Stan Laurel

Known For: Acting
Born: June 16, 1890
Place of Birth: Ulverston, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: February 23, 1965

Stan Laurel

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 t…

Filmography

Laurel & Hardy: Year Three

2025

Nash the Slash Rises Again!

2025 · Self - Ferdinad Finkleberry(archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures

2025 · Archive Footage

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

2024 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

2020 · archive footage

Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations

2020 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition

2020

The Picture House: The Story of Limerick's Cinemas

2019 · Archive Footage (from The Lucky Dog)

Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies

2019 · Stanlio

Stan & Ollie

2018 · Thanks

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

2011 · Self (archive footage)

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy

2011 · Self (archive footage)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011 · Himself (archive footage)

Dick & Doof - Best of

2010 · Schauspieler

The Parrott Chase

The Parrott Chase

2009 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

Silent Clowns

2006 · Self - Stan(archive footage)

Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts

2006 · Stan

Laurel & Hardy - Best of III

2005 · Stan

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

2002 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

2002

Laurel & Hardy - Best of II

2001 · Stan

Laurel & Hardy - Best of

1999 · Stan

That's Entertainment! III

1994 · (archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

1992 · Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)

The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence

The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence

1990 · Self (archive footage)

Classic Comedy Teams

1986 · Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984 · (archive footage)

Dance of the Cookoos

1982

The Hollywood Clowns

1979 · Self (archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons

1978 · Stan

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 · Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · (archive footage)

Hooray for Hollywood

1976 · Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 · Self (archive footage)

Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

1974 · Self (archive footage)

4 Clowns

1970 · (archive footage)

Dick und Doof

1970 · Stan

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968 · Stan / Alf (archive footage)

The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy

1967

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

1967

Omnibus

1967 · Self

Salute to Stan Laurel

Salute to Stan Laurel

1965 · Self (archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's

1965 · Stan (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961 · Self (archive footage)

When Comedy Was King

1960 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Golden Age of Comedy

1957 · archive footage

This Is Your Life

1952 · Self

Robinson Crusoeland

1951 · Stan

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951 · (archive footage)

Swim Meet

1951 · Self

Performers Arrive in Hampshire

1947 · Self

The Bullfighters

1945 · Stanley, Writer, Director

Nothing But Trouble

1944 · Stan

The Big Noise

1944 · Stan

The Dancing Masters

1943 · Stan

Jitterbugs

1943 · Stan

Air Raid Wardens

1943 · Stan

The Tree in a Test Tube

1942 · Stan

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942 · Stan

Great Guns

1941 · Stan

Saps at Sea

1940 · Stan

A Chump at Oxford

1940 · Stan

The Flying Deuces

1939 · Stan

Block-Heads

1938 · Stan

That's That!

1938 · Himself

Swiss Miss

1938 · Stan, Producer

Songs and Bullets

1938 · Executive Producer

Knight of the Plains

1938 · Executive Producer

Pick a Star

1937 · Stan Laurel

Way Out West

1937 · Stan, Writer, Producer

Our Relations

1936 · Stan / Alf Laurel, Producer

On the Wrong Trek

1936 · Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)

The Bohemian Girl

1936 · Stan, Producer

MGM 1935 Promo Reel

MGM 1935 Promo Reel

1935 · Cleaner

Bonnie Scotland

1935 · Stanley MacLaurel

Thicker Than Water

1935 · Stan, Story

The Fixer Uppers

1935 · Stan

Tit for Tat

1935 · Stan, Writer

Babes in Toyland

1934 · Stannie Dum

The Live Ghost

1934 · Stan

Them Thar Hills

1934 · Stan, Writer

Going Bye-Bye!

1934 · Mr. Laurel, Writer

Hollywood Party

1934 · Stan

Oliver the Eighth

1934 · Stan

Sons of the Desert

1933 · Stanley 'Stan' Laurel, Writer

Dirty Work

1933 · Stan

Wild Poses

1933 · Baby

Busy Bodies

1933 · Stan, Writer

The Midnight Patrol

1933 · Officer Stanley Laurel, Writer

The Devil's Brother

1933 · Stanlio

Me and My Pal

1933 · Stan, Writer

Twice Two

1933 · Stan / Mrs. Hardy, Writer

Towed in a Hole

1932 · Stan, Writer

Their First Mistake

1932 · Stan, Writer

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932 · Stan, Writer

Scram!

1932 · Stan, Writer

Stan and Olly

1932 · Himself

Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh

Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh

1932 · Himself

Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth

Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth

1932 · Himself

County Hospital

1932 · Stan, Writer

Laurel and Hardy in the UK

1932

The Chimp

1932 · Stan, Writer

Hinter Schloss und Riegel

1932 · Stan

The Music Box

1932 · Stan, Writer

Any Old Port!

1932 · Stan

Helpmates

1932 · Stan, Writer

On the Loose

1931 · New Suitor (uncredited)

Beau Hunks

1931 · Stan

One Good Turn

1931 · Stan, Writer

Come Clean

1931 · Stan, Writer

Pardon Us

1931 · Stan, Other

Haunted at Midnight

1931 · Stan

Our Wife

1931 · Stan, Writer

Playing at Politics

1931 · Stan

The Skulls

1931 · Señor Laurel

De Bote en Bote

1931 · Stan

Laughing Gravy

1931 · Stan

The Stolen Jools

1931 · Policeman

Chickens Come Home

1931 · Mr. Laurel

Be Big!

1931 · Stan

The Chiselers

1931 · M. Laurel

Another Fine Mess

1930 · Stan

Night of Goblins

1930 · Stan

MGM Convention 1930 Announcement

MGM Convention 1930 Announcement

1930 · Himself

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

1930 · Stan

Radiomanía

1930 · Stan

Hog Wild

1930 · Stan, Story

Shivering and Shaking

1930 · Stan

Below Zero

1930 · Stan

The Night Life

1930 · Stan

Brats

1930 · Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr., Writer

Blotto

1930 · Stan, Writer

The Rogue Song

1930 · Ali-Bek

Thieves

1930

Night Owls

1930 · Stan

Angora Love

1929 · Stan

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929 · Self

The Hoose-Gow

1929 · Stan

Bacon Grabbers

1929 · Stan

They Go Boom!

1929 · Stan

Perfect Day

1929 · Stan

Men O' War

1929 · Stan

Berth Marks

1929 · Stan

Double Whoopee

1929 · Stan

Unaccustomed as We Are

1929 · Stan

Big Business

1929 · Stan

That's My Wife

1929 · Stan

Wrong Again

1929 · Stan

Liberty

1929 · Stan

We Faw Down

1928 · Stan

Habeas Corpus

1928 · Stan

Two Tars

1928 · Stan

Early to Bed

1928 · Stan

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928 · Stan

Their Purple Moment

1928 · Mr. Pincher

You're Darn Tootin'

1928 · Stanley, clarinet player

From Soup to Nuts

1928 · Hired butler

The Finishing Touch

1928 · Stan, Writer

Flying Elephants

1928 · Little Twinkle Star

Leave 'Em Laughing

1928 · Stan

Should Tall Men Marry?

1928 · Texas Tommy

The Battle of the Century

1927 · Prize Fighter

Flaming Fathers

1927 · Director

Putting Pants on Philip

1927 · Philip

Do Detectives Think?

1927 · Ferdinand Finkleberry

Hats Off

1927 · Stan

Call of the Cuckoo

1927 · Asylum Inmate

The Second 100 Years

1927 · Little Goofy

Now I'll Tell One

1927 · Lawyer

Sailors, Beware!

1927 · Chester Chaste, cabdriver

Sugar Daddies

1927 · Brittle's lawyer

With Love and Hisses

1927 · Cuthbert Hope

Why Girls Love Sailors

1927 · Willie Brisling

Love 'Em and Weep

1927 · Romaine Ricketts, Writer

Eve's Love Letters

1927 · Anatole, the butler, Screenplay

Jewish Prudence

1927 · Writer

The Honorable Mr. Buggs

1927 · Writer

Slipping Wives

1927 · Handyman

Duck Soup

1927 · Hives

Why Girls Say No

1927 · Writer

Seeing the World

1927 · English pedestrian, Assistant Director

45 Minutes from Hollywood

1926 · Hotel Guest

The Nickel-Hopper

1926 · Writer

On the Front Page

1926 · Dangerfield, Writer

Raggedy Rose

1926 · Writer

Get 'Em Young

1926 · Summers, the butler, Writer, Director

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

1926 · Director

Along Came Auntie

1926 · Writer

Don Key (Son of Burro)

1926 · Writer

Wife Tamers

1926 · Writer

Madame Mystery

1926 · Writer, Co-Director, Assistant Director

Wandering Papas

1926 · Director, Writer

Charley My Boy!

1926 · Writer

What's the World Coming To?

1926 · The Man in the Window, Writer

Moonlight and Noses

1925 · Writer, Director

Unfriendly Enemies

1925 · Director, Writer

Half a Man

1925 · Winchell McSweeney

Book Bozo

1925 · Director

Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride

1925 · Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde

Yes, Yes, Nanette

1925 · Director

Chasing the Chaser

1925 · Director, Writer

The Sleuth

1925 · Webster Dingle

Navy Blue Days

1925 · Stan

The Snow Hawk

1925 · Mountie

Pie-Eyed

1925 · Drunk

Twins

1925 · Stan / his twin

Somewhere In Wrong

1925 · A tramp

West of Hot Dog

1924 · Stan, a Tenderfoot

Detained

1924 · A convict

Mandarin Mix-Up

1924 · Sum Sap

Short Kilts

1924 · McPherson's Son

Wide Open Spaces

1924 · Gabriel Goober

Rupert of Hee-Haw

1924 · King / Rudolph Razz

Near Dublin

1924 · Con

Brothers Under the Chin

1924

Zeb vs. Paprika

1924 · Dippy Donawho

Postage Due

1924 · Willy Worst

Smithy

1924 · Smithy

Mother's Joy

1923 · Basil Dippytack / Magnus Dippytack

Scorching Sands

1923 · Stan

The Soilers

1923 · Bob Canister

Save The Ship

1923 · Husband

The Whole Truth

1923 · The husband

Frozen Hearts

1923 · Olaf - A peasant

Roughest Africa

1923 · Professor Stanilaus Laurello

A Man About Town

1923 · A Man About Town

Short Orders

1923 · Waiter

Oranges and Lemons

1923 · Sunkist

Gas and Air

1923 · Phillup McCann

Kill or Cure

1923

Collars and Cuffs

1923 · Laundry Worker

Pick and Shovel

1923 · Miner

Under Two Jags

1923

White Wings

1923 · Street Cleaner

The Noon Whistle

1923

The Handy Man

1923 · The handy man

When Knights Were Cold

1923 · Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight

The Pest

1922 · Jimmy Smith

Mud and Sand

1922 · Rhubarb Vaselino

The Weak-End Party

1922 · The Gardener

The Egg

1922 · Humpty Dumpty

Mixed Nuts

1922 · Book salesman

The Lucky Dog

1921 · Brash young man accused of dognapping

Hustling for Health

1919 · The Man

Do You Love Your Wife?

1919 · Toby - the janitor

Frauds and Frenzies

1918 · Simp, Second Prisoner

Just Rambling Along

1918 · Nervy Young Man

Bears and Bad Men

1918 · Pete

Huns and Hyphens

1918 · Gang member

Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926

Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926

1918

Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1

Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1

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Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2

Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2

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The World of Laurel and Hardy

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