Stan Laurel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 16, 1890
- Died
- Feb 23, 1965 (aged 74)
- Place of birth
- Ulverston, Lancashire, England, UK
- Credits
- 235
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
Filmography
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
2025Movie
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025Movie
Self - Ferdinad Finkleberry(archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
2025Movie
Archive Footage
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020Movie
archive footage
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
2020Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020Movie
The Picture House: The Story of Limerick's Cinemas
2019Movie
Archive Footage (from The Lucky Dog)
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
2019Movie
Stanlio
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011Movie
Himself (archive footage)
Dick & Doof - Best of
2010Movie
Schauspieler
The Parrott Chase
2009Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
2006Movie
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Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
2005Movie
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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002Movie
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
2001Movie
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Laurel & Hardy - Best of
1999Movie
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That's Entertainment! III
1994Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992Movie
Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
1990Movie
Self (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
1986Movie
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984Movie
(archive footage)
Dance of the Cookoos
1982Movie
The Hollywood Clowns
1979Movie
Self (archive footage)
The South Bank Show
1978TV
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
1978Movie
Stan
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976Movie
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976Movie
(archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
1976Movie
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975Movie
Self (archive footage)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974Movie
Self (archive footage)
Another Nice Mess
1972Movie
Laurel (archive footage)
4 Clowns
1970Movie
(archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968Movie
Stan / Alf (archive footage)
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1967Movie
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967Movie
Omnibus
1967TV
Self
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965Movie
Self (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
1965Movie
Stan (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964Movie
Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961Movie
Self (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
1960Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957Movie
archive footage
This Is Your Life
1952TV
Self
Robinson Crusoeland
1951Movie
Stan
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951Movie
(archive footage)
Swim Meet
1951Movie
Self
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
1947Movie
Self
The Bullfighters
1945Movie
Stanley
Nothing But Trouble
1944Movie
Stan
The Big Noise
1944Movie
Stan
The Dancing Masters
1943Movie
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Jitterbugs
1943Movie
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Air Raid Wardens
1943Movie
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The Tree in a Test Tube
1942Movie
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A-Haunting We Will Go
1942Movie
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Great Guns
1941Movie
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Saps at Sea
1940Movie
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A Chump at Oxford
1940Movie
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The Flying Deuces
1939Movie
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Block-Heads
1938Movie
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That's That!
1938Movie
Himself
Swiss Miss
1938Movie
Stan
Pick a Star
1937Movie
Stan Laurel
Way Out West
1937Movie
Stan
Our Relations
1936Movie
Stan / Alf Laurel
On the Wrong Trek
1936Movie
Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
The Bohemian Girl
1936Movie
Stan
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
1935Movie
Cleaner
Bonnie Scotland
1935Movie
Stanley MacLaurel
Thicker Than Water
1935Movie
Stan
The Fixer Uppers
1935Movie
Stan
Tit for Tat
1935Movie
Stan
Babes in Toyland
1934Movie
Stannie Dum
The Live Ghost
1934Movie
Stan
Them Thar Hills
1934Movie
Stan
Going Bye-Bye!
1934Movie
Mr. Laurel
Hollywood Party
1934Movie
Stan
Oliver the Eighth
1934Movie
Stan
Sons of the Desert
1933Movie
Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
Dirty Work
1933Movie
Stan
Wild Poses
1933Movie
Baby
Busy Bodies
1933Movie
Stan
The Midnight Patrol
1933Movie
Officer Stanley Laurel
The Devil's Brother
1933Movie
Stanlio
Me and My Pal
1933Movie
Stan
Twice Two
1933Movie
Stan / Mrs. Hardy
Towed in a Hole
1932Movie
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Their First Mistake
1932Movie
Stan
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932Movie
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Scram!
1932Movie
Stan
Stan and Olly
1932Movie
Himself
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
1932Movie
Himself
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
1932Movie
Himself
County Hospital
1932Movie
Stan
Laurel and Hardy in the UK
1932Movie
The Chimp
1932Movie
Stan
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
1932Movie
Stan
The Music Box
1932Movie
Stan
Any Old Port!
1932Movie
Stan
Helpmates
1932Movie
Stan
On the Loose
1931Movie
New Suitor (uncredited)
Beau Hunks
1931Movie
Stan
One Good Turn
1931Movie
Stan
Come Clean
1931Movie
Stan
Pardon Us
1931Movie
Stan
Haunted at Midnight
1931Movie
Stan
Our Wife
1931Movie
Stan
Playing at Politics
1931Movie
Stan
The Skulls
1931Movie
Señor Laurel
De Bote en Bote
1931Movie
Stan
Laughing Gravy
1931Movie
Stan
The Stolen Jools
1931Movie
Policeman
Chickens Come Home
1931Movie
Mr. Laurel
Be Big!
1931Movie
Stan
The Chiselers
1931Movie
M. Laurel
Another Fine Mess
1930Movie
Stan
Night of Goblins
1930Movie
Stan
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement
1930Movie
Himself
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930Movie
Stan
Radiomanía
1930Movie
Stan
Hog Wild
1930Movie
Stan
Shivering and Shaking
1930Movie
Stan
Below Zero
1930Movie
Stan
The Night Life
1930Movie
Stan
Brats
1930Movie
Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr.
Blotto
1930Movie
Stan
The Rogue Song
1930Movie
Ali-Bek
Thieves
1930Movie
Night Owls
1930Movie
Stan
Angora Love
1929Movie
Stan
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929Movie
Self
The Hoose-Gow
1929Movie
Stan
Bacon Grabbers
1929Movie
Stan
They Go Boom!
1929Movie
Stan
Perfect Day
1929Movie
Stan
Men O' War
1929Movie
Stan
Berth Marks
1929Movie
Stan
Double Whoopee
1929Movie
Stan
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929Movie
Stan
Big Business
1929Movie
Stan
That's My Wife
1929Movie
Stan
Wrong Again
1929Movie
Stan
Liberty
1929Movie
Stan
We Faw Down
1928Movie
Stan
Habeas Corpus
1928Movie
Stan
Two Tars
1928Movie
Stan
Early to Bed
1928Movie
Stan
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928Movie
Stan
Their Purple Moment
1928Movie
Mr. Pincher
You're Darn Tootin'
1928Movie
Stanley, clarinet player
From Soup to Nuts
1928Movie
Hired butler
The Finishing Touch
1928Movie
Stan
Flying Elephants
1928Movie
Little Twinkle Star
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928Movie
Stan
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928Movie
Texas Tommy
The Battle of the Century
1927Movie
Prize Fighter
Putting Pants on Philip
1927Movie
Philip
Do Detectives Think?
1927Movie
Ferdinand Finkleberry
Hats Off
1927Movie
Stan
Call of the Cuckoo
1927Movie
Asylum Inmate
The Second 100 Years
1927Movie
Little Goofy
Now I'll Tell One
1927Movie
Lawyer
Sailors, Beware!
1927Movie
Chester Chaste, cabdriver
Sugar Daddies
1927Movie
Brittle's lawyer
With Love and Hisses
1927Movie
Cuthbert Hope
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927Movie
Willie Brisling
Love 'Em and Weep
1927Movie
Romaine Ricketts
Eve's Love Letters
1927Movie
Anatole, the butler
Slipping Wives
1927Movie
Handyman
Duck Soup
1927Movie
Hives
Seeing the World
1927Movie
English pedestrian
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926Movie
Hotel Guest
On the Front Page
1926Movie
Dangerfield
Get 'Em Young
1926Movie
Summers, the butler
What's the World Coming To?
1926Movie
The Man in the Window
Half a Man
1925Movie
Winchell McSweeney
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
1925Movie
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
The Sleuth
1925Movie
Webster Dingle
Navy Blue Days
1925Movie
Stan
The Snow Hawk
1925Movie
Mountie
Pie-Eyed
1925Movie
Drunk
Twins
1925Movie
Stan / his twin
Somewhere In Wrong
1925Movie
A tramp
West of Hot Dog
1924Movie
Stan, a Tenderfoot
Detained
1924Movie
A convict
Mandarin Mix-Up
1924Movie
Sum Sap
Short Kilts
1924Movie
McPherson's Son
Wide Open Spaces
1924Movie
Gabriel Goober
Rupert of Hee-Haw
1924Movie
King / Rudolph Razz
Near Dublin
1924Movie
Con
Brothers Under the Chin
1924Movie
Zeb vs. Paprika
1924Movie
Dippy Donawho
Postage Due
1924Movie
Willy Worst
Smithy
1924Movie
Smithy
Mother's Joy
1923Movie
Basil Dippytack / Magnus Dippytack
Scorching Sands
1923Movie
Stan
The Soilers
1923Movie
Bob Canister
Save The Ship
1923Movie
Husband
The Whole Truth
1923Movie
The husband
Frozen Hearts
1923Movie
Olaf - A peasant
Roughest Africa
1923Movie
Professor Stanilaus Laurello
A Man About Town
1923Movie
A Man About Town
Short Orders
1923Movie
Waiter
Oranges and Lemons
1923Movie
Sunkist
Gas and Air
1923Movie
Phillup McCann
Kill or Cure
1923Movie
Collars and Cuffs
1923Movie
Laundry Worker
Pick and Shovel
1923Movie
Miner
Under Two Jags
1923Movie
White Wings
1923Movie
Street Cleaner
The Noon Whistle
1923Movie
The Handy Man
1923Movie
The handy man
When Knights Were Cold
1923Movie
Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight
The Pest
1922Movie
Jimmy Smith
Mud and Sand
1922Movie
Rhubarb Vaselino
The Weak-End Party
1922Movie
The Gardener
The Egg
1922Movie
Humpty Dumpty
Mixed Nuts
1922Movie
Book salesman
Laurel & Hardy
1921TV
Stan
The Lucky Dog
1921Movie
Brash young man accused of dognapping
Hustling for Health
1919Movie
The Man
Do You Love Your Wife?
1919Movie
Toby - the janitor
Frauds and Frenzies
1918Movie
Simp, Second Prisoner
Just Rambling Along
1918Movie
Nervy Young Man
Bears and Bad Men
1918Movie
Pete
Huns and Hyphens
1918Movie
Gang member
Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926
1918Movie
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
Movie
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
Movie
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Movie