Acting
Stan Laurel
Born Jun 16, 1890 · Ulverston, Lancashire, England, UK · Died Feb 23, 1965
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.
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Acting
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Comedy
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
2025
Comedy
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025
Documentary · Music · Horror
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
2025
Documentary
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
Comedy
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
Documentary
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
Documentary
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
2020
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020
The Picture House: The Story of Limerick's Cinemas
2019
Documentary
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
2019
Comedy
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
Documentary · Comedy
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
Documentary
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
Documentary · TV Movie
Dick & Doof - Best of
2010
Comedy
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
2006
Comedy
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
2005
Comedy
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
Documentary · TV Movie
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
Comedy · Family
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
2001
Comedy
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
1999
Comedy
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Documentary · Music
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
Documentary
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
Documentary · Comedy
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
Documentary
Dance of the Cookoos
1982
Comedy
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
Documentary · Comedy
The South Bank Show
1978
Documentary · Talk
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
1978
Comedy
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Documentary · Music
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
Documentary
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Documentary · History
Another Nice Mess
1972
Comedy
4 Clowns
1970
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Comedy
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Comedy
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
1965
Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Comedy · Documentary
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Documentary
When Comedy Was King
1960
Drama · Comedy · Documentary
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
Documentary · Comedy
Robinson Crusoeland
1951
Comedy
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
Comedy
Swim Meet
1951
Comedy · Documentary
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
1947
The Bullfighters
1945
Comedy · Music
Nothing But Trouble
1944
Comedy
The Big Noise
1944
Comedy
The Dancing Masters
1943
Comedy
Jitterbugs
1943
Comedy
Air Raid Wardens
1943
Action · Adventure · Comedy
The Tree in a Test Tube
1942
Documentary
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
Comedy · Crime
Great Guns
1941
Comedy
Saps at Sea
1940
Comedy
A Chump at Oxford
1940
Comedy
The Flying Deuces
1939
Comedy · War
Block-Heads
1938
Comedy · War
That's That!
1938
Comedy
Swiss Miss
1938
Comedy · Music
Pick a Star
1937
Comedy · Music
Way Out West
1937
Comedy · Western
Our Relations
1936
Comedy
On the Wrong Trek
1936
Comedy
The Bohemian Girl
1936
Comedy · Music
Bonnie Scotland
1935
Comedy
Thicker Than Water
1935
Comedy
The Fixer Uppers
1935
Comedy
Tit for Tat
1935
Comedy
Babes in Toyland
1934
Fantasy · Comedy · Family
The Live Ghost
1934
Comedy
Them Thar Hills
1934
Comedy
Going Bye-Bye!
1934
Comedy
Hollywood Party
1934
Comedy · Music
Oliver the Eighth
1934
Comedy
Sons of the Desert
1933
Comedy
Dirty Work
1933
Comedy
Wild Poses
1933
Comedy
Busy Bodies
1933
Comedy
The Midnight Patrol
1933
Comedy
The Devil's Brother
1933
Comedy · Music
Me and My Pal
1933
Comedy
Twice Two
1933
Comedy
Towed in a Hole
1932
Comedy
Their First Mistake
1932
Comedy
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
Comedy · War
Scram!
1932
Comedy
County Hospital
1932
Comedy
Laurel and Hardy in the UK
1932
Documentary · Comedy
The Chimp
1932
Comedy
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
1932
Comedy
The Music Box
1932
Comedy
Any Old Port!
1932
Comedy
Helpmates
1932
Comedy
On the Loose
1931
Comedy
Beau Hunks
1931
Comedy
One Good Turn
1931
Comedy
Come Clean
1931
Comedy
Pardon Us
1931
Comedy
Haunted at Midnight
1931
Comedy · Mystery
Our Wife
1931
Comedy
Playing at Politics
1931
Comedy
The Skulls
1931
Comedy
De Bote en Bote
1931
Comedy
Laughing Gravy
1931
Comedy
The Stolen Jools
1931
Comedy
Chickens Come Home
1931
Comedy
Be Big!
1931
Comedy
The Chiselers
1931
Comedy
Another Fine Mess
1930
Comedy
Night of Goblins
1930
Comedy · Crime
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
Comedy · Crime · Mystery
Radiomanía
1930
Comedy
Hog Wild
1930
Comedy
Shivering and Shaking
1930
Comedy
Below Zero
1930
Comedy
The Night Life
1930
Comedy
Brats
1930
Comedy
Blotto
1930
Comedy
The Rogue Song
1930
Music · Romance
Thieves
1930
Comedy
Night Owls
1930
Comedy
Angora Love
1929
Comedy
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
Comedy · Music
The Hoose-Gow
1929
Comedy
Bacon Grabbers
1929
Comedy
They Go Boom!
1929
Comedy
Perfect Day
1929
Comedy
Men O' War
1929
Comedy
Berth Marks
1929
Comedy
Double Whoopee
1929
Comedy
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929
Comedy
Big Business
1929
Comedy
That's My Wife
1929
Comedy
Wrong Again
1929
Comedy
Liberty
1929
Comedy
We Faw Down
1928
Comedy
Habeas Corpus
1928
Comedy
Two Tars
1928
Comedy
Early to Bed
1928
Comedy
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
Comedy
Their Purple Moment
1928
Comedy
You're Darn Tootin'
1928
Comedy
From Soup to Nuts
1928
Comedy
The Finishing Touch
1928
Comedy
Flying Elephants
1928
Comedy
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928
Comedy
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928
Comedy · Western
The Battle of the Century
1927
Comedy
Putting Pants on Philip
1927
Comedy
Do Detectives Think?
1927
Comedy
Hats Off
1927
Comedy
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
Comedy
The Second 100 Years
1927
Comedy
Now I'll Tell One
1927
Comedy
Sailors, Beware!
1927
Comedy
Sugar Daddies
1927
Comedy
With Love and Hisses
1927
Comedy
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927
Comedy
Love 'Em and Weep
1927
Comedy
Eve's Love Letters
1927
Comedy
Slipping Wives
1927
Comedy
Duck Soup
1927
Comedy
Seeing the World
1927
Comedy
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926
Comedy
On the Front Page
1926
Comedy
Get 'Em Young
1926
Comedy
What's the World Coming To?
1926
Comedy
Half a Man
1925
Comedy
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
1925
Comedy · Horror
The Sleuth
1925
Comedy
Navy Blue Days
1925
Comedy
The Snow Hawk
1925
Comedy
Pie-Eyed
1925
Comedy
Twins
1925
Comedy
Somewhere In Wrong
1925
Comedy
West of Hot Dog
1924
Comedy · Western
Detained
1924
Comedy
Mandarin Mix-Up
1924
Comedy
Short Kilts
1924
Comedy
Wide Open Spaces
1924
Comedy · Western
Rupert of Hee-Haw
1924
Comedy
Near Dublin
1924
Comedy
Brothers Under the Chin
1924
Comedy
Zeb vs. Paprika
1924
Comedy
Postage Due
1924
Comedy
Smithy
1924
Comedy
Mother's Joy
1923
Comedy
Scorching Sands
1923
Comedy
The Soilers
1923
Comedy
Save The Ship
1923
Comedy
The Whole Truth
1923
Comedy
Frozen Hearts
1923
Comedy
Roughest Africa
1923
Comedy
A Man About Town
1923
Comedy
Short Orders
1923
Comedy
Oranges and Lemons
1923
Comedy
Gas and Air
1923
Comedy
Kill or Cure
1923
Collars and Cuffs
1923
Comedy
Pick and Shovel
1923
Comedy
Under Two Jags
1923
White Wings
1923
The Noon Whistle
1923
The Handy Man
1923
Comedy
When Knights Were Cold
1923
Comedy
The Pest
1922
Comedy
Mud and Sand
1922
Comedy · Adventure
The Weak-End Party
1922
Comedy
The Egg
1922
Comedy
Mixed Nuts
1922
Comedy
The Lucky Dog
1921
Comedy
Hustling for Health
1919
Comedy
Do You Love Your Wife?
1919
Comedy
Frauds and Frenzies
1918
Comedy
Just Rambling Along
1918
Comedy
Bears and Bad Men
1918
Comedy
Huns and Hyphens
1918
Comedy
Directed
Written
Way Out West
1937
Comedy · Western
Thicker Than Water
1935
Comedy
Tit for Tat
1935
Comedy
Them Thar Hills
1934
Comedy
Going Bye-Bye!
1934
Comedy
