Laurel was quite content behind the camera as writer/director, and only reluctantly took over a part vacated by an actor injured in a cooking accident in 1926, named Oliver Hardy.

But Stan Laurel’s connection to Santa Cruz was through his first wife, Lois Nelson (sometimes spelled Neilson). Nelson was born in 1896 in the Central Valley town of Tulare, with sisters Lena ...

The film duo of Laurel and Hardy is in the category of All Time Great Hollywood comics. They’ve been claimed as the inspiration of numerous followers: Marcel Marceau, Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, ...

Stan Laurel, half of the future comedic duo Laurel & Hardy, appeared at the Pantages Theater in Spokane on this date 100 years ago. (S-R archives) By Jim Kershner The Spokesman-Review ...