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 was 80.

In a statement to the Guardian, agents for the actor confirmed that Holloway died after a brief illness in a Bournemouth hospital on 16 February.

The son of My Fair Lady star Stanley Holloway, the actor was a staple of the innuendo-laced Carry On comedies throughout their most popular period, featuring in films such as Carry On Camping and Carry On Up the Khyber.

Born in 1944, Holloway attended Rada before forging a career on the 1962 sitcom Our Man Higgins. 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”.

In later years, Holloway moved to the US and developed a successful career as a voice actor, including in 55 of the 65 episodes of James Bond Jr, an animated American show based on the James Bond franchise.

He also voiced Siegfried Fischbacher in 2004’s Father of the Pride, and Prime Minister Almec in several episodes of the long running show Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Holloway was the father of the model and author Sophie Dahl, following a relationship with her mother, Tessa Dahl, in 1976.