Stan Laurel

1890-1965

Biography: life and films

Stan Laurel was an English actor and film director whose birth name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson. He was born in Ulverston, Lancashire, England on 16th June 1890 and died in Santa Monica, California, USA on 23rd February 1965, aged 74.

His best films as an actor include James Parrott's comedy Helpmates (1932), The Music Box (1932), Lloyd French's Busy Bodies (1933), William A. Seiter's Sons of the Desert (1933) and John G. Blystone's Block-Heads (1938), and whose best work as a film director include Chasing the Chaser (1925) and The Bullfighters (1945).

Stan Laurel appeared in 97 films, scripted 30 films and directed 3 films (including 2 shorts).

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: James Parrott (15 films), James W. Horne (10), Robert Youngson (8), George Jeske (7), Malcolm St. Clair (4), Scott Pembroke (3), Lloyd French (3), Hal Roach (3), Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson (3), Clyde Bruckman (3), Richard Wallace (2), Leo McCarey (2), John G. Blystone (2), George Marshall (2), Fred Jackman (2), Edwin Frazee (2), Edward Sedgwick (2) and (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (97 films), Documentary (8), Western (3), War (3), drama (2) and comedy-romance (2).

Our average rating for Stan Laurel over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: a = actor; w = writer; d = director

Do You Love Your Wife? (1919) [a]

Raggedy Rose (1926) [w]

The Devil Horse (1926) [w]

Sugar Daddies (1927) [a]

The Battle of the Century (1927) [a]

Early to Bed (1928) [a]

Flying Elephants (1928) [a]

The Finishing Touch (1928) [a,w]

You're Darn Tootin' (1928) [a]

That's My Wife (1929) [a]

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) [a]

Blotto (1930) [a,w]

Feu mon oncle (1930) [a]

Noche de duendes (1930) [a]

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) [a,w]

The Rogue Song (1930) [a]

Be Big! (1931) [a,w]

Chickens Come Home (1931) [a]

Laughing Gravy (1931) [a,w]

Les Carottiers (1931) [a]

Los Calaveras (1931) [a]

Los Presidiarios (1931) [a]

Muraglie (1931) [a]

One Good Turn (1931) [a]

Pardon Us (1931) [a,w]

Politiquerías (1931) [a]

Sous les verrous (1931) [a]

Helpmates (1932) [a]

Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) [a,w]

Scram! (1932) [a]

The Chimp (1932) [a]

The Music Box (1932) [a]

Towed in a Hole (1932) [a,w]

Busy Bodies (1933) [a,w]

Sons of the Desert (1933) [a,w]

The Devil's Brother (1933) [a]

Babes in Toyland (1934) [a,w]

Going Bye-Bye! (1934) [a,w]

Hollywood Party (1934) [a]

Oliver the Eighth (1934) [a]

Bonnie Scotland (1935) [a,w]

Our Relations (1936) [a]

The Bohemian Girl (1936) [a]

Pick a Star (1937) [a]

Way Out West (1937) [a]

Block-Heads (1938) [a]

Swiss Miss (1938) [a,w]

The Flying Deuces (1939) [a]

A Chump at Oxford (1940) [a,w]

Saps at Sea (1940) [a,w]

Great Guns (1941) [a]

A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) [a]

Air Raid Wardens (1943) [a]

Jitterbugs (1943) [a]

The Dancing Masters (1943) [a]

Nothing But Trouble (1944) [a]

The Big Noise (1944) [a]

The Bullfighters (1945) [a,d,w]

Atoll K (1951) [a]

The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) [a]

When Comedy Was King (1960) [a]

Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961) [a]

30 Years of Fun (1963) [a]

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) [a]

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) [a]

The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (1967) [a]

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967) [a]

4 Clowns (1970) [a]

Hooray for Hollywood (1975) [a]

Brooklyn Bridge (1981) [a]



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