Stan Laurel
Acting
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.
TV Shows(3)
Movies(229)
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
2025
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Self - Ferdinad Finkleberry(archive footage)
2025
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
Archive Footage
2025
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
archive footage
2020
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Self (archive footage)
2011
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Self (archive footage)
2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
2011
Dick & Doof - Best of
Schauspieler
2010
The Parrott Chase
Himself - archival footage
2009
Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche
Stan
2006
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
Stan
2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Stan (archive footage)
2004
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
Stan
2001
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
Stan
1999
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)
1992
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
Self (archive footage)
1990
Classic Comedy Teams
Self (archive footage)
1986
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Dance of the Cookoos
1982
The Hollywood Clowns
Self (archive footage)
1979
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
Stan
1978
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Self (archive footage)
1974
4 Clowns
(archive footage)
1970
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Stan / Alf (archive footage)
1968
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1967
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Salute to Stan Laurel
Self (archive footage)
1965
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
Stan (archive footage)
1965
The Big Parade of Comedy
Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
1964
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
1961
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
1960
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
1957
Robinson Crusoeland
Stan
1951
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
1951
Swim Meet
Self
1951
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
Self
1947
The Bullfighters
Stanley
1945
Nothing But Trouble
Stan
1944
The Big Noise
Stan
1944
The Dancing Masters
Stan
1943
Jitterbugs
Stan
1943
Air Raid Wardens
Stan
1943
The Tree in a Test Tube
Stan
1942
A-Haunting We Will Go
Stan
1942
Great Guns
Stan
1941
Saps at Sea
Stan
1940
A Chump at Oxford
Stan
1940
The Flying Deuces
Stan
1939
Block-Heads
Stan
1938
That's That!
Himself
1938
Swiss Miss
Stan
1938
Pick a Star
Stan Laurel
1937
Way Out West
Stan
1937
Our Relations
Stan / Alf Laurel
1936
On the Wrong Trek
Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
1936
The Bohemian Girl
Stan
1936
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
Cleaner
1935
Bonnie Scotland
Stanley MacLaurel
1935
Thicker Than Water
Stan
1935
The Fixer Uppers
Stan
1935
Tit for Tat
Stan
1935
Babes in Toyland
Stannie Dum
1934
The Live Ghost
Stan
1934
Them Thar Hills
Stan
1934
Going Bye-Bye!
Mr. Laurel
1934
Hollywood Party
Stan
1934
Oliver the Eighth
Stan
1934
Sons of the Desert
Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
1933
Dirty Work
Stan
1933
Wild Poses
Baby
1933
Busy Bodies
Stan
1933
The Midnight Patrol
Officer Stanley Laurel
1933
The Devil's Brother
Stanlio
1933
Me and My Pal
Stan
1933
Twice Two
Stan / Mrs. Hardy
1933
Towed in a Hole
Stan
1932
Their First Mistake
Stan
1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
Stan
1932
Scram!
Stan
1932
Stan and Olly
Himself
1932
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
Himself
1932
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
Himself
1932
County Hospital
Stan
1932
Laurel and Hardy in the UK
1932
The Chimp
Stan
1932
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
Stan
1932
The Music Box
Stan
1932
Any Old Port!
Stan
1932
Helpmates
Stan
1932
On the Loose
New Suitor (uncredited)
1931
Beau Hunks
Stan
1931
One Good Turn
Stan
1931
Come Clean
Stan
1931
Pardon Us
Stan
1931
Haunted at Midnight
Stan
1931
Our Wife
Stan
1931
Playing at Politics
Stan
1931
The Skulls
Señor Laurel
1931
Laughing Gravy
Stan
1931
The Stolen Jools
Policeman
1931
Chickens Come Home
Mr. Laurel
1931
Be Big!
Stan
1931
The Chiselers
M. Laurel
1931
Another Fine Mess
Stan
1930
Night of Goblins
Stan
1930
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement
Himself
1930
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Stan
1930
Radiomanía
Stan
1930
Hog Wild
Stan
1930
Shivering and Shaking
Stan
1930
Below Zero
Stan
1930
The Night Life
Stan
1930
Brats
Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr.
1930
Blotto
Stan
1930
The Rogue Song
Ali-Bek
1930
Thieves
1930
Night Owls
Stan
1930
Angora Love
Stan
1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
1929
The Hoose-Gow
Stan
1929
Bacon Grabbers
Stan
1929
They Go Boom!
Stan
1929
Perfect Day
Stan
1929
Men O' War
Stan
1929
Berth Marks
Stan
1929
Double Whoopee
Stan
1929
Unaccustomed as We Are
Stan
1929
Big Business
Stan
1929
That's My Wife
Stan
1929
Wrong Again
Stan
1929
Liberty
Stan
1929
We Faw Down
Stan
1928
Habeas Corpus
Stan
1928
Two Tars
Stan
1928
Early to Bed
Stan
1928
Should Married Men Go Home?
Stan
1928
Their Purple Moment
Mr. Pincher
1928
You're Darn Tootin'
Stanley, clarinet player
1928
From Soup to Nuts
Hired butler
1928
The Finishing Touch
Stan
1928
Flying Elephants
Little Twinkle Star
1928
Leave 'Em Laughing
Stan
1928
Should Tall Men Marry?
Texas Tommy
1928
The Battle of the Century
Prize Fighter
1927
Putting Pants on Philip
Philip
1927
Do Detectives Think?
Ferdinand Finkleberry
1927
Hats Off
Stan
1927
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
1927
The Second 100 Years
Little Goofy
1927
Now I'll Tell One
Lawyer
1927
Sailors, Beware!
Chester Chaste, cabdriver
1927
Sugar Daddies
Brittle's lawyer
1927
With Love and Hisses
Cuthbert Hope
1927
Why Girls Love Sailors
Willie Brisling
1927
Love 'Em and Weep
Romaine Ricketts
1927
Eve's Love Letters
Anatole, the butler
1927
Slipping Wives
Handyman
1927
Duck Soup
Hives
1927
Seeing the World
English pedestrian
1927
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Hotel Guest
1926
On the Front Page
Dangerfield
1926
Get 'Em Young
Summers, the butler
1926
What's the World Coming To?
The Man in the Window
1926
Half a Man
Winchell McSweeney
1925
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
1925
The Sleuth
Webster Dingle
1925
Navy Blue Days
Stan
1925
The Snow Hawk
Mountie
1925
Pie-Eyed
Drunk
1925
Twins
Stan / his twin
1925
Somewhere In Wrong
A tramp
1925
West of Hot Dog
Stan, a Tenderfoot
1924
Detained
A convict
1924
Mandarin Mix-Up
Sum Sap
1924
Short Kilts
McPherson's Son
1924
Wide Open Spaces
Gabriel Goober
1924
Rupert of Hee-Haw
King / Rudolph Razz
1924
Near Dublin
Con
1924
Brothers Under the Chin
1924
Zeb vs. Paprika
Dippy Donawho
1924
Postage Due
Willy Worst
1924
Smithy
Smithy
1924
Mother's Joy
Basil Dippytack / Magnus Dippytack
1923
Scorching Sands
Stan
1923
The Soilers
Bob Canister
1923
Save The Ship
Husband
1923
The Whole Truth
The husband
1923
Frozen Hearts
Olaf - A peasant
1923
Roughest Africa
Professor Stanilaus Laurello
1923
A Man About Town
A Man About Town
1923
Short Orders
Waiter
1923
Oranges and Lemons
Sunkist
1923
Gas and Air
Phillup McCann
1923
Kill or Cure
1923
Collars and Cuffs
Laundry Worker
1923
Pick and Shovel
Miner
1923
Under Two Jags
1923
White Wings
Street Cleaner
1923
The Noon Whistle
1923
The Handy Man
The handy man
1923
When Knights Were Cold
Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight
1923
The Pest
Jimmy Smith
1922
Mud and Sand
Rhubarb Vaselino
1922
The Weak-End Party
The Gardener
1922
The Egg
Humpty Dumpty
1922
Mixed Nuts
Book salesman
1922
The Lucky Dog
Brash young man accused of dognapping
1921
Hustling for Health
The Man
1919
Do You Love Your Wife?
Toby - the janitor
1919
Frauds and Frenzies
Simp, Second Prisoner
1918
Just Rambling Along
Nervy Young Man
1918
Bears and Bad Men
Pete
1918
Huns and Hyphens
Gang member
1918
Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926
1918
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili