Julian Holloway
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| Born | 24 June 1944 Watlington, Oxfordshire |
Julian Holloway (born 24 June 1944) is an English actor now based in Hollywood, CA, United States. He is the son of the comedy actor and singer Stanley Holloway and former chorus dancer and actress Violet Lane. His daughter is the former model and author, Sophie Dahl.
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[edit] Life and Career
Born in Watlington, Oxfordshire, England, Holloway began his performing career appearing in the plays of Ray Cooney before moving to T.V and Films. He became a mainstay of the Carry On films appearing in eight films between 1967 to 1976.
His television credits include the Uncle Silas television dramatisations, Elizabeth R, Remember WENN, Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads, Beverly Hills, 90210, Minder, The Professionals, The New Avengers, The Sweeney, Z-Cars and as Sergeant Patterson in the Doctor Who story 'Survival' in 1989. His films include Young Winston (1972), Porridge (1979), The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980) and The Rum Diary (2010)
He has since developed a reputation as a successful voice actor/vocal artist, mainly in America. In 1991 he performed the part of Captain Zed in Captain Zed and the Zee Zone and as Bradford Milbanks in James Bond Jr.. He also voiced the main antagonist Odlaw in the Where's Waldo? animated TV series. Most notably, he voiced the role of as Siegfried Fischbacher in the short-lived CGI series, Father of the Pride (2004) and Walt Disney movie A Christmas Carol (2009). Holloway has also performed as a vocal artist for video games including Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Medal of Honor: European Assault. He also provides the voice for Death in the Cartoon Network animated series Regular Show (2010 - pres.).
[edit] Personal life
In 1976 he had a brief relationship with Tessa Dahl, daughter of the children's author Roald Dahl. The relationship produced one daughter, the model and author Sophie Dahl who was born a year later in September 1977.
In the 1980s he married the actress Zena Walker, but divorced a few years later.[1] In 1991 he met and married voice over artist and actress Debbie Wheeler. That marriage ended in divorce in 1996.
He is a distant relative of Oliver Percy Bernard OBE MC, who was an English architect and scenic designer and was related to several notable actors.[2].
[edit] Partial Filmography
- Dentist on the Job (1961) (debut, uncredited)
- A Hard Day's Night (1964)
- Catch Us If You Can (1965)
- The Knack …and How to Get It (1965)
- The Pleasure Girls (1965)
- The Jokers (1967)
- Follow That Camel (1967)
- Carry On Doctor (1968)
- Hostile Witness (1968)
- Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968)
- The Last Shot You Hear (1969)
- Carry On Camping (1969)
- Scream and Scream Again (1970)
- The Engagement (1970)
- Carry On Loving (1970)
- Ryan's Daughter (1970) (voice only)
- Carry On Henry (1971)
- Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
- The Spy's Wife (1972)
- Young Winston (1972)
- The Stud (1974)
- The Hostages (1975)
- Carry On England (1976)
- Sammy's Super T-Shirt (1978)
- Porridge (1979)
- The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
- Rough Cut (1980)
- The Rum Diary (2011)
[edit] References
- ^ "Zena Walker" Obituary. The Telegraph, 8 September 2003
- ^ Holloway, Stanley; Richards, Dick (1967). Wiv a little bit o’ luck: The life story of Stanley Holloway. London: Frewin. ISBN B0000CNLM5. OCLC 3647363. pages 74 and 75
