Was rather reluctant about entering into a comedy partnership in 1927. He bought a yacht in 1935 for $120,000 and renamed it Ruth L, after his then-wife. [7] In 2009, a bronze statue of the duo was unveiled in Laurel's hometown of Ulverston. It took considerable effort before he agreed to team up with Oliver Hardy. "I'm not," said Stan, "I'd rather be doing that than have all these needles stuck into me!" Early on the the association helped assure audiences of Stan's talents but it also drew obvious and sometimes unflattering comparisons between the two. Whenever. The new marriage was very volatile, and Illeana accused him of trying to bury her alive in the back yard of their San Fernando Valley home. [1] He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles.[2]. 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. His boyhood hero was Dan Leno, considered one of the greatest English music hall comedians. He has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: His old school in Bishop Auckland is in process of being demolished (early 2021) and in it place will be built old peoples homes which will be called Laurel Court. 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. [44], Neil Brand wrote a radio play entitled Stan, broadcast in 2004 on BBC Radio 4 and subsequently on BBC Radio 4 Extra,[45] starring Tom Courtenay as Stan Laurel, in which Stan visits Oliver Hardy after Hardy has suffered his stroke and tries to say the things to his dying friend and partner that have been left unsaid. ", "Raw footage of Stan Laurels funeral with Dick Van Dyke, Buster Keaton and more", "BBC Four Cinema - Silent Cinema Season. The show was a great success for The Boys showing that they were still a great comedy team. [43] In 1989, a statue of Laurel was erected in Dockwray Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, where he lived at No. In 1950, Laurel and Hardy were invited to France to make a feature film. Completely vacant stare into the camera, accentuated by white pancake makeup. A bronze statue of Laurel and Hardy was unveiled in Ulverston, Cumbria, UK where Stan Laurel was born. They were Tony Hancock and Peter Sellers. His father was a theatre manager who ran a number of theatres in small towns North of Newcastle ,. Laurel and Hardy successfully made the transition to talking films with the short Unaccustomed As We Are in 1929. 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). Lewis paid tribute to Laurel by naming his main character Stanley in the film, and having Bill Richmond play a version of Laurel as well. I plan to turn it around quickly. He had two children with his first wife, Lois: a daughter. Like his comedy partner Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel was astounded at how popular they were when they arrived in England in 1932. By 1924, Laurel had given up the stage for full-time film work, under contract with Joe Rock for 12 two-reel comedies. Guild president. Fundraisers spent 10 years raising 60,000 for the sculpture which was placed outside the Coronation Hall theatre. Lois Laurel Hawes, the daughter of famed comedian Stan Laurel, has died. This wasn't a new technique for it had been discovered in 1896 by Georges Melies. 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. Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Brody, Richard. Addressing stories of his split with Ollie Stan told reporters that he felt the story started when Babe appeared in the film Zenobia without him, In 1940 Stan stated that his contract ran out three months before Ollie's, The studio used Ollie during those 90 days and the impression got round that we'd split ,As soon as the Roach contract set up was liquidated we re -united and we intend to remain a team and good friends, He also said that he and Babe would soon be starring in a Technicolor film 'The Red Mill based on the Victor Herbert operetta from 1906, which of course never happened,. [42], Laurel and Hardy are featured on the cover of the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Eventually, the case was dropped and Laurel returned to Roach. The play, starring Holland as Laurel, was taken on tour of the UK in 2014 until June 2015.[51]. Stan was only the second honoree to receive a Screen Actors Guild Award for their contribution to entertainment. Stan now changed his surname to Laurel thus given the name Stan Laurel. Stan started to do his character as an imitation of Charlie Chaplin, and the Hurleys began to do their parts as silent comedians Chester Conklin and Mabel Normand. The contract had one unusual stipulation: that Dahlberg was not to appear in any of the films. The comedian was openly opposed to racial segregation. Surprisingly he has something in common with Rock and Roll singer BIll Haley in that Bill's mother, like Stan, was born in Ulverston, Cumbria, U.K. Scottish actor Alex Norton wrote a television play 'Stan's First Night, screened 22 June 1987, in which Stan was played by Paul Oldham and his father by William Hoyland. However, he worked on The Bellboy, advising Jerry to cut a significant amount Stan was often quite sickly as a child, so he remained at the Metcalfe home, largely being raised by his maternal grandmother, while A.J., Madge and Gordon were on tour. 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 Germany, Stan and Ollie were known as Dick und Doof. During his retirement years, Stan Laurel was visited at his home in Santa Monica by two fellow comedians and fans. He reportedly said he Stan Laurel (June 16, 1890 - February 23, 1965) was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, into a theatrical family. Stan Laurel, the skinny and bewildered half of the famed Laurel and Hardy comedy team, died Tuesday of a heart attack. Stan Laurel (1890-1965) Actor Writer Director IMDbPro Starmeter See rank Play trailer 1:07 Utopia (1950) 9 Videos 99+ Photos 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. He and Ollie had trouble with landlords in Angora Love, They Go Boom, Leave 'em, Laughing, The Chimp and Laughing Gravy, with police in Night Owls, Bacon Grabbers, Unaccustomed As We Are, Finishing Touch, The Hoosegow, Below Zero, Pardon Us, Midnight Patrol, Tit For Tat, Saps at Sea, Big Business Leave 'em Laughing, Double Whoopee and with doctors in Thicker Than Water, County Hospital, Saps at Sea, and Them Thar Hills. 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. That floored me. Their work became more production-line and less popular during the war years, especially after they left Roach and MGM for Twentieth Century-Fox. He and Ollie were contracted by Hal Roach Jr to star in a series of TV specials but they were never made. Laurel first appeared with his future partner, Oliver Hardy, in The Lucky Dog (1921), which was filmed in 1919 and released in 1921. It's also listed as a Large Historic Preserved Vessel in the Maritime Heritage Program. Laurel's brother died under anesthesia while at the dentist; Hardy's brother drowned in a swimming mishap. Stan Laurel was born on the 16th of June, 1890. There is a plaque in St Peters Church commemorating that he was re baptised there when his sister Beatrice was baptised in October 1891 having been born in nearby Waldron Street. In 1935, Laurel married Virginia Ruth Rogers (known as Ruth). He worked briefly with Oliver Hardy in 'The Lucky Dog . 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. He would have been in awe and so excited to see how many people are still interested in what he and Oliver did.. For Laurel, that usually meant staying at the "Hal Roach" studios and carrying out the editing himself, not finishing till quite late. Does anybody? 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. For his first professional stage appearance as a teenager, Stan took a pair of his father's pants, altered them with scissors, and took the stage. In his teens her became an understudy to Charlie Chaplin with the Fred Karno Comedy Company in London, In 1910 the company sailed from Liverpool to America for an engagement .after which Stan stayed in America and 10 years later he met Oliver Hardy when they were cast in a 2 reel film, becoming a well known partnership that was loved all round the world and continues even now (2021} with branches of the 'Sons of the Desert' (their fan club) pretty much all round the world. I guess that's because they saw how much love we put into them. In 1896, when the Jeffersons were in North Shields, Stan's father was presented with with an entree dish engraved with "Presented to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jefferson as a mark of esteem from the management and staff of the Theatre Royal, North Shields, Christmas 1896. Laurel was introduced by Bob Hope, and the award was accepted by Danny Kaye. What is comedy? From 1937 to 1950 Stan's sister Olga and her husband ran the pub The Plough Inn in Barkston before taking the lease of The Bull Inn at Bottesford The Plough became the home of Stan's father (AJ) following his retirement from the theatre in 1940, AJ died in 1949 and is buried in the local cemetery. He always thought that his "whining face" was humiliating. When flushed, the toilet sank into the floor. His light blue eyes almost ended his movie career before it began. - IMDb Mini Biography By: . Was Stan Laurel's partner a man? How many grandchildren does Stan Laurel have? Their first starring feature Pardon Us was released in 1931. As he was a sickly baby she left him there and returned to Bishop to help her husband run his theatres. Together they had a daughter, Lois, who was born on (1927-12-10)10 December 1927. Stan attended the King James Grammar School in Bishop Auckland briefly as a boarder in 1902/03 but spent more time entertaining the teachers in the staff room so his father had him sent to Gainford Accademy for about a year, The King James School had stood empty and boarded up since about 2000 when 7 years later two youths, who were later caught, broke in and set it on fire, Despite the insurance company paying out the County Council did nothing costing them well over 600,000 a great deal more than the insurance payout. Later he renamed it Ida Mae after his last wife. Prolgue: The Journal of the National Archives, p. 258. All I know is that I learned how to get laughs, and that's all I know about it. She was survived by her daughter Laurel, five grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren in all. A statue of Stan stands on or near the site of his father's theatre at what is known as Theatre Corner in Bishop Auckland, The statue was created, appropriately by Bob Olley, who also did the one of him in North Shield, and was unveiled by Stan's niece Nancy Wardell. The first film that Laurel and Hardy made after Laurel returned was A Chump at Oxford. The public loved it, so the producers forced him to do it in most of his movies. 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. What's there to say? 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. Laurel disputed this and claimed that it just "sounded good". Stan Laurel. She had five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren in all, as well as a daughter,. Gaze into the camera with arms up and palms out in a "What now?" They made films for another 20 years. [49][50], There is a Laurel and Hardy Museum in Stan's hometown of Ulverston. [30] Dahlberg was described as a "relief project worker" by the court. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Olga Healey When Stan and Charlie Chaplin moved to America they shared a room in a boarding house. He was popular for being a Movie Actor. He lived his final years in a small flat in the Oceana Apartments in Santa Monica, California. The actor, played by Steve Coogan in the film Stan & Ollie released last week, spent much of his childhood in Glasgow in the 1890s and his mother Margaret (Madge) Jefferson is buried in Cathcart. The British actor Sir Alec Guinness was a great admirer of Stan's. [35], In 1941, Laurel remarried Virginia Ruth Rogers; they were divorced for the second time in early 1946. 87 B&W images); size 240mm x170mm. children: Lois Laurel, Stanley Robert Laurel Partner: Mae Charlotte Dahlberg (1919-1925) Born Country: England Actors Writers Height: 5'8" (173 cm ), 5'8" Males Died on: February 23, 1965 place of death: Santa Monica, California, United States Ancestry: British American Diseases & Disabilities: Heart Attack Cause of Death: Heart Attack "[6] He was interred in Forest LawnHollywood Hills Cemetery. Stan and Virginia divorced in 1937 just to re-marry in 1941. Few performing acts successfully transitioned from the Silent Era into the age of sound, but Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel used a combination of visual contrast the rotund and imposing Hardy standing next to the thin, angular Laurel peerless physical comedy, and sharp comic timing to become one of the most popular . After Laurel left England for America the pair maintained a life-long friendship, sending letters and photos that documented Laurel's rise from an unknown British comedy actor in 1913 to one of the biggest names in Hollywood in the 1950s. Danny is also the author of The Making of Stan Laurel. Although they were identified with Bowlers they actually wore more other hats in their many films and when they were on their European tours they eagerly donned the appropriate national hat of the country they were in- Berets in Paris, Tam O Shanter in Scotland .After Ollie's death Stan never publicly wore another Bowler. Ed Stephan . Reviews of the 1917 production of 'Raffles the Dentist' tended to bear this out. 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. Grew to despair working at "20th Century Fox" after having left the "Hal Roach" studios. Somewhat taken aback, the nurse replied that she didn't know he was a skier. They played successfully from February through October 1915, until the Hurleys and Stan parted ways. Laurel was quoted as saying that the one thing guaranteed to incur his anger, was if a film's editing was poorly done. Fortunately the elder Laurel was please with Stan's turn, and no discipline was administered. Entertainment Weekly voted him and comedy partner, He fell off a platform and tore ligaments in his right leg while filming, In his later years, he was a close friends with, While rarely credited as a writer or director, he was the driving creative force behind the team of Laurel and Hardy. Like most comedians, Stan Laurel lived and breathed comedy. He died of a heart attack at his Santa Monica home, out living Ollie by 8 years. Both Laurel and Hardy lost siblings to tragic accidents. 8 Dockwray Square, North Shields, which was where Stan and and his family lived for a time, was demolished in the 60's and replaced by flats which were also demolished. Left is Ida and Stan's sister Olga (in hat), Bill Healey is far right. The family moved from Dockwray Square to Ayton House in Ayres Terrace, North Shields. Laurel and Mae Dahlberg never married but lived together as common-law husband and wife from 1919 to 1925, before Dahlberg accepted a one-way ticket from Joe Rock to go back to her native Australia. [21] Mobbed wherever they went, Laurel's homecoming to Ulverston took place in May, and the duo were greeted by thousands of fans outside the Coronation Hall. Stan and Ollie were involved with cars in Perfect Day, Two Tars, Leave 'Em Laughing, Hog Wild, Stolen Jewels ,One Good Turn, County Hospital, Blockheads, Hoosegow, Big Business and Saps at Sea. It was around this time that Laurel met Mae Dahlberg. Daughter of Hollywood comic star Stan Laurel (1890-1965), one half of the famed 'Laurel & Hardy' comedy team, and Silent Film actress Lois Nelson (1895-1990). Stan's famous hairstyle was created by accident. Here we are updating just estimated networth of Stan Laurel salary, income and assets. I didnt know at first if we were really big fans or if this was actually our family! [25] Laurel was gracious to fans and spent much time answering fan mail. It appears, however, his involvement reached the stage of filming a background matching shot of his old time convertible, with a stand-in seated, at the wheel, donning a derby hat. Stan Laurel was presented with the Annual Screen Actors Guild award 'for outstanding achievement in foster the finest ideals of the acting profession and advancing the principles of good citizenship.' five grandchildren A son, Rand Brooks Jr. died in 2016. He was 74. He'd be filmed with his ears as normal then they'd be held forward with putty or some similar material and the camera restarted. Publicity Listings 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. Laurel & Hardy are now known as one of the best comedy teams. She is survived by a daughter, Laurel; five grandchildren and nine great- grandchildren. 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. He appeared with his comic partner Oliver Hardy in the film short The Lucky Dog in 1921, although they did not become an official team until late 1927. In addition, Laurel was married to third wife Vera Ivanova Shuvalova in 1938. The show was called The Laurel and Hardy Revue with the Driving Licence sketch as the finale. It's thought that actor Douglas Gordon came up with the gag of Stan Laurel lighting his thumb in the film Way Out West. Stan was not able to attend the Screen Actor's Guild Awards in 1963. Free shipping for many products! [4] Laurel began his film career in 1917 and made his final appearance in 1951. In deed Stan's act at the time seems to have been more in line with the Chaplin style of comedy (more precisely the Karno style of comedy) than the type he would perfect in later collaborations with Oliver Hardy. Together, he and Hardy starred in such 1930s productions as The Music Box, Way Out West, The Flying Deuces and Sons of the Desert. [22] The Evening Mail noted: "Oliver Hardy remarked to our reporter that Stan had talked about Ulverston for the past 22 years and he thought he had to see it. In 1966 it was listed in the National Park Service, Department of Interior, as a Historic Ships to visit. A few minutes later, the nurse looked in on him again and found that Stan had quietly passed away. Tonyman 5. In 1905, the Jefferson family moved to Glasgow to be closer to their business . On the advice of booking agent Gordon Bostock, they called themselves "the Keystone Trio". [11] It was the music hall from where he drew his standard comic devices, including his bowler hat and nonsensical understatement. Teamed With Oliver Hardy in 200 Slapstick Films-Played 'Simple' Foil. Late in life, Stan Laurel faced financial difficulties because of his many ailments. The correspondence, spanning around 50 years and including photos of them being reunited in the US, was put up for auction by Desmond's grandson, Geoffrey Nolan, in 2018. Stan's father Arthur Jefferson, or AJ as he was known as, was a prominent theatrical figure in the North East of England. The music hall nurtured him, and he acted as Chaplin's understudy for some time. The same year, Hardy, a member of the Hal Roach Studios Comedy All Star players, was injured in a kitchen mishap and hospitalised. Stan was superstitious, and his name had 13 letters in it, so he was more than happy to take up her suggestion of adopting the name of Laurel. The two became friends and their comic chemistry soon became obvious. He had two children with his first wife, Lois: a daughter Lois Laurel (1927-2017); and a son, Stanley Robert (May 7, 1930-May 16, 1930), who was born two months prematurely. [32], Laurel was a smoker until suddenly quitting around 1960. Stan's Ear Wiggles. When asked why he had his name and number in the telephone directory he's reputed to have said that "How would people find me if I didn't?" [22] The success of the tour led them to spend the next seven years touring the UK and Europe. 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). Doctors become involved in Thicker Than Water, County Hospital, .Saps at Sea, Them Thar Hills, Sons of the Desert and Dancing Masters,. Rock thought that her temperament was hindering Laurel's career. 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. Interred at Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, California, USA. [2][3] He and Chaplin arrived in the United States on the same ship from the United Kingdom with the Karno troupe. [1902]. Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy outside the Red Lion, Grantham High Street in March 1947. Man of the Theatre and Father of Stan Laurel (Brewin Books Ltd). 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. (sibling). the tour called Hell -A - Balloo began in Washington D.C. at the end of March '42, - IMDb Mini Biography By: Although the town was in Lancashire when Laurel was born, that area today is in. ISBN: 978-1-85858-576-5; 16.95; 320 pp. Their first release through MGM was Sugar Daddies (1927) and the first with star billing was From Soup to Nuts (1928). did not want to be on screen in his old age,[4] especially without Hardy. As children Alan Young's father and an aunt ran away from home to audition for Stan's father in Glasgow. There have been more than 40 versions of Stevenson's classic tale but the one that eclipses them all for ingenuity is Dr Pyckle and Mr Pride (1925) a two reeler in which Stan Laurel creates a brilliant parody of John Barrymore's 1920 performance. Subsequently, they made Saps at Sea, which was their last film for Roach. This led onto more short comedies with such greats as Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, and Hal Roach. Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to create a feed. He found his greatest success when. Laurel & Hardy had appeared as funny as they could be in Putting Pants on Philip (1927) which led them to stardom. 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. Stan's mother Margaret died 1st December 1908 and is buried in grave L203 in Cathcart Cemetary in Glasgow. Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on the 16th of June in Ulverston, Lancashire in England, 1890. In "Bonnie Scotland" Stan says to the landlady "You're 'darn tootin'" In "Sons of the Desert" Stan says "Oliver I want you to 'be big' and a conventioneer says "You know 'that's my wife'". [41] Laurel had quipped, "If anyone at my funeral has a long face, I'll never speak to him again. Way Out West (1937) was the first film to be produced by Stan Laurel. He is shown with his partner, Had said that out of all the impersonations done of him, he liked actor. Im hopeful we can be there in the summer.. In the 2018 film Stan & Ollie, Steve Coogan portrayed Laurel (a performance which saw him nominated for the BAFTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role) and John C. Reilly played Hardy. Stan Laurel was a Lancashire lad who along with Charlie Chaplin went to American vaudeville on the same boat and struck it big. 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. I wasn't the funniest; this man was the funniest." The English manor-style home at 718 Bedford Dr. in Beverly Hills where he lived in the early 1930s is shown in. Working relations between Stan Laurel and Hal Roach began to sour after the mid 1930s. Official Sites, Usually played a childishly innocent man who always looked up to his good friend. In 1960 he was given a special Oscar "for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy". Laurel next signed with the Hal Roach studio, where he began directing films, including a 1926 production called Yes, Yes, Nanette (in which Oliver Hardy had a part under the name "Babe" Hardy). In Holland, Stan and Ollie were known as Dikke und Dunne. He was not called up; his registration card states his status as resident alien and his deafness as exemptions.[15][16]. According to his daughter, Laurel was largely apolitical and always supported whichever US president was in office. In 1941, Laurel and Hardy signed a contract at 20th Century-Fox to make ten films over five years. Charlotte Mae Dahlberg was part of a double act with Stan, and claimed that she gave Stan his surname. Stan removed the heels from his shoes while filming. 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,. 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 Robson, 2005 Retrieved: 18 June 2012. It begins and ends with scenes of Stan. The contract was soon cancelled during a reorganisation at the studio. In May 1954, Hardy had a heart attack and cancelled the tour. Stans number was in the phone book because he wanted to be approachable and to help people follow their passions and dreams. 'M-G-M's Galaxy of Stars' was a promotional reel of scenes from films being released Europe in the 1935 -36 season. In 1912 they went on a tour to America where Chaplin remained, but Stan went straight back to England. In April 1961, at the 33rd Academy Awards, Laurel was given an Academy Honorary Award for his pioneering work in comedy, and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard. After his 1938 marriage to nightclub singer/dancer Illeana Shuvalova, he was constantly harassed by former wife Virginia Ruth Rogers. In 1934, he lived at 10353 Glenbarr Avenue, Cheviot Hills, California near the house that was featured in. When his family moved to Scotland, he pursued theater and got to work with the likes of impresario Fred Karno and actor Charlie Chaplin. A special thank you to Wayne Yorke (Ollie) and B. Arthur Mulligan (Stan) for sharing their natural . He and. Her beloved . [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. In 1941 they did a show at Camp Roberts, California Military Base for the Field Artillery troops appearing with Red Skelton, Jane Withers, Joan Leslie, Larry Adler and Chico Marx. [4] During the First World War, Laurel registered for military service in America on 5 June 1917, as required under the Selective Service Act. In 2006, BBC Four showed a drama called Stan, based on Brand's radio play, in which Laurel meets Hardy on his deathbed and reminisces about their career. McCabe 2005, p. 143. In 1937, he filed for divorce, confessing that he was not over his ex-wife Lois, but Lois decided against a reconciliation. [12][13] He joined Fred Karno's troupe of actors in 1910 with the stage name of "Stan Jefferson"; the troupe also included a young Charlie Chaplin. 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