Stan Laurel
Biography
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
Self
Swim Meet
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
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The Flying Deuces
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The Hollywood Revue of 1929
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Way Out West
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Nothing But Trouble
Stannie Dum
Babes in Toyland
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A Chump at Oxford
Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
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Busy Bodies
Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
Sons of the Desert
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Block-Heads
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A-Haunting We Will Go
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Air Raid Wardens
Stanley MacLaurel
Bonnie Scotland
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Pack Up Your Troubles
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Any Old Port!
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The Music Box
Stan / Alf Laurel
Our Relations
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Great Guns
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Saps at Sea
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
Officer Stanley Laurel
The Midnight Patrol
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Men O' War
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Night Owls
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Oliver the Eighth
Brittle's lawyer
Sugar Daddies
Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
On the Wrong Trek
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One Good Turn
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Our Wife
archive footage
The Golden Age of Comedy
Mr. Laurel
Going Bye-Bye!
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Below Zero
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Be Big!
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Big Business
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The Chimp
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Dirty Work
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County Hospital
New Suitor (uncredited)
On the Loose
Mr. Pincher
Their Purple Moment
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Perfect Day
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Liberty
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Beau Hunks
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Should Married Men Go Home?
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Come Clean
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The Finishing Touch
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Double Whoopee
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The Fixer Uppers
Little Twinkle Star
Flying Elephants
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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
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The Live Ghost
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Leave 'Em Laughing
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Me and My Pal
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr.
Brats
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Scram!
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Laughing Gravy
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Angora Love
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The Dancing Masters
Hotel Guest
45 Minutes from Hollywood
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Another Fine Mess
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Bacon Grabbers
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Laurel & Hardy - Best of
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Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
Asylum Inmate
Call of the Cuckoo
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Blotto
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Berth Marks
Mr. Laurel
Chickens Come Home
Hives
Duck Soup
Prize Fighter
The Battle of the Century
Little Goofy
The Second 100 Years
Ferdinand Finkleberry
Do Detectives Think?
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The Hoose-Gow
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Early to Bed
Chester Chaste, cabdriver
Sailors, Beware!
Philip
Putting Pants on Philip
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Two Tars
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Unaccustomed as We Are
Romaine Ricketts
Love 'Em and Weep
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Them Thar Hills
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Thicker Than Water
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Twice Two
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We Faw Down
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They Go Boom!
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Towed in a Hole
Handyman
Slipping Wives
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That's My Wife
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Their First Mistake
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Tit for Tat
Cuthbert Hope
With Love and Hisses
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Wrong Again
Stanley, clarinet player
You're Darn Tootin'
Willie Brisling
Why Girls Love Sailors
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Hog Wild
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Habeas Corpus
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Helpmates
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Atoll K
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The Bohemian Girl
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
Brash young man accused of dognapping
The Lucky Dog
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Swiss Miss
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Jitterbugs
Hired butler
From Soup to Nuts
Policeman
The Stolen Jools
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The Big Noise
Nervy Young Man
Just Rambling Along
Stanlio
The Devil's Brother
Stanley
The Bullfighters
Stan, a Tenderfoot
West of Hot Dog
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The Tree in a Test Tube
Sunkist
Oranges and Lemons
Rhubarb Vaselino
Mud and Sand
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
Baby
Wild Poses
Stan Laurel
Pick a Star
(archive footage)
4 Clowns
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
Summers, the butler
Get 'Em Young
Dippy Donawho
Zeb vs. Paprika
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Noche de duendes
(archive footage)
Ça, c'est du cinéma
Ladrones
Jimmy Smith
The Pest
A tramp
Somewhere In Wrong
Drunk
Pie-Eyed
Professor Stanilaus Laurello
Roughest Africa
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
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Navy Blue Days
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Performers Arrive in Hampshire
McPherson's Son
Short Kilts
Gang member
Huns and Hyphens
Pete
Bears and Bad Men
Simp, Second Prisoner
Frauds and Frenzies
Book salesman
Mixed Nuts
Lawyer
Now I'll Tell One
Humpty Dumpty
The Egg
Anatole, the butler
Eve's Love Letters
Miner
Pick and Shovel
Laundry Worker
Collars and Cuffs
Kill or Cure
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Scorching Sands
Bob Canister
The Soilers
Husband
Save The Ship
Under Two Jags
Street Cleaner
White Wings
A Man About Town
A Man About Town
Waiter
Short Orders
The Noon Whistle
King / Rudolph Razz
Rupert of Hee-Haw
A convict
Detained
Smithy
Smithy
Sum Sap
Mandarin Mix-Up
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Hollywood Party
Self (archive footage)
Girl 27
English pedestrian
Seeing the World
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
Webster Dingle
The Sleuth
Olaf - A peasant
Frozen Hearts
The husband
The Whole Truth
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Politiquerías
Texas Tommy
Should Tall Men Marry?
(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Winchell McSweeney
Half a Man
Ali-Bek
The Rogue Song
Himself (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
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La vida nocturna
M. Laurel
Les Carottiers
Señor Laurel
Los calaveras
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Tiembla y Titubea
Self (archive footage)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Toby - the janitor
Do You Love Your Wife?
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Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Self (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Phillup McCann
Gas and Air
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
The Man
Hustling for Health
The Man in the Window
What's the World Coming To?
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Pardon Us
The Gardener
The Weak-End Party
Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926
Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Dangerfield
On the Front Page
Con
Near Dublin
Stan / Alf (archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
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Radiomanía
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
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Hats Off
Himself
That's That!
Mountie
The Snow Hawk
Basil Dippytack / Magnus Dippytack
Mother's Joy
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Stan / his twin
Twins
Gabriel Goober
Wide Open Spaces
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Spuk um Mitternacht
Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy - Die komische Liebesgeschichte von Dick und Doof
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Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche
Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili
Self (archive footage)
Salute to Stan Laurel
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Himself (archive footage)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
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Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
Schauspieler
Dick & Doof - Best of
Himself
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
Himself
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight
When Knights Were Cold
Dance of the cookoos
Cleaner
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
Brothers Under the Chin
The handy man
The Handy Man
Willy Worst
Postage Due
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
Himself
Stan and Olly
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Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
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Hinter Schloss und Riegel
Laurel & Hardy: Year One
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Archive Footage
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
223
Gender
Male
Birthday
1890-06-16
Place of Birth
Ulverston, Lancashire, England, UK
Also Known As
Arthur Stanley Jefferson