Stanley Augustus Holloway was an English actor, comedian, singer and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair
Holloway in 1974
Leslie Henson, Holloway's early mentor, with Phyllis Dare in 1919
As René (centre) in A Night Out (1920)
Holloway as Sam Small in Fine and Dandy with Leslie Henson
My Fair Lady is a 1964 American musical comedy drama film adapted from Lerner and Loewe's 1956 stage musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 stage play Pygmalion. With a screenplay by Alan Jay Ler
Stanley Holloway
…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. The role brought him international fame, and his performances earned him nominations for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and an…
Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold original illustration by Bob Peak
Cinematographer Harry Stradling and Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle on set of the film
A publicity still of Hepburn wearing a costume designed by Cecil Beaton for the film
Eliza Doolittle by George Luks 1908