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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 Unite…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Stan Laurel's Filmography
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Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
as Self - Ferdinad Finkleberry(archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
as Archive Footage
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as archive footage
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
The Picture House: The Story of Limerick's Cinemas
as Archive Footage (from The Lucky Dog)
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
as Stanlio
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
as Self (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
Dick & Doof - Best of
as Schauspieler
No Poster
The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
as Stan
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
as Stan
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
as Stan
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
as Stan
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)
No Poster
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
Dance of the Cookoos
The Hollywood Clowns
as Self (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
as Stan
No Poster
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
as Self (archive footage)
Another Nice Mess
as Laurel (archive footage)
4 Clowns
as (archive footage)
No Poster
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Stan / Alf (archive footage)
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
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Salute to Stan Laurel
as Self (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
as Stan (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
Robinson Crusoeland
as Stan
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)
Swim Meet
as Self
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
as Self
The Bullfighters
as Stanley
Nothing But Trouble
as Stan
The Big Noise
as Stan
The Dancing Masters
as Stan
Jitterbugs
as Stan
Air Raid Wardens
as Stan
The Tree in a Test Tube
as Stan
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Stan
Great Guns
as Stan
Saps at Sea
as Stan
A Chump at Oxford
as Stan
The Flying Deuces
as Stan
Block-Heads
as Stan
That's That!
as Himself
Swiss Miss
as Stan
Pick a Star
as Stan Laurel
Way Out West
as Stan
Our Relations
as Stan / Alf Laurel
On the Wrong Trek
as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
The Bohemian Girl
as Stan
No Poster
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
as Cleaner
Bonnie Scotland
as Stanley MacLaurel
Thicker Than Water
as Stan
The Fixer Uppers
as Stan
Tit for Tat
as Stan
Babes in Toyland
as Stannie Dum
The Live Ghost
as Stan
Them Thar Hills
as Stan
Going Bye-Bye!
as Mr. Laurel
Hollywood Party
as Stan
Oliver the Eighth
as Stan
Sons of the Desert
as Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
Dirty Work
as Stan
Wild Poses
as Baby
Busy Bodies
as Stan
The Midnight Patrol
as Officer Stanley Laurel
The Devil's Brother
as Stanlio
Me and My Pal
as Stan
Twice Two
as Stan / Mrs. Hardy
Towed in a Hole
as Stan
Their First Mistake
as Stan
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Stan
Scram!
as Stan
No Poster
Stan and Olly
as Himself
No Poster
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
as Himself
No Poster
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
as Himself
County Hospital
as Stan
Laurel and Hardy in the UK
The Chimp
as Stan
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
as Stan
The Music Box
as Stan
Any Old Port!
as Stan
Helpmates
as Stan
On the Loose
as New Suitor (uncredited)
Beau Hunks
as Stan
One Good Turn
as Stan
Come Clean
as Stan
Pardon Us
as Stan
Haunted at Midnight
as Stan
Our Wife
as Stan
Playing at Politics
as Stan
The Skulls
as Señor Laurel
De Bote en Bote
as Stan
Laughing Gravy
as Stan
The Stolen Jools
as Policeman
Chickens Come Home
as Mr. Laurel
The Chiselers
as M. Laurel
Be Big!
as Stan
Another Fine Mess
as Stan
Night of Goblins
as Stan
No Poster
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement
as Himself
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Stan
Radiomanía
as Stan
Hog Wild
as Stan
Shivering and Shaking
as Stan
Below Zero
as Stan
The Night Life
as Stan
Brats
as Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr.
Blotto
as Stan
The Rogue Song
as Ali-Bek
Thieves
Night Owls
as Stan
Angora Love
as Stan
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self
The Hoose-Gow
as Stan
Bacon Grabbers
as Stan
They Go Boom!
as Stan
Perfect Day
as Stan
Men O' War
as Stan
Berth Marks
as Stan
Double Whoopee
as Stan
Unaccustomed as We Are
as Stan
Big Business
as Stan
That's My Wife
as Stan
Wrong Again
as Stan
Liberty
as Stan
We Faw Down
as Stan
Habeas Corpus
as Stan
Two Tars
as Stan
Early to Bed
as Stan
Should Married Men Go Home?
as Stan
Their Purple Moment
as Mr. Pincher
You're Darn Tootin'
as Stanley, clarinet player
From Soup to Nuts
as Hired butler
The Finishing Touch
as Stan
Flying Elephants
as Little Twinkle Star
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Stan
Should Tall Men Marry?
as Texas Tommy
The Battle of the Century
as Prize Fighter
Putting Pants on Philip
as Philip
Do Detectives Think?
as Ferdinand Finkleberry
Hats Off
as Stan
Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate
The Second 100 Years
as Little Goofy
Now I'll Tell One
as Lawyer
Sailors, Beware!
as Chester Chaste, cabdriver
Sugar Daddies
as Brittle's lawyer
With Love and Hisses
as Cuthbert Hope
Why Girls Love Sailors
as Willie Brisling
Love 'Em and Weep
as Romaine Ricketts
Eve's Love Letters
as Anatole, the butler
Slipping Wives
as Handyman
Duck Soup
as Hives
Seeing the World
as English pedestrian
45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Guest
On the Front Page
as Dangerfield
Get 'Em Young
as Summers, the butler
What's the World Coming To?
as The Man in the Window
Half a Man
as Winchell McSweeney
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
as Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
The Sleuth
as Webster Dingle
Navy Blue Days
as Stan
The Snow Hawk
as Mountie
Pie-Eyed
as Drunk
Twins
as Stan / his twin
Somewhere In Wrong
as A tramp
West of Hot Dog
as Stan, a Tenderfoot
Detained
as A convict
Mandarin Mix-Up
as Sum Sap
Short Kilts
as McPherson's Son
Wide Open Spaces
as Gabriel Goober
Rupert of Hee-Haw
as King / Rudolph Razz
Near Dublin
as Con
Brothers Under the Chin
Zeb vs. Paprika
as Dippy Donawho
Postage Due
as Willy Worst
Smithy
as Smithy
Mother's Joy
as Basil Dippytack / Magnus Dippytack
Scorching Sands
as Stan
The Soilers
as Bob Canister
Save The Ship
as Husband
The Whole Truth
as The husband
Frozen Hearts
as Olaf - A peasant
Roughest Africa
as Professor Stanilaus Laurello
A Man About Town
as A Man About Town
Short Orders
as Waiter
Oranges and Lemons
as Sunkist
Gas and Air
as Phillup McCann
Kill or Cure
Collars and Cuffs
as Laundry Worker
Pick and Shovel
as Miner
Under Two Jags
White Wings
as Street Cleaner
The Noon Whistle
The Handy Man
as The handy man
When Knights Were Cold
as Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight
The Pest
as Jimmy Smith
Mud and Sand
as Rhubarb Vaselino
The Weak-End Party
as The Gardener
The Egg
as Humpty Dumpty
Mixed Nuts
as Book salesman
The Lucky Dog
as Brash young man accused of dognapping
Hustling for Health
as The Man
Do You Love Your Wife?
as Toby - the janitor
Frauds and Frenzies
as Simp, Second Prisoner
Just Rambling Along
as Nervy Young Man
Bears and Bad Men
as Pete
Huns and Hyphens
as Gang member
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Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926
The World of Laurel and Hardy
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Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
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