Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
Actor
writer
comedian
entertainer
film director
Years active
1906–1957
Spouses
Lois Neilson
(m. 1926; div. 1935)
Virginia Ruth Rogers
(m. 1935; div. 1937)
(m. 1941; div. 1946)
Vera Ivanova Shuvalova
(m. 1938; div. 1940)
Ida Kitaeva Raphael
(m. 1946)
Partner
Mae Dahlberg (1917–1925)
Children
2
Website
laurel-and-hardy.com
Signature
Stan Laurel (/ˈlɒrəl/, LORR-əl; born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer and film director who was one half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.[1] He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films and cameo roles.[2]
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, and developed his skills in pantomime and music hall sketches. He was a member of "Fred Karno's Army", where he was Charlie Chaplin's understudy.[2][3] He and Chaplin arrived in the United States on the same ship from the United Kingdom with the Karno troupe.[4] Laurel began his film career in 1917 and made his final appearance in 1951. He appeared with his comic partner Oliver Hardy in the film short The Lucky Dog in 1921, although they did not become an official team until late 1927.[5] He then appeared exclusively with Hardy until retiring after his comedy partner's death in 1957.
In April 1961, at the 33rd Academy Awards, Laurel was given an Academy Honorary Award for his pioneering work in comedy, and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard. Laurel and Hardy were ranked top among best double acts and seventh overall in a 2005 UK poll to find the Comedians' Comedian.[6] In 2019, Laurel topped a list of the greatest British comedians compiled by a panel on the television channel Gold.[7] In 2009, a bronze statue of the duo was unveiled in Laurel's hometown of Ulverston.
^"Obituary"; Variety; 3 March 1965,;p. 69
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^Cavett, Dick (7 September 2012). "The Fine Mess-Maker at Home". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
^"Laurel and Hardy". Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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^"Stan Laurel crowned Britain's greatest comedian". Chortle.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
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the given name Stan Laurel (1890–1965), English comic actor, part of duo Laurel and Hardy Stan (surname), a Romanian surname Stan! (born 1964), American...
Lois Neilson Laurel (September 7, 1895 – July 9, 1990) was an American silent movie actress who became actor and comedian StanLaurel's first wife. She...
birthplace of the film comedian StanLaurel, was officially twinned with Harlem, Georgia, United States, birthplace of Laurel's screen partner Oliver Hardy...
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legal series Goliath and starred in the biographical film Stan & Ollie (2018) as StanLaurel's wife Ida. Arianda was born on September 18, 1984, in Manhattan...
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the first film to include StanLaurel and Oliver Hardy together in a film before they became the famous comedy duo of Laurel and Hardy. Although they appear...
solo with Stan singing in duet occasionally. A number of the songs were sung by neither Laurel nor Hardy. The 2019 biographical film Stan & Ollie includes...
Diploma). Cottle appeared in Richard Attenborough's 1992 Chaplin (as StanLaurel), and in David Jones' 1999 adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Cottle also...
as Frolov Burr McIntosh as Count Peter James Bradbury Jr. as Azamat StanLaurel as Ali-Bek Oliver Hardy as Murza-Bek "The Rogue Song" (sung by Lawrence...
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understudy, Arthur Stanley Jefferson, who later adopted the name of StanLaurel. These were alumni of his comedy companies all of whom trained at his...
Look of Love (2013) and The Dinner (2017). For his portrayal of StanLaurel in Stan & Ollie (2018), he earned a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading...
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