Stan Laurel
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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.
Known for
Credits
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as (archive footage)
The Devil's Brother (1933)
as Stanlio
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol (1933)
as Officer Stanley Laurel
Playing at Politics (1931)
as Stan
Babes in Toyland (1934)
as Stannie Dum
Bonnie Scotland (1935)
as Stanley MacLaurel
Block-Heads (1938)
as Stan
Two Tars (1928)
as Stan
Putting Pants on Philip (1927)
as Philip
Thicker Than Water (1935)
as Stan
Nash the Slash Rises Again! (2025)
as Self - Ferdinad Finkleberry(archive footage)
Pardon Us (1931)
as Stan
Bacon Grabbers (1929)
as Stan
Tit for Tat (1935)
as Stan
Angora Love (1929)
as Stan
Our Wife (1931)
as Stan
Call of the Cuckoo (1927)
as Asylum Inmate
Way Out West (1937)
as Stan
Towed in a Hole (1932)
as Stan
Sugar Daddies (1927)
as Brittle's lawyer
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
as Stan
Saps at Sea (1940)
as Stan
Sons of the Desert (1933)
as Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
as Stan
The Hoose-Gow (1929)
as Stan
Them Thar Hills (1934)
as Stan
You're Darn Tootin' (1928)
as Stanley, clarinet player
Do Detectives Think? (1927)
as Ferdinand Finkleberry
Double Whoopee (1929)
as Stan
The Chiselers (1931)
as M. Laurel
The Flying Deuces (1939)
as Stan
Air Raid Wardens (1943)
as Stan
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
as Stan
Beau Hunks (1931)
as Stan
Scorching Sands (1923)
as Stan
Perfect Day (1929)
as Stan
Laughing Gravy (1931)
as Stan
The Skulls (1931)
as Señor Laurel
Hollywood Party (1934)
as Stan
Thieves (1930)
Actor
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
as Self
White Wings (1923)
as Street Cleaner
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Slipping Wives (1927)
as Handyman
One Good Turn (1931)
as Stan
Hinter Schloss und Riegel (1932)
as Stan
When Comedy Was King (1960)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Our Relations (1936)
as Stan / Alf Laurel
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
as Stan
Pick a Star (1937)
as Stan Laurel
Robinson Crusoeland (1951)
as Stan
The Finishing Touch (1928)
as Stan
Swiss Miss (1938)
as Stan
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
The Music Box (1932)
as Stan
Me and My Pal (1933)
as Stan
Pie-Eyed (1925)
as Drunk
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The World of Laurel and Hardy (—)
Actor
The Live Ghost (1934)
as Stan
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Shivering and Shaking (1930)
as Stan
Why Girls Love Sailors (1927)
as Willie Brisling
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)
as Himself (archive footage)
Oliver the Eighth (1934)
as Stan
Great Guns (1941)
as Stan
Roughest Africa (1923)
as Professor Stanilaus Laurello
Hustling for Health (1919)
as The Man
Frozen Hearts (1923)
as Olaf - A peasant
They Go Boom! (1929)
as Stan
The Second 100 Years (1927)
as Little Goofy
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
The Noon Whistle (1923)
Actor
45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)
as Hotel Guest
Below Zero (1930)
as Stan
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride (1925)
as Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
Now I'll Tell One (1927)
as Lawyer
Twins (1925)
as Stan / his twin
With Love and Hisses (1927)
as Cuthbert Hope
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty (2020)
as archive footage
Eve's Love Letters (1927)
as Anatole, the butler
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
Actor
Pick and Shovel (1923)
as Miner
Busy Bodies (1933)
as Stan
The Parrott Chase (2009)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Picture House: The Story of Limerick's Cinemas (2019)
as Archive Footage (from The Lucky Dog)
Their Purple Moment (1928)
as Mr. Pincher
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
as Stan
The Fixer Uppers (1935)
as Stan
Chickens Come Home (1931)
as Mr. Laurel
Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)
as Stan
Big Business (1929)
as Stan
The Battle of the Century (1927)
as Prize Fighter
Mud and Sand (1922)
as Rhubarb Vaselino
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
as archive footage
We Faw Down (1928)
as Stan
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights (2002)
Actor
County Hospital (1932)
as Stan
From Soup to Nuts (1928)
as Hired butler
Jitterbugs (1943)
as Stan
The Big Noise (1944)
as Stan
Duck Soup (1927)
as Hives
The Bullfighters (1945)
as Stanley
West of Hot Dog (1924)
as Stan, a Tenderfoot
That's My Wife (1929)
as Stan
MGM 1935 Promo Reel (1935)
as Cleaner
Hog Wild (1930)
as Stan
Be Big! (1931)
as Stan
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (1951)
as (archive footage)
Love 'Em and Weep (1927)
as Romaine Ricketts
Twice Two (1933)
as Stan / Mrs. Hardy
Berth Marks (1929)
as Stan
Brats (1930)
as Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr.
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two (2024)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three (2025)
Actor
Another Fine Mess (1930)
as Stan
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
Come Clean (1931)
as Stan
Do You Love Your Wife? (1919)
as Toby - the janitor
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nothing But Trouble (1944)
as Stan
Men O' War (1929)
as Stan
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965)
as Stan (archive footage)
Mixed Nuts (1922)
as Book salesman
Oranges and Lemons (1923)
as Sunkist
Night Owls (1930)
as Stan
Helpmates (1932)
as Stan
Any Old Port! (1932)
as Stan
De Bote en Bote (1931)
as Stan
Somewhere In Wrong (1925)
as A tramp
Scram! (1932)
as Stan
What's the World Coming To? (1926)
as The Man in the Window
The Dancing Masters (1943)
as Stan
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures (2025)
as Archive Footage
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
as Self (archive footage)
The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Policeman
Going Bye-Bye! (1934)
as Mr. Laurel
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations (2020)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Half a Man (1925)
as Winchell McSweeney
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys (1992)
as Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)
Unaccustomed as We Are (1929)
as Stan
On the Wrong Trek (1936)
as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Navy Blue Days (1925)
as Stan
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons (1978)
as Stan
The Night Life (1930)
as Stan
Stan and Olly (1932)
as Himself
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)
as Stan / Alf (archive footage)
Dick & Doof - Best of (2010)
as Schauspieler
When Knights Were Cold (1923)
as Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight
On the Front Page (1926)
as Dangerfield
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition (2020)
Actor
Collars and Cuffs (1923)
as Laundry Worker
Zeb vs. Paprika (1924)
as Dippy Donawho
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement (1930)
as Himself
Laurel and Hardy in the UK (1932)
Actor
Brothers Under the Chin (1924)
Actor
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh (1932)
as Himself
Blotto (1930)
as Stan
The Chimp (1932)
as Stan
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth (1932)
as Himself
Frauds and Frenzies (1918)
as Simp, Second Prisoner
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III (2005)
as Stan
Wild Poses (1933)
as Baby
The Rogue Song (1930)
as Ali-Bek
Laurel & Hardy - Best of (1999)
as Stan
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1 (—)
Actor
Kill or Cure (1923)
Actor
Early to Bed (1928)
as Stan
Dirty Work (1933)
as Stan
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II (2001)
as Stan
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts (2006)
as Stan
Flying Elephants (1928)
as Little Twinkle Star
Salute to Stan Laurel (1965)
as Self (archive footage)
Another Nice Mess (1972)
as Laurel (archive footage)
On the Loose (1931)
as New Suitor (uncredited)
Their First Mistake (1932)
as Stan
Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
as Texas Tommy
Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926 (1918)
Actor
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2 (—)
Actor
Mandarin Mix-Up (1924)
as Sum Sap
The Lucky Dog (1921)
as Brash young man accused of dognapping
Sailors, Beware! (1927)
as Chester Chaste, cabdriver
Wrong Again (1929)
as Stan
The Soilers (1923)
as Bob Canister
The Tree in a Test Tube (1942)
as Stan
Bears and Bad Men (1918)
as Pete
Postage Due (1924)
as Willy Worst
The Whole Truth (1923)
as The husband
Habeas Corpus (1928)
as Stan
Mother's Joy (1923)
as Basil Dippytack / Magnus Dippytack
Liberty (1929)
as Stan
Performers Arrive in Hampshire (1947)
as Self
Detained (1924)
as A convict
The Handy Man (1923)
as The handy man
Dance of the Cookoos (1982)
Actor
A Man About Town (1923)
as A Man About Town
Radiomanía (1930)
as Stan
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy (1974)
as Self (archive footage)
That's That! (1938)
as Himself
Smithy (1924)
as Smithy
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies (2019)
as Stanlio
Leave 'Em Laughing (1928)
as Stan
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
Actor
The Snow Hawk (1925)
as Mountie
Save The Ship (1923)
as Husband
Rupert of Hee-Haw (1924)
as King / Rudolph Razz
Hats Off (1927)
as Stan
Huns and Hyphens (1918)
as Gang member
4 Clowns (1970)
as (archive footage)
Gas and Air (1923)
as Phillup McCann
Just Rambling Along (1918)
as Nervy Young Man
Get 'Em Young (1926)
as Summers, the butler
Wide Open Spaces (1924)
as Gabriel Goober
The Egg (1922)
as Humpty Dumpty
The Weak-End Party (1922)
as The Gardener
Seeing the World (1927)
as English pedestrian
Short Kilts (1924)
as McPherson's Son
Near Dublin (1924)
as Con
Swim Meet (1951)
as Self
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
Short Orders (1923)
as Waiter
The Pest (1922)
as Jimmy Smith
The Sleuth (1925)
as Webster Dingle
Under Two Jags (1923)
Actor
Haunted at Midnight (1931)
as Stan
Night of Goblins (1930)
as Stan