Stan Laurel film catalogue

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Stan Laurel was an English actor, screenwriter, director, producer, second unit director, assistant director, presenter and gag writer. Born Arthur Stanley Jefferson. More

Stan Laurel was, among other things, an English actor who started out with Fred Karno, which also included Chaplin. Stan Laurel was Chaplin's understudy for a while. Chaplin and Stan Laurel were in the same boat when they went from England to America. In 1917, Stan Laurel made his screen debut in the short Nuts in May, alongside his then-girlfriend Mae Laurel, who was married to someone in Australia but still took the name Laurel. Unfortunately the film is missing. After this film, he went back to vaudeville for 1 year. From 1918 he started making films again. In 1921 Stan played Laurel and Oliver Hardy together for the first time in the short ''The Lucky Dog'', this film is not seen as the first official film of Laurel and Hardy, in between they still worked together but not as actors, Stan Laurel was then eg the director or the writer of 1 of the 8 shorts. In 1926 they were together in the short ''45 Minutes from Hollywood'', ''Duck Soup'' from 1927, is considered the first official Laurel and Hardy movie. In 1932, the short "The Music Box" won the Oscar for Best Short. Together with Oliver Hardy he collaborated with Hal Roach, De Boefjes (Our Gang/The Little Rascals) and Buster Keaton, among others. Was screenwriter for, among other things, the short ''The Nickel-Hopper'' from 1926, with Mabel Normand, Boris Karloff, James Finlayson and Oliver Hardy. Received an Oscar in the Catogerie Honorary Award in 1961. Producer for the 1936 Laurel and Hardy film Our Relations, then producer for 5 westerns between 1937 and 1939, Stan loved westerns. Directed 12 films including the 1945 Laurel and Hardy film ''The Bullfighters''. Acted in 123 films or shorts with Oliver Hardy and for the BBC in 1955's ''This is Music Hall''. Acted together in 1 color film ''The Rogue Song'' from 1930, the film is partially lost and 1 short about wood ''The Tree in a Test Tube'' from 1943, a propaganda short for WW2. Solo films total 64.

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Full name

Stan Laurel

Born

Ulverston, Lancashire, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk, 16-6 1890

Nationality

English

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Deceased

Santa Monica, Californië, USA, 32-2 1965

Particular profession

Actor