ACTOR

Stanley Holloway

1890 - 1982

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Stanley Augustus Holloway (1 October 1890 – 30 January 1982) 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 Lady. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanley Holloway has received more than 1,151,017 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Holloway is the 5,106th most popular actor (down from 4,438th in 2019), the 3,871st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,506th in 2019) and the 590th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Stanley Holloways by language

Over the past year Stanley Holloway has had the most page views in the with 148,264 views, followed by German (5,216), and Japanese (3,467). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Irish (228.13%), Latin (135.59%), and Finnish (119.37%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Stanley Holloway ranks 5,106 out of 13,578. Before him are James Stacy, Hiromi Tsuru, Beth Broderick, Bruce Kirby, Robert Harron, and Richard Dawson. After him are Skeet Ulrich, Lee Sung-kyung, Albrecht Becker, Nina Ananiashvili, Dylan Walsh, and Gladys George.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Stanley Holloway ranks 196. Before him are Robert Armstrong, Luís de Freitas Branco, Paul Scherrer, Rainer von Fieandt, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, and Mortimer Wheeler. After him are Edgar Kennedy, Verna Felton, Aimee Semple McPherson, Eino Kaila, Cecil Kellaway, and Jean Piot. Among people deceased in 1982, Stanley Holloway ranks 216. Before him are Ed Hamm, Erik Larsson, Alberto Vargas, Clifford Curzon, Frederick Terman, and Willy Busch. After him are Dieter Borsche, Ricardo Pérez Godoy, Frank Séchehaye, Kenneth More, Jovan Miladinović, and Elis Wiklund.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stanley Holloway ranks 3,871 out of 8,785. Before him are Tom Walkinshaw (1946), Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (1810), Fred Frith (1949), Ronnie Rooke (1911), Jimmy Hogan (1882), and Muriel Robb (1878). After him are Jonathan Glazer (1965), Peter Doig (1959), Sharleen Spiteri (1967), Havergal Brian (1876), H. B. Warner (1876), and Nicholas Culpeper (1616).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Stanley Holloway ranks 590. Before him are Patricia Hayes (1909), Alun Armstrong (1946), Paul Anderson (1978), David Burke (1934), Virginia McKenna (1931), and Talulah Riley (1985). After him are H. B. Warner (1876), Alex Kingston (1963), David Jason (1940), Julian Richings (1955), Celia Imrie (1952), and Rebecca Hall (1982).

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Television and Movie Roles

My Fair Lady
Alfred P. Doolittle
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
Oct 21o 19647.524 / 10
The Lavender Hill Mob
Albert Pendlebury
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
Jun 28o 19517.146 / 10
Brief Encounter
Albert Godby
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
Nov 24o 19457.687 / 10