Carry On film star Julian Holloway dies, aged 80

Carry On film star Julian Holloway has died after a brief illness, his agent has said.

The Oxfordshire born actor played various characters in the comedy films which included Carry On Doctor, Carry On Up The Khyber and Carry On Camping.

His theatrical agency, Sharkey and Co, said he died on Sunday at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in Dorset.

Holloway had a daughter, supermodel-turned-author Sophie Dahl, with British actress Tessa Dahl, daughter of children's author Roald Dahl.

His voiceover agency, Damn Good Voices, told PA news agency he would be missed.

As well as appearing in eight Carry On films, Holloway had parts in numerous TV series, including Doctor Who, Uncle Silas, and Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?

His film roles included prison comedy Porridge, The Rum Diary starring Johnny Depp, and A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey.

Holloway was born in Watlington, Oxfordshire, the son of My Fair Lady actor and singer Stanley Holloway and wife Violet.

In his later years, he lived in California and undertook voice work including in James Bond Jr, Where's Waldo, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Captain Zed And The Zee Zone.

He also had a prominent role in 1960s courtroom film Hostile Witness and appeared in Burt Reynolds' crime movie Rough Cut and The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle with the Sex Pistols.

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