Stanley Holloway

Acting · Born 1890-10-01 in Manor Park, London, England, UK

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…

Filmography

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Poole der Butler
• Brief Encounter as Albert Godby
• Passport to Pimlico as Arthur Pemberton
• Ten Little Indians as Det. William Henry Blore
• My Fair Lady as Alfred P. Doolittle
• Hamlet as Gravedigger
• The Titfield Thunderbolt as Walter Valentine
• The Lavender Hill Mob as Albert Pendlebury
• The Way Ahead as Pvt. Ted Brewer
• The Way to the Stars as Mr. Palmer