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Also Known As Arthur Stanley Jefferson
Born June 16, 1890 • England
Died February 23, 1965 (aged 74) • Santa Monica • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1961)

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Stan Laurel
Stan Laurel as Stannie Dum and Oliver Hardy as Ollie Dee stand back to back in medieval costumes, each holding a sack over their shoulder, in a promotional photo for Babes in Toyland (1934).
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and Charley Chase in fezzes and sashes sit around a table with drinks, gesturing animatedly in a scene from Sons of the Desert (1933).
Laurel and Hardy in Way Out West
Laurel and Hardy in The Flying Deuces, 1939
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