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In 1909, Laurel was employed by Britain's leading comedy impresario Fred Karno as a supporting actor, and as an understudy for Charlie Chaplin. Arthur Jefferson secured Laurel his first acting job with the juvenile theatrical company of Levy and Cardwell, which specialized in Christmas pantomimes. In 1905, the Jefferson family moved to Glasgow to be closer to their business mainstay of the Metropole Theatre, and Laurel made his stage debut in a Glasgow hall called the Britannia Panopticon one month short of his 16th birthday. His father, Arthur Joseph Jefferson, was a theatrical entrepreneur and theatre owner in northern England and Scotland who, with his wife, was a major force in the industry. Stan Laurel (J– February 23, 1965) was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, into a theatrical family. The official Laurel and Hardy appreciation society is The Sons of the Desert, after a fictitious fraternal society in the film of the same name.

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In 2005, they were voted the seventh-greatest comedy act of all time by a UK poll of professional comedians. Since the 1930s, their works have been released in numerous theatrical reissues, television revivals, 8-mm and 16-mm home movies, feature-film compilations, and home videos. On December 1, 1954, they made their sole American television appearance, when they were surprised and interviewed by Ralph Edwards on his live NBC-TV program This Is Your Life. They also made 12 guest or cameo appearances, including in the Galaxy of Stars promotional film of 1936. They appeared as a team in 107 films, starring in 32 short silent films, 40 short sound films, and 23 full-length feature films. They made their last film in 1950, a French–Italian co-production called Atoll K. After finishing their film commitments at the end of 1944, they concentrated on performing stage shows, and embarked on a music hall tour of England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland.

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They remained with Roach until 1940, and then appeared in eight B movie comedies for 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1941 to 1945. They officially became a team in 1927 when they appeared in the silent short Putting Pants on Philip. They first appeared together in a short film in 1926, when they signed separate contracts with the Hal Roach film studio. Both had appeared in The Lucky Dog (1921), but were not teamed at the time. Laurel had acted in over 50 films, and worked as a writer and director, while Hardy was in more than 250 productions.

Prior to emerging as a team, both had well-established film careers. Marvin Hatley) was heard over their films' opening credits, and became as emblematic of them as their bowler hats. Their signature theme song, known as 'The Cuckoo Song', 'Ku-Ku', or 'The Dance of the Cuckoos' (by Hollywood composer T. From the late 1920s to the mid-1950s, they were internationally famous for their slapstick comedy, with Laurel playing the clumsy, childlike friend to Hardy's pompous bully. Starting their career as a duo in the silent film era, they later successfully transitioned to ' talkies'. Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). The Music Box, Babes in Toyland, Way Out West, Helpmates, Another Fine Mess, Sons of the Desert, Block-Heads, Busy Bodies, Towed in a Hole This doesn't say if the single was culled from the album or if the album was released to cash in on the success of the single.Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, promotional shot In 1975 he released a singing album-his first.

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In the '60s he starred in the TV series 'Frontier Circus' and 'The Rounders.' For his work in The Alamo (1960) he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. He provided the voice of Francis the Talking Mule in the 'Francis' comedy series of films. For the next fifteen years he was busy onscreen as a character actor, but after 1953 his film work became less frequent. After appearing with the group in several Westerns, beginning with his screen debut, Bar 20 Rides Again (1935), he disbanded the group in 1938. He formed Chill Wills and the Avalon Boys, a singing group in which he was the leader and bass vocalist, in the '30s.

He began performing in early childhood, going on to appear in tent shows, vaudeville, and stock throughout the Southwest.

Biography of Chill Wills by All Movie Guide

Laurel and hardy on the trail of the lonesome pine