Stan Laurel

Also known as Arthur Stanley Jefferson, Stanley Laurel

British-American actor (1890–1965)

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Stan Laurel was a British-American actor who lived from 1890 to 1965 and became famous as one half of the classic comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. He is remembered as a pioneering figure in early film comedy whose work continues to influence entertainment and comedy today.

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Jamaica
Active from: 1927-04-22
Active to: 2005-07-17

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Arthur Stanley Jefferson (16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965), better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy double-act Laurel and Hardy. His career stretched from the silent films of the early 20th century until after World War II. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Stan+Laurel">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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“It has to be visual stuff. Too many radio writers are writing radio gags for television, which is a visual medium.”
“[He can't stand to watch their old comedies on TV because] because they're so cut up. [...] I wish I could have edited them. They seem too slow nowadays. That was because we had to leave time between the gags for the audience to laugh. You don't need that spread in TV.”
“We had different hobbies. He likes horses and golf. You know my hobby—and I married them all.”
“If anyone at my funeral has a long face, I'll never speak to him again”
“I suppose we had very little of what you'd call family life. We were very seldom all together. I was almost always either in boarding school or living with my grandparents in were I was born, but still, strange as it may seem, we were always a close family.”
“So terribly funny. He can still make me laugh like crazy after all these years.”

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Image: Stan in color.jpg
Number of children: 2

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Commons category: Stan Laurel
date of birth: 1890-06-16
date of death: 1965-02-23
birth name: Arthur Stanley Jefferson
start of work period: 1906-00-00
name in native language: Stan Laurel

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Stan Laurel (/ˈlɒrəl/ LORR-əl; born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English actor, comedian, director and writer who was in 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 bowler hat, and developed his skills in pantomime and music-hall sketches. He was a member of "Fred Karno's London Comedians", where he was Charlie Chaplin's understudy. He and Chaplin arrived in the United States on the same ship from the United Kingdom with the Karno troupe. 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. He then appeared exclusively with Hardy until retiring after his comedy partner's death in 1957.