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