

(Hardy also appeared in three sound features without Laurel.) Although they first worked together in the film The Lucky Dog (1921), this was a chance pairing and it was not until 1926 when both separately signed contracts with the Hal Roach film studio that they appeared in movie shorts together. Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892–1957) were established as film comedians prior to their teaming, with Laurel appearing in over 50 silent films and Hardy in over 250.

B In addition to these, Laurel and Hardy appeared in at least 20 foreign-language versions of their films and a promotional film, Galaxy of Stars (1936), made for European film distributors. Together they appeared in 34 silent shorts, A 45 sound shorts, and 27 full-length sound feature films. Laurel and Hardy were a motion picture comedy team whose official filmography consists of 106 films released between 19. Laurel (left) and Hardy in Bonnie Scotland (1935)
