<P> Eliza 's father , Alfred P. Doolittle ( Stanley Holloway ) , a dustman , shows up three days later , ostensibly to protect his daughter 's virtue , but in reality simply to extract some money from Higgins , and is bought off with £ 5 . Higgins is impressed by the man 's honesty , his natural gift for language , and especially his brazen lack of morals . Higgins recommends Alfred to a wealthy American who is interested in morality . Eliza goes through many forms of speech training , such as speaking with marbles in her mouth , enduring Higgins ' harsh approach to teaching and his treatment of her personally . She makes little progress , but just as she , Higgins , and Pickering are about to give up , Eliza finally `` gets it '' ; she instantly begins to speak with an impeccable upper class accent . </P>
<P> Eliza 's father , Alfred P. Doolittle ( Stanley Holloway ) , a dustman , shows up three days later , ostensibly to protect his daughter 's virtue , but in reality simply to extract some money from Higgins , and is bought off with £ 5 . Higgins is impressed by the man 's honesty , his natural gift for language , and especially his brazen lack of morals . Higgins recommends Alfred to a wealthy American who is interested in morality . Eliza goes through many forms of speech training , such as speaking with marbles in her mouth , enduring Higgins ' harsh approach to teaching and his treatment of her personally . She makes little progress , but just as she , Higgins , and Pickering are about to give up , Eliza finally `` gets it '' ; she instantly begins to speak with an impeccable upper class accent . </P>
who played mr doolittle in my fair lady
who played mr doolittle in my fair lady
Stanley Holloway
Stanley Holloway