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Acting

Stan Laurel

Career: Active from 1918 to 2025, with a break from 1979 to 1991, busiest in 1927 with 20 main titles.

Leading roles: 172
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Way Out West
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 75 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Stan Laurel Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Psychological
1.7, average 5.5
Contemporary Realism
1.7, average 5.4
Melancholy
1.8, average 4.7
Mystery
1.3, average 4.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Physical Humor 18
Family-Friendly 16
Slapstick Comedy 15
Classic Slapstick Comedy 15
Laurel and Hardy 15
Physical Gags 14
Classic Slapstick 13
Nostalgic 12
Physical Comedy 12
Historical Setting 11
Nostalgic Charm 11
Wholesome Entertainment 10

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

215

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

4 titles

Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures

as Archive Footage

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

as archive footage

Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010s

4 titles · average score 78

Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies

as Stanlio

The Picture House: The Story of Limerick's Cinemas

as Archive Footage (from The Lucky Dog)

Stan & Ollie

78

Thanks

Dick & Doof - Best of

as Schauspieler

2000s

4 titles

The Parrott Chase

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts

as Stan

Laurel & Hardy - Best of III

as Stan

Laurel & Hardy - Best of II

as Stan

1990s

3 titles · average score 88

Laurel & Hardy - Best of

as Stan

That's Entertainment! III

88

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

as Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage)

1980s

1 title

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1970s

6 titles · average score 67

The South Bank Show

63

TV show

Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons

as Stan

That's Entertainment, Part II

70

as (archive footage)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as (archive footage)

Another Nice Mess

as Laurel (archive footage)

4 Clowns

as (archive footage)

1960s

4 titles · average score 73

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

76

as Stan / Alf (archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's

76

as Stan (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy

65

as Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

When Comedy Was King

74

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950s

3 titles · average score 58

The Golden Age of Comedy

71

as archive footage

Robinson Crusoeland

46

as Stan

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

as (archive footage)

1940s

11 titles · average score 57

The Bullfighters

52

as Stanley

The Big Noise

59

as Stan

Nothing But Trouble

56

as Stan

Air Raid Wardens

57

as Stan

Jitterbugs

52

as Stan

The Dancing Masters

54

as Stan

A-Haunting We Will Go

62

as Stan

The Tree in a Test Tube

38

as Stan

Great Guns

55

as Stan

A Chump at Oxford

74

as Stan

Saps at Sea

70

as Stan

1930s

66 titles · average score 67

Block-Heads

75

as Stan

Way Out West

89

as Stan

Bonnie Scotland

65

as Stanley MacLaurel

Babes in Toyland

84

as Stannie Dum

Sons of the Desert

88

as Stanley 'Stan' Laurel

The Devil's Brother

68

as Stanlio

Towed in a Hole

70

as Stan

Beau Hunks

68

as Stan

Our Wife

71

as Stan

Laughing Gravy

71

as Stan

Pardon Us

66

as Stan

Playing at Politics

67

as Stan

1920s

103 titles · average score 60

Perfect Day

66

as Stan

Angora Love

62

as Stan

Double Whoopee

65

as Stan

Bacon Grabbers

59

as Stan

The Hoose-Gow

59

as Stan

Two Tars

68

as Stan

You're Darn Tootin'

64

as Stanley, clarinet player

The Finishing Touch

72

as Stan

Sugar Daddies

53

as Brittle's lawyer

Putting Pants on Philip

54

as Philip

Do Detectives Think?

59

as Ferdinand Finkleberry

Roughest Africa

57

as Professor Stanilaus Laurello

1910s

6 titles · average score 52

Hustling for Health

51

as The Man

Do You Love Your Wife?

as Toby - the janitor

Just Rambling Along

54

as Nervy Young Man

Frauds and Frenzies

as Simp, Second Prisoner

Huns and Hyphens

as Gang member

Bears and Bad Men

as Pete