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Stanley Holloway

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91 Years Old

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.

Born

Manor Park, London, England, UK on 1st October 1890

Died

30th January 1982

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The Danny Kaye Show
Self
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Tony Awards
Self - Performer
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The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
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The Bell Telephone Hour
Pooh-Bah
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Bellomy
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DuPont Show of the Month
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Our Man Higgins
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar
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My Fair Lady
Alfred P. Doolittle
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Hamlet
Gravedigger
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In Harm's Way
Clayton Canfil
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Brief Encounter
Albert Godby
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Caesar and Cleopatra
Belzanor
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Gravedigger
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The Magic Box
Broker's Man
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The Lavender Hill Mob
Albert Pendlebury
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Passport to Pimlico
Arthur Pemberton
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The Winslow Boy
Comico
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This Happy Breed
Bob Mitchell
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Ten Little Indians
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The Way Ahead
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On the Fiddle
Mr. Cooksley
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
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The Titfield Thunderbolt
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Lady Godiva Rides Again
Thomas Clark
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An Alligator Named Daisy
The General
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Jumping for Joy
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Major Barbara
Policeman
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The Way to the Stars
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No Love for Johnnie
Fred Andrews
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Noose
Inspector Rendall
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Journey into Fear
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
Sam Hollingsworth / Mr Lucifer
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Flight of the Doves
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No Trees in the Street
Kipper
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The Sandwich Man
Park Gardener
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Target: Harry
Jason Carlyle
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Meet Me at Dawn
Emile Pollet
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Run a Crooked Mile
Caretaker
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Wanted for Murder
Sergeant Sullivan
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Up the Front
The Great Vincento
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Alive and Kicking
MacDonagh
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Cotton Queen
Sam Owen
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Carnival
Charlie Raeburn
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Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
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The Beggar's Opera
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A Day to Remember
Charley Porter
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Snowbound
Joe Wesson
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One Night with You
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Meet Me Tonight
Henry Gow
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The Happy Family
Henry Lord
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An Arabian Night
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Squibs
Constable Charley Lee
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One Wild Oat
Alfred Gilbey
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Fast and Loose
Major George Crabb
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Hello London
himself
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The Co-Optimists
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Champagne Charlie
The Great Vance
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Sleeping Car
Francois
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The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe
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Another Shore
Alastair McNeil
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The Fantasticks
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The Girl from Maxim's
Dr Mongincourt
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The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner
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Lancashire Coast
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Sing As We Go
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Love at Second Sight
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The Perfect Woman
Ramshead
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Co-operette
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Road House
Donovan
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The Vicar of Bray
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D’Ye Ken John Peel?
Sam Small
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Salute John Citizen
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The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle
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The Lion and Albert
Narrator (voice)
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Play Up the Band
Sam Small
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Albert's Savings
Himself
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Sam and His Musket
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
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Gunner Sam
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
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In Town Tonight
Himself
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Three Ha'pence a Foot
Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)
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The Third Sam
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Halt, Who Goes There?
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)
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The Lion and Albert
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Beat the Retreat
Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)
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Drummed Out
Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / Colonel's Daughter (voice)