Stan Laurel
Known for: Acting
Born: June 16, 1890
Died: February 23, 1965
Place of birth: Ulverston, Lancashire, England, UK
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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Filmography
252 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
2025
NR
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025
NR
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
2025
10.0
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
7.7
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
8.0
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020
NR
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
2020
NR
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020
NR
The Picture House: The Story of Limerick's Cinemas
2019
6.0
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
2019
6.9
Stan & Ollie
2018
7.5
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
7.5
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
9.0
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
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Dick & Doof - Best of
2010NR
The Parrott Chase
2009
8.7
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
2006
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Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
2005
7.0
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
8.5
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
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Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
2001
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Laurel & Hardy - Best of
1999
7.1
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.0
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992NR
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
1990
7.0
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
9.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
10.0
Dance of the Cookoos
1982
NR
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
NR
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
1978NR
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
8.0
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975NR
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
4.0
Another Nice Mess
1972
7.2
4 Clowns
1970
8.2
Dick und Doof
19708.0
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
7.0
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1967
7.0
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
7.2
Omnibus
19678.0
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
7.9
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
1965
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
6.0
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
6.5
When Comedy Was King
1960
7.1
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
6.5
This Is Your Life
1952
5.6
Robinson Crusoeland
1951
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The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
NR
Swim Meet
1951
NR
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
1947
5.9
The Bullfighters
1945
6.3
Nothing But Trouble
1944
6.1
The Big Noise
1944
6.2
The Dancing Masters
1943
5.9
Jitterbugs
1943
7.1
Air Raid Wardens
1943
5.2
The Tree in a Test Tube
1942
6.2
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
5.9
Great Guns
1941
6.8
Saps at Sea
1940
6.9
A Chump at Oxford
1940
6.4
The Flying Deuces
1939
7.0
Block-Heads
1938
4.3
That's That!
1938
6.3
Swiss Miss
1938
7.0
Songs and Bullets
1938
6.0
Knight of the Plains
1938
4.8
Pick a Star
1937
7.1
Way Out West
1937
7.0
Our Relations
1936
5.9
On the Wrong Trek
1936
6.2
The Bohemian Girl
19366.0
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
1935
6.6
Bonnie Scotland
1935
7.3
Thicker Than Water
1935
6.9
The Fixer Uppers
1935
6.9
Tit for Tat
1935
6.3
Babes in Toyland
1934
7.2
The Live Ghost
1934
7.5
Them Thar Hills
1934
7.4
Going Bye-Bye!
1934
5.6
Hollywood Party
1934
7.1
Oliver the Eighth
1934
7.1
Sons of the Desert
1933
6.9
Dirty Work
1933
7.4
Wild Poses
1933
7.3
Busy Bodies
1933
6.6
The Midnight Patrol
1933
6.8
The Devil's Brother
1933
6.5
Me and My Pal
1933
6.7
Twice Two
1933
7.0
Towed in a Hole
1932
6.4
Their First Mistake
1932
6.8
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
7.0
Scram!
1932NR
Stan and Olly
1932NR
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
1932NR
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
1932
6.8
County Hospital
1932
NR
Laurel and Hardy in the UK
1932
6.5
The Chimp
1932
7.3
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
1932
7.5
The Music Box
1932
7.0
Any Old Port!
1932
7.2
Helpmates
1932
6.9
On the Loose
1931
6.9
Beau Hunks
1931
6.9
One Good Turn
1931
7.2
Come Clean
1931
6.5
Pardon Us
1931
8.0
Haunted at Midnight
1931
7.1
Our Wife
1931
7.0
Playing at Politics
1931
6.2
The Skulls
1931
NR
De Bote en Bote
1931
7.2
Laughing Gravy
1931
5.6
The Stolen Jools
1931
6.6
Chickens Come Home
1931
6.8
Be Big!
1931
6.8
The Chiselers
1931
6.9
Another Fine Mess
1930
6.1
Night of Goblins
1930NR
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement
1930
6.9
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
10.0
Radiomanía
1930
6.9
Hog Wild
1930
6.9
Shivering and Shaking
1930
6.6
Below Zero
1930
7.5
The Night Life
1930
6.8
Brats
1930
7.3
Blotto
1930
6.5
The Rogue Song
1930
7.1
Thieves
1930
7.4
Night Owls
1930
6.5
Angora Love
1929
5.7
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
6.8
The Hoose-Gow
1929
6.4
Bacon Grabbers
1929
6.9
They Go Boom!
1929
7.0
Perfect Day
1929
6.8
Men O' War
1929
6.9
Berth Marks
1929
6.8
Double Whoopee
1929
7.0
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929
6.7
Big Business
1929
6.6
That's My Wife
1929
6.8
Wrong Again
1929
6.9
Liberty
1929
5.9
We Faw Down
1928
6.7
Habeas Corpus
1928
6.8
Two Tars
1928
6.2
Early to Bed
1928
6.6
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
6.6
Their Purple Moment
1928
5.8
You're Darn Tootin'
1928
6.6
From Soup to Nuts
1928
6.9
The Finishing Touch
1928
5.9
Flying Elephants
1928
6.0
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928
6.5
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928
6.9
The Battle of the Century
1927
5.8
Flaming Fathers
1927
6.3
Putting Pants on Philip
1927
6.4
Do Detectives Think?
1927
6.6
Hats Off
1927
5.8
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
6.3
The Second 100 Years
1927
6.5
Now I'll Tell One
1927
6.9
Sailors, Beware!
1927
6.0
Sugar Daddies
1927
6.1
With Love and Hisses
1927
5.6
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927
5.7
Love 'Em and Weep
1927
6.6
Eve's Love Letters
1927
7.0
Jewish Prudence
1927
7.0
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
1927
5.2
Slipping Wives
1927
6.4
Duck Soup
1927
7.0
Why Girls Say No
1927
7.1
Seeing the World
1927
5.3
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926
7.5
The Nickel-Hopper
1926
6.4
On the Front Page
1926
6.3
Raggedy Rose
1926
5.8
Get 'Em Young
1926
5.7
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
1926
6.2
Along Came Auntie
1926
8.0
Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926
7.0
Wife Tamers
1926
6.5
Madame Mystery
1926
5.4
Wandering Papas
1926
5.6
Charley My Boy!
1926
4.7
What's the World Coming To?
1926
5.9
Moonlight and Noses
1925
6.5
Unfriendly Enemies
1925
6.2
Half a Man
19256.0
Book Bozo
1925
6.8
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
1925
5.3
Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925
6.5
Chasing the Chaser
1925
6.5
The Sleuth
1925
6.8
Navy Blue Days
1925
6.5
The Snow Hawk
1925
5.7
Pie-Eyed
1925
6.0
Twins
1925
6.0
Somewhere In Wrong
1925
5.8
West of Hot Dog
1924
6.5
Detained
1924
6.6
Mandarin Mix-Up
1924
5.4
Short Kilts
1924
6.3
Wide Open Spaces
1924
5.6
Rupert of Hee-Haw
1924
6.7
Near Dublin
1924
7.0
Brothers Under the Chin
1924
5.8
Zeb vs. Paprika
1924
6.3
Postage Due
1924
5.8
Smithy
1924
5.7
Mother's Joy
1923
5.9
Scorching Sands
1923
5.5
The Soilers
1923
7.7
Save The Ship
1923
7.0
The Whole Truth
1923
5.7
Frozen Hearts
1923
5.8
Roughest Africa
1923
6.0
A Man About Town
1923
5.6
Short Orders
1923
5.5
Oranges and Lemons
1923
6.4
Gas and Air
1923
5.2
Kill or Cure
1923
6.1
Collars and Cuffs
1923
7.3
Pick and Shovel
1923
6.3
Under Two Jags
1923
7.3
White Wings
1923
8.0
The Noon Whistle
1923
6.0
The Handy Man
1923
6.3
When Knights Were Cold
1923
6.6
The Pest
1922
6.1
Mud and Sand
1922
6.0
The Weak-End Party
1922
6.6
The Egg
1922
7.0
Mixed Nuts
1922
5.8
The Lucky Dog
1921
5.2
Hustling for Health
1919
5.7
Do You Love Your Wife?
1919
5.8
Frauds and Frenzies
1918
5.2
Just Rambling Along
1918
5.1
Bears and Bad Men
1918
5.9
Huns and Hyphens
1918NR
Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926
1918NR
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
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Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
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The World of Laurel and Hardy
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