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Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway

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.

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as Mr. Brown

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1966

as Park Gardener

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as Himself

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as Det. William Henry Blore

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1963

as Self

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1962

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1962

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1962

as Narrator

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1961

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as Fred Andrews

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1960

as himself

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1960

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1959

as MacDonagh

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1959

as Kipper

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1959

as Pooh-Bah

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1959

as Self

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1957

as Self

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Tony Awards

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1956

as Self - Performer

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as Captain Jack Montague

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1955

as The General

Fast and Loose

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1954

as Major George Crabb

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1953

as Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer

A Day to Remember

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1953

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as Mr. Lockit

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as Walter Valentine

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as Henry Gow

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as Henry Lord

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as Broker's Man

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as Bellomy

Lady Godiva Rides Again

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1951

as Thomas Clark

The Lavender Hill Mob

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1951

as Albert Pendlebury

One Wild Oat

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1951

as Alfred Gilbey

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1950

Passport to Pimlico

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1949

as Arthur Pemberton

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1949

as Ramshead

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1948

as Gravedigger

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1948

as Alastair McNeil

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1948

as Inspector Rendall

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as Comico

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as Tramp

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1948

as Joe Wesson

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as Vincent Crummles

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1947

as Emile Pollet

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1947

as Narrator

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1946

as Charlie Raeburn

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1946

as Sergeant Sullivan

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1945

as Belzanor

Brief Encounter

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1945

as Albert Godby

The Way to the Stars

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1945

as Mr. Palmer

Champagne Charlie

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1944

as The Great Vance

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1944

as Pvt. Ted Brewer

This Happy Breed

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1944

as Bob Mitchell

Salute John Citizen

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1942

Major Barbara

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1941

as Policeman

Albert's Savings

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1940

as Himself

Co-operette

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1938

Gunner Sam

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1937

as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

Cotton Queen

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1937

as Sam Owen

The Vicar of Bray

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1937

as The Vicar of Bray

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1937

as Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)

The Lion and Albert

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1937

as Narrator (voice)

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1936

as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

Beat the Retreat

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1936

as Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)

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1936

Play Up the Band

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1935

as Sam Small

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as Sam Small

Squibs

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1935

as Constable Charley Lee

Drummed Out

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1935

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

Sam and His Musket

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1935

as Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

In Town Tonight

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1935

as Himself

Road House

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as Donovan

Sing As We Go

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1934

as Policeman

Love at Second Sight

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Lily of Killarney

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as Father O'Flynn

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1933

as Dr Mongincourt

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1933

as Francois

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1929