“I still dream up gags for Babe and me. The other day I thought of having a doorbell ring in the other room and Babe says, ‘Stanley, go get the door.’ And I come back with the door.”
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Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel 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.
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entertainment · English actor and comedian (1890–1965) · stage actor · screenwriter · comedian · film actor · stunt performer · film director · film producer · actor · director · producer · also Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson, Stanley Laurel, Laurel
Born 16 June 1890 · Died 23 February 1965 · Q72869
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s material Laurel lived in Santa Monica, in California, until his death in 1965. Actor Sylvester McCoy, who has played Laurel twice during his career, says the comedian would have died in poverty had not actor Jerry Lewis fought a legal battle on his behalf to get him TV royalties.
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2026· 2 entries
Artnet news: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy camera negatives
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2021· 1 entry
Mercury News: Stan Laurel’s connection to Santa Cruz
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2020· 1 entry
insider.si.edu: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
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2019· 2 entries
Laurel topped a list of the greatest British comedians compiled by a panel on the television channel Gold
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Laurel was voted the greatest ever British comedian by a panel on the British television channel Gold
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2014· 1 entry
The Conversation: Stan Laurel returns home to Scotland for Fringe festival
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2013· 1 entry
Gail Louw and Jeffrey Holland debuted a short one-man play "
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2009· 1 entry
A bronze statue of the duo was unveiled in Laurel's hometown of Ulverston
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2008· 1 entry
A statue of Stan Laurel was unveiled in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, on the site of the Eden Theatre
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2006· 1 entry
BBC Four showed a drama called Stan, based on Brand's radio play, in which Laurel meets Hardy on his deathbed and reminisces about their career
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2004· 1 entry
On BBC Radio 4 and subsequently on BBC Radio 4 Extra, starring Tom Courtenay as Stan Laurel, in which Stan visits Oliver Hardy after Hardy has had his stroke and tries to say the things to his dying friend and partner th
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1989· 1 entry
A statue of Laurel was erected in Dockwray Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, where he lived at No
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1965· 2 entries
Died 1965-02-23.
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“s material Laurel lived in Santa Monica, in California, until his death in 1965. Actor Sylvester McCoy, who has played Laurel twice during his career, says the comedian would have died in poverty had not actor Jerry Lewis fought a legal battle on his behalf to get him TV royalties.”
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (1964).
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1961· 1 entry
Stan Laurel was given an Academy Honorary Award "for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy"
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1960· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Honorary Award (1960).
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1955· 1 entry
Were planning to do a television series called Laurel and Hardy's Fabulous Fables based on children's stories
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1952· 1 entry
Laurel and Hardy toured Europe successfully, and they returned in 1953 for another tour of the continent
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1950· 1 entry
Laurel and Hardy were invited to France to make a feature film
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1947· 1 entry
When he and Hardy went on a six-week tour of the United Kingdom performing in variety shows
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1941· 2 entries
Laurel remarried Virginia Ruth Rogers; they were divorced for the second time in early 1946
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Laurel and Hardy signed a contract at 20th Century-Fox to make ten films over five years
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1939· 2 entries
He and Illeana separated in 1939 and divorced in 1940, with Illeana surrendering all claim to the Laurel surname on 1 February 1940 in exchange for $6,500.
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And divorced in 1940, with Illeana surrendering all claim to the Laurel surname on 1 February 1940 in exchange for $6,500
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1937· 1 entry
Filed for divorce, confessing that he was not over his ex-wife Lois, but Lois decided against a reconciliation
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1935· 1 entry
Laurel married Virginia Ruth Rogers (known as Ruth)
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1934· 1 entry
Laurel and Neilson divorced in December 1934.
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1932· 1 entry
Laurel was being interviewed by a Daily Herald reporter and as they looked up at his name in lights above a theatre in London's Leicester Square, he said:Looks great but kind of wasteful, but you should see the lighthous
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1927· 1 entry
Laurel and Hardy began sharing the screen in several short films, including Duck Soup, Slipping Wives and With Love and Hisses
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1925· 1 entry
Interfered with Laurel's work, and Rock offered her a cash settlement with a one-way ticket to her native Australia, which she accepted
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1921· 1 entry
Although they did not become an official team until late 1927
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1912· 1 entry
Laurel worked together with Ted Desmond on tour in Netherlands and Belgium as a comedy double act known as the Barto Bros
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1910· 2 entries
With the stage name of "Stan Jefferson"; the troupe, advertised as "Fred Karno's London Comedians", also included a young Charlie Chaplin
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The year Laurel sailed for America with the Fred Karno troupe
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1890· 1 entry
Born 1890-06-16.
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