
1959·7.1
No Trees in the Street
1959·5.8
Lancashire Coast
1957·7.0
Jumping for Joy
1956·6.7
An Alligator Named Daisy
1955·6.4
Fast and Loose
1954·6.6
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953·5.2
A Day to Remember
1953·7.4
The Beggar's Opera
1953·5.1
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953·7.0
Meet Me Tonight
1952·7.1
The Happy Family
1952·7.8
The Magic Box
1952·6.5
Lady Godiva Rides Again
1951·5.9
The Lavender Hill Mob
1951·7.2
One Wild Oat
1951·5.2
Midnight Episode
1950·8.0
Passport to Pimlico
1949·6.9
The Perfect Woman
1949·6.4
Hamlet
1948·7.4
Another Shore
1948·5.7
Noose
1948·5.3
The Winslow Boy
1948·7.0
One Night with You
1948·7.3
Snowbound
1948·6.1
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947·6.7
Meet Me at Dawn
1947·7.5
The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
1947·0.0
Carnival
1946·7.7
Wanted for Murder
1946·6.4
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945·6.2
Brief Encounter
1945·7.7
The Way to the Stars
1945·6.0
Champagne Charlie
1944·5.9
The Way Ahead
1944·6.6
This Happy Breed
1944·7.1
Salute John Citizen
1942·9.0
Major Barbara
1941·6.9
Albert's Savings
1940·0.0
Co-operette
1938·0.0
Gunner Sam
1937·0.0
Cotton Queen
1937·6.3
The Vicar of Bray
1937·6.3
Three Ha'pence a Foot
1937·0.0
The Lion and Albert
1937·0.0
Halt, Who Goes There?
1936·0.0
Beat the Retreat
1936·0.0
Sam's Medal
1936·0.0
Play Up the Band
1935·6.0
D’Ye Ken John Peel?
1935·6.0
Squibs
1935·5.0
Sam and His Musket
1935·0.0
Drummed Out
1935·0.0
In Town Tonight
1935·10.0
Road House
1934·6.3
Sing As We Go
1934·5.8
Love at Second Sight
1934·7.0
Lily of Killarney
1934·6.0
The Girl from Maxim's
1933·8.0
Sleeping Car
1933·6.5
The Co-Optimists
1929·7.0