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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.
Movies
The Flying Deuces
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The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
Way Out West
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Nothing But Trouble
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Babes in Toyland
Stannie Dum
A Chump at Oxford
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Busy Bodies
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Sons of the Desert
Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
A-Haunting We Will Go
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Air Raid Wardens
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Block-Heads
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Bonnie Scotland
Stanley MacLaurel
Pack Up Your Troubles
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Any Old Port!
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The Music Box
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The Snow Hawk
Mountie
Our Relations
Stan / Alf Laurel
Great Guns
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Saps at Sea
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The Midnight Patrol
Officer Stanley Laurel
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
Below Zero
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Be Big!
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Big Business
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The Chimp
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County Hospital
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Dirty Work
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Liberty
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On the Loose
New Suitor (uncredited)
Perfect Day
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Should Married Men Go Home?
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Beau Hunks
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Come Clean
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Double Whoopee
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The Finishing Touch
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The Fixer Uppers
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Flying Elephants
Little Twinkle Star
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
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Leave 'Em Laughing
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The Live Ghost
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Me and My Pal
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Men O'War
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Night Owls
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Oliver the Eighth
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On the Wrong Trek
Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
One Good Turn
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Our Wife
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Sugar Daddies
Brittle's lawyer
Their Purple Moment
Mr. Pincher
The Dancing Masters
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Brats
Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr.
Scram!
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Laughing Gravy
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45 Minutes from Hollywood
Hotel Guest
Angora Love
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Another Fine Mess
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Bacon Grabbers
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The Battle of the Century
Prize Fighter
Berth Marks
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Blotto
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Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
Chickens Come Home
Mr. Laurel
Do Detectives Think?
Ferdinand Finkleberry
Duck Soup
Hives
Early to Bed
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The Hoose-Gow
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Putting Pants on Philip
Philip
Sailors, Beware!
Chester Chaste, cabdriver
The Second Hundred Years
Little Goofy
Slipping Wives
Handyman
That's My Wife
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Their First Mistake
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Them Thar Hills
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They Go Boom!
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Thicker Than Water
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Tit for Tat
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Towed in a Hole
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Twice Two
Stan / Mrs. Hardy
Two Tars
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Unaccustomed as We Are
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We Faw Down
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Why Girls Love Sailors
Willie Brisling
With Love and Hisses
Cuthbert Hope
Wrong Again
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You're Darn Tootin'
Stanley, clarinet player
Habeas Corpus
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Helpmates
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Hog Wild
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Love 'Em and Weep
Romaine Ricketts
Utopia
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The Lucky Dog
Brash young man accused of dognapping
Jitterbugs
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The Bohemian Girl
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Swiss Miss
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From Soup to Nuts
Hired butler
The Stolen Jools
Policeman
The Big Noise
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Just Rambling Along
Nervy Young Man
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
The Devil's Brother
Stanlio
The Bullfighters
Stanley
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
The Tree in a Test Tube
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West of Hot Dog
Stan, a Tenderfoot
Oranges and Lemons
Sunkist
Mud and Sand
Rhubarb Vaselino
Wild Poses
Baby
Pick a Star
Stan Laurel
4 Clowns
(archive footage)
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
Night of Goblins
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Get 'Em Young
Summers, the butler
Zeb vs. Paprika
Dippy Donawho
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
Thieves
The Pest
Jimmy Smith
Somewhere In Wrong
A tramp
Pie-Eyed
Drunk
Roughest Africa
Professor Stanilaus Laurello
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Navy Blue Days
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Bears and Bad Men
Pete
Frauds and Frenzies
Simp, Second Prisoner
Huns and Hyphens
Gang member
Now I'll Tell One
Lawyer
Mixed Nuts
Book salesman
The Egg
Humpty Dumpty
Eve's Love Letters
Anatole, the butler
Save The Ship
Husband
Under Two Jags
The Soilers
Bob Canister
Collars and Cuffs
Laundry Worker
Pick and Shovel
Miner
The Noon Whistle
Scorching Sands
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A Man About Town
A Man About Town
White Wings
Street Cleaner
Short Orders
Waiter
Kill or Cure
Detained
A convict
Rupert of Hee-Haw
King / Rudolph Razz
Smithy
Smithy
Mandarin Mix-Up
Sum Sap
Hollywood Party
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Seeing the World
English pedestrian
The Sleuth
Webster Dingle
Frozen Hearts
Olaf - A peasant
The Whole Truth
The husband
Playing at Politics
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Should Tall Men Marry?
Texas Tommy
Short Kilts
McPherson's Son
Half a Man
Winchell McSweeney
The Rogue Song
Ali-Bek
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
Do You Love Your Wife?
Toby - the janitor
Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926
The Night Life
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The Skulls
Señor Laurel
The Chiselers
M. Laurel
Shivering and Shaking
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A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Self (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)
Gas and Air
Phillup McCann
What's the World Coming To?
The Man in the Window
Hustling for Health
The Man
Pardon Us
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The Weak-End Party
The Gardener
Going Bye-Bye!
Mr. Laurel
The Big Parade of Comedy
Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
On the Front Page
Dangerfield
Near Dublin
Con
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Hats Off
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That's That!
Himself
Mother's Joy
Basil Dippytack / Magnus Dippytack
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Twins
Stan / his twin
Wide Open Spaces
Gabriel Goober
Haunted at Midnight
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Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Self (archive footage)
Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche
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Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili
Salute to Stan Laurel
Self (archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Himself (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
Stan (archive footage)
Dick & Doof - Best of
Schauspieler
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
Himself
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
Himself
When Knights Were Cold
Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight
Dance of the Cookoos
The Handy Man
The handy man
Brothers Under the Chin
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
Cleaner
Postage Due
Willy Worst
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
The Hollywood Clowns
Self (archive footage)
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
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Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
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Girl 27
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Swim Meet
Self
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 3
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Stan (archive footage)
Performers arrive in Hampshire
Self
Laurel & Hardy The Essential Collection
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shows
This Is Your Life
Self
Dick und Doof
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