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.

Movies unavailable from Stanley Holloway

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Poole der Butler

Movie 1973

Brief Encounter

Albert Godby

Movie 1945

Ten Little Indians

Det. William Henry Blore

Movie 1965

Passport to Pimlico

Arthur Pemberton

Movie 1949

My Fair Lady

Alfred P. Doolittle

Movie 1964

Hamlet

Gravedigger

Movie 1948

The Titfield Thunderbolt

Walter Valentine

Movie 1953

The Lavender Hill Mob

Albert Pendlebury

Movie 1951

The Way Ahead

Pvt. Ted Brewer

Movie 1944

The Way to the Stars

Mr. Palmer

Movie 1945

Champagne Charlie

The Great Vance

Movie 1944

Up the Front

The Great Vincento

Movie 1972

Noose

Inspector Rendall

Movie 1948

Wanted for Murder

Sergeant Sullivan

Movie 1946

This Happy Breed

Bob Mitchell

Movie 1944

The Magic Box

Broker's Man

Movie 1952

Flight of the Doves

Judge Liffy

Movie 1971

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Vincent Crummles

Movie 1947

Target: Harry

Jason Carlyle

Movie 1969

The Winslow Boy

Comico

Movie 1948

The Perfect Woman

Ramshead

Movie 1949

Snowbound

Joe Wesson

Movie 1948

Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter

Mr. Brown

Movie 1968

Fast and Loose

Major George Crabb

Movie 1954

On the Fiddle

Mr. Cooksley

Movie 1961

Journey into Fear

Mr. Mathews

Movie 1975

Meet Mr. Lucifer

Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer

Movie 1953

Another Shore

Alastair McNeil

Movie 1948

No Love for Johnnie

Fred Andrews

Movie 1961

Play Up the Band

Sam Small

Movie 1935

An Alligator Named Daisy

The General

Movie 1955

Alive and Kicking

MacDonagh

Movie 1959

The Vicar of Bray

The Vicar of Bray

Movie 1937

One Night with You

Tramp

Movie 1948

Carnival

Charlie Raeburn

Movie 1946

No Trees in the Street

Kipper

Movie 1959

Cotton Queen

Sam Owen

Movie 1937

Sam and His Musket

Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

Movie 1935

Drummed Out

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

Movie 1935

Halt, Who Goes There?

Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

Movie 1936

The Lion and Albert

Narrator (voice)

Movie 1937

Gunner Sam

Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

Movie 1937

Beat the Retreat

Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)

Movie 1936

Three Ha'pence a Foot

Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)

Movie 1937

Midnight Episode

Movie 1950

The Happy Family

Henry Lord

Movie 1952

In Town Tonight

Himself

Movie 1935

Run a Crooked Mile

Caretaker

Movie 1969

Squibs

Constable Charley Lee

Movie 1935

The Third Sam

Narrator

Movie 1962

Co-operette

Movie 1938

Road House

Donovan

Movie 1934

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Thomas Clark

Movie 1951

The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle

Narrator

Movie 1947

The Fantasticks

Amos Babcock Bellamy

Movie 1964

Love at Second Sight

Movie 1934

The Lion and Albert

Movie 1961

The Girl from Maxim's

Dr Mongincourt

Movie 1933

The Beggar's Opera

Mr. Lockit

Movie 1953

Lily of Killarney

Father O'Flynn

Movie 1934

Hello London

himself

Movie 1960

Major Barbara

Policeman

Movie 1941

Jumping for Joy

Captain Jack Montague

Movie 1956

Meet Me at Dawn

Emile Pollet

Movie 1947

The Co-Optimists

Movie 1929

Salute John Citizen

Movie 1942

Meet Me Tonight

Henry Gow

Movie 1952

The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner

Himself

Movie 1966

The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe

Self / Alfred P. Doolittle

Movie 1962

Sleeping Car

Francois

Movie 1933

Sam's Medal

Movie 1936

Caesar and Cleopatra

Belzanor

Movie 1945

In Harm's Way

Clayton Canfil

Movie 1965

Albert's Savings

Himself

Movie 1940

D’Ye Ken John Peel?

Sam Small

Movie 1935

Lancashire Coast

Movie 1957

An Arabian Night

Movie 1960

Sing As We Go

Policeman

Movie 1934

Tv series unavailable from Stanley Holloway

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Bellomy

Tv 1951

Our Man Higgins

Tv 1962

Thingumybob

Tv 1968

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Self

Tv 1957

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Tv 1948

DuPont Show of the Month

Self

Tv 1957

Tony Awards

Self - Performer

Tv 1956

The Bell Telephone Hour

Pooh-Bah

Tv 1959

The Bell Telephone Hour

Self

Tv 1959

The Danny Kaye Show

Self

Tv 1963

Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show

Tv 1966