Tiny Sandford
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Stanley J. "Tiny" Sandford (February 26, 1894 – October 29, 1961) was a tall, burly actor who is best remembered for his roles in Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin films. He was usually cast as a comic heavy, and often played policemen, doormen, prizefighters, or bullies.
Sandford was born in Osage, Iowa. After working in stock theater he began acting in movies around 1910. He appeared in The Gold Rush with Charlie Chaplin, who became one of his best friends. His Charlie Chaplin movies include The Circus (1928) and Modern Times (1936), where he plays "Big Bill". His films with Laurel and Hardy include Big Business (1929), Double Whoopee (1929), The Chimp (1932), and Our Relations (1936). Sandford also acted in Way Out West, but his sequence was cut from the final take.
He also appeared in dramas such as The World's Champion (1922) and The Iron Mask (1929).
He retired from acting in 1940, the year he had a very small role Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. He died in Los Angeles, California on October 29, 1961.
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Known for
The Sting of Stings
Big Man
Modern Times
Big Bill
The Timid Young Man
Mortimer
The Great Dictator
Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Policeman (uncredited)
The Gold Rush
Barman (uncredited)
Rainbow Ranch
Brawler at Dance
Flying Elephants
Hulking Caveman
Below Zero
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Our Relations
Wharf tough guy (uncredited)
The Far Call
Captain Storkerson
The Circus
The Head Property Man
Doctor's Orders
Cop
Haunted at Midnight
Policeman Müller
Love's Handicap
Diamond Jim's Right-Hand Man
Laurel & Hardy: Year One
The Thirteenth Guest
Mike (uncredited)
High Gear
Wilbur the Chauffeur (uncredited)
Too Many Women
Sadie's Bridegroom (uncredited)
Queen Christina
Cook at the Inn (uncredited)
Love My Dog
P. Fulton, attorney at law
Dizzy Sights
The Adventurer
Policeman (uncredited)
Night of Goblins
Policeman
Blossoms On Broadway
Workman (uncredited)
Sailors, Beware!
Man in robe (uncredited)
A Trailer Tragedy
Tiny
Another Wild Idea
Large Policeman
California Straight Ahead
Cop
Washee Ironee
Traffic Cop
The Second 100 Years
Prison Guard
The Floorwalker
(uncredited)
Florian
Laundry Foreman
Fifty Million Husbands
Hillary Sandford
Big Business
Policeman (uncredited)
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Worker
Their Purple Moment
Waiter
Blotto
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Sealskins
Jocko's Keeper
Show Boat
Zebe (uncredited)
The Undie-World
T.N.T. Room Bouncer
A Clean Sweep
Janitor
Ship Cafe
Stoker (uncredited)
Woman Haters
Mary's Policeman Uncle (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
Policeman
Pardon Us
Shields
The Spirit of the West
Ranch Cook
Second Hand Kisses
Traffic Cop
Rio Rita
Davalos
Dance of the Cookoos
Warden
Crazy Like a Fox
Conductor (uncredited)
Don't Shoot
Jim
Doughboys
Bit (uncredited)
The Night Life
Waiter (uncredited)
Bedlam of Beards
Clancy (uncredited)
From Soup to Nuts
Mr. Culpepper
A Shriek in the Night
Detective (uncredited)
The Warrior's Husband
Hercules
Sutter's Gold
San Francisco Troublemaker
Movie Night
Cinema Manager
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Shields - Prison Guard / Tiny (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hot Spot
Policeman (uncredited)
Beauty and the Bus
Irate Truck Driver
Confessions of a Queen
(uncredited)
The World's Champion
Lord Brockington
Leave 'Em Laughing
Dental Patient (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
Dunker (uncredited)
Come Clean
Doorman
This Is the Night
Porter (uncredited)
Madame Behave
Policeman
Double Whoopee
Policeman
The Perfect Clown
Cop (uncredited)
Ginsberg the Great
Hercules
Mummy's Boys
Construction Foreman
The Iron Mask
Porthos
Here Comes the Band
Comedian (uncredited)
Busy Bodies
Shop Foreman (uncredited)
The Hoose-Gow
Warden
Hi'–Neighbor!
Moving Man
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Going Bye-Bye!
Man in Courtroom
The Family Group
Waterfront Wolves
Hans Skol
Flaming Fathers
Policeman at Pier (uncredited)
The Cruise of the Jasper B
Big Mover
Treasure Blues
Moving Man (uncredited)
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
Prison Guard
Plain and Fancy Girls
Charley's Rival