Stan Laurel
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
The South Bank Show
1978
Series
Omnibus
Self
1967
Series
This Is Your Life
Self
1952
Series
Laurel & Hardy
Stan
1921
Film
A-Haunting We Will Go
Stan
1942
Film
Sons of the Desert
Stanley 'Stan' Laurel
1933
Film
Playing at Politics
Stan
1931
Film
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)
1992
Film
The Devil's Brother
Stanlio
1933
Film
Babes in Toyland
Stannie Dum
1934
Film
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Film
Way Out West
Stan
1937
Film
Saps at Sea
Stan
1940
Film
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Film
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
A Chump at Oxford
Stan
1940
Film
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
1929
Film
The Big Parade of Comedy
Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
1964
Film
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
1951
Film
Pack Up Your Troubles
Stan
1932
Film
Pardon Us
Stan
1931
Film
The Flying Deuces
Stan
1939
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
(archive footage)
1976
Film
Towed in a Hole
Stan
1932
Film
Bacon Grabbers
Stan
1929
Film
The Battle of the Century
Prize Fighter
1927
Film
Scorching Sands
Stan
1923
Film
You're Darn Tootin'
Stanley, clarinet player
1928
Film
Block-Heads
Stan
1938
Film
Perfect Day
Stan
1929
Film
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
Film
Two Tars
Stan
1928
Film
Our Wife
Stan
1931
Film
Putting Pants on Philip
Philip
1927
Film
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
archive footage
2020
Film
The Chiselers
M. Laurel
1931
Film
Bonnie Scotland
Stanley MacLaurel
1935
Film
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Self - Ferdinad Finkleberry(archive footage)
2025
Salute to Stan Laurel
Self (archive footage)
1965
Film
Jitterbugs
Stan
1943
Film
Hollywood Party
Stan
1934
Film
Double Whoopee
Stan
1929
Film
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Film
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Unaccustomed as We Are
Stan
1929
Film
Laughing Gravy
Stan
1931
Film
When Comedy Was King
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1960
Film
Beau Hunks
Stan
1931
Film
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Hotel Guest
1926
Film
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
Self (archive footage)
1990
Film
Me and My Pal
Stan
1933
Film
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
1957
Film
With Love and Hisses
Cuthbert Hope
1927
Film
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Stan
1930
Film
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
2011
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Self (archive footage)
1974
Film
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
1927
Film
The Second 100 Years
Little Goofy
1927
Film
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
1961
Film
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Self (archive footage)
2011
Film
Air Raid Wardens
Stan
1943
Film
Angora Love
Stan
1929
Film
Them Thar Hills
Stan
1934
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Stan / Alf (archive footage)
1968
Film
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Film
Sugar Daddies
Brittle's lawyer
1927
Film
West of Hot Dog
Stan, a Tenderfoot
1924
Film
Should Married Men Go Home?
Stan
1928
Film
Robinson Crusoeland
Stan
1951
Film
Our Relations
Stan / Alf Laurel
1936
Film
Thieves
1930
Film
Pie-Eyed
Drunk
1925
Film
Slipping Wives
Handyman
1927
Film
The Skulls
Señor Laurel
1931
Film
Now I'll Tell One
Lawyer
1927
Film
The Bohemian Girl
Stan
1936
Film
Frozen Hearts
Olaf - A peasant
1923
Film
The Dancing Masters
Stan
1943
Film
The Fixer Uppers
Stan
1935
Film
Big Business
Stan
1929
Film
The Picture House: The Story of Limerick's Cinemas
Archive Footage (from The Lucky Dog)
2019
Film
Great Guns
Stan
1941
Film
One Good Turn
Stan
1931
Film
Roughest Africa
Professor Stanilaus Laurello
1923
Film
That's My Wife
Stan
1929
Film
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
Stan
1932
Film
Come Clean
Stan
1931
Film
On the Front Page
Dangerfield
1926
Film
Why Girls Love Sailors
Willie Brisling
1927
Film
The Midnight Patrol
Officer Stanley Laurel
1933
Film
From Soup to Nuts
Hired butler
1928
Film
Swiss Miss
Stan
1938
Film
Brothers Under the Chin
1924
Film
Eve's Love Letters
Anatole, the butler
1927
Film
The Music Box
Stan
1932
Film
Wrong Again
Stan
1929
Film
Do Detectives Think?
Ferdinand Finkleberry
1927
Film
Oliver the Eighth
Stan
1934
Film
What's the World Coming To?
The Man in the Window
1926
Film
White Wings
Street Cleaner
1923
Film
Scram!
Stan
1932
Film
County Hospital
Stan
1932
Film
The Stolen Jools
Policeman
1931
Film
Mixed Nuts
Book salesman
1922
Film
They Go Boom!
Stan
1929
Film
Duck Soup
Hives
1927
Film
Do You Love Your Wife?
Toby - the janitor
1919
Film
Night Owls
Stan
1930
Film
Another Nice Mess
Laurel (archive footage)
1972
Film
Another Fine Mess
Stan
1930
Film
The Bullfighters
Stanley
1945
Film
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
Stan (archive footage)
1965
Film
Helpmates
Stan
1932
Film
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
1925
Film
The Hoose-Gow
Stan
1929
Film
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
Film
Dance of the Cookoos
1982
Film
Busy Bodies
Stan
1933
Film
Chickens Come Home
Mr. Laurel
1931
Film
De Bote en Bote
Stan
1931
Film
Twins
Stan / his twin
1925
Film
Thicker Than Water
Stan
1935
Film
Tit for Tat
Stan
1935
Film
Twice Two
Stan / Mrs. Hardy
1933
Film
The Finishing Touch
Stan
1928
Film
Nothing But Trouble
Stan
1944
Film
Men O' War
Stan
1929
Film
Love 'Em and Weep
Romaine Ricketts
1927
Film
Any Old Port!
Stan
1932
Film
The Big Noise
Stan
1944
Film
Pick and Shovel
Miner
1923
Film
Hog Wild
Stan
1930
Film
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Film
Berth Marks
Stan
1929
Film
Should Tall Men Marry?
Texas Tommy
1928
Film
A Man About Town
A Man About Town
1923
Film
The Live Ghost
Stan
1934
Film
On the Wrong Trek
Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
1936
Film
Dirty Work
Stan
1933
The Parrott Chase
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
Film
Below Zero
Stan
1930
Film
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
Archive Footage
2025
Film
Rupert of Hee-Haw
King / Rudolph Razz
1924
Film
Bears and Bad Men
Pete
1918
Film
The Tree in a Test Tube
Stan
1942
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
Cleaner
1935
Film
Pick a Star
Stan Laurel
1937
Film
Leave 'Em Laughing
Stan
1928
Film
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
2025
Film
Their First Mistake
Stan
1932
Film
The Hollywood Clowns
Self (archive footage)
1979
Film
Brats
Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr.
1930
Film
Kill or Cure
1923
Film
Going Bye-Bye!
Mr. Laurel
1934
Film
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
Self
1947
Film
Their Purple Moment
Mr. Pincher
1928
Film
Liberty
Stan
1929
Film
We Faw Down
Stan
1928
Film
Blotto
Stan
1930
Film
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
Stan
1978
Film
Classic Comedy Teams
Self (archive footage)
1986
Film
Habeas Corpus
Stan
1928
Film
Flying Elephants
Little Twinkle Star
1928
Film
Dick & Doof - Best of
Schauspieler
2010
Film
The Lucky Dog
Brash young man accused of dognapping
1921
Film
Postage Due
Willy Worst
1924
Film
Swim Meet
Self
1951
Film
The Weak-End Party
The Gardener
1922
Film
Hustling for Health
The Man
1919
Film
Oranges and Lemons
Sunkist
1923
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
Film
The Soilers
Bob Canister
1923
Film
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
Film
When Knights Were Cold
Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight
1923
Stan Laurel : 32 courts métrages, 1918-1926
1918
Film
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
Stan
2001
Film
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Film
Laurel and Hardy in the UK
1932
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
Film
Be Big!
Stan
1931
Film
Wild Poses
Baby
1933
Film
Early to Bed
Stan
1928
Film
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
Stanlio
2019
Film
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
Stan
2006
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
Himself
1932
Film
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
Film
Shivering and Shaking
Stan
1930
Film
Seeing the World
English pedestrian
1927
Film
The Rogue Song
Ali-Bek
1930
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement
Himself
1930
Film
The Chimp
Stan
1932
Film
Half a Man
Winchell McSweeney
1925
Film
On the Loose
New Suitor (uncredited)
1931
Film
Navy Blue Days
Stan
1925
Film
Mother's Joy
Basil Dippytack / Magnus Dippytack
1923
Film
Wide Open Spaces
Gabriel Goober
1924
Film
Mandarin Mix-Up
Sum Sap
1924
Film
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
Stan
2005
Film
Collars and Cuffs
Laundry Worker
1923
Film
Zeb vs. Paprika
Dippy Donawho
1924
Film
Sailors, Beware!
Chester Chaste, cabdriver
1927
Film
Hats Off
Stan
1927
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
Himself
1932
Film
Somewhere In Wrong
A tramp
1925
Film
Mud and Sand
Rhubarb Vaselino
1922
Film
Short Kilts
McPherson's Son
1924
Film
Short Orders
Waiter
1923
Film
Just Rambling Along
Nervy Young Man
1918
Film
The Egg
Humpty Dumpty
1922
Film
The Noon Whistle
1923
Film
4 Clowns
(archive footage)
1970
Film
That's That!
Himself
1938
Film
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
Stan
1999
Film
Smithy
Smithy
1924
Film
Huns and Hyphens
Gang member
1918
Film
The Handy Man
The handy man
1923
Film
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020
Film
Near Dublin
Con
1924
Film
The Snow Hawk
Mountie
1925
Film
Save The Ship
Husband
1923
Film
Radiomanía
Stan
1930
Film
Gas and Air
Phillup McCann
1923
Film
The Sleuth
Webster Dingle
1925
Stan and Olly
Himself
1932
Film
Night of Goblins
Stan
1930
Film
The Pest
Jimmy Smith
1922
Film
Get 'Em Young
Summers, the butler
1926
Film
The Night Life
Stan
1930
Film
Haunted at Midnight
Stan
1931
Film
Frauds and Frenzies
Simp, Second Prisoner
1918
Film
The Whole Truth
The husband
1923
Film
Detained
A convict
1924
Film
Under Two Jags
1923