Acting

Stan Laurel

Born June 16, 1890 · Ulverston, Lancashire, England, UK

Died February 23, 1965 · aged 74

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 bowle…

Known For

Stan & Ollie

Stan & Ollie · 2018

MovieComedyDrama

With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public

Pardon Us

Pardon Us · 1931

It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.

Playing at Politics

Playing at Politics · 1931

Playing at Politics

Ollie is running for mayor and an old flame threatens to blackmail him.

Block-Heads

Block-Heads · 1938

It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper and goes to visit Stan who has now been returned to the States and invites him back to his home.

Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland · 1934

Babes in Toyland

MovieFantasyComedy

Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.

Perfect Day

Perfect Day · 1929

Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, gout-ridden Uncle Edgar.

The Chiselers

The Chiselers · 1931

Having been kicked out by their wives on a wintry night they attempt to smuggle their little dog into an apartment house where dogs are not allowed.

Sons of the Desert

Sons of the Desert · 1933

Sons of the Desert

Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.

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Stan & Ollie

Stan & Ollie · 2018

MovieComedyDrama

With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public

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Pardon Us

Pardon Us · 1931

It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.

Other

Playing at Politics

Playing at Politics · 1931

Playing at Politics

Ollie is running for mayor and an old flame threatens to blackmail him.

Stan

Block-Heads

Block-Heads · 1938

It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper and goes to visit Stan who has now been returned to the States and invites him back to his home.

Stan

Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland · 1934

Babes in Toyland

MovieFantasyComedy

Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.

Stannie Dum

Perfect Day

Perfect Day · 1929

Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, gout-ridden Uncle Edgar.

Stan

The Chiselers

The Chiselers · 1931

Having been kicked out by their wives on a wintry night they attempt to smuggle their little dog into an apartment house where dogs are not allowed.

M. Laurel

Sons of the Desert

Sons of the Desert · 1933

Sons of the Desert

Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.

Writer

Way Out West

Way Out West · 1937

MovieComedyWestern

Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon-singer wife.

Writer

The Flying Deuces

The Flying Deuces · 1939

The Flying Deuces

Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.

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Another Fine Mess

Another Fine Mess · 1930

Another Fine Mess

Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.

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A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford · 1940

A Chump at Oxford

The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.

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Our Relations

Our Relations · 1936

Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.

Producer

Our Wife

Our Wife · 1931

Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.

Writer

The Devil's Brother

The Devil's Brother · 1933

The Devil's Brother

MovieComedyMusic

Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.

Stanlio

Beau Hunks

Beau Hunks · 1931

Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

Stan

Great Guns

Great Guns · 1941

Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nelson) will need them now he's drafted.

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Berth Marks

Berth Marks · 1929

Stan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville.

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Bonnie Scotland

Bonnie Scotland · 1935

Bonnie Scotland

Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.

Stanley MacLaurel

Towed in a Hole

Towed in a Hole · 1932

Towed in a Hole

Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy isn't an easy task.

Writer

Two Tars

Two Tars · 1928

Two sailors on shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists. A minor collision sets off an escalating series of retaliations.

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Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles · 1932

Pack Up Your Troubles

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.

Writer

Nothing But Trouble

Nothing But Trouble · 1944

Nothing But Trouble

Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal for visiting royalty.

Stan

Busy Bodies

Busy Bodies · 1933

In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawmill.

Writer

Dick und Doof

Dick und Doof · 1970

A series of feature-length and classic short films by the legendary comedy team.

Stan