
Stan Laurel
Born June 16, 1890 · Ulverston, Lancashire, England, UK
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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Sons of the Desert

Our Wife

Babes in Toyland

That's Entertainment! III

The Devil's Brother

Block-Heads

The Bohemian Girl

Pardon Us

The Chiselers

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Saps at Sea

Playing at Politics

That's Entertainment, Part II

A Chump at Oxford

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Pack Up Your Troubles

Hollywood Party

Laughing Gravy

A-Haunting We Will Go

Oliver the Eighth

Great Guns

Jitterbugs

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

Swiss Miss

Nash the Slash Rises Again!

Robinson Crusoeland

The Battle of the Century

Our Relations

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

Perfect Day

Angora Love

Bacon Grabbers

Beau Hunks

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

Pie-Eyed

Tit for Tat

The Bullfighters

Swim Meet

Two Tars

The Big Noise

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Sugar Daddies

Should Married Men Go Home?

The Stolen Jools

Busy Bodies

Them Thar Hills

Below Zero

The Second 100 Years

Putting Pants on Philip

Unaccustomed as We Are

Another Fine Mess

The Live Ghost

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Scorching Sands

When Comedy Was King

Scram!

Towed in a Hole

Thicker Than Water

Be Big!

Going Bye-Bye!

Come Clean

From Soup to Nuts

Their First Mistake

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

The Midnight Patrol

Call of the Cuckoo

The Music Box

Helpmates

Frozen Hearts

Double Whoopee

The Hoose-Gow

The Golden Age of Comedy

Hog Wild

Duck Soup

Twins

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy

The Chimp

The Skulls

That's My Wife

West of Hot Dog

White Wings

Days of Thrills and Laughter

Roughest Africa

Brats

Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride

The Dancing Masters

Sailors, Beware!

Blotto

You're Darn Tootin'

Air Raid Wardens

County Hospital

Twice Two

Nothing But Trouble

Men O' War

We Faw Down

Me and My Pal

Hustling for Health

The Fixer Uppers

The Hollywood Clowns

Do Detectives Think?

One Good Turn

Thieves

With Love and Hisses

Berth Marks

Why Girls Love Sailors

Chickens Come Home

Laurel & Hardy: Year Three

45 Minutes from Hollywood

Love 'Em and Weep

The Finishing Touch

Big Business

Dirty Work

The Picture House: The Story of Limerick's Cinemas

Liberty

Eve's Love Letters

Slipping Wives

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

Mixed Nuts

Now I'll Tell One

Night Owls

Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

Wrong Again

Pick a Star

Another Nice Mess

Early to Bed

Leave 'Em Laughing

The Tree in a Test Tube

Collars and Cuffs

They Go Boom!

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

Classic Comedy Teams

The Lucky Dog

The Rogue Song

Shivering and Shaking

Hooray for Hollywood

Mud and Sand

What's the World Coming To?

Half a Man

Kill or Cure

Dance of the Cookoos

Navy Blue Days

The World of Laurel and Hardy

Their Purple Moment

Brothers Under the Chin

A Man About Town

Habeas Corpus

Oranges and Lemons

Night of Goblins

Any Old Port!

Bears and Bad Men

Pick and Shovel

Hinter Schloss und Riegel

Somewhere In Wrong

Should Tall Men Marry?

Performers Arrive in Hampshire

On the Wrong Trek

Rupert of Hee-Haw

On the Front Page

Mandarin Mix-Up

Laurel & Hardy - Best of III

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

Radiomanía

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's

Mother's Joy

Do You Love Your Wife?

Laurel & Hardy - Best of II

4 Clowns

Laurel and Hardy in the UK

Short Kilts

The Egg

The Weak-End Party

Dick & Doof - Best of

Flying Elephants

The Sleuth

Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies

Seeing the World

Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations

On the Loose

The Snow Hawk

Smithy

The Pest

Wide Open Spaces

Just Rambling Along

When Knights Were Cold

Wild Poses

The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy

That's That!

Zeb vs. Paprika

The Soilers

Laurel & Hardy - Best of

Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts

Huns and Hyphens

Gas and Air

Postage Due

The Handy Man

Under Two Jags

The Noon Whistle

Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition

Frauds and Frenzies

Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons

De Bote en Bote

Get 'Em Young

The Whole Truth

Hats Off

Save The Ship

The Night Life

Haunted at Midnight

Near Dublin

Short Orders






