Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel came from a theatrical family, his father was an actor and theatre manager, and he made his stage debut at the age of 16 at Pickard's Museum, Glasgow. He traveled with Fred Karno's vaudeville company to the United States in 1910 and again in 1913. While with that company he was Charles Chaplin's understudy, and he performed imitations of Chaplin. On a later trip he remained in the United States, having been cast in a two-reel comedy, Nuts in May (1917) (not released until 1918). There followed a number of shorts for Metro, Hal Roach Studios, then Universal, then back to Roach in 1926. His first two-reeler with Oliver Hardy was 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926). Their first release through MGM was Sugar Daddies(1927) and the first with star billing was From Soup to Nuts (1928). Their first feature-length starring roles were in Pardon Us (1931). Their work became more production-line and less popular during the war years, especially after they left Roach and MGM for Twentieth Century-Fox. Their last movie together was The Bullfighters (1945) except for a dismal failure made in France several years later (Utopia 1951)). In 1960 he was given a special Oscar "for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy". He died five years later.IMDb Mini Biography By: Ed Stephan
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- Born:
- Jun 16, 1890 In Ulverston, Cumbria, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 201
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926 1918-01-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures 2025-05-02
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures | Archive Footage | 2025-05-02 |
| Movie | The Real Charlie Chaplin | 2021-11-19 | |
| Movie | A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy | Self (archive footage) | 2011-10-25 |
| Movie | Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Himself (archive footage) | 2011-04-03 |
| Movie | Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic | Self (archive footage) | 2011-12-28 |
| Movie | Girl 27 | Self (archive footage) | 2007-07-27 |
| Movie | Laurel & Hardy - Highlights | 2002-01-22 | |
| Movie | Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-02-05 |
| Movie | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
| Movie | Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys | Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage) | 1992-04-05 |
| Movie | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1985-03-03 |
| Movie | Cocoon | Stanley in film clip from 'Flying Deuces' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1985-06-21 |
| Movie | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Dance of the Cookoos | 1982-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Hollywood Clowns | Self (archive footage) | 1979-03-23 |
| Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
| Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Movie | Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy | Himself (archive footage) | 1974-12-21 |
| Movie | 4 Clowns | (archive footage) | 1970-09-01 |
| Movie | The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy | 1967-12-01 | |
| Movie | Salute to Stan Laurel | Self (archive footage) | 1965-11-23 |
| Movie | The Big Parade of Comedy | Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
| Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self (archive footage) | 1963-07-01 |
| Movie | Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) | 1961-03-21 |
| Movie | When Comedy Was King | edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage) | 1960-03-29 |
| Movie | The Golden Age of Comedy | archive footage | 1957-12-26 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | The Slappiest Days of Our Lives | (archive footage) | 1951-03-23 |
| Movie | Utopia | Stan | 1951-10-17 |
| Movie | Performers arrive in Hampshire | Self | 1947-12-12 |
| Movie | The Bullfighters | Stanley | 1945-05-01 |
| Movie | Nothing But Trouble | Stan | 1944-12-06 |
| Movie | The Big Noise | Stan | 1944-09-22 |
| Movie | Air Raid Wardens | Stan | 1943-04-04 |
| Movie | The Dancing Masters | Stan | 1943-11-19 |
| Movie | Jitterbugs | Stan | 1943-06-05 |
| Movie | A-Haunting We Will Go | Stan | 1942-08-07 |
| Movie | The Tree in a Test Tube | Stan | 1942-11-19 |
| Movie | Great Guns | Stan | 1941-10-10 |
| Movie | A Chump at Oxford | Stan | 1940-01-25 |
| Movie | Saps at Sea | Stan | 1940-04-29 |
| Movie | The Flying Deuces | Stan | 1939-11-03 |
| Movie | Swiss Miss | Stan | 1938-05-20 |
| Movie | Block-Heads | Stan | 1938-08-19 |
| Movie | That's That! | Himself | 1937-01-01 |
| Movie | Way Out West | Stan | 1937-04-16 |
| Movie | Pick a Star | Stan Laurel | 1937-05-21 |
| Movie | The Bohemian Girl | Stan | 1936-02-14 |
| Movie | On the Wrong Trek | Cameo appearance (hitchhiker) | 1936-04-18 |
| Movie | Early to Bed | 1936-06-05 | |
| Movie | Our Relations | Stan / Alf Laurel | 1936-09-15 |
| Movie | Tit for Tat | Stan | 1935-01-05 |
| Movie | The Fixer Uppers | Stan | 1935-02-09 |
| Movie | Thicker Than Water | Stan | 1935-03-16 |
| Movie | Bonnie Scotland | Stanley MacLaurel | 1935-08-23 |
| Movie | Hollywood Party | Stan | 1934-05-24 |
| Movie | Oliver the Eighth | Stan | 1934-01-13 |
| Movie | Going Bye-Bye! | Mr. Laurel | 1934-06-23 |
| Movie | Them Thar Hills | Stan | 1934-07-21 |
| Movie | The Live Ghost | Stan | 1934-12-08 |
| Movie | Babes in Toyland | Stannie Dum | 1934-12-14 |
| Movie | The Devil's Brother | Stanlio | 1933-05-05 |
| Movie | Me and My Pal | Stan | 1933-04-22 |
| Movie | Twice Two | Stan / Mrs. Hardy | 1933-02-25 |
| Movie | The Midnight Patrol | Officer Stanley Laurel | 1933-08-03 |
| Movie | Sons of the Desert | Stanley 'Stan' Laurel | 1933-12-29 |
| Movie | Busy Bodies | Stan | 1933-10-07 |
| Movie | Dirty Work | Stan | 1933-11-25 |
| Movie | Wild Poses | Baby | 1933-10-28 |
| Movie | The Music Box | Stan | 1932-04-16 |
| Movie | Any Old Port! | Stan | 1932-03-05 |
| Movie | The Chimp | Stan | 1932-05-21 |
| Movie | Helpmates | Stan | 1932-01-23 |
| Movie | County Hospital | Stan | 1932-06-25 |
| Movie | Their First Mistake | Stan | 1932-11-05 |
| Movie | Pack Up Your Troubles | Stan | 1932-09-16 |
| Movie | Towed in a Hole | Stan | 1932-12-31 |
| Movie | Scram! | Stan | 1932-09-10 |
| Movie | Laughing Gravy | Stan | 1931-04-04 |
| Movie | The Stolen Jools | Policeman | 1931-04-04 |
| Movie | Chickens Come Home | Mr. Laurel | 1931-02-21 |
| Movie | Be Big! | Stan | 1931-02-07 |
| Movie | The Skulls | Señor Laurel | 1931-04-18 |
| Movie | The Chiselers | M. Laurel | 1931-02-07 |
| Movie | Playing at Politics | Stan | 1931-05-01 |
| Movie | Beau Hunks | Stan | 1931-12-02 |
| Movie | On the Loose | New Suitor (uncredited) | 1931-12-26 |
| Movie | Come Clean | Stan | 1931-09-02 |
| Movie | One Good Turn | Stan | 1931-10-31 |
| Movie | Our Wife | Stan | 1931-05-16 |
| Movie | Pardon Us | Stan | 1931-08-15 |
| Movie | Haunted at Midnight | Stan | 1931-05-21 |
| Movie | Brats | Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr. | 1930-03-22 |
| Movie | The Rogue Song | Ali-Bek | 1930-01-17 |
| Movie | Night Owls | Stan | 1930-01-04 |
| Movie | The Night Life | Stan | 1930-04-19 |
| Movie | Thieves | 1930-01-07 | |
| Movie | Blotto | Stan | 1930-02-08 |
| Movie | Night of Goblins | Stan | 1930-10-16 |
| Movie | Another Fine Mess | Stan | 1930-11-29 |
| Movie | The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case | Stan | 1930-08-08 |
| Movie | Below Zero | Stan | 1930-04-26 |
| Movie | Hog Wild | Stan | 1930-05-31 |
| Movie | Shivering and Shaking | Stan | 1930-04-28 |
| Movie | Unaccustomed as We Are | Stan | 1929-05-04 |
| Movie | Double Whoopee | Stan | 1929-05-18 |
| Movie | Big Business | Stan | 1929-04-20 |
| Movie | Wrong Again | Stan | 1929-02-23 |
| Movie | Berth Marks | Stan | 1929-06-01 |
| Movie | Liberty | Stan | 1929-01-26 |
| Movie | That's My Wife | Stan | 1929-03-23 |
| Movie | Men O' War | Stan | 1929-06-29 |
| Movie | The Hoose-Gow | Stan | 1929-11-16 |
| Movie | Angora Love | Stan | 1929-12-14 |
| Movie | Bacon Grabbers | Stan | 1929-10-19 |
| Movie | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self | 1929-11-23 |
| Movie | They Go Boom! | Stan | 1929-09-21 |
| Movie | Perfect Day | Stan | 1929-08-10 |
| Movie | The Finishing Touch | Stan | 1928-02-25 |
| Movie | From Soup to Nuts | Hired butler | 1928-03-24 |
| Movie | Flying Elephants | Little Twinkle Star | 1928-02-12 |
| Movie | Should Tall Men Marry? | Texas Tommy | 1928-01-15 |
| Movie | You're Darn Tootin' | Stanley, clarinet player | 1928-04-21 |
| Movie | Leave 'Em Laughing | Stan | 1928-01-28 |
| Movie | Should Married Men Go Home? | Stan | 1928-09-08 |
| Movie | Their Purple Moment | Mr. Pincher | 1928-05-19 |
| Movie | Habeas Corpus | Stan | 1928-12-01 |
| Movie | Two Tars | Stan | 1928-11-03 |
| Movie | We Faw Down | Stan | 1928-12-29 |
| Movie | Early to Bed | Stan | 1928-10-06 |
| Movie | Why Girls Love Sailors | Willie Brisling | 1927-07-17 |
| Movie | With Love and Hisses | Cuthbert Hope | 1927-08-28 |
| Movie | Love 'Em and Weep | Romaine Ricketts | 1927-06-12 |
| Movie | Duck Soup | Hives | 1927-03-13 |
| Movie | Seeing the World | English pedestrian | 1927-02-13 |
| Movie | Sugar Daddies | Brittle's lawyer | 1927-09-10 |
| Movie | Slipping Wives | Handyman | 1927-04-03 |
| Movie | Eve's Love Letters | Anatole, the butler | 1927-05-28 |
| Movie | The Second 100 Years | Little Goofy | 1927-10-08 |
| Movie | Putting Pants on Philip | Philip | 1927-12-03 |
| Movie | The Battle of the Century | Prize Fighter | 1927-12-31 |
| Movie | Do Detectives Think? | Ferdinand Finkleberry | 1927-11-20 |
| Movie | Hats Off | Stan | 1927-11-05 |
| Movie | Now I'll Tell One | Lawyer | 1927-10-04 |
| Movie | Call of the Cuckoo | Asylum Inmate | 1927-10-15 |
| Movie | Sailors, Beware! | Chester Chaste, cabdriver | 1927-09-25 |
| Movie | Get 'Em Young | Summers, the butler | 1926-10-31 |
| Movie | What's the World Coming To? | The Man in the Window | 1926-01-16 |
| Movie | 45 Minutes from Hollywood | Hotel Guest | 1926-12-26 |
| Movie | On the Front Page | Dangerfield | 1926-11-28 |
| Movie | Twins | Stan / his twin | 1925-02-28 |
| Movie | Somewhere In Wrong | A tramp | 1925-01-29 |
| Movie | The Snow Hawk | Mountie | 1925-04-30 |
| Movie | Pie-Eyed | Drunk | 1925-03-29 |
| Movie | Navy Blue Days | Stan | 1925-05-29 |
| Movie | Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride | Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde | 1925-07-30 |
| Movie | Half a Man | Winchell McSweeney | 1925-08-30 |
| Movie | The Sleuth | Webster Dingle | 1925-06-30 |
| Movie | Brothers Under the Chin | 1924-04-13 | |
| Movie | Zeb vs. Paprika | Dippy Donawho | 1924-03-16 |
| Movie | Smithy | Smithy | 1924-01-19 |
| Movie | Near Dublin | Con | 1924-05-10 |
| Movie | Postage Due | Willy Worst | 1924-02-17 |
| Movie | Wide Open Spaces | Gabriel Goober | 1924-07-06 |
| Movie | Rupert of Hee-Haw | King / Rudolph Razz | 1924-06-07 |
| Movie | West of Hot Dog | Stan, a Tenderfoot | 1924-12-30 |
| Movie | Mandarin Mix-Up | Sum Sap | 1924-08-29 |
| Movie | Detained | A convict | 1924-10-01 |
| Movie | Short Kilts | McPherson's Son | 1924-08-03 |
| Movie | Kill or Cure | 1923-07-14 | |
| Movie | Pick and Shovel | Miner | 1923-06-16 |
| Movie | Under Two Jags | 1923-06-02 | |
| Movie | Collars and Cuffs | Laundry Worker | 1923-07-01 |
| Movie | The Handy Man | The handy man | 1923-03-12 |
| Movie | Gas and Air | Phillup McCann | 1923-07-28 |
| Movie | When Knights Were Cold | Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight | 1923-02-12 |
| Movie | The Noon Whistle | 1923-04-28 | |
| Movie | White Wings | Street Cleaner | 1923-05-12 |
| Movie | Frozen Hearts | Olaf - A peasant | 1923-10-27 |
| Movie | Scorching Sands | Stan | 1923-12-09 |
| Movie | Mother's Joy | Basil Dippytack / Magnus Dippytack | 1923-12-23 |
| Movie | Oranges and Lemons | Sunkist | 1923-08-12 |
| Movie | The Soilers | Bob Canister | 1923-11-24 |
| Movie | Save The Ship | Husband | 1923-11-17 |
| Movie | Short Orders | Waiter | 1923-09-01 |
| Movie | A Man About Town | A Man About Town | 1923-09-15 |
| Movie | Roughest Africa | Professor Stanilaus Laurello | 1923-09-29 |
| Movie | The Whole Truth | The husband | 1923-11-03 |
| Movie | Mixed Nuts | Book salesman | 1922-03-08 |
| Movie | The Egg | Humpty Dumpty | 1922-09-03 |
| Movie | Mud and Sand | Rhubarb Vaselino | 1922-11-13 |
| Movie | The Weak-End Party | The Gardener | 1922-10-01 |
| Movie | The Pest | Jimmy Smith | 1922-12-03 |
| Movie | The Lucky Dog | Brash young man accused of dognapping | 1921-10-01 |
| Movie | Do You Love Your Wife? | Toby - the janitor | 1919-01-05 |
| Movie | Hustling for Health | The Man | 1919-02-02 |
| Movie | Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926 | 1918-01-01 | |
| Movie | Huns and Hyphens | Gang member | 1918-09-22 |
| Movie | Just Rambling Along | Nervy Young Man | 1918-11-03 |
| Movie | Frauds and Frenzies | Simp, Second Prisoner | 1918-11-17 |
| Movie | Bears and Bad Men | Pete | 1918-10-07 |