Legend film star Julian Holloway has died as celebs pay their respects to the stalwart.
The actor was a huge hit in the Carry On film franchise and had appeared in eight films between 1967 and 1976, including Carry On Camping and Carry On Up The Khyber, as well as one of the Carry On Christmas TV specials.
His decade spanning career went on for over half a century as he went onto secure a leading role in the Doctor Who series Survival, which was the final story of the sci-fi show’s original run, reports the Mirror.
Following the news of Julian’s sad passing, Harry Potter actress Miriam Margolyes took to Facebook to pay tribute to her friend. “Oh I am very sad. Wonderful man. Wishing you and all his family long life. Too many going,” she said.
Actress Sarah Douglas also paid tribute as she said: “I lost a dear friend yesterday and I’m so, so sad. I have known Julian Holloway since the early 70’s and he has been the best of friends to me all these years. Julian was the wittiest of men and we would laugh and laugh.
“He was a friend through thick and thin, first in London then LA then back home again. He was also the associate producer of the Brute (1977) but I had first met him professionally in 1973 on a BBC drama called Secrets.
“There will be lots written about him and all his wonderful work but right now he is just a dear and sorely missed friend.”
Author Morris Bright also paid tribute, writing: “Very sad to be told Julian Holloway has died aged 80. An accomplished actor who could play comedy as deftly as serious roles, from A Hard Day’s Night to Carry On and beyond.
“Son of Stanley Holloway whose OBE I was recently bequeathed. I shall look after it in both their memories.”
Julian was born in Watlington, Oxfordshire, on 24 June, 1944, and was educated at Ludgrove School, Harrow School, and later the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
He began his career in 1961, featuring in an episode of The Avengers, before his first major acting role as Quentin in the 1962-63 television season of Our Man Higgins – he played this character in four episodes.