Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; June 16, 1890) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was part of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. He appeared with his comedy partner ...

Were Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy the greatest comedy duo in film history? Childlike, unimposing Stan Laurel was a Brit, the lantern-jawed, cartoon-faced son of a theater manager and an actress, born ...

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This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel, left, and John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy in a scene from "Stan & Ollie." (Sony Pictures Classics via AP) There are lot ...

The temptation for headline writers everywhere, one can imagine, will be to describe the flawed but embraceable Laurel and Hardy biopic "Stan & Ollie" as "another fine mess." That one's just too easy.