Acting
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stanley Holloway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Journey into Fear
Film · 1975
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Film · 1973
Up the Front
Film · 1972
Flight of the Doves
Film · 1971
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Film · 1970
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
Film · 1970
Target: Harry
Film · 1969
Run a Crooked Mile
Film · 1969
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Film · 1968
Thingumybob
Series · 1968
The World of Wodehouse
Series · 1967
Blandings Castle
Series · 1967
Before the Fringe
Series · 1967
The Sandwich Man
Film · 1966
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
Film · 1966
Ten Little Indians
Film · 1965
In Harm's Way
Film · 1965
My Fair Lady
Film · 1964
The Fantasticks
Film · 1964
The Danny Kaye Show
Series · 1963
The Third Sam
Film · 1962
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
Film · 1962
Our Man Higgins
Series · 1962
On the Fiddle
Film · 1961
No Love for Johnnie
Film · 1961
The Lion and Albert
Film · 1961
Hello London
Film · 1960
An Arabian Night
Film · 1960
The Mikado
Film · 1960
Alive and Kicking
Film · 1959
No Trees in the Street
Film · 1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
Series · 1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
Series · 1959
Lancashire Coast
Film · 1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Series · 1957
DuPont Show of the Month
Series · 1957
Jumping for Joy
Film · 1956
Armchair Theatre
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
An Alligator Named Daisy
Film · 1955
Fast and Loose
Film · 1954
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Film · 1953
Meet Mr. Lucifer
Film · 1953
A Day to Remember
Film · 1953
The Beggar's Opera
Film · 1953
The Magic Box
Film · 1952
The Happy Family
Film · 1952
Meet Me Tonight
Film · 1952
The Lavender Hill Mob
Film · 1951
One Wild Oat
Film · 1951
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Film · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Midnight Episode
Film · 1950
Passport to Pimlico
Film · 1949
The Perfect Woman
Film · 1949
Hamlet
Film · 1948
Noose
Film · 1948
The Winslow Boy
Film · 1948
Snowbound
Film · 1948
Another Shore
Film · 1948
One Night with You
Film · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Film · 1947
The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
Film · 1947
Meet Me at Dawn
Film · 1947
Wanted for Murder
Film · 1946
Carnival
Film · 1946
Brief Encounter
Film · 1945
The Way to the Stars
Film · 1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
Film · 1945
The Way Ahead
Film · 1944
Champagne Charlie
Film · 1944
This Happy Breed
Film · 1944
Salute John Citizen
Film · 1942
Major Barbara
Film · 1941
Albert's Savings
Film · 1940
Co-operette
Film · 1938
The Vicar of Bray
Film · 1937
Cotton Queen
Film · 1937
The Lion and Albert
Film · 1937
Gunner Sam
Film · 1937
Three Ha'pence a Foot
Film · 1937
Halt, Who Goes There?
Film · 1936
Beat the Retreat
Film · 1936
Sam's Medal
Film · 1936
Play Up the Band
Film · 1935
Drummed Out
Film · 1935
Sam and His Musket
Film · 1935
In Town Tonight
Film · 1935
Squibs
Film · 1935
D’Ye Ken John Peel?
Film · 1935
Road House
Film · 1934
Love at Second Sight
Film · 1934
Lily of Killarney
Film · 1934
Sing As We Go
Film · 1934
The Girl from Maxim's
Film · 1933
Sleeping Car
Film · 1933
The Co-Optimists
Film · 1929