Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on the 16th of June in Ulverston, Cumbria in England, 1890. His father was a vaudeville performer and this led Arthur to being a stage performer too. He didn't get much schooling and this led to the joining of Fred Karno's Troupe where Arthur understudied the future star...See full bio »
1944Nothing But Trouble
(performer: "The Notre Dame Victory March" 1908 - uncredited)
1944The Big Noise
(performer: "Mairzy Doats" 1943 - uncredited)
1940Saps at Sea
(performer: "Home, Sweet Home" - uncredited)
1939The Flying Deuces
(performer: "Shine On, Harvest Moon" 1908 - uncredited, "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" 1919 - uncredited)
1938Swiss Miss
(performer: "The Mousetrap Song" 1938 - uncredited, "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" 1910 - uncredited)
1937Pick a Star
(performer: "Old Black Joe" 1860 - uncredited, "Reuben, Reuben, I've Been Thinking" - uncredited, "Listen to the Mockingbird" 1855 - uncredited)
1937Way Out West
(performer: "At the Ball, That's All" 1913 - uncredited, "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" 1913 - uncredited, "I Want to Be in Dixie" 1912 - uncredited)
1935Tit for Tat
(short)
(performer: "Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond" - uncredited / "The Old Spinning Wheel" 1933 - uncredited)
1934Them Thar Hills
(short)
("The Old Spinning Wheel" 1933 - uncredited)
A friend once asked me what comedy was. That floored me. What is comedy? I don't know. Does anybody? Can you define it? All I know is that I learned how to get laughs, and that's all I know about it. You have to learn what people will laugh at, then proceed accordingly.
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Trivia:
Stan was greatly admired by Peter Sellers. Sellers claimed that the "Laurel" character was his inspiration when he created the "gardener" character in
Being There.
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Trademark:
Completely vacant stare into the camera, accentuated by white pancake makeup.
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