Stan Laurel
230 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 16, 1890
- Died
- Feb 23, 1965 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Ulverston, Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Arthur Stanley Jefferson · Stan Jefferson · Stanley Laurel · Laurel and Hardy
Biography
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.
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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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Known for
Stan Laurel: movies and TV shows
Acting (210)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2025
- 2025 Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
as Archive Footage
- 2024 Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as archive footage
- 2020 Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020
- 2019 The Picture House: The Story of Limerick's Cinemas
as Archive Footage (from The Lucky Dog)
- 2019 Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
as Stanlio
- 2010 Dick & Doof - Best of
as Schauspieler
- 2009 The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2006
- 2005 Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
as Stan
- 2002
- 2001 Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
as Stan
- 1999 Laurel & Hardy - Best of
as Stan
- 1994 That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992 Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)
- 1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
- 1982
- 1978 Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
as Stan
- 1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
- 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
- 1972 Another Nice Mess
as Laurel (archive footage)
- 1970 4 Clowns
as (archive footage)
- 1968 The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Stan / Alf (archive footage)
- 1967
- 1967
- 1965 Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
as Stan (archive footage)
- 1964 The Big Parade of Comedy
as Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
- 1960 When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1957 The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
- 1951 Robinson Crusoeland
as Stan
- 1951 The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)
- 1945 The Bullfighters
as Stanley
- 1944 Nothing But Trouble
as Stan
- 1944 The Big Noise
as Stan
- 1943 The Dancing Masters
as Stan
- 1943 Jitterbugs
as Stan
- 1943 Air Raid Wardens
as Stan
- 1942 The Tree in a Test Tube
as Stan
- 1942 A-Haunting We Will Go
as Stan
- 1941 Great Guns
as Stan
- 1940 Saps at Sea
as Stan
- 1940 A Chump at Oxford
as Stan
- 1939 The Flying Deuces
as Stan
- 1938 Block-Heads
as Stan
- 1938 Swiss Miss
as Stan
- 1937 Pick a Star
as Stan Laurel
- 1937 Way Out West
as Stan
- 1936 Our Relations
as Stan / Alf Laurel
- 1936 On the Wrong Trek
as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
- 1936 The Bohemian Girl
as Stan
- 1935 MGM 1935 Promo Reel
as Cleaner
- 1935 Bonnie Scotland
as Stanley MacLaurel
- 1935 Thicker Than Water
as Stan
- 1935 The Fixer Uppers
as Stan
- 1935 Tit for Tat
as Stan
- 1934 Babes in Toyland
as Stannie Dum
- 1934 The Live Ghost
as Stan
- 1934 Them Thar Hills
as Stan
- 1934 Going Bye-Bye!
as Mr. Laurel
- 1934 Hollywood Party
as Stan
- 1934 Oliver the Eighth
as Stan
- 1933 Sons of the Desert
as Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
- 1933 Dirty Work
as Stan
- 1933 Wild Poses
as Baby
- 1933 Busy Bodies
as Stan
- 1933 The Midnight Patrol
as Officer Stanley Laurel
- 1933 The Devil's Brother
as Stanlio
- 1933 Me and My Pal
as Stan
- 1933 Twice Two
as Stan / Mrs. Hardy
- 1932 Towed in a Hole
as Stan
- 1932 Their First Mistake
as Stan
- 1932 Pack Up Your Troubles
as Stan
- 1932 Scram!
as Stan
- 1932 County Hospital
as Stan
- 1932
- 1932 The Chimp
as Stan
- 1932 Hinter Schloss und Riegel
as Stan
- 1932 The Music Box
as Stan
- 1932 Any Old Port!
as Stan
- 1932 Helpmates
as Stan
- 1931 On the Loose
as New Suitor (uncredited)
- 1931 Beau Hunks
as Stan
- 1931 One Good Turn
as Stan
- 1931 Come Clean
as Stan
- 1931 Pardon Us
as Stan
- 1931 Haunted at Midnight
as Stan
- 1931 Our Wife
as Stan
- 1931 Playing at Politics
as Stan
- 1931 The Skulls
as Señor Laurel
- 1931 De Bote en Bote
as Stan
- 1931 Laughing Gravy
as Stan
- 1931 The Stolen Jools
as Policeman
- 1931 Chickens Come Home
as Mr. Laurel
- 1931 Be Big!
as Stan
- 1931 The Chiselers
as M. Laurel
- 1930 Another Fine Mess
as Stan
- 1930 Night of Goblins
as Stan
- 1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Stan
- 1930 Radiomanía
as Stan
- 1930 Hog Wild
as Stan
- 1930 Shivering and Shaking
as Stan
- 1930 Below Zero
as Stan
- 1930 The Night Life
as Stan
- 1930 Brats
as Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr.
- 1930 Blotto
as Stan
- 1930 The Rogue Song
as Ali-Bek
- 1930
- 1930 Night Owls
as Stan
- 1929 Angora Love
as Stan
- 1929 The Hoose-Gow
as Stan
- 1929 Bacon Grabbers
as Stan
- 1929 They Go Boom!
as Stan
- 1929 Perfect Day
as Stan
- 1929 Men O' War
as Stan
- 1929 Berth Marks
as Stan
- 1929 Double Whoopee
as Stan
- 1929 Unaccustomed as We Are
as Stan
- 1929 Big Business
as Stan
- 1929 That's My Wife
as Stan
- 1929 Wrong Again
as Stan
- 1929 Liberty
as Stan
- 1928 We Faw Down
as Stan
- 1928 Habeas Corpus
as Stan
- 1928 Two Tars
as Stan
- 1928 Early to Bed
as Stan
- 1928 Should Married Men Go Home?
as Stan
- 1928 Their Purple Moment
as Mr. Pincher
- 1928 You're Darn Tootin'
as Stanley, clarinet player
- 1928 From Soup to Nuts
as Hired butler
- 1928 The Finishing Touch
as Stan
- 1928 Flying Elephants
as Little Twinkle Star
- 1928 Leave 'Em Laughing
as Stan
- 1928 Should Tall Men Marry?
as Texas Tommy
- 1927 The Battle of the Century
as Prize Fighter
- 1927 Putting Pants on Philip
as Philip
- 1927 Do Detectives Think?
as Ferdinand Finkleberry
- 1927 Hats Off
as Stan
- 1927 Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate
- 1927 The Second 100 Years
as Little Goofy
- 1927 Now I'll Tell One
as Lawyer
- 1927 Sailors, Beware!
as Chester Chaste, cabdriver
- 1927 Sugar Daddies
as Brittle's lawyer
- 1927 With Love and Hisses
as Cuthbert Hope
- 1927 Why Girls Love Sailors
as Willie Brisling
- 1927 Love 'Em and Weep
as Romaine Ricketts
- 1927 Eve's Love Letters
as Anatole, the butler
- 1927 Slipping Wives
as Handyman
- 1927 Duck Soup
as Hives
- 1927 Seeing the World
as English pedestrian
- 1926 45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Guest
- 1926 On the Front Page
as Dangerfield
- 1926 Get 'Em Young
as Summers, the butler
- 1926 What's the World Coming To?
as The Man in the Window
- 1925 Half a Man
as Winchell McSweeney
- 1925 Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
as Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
- 1925 The Sleuth
as Webster Dingle
- 1925 Navy Blue Days
as Stan
- 1925 The Snow Hawk
as Mountie
- 1925 Pie-Eyed
as Drunk
- 1925 Twins
as Stan / his twin
- 1925 Somewhere In Wrong
as A tramp
- 1924 West of Hot Dog
as Stan, a Tenderfoot
- 1924 Detained
as A convict
- 1924 Mandarin Mix-Up
as Sum Sap
- 1924 Short Kilts
as McPherson's Son
- 1924 Wide Open Spaces
as Gabriel Goober
- 1924 Rupert of Hee-Haw
as King / Rudolph Razz
- 1924 Near Dublin
as Con
- 1924
- 1924 Zeb vs. Paprika
as Dippy Donawho
- 1924 Postage Due
as Willy Worst
- 1924 Smithy
as Smithy
- 1923 Mother's Joy
as Basil Dippytack / Magnus Dippytack
- 1923 Scorching Sands
as Stan
- 1923 The Soilers
as Bob Canister
- 1923 Save The Ship
as Husband
- 1923 The Whole Truth
as The husband
- 1923 Frozen Hearts
as Olaf - A peasant
- 1923 Roughest Africa
as Professor Stanilaus Laurello
- 1923 A Man About Town
as A Man About Town
- 1923 Short Orders
as Waiter
- 1923 Oranges and Lemons
as Sunkist
- 1923 Gas and Air
as Phillup McCann
- 1923
- 1923 Collars and Cuffs
as Laundry Worker
- 1923 Pick and Shovel
as Miner
- 1923
- 1923 White Wings
as Street Cleaner
- 1923
- 1923 The Handy Man
as The handy man
- 1923 When Knights Were Cold
as Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight
- 1922 The Pest
as Jimmy Smith
- 1922 Mud and Sand
as Rhubarb Vaselino
- 1922 The Weak-End Party
as The Gardener
- 1922 The Egg
as Humpty Dumpty
+ 10 more credits
Behind the camera (57)
- 2018 Stan & Ollie
Thanks
- 1945 The Bullfighters
Writer, Director
- 1938 Swiss Miss
Producer
- 1938 Songs and Bullets
Executive Producer
- 1938 Knight of the Plains
Executive Producer
- 1937 Way Out West
Writer, Producer
- 1936 Our Relations
Producer
- 1936 The Bohemian Girl
Producer
- 1935 Thicker Than Water
Story
- 1935 Tit for Tat
Writer
- 1934 Them Thar Hills
Writer
- 1934 Going Bye-Bye!
Writer
- 1933 Sons of the Desert
Writer
- 1933 Busy Bodies
Writer
- 1933 The Midnight Patrol
Writer
- 1933 Me and My Pal
Writer
- 1933 Twice Two
Writer
- 1932 Towed in a Hole
Writer
- 1932 Their First Mistake
Writer
- 1932 Pack Up Your Troubles
Writer
- 1932 Scram!
Writer
- 1932 County Hospital
Writer
- 1932 The Chimp
Writer
- 1932 The Music Box
Writer
- 1932 Helpmates
Writer
- 1931 One Good Turn
Writer
- 1931 Come Clean
Writer
- 1931 Pardon Us
Other
- 1931 Our Wife
Writer
- 1930 Hog Wild
Story
- 1930 Brats
Writer
- 1930 Blotto
Writer
- 1928 The Finishing Touch
Writer
- 1927 Flaming Fathers
Director
- 1927 Love 'Em and Weep
Writer
- 1927 Eve's Love Letters
Screenplay
- 1927 Jewish Prudence
Writer
- 1927 The Honorable Mr. Buggs
Writer
- 1927 Why Girls Say No
Writer
- 1927 Seeing the World
Assistant Director
- 1926 The Nickel-Hopper
Writer
- 1926 On the Front Page
Writer
- 1926 Raggedy Rose
Writer
- 1926 Get 'Em Young
Director, Writer
- 1926 Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Director
- 1926 Along Came Auntie
Writer
- 1926 Don Key (Son of Burro)
Writer
- 1926 Wife Tamers
Writer
- 1926 Madame Mystery
Writer, Co-Director, Assistant Director
- 1926 Wandering Papas
Director, Writer
- 1926 Charley My Boy!
Writer
- 1926 What's the World Coming To?
Writer
- 1925 Moonlight and Noses
Writer, Director
- 1925 Unfriendly Enemies
Director, Writer
- 1925 Book Bozo
Director
- 1925 Yes, Yes, Nanette
Director
- 1925 Chasing the Chaser
Director, Writer
Talk shows and appearances (25)
- 2025
- 2021
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2002
- 1990
- 1986
- 1979
- 1978 The South Bank Show
1 episode
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
- 1967 Omnibus
1 episode
- 1965
- 1961
- 1952 This Is Your Life
1 episode
- 1951
- 1947
- 1938
- 1932
- 1932
- 1932
- 1930
- 1929