Stanley Holloway

British comedian, entertainer, singer and character actor with a long list of international credits in revue, musical comedy and variety, as well as films

Mini Biography

Born in London, Stanley Holloway became a star with the concert party the Co-Optimists and was famous for his monologues delivered in a Yorkshire accent.

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Main title from Ten Little Indians (1965) (12) featuring Stanley Holloway — Ten Little Indians (1965) opening credits (12) | Stanley Holloway

Main title from The Vicar of Bray (1937) (5). Stanley Holloway as the Vicar of Bray — The Vicar of Bray (1937) opening credits (5)

Mr Lucifer (Stanley Holloway) flies out into the third dimension. A scene from Ealing Studios’ Meet Mr Lucifer, 1953. — Stanley Holloway as Mr Lucifer in Meet Mr Lucifer (1953)

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Born

Stanley Holloway was born in Manor Park, London on 1^st October, 1890.
Died

Stanley Holloway died in Littlehampton, West Sussex on 30^th January, 1982, aged 91.

Watch Stanley Holloway on British television

- Brief Encounter (1945)
- Tomorrow at 1pm on London Live
- A suburban housewife on her weekly shopping visits develops a love affair with a local doctor; but he gets a job abroad and they agree not to see each other again.
- The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
- Wednesday at 3.25pm on BBC Two HD
- When a branch railway line is threatened with closure, the villagers take it over as a private concern.
- The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
- Friday at 4pm on BBC Two HD
- A timid bank clerk conceives and executes a bullion robbery.
- Alive and Kicking (1958)
- Sunday at 11.45am on Talking Pictures
- Three old ladies escape from a home to an Irish island.
- Flight of the Doves (1971)
- 14^th April at 5pm on Talking Pictures
- Two children run away from their bullying stepfather to join their Irish grandmother, but are chased by a wicked uncle who knows that they are heirs to a fortune.