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Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, 16 June 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
The Flying Deuces
(1939)
Stan
Saps at Sea
(1940)
Stan
The Devil's Brother
(1933)
Stanlio
Babes in Toyland
(1934)
Stannie Dum
County Hospital
(1932)
Stan
Utopia
(1951)
Stan
Way Out West
(1937)
Stan
The Music Box
(1932)
Stan
The Stolen Jools
(1931)
Policeman
Sons of the Desert
(1933)
Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
Great Guns
(1941)
Stan
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
Another Fine Mess
(1930)
Stan
Beau Hunks
(1931)
Stan
Block-Heads
(1938)
Stan
Below Zero
(1930)
Stan
Full Filmography
Acting
Just Rambling Along
(1918)
Nervy Young Man
Bears and Bad Men
(1918)
Pete
Frauds and Frenzies
(1918)
Simp, Second Prisoner
Huns and Hyphens
(1918)
Gang member
Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926
(1918)
Do You Love Your Wife?
(1919)
Toby - the janitor
Hustling for Health
(1919)
The Man
The Lucky Dog
(1921)
Brash young man accused of dognapping
Mud and Sand
(1922)
Rhubarb Vaselino
The Pest
(1922)
Jimmy Smith
Mixed Nuts
(1922)
Book salesman
The Egg
(1922)
Humpty Dumpty
The Weak-End Party
(1922)
The Gardener
Oranges and Lemons
(1923)
Sunkist
Roughest Africa
(1923)
Professor Stanilaus Laurello
Save The Ship
(1923)
Husband
Under Two Jags
(1923)
The Soilers
(1923)
Bob Canister
Collars and Cuffs
(1923)
Laundry Worker
Pick and Shovel
(1923)
Miner
The Noon Whistle
(1923)
Scorching Sands
(1923)
Stan
A Man About Town
(1923)
A Man About Town
White Wings
(1923)
Street Cleaner
Short Orders
(1923)
Waiter
Kill or Cure
(1923)
Frozen Hearts
(1923)
Olaf - A peasant
The Whole Truth
(1923)
The husband
Gas and Air
(1923)
Phillup McCann
Mother's Joy
(1923)
Basil Dippytack / Magnus Dippytack
When Knights Were Cold
(1923)
Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight
The Handy Man
(1923)
The handy man
West of Hot Dog
(1924)
Stan, a Tenderfoot
Zeb vs. Paprika
(1924)
Dippy Donawho
Detained
(1924)
A convict
Rupert of Hee-Haw
(1924)
King / Rudolph Razz
Smithy
(1924)
Smithy
Mandarin Mix-Up
(1924)
Sum Sap
Short Kilts
(1924)
McPherson's Son
Near Dublin
(1924)
Con
Wide Open Spaces
(1924)
Gabriel Goober
Brothers Under the Chin
(1924)
Postage Due
(1924)
Willy Worst
The Snow Hawk
(1925)
Mountie
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
(1925)
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
Somewhere In Wrong
(1925)
A tramp
Pie-Eyed
(1925)
Drunk
Navy Blue Days
(1925)
Stan
The Sleuth
(1925)
Webster Dingle
Half a Man
(1925)
Winchell McSweeney
Twins
(1925)
Stan / his twin
45 Minutes from Hollywood
(1926)
Hotel Guest
Get 'Em Young
(1926)
Summers, the butler
What's the World Coming To?
(1926)
The Man in the Window
On the Front Page
(1926)
Dangerfield
Sugar Daddies
(1927)
Brittle's lawyer
The Battle of the Century
(1927)
Prize fighter
Call of the Cuckoo
(1927)
Asylum Inmate
Do Detectives Think?
(1927)
Ferdinand Finkleberry
Duck Soup
(1927)
Hives
Putting Pants on Philip
(1927)
Philip
Sailors, Beware!
(1927)
Chester Chaste, cabdriver
The Second Hundred Years
(1927)
Little Goofy
Slipping Wives
(1927)
Handyman
Why Girls Love Sailors
(1927)
Willie Brisling
With Love and Hisses
(1927)
Cuthbert Hope
Love 'Em and Weep
(1927)
Romaine Ricketts
Now I'll Tell One
(1927)
Lawyer
Eve's Love Letters
(1927)
Anatole, the butler
Seeing the World
(1927)
English pedestrian
Hats Off
(1927)
Stan
Should Married Men Go Home?
(1928)
Stan
The Finishing Touch
(1928)
Stan
Flying Elephants
(1928)
Little Twinkle Star
Leave 'Em Laughing
(1928)
Stan
Their Purple Moment
(1928)
Mr. Pincher
Early to Bed
(1928)
Stan
Two Tars
(1928)
Stan
We Faw Down
(1928)
Stan
You're Darn Tootin'
(1928)
Stanley, clarinet player
Habeas Corpus
(1928)
Stan
From Soup to Nuts
(1928)
Hired butler
Should Tall Men Marry?
(1928)
Texas Tommy
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
(1929)
Self
Big Business
(1929)
Stan
Liberty
(1929)
Stan
Perfect Day
(1929)
Stan
Double Whoopee
(1929)
Stan
Men O'War
(1929)
Stan
Angora Love
(1929)
Stan
Bacon Grabbers
(1929)
Stan
Berth Marks
(1929)
Stan
The Hoose-Gow
(1929)
Stan
That's My Wife
(1929)
Stan
They Go Boom!
(1929)
Stan
Unaccustomed as We Are
(1929)
Stan
Wrong Again
(1929)
Stan
Below Zero
(1930)
Stan
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
(1930)
Stan
Night Owls
(1930)
Stan
Brats
(1930)
Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr.
Another Fine Mess
(1930)
Stan
Blotto
(1930)
Stan
Hog Wild
(1930)
Stan
Night of Goblins
(1930)
Stan
Thieves
(1930)
The Rogue Song
(1930)
Ali-Bek
The Night Life
(1930)
Stan
Shivering and Shaking
(1930)
Stan
Be Big!
(1931)
Stan
On the Loose
(1931)
New Suitor (uncredited)
Beau Hunks
(1931)
Stan
Come Clean
(1931)
Stan
One Good Turn
(1931)
Stan
Our Wife
(1931)
Stan
Laughing Gravy
(1931)
Stan
Chickens Come Home
(1931)
Mr. Laurel
The Stolen Jools
(1931)
Policeman
Playing at Politics
(1931)
Stan
The Skulls
(1931)
Señor Laurel
The Chiselers
(1931)
M. Laurel
Pardon Us
(1931)
Stan
Haunted at Midnight
(1931)
Stan
Pack Up Your Troubles
(1932)
Stan
Any Old Port!
(1932)
Stan
The Music Box
(1932)
Stan
The Chimp
(1932)
Stan
County Hospital
(1932)
Stan
Scram!
(1932)
Stan
Their First Mistake
(1932)
Stan
Towed in a Hole
(1932)
Stan
Helpmates
(1932)
Stan
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
(1932)
Himself
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
(1932)
Himself
Busy Bodies
(1933)
Stan
Sons of the Desert
(1933)
Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
The Midnight Patrol
(1933)
Officer Stanley Laurel
Dirty Work
(1933)
Stan
Me and My Pal
(1933)
Stan
Twice Two
(1933)
Stan / Mrs. Hardy
The Devil's Brother
(1933)
Stanlio
Wild Poses
(1933)
Baby
Babes in Toyland
(1934)
Stannie Dum
The Live Ghost
(1934)
Stan
Oliver the Eighth
(1934)
Stan
Them Thar Hills
(1934)
Stan
Hollywood Party
(1934)
Stan
Going Bye-Bye!
(1934)
Mr. Laurel
Bonnie Scotland
(1935)
Stanley MacLaurel
The Fixer Uppers
(1935)
Stan
Thicker Than Water
(1935)
Stan
Tit for Tat
(1935)
Stan
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
(1935)
Cleaner
Our Relations
(1936)
Stan / Alf Laurel
On the Wrong Trek
(1936)
Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
The Bohemian Girl
(1936)
Stan
Way Out West
(1937)
Stan
Pick a Star
(1937)
Stan Laurel
That's That!
(1937)
Himself
Block-Heads
(1938)
Stan
Swiss Miss
(1938)
Stan
The Flying Deuces
(1939)
Stan
A Chump at Oxford
(1940)
Stan
Saps at Sea
(1940)
Stan
Great Guns
(1941)
Stan
A-Haunting We Will Go
(1942)
Stan
The Tree in a Test Tube
(1942)
Stan
Air Raid Wardens
(1943)
Stan
The Dancing Masters
(1943)
Stan
Jitterbugs
(1943)
Stan
Nothing But Trouble
(1944)
Stan
The Big Noise
(1944)
Stan
The Bullfighters
(1945)
Stanley
Performers arrive in Hampshire
(1947)
Self
Utopia
(1951)
Stan
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(1951)
(archive footage)
The Golden Age of Comedy
(1957)
archive footage
When Comedy Was King
(1960)
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
(1961)
Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
(1964)
Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
Salute to Stan Laurel
(1965)
Self (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
(1965)
Stan (archive footage)
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
(1967)
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
(1967)
4 Clowns
(1970)
(archive footage)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
(1974)
Himself (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(1975)
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
(1979)
Self (archive footage)
Dance of the Cookoos
(1982)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(1984)
(archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
(1985)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
(1992)
Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
(1994)
(archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
(1999)
Stan
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
(2001)
Stan
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
(2002)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
(2002)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
Stan (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
(2005)
Stan
Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche
(2006)
Stan
Girl 27
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Dick & Doof - Best of
(2010)
Schauspieler
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
(2011)
Himself (archive footage)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy The Essential Collection
(2011)
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
(2020)
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
(2020)
Directing
Yes, Yes, Nanette
(1925)
Director
Chasing the Chaser
(1925)
Director
Moonlight and Noses
(1925)
Director
Unfriendly Enemies
(1925)
Director
Book Bozo
(1925)
Director
Wandering Papas
(1926)
Director
Get 'Em Young
(1926)
Director
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
(1926)
Director
Madame Mystery
(1926)
Director
Flaming Fathers
(1927)
Director
Seeing the World
(1927)
Assistant Director
Writing
Chasing the Chaser
(1925)
Writer
Unfriendly Enemies
(1925)
Writer
Moonlight and Noses
(1925)
Writer
Along Came Auntie
(1926)
Writer
Get 'Em Young
(1926)
Writer
Charley My Boy!
(1926)
Writer
What's the World Coming To?
(1926)
Writer
Wandering Papas
(1926)
Writer
Madame Mystery
(1926)
Writer
The Nickel-Hopper
(1926)
Writer
Wife Tamers
(1926)
Writer
Raggedy Rose
(1926)
Writer
On the Front Page
(1926)
Writer
Why Girls Say No
(1927)
Writer
Jewish Prudence
(1927)
Writer
Eve's Love Letters
(1927)
Screenplay
Love 'Em and Weep
(1927)
Writer
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
(1927)
Writer
The Finishing Touch
(1928)
Writer
Blotto
(1930)
Writer
Brats
(1930)
Writer
Hog Wild
(1930)
Story
Our Wife
(1931)
Writer
Come Clean
(1931)
Writer
Pardon Us
(1931)
Other
One Good Turn
(1931)
Writer
Pack Up Your Troubles
(1932)
Writer
Towed in a Hole
(1932)
Writer
Their First Mistake
(1932)
Writer
Helpmates
(1932)
Writer
The Music Box
(1932)
Writer
The Chimp
(1932)
Writer
County Hospital
(1932)
Writer
Scram!
(1932)
Writer
Busy Bodies
(1933)
Writer
The Midnight Patrol
(1933)
Writer
Twice Two
(1933)
Writer
Me and My Pal
(1933)
Writer
Sons of the Desert
(1933)
Writer
Going Bye-Bye!
(1934)
Writer
Them Thar Hills
(1934)
Writer
Thicker Than Water
(1935)
Story
Tit for Tat
(1935)
Writer
Way Out West
(1937)
Writer
The Bullfighters
(1945)
Writer
Production
The Bohemian Girl
(1936)
Producer
Our Relations
(1936)
Producer
Way Out West
(1937)
Producer
Swiss Miss
(1938)
Producer
Knight of the Plains
(1938)
Executive Producer
Songs and Bullets
(1938)
Executive Producer
Crew