Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; June 16, 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.
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Omnibus
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Wrong Again
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This Is Your Life
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Big Business
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Pardon Us
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Short Kilts
McPherson's Son
Dirty Work
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Busy Bodies
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The Soilers
Bob Canister
Hats Off
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Hollywood Party
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Bonnie Scotland
Stanley MacLaurel
Hog Wild
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Postage Due
Willy Worst
Twice Two
Stan / Mrs. Hardy
The Bullfighters
Stanley
Dick und Doof
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Be Big!
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Saps at Sea
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Our Wife
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Scram!
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Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
Babes in Toyland
Stannie Dum
Short Orders
Waiter
Block-Heads
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Roughest Africa
Professor Stanilaus Laurello
Sailors, Beware!
Chester Chaste, cabdriver
Robinson Crusoeland
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The Chimp
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Blotto
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Perfect Day
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Radiomanía
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Jitterbugs
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Helpmates
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The Skulls
Señor Laurel
Liberty
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Below Zero
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Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)
White Wings
Street Cleaner
Berth Marks
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Sugar Daddies
Brittle's lawyer
Double Whoopee
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Them Thar Hills
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Great Guns
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When Knights Were Cold
Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight
Scorching Sands
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County Hospital
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Detained
A convict
Night Owls
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Another Fine Mess
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Duck Soup
Hives
Tit for Tat
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Mud and Sand
Rhubarb Vaselino
Way Out West
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The Handy Man
The handy man
Bacon Grabbers
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Angora Love
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A Chump at Oxford
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The Sleuth
Webster Dingle
Two Tars
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That's My Wife
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The Chiselers
M. Laurel
Thieves
Performers arrive in Hampshire
Self
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
Beau Hunks
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Laughing Gravy
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The Finishing Touch
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Our Relations
Stan / Alf Laurel
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Twins
Stan / his twin
Sons of the Desert
Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
The Whole Truth
The husband
Pie-Eyed
Drunk
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
Rupert of Hee-Haw
King / Rudolph Razz
Habeas Corpus
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Nothing But Trouble
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Playing at Politics
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The Dancing Masters
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Kill or Cure
The Music Box
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
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Wide Open Spaces
Gabriel Goober
Night of Goblins
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The Flying Deuces
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Haunted at Midnight
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The Devil's Brother
Stanlio
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
Do You Love Your Wife?
Toby - the janitor
Slipping Wives
Handyman
The Big Noise
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Me and My Pal
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Putting Pants on Philip
Philip
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Stan / Alf (archive footage)
Men O' War
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45 Minutes from Hollywood
Hotel Guest
Seeing the World
English pedestrian
Swiss Miss
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Bears and Bad Men
Pete
The Weak-End Party
The Gardener
Mixed Nuts
Book salesman
The Midnight Patrol
Officer Stanley Laurel
The Hollywood Clowns
Self (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oranges and Lemons
Sunkist
Oliver the Eighth
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
Self (archive footage)
Under Two Jags
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Towed in a Hole
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Their Purple Moment
Mr. Pincher
On the Loose
New Suitor (uncredited)
Near Dublin
Con
Pick a Star
Stan Laurel
Air Raid Wardens
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Frozen Hearts
Olaf - A peasant
The Bohemian Girl
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The Stolen Jools
Policeman
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
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Brothers Under the Chin
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Come Clean
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The Fixer Uppers
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Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Self (archive footage)
Shivering and Shaking
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One Good Turn
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Mandarin Mix-Up
Sum Sap
The Big Parade of Comedy
Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
The Snow Hawk
Mountie
Do Detectives Think?
Ferdinand Finkleberry
We Faw Down
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A-Haunting We Will Go
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Chickens Come Home
Mr. Laurel
Pack Up Your Troubles
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Going Bye-Bye!
Mr. Laurel
Should Married Men Go Home?
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Any Old Port!
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The Lucky Dog
Brash young man accused of dognapping
Frauds and Frenzies
Simp, Second Prisoner
The Second 100 Years
Little Goofy
The Rogue Song
Ali-Bek
The Live Ghost
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The Tree in a Test Tube
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When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
Zeb vs. Paprika
Dippy Donawho
The Hoose-Gow
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The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Brats
Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr.
The Battle of the Century
Prize Fighter
Hustling for Health
The Man
Thicker Than Water
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They Go Boom!
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Swim Meet
Self
Flying Elephants
Little Twinkle Star
Half a Man
Winchell McSweeney
Wild Poses
Baby
Should Tall Men Marry?
Texas Tommy
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Pick and Shovel
Miner
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
Stan (archive footage)
The Egg
Humpty Dumpty
That's That!
Himself
On the Front Page
Dangerfield
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
West of Hot Dog
Stan, a Tenderfoot
Their First Mistake
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Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Gas and Air
Phillup McCann
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
Cleaner
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
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Unaccustomed as We Are
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From Soup to Nuts
Hired butler
Now I'll Tell One
Lawyer
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
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You're Darn Tootin'
Stanley, clarinet player
Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926
With Love and Hisses
Cuthbert Hope
Salute to Stan Laurel
Self (archive footage)
A Man About Town
A Man About Town
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
Just Rambling Along
Nervy Young Man
Somewhere In Wrong
A tramp
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
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Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Pest
Jimmy Smith
Stan and Olly
Himself
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Self (archive footage)
On the Wrong Trek
Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
Leave 'Em Laughing
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Save The Ship
Husband
Dick & Doof - Best of
Schauspieler
Eve's Love Letters
Anatole, the butler
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
Himself
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili
Smithy
Smithy
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Self (archive footage)
Early to Bed
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Get 'Em Young
Summers, the butler
Collars and Cuffs
Laundry Worker
Love 'Em and Weep
Romaine Ricketts
Mother's Joy
Basil Dippytack / Magnus Dippytack
Classic Comedy Teams
Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
Navy Blue Days
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The Night Life
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Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche
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Why Girls Love Sailors
Willie Brisling
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Self - Ferdinad Finkleberry(archive footage)
The Noon Whistle
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
4 Clowns
(archive footage)
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
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The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
Himself
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
Archive Footage
What's the World Coming To?
The Man in the Window
Huns and Hyphens
Gang member
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
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Dance of the Cookoos
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement
Himself