
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.
Notable Appearances
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Sons of the Desert

The Flying Deuces

Our Wife

The Devil's Brother

Way Out West

Block-Heads

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment, Part II

The Chiselers

Saps at Sea

Babes in Toyland

Playing at Politics

Pardon Us

The Bohemian Girl

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

The Real Charlie Chaplin

A Chump at Oxford

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

Nash the Slash Rises Again!

A-Haunting We Will Go

Pack Up Your Troubles

Bacon Grabbers

The Big Parade of Comedy

Our Relations

Swiss Miss

Hollywood Party

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Beau Hunks

Perfect Day

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Scorching Sands

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

Laughing Gravy

Robinson Crusoeland

Jitterbugs

Two Tars

Great Guns

Angora Love

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Pie-Eyed

Tit for Tat

When Comedy Was King

Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride

White Wings

Come Clean

The Stolen Jools

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Unaccustomed as We Are

Sugar Daddies

The Golden Age of Comedy

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

Air Raid Wardens

Them Thar Hills

The Midnight Patrol

Call of the Cuckoo

The Big Noise

The Battle of the Century

Going Bye-Bye!

Do Detectives Think?

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy

The Bullfighters

Should Married Men Go Home?

Twins

The Second 100 Years

Swim Meet

Double Whoopee

The Music Box

Below Zero

Another Fine Mess

The Hoose-Gow

Putting Pants on Philip

The Dancing Masters

Sailors, Beware!

Brats

Frozen Hearts

From Soup to Nuts

Mixed Nuts

Towed in a Hole

Duck Soup

Days of Thrills and Laughter

Scram!

Laurel & Hardy: Year Three

Oliver the Eighth

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

Hustling for Health

Another Nice Mess

The Picture House: The Story of Limerick's Cinemas

Busy Bodies

The Finishing Touch

Pick a Star

The World of Laurel and Hardy

You're Darn Tootin'

Wrong Again

That's My Wife

Be Big!

Hog Wild

45 Minutes from Hollywood

The Skulls

County Hospital

Now I'll Tell One

Why Girls Love Sailors

The Live Ghost

Night Owls

Helpmates

Roughest Africa

Thieves

Berth Marks

Collars and Cuffs

Blotto

Nothing But Trouble

The Hollywood Clowns

Their First Mistake

Thicker Than Water

The Chimp

Twice Two

Hooray for Hollywood

Love 'Em and Weep

Half a Man

Leave 'Em Laughing

They Go Boom!

Me and My Pal

Any Old Port!

Early to Bed

Chickens Come Home

Slipping Wives

Bears and Bad Men

A Man About Town

What's the World Coming To?

One Good Turn

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

West of Hot Dog

Shivering and Shaking

Dance of the Cookoos

Big Business

Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures

Navy Blue Days

We Faw Down

Liberty

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

Smithy

Mud and Sand

The Weak-End Party

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

Wild Poses

Eve's Love Letters

Short Kilts

Dirty Work

On the Wrong Trek

Classic Comedy Teams

Kill or Cure

With Love and Hisses

Their Purple Moment

The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy

The Fixer Uppers

Men O' War

Oranges and Lemons

Zeb vs. Paprika

Should Tall Men Marry?

On the Front Page

When Knights Were Cold

The Tree in a Test Tube

Laurel & Hardy - Best of III

Seeing the World

Flying Elephants

Dick & Doof - Best of

Mandarin Mix-Up

The Lucky Dog

Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations

Laurel and Hardy in the UK

Radiomanía

The Rogue Song

On the Loose

Rupert of Hee-Haw

Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies

Pick and Shovel

Brothers Under the Chin

4 Clowns

Habeas Corpus

Just Rambling Along

Performers Arrive in Hampshire

The Pest

Mother's Joy

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's

Somewhere In Wrong

Laurel & Hardy - Best of

The Snow Hawk

Hinter Schloss und Riegel

The Handy Man

Do You Love Your Wife?

Postage Due

Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts

Huns and Hyphens

The Egg

Hats Off

The Soilers

Get 'Em Young

Night of Goblins

Under Two Jags

De Bote en Bote

The Noon Whistle

Wide Open Spaces

Laurel & Hardy - Best of II

Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition

Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons

Frauds and Frenzies

Save The Ship

That's That!

The Whole Truth

The Sleuth

Gas and Air

Short Orders

The Night Life

Near Dublin

Haunted at Midnight




