Stan Laurel
Biography
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.
Acting (210 movies)
Swim Meet
1951
The Flying Deuces
1939
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
Way Out West
1937
Nothing But Trouble
1944
Babes in Toyland
1934
A Chump at Oxford
1940
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
Busy Bodies
1933
Sons of the Desert
1933
Block-Heads
1938
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
Air Raid Wardens
1943
Bonnie Scotland
1935
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
Any Old Port!
1932
The Music Box
1932
Our Relations
1936
Great Guns
1941
Saps at Sea
1940
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020
The Midnight Patrol
1933
Men O' War
1929
Night Owls
1930
Oliver the Eighth
1934
On the Wrong Trek
1936
One Good Turn
1931
Our Wife
1931
Sugar Daddies
1927
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
Going Bye-Bye!
1934
Below Zero
1930
Be Big!
1931
Big Business
1929
The Chimp
1932
County Hospital
1932
Dirty Work
1933
Their Purple Moment
1928
Liberty
1929
On the Loose
1931
Perfect Day
1929
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
Beau Hunks
1931
Come Clean
1931
Double Whoopee
1929
The Finishing Touch
1928
The Fixer Uppers
1935
Flying Elephants
1928
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928
The Live Ghost
1934
Me and My Pal
1933
Brats
1930
Scram!
1932
Laughing Gravy
1931
The Dancing Masters
1943
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926
Angora Love
1929
Another Fine Mess
1930
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
1999
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
2001
Bacon Grabbers
1929
The Battle of the Century
1927
Berth Marks
1929
Blotto
1930
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
Chickens Come Home
1931
Do Detectives Think?
1927
Duck Soup
1927
Early to Bed
1928
The Hoose-Gow
1929
Putting Pants on Philip
1927
Sailors, Beware!
1927
The Second 100 Years
1927
Slipping Wives
1927
That's My Wife
1929
Their First Mistake
1932
Them Thar Hills
1934
They Go Boom!
1929
Thicker Than Water
1935
Tit for Tat
1935
Towed in a Hole
1932
Twice Two
1933
Two Tars
1928
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929
We Faw Down
1928
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927
With Love and Hisses
1927
Wrong Again
1929
You're Darn Tootin'
1928
Habeas Corpus
1928
Helpmates
1932
Hog Wild
1930
Love 'Em and Weep
1927
Utopia
1951
The Bohemian Girl
1936
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
The Lucky Dog
1921
Swiss Miss
1938
Jitterbugs
1943
