09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Carry On TV legend leaves £25k in his will to supermodel daughter
Carry On legend actor Julian Holloway has left £25,000 to his model daughter Sophie Dahl, his will has revealed. The TV icon and voice-over artist, who died the age of 80 in February, had an estate worth nearly half a million pounds, with the most of it going to his stepson Joel Gregory.
The late actor's fortune totalled £493,917 before final expenses, which brought it down to £480,891. His final wishes included having his ashes scattered at either Lord's Cricket Ground or Sudbrooke Park Golf Club.
While the actor left both his daughter Sophie and stepdaughter Kate Gregory with £25,000 each, it was stepson Joel who inherited the bulk of his assets and was named executor of the will. Holloway, who lived in Poole in Dorset at the time of his death, was celebrated for his roles in eight Carry On films, such as Carry On Doctor and Carry On Camping.
Sophie Dahl - born in 1977 to Holloway and British actress Tessa Dahl - is a renowned model and author whose grandfather was famed children's writer Roald Dahl, reports Devon Live. Actress Sarah Douglas mourned the loss of Holloway, saying at the time of his death: "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."
The Carry On stalwart, who also graced screens with roles in The Sweeney, Doctor Who, and Beverly Hills 90210, was born in Watlington, Oxfordshire, in 1944 to the actor and singer Stanley Holloway and his wife, Violet. Finding love in the acting world, he tied the knot twice, with Zena Walker and later Debbie Wheeler.
Holloway's impressive range of roles spanned from timeless TV series such as Minder, The Professionals, The New Avengers, and Z Cars to the voice-over parts in the animations and video games including Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End and Medal of Honor.
