Stanley Holloway

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 nominations. See more awards »

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My Fair Lady Alfred P. Doolittle

(1964)

Brief Encounter Albert Godby

(1945)

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Gravedigger

(1970)

Hamlet Gravedigger

(1948)

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Actor (88 credits)

1975 Journey Into Fear
Mr. Mathews

1973 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (TV Movie)
Poole

1972 Up the Front
The Great Vincento / Vincento

1971 Flight of the Doves
The Judge

1970 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Gravedigger

1970 The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (TV Movie)
Mr. Vuffin

1969 Run a Crooked Mile (TV Movie)
Caretaker

1969 Target: Harry
Jason Carlyle

1968 Thingumybob (TV Series)
Bob Bridge

- Episode dated 18 August 1968 (1968) ... Bob Bridge

- Episode dated 9 August 1968 (1968) ... Bob Bridge

1968 Armchair Theatre (TV Series)
Norman Dodd

- The Ballad of the Artificial Mash (1968) ... Norman Dodd

1968 Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
G.G. Brown

1967 Blandings Castle (TV Series)
Beach

- Lord Emsworth and Company for Gertrude (1967) ... Beach

- Pig Hoo-oo-ey! (1967) ... Beach

- Lord Emsworth Acts for the Best (1967) ... Beach

- Lord Emsworth and the Crime Wave at Blandings (1967) ... Beach

- The Great Pumpkin Crisis (1967) ... Beach

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1967 Before the Fringe (TV Series)

- Episode #1.2 (1967)

1966 The Sandwich Man
Park Gardener

1965 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series)
Lord Richwealth - Eggcup Tycoon

- Goofy Goofy Gander (1965) ... Lord Richwealth - Eggcup Tycoon

1965 Ten Little Indians
William Blore

1965 In Harm's Way
Clayton Canfil

1964 My Fair Lady
Alfred P. Doolittle

1964 The Fantasticks (TV Movie)
Bellamy

1962-1963 Our Man Higgins (TV Series)
Higgins / Higgans

- The Dance (1963) ... Higgans

- Love Is Dandy (1963) ... Higgins

- Who's on First? (1963) ... Higgins

- The Education of Harry Barker (1963) ... Higgins

- Delinquent for a Day (1963) ... Higgins

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1961 Operation Snafu
Mr Cooksley

1961 No Love for Johnnie
Fred Andrews

1960 An Arabian Night (TV Movie)
Ibrahim

1960 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series)
Pooh Bah

- The Mikado (1960) ... Pooh Bah

1959 No Trees in the Street
Kipper

1958 Alive and Kicking
MacDonagh

1956 Jumping for Joy
Captain Jack Montague

1955 An Alligator Named Daisy
General Weston

1954 Fast and Loose
Major George Crabb

1953 Meet Mr. Lucifer
Mr. Hollingsworth / Mr. Lucifer

1953 A Day to Remember
Charley Porter

1953 The Beggar's Opera
Mr. Lockit

1953 The Titfield Thunderbolt
Valentine

1952 Tonight at 8:30
Henry Gow (segment "Fumed Oak: An Unpleasant Comedy")

1952 Mr. Lord Says No
Henry Lord

1951 Bikini Baby
Mr. Clark

1951 The Magic Box
Broker's Man

1951 The Lavender Hill Mob
Pendlebury

1951 One Wild Oat
Alfred Gilbey

1950 Midnight Episode
Professor Prince

1949 The Perfect Woman
Ramshead

1949 Passport to Pimlico
Arthur Pemberton

1948 Another Shore
Alastair

1948 The Silk Noose
Insp. Kendall

1948 The Winslow Boy
Stanley Holloway

1948 Hamlet
Gravedigger

1948 One Night with You
Tramp

1948 Snowbound
Wesson

1947 The Ballad of the Battered Bicycle (Short)
Narrator

1947 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Vincent Crummles

1947 Meet Me at Dawn
Emile Pollet

1946 Carnival
Charlie Raeburn

1946 Wanted for Murder
Sgt. Sullivan

1945 Caesar and Cleopatra
Belzanor

1945 Brief Encounter
Albert Godby

1945 Johnny in the Clouds
Mr Palmer

1944 Champagne Charlie
The Great Vance

1944 The Way Ahead
Pte. Ted Brewer

1944 This Happy Breed
Bob Mitchell

1943 Worker and Warfront No. 8 (Short)
Narrator

1942 Salute John Citizen
Oskey

1941 Major Barbara
Policeman

1939 Sam Goes Shopping (Short)
Narrator

1937 Co-operette (Short)
Sam Small

1937 Gunner Sam (Short)
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

1937 Our Island Nation (Documentary)
Chief Petty Officer George Barber

1937 Sam Small Leaves Town
Richard Manning

1937 Cotton Queen
Sam Owen

1937 The Vicar of Bray
The Vicar of Bray

1937 Song of the Forge
Joe / Sir William Barrett

1937 Three Ha'pence a Foot (Short)
Narrator / Sam Small / Noah (voice)

1937 The Lion and Albert (Short)
Narrator (voice)

1936 Beat the Retreat (Short)
Narrator / Sam Small / Napoleon Bonaparte (voice)

1936 Halt, Who Goes There? (Short)
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

1936 Sam's Medal (Short)
Narrator / Sam Small / Monarch (voice)

1935 Drummed Out (Short)
Narrator / Sam Small / Colonel / ...

1935 Sam and His Musket (Short)
Narrator / Sam Small (voice)

1935 Play Up the Band
Sam Small

1935 Squibs
Constable Charley Lee

1935 D'Ye Ken John Peel?
Sam Small

1934 Road House
Donovan

1934 Sing As We Go!
Policeman

1934 The Girl Thief
PC

1934 The Bride of the Lake
Father O'Flynn

1933 The Girl from Maxim's
Mongicourt

1933 Sleeping Car
Francois Dubois

1929 The Co-Optimists

1921 The Rotters
Arthur Wait

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Writer (3 credits)

1948 The Teen-Age Show (TV Series) (narrative script - 2 episodes)

- Episode #1.4 (1948) ... (narrative script)

- Episode #1.3 (1948) ... (narrative script)

1936 Halt, Who Goes There? (Short) (written by)

1935 Sam and His Musket (Short) (written by)

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Soundtrack (11 credits)

2001 Roswell (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- To Have and to Hold (2001) ... (performer: "Get Me To The Church On Time" - uncredited)

1971 The 25th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) (performer: "Get Me to the Church on Time")

1968 A Little of What You Fancy (Documentary) (performer: "I Live in Trafalgar Square", "Let's All Go Down the Strand")

1968 Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (performer: "Lemon and Lime", "The World Is for the Young")

1964 My Fair Lady (performer: "With a Little Bit of Luck" (1956), "Get Me to the Church on Time" (1956) - uncredited)

1964 The Fantasticks (TV Movie) (performer: "Never Say No", "Happy Ending", "Plant a Raddish" - uncredited)

1957 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Crescendo (1957) ... (performer: "Get Me to the Church on Time")

1948 The Winslow Boy (performer: "Wait and See' - uncredited) / (writer: "Wait and See' - uncredited)

1944 This Happy Breed (performer: "Rule Britannia" - uncredited)

1940 Hoots Mon (writer: "Rags, Bottles Or Bones" - uncredited)

1934 Sing As We Go! (performer: "Love, Wonderful Love" - uncredited)

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Self (41 credits)

1980 Royal Variety Performance (TV Special)
Self

1980 Looks Familiar (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 17 April 1980 (1980) ... Self - Guest

1974 Fifty Bighearted Years: The Variety Club of Great Britain's Tribute to Arthur Askey (TV Movie)
Self

1970-1971 The David Frost Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #3.154 (1971) ... Self

- Episode #2.129 (1970) ... Self

1971 The 25th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Self - Performer

1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #5.126 (1971) ... Self

1971 Cilla (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #4.4 (1971) ... Self

1969 If It Moves It's Rude: The Story of the Windmill Theatre (Documentary)
On-screen Participant

1966-1967 The Dean Martin Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #3.5 (1967) ... Self

- Episode #2.16 (1966) ... Self

- Polly Bergen, Bill Dana, Stanley Holloway, Buddy Greco, Rowan & Martin (1966) ... Self

1967 The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series)
Self / Sir Whitecliff of Dover

- Saddle Sores on the Old Corral (1967) ... Self / Sir Whitecliff of Dover

1966 The Danny Kaye Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #4.10 (1966) ... Self

1966 Call My Bluff (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.36 (1966) ... Self

1966 BBC Show of the Week (TV Series)
Self

- 'Ere's 'Olloway (1966) ... Self

1961-1966 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series)
Self - Singer / Self

- The Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner (1966) ... Self - Singer

- Episode #7.4 (1964) ... Self - Singer

- A Galaxy of Music (1961) ... Self

1965 The 37th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Nominee

1964 The Fairest Fair Lady (Documentary short)
Self

1959-1964 Time to Remember (TV Series)
Narrator / Self

- 1942: The End 'Of' the Beginning (1964) ... Narrator

- 1915: Your Country Needs You (1959) ... Self

- 1926: The Short Sharp Shower ... Narrator

- 1917: Enough of Everything ... Narrator

- 1916: The Better Hole ... Narrator

1963 The Jo Stafford Show (TV Series)
Self

- At the London Palladium (1963) ... Self

1963 The Third Sam (Short)
Self - Narrator

1957-1962 The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #5.98 (1962) ... Self

- Episode #4.4 (1960) ... Self

- Episode #1.98 (1957) ... Self

- Helen O'Connell, Stanley Holloway, Johnny Johnston (1957) ... Self

- Mary Mayo, Stanley Holloway, Hans Conried (1957) ... Self

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1962 The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (TV Movie)
Self / Alfred P. Doolittle

1961 Meet Mr. Holloway (TV Mini Series)
Self

- Episode #1.2 (1961) ... Self

- Episode #1.1 (1961) ... Self

1960-1961 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #6.28 (1961) ... Self

- Episode #5.23 (1960) ... Self

1960 Hello London
Self

1959 The Julie Andrews Show (TV Mini Series)
Self

- Episode #1.3 (1959) ... Self

1958 Riverside One (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.6 (1958) ... Self

1957 The Big Record (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.7 (1957) ... Self

1957 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series)
Self

- Crescendo (1957) ... Self

1957 Lancashire Coast (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #10.24 (1957) ... Self

1956 Washington Square (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.4 (1956) ... Self

1956 This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Harry S. Pepper (1956) ... Self

1956 Max Liebman Presents: The Maurice Chevalier Show (TV Special)
Self

1955 There's Always Music (TV Movie)
Self

1949 Stars in Your Eyes (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 17 December 1949 (1949) ... Self

1948 The Teen-Age Show (TV Series)
Self - Presenter

- Episode #1.4 (1948) ... Self - Presenter

- Episode #1.3 (1948) ... Self - Presenter

1940 Albert's Savings (Short)
Self

1939 Cabaret (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 20 July 1939 (1939) ... Self

1938 Intimate Cabaret (TV Series)
Self - Performer

- Episode dated 14 February 1938 (1938) ... Self - Performer

1937 The White Coons Concert Party (TV Movie)
Self

1935 In Town Tonight
Self

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Archive footage (13 credits)

2013 The Native Hue of Resolution (Documentary)
Self - Mace advertisement

2012 Introducing Ealing Studios (Video documentary short)
Various Roles (uncredited)

2007 John Wayne: Behind the Scenes (Video documentary)

2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV Series documentary)

- Sidney James (2002)

1996 The Very Best of Sid James (Video documentary)

1995 The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (Video documentary)
Self / Alfred P. Doolittle (uncredited)

1991 The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 (TV Special)
Self

1988 Omnibus (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Memories of a Musical Dog (1988) ... Self

1985 The South Bank Show (TV Series documentary)
Pendlebury (clip from The Lavender Hill Mob (1951))

- Sir Alec Guinness (1985) ... Pendlebury (clip from The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)) (uncredited)

1982 Van Kerslig tot Kollig (TV Series documentary)
Self (1982) (uncredited)

1968 A Little of What You Fancy (Documentary)
Self

1967 Lionpower from MGM (Documentary short)
G.G. Brown (uncredited)

1964 Highlight: The Singing Cinema

Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared (as "Bottom") in William Shakespeare (I)'s "A Midsummer Night's Dream" [his New York stage debut] as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Metropolitan Opera House. See more »

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3 Print Biographies | 6 Articles | 2 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Height:

5' 7" (1.7 m)

Spouse:

Violet Lane (his death) (1 child) | See more »

Parents:

George Augustus Holloway | Florence May

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After World War I he served in Ireland for a few months as one of the hastily-recruited British trench veterans as Royal Irish Constabulary "Temporary Constables", better known as the "Black and Tans". See more »

Star Sign:

Libra

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