Laurel and Hardy

British  

/ ˈhɑːdɪ, ˈlɒrəl /

noun

1. a team of US film comedians, Stan Laurel, 1890–1965, born in Britain, the thin one, and his partner, Oliver Hardy, 1892–1957, the fat one

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Laurel and Hardy Cultural  

1. Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy, two twentieth-century film comedians who almost always played their movie roles under their own names. Wearing derby hats and neckties, Laurel appeared as a thin, dim-witted Englishman and Hardy as an overweight American, often irritable and pompous. In their films, they constantly get in each other's way and are usually involved in hopeless business undertakings or doomed personal adventures.

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Laurel and Hardy

After sound came in, full-length feature comedies—by Laurel and Hardy, Mae West, W.C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The Scottish actor performed in more than 100 films but was best known for being the "third man" to Laurel and Hardy.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025

There are verbal routines in “Godot” that Abbott and Costello would have been right at home parroting and physical comedy sequences that Laurel and Hardy would have gladly taken a tumble for.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024

Martin grew up in Orange County in awe of Jerry Lewis, Laurel and Hardy and Nichols and May.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

‘You remember how Laurel and Hardy almost get out of the Foreign Legion camp in The Flying Deuces,’ I said.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd