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Julian Holloway, Carry On star and father of Sophie Dahl, dies aged 80


The actor starred in the innuendo-laced comedy films as well as TV sitcoms including Porridge and The Likely Lads

Julian Holloway, who starred in eight Carry On films and was a regular in TV shows such as The Sweeney and Doctor Who, has died. He appeared alongside Kenneth Williams and Charles Hawtrey in Carry On films, as well as guest starring in The Sweeney, Porridge and Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Superman actor Sarah Douglas, who first worked with Holloway in the 1970s, called him “the wittiest of men … he was a friend through thick and thin”.

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