Stanley Holloway
1890-10-01 ( 134 years old ) in Manor Park, London, England, UK

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

Journey into Fear 1975-08-08
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1973-03-07
Up the Front 1972-01-01
Flight of the Doves 1971-04-02
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970-10-29
Run a Crooked Mile 1969-11-18
Target: Harry 1969-05-23
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter 1968-01-22
The Sandwich Man 1966-07-01
The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner 1966-02-21
Ten Little Indians 1965-07-31
In Harm's Way 1965-04-06
My Fair Lady 1964-10-21
The Fantasticks 1964-10-17
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe 1962-02-11
The Third Sam 1962-01-01
On the Fiddle 1961-10-10
The Lion and Albert 1961-04-03
No Love for Johnnie 1961-02-14
Hello London 1960-11-05
An Arabian Night 1960-06-09
Alive and Kicking 1959-07-13
No Trees in the Street 1959-03-03
Lancashire Coast 1957-08-01
Jumping for Joy 1956-01-01
An Alligator Named Daisy 1955-12-13
Fast and Loose 1954-02-12
Meet Mr. Lucifer 1953-11-30
A Day to Remember 1953-11-10
The Beggar's Opera 1953-08-24
The Titfield Thunderbolt 1953-03-04
Meet Me Tonight 1952-09-09
The Happy Family 1952-03-30
The Magic Box 1952-01-01
Lady Godiva Rides Again 1951-10-25
The Lavender Hill Mob 1951-06-28
One Wild Oat 1951-05-16
Midnight Episode 1950-12-31
Passport to Pimlico 1949-10-26
The Perfect Woman 1949-05-23
Hamlet 1948-12-10
Another Shore 1948-11-24
Noose 1948-09-28
The Winslow Boy 1948-09-24
One Night with You 1948-04-25
Snowbound 1948-03-23
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 1947-03-12
Meet Me at Dawn 1947-02-17
The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle 1947-01-02
Carnival 1946-12-02
Wanted for Murder 1946-06-17
Caesar and Cleopatra 1945-12-11
Brief Encounter 1945-11-24
The Way to the Stars 1945-06-16
Champagne Charlie 1944-08-25
The Way Ahead 1944-06-09
This Happy Breed 1944-05-28
Salute John Citizen 1942-09-28
Major Barbara 1941-05-14
Albert's Savings 1940-08-31
Co-operette 1938-01-01
Gunner Sam 1937-08-01
Cotton Queen 1937-06-01
The Vicar of Bray 1937-05-09
Three Ha'pence a Foot 1937-03-01
The Lion and Albert 1937-02-01
Halt, Who Goes There? 1936-01-01
Beat the Retreat 1936-01-01
Sam's Medal 1936-01-01
Play Up the Band 1935-11-01
D’Ye Ken John Peel? 1935-07-22
Squibs 1935-06-11
Sam and His Musket 1935-01-01
Drummed Out 1935-01-01
In Town Tonight 1935-01-01
Road House 1934-11-29
Sing As We Go 1934-09-13
Love at Second Sight 1934-09-01
Lily of Killarney 1934-01-05
The Girl from Maxim's 1933-08-22
Sleeping Car 1933-06-06
The Co-Optimists 1929-12-27

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