Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 10/1/1890 (133 years old)
  • Place of birth: Manor Park, London, England, UK
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Second chance
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 75%
role:
Det. William Henry Blore
2005

Comedy

Drama

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
75%
1970

Adventure

Comedy

Crime

Mystery

Romance

Thriller

7.0
69%
In Harm's Way
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 68%
role:
Clayton Canfil
1965

Drama

War & Politics

7.2
68%
My Fair Lady
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 76%
role:
Alfred P. Doolittle
1964

Drama

Music

Romance

7.7
76%
Lady Godiva Rides Again
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 62%
role:
Thomas Clark
Not available
1951

Comedy

5.8
62%
Not available
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The Lavender Hill Mob
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 72%
role:
Albert Pendlebury
1951

Comedy

Crime

7.5
72%
Passport to Pimlico
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 67%
role:
Arthur Pemberton
1949

Comedy

7.1
67%
Hamlet
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 75%
role:
Gravedigger
1948

Drama

7.6
75%
1947

Drama

6.9
65%
Brief Encounter
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 78%
role:
Albert Godby
1945

Drama

Romance

8.0
78%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Stanley Holloway are, for example, Second chance, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes and In Harm's Way.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Amazon, Prime Video and iTunes.
The best Anystream ratings are Brief Encounter (7.9), My Fair Lady (7.7) and Hamlet (7.6).
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