From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was part of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles. Laurel began his career in music hall, where he developed a number of his standard comic devices, including the bowler hat, the deep comic gravity, and the nonsensical understatement. His performances polished his skills at pantomime and music hall sketches. He was a member of "Fred Karno's Army", where he was Charlie Chaplin's understudy. He and Chaplin arrived in the United States on the same ship from the United Kingdom with the Karno troupe. Laurel began his film career in 1917 and made his final appearance in 1951. From 1928 onwards he appeared exclusively with Hardy, and Laurel officially retired from the screen following his comedy partner's death in 1957. In 1961 Laurel was given a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award for his pioneering work in comedy, and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. In 2009, a bronze statue of the Laurel and Hardy duo was unveiled in Laurel's hometown of Ulverston, England.
Known For
| Birth Location | Ulverston, Lancashire, England, UK |
|---|---|
| Born | 1890-06-16 |
| Died | 1965-02-23 |
Movies
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage)
2011
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
2011
Dick & Doof - Best of
as Schauspieler
2010
Girl 27
as Self (archive footage)
2007
2006
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
as Stan
2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Stan (archive footage)
2004
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
as Stan
2001
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
as Stan
1999
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)
1992
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
1982
The Hollywood Clowns
as Self (archive footage)
1979
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
as Himself (archive footage)
1974
4 Clowns
as (archive footage)
1970
Salute to Stan Laurel
as Self (archive footage)
1965
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
as Stan (archive footage)
1965
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
1964
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
1961
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
1960
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
1957
Utopia
as Stan
1951
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)
1951
Performers arrive in Hampshire
as Self
1947
The Bullfighters
as Stanley
1945
Nothing But Trouble
as Stan
1944
The Big Noise
as Stan
1944
The Dancing Masters
as Stan
1943
Jitterbugs
as Stan
1943
Air Raid Wardens
as Stan
1943
The Tree in a Test Tube
as Stan
1942
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Stan
1942
Great Guns
as Stan
1941
Saps at Sea
as Stan
1940
A Chump at Oxford
as Stan
1940
The Flying Deuces
as Stan
1939
Block-Heads
as Stan
1938
Swiss Miss
as Stan
1938
Pick a Star
as Stan Laurel
1937
Way Out West
as Stan
1937
That's That!
as Himself
1937
Our Relations
as Stan / Alf Laurel
1936
On the Wrong Trek
as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
1936
The Bohemian Girl
as Stan
1936
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
as Cleaner
1935
Bonnie Scotland
as Stanley MacLaurel
1935
Thicker Than Water
as Stan
1935
The Fixer Uppers
as Stan
1935
Tit for Tat
as Stan
1935
Babes in Toyland
as Stannie Dum
1934
The Live Ghost
as Stan
1934
Them Thar Hills
as Stan
1934
Going Bye-Bye!
as Mr. Laurel
1934
Hollywood Party
as Stan
1934
Oliver the Eighth
as Stan
1934
Sons of the Desert
as Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
1933
Dirty Work
as Stan
1933
Wild Poses
as Baby
1933
Busy Bodies
as Stan
1933
The Midnight Patrol
as Officer Stanley Laurel
1933
The Devil's Brother
as Stanlio
1933
Me and My Pal
as Stan
1933
Twice Two
as Stan / Mrs. Hardy
1933
Towed in a Hole
as Stan
1932
Their First Mistake
as Stan
1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Stan
1932
Scram!
as Stan
1932
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
as Himself
1932
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
as Himself
1932
County Hospital
as Stan
1932
The Chimp
as Stan
1932
The Music Box
as Stan
1932
Any Old Port!
as Stan
1932
Helpmates
as Stan
1932
On the Loose
as New Suitor (uncredited)
1931
Beau Hunks
as Stan
1931
One Good Turn
as Stan
1931
Come Clean
as Stan
1931
Pardon Us
as Stan
1931
Haunted at Midnight
as Stan
1931
Our Wife
as Stan
1931
Playing at Politics
as Stan
1931
The Skulls
as Señor Laurel
1931
The Stolen Jools
as Policeman
1931
Laughing Gravy
as Stan
1931
Chickens Come Home
as Mr. Laurel
1931
The Chiselers
as M. Laurel
1931
Be Big!
as Stan
1931
Another Fine Mess
as Stan
1930
Night of Goblins
as Stan
1930
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Stan
1930
Hog Wild
as Stan
1930
Shivering and Shaking
as Stan
1930
Below Zero
as Stan
1930
The Night Life
as Stan
1930
Brats
as Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr.
1930
Blotto
as Stan
1930
The Rogue Song
as Ali-Bek
1930
1930
Night Owls
as Stan
1930
Angora Love
as Stan
1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self
1929
The Hoose-Gow
as Stan
1929
Bacon Grabbers
as Stan
1929
They Go Boom!
as Stan
1929
Perfect Day
as Stan
1929
Men O'War
as Stan
1929
Berth Marks
as Stan
1929
Double Whoopee
as Stan
1929
Unaccustomed as We Are
as Stan
1929
Big Business
as Stan
1929
That's My Wife
as Stan
1929
Wrong Again
as Stan
1929
Liberty
as Stan
1929
We Faw Down
as Stan
1928
Habeas Corpus
as Stan
1928
Two Tars
as Stan
1928
Early to Bed
as Stan
1928
Should Married Men Go Home?
as Stan
1928
Their Purple Moment
as Mr. Pincher
1928
You're Darn Tootin'
as Stanley, clarinet player
1928
From Soup to Nuts
as Hired butler
1928
The Finishing Touch
as Stan
1928
Flying Elephants
as Little Twinkle Star
1928
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Stan
1928
Should Tall Men Marry?
as Texas Tommy
1928
The Battle of the Century
as Prize fighter
1927
Putting Pants on Philip
as Philip
1927
Do Detectives Think?
as Ferdinand Finkleberry
1927
Hats Off
as Stan
1927
Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate
1927
The Second Hundred Years
as Little Goofy
1927
Now I'll Tell One
as Lawyer
1927
Sailors, Beware!
as Chester Chaste, cabdriver
1927
Sugar Daddies
as Brittle's lawyer
1927
With Love and Hisses
as Cuthbert Hope
1927
Why Girls Love Sailors
as Willie Brisling
1927
Love 'Em and Weep
as Romaine Ricketts
1927
Eve's Love Letters
as Anatole, the butler
1927
Slipping Wives
as Handyman
1927
Duck Soup
as Hives
1927
Seeing the World
as English pedestrian
1927
45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Guest
1926
On the Front Page
as Dangerfield
1926
Get 'Em Young
as Summers, the butler
1926
What's the World Coming To?
as The Man in the Window
1926
Half a Man
as Winchell McSweeney
1925
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
as Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
1925
The Sleuth
as Webster Dingle
1925
Navy Blue Days
as Stan
1925
The Snow Hawk
as Mountie
1925
Pie-Eyed
as Drunk
1925
Twins
as Stan / his twin
1925
Somewhere In Wrong
as A tramp
1925
West of Hot Dog
as Stan, a Tenderfoot
1924
Detained
as A convict
1924
Mandarin Mix-Up
as Sum Sap
1924
Short Kilts
as McPherson's Son
1924
Wide Open Spaces
as Gabriel Goober
1924
Rupert of Hee-Haw
as King / Rudolph Razz
1924
Near Dublin
as Con
1924
Zeb vs. Paprika
as Dippy Donawho
1924
Postage Due
as Willy Worst
1924
Smithy
as Smithy
1924
Mother's Joy
as Basil Dippytack / Magnus Dippytack
1923
Scorching Sands
as Stan
1923
The Soilers
as Bob Canister
1923
Save The Ship
as Husband
1923
The Whole Truth
as The husband
1923
Frozen Hearts
as Olaf - A peasant
1923
Roughest Africa
as Professor Stanilaus Laurello
1923
A Man About Town
as A Man About Town
1923
Short Orders
as Waiter
1923
Oranges and Lemons
as Sunkist
1923
Gas and Air
as Phillup McCann
1923
1923
Collars and Cuffs
as Laundry Worker
1923
Pick and Shovel
as Miner
1923
1923
White Wings
as Street Cleaner
1923
1923
The Handy Man
as The handy man
1923
When Knights Were Cold
as Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight
1923
The Pest
as Jimmy Smith
1922
Mud and Sand
as Rhubarb Vaselino
1922
The Weak-End Party
as The Gardener
1922
The Egg
as Humpty Dumpty
1922
Mixed Nuts
as Book salesman
1922
The Lucky Dog
as Brash young man accused of dognapping
1921
Hustling for Health
as The Man
1919
Do You Love Your Wife?
as Toby - the janitor
1919
Frauds and Frenzies
as Simp, Second Prisoner
1918
Just Rambling Along
as Nervy Young Man
1918
Bears and Bad Men
as Pete
1918
Huns and Hyphens
as Gang member
1918
Swim Meet
as Self
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Movies
Stan & Ollie
Thanks
2018
The Great Race
Thanks
1965
The Bullfighters
Writer
1945
Swiss Miss
Producer
1938
Songs and Bullets
Executive Producer
1938
Knight of the Plains
Executive Producer
1938
Way Out West
Writer
1937
Way Out West
Producer
1937
Our Relations
Producer
1936
The Bohemian Girl
Producer
1936
Thicker Than Water
Story
1935
Tit for Tat
Writer
1935
Them Thar Hills
Writer
1934
Going Bye-Bye!
Writer
1934
Sons of the Desert
Writer
1933
Busy Bodies
Writer
1933
The Midnight Patrol
Writer
1933
Me and My Pal
Writer
1933
Twice Two
Writer
1933
Towed in a Hole
Writer
1932
Their First Mistake
Writer
1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
Writer
1932
Scram!
Writer
1932
County Hospital
Writer
1932
The Chimp
Writer
1932
The Music Box
Writer
1932
Helpmates
Writer
1932
One Good Turn
Writer
1931
Come Clean
Writer
1931
Pardon Us
Other
1931
Our Wife
Writer
1931
Hog Wild
Story
1930
Brats
Writer
1930
Blotto
Writer
1930
The Finishing Touch
Writer
1928
Flaming Fathers
Director
1927
Love 'Em and Weep
Writer
1927
Eve's Love Letters
Screenplay
1927
Jewish Prudence
Writer
1927
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
Writer
1927
Why Girls Say No
Writer
1927
Seeing the World
Assistant Director
1927
The Nickel-Hopper
Writer
1926
On the Front Page
Writer
1926
Raggedy Rose
Writer
1926
Get 'Em Young
Director
1926
Get 'Em Young
Writer
1926
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Director
1926
Along Came Auntie
Writer
1926
Wife Tamers
Writer
1926
Madame Mystery
Writer
1926
Madame Mystery
Director
1926
Wandering Papas
Writer
1926
Wandering Papas
Director
1926
Charley My Boy!
Writer
1926
What's the World Coming To?
Writer
1926
Moonlight and Noses
Writer
1925
Moonlight and Noses
Director
1925
Unfriendly Enemies
Writer
1925
Unfriendly Enemies
Director
1925
Book Bozo
Director
1925
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Director
1925
Chasing the Chaser
Writer
1925
Chasing the Chaser
Director
1925
