Stan Laurel

Arthur Stanley Jefferson
1890 - 1965
British /American born Ulverston, Lancashire

Height 5' 9" (1.75 m) . His father was an actor and theatre manager. He made his stage debut at the age of 16 at Pickard's Museum, Glasgow. He traveled with Fred Karno's vaudeville company to the United States in 1910 and again in 1913. While with that company he was Charles Chaplin's understudy, and he performed imitations of Chaplin. On a later trip he remained in the United States having been cast in a two-reel comedy, Nuts in May (1917) (1917, released the following year). There followed a number of shorts for Metro, Hal Roach Studios, then Universal, then back to Roach in 1926. His first two-reeler with Oliver Hardy was 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926) . Their first release through MGM was Sugar Daddies (1927) and the first with star billing was From Soup to Nuts (1928). Their first feature-length starring roles were in Pardon Us (1931). Their work became more production-line and less popular during the war years, mostly producing for Twentieth Century-Fox. Their last movie together was The Bullfighters (1945) except for a French failure ("Atoll K", 1951). In 1960 he was given a special Oscar "for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy". Five years later he died. Spouse Ida Kitaeva (6 May 1946 - 23 February 1965) (his death), Virginia Ruth Rogers (January 1941 - April 1946) (divorced), Vera Ivanova Shuvalova (1 January 1938 - May 1939) (divorced), Virginia Ruth Rogers (April 1934 - 24 December 1936) (divorced), Lois Neilson (13 August 1926 - December 1934) (divorced) 2 children.

Atoll K (1951) , The Bullfighters (1945) , Nothing But Trouble (1944) , The Big Noise (1944) , The Dancing Masters (1943) , Jitterbugs (1943) , Air Raid Wardens (1943) , A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) , Great Guns (1941) , Saps at Sea (1940) , A Chump at Oxford (1940) , The Flying Deuces (1939) , Block-Heads (1938) , Swiss Miss (1938) , Pick a Star (1937) , Way Out West (1937) , Our Relations (1936) , On the Wrong Trek (1936) , The Bohemian Girl (1936) , Bonnie Scotland (1935) , Thicker Than Water (1935) , The Fixer Uppers (1935) , Tit for Tat (1935) , Babes in Toyland (1934) , The Live Ghost (1934) , Them Thar Hills (1934) , Going Bye-Bye! (1934) , Hollywood Party (1934) , Oliver the Eighth (1934) , Sons of the Desert (1933) , Dirty Work (1933) , Wild Poses (1933) , Busy Bodies (1933) , The Midnight Patrol (1933) , The Devil's Brother (1933) , Me and My Pal (1933) , Twice Two (1933) , Towed in a Hole (1932) , Their First Mistake (1932), Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) , Scram! (1932) , County Hospital (1932) , The Chimp (1932), The Music Box (1932) , Any Old Port! (1932) , Helpmates (1932) , On the Loose (1931) , Beau Hunks (1931) , One Good Turn (1931) , Come Clean (1931) , Pardon Us (1931) , Our Wife (1931) , Politiquerías (1931) , Calaveras, Los (1931) , Laughing Gravy (1931) , The Slippery Pearls (1931) , Chickens Come Home (1931) , Be Big! (1931) , Carottiers, Les (1931) , Hinter Schloss und Riegel (1931) , Muraglie (1931) , Presidiarios, Los (1931) , Sous les verrous (1931) , Another Fine Mess (1930) , The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) , Hog Wild (1930) , The Rogue Song (1930) , Below Zero (1930) , Brats (1930) , Blotto (1930), Night Owls (1930) , Feu mon oncle (1930) , Ladrones (1930) , Noche de duendes (1930) , Radiomanía (1930) , Spuk um Mitternacht, Der (1930) , Tiembla y Titubea (1930) , Une nuit extravagante (1930) , Vida nocturna, La (1930) , Angora Love (1929) , The Hoose-Gow (1929) , Bacon Grabbers (1929) , They Go Boom! (1929) , The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) , Perfect Day (1929) , Men O'War (1929) , Berth Marks (1929) , Double Whoopee (1929), Unaccustomed As We Are (1929) , Big Business (1929) , That's My Wife (1929) , Wrong Again (1929) , Liberty (1929) , We Faw Down (1928) , Habeas Corpus (1928), Two Tars (1928) , Early to Bed (1928) , Should Married Men Go Home? (1928) , Their Purple Moment (1928) , You're Darn Tootin' (1928) , From Soup to Nuts (1928) , The Finishing Touch (1928) , Flying Elephants (1928) , Leave 'Em Laughing (1928) , Should Tall Men Marry? (1928) , The Battle of the Century (1927) , Putting Pants on Philip (1927) , Do Detectives Think? (1927) , Hats Off (1927) , Call of the Cuckoo (1927) , Now I'll Tell One (1927) , The Second 100 Years (1927) , Sailors Beware (1927) , Sugar Daddies (1927) , With Love and Hisses (1927) , Why Girls Love Sailors (1927) , Love 'Em and Weep (1927) , Eve's Love Letters (1927) , Slipping Wives (1927) , Duck Soup (1927) , Seeing the World (1927) , 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926) , On the Front Page (1926) , Get 'Em Young (1926) , What's the World Coming To? (1926) , Half a Man (1925) , Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925) , The Sleuth (1925) , Navy Blue Days (1925) , The Snow Hawk (1925) , Pie-Eyed (1925) , Twins (1925) , Somewhere in Wrong (1925) , Cowboys Cry for It (1925) , West of Hot Dog (1924), Monsieur Don't Care (1924) , Detained (1924) , Mandarin Mix-Up (1924) , Short Kilts (1924) , Wide Open Spaces (1924) , Rupert of Hee Haw (1924) , Near Dublin (1924) , Brothers Under the Chin (1924) , Zeb vs. Paprika (1924) , Postage Due (1924) , Smithy (1924) , Mother's Joy (1923) , Scorching Sands (1923) , The Soilers (1923) , Save the Ship (1923) , The Whole Truth (1923) , Frozen Hearts (1923) , Roughest Africa (1923) , A Man About Town (1923) , Short Orders (1923) , Oranges and Lemons (1923) , Gas and Air (1923) , Kill or Cure (1923) , Collars and Cuffs (1923) , Pick and Shovel (1923) , Under Two Jags (1923)
White Wings (1923) , The Noon Whistle (1923) , The Handy Man (1923) , When Knights Were Cold (1923) , The Garage (1923) , The Pest (1922) , Mud and Sand (1922) , The Weak-End Party (1922) , The Egg (1922) , Mixed Nuts (1922) , A Lucky Dog (1921) , Hoot Mon! (1919) , Hustling for Health (1919) , Do You Love Your Wife? (1919) , O, It's Great to Be Crazy (1918) , Frauds and Frenzies (1918) , Just Rambling Along (1918) , Bears and Bad Men (1918) , No Place Like Jail (1918) , Huns and Hyphens (1918) , Phoney Photos (1918) , Whose Zoo? (1918) , Hickory Hiram (1918) , Nuts in May (1917)