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Stan Laurel

1890 - 1965

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Stan Laurel ( LORR-əl; born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, 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. Laurel began his career in music hall, where he developed a number of his standard comic devices, including the bowler hat, the deep comic gravity and the nonsensical understatement, and developed his skills in pantomime and music-hall sketches. He was a member of "Fred Karno's London Comedians", where he was Charlie Chaplin's understudy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stan Laurel is the 180th most popular actor (down from 155th in 2019), the 348th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 229th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Actor.

Stan Laurel was a comedian and actor who is most famous for his comedic duo act with Oliver Hardy.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Stan Laurel ranks 180 out of 13,578. Before him are Glenn Close, Shirley MacLaine, Leonardo DiCaprio, Harvey Keitel, Gérard Philipe, and Julie Andrews. After him are Pierce Brosnan, Russell Crowe, Martin Sheen, Jack Lemmon, Bette Davis, and Anouk Aimée.

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Among people born in 1890, Stan Laurel ranks 18. Before him are Karel Čapek, Fritz Lang, George II of Greece, Kurt Lewin, Bacha Khan, and Colonel Sanders. After him are Man Ray, Bohuslav Martinů, Walther Funk, Carlos Gardel, El Lissitzky, and Jaroslav Heyrovský. Among people deceased in 1965, Stan Laurel ranks 13. Before him are Syngman Rhee, Albert Schweitzer, Farouk of Egypt, Martin Buber, Eli Cohen, and Hermann Staudinger. After him are Adlai Stevenson II, Edgard Varèse, Paul Hermann Müller, Moshe Sharett, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, and Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Stan Laurel ranks 348 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederick Sanger (1918), Keith Richards (1943), Tony Blair (1953), Edward the Elder (871), Millvina Dean (1912), and Julie Andrews (1935). After him are Lady Godiva (990), Syd Barrett (1946), Vivienne Westwood (1941), Frank Williams (1942), John Edward Gray (1800), and Edward Gibbon (1737).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Stan Laurel ranks 27. Before him are Jason Statham (1967), Michael York (1942), Robert Shaw (1927), Ben Kingsley (1943), Jeremy Irons (1948), and Julie Andrews (1935). After him are Laurence Olivier (1907), Peter O'Toole (1932), Peter Ustinov (1921), Peter Mayhew (1944), Olivia Newton-John (1948), and Alec Guinness (1914).

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