Laurel and Hardy filmography

This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laurel filmography and Oliver Hardy filmography.

Laurel (left) and Hardy in Bonnie Scotland (1935)

Laurel and Hardy were a motion picture comedy team whose official filmography consists of 106 films released between 1921 and 1951.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Together they appeared in 34 silent shorts,^{{{#if:A|A|[1]}}} 45 sound shorts, and 27 full-length sound feature films.^{{{#if:B|B|[2]}}} 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), produced for European film distributors.<ref name=forgotten>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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. (Hardy also appeared in three sound features without Laurel.)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> 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 film shorts together.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Wes D. Gehring identifies their first "official" film together as Putting Pants on Philip,<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> William K. Everson identifies The Second Hundred Years as the first "official" Laurel and Hardy film in which they are presented as a team.<ref name="Everson 1973 50">Template:Harvnb</ref> Should Married Men Go Home? was the first Hal Roach film to bill Laurel and Hardy as a team. Previous appearances together were billed under the Roach "All-Star Comedy" banner. The pair remained with the Roach studio until 1940.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Between 1941 and 1945, they appeared in eight features and one short for 20th Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.<ref name="autogenerated1">Template:Harvnb</ref> After finishing their film commitments, Laurel and Hardy concentrated on stage shows, embarking on a music hall tour of Great Britain.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> In 1950, they appeared in their last film, Atoll K, a French/Italian co-production.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>

In 1932, Laurel and Hardy's short The Music Box won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film (Comedy).<ref name="Oscars1932">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="NY Times">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1960, Laurel was presented with an Academy Honorary Award "for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema comedy."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Note: Type "Stan Laurel" into the Nominee box and click on search</ref> In 1992, 1997, 2012 and 2020 respectively, Big Business (1929), The Music Box, Sons of the Desert (1933) and The Battle of the Century (1927) were added to the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."<ref name="NY Times" /><ref name="1992Add">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="LOC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For their contributions to cinema, Laurel and Hardy have been awarded separate stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Official films

The following is a list of Laurel and Hardy's official filmography as established in Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies by Randy Skretvedt and Laurel and Hardy by John McCabe, Al Kilgore, and Richard W. Bann. Each book lists 105 films and Skredvedt's adds a 106th in its appendix, Now I'll Tell One, a previously lost film that was partly rediscovered.<ref name="tell">Template:Harvnb</ref>

Except where noted, all of these films were photographed in black and white, produced by Hal Roach, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Except where noted, all short films are two reels in length. All films produced prior to 1928 are silent and all films made after 1929 are sound. Releases from 1928 are silent except as noted. 1929 releases are identified as silent, all-talkie, or sound films with music and sound effects only. Template:Sticky header

Release date	Title	Short / feature	Notes
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Short	Produced by Shiller Productions<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Short	Released by Pathé Exchange Hardy in a supporting role and Laurel in a bit part<ref name="minutes">Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Duck Soup	Short	Released by Pathé Exchange<ref name="minutes"/> Based on "Home from the Honeymoon", a sketch written by Arthur J. Jefferson (Stan Laurel's father)<ref name="minutes"/> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Slipping Wives	Short	Released by Pathé Exchange<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Love 'em and Weep	Short	Released by Pathé Exchange<ref name="minutes"/> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Why Girls Love Sailors	Short	Released by Pathé Exchange<ref name="minutes"/> Public Domain
Template:Dts	With Love and Hisses	Short	Released by Pathé Exchange<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> First Laurel and Hardy film where Hardy sports his iconic narrow mustache. Public Domain
Template:Dts	Sugar Daddies	Short	Public Domain
Template:Dts	Sailors, Beware!	Short	Released by Pathé Exchange<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Now I'll Tell One	Short	Partly lost film<ref name="tell"/> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Short	William K. Everson identifies this as the first "official" Laurel and Hardy film in which they are presented as a team<ref name="Everson 1973 50"/> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Call of the Cuckoo	Short	Laurel and Hardy and Charley Chase in supporting roles<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Hats Off	Short	Lost film<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Do Detectives Think?	Short	First film in which the duo appear in their standard costumes Public Domain
Template:Dts	Putting Pants on Philip	Short	Wes D. Gehring identifies this as their first "official" film together as a team<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Short	Once partly lost film,<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> but found in 2015.<ref name="NYT-20150708">Template:Cite news</ref> Added to the National Film Registry in 2020. Public Domain
Template:Dts	Leave 'Em Laughing	Short	Public Domain
Template:Dts	Flying Elephants	Short	Public Domain
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Short	Public Domain
Template:Dts	From Soup to Nuts	Short	Public Domain
Template:Dts	You're Darn Tootin'	Short	Public Domain
Template:Dts	Their Purple Moment	Short	Public Domain
Template:Dts	Should Married Men Go Home?	Short	The first Hal Roach film to bill Laurel and Hardy as a team. Previous appearances together were billed under the Roach "All-Star Comedy" banner. Public Domain
Template:Dts	Early to Bed	Short	Public Domain
Template:Dts	Two Tars	Short	Public Domain
Template:Dts	Habeas Corpus	Short	Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	We Faw Down	Short	Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Liberty	Short	Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Wrong Again	Short	Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	That's My Wife	Short	Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Big Business	Short	Silent<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Added to the National Film Registry in 1992.<ref name="1992Add"/> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Unaccustomed As We Are	Short	Sound (all-talking)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Double Whoopee	Short	Silent<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Features a notable early appearance by Jean Harlow Public Domain
Template:Dts	Berth Marks	Short	Sound (all-talking)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Men O' War	Short	Sound (all-talking)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Perfect Day	Short	Sound (all-talking)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	They Go Boom!	Short	Sound (all-talking)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Bacon Grabbers	Short	Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Short	Sound (all-talking)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Feature	Sound (all-talking)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> All-star revue produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer<ref>Template:Harvnb "two hours of All Singing, All Talking, All-Dancing"</ref> Nominated—Academy Award for Best Picture<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Note: Type "The Hollywood Revue" into the Film Title box and click on search</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Angora Love	Short	Sound (music and synchronized sound effects only)<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Night Owls	Short
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Feature	Operetta film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with Laurel and Hardy in supporting roles Filmed in Technicolor Partially lost
Template:Dts	Blotto	Short	Three reels<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Brats	Short
Template:Dts	Below Zero	Short
Template:Dts	Hog Wild	Short
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Short	Three reels<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Another Fine Mess	Short	Three reels<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Remake of Duck Soup
Template:Dts	Be Big!	Short	Three reels<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Chickens Come Home	Short	Three reels<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Remake of Love 'Em and Weep
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Short	Presented by National Variety Artists and released by Paramount Cameo appearances by Laurel and Hardy<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Laughing Gravy	Short
Template:Dts	Our Wife	Short
Template:Dts	Pardon Us	Feature
Template:Dts	Come Clean	Short
Template:Dts	One Good Turn	Short
Template:Dts	Beau Hunks	Short	Four reels<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	On the Loose	Short	Stars ZaSu Pitts and Thelma Todd Cameo appearances by Laurel and Hardy<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Helpmates	Short
Template:Dts	Any Old Port!	Short
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Short	Three reels<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Note: Type "The Music Box" into the Film Title box and click on search</ref> Added to the National Film Registry in 1997.<ref name="NY Times" />
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Short	Three reels<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	County Hospital	Short
Template:Dts	Scram!	Short
Template:Dts	Pack Up Your Troubles	Feature
Template:Dts	Their First Mistake	Short
Template:Dts	Towed in a Hole	Short
Template:Dts	Twice Two	Short
Template:Dts	Me and My Pal	Short
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Feature	Based on the opera Fra Diavolo by Daniel Auber<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
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Template:Dts	Busy Bodies	Short
Template:Dts	Wild Poses	Short	Our Gang film with cameo appearances by Laurel and Hardy<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Dirty Work	Short
Template:Dts	Sons of the Desert	Feature	Added to the National Film Registry in 2012.<ref name="LOC"/>
Template:Dts	Oliver the Eighth	Short	Three reels<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Hollywood Party	Feature	A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Going Bye-Bye!	Short
Template:Dts	Them Thar Hills	Short
Template:Dts	Babes in Toyland	Feature	Based on the operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough Reissued as March of the Wooden Soldiers, March of the Toys, and Revenge Is Sweet<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
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Template:Dts	Tit for Tat	Short	Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Short
Template:Dts	Thicker than Water	Short
Template:Dts	Bonnie Scotland	Feature
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Feature	Adapted from the opera by Michael William Balfe and Alfred Bunn<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> With Darla Hood
Template:Dts	On the Wrong Trek	Short	Charley Chase comedy with cameo appearances by Laurel and Hardy<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Our Relations	Feature
Template:Dts	Way Out West	Feature
Template:Dts	Pick a Star	Feature	Cameo appearances by Laurel and Hardy<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Swiss Miss	Feature
Template:Dts	Block-Heads	Feature	Cameo appearance of Tommy Bond.
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Feature	An RKO Radio Pictures production<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Feature	Released by United Artists<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Saps at Sea	Feature	Released by United Artists<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Great Guns	Feature	A 20th Century Fox production<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	A-Haunting We Will Go	Feature	A 20th Century Fox production<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Air Raid Wardens	Feature	A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Short	One-reel film (in color) produced by the United States Department of Agriculture. Laurel and Hardy, appearing in cameos, made this during the filming of Jitterbugs.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain
Template:Dts	Jitterbugs	Feature	A 20th Century Fox production<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Feature	A 20th Century Fox production<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Feature	A 20th Century Fox production<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Nothing but Trouble	Feature	A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Template:Sort	Feature	A 20th Century Fox production<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>
Template:Dts	Atoll K	Feature	A co-production of Les Films Sirius (France), Franco-London Films (France), and Fortezza Films (Italy); released in the United Kingdom as Escapade; reissued in the United States as Robinson Crusoe-Land and Utopia<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Public Domain

Foreign-language versions

During the early days of sound American motion picture companies often made foreign-language versions of their films. The following is a list of known foreign-language versions of Laurel and Hardy films.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref> Template:Sticky header

Foreign language versions of short films

Year	English	French	German	Spanish	Italian	Esperanto
1930	Night Owls			Ladrones Template:Small	Ladroni Template:Small	Ŝtelistoj Template:Small
1930	Blotto	Une Nuit Extravagante Template:Small		La Vida Nocturna Template:Small
1930	Brats	Les bons petits diables Template:Small	Glückliche Kindheit Template:Small	Dos Buenos Chicos Template:Small
1930	Below Zero			Tiembla y Titubea Template:Small
1930	Hog Wild	Pêle-mêle Template:Small		Radiomanía Template:Small
1930	Berth Marks and The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case	Feu mon oncle Template:Small	Spuk um Mitternacht (in Germany) Drei Millionen Dollar (lost version in Austria) Template:Small	Noche de Duendes Template:Small
1931	Be Big! and Laughing Gravy	Les Carottiers Template:Small		Los Calaveras Template:Small
1931	Chickens Come Home			Politiquerias Template:Small

Foreign language versions of feature film

Year	English	French	German	Spanish	Italian
1931	Pardon Us	Sous Les Verrous Template:Small	Hinter Schloss und Riegel Template:Small	De Bote En Bote Template:Small	Muraglie Template:Small

Note: A lost German-language version of The Hollywood Revue of 1929, Wir Schalten um auf Hollywood (We Switch to Hollywood), was made and released in 1931. Apparently Laurel and Hardy do not appear in it.<ref>Template:Harvnb</ref>

Promotional film

Release date	Title	Notes
1936	Galaxy of Stars	A promotional short film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer only for MGM exhibitors in Europe and Africa, featuring Laurel and Hardy. Rediscovered in 2005.<ref name=forgotten/>

Compilation films

Release date	Title	Notes
1957	The Golden Age of Comedy	* Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson. * Narrated by Dwight Weist and Ward Wilson. * Features clips from The Second Hundred Years (1927), The Battle of the Century (1927), You're Darn Tootin' (1928), Two Tars (1928), We Faw Down (1928), and Double Whoopee (1929).
1960	When Comedy Was King	* Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson. * Narrated by Dwight Weist. * Features clips from Big Business (1929).
1961	Days of Thrills and Laughter	* Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson. * Narrated by Jay Jackson.
1963	30 Years of Fun	* Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson. * Features clips from The Lucky Dog (1921).
1964	The Big Parade of Comedy	* Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson. * Narrated by Les Tremayne. * Features clips from Hollywood Party (1934) and Bonnie Scotland (1935). * Also known as M.G.M.'s Big Parade of Comedy.
1965	Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's	* Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson. * Narrated by Jay Jackson. * Features clips from Thicker than Water (1935), 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926), Sugar Daddies (1927), The Second Hundred Years (1927), Call of the Cuckoo (1927), Putting Pants on Philip (1927), The Battle of the Century (1927), Leave 'Em Laughing (1928), The Finishing Touch (1928), From Soup to Nuts (1928), You're Darn Tootin' (1928), Two Tars (1928), Habeas Corpus (1928), We Faw Down (1928), Liberty (1929), Wrong Again (1929), and Double Whoopee (1929).
1966	The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy	* Written by Bill Scott. * Produced by Hal Roach, Jr., Raymond Rohauer, and Jay Ward. * Narrated by Garry Moore. * Features clips from Perfect Day (1929), Bacon Grabbers (1929), The Hoose-Gow (1929), Blotto (1930), Hog Wild (1930), Chickens Come Home (1931), Come Clean (1931), Beau Hunks (1931), Helpmates (1932), Any Old Port! (1932), The Music Box (1932), Towed in a Hole (1932), Me and My Pal (1933), Busy Bodies (1933), Dirty Work (1933), Sons of the Desert (1933), Going Bye-Bye! (1934), Thicker than Water (1935), The Bohemian Girl (1936), Way Out West (1937), Swiss Miss (1938), and Block-Heads (1938).
1967	The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy	* Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson. * Narrated by Jay Jackson. * Features clips from Sugar Daddies (1927), The Second Hundred Years (1927), Do Detectives Think? (1927), Leave 'Em Laughing (1928), Flying Elephants (1928), You're Darn Tootin' (1928), Should Married Men Go Home? (1928), Early to Bed (1928), Habeas Corpus (1928), That's My Wife (1929), and Angora Love (1929).
1969	The Best of Laurel and Hardy	* Produced and directed by James L. Wolcott. * Features clips from Night Owls (1930), Below Zero (1930), Be Big! (1931), Laughing Gravy (1931), Our Wife (1931), Pardon Us (1931), One Good Turn (1931), County Hospital (1932), Their First Mistake (1932), The Live Ghost (1934), and Our Relations (1936).
1970	4 Clowns	* Written, produced, and directed by Robert Youngson. * Narrated by Jay Jackson. * Features clips from The Second Hundred Years (1927), Putting Pants on Philip (1927), Big Business (1929), Double Whoopee (1929), Two Tars (1928), and Their Purple Moment (1928).

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