Stan Laurel: Movies & Filmography
- films
- 164
- as director
- 5
- on screen
- 1918–2011
Stan Laurel's Career in Numbers
Stan Laurel's films in numbers — as an actor and a director, not counting appearances as themselves: when they were made, the genres Stan Laurel works in most and the milestones along the way. The filmography runs from Frauds and Frenzies (1918) to Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys (1992), and the 1920s were the busiest decade.
Stan Laurel Movies by Decade
- 1910s 7
- 1920s 75
- 1930s 54
- 1940s 11
- 1950s 2
- 1960s 3
- 1970s 1
- 1980s 1
- 1990s 1
The 1920s were Stan Laurel's busiest decade, with 75 films.
Stan Laurel Movies by Genre
- Comedy 130
- Documentary 4
- Music 3
- War 3
- Crime 1
- Western 1
Comedy is the genre Stan Laurel has worked in most, with 130 films, ahead of documentary (4).
Stan Laurel Career Milestones
- First film
- Frauds and Frenzies 1918
- Newest film
- Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys 1992
Stan Laurel Filmography: Every Movie
Every film Stan Laurel is credited on, newest first, with the role, the box office and the Movie Echo Score. 5 as director and 150 as actor. Re-order the list to see the best-rated films or the biggest hits first.
Movies Directed by Stan Laurel
5Stan Laurel Movies as an Actor
150- 1992
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys as Stan / Sandy / Alf / Lord Paddington (archive footage) · Documentary - 1984
Going Hollywood: The ’30s as (archive footage) · Documentary - 1970
4 Clowns as (archive footage) - 1967
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy Comedy - 1964
The Big Parade of Comedy as Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) · Documentary - 1960
When Comedy Was King as edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage) · Comedy - 1957
The Golden Age of Comedy as archive footage · Comedy - 1951
Utopia as Stan · Comedy - 1945
The Bullfighters as Stanley · Music - 1944
Nothing But Trouble as Stan · Comedy - 1944
The Big Noise as Stan · Comedy - 1943
The Dancing Masters as Stan · Comedy - 1943
Jitterbugs as Stan · Comedy - 1943
Air Raid Wardens as Stan · Comedy - 1942
The Tree in a Test Tube as Stan · Documentary - 1942
A-Haunting We Will Go as Stan · Crime - 1941
Great Guns as Stan · Comedy - 1940
Saps at Sea as Stan · Comedy - 1940
A Chump at Oxford as Stan · Comedy - 1939
The Flying Deuces as Stan · War - 1938
Block-Heads as Stan · War - 1938
Swiss Miss as Stan · Comedy - 1937
Pick a Star as Stan Laurel · Comedy - 1936
Our Relations as Stan / Alf Laurel · Comedy - 1936
On the Wrong Trek as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker) · Comedy - 1936
The Bohemian Girl as Stan · Comedy - 1935
Bonnie Scotland as Stanley MacLaurel · Comedy - 1935
Thicker Than Water as Stan · Comedy - 1935
The Fixer Uppers as Stan · Comedy - 1935
Tit for Tat as Stan · Comedy - 1934
The Live Ghost as Stan · Comedy - 1934
Babes in Toyland as Stannie Dum · Comedy - 1934
Them Thar Hills as Stan · Comedy - 1934
Going Bye-Bye! as Mr. Laurel · Comedy - 1934
Hollywood Party as Stan · Comedy - 1934
Oliver the Eighth as Stan · Comedy - 1933
Sons of the Desert as Stanley 'Stan' Laurel · Comedy - 1933
Dirty Work as Stan · Comedy - 1933
Busy Bodies as Stan · Comedy - 1933
The Midnight Patrol as Officer Stanley Laurel · Comedy - 1933
The Devil’s Brother as Stanlio · Music - 1933
Twice Two as Stan / Mrs. Hardy · Comedy - 1932
Towed in a Hole as Stan · Comedy - 1932
Their First Mistake as Stan · Comedy - 1932
Pack Up Your Troubles as Stan · War - 1932
County Hospital as Stan · Comedy - 1932
The Music Box as Stan · Comedy - 1932
Any Old Port! as Stan · Comedy - 1932
Helpmates as Stan · Comedy - 1931
On the Loose as New Suitor (uncredited) · Comedy - 1931
Beau Hunks as Stan · Comedy - 1931
One Good Turn as Stan · Comedy - 1931
Come Clean as Stan · Comedy - 1931
Pardon Us as Stan · Comedy - 1931
Haunted at Midnight as Stan · Comedy - 1931
Our Wife as Stan · Comedy - 1931
Playing at Politics as Stan · Comedy - 1931
The Skulls as Señor Laurel · Comedy - 1931
The Stolen Jools as Policeman · Comedy - 1931
Laughing Gravy as Stan · Comedy - 1931
Chickens Come Home as Mr. Laurel · Comedy - 1931
The Chiselers as M. Laurel · Comedy - 1931
Be Big! as Stan · Comedy - 1930
Another Fine Mess as Stan · Comedy - 1930
Night of Goblins as Stan · Comedy - 1930
Hog Wild as Stan · Comedy - 1930
Shivering and Shaking as Stan · Comedy - 1930
Below Zero as Stan · Comedy - 1930
The Night Life as Stan · Comedy - 1930
Brats as Stan Sr. / Stanley Jr. · Comedy - 1930
The Rogue Song as Ali-Bek · Music - 1930
Thieves Comedy - 1930
Night Owls as Stan · Comedy - 1929
Angora Love as Stan · Comedy - 1929
The Hoose-Gow as Stan · Comedy - 1929
Bacon Grabbers as Stan · Comedy - 1929
They Go Boom! as Stan · Comedy - 1929
Perfect Day as Stan · Comedy - 1929
Men O’ War as Stan · Comedy - 1929
Berth Marks as Stan · Comedy - 1929
Double Whoopee as Stan · Comedy - 1929
Unaccustomed as We Are as Stan · Comedy - 1929
That’s My Wife as Stan · Comedy - 1929
Liberty as Stan · Comedy - 1928
We Faw Down as Stan · Comedy - 1928
Habeas Corpus as Stan · Comedy - 1928
Two Tars as Stan · Comedy - 1928
Early to Bed as Stan · Comedy - 1928
Should Married Men Go Home? as Stan · Comedy - 1928
Their Purple Moment as Mr. Pincher · Comedy - 1928
You’re Darn Tootin’ as Stanley, clarinet player · Comedy - 1928
From Soup to Nuts as Hired butler · Comedy - 1928
The Finishing Touch as Stan · Comedy - 1928
Flying Elephants as Little Twinkle Star · Comedy - 1928
Leave ’Em Laughing as Stan · Comedy - 1928
Should Tall Men Marry? as Texas Tommy · Comedy - 1927
The Battle of the Century as Prize Fighter · Comedy - 1927
Putting Pants on Philip as Philip · Comedy - 1927
Do Detectives Think? as Ferdinand Finkleberry · Comedy - 1927
Hats Off as Stan · Comedy - 1927
The Second 100 Years as Little Goofy · Comedy - 1927
Now I’ll Tell One as Lawyer · Comedy - 1927
Sailors, Beware! as Chester Chaste, cabdriver · Comedy - 1927
Sugar Daddies as Brittle's lawyer · Comedy - 1927
With Love and Hisses as Cuthbert Hope · Comedy - 1927
Why Girls Love Sailors as Willie Brisling · Comedy - 1927
Love ’Em and Weep as Romaine Ricketts · Comedy - 1927
Slipping Wives as Handyman · Comedy - 1927
Duck Soup as Hives · Comedy - 1927
Seeing the World as English pedestrian · Comedy - 1926
45 Minutes from Hollywood as Hotel Guest · Comedy - 1926
On the Front Page as Dangerfield · Comedy - 1926
Get ’Em Young as Summers, the butler · Comedy - 1926
What’s the World Coming To? as The Man in the Window · Comedy - 1925
Half a Man as Winchell McSweeney · Comedy - 1925
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride as Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde · Comedy - 1925
The Sleuth as Webster Dingle · Comedy - 1925
Navy Blue Days as Stan · Comedy - 1925
Pie-Eyed as Drunk · Comedy - 1925
Somewhere In Wrong as A tramp · Comedy - 1924
West of Hot Dog as Stan, a Tenderfoot · Comedy - 1924
Detained as A convict · Comedy - 1924
Short Kilts as McPherson's Son - 1924
Wide Open Spaces as Gabriel Goober · Western - 1924
Near Dublin as Con - 1924
Zeb vs. Paprika as Dippy Donawho · Comedy - 1924
Smithy as Smithy · Comedy - 1923
Scorching Sands as Stan · Comedy - 1923
The Soilers as Bob Canister - 1923
The Whole Truth as The husband · Comedy - 1923
Frozen Hearts as Olaf - A peasant · Comedy - 1923
Roughest Africa as Professor Stanilaus Laurello - 1923
Short Orders as Waiter · Comedy - 1923
Oranges and Lemons as Sunkist · Comedy - 1923
Kill or Cure - 1923
Under Two Jags - 1923
White Wings as Street Cleaner - 1923
The Noon Whistle - 1923
When Knights Were Cold as Lord Helpus, a Slippery Knight · Comedy - 1922
The Pest as Jimmy Smith · Comedy - 1922
The Weak-End Party as The Gardener · Comedy - 1922
The Egg as Humpty Dumpty · Comedy - 1921
The Lucky Dog as Brash young man accused of dognapping · Comedy - 1919
Hustling for Health as The Man · Comedy - 1919
Do You Love Your Wife? as Toby - the janitor - 1918
Frauds and Frenzies as Simp, Second Prisoner - 1918
Frauds and Frenzies as Simp, Second Prisoner - 1918
Just Rambling Along as Nervy Young Man · Comedy - 1918
Bears and Bad Men as Pete · Comedy - 1918
Huns and Hyphens as Gang member
Stan Laurel in Documentaries & Specials
9- 2011
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2011
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films as Himself (archive footage) · Documentary - 1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · Documentary - 1974
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy as Himself (archive footage) · Documentary - 1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage) · Documentary - 1947
Performers arrive in Hampshire as Self - 1937
That’s That! as Himself · Comedy - 1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self · Comedy
Who Stan Laurel Makes Movies With
The actors and directors Stan Laurel shares the most films with. Tiny Sandford comes first, with 21 films together, followed by Edgar Kennedy (15).
Stan Laurel: Questions & Answers
How many movies Stan Laurel has made, the biggest hit, the best-rated film, the award record and more, answered from the filmography above.
How many movies has Stan Laurel been in?
Stan Laurel is credited on 164 films, from 1918 to 2011. 150 of them as an actor and 5 as a director. The filmography on this page lists every one of them, newest first, with the role and the Movie Echo Score.
What is Stan Laurel's newest movie?
The most recent film on Stan Laurel's filmography is Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011), in the role of Self (archive footage).
Who does Stan Laurel work with most often?
Stan Laurel shares the most films with Tiny Sandford (21 films), Edgar Kennedy (15 films) and Billy Gilbert (10 films).
The Best Stan Laurel Movies, Ranked
Top rated, most awarded and biggest box office hits from 164 credits.
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