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