On a later trip he remained in the United States, having been cast in a two-reel comedy, Nuts in May (1917) (not released until 1918). [3] With a natural affinity for the theatre, Laurel gave his first professional performance on stage at the Panopticon in Glasgow at the age of sixteen, where he polished his skills at pantomime and music hall sketches. During their time in Scotland, the family lived on Buchanan Drive and he went to Rutherglen Academy, now Stonelaw High. Guild president. In 1912 they went on a tour to America where Chaplin remained, but Stan went straight back to England. On February 23, 1965, Laurel told his nurse he wouldn't mind going skiing right at that very moment. Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, in Foundry Cottages, Ulverston, on 16 June 1890. | Laurel was offered a cameo role in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), but declined. Late in life, Stan Laurel faced financial difficulties because of his many ailments. At the time, Laurel's second marriage was in the process of a divorce, with Dahlberg's legal suit adding to Laurel's woes. [31], Laurel had four wives and married one of them a second time after their divorce. In 1897 the family moved to North Shields which was closer to the centre of AJ's small theatre empire. Oliver Hardy died on 7 August 1957. The studio discussed a series of films co-starring Hardy with Patsy Kelly to be called "The Hardy Family". In Italy, Laurel and Hardy are known as "Stanlio e Ollio". He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960. [47] In 2008, a statue of Stan Laurel was unveiled in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, on the site of the Eden Theatre. However, he did enjoy fishing. He became one of the biggest stars in the world but he was born a normal guy. The cameo appearance was then given to Jack Benny, who wore Laurel's signature derby in the scene. Stan was working as a writer and director for, By the time they produced their first true Laurel and Hardy film, Stan was 37 and, When Stan's daughter, Lois, was little, she hated. She was supposedly looking through a book and saw a picture of a Roman general with a laurel wreath on his head. In their films Stan wore a Bowler hat a size or two smaller so that it sat higher on his head. He was popular for being a Movie Actor. He had learnt the full craft of the stage from being an actor playwright and a manager progressing to leasing and managing a string of theatres. What is comedy? I wasn't the funniest; this man was the funniest." By 1924, Laurel had given up the stage for full-time film work, under contract with Joe Rock for 12 two-reel comedies. - IMDb Mini Biography By: According to his daughter, Laurel was largely apolitical and always supported whichever US president was in office. Although he is thought of as the Little Fellow, a phrase he used to describe his on screen character, at five feet eight Laurel was in fact taller than than Chaplin, Keaton, Langdon, and all of the Three Stooges and Marx Brothers. The steps down from the Square to the North Shields Fish Quay were said to have inspired the piano-moving scene in The Music Box. He was one of five children. Because he was unable to work on the scheduled film, Get 'Em Young, Laurel was asked to return to acting to fill in. Around 1940 there was talk of Stan and Ollie starring in a Technicolor film 'The Red Mill; based on the 1906 Victor Herbert operetta. The English manor-style home at 718 Bedford Dr. in Beverly Hills where he lived in the early 1930s is shown in. They made films for another 20 years. ", "Hundreds attend Laurel and Hardy statue unveiling", "Steve Coogan and John C. 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He reportedly said he The thumb would then be lit and the cameras restarted. Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: Something went wrong - please try again later. . . Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was one half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. He was not called up; his registration card states his status as resident alien and his deafness as exemptions.[15][16]. He and. Stan Laurel came from a theatrical family, his father was an actor and theatre manager, and he made his stage debut at the age of 16 at Pickard's Museum, Glasgow. They would engage in heated discussions that became arguments, until neither wanted to be in the same room as the other. I don't know. The height and weight of his partner, Oliver Hardy, contributed to his consideration as a smaller man. The project was aborted owing to Ollie's failing health. Laurel was in fact too ill to attend his funeral and said, "Babe would understand". He didn't get much schooling and this led to the joining of Fred Karno's Troupe where Arthur understudied the future star, Charles Chaplin. In "Midnight Patrol" Ollie says" 'Pardon us' chief" During the scene with the safe in "The Dancing Masters" Stan says "'One good turn' deserves another". Comedian best known for his 107 films with acting partner Oliver Hardy. However, he worked on The Bellboy, advising Jerry to cut a significant amount Just before he died, he said to his nurse, "I wish I was skiing" to which the nurse replied, "I didn't know you skied, Mr Laurel ". Tonyman 5. The show was called The Laurel and Hardy Revue with the Driving Licence sketch as the finale. The same year, Hardy, a member of the Hal Roach Studios Comedy All Star players, was injured in a kitchen mishap and hospitalised. Comedian. Stan's famous hairstyle was created by accident. Stan and Virginia divorced in 1937 just to re-marry in 1941. In 1910 the company sailed to America for a tour after which Stan stayed on and eventually met Ollie when they were cast in the same film,. I didnt know at first if we were really big fans or if this was actually our family! [citation needed] His phone number was also listed in the telephone directory and he would take calls from fans.[26][27]. Around the same time, he adopted the stage name of Laurel at Dahlberg's suggestion that his stage name Stan Jefferson was unlucky, due to it having thirteen letters. It was only when I went to a convention in Denmark and chatted with the thousands of attendees who didnt know I was connected to Stan that I realised how cherished his movies were and what joy he had brought to so many.. A mural of Stan has been painted on an end terrace house in Railway Street on Bishop Auckland (2021). His mum suffered from ill health and died aged 48, while his dad, AJ Jefferson, who managed the Metropole theatre in Glasgow, moved back down south and married again. Working relations between Stan Laurel and Hal Roach began to sour after the mid 1930s. Stan Laurel was a Lancashire lad who along with Charlie Chaplin went to American vaudeville on the same boat and struck it big. . As Stan was superstitious and his name had 13 letters in it he was more than happy to take up her suggestion of adopting the name of Laurel. This led onto more short comedies with such greats as Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, and Hal Roach. He is often thought of as being very short and skinny. 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", "Laurel proves Hardy after disaster delays: Statue of Laurel arrives in Bishop Auckland. Roach Studios' supervising director Leo McCarey noticed the audience reaction to them and began teaming them, leading to the creation of the Laurel and Hardy series later that year. King James Grammar School in Bishop Auckland, Durham, was seriously damaged by an arson attack in 2007. His comedic devices included nonsensical . Abbott and Costello weren't getting what they wanted from the scriptwriters at Universal so would take the scripts to Stan for the three of them to work on together. [42], Laurel and Hardy are featured on the cover of the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Ulverston became part of Cumbria in 1974, 2 years after England's Local Government Act of 1972. Brody, Richard. [1] He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles.[2]. [34] 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. [32] His first wife was Lois Neilson, whom he married on 13 August 1926. It's thought that actor Douglas Gordon came up with the gag of Stan Laurel lighting his thumb in the film Way Out West. She was 89. In 1955, they were planning to do a television series called Laurel and Hardy's Fabulous Fables based on children's stories. A plaque on 66 Princes Street in Bishop Auckland put up by the Civic Society a good few years ago states that Stan lived there but since then research has proved that to be wrong as it's now known that while his parents lived there his mother went back to her parents in Ulverston to give birth to him. German filmmaker Andreas Baum has made an exhaustive documentary on the duo including interviews with family, fans, friends and showbiz pals. They were in uniform in With Love and Hisses, Bonnie Scotland, Block Heads, Great Guns and Pack up Your Troubles (army), Two Tars and Men 'O War (sailors), Flying Deuces and Beau Hunks (Foreign Legion) Midnight Patrol (Police Officers) and Douible Whoopee (Hotel doormen). (sibling). Gaze into the camera with arms up and palms out in a "What now?" Stan now changed his surname to Laurel thus given the name Stan Laurel. In his early years, Laurel spent much time living with his maternal grandmother, Sarah Metcalfe. Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Peter Sellers talking about the voice he used for Chance the gardener in 'Being There' " ..very clear enunciation, slightly American with a touch of Stan Laurel mixed in". SOURCE: AP News. You have to learn what people will laugh at, then proceed accordingly. According to his friends, he never fully recovered from, He was a huge fan of westerns. ". Both Laurel and Hardy lost siblings to tragic accidents. [30] Dahlberg was described as a "relief project worker" by the court. In Spain, Stan and Ollie were known as El Gordo y El Flaco. Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to create a feed. Many people over the years have assumed Laurel was a Democrat because he praised President John F. Kennedy in letters which are available to read on the Internet. Film director Ray Bradbury, best known for his science fiction films was a big fan of Stan and Ollie attending Sons meetings when he could and wrote a number of short stories about them including - The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair, The Laurel and Hardy Alpha Centauri Farewell Tour, and Another Fine Mess, which was set on the Music Box Steps. She visited with her gran Stans only daughter, Lois, who passed away in 2017 when she was a child. Starting early in 1927, Laurel and Hardy began sharing the screen in several short films, including Duck Soup, Slipping Wives and With Love and Hisses. In 1960 he was given a special Oscar "for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy". That's why Stan's face is fixed in one position for a relatively long time. The contract was soon cancelled during a reorganisation at the studio. He appeared in Sleeping Beauty at Oldham Coliseum. At the time of his death he survived by his large extended friends and family. It's only now in 2021 that new housing is starting to be built on the site which will be called Laurel Court, Other Works Laurel and Hardy were ranked top among best double acts and seventh overall in a 2005 UK poll to find the Comedians' Comedian. Among the films in which Dahlberg and Laurel appeared together was the 1922 parody Mud and Sand. Was an admirer of James Finlayson, Billy Gilbert, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Jack Benny and Dick Van Dyke. Eighty years after their heyday, Laurel and Hardy remain icons of comedy. He was one of five children. Together, he and Hardy starred in such 1930s productions as The Music Box, Way Out West, The Flying Deuces and Sons of the Desert. He spent every day of his life in search of fresh ideas and inspiration. [29] In November 1937, Dahlberg was back in the US and sued Laurel for financial support. After their appearance on This Is Your Life The Boys were contracted by Hal Roach to star in a series of hour long TV specials but they were never made. Regretted not having more of a formal education, as the comedian felt that that would have made him a better comedian later on. [41] Laurel had quipped, "If anyone at my funeral has a long face, I'll never speak to him again. [3] He attended school at King James I Grammar School in Bishop Auckland, County Durham,[9] and the King's School in Tynemouth, Northumberland. In 1940, following the death of his wife, he took his final bow and retired going to live with Olga and her husband at the Plough Inn at Barkston. They were sailors in Men 'o War, Two Tars, Why Girls Love Sailors,' Sailors Beware, The Live Ghost, Any Old Port, Our Relations Men O' War and Saps at Sea, and in the army in Great Guns and With Love and Hisses. Laurel's brother died under anesthesia while at the dentist; Hardy's brother drowned in a swimming mishap. ancestry: He was born on 31 May 1930 at St. Francis Hospital in San Francisco, the son of Clinton Eastwood, Sr. (1906-1970) and Margaret Ruth Runner (1909-2006). Laurel disputed this and claimed that it just "sounded good". The small house in which Stan was born was the home of Madge's parents, George and Sarah Metcalfe. The film would have opened with each of them sleeping in one of the letter O's of the Hollywood sign. [on his working relationship with Oliver Hardy] There was never any disagreement between us, ever. Among these films were Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925) and Wandering Papas (1926) written & directed by Stan Laurel and starring Babe who now acted under his real name, Oliver Hardy. During this tour, Laurel fell ill and was unable to perform for several weeks.[23]. His will signed in 1947 showed he had an estate worth $55,062. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Can you define it? [22] The success of the tour led them to spend the next seven years touring the UK and Europe. Theatrical Debut Their films during this period, suffered accordingly. the tour called Hell -A - Balloo began in Washington D.C. at the end of March '42, - IMDb Mini Biography By: In 1935, Laurel married Virginia Ruth Rogers (known as Ruth). Stan's mother Margaret died 1st December 1908 and is buried in grave L203 in Cathcart Cemetary in Glasgow. Laurel & Hardy are now known as one of the best comedy teams. Feb. 24, 1965 5 AM PT. Joined the Fred Karno's Troupe of actors which included Charlie Chaplin. In addition, Laurel was married to third wife Vera Ivanova Shuvalova in 1938. Occupying a featured position on the bill the sketch, according to reviews, was a variety show in itself for into the basic scenario the pair somehow managed to weave comedy, music and dance. The two became friends and their comic chemistry soon became obvious. [39], At his funeral service at Church of the Hills, Buster Keaton said, "Chaplin wasn't the funniest. Stan Laurel. [5] He then appeared exclusively with Hardy until retiring after his comedy partner's death in 1957. The Daily Times noted 'Laurel was not long ago the understudy for Chaplin and is an expert at the latter's kind of acrobatics' As a paIr Stan and Mae Laurel continued to tour for several years with their vaudeville act (which was eventually renamed 'No Mother to Guide Her') and they returned to Seattle on no fewer than three occasions at the Palace Hip in 1918 and the Pantages in 1919 and 1921. He was educated at Bishop Auckland Grammar School (where he was often in the staff room entertaining the teachers), Gainford Academy (outside Darlington), and Queens Park Secondary School, Glasgow (New Victoria Infirmary now stands on the site). There is a plaque commemorating the fact, at which time the family were living at 66 Waldron Street, which also has a plaque on it. How many grandchildren does Stan Laurel have? Those who knew Laurel reported he was absolutely devastated by Hardy's death and never fully recovered from it; his wife told the press that he became physically ill upon hearing that Hardy was dying. Look carefully and you'll no doubt have to freeze frame it but the spectator 2nd on Ollies right is Lou Costello. The two sections would be joined together, then copied and joined many times for repetition. Before he left Ulverston, Stan was a founding member of Barrow Central Wheelers, a cycling club in Barrow in Furness, the biggest nearby town. Their first feature-length starring roles were in Pardon Us (1931). Stan was not able to attend the Screen Actor's Guild Awards in 1963. They played successfully from February through October 1915, until the Hurleys and Stan parted ways. He was a heavy smoker until he suddenly gave up when he was about 70. In 1905, the Jeffersons lived at 57 Buchanan Drive, Rutherglen, Glasgow. Publication date Thursday 19 October 2017. His father was a theatre manager who ran a number of theatres in small towns North of Newcastle ,. On a call sheet for 'A Pair of Tights' (1929) that was discovered in 2012 and would have been issued to the cast and production personnel the day before filming, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are listed. (1925), Wandering Papas (1926) and Madame Mystery (1926). He was 74. In 1950, Olga and Bill left the Plough Inn to take over the Bull Inn, Bottesford, where Stan and Ollie visited them on several occasions. did not want to be on screen in his old age,[4] especially without Hardy. By 1907 he had been promoted to actor. In a 2005 UK poll, Comedians' Comedian, Laurel and Hardy were ranked top double act, and seventh overall. The plans were delayed after Laurel suffered a stroke on 25 April 1955, from which he recovered. A celebration of her . [4] During the First World War, Laurel registered for military service in America on 5 June 1917, as required under the Selective Service Act. He and Ollie had trouble with dentists in Flying Elephants, Leave 'Em Laughing and Pardon Us, trouble with landlords in Angora Love, They Go Boom, Leave 'Em Laughing, Laughing Gravy and The Chimp and were in prison in The Hoosegow, Liberty, The Second Hundred Years, Pardon Us and Flying Deuces. The playlet centred on the plight of a burglar who breaks into an apartment only to find it's occupant, a lovely young woman with a toothache, who mistakes him for the dentist she'd sent for earlier. [2] Although he continued to socialize with his fans, he refused to perform on stage or act in another film from then on as he had no interest in working without Hardy, turning down every offer he was given for a public appearance. [10], He moved with his parents to Glasgow, Scotland, where he completed his education at Rutherglen Academy. [4] Laurel began his film career in 1917 and made his final appearance in 1951. In a production of The Sleeping Beauty, he was promoted from supporting actor to be the featured comedian. 87 B&W images); size 240mm x170mm. ", "The Battle for Bottesford the border town of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. He bought a yacht in 1935 for $120,000 and renamed it Ruth L, after his then-wife. When Ross told me, I decided we would hold a lottery, where everyone can buy a ticket for $1, and the winner will receive a unique piece of memorabilia from our archives. Laurel was one of several popular British actors in Hollywood who never became a naturalised US citizen. CINEMAS are once-again packing them in to see a new Laurel and Hardy film. Although he wasn't the headline attraction (a high wire act took that honor) Stan's sketch was greeted favourably. Well, Laurel and Ida married in May 1946 after the actor divorced his second wife Virginia Ruth Rogers whom he married for the first time in 1935. He was actually born in Ulverston, Lancashire. But as the team was planning to get back to work, Hardy had a major stroke on 14 September 1956 and was unable to return to acting. A family statement says Hawes died late Friday, July 28, 2017 at a Los Angeles hospital after a long. I don't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence with. One is operated by the town of Harlem, and the other is a private museum owned and operated by Gary Russeth, a Harlem resident. When young Laurel first took to the stage as a performer, he had no idea that his own father was watching him whilst being part of the audience. [7] In 2009, a bronze statue of the duo was unveiled in Laurel's hometown of Ulverston. Official Sites, Usually played a childishly innocent man who always looked up to his good friend. During his retirement years, Stan Laurel was visited at his home in Santa Monica by two fellow comedians and fans. Like his comedy partner Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel was astounded at how popular they were when they arrived in England in 1932. Yesterday, speaking from her home in California, she revealed plans to visit Scotland this summer to pay tribute to Stans Scots legacy and unveil a new headstone on his mums grave. In his later years, he was arguably the most approachable of all movie stars, keeping his phone number in the phone book, welcoming all sorts of visitors, and responding to his fan mail personally. In 1925, she started interfering with Laurel's work, so Rock offered her a cash settlement and a one-way ticket back to her native Australia, which she accepted. These were Lucky Dog in which Stan sees stars, Flying Elephants, which are seen, With Love and Hisses involved flying bees ,In The Finishing Touch a bird lands on a chimney while at the end,of Brats theres a mouse and there's,a cat in 45 Minutes to Hollywood, Animated sparks are flying in Hog Wild, giant marching soldiers in Babes in Toyland, the pipe organ bubbles in Swiss Miss, Ollies neck is stretched in Way Out West, bee attack in Bonnie Scotland and there is a talking recruitment poster in Air Raid Wardens. Billy Wilder planned on doing a film with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the 1950s. Next to his partner, Oliver Hardy, who was about six feet tall and nearly double Stan's body weight, Stan appeared to be rather short and skinny by comparison. [3], In 1912 Laurel worked together with Ted Desmond on tour in Netherlands and Belgium as a comedy double act known as the Barto Bros. Their act, which involved them dressing as Romans, finished when Laurel was offered a spot in an American touring troupe. Stan and Ollie believed that they got most of their laughs by combining dumbness with dignity making the audience feel that they were superior to them. He had two children with his first wife, Lois: a daughter. Their second child, Stanley, was born two months premature in May 1930, but died after nine days. When he was just starting his career, he looked up Laurel's phone number, called him, and then visited him at his home. At the boxing match in the film Battle of the Century when Stan gets knocked out Oliie collapses. Laurel's future partner Hardy, however, did appear in three of the shorts directed by Laurel: Yes, Yes, Nanette! Im hopeful we can be there in the summer.. He and Ollie were inducted into the British show business organisation The Grand Order of Water Rats on 30th March 1947. Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on the 16th of June in Ulverston, Lancashire in England, 1890. Hats Off (1927) became The Music Box (1932) Slipping Wives (1927) became The Fixer UIppers (1935) and Angora Love (1929) turned into Laughing Gravy (1931). Reviews of the 1917 production of 'Raffles the Dentist' tended to bear this out. Charlotte Mae Dahlberg was part of a double act with Stan, and claimed that she gave Stan his surname. In 1928 Stan and Ollie appeared in the short film 'A Pair of Tights' but their scenes were deleted. Arthur Stanley Jefferson was born in his grandparents' house on 16 June 1890 in Argyle Street, Ulverston, Lancashire, [a] to Arthur J. Jefferson, an actor and theatre manager from Bishop Auckland, and Margaret (ne Metcalfe), an actress from Ulverston. In 1926 they began appearing together but not yet as a team. To paraphrase, Stan replied, " Those letters are personal between my fans and Me!". I came to Scotland when I was 12 and we spent three weeks going to different theatres where he performed, to his home, and I remember visiting a pub where his sister worked. In 1937, he filed for divorce, confessing that he was not over his ex-wife Lois, but Lois decided against a reconciliation. [citation needed], In 2013 Gail Louw and Jeffrey Holland debuted a short one-man play "And this is my friend Mr Laurel" at the Camden Fringe festival. Following the film Great Guns they joined The Flying Showboat, a revue that toured the U.S. military bases in the Caribbean for two weeks with John Garfield, Ray Bolger and Chico Marx with The Boys doing the Driving Licence sketch again. "I'm not," said Stan, "I'd rather be doing that than have all these needles stuck into me!" In 1950, Laurel and Hardy were invited to France to make a feature film. Their work became more production-line and less popular during the war years, especially after they left Roach and MGM for Twentieth Century-Fox. 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