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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My Fair Lady

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Brief Encounter

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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

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Hamlet

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The Lavender Hill Mob

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In Harm's Way

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Ten Little Indians

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Passport to Pimlico

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Caesar and Cleopatra

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This Happy Breed

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The Titfield Thunderbolt

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The Way Ahead

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Wanted for Murder

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The Winslow Boy

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The Way to the Stars

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The Magic Box

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The Ed Sullivan Show

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

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Major Barbara

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Up the Front

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Meet Mr. Lucifer

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Noose

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Flight of the Doves

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Journey into Fear

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No Trees in the Street

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Snowbound

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Lady Godiva Rides Again

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Tony Awards

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Champagne Charlie

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No Love for Johnnie

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Sing As We Go

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Another Shore

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The Sandwich Man

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Target: Harry

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The Perfect Woman

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Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

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An Alligator Named Daisy

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Alive and Kicking

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Meet Me Tonight

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

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One Wild Oat

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On the Fiddle

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Carnival

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A Day to Remember

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The Happy Family

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The Beggar's Opera

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Tonight Starring Jack Paar

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Cotton Queen

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Squibs

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The Fantasticks

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DuPont Show of the Month

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The Danny Kaye Show

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Fast and Loose

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The Vicar of Bray

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Run a Crooked Mile

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Road House

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Jumping for Joy

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D’Ye Ken John Peel?

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The Bell Telephone Hour

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Play Up the Band

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One Night with You

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Lily of Killarney

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Hello London

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Meet Me at Dawn

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Sleeping Car

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Our Man Higgins

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Sam and His Musket

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Drummed Out

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Halt, Who Goes There?

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The Lion and Albert

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Gunner Sam

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Beat the Retreat

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Three Ha'pence a Foot

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Midnight Episode

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In Town Tonight

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The Third Sam

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Co-operette

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The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle

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Love at Second Sight

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The Girl from Maxim's

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The Co-Optimists

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Salute John Citizen

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The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner

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The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

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Sam's Medal

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Albert's Savings

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Lancashire Coast

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An Arabian Night

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Thingumybob

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Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

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