Born in London, Holloway pursued a career as a clerk in his teen years. He made early stage appearances before infantry service in the First World War. Had his first major theatre success starring in Kissing Time. In 1956 he was cast as the irresponsible and irrepressible Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady. He was also renowned for his comic monologues and songs.
About Stanley Holloway in brief
Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE, was an English stage and film actor, humourist, singer, poet and monologist. Born in London, Holloway pursued a career as a clerk in his teen years. He made early stage appearances before infantry service in the First World War. He had his first major theatre success starring in Kissing Time. In 1956 he was cast as the irresponsible and irrepressible Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady, a role that he played on Broadway, the West End and in the film version in 1964. He was also renowned for his comic monologues and songs, which he performed and recorded throughout most of his 70-year career. Holloway was married twice and had five children, including the actor Julian Holloway. There were theatrical connections in the Holloway family going back to Charles Bernard, an actor and theatre manager, who was the brother of Holloway’s maternal grandmother. The actor was named after Henry Morton Stanley, the journalist and explorer famous for his exploration of Africa and for his search for David Livingstone. He died at the age of 89 in London on December 17, 2013. He is survived by his wife, Florence, and their four children, all of whom are still alive and living in the UK and the US. For more information on Stanley Holloway and his family, visit www.stanley-holloway.org.uk or go to www.thestanleyh Holloway Foundation.
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