Tiny Sandford

Born: 1894-02-25

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stanley J. "Tiny" Sandford (February 26, 1894 – October 29, 1961) was a tall, burly actor who is best remembered for his roles in Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin films. He was usually cast as a comic heavy, and often played policemen, doormen, prizefighters, or bullies. Sandford was born in Osage, Iowa. After working in stock theater he began acting in movies around 1910. He appeared in The Gold Rush with Charlie Chaplin, who became one of his best friends. His Charlie Chaplin movies include The Circus (1928) and Modern Times (1936), where he plays "Big Bill". His films with Laurel and Hardy include Big Business (1929), Double Whoopee (1929), The Chimp (1932), and Our Relations (1936). Sandford also acted in Way Out West, but his sequence was cut from the final take. He also appeared in dramas such as The World's Champion (1922) and The Iron Mask (1929). He retired from acting in 1940, the year he had a very small role Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. He died in Los Angeles, California on October 29, 1961. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tiny Sandford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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The Great Dictator

as Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)
Released: 1940-10-15

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid...

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Our Relations

as Wharf tough guy (uncredited)
Released: 1936-09-15

Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and...

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Modern Times

as Big Bill
Released: 1936-02-05

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again...

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The Gold Rush

as Barman (uncredited)
Released: 1925-07-13

A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall...

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The Circus

as The Head Property Man
Released: 1928-01-29

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in...

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Queen Christina

as Cook at the Inn (uncredited)
Released: 1933-12-26

The popular monarch, Queen Christina of Sweden, must choose between love and loyalty to her...

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Babes in Toyland

as Dunker (uncredited)
Released: 1934-12-14

Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the...

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The Iron Mask

as Porthos
Released: 1929-02-21

King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But...

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The Adventurer

as Policeman (uncredited)
Released: 1917-10-22

The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept...

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Pardon Us

as Shields
Released: 1931-08-15

It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer...

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Big Business

as Policeman
Released: 1929-04-20

Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into...

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Busy Bodies

as Shop Foreman (uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-07

In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and...

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Show Boat

as uncredited
Released: 1936-05-17

Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into...

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The Thirteenth Guest

as Mike (Uncredited)
Released: 1932-08-09

Thirteen years after a dinner party in which the thirteenth guest failed to arrive, the...

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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

as Policeman (uncredited)
Released: 1930-08-08

The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich...

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The Floorwalker

as (uncredited)
Released: 1916-05-15

An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant...

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Below Zero

as uncredited
Released: 1930-04-26

Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad...

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The Midnight Patrol

as Policeman
Released: 1933-08-03

Novice policemen Stan and Ollie bungle a burglary investigation.

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This Is the Night

as Porter (uncredited)
Released: 1932-04-08

When Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their...

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A Shriek in the Night

as Eddie - Detective (uncredited)
Released: 1933-07-22

Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand find themselves unraveling the mystery behind...

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Their Purple Moment

as Waiter
Released: 1928-05-19

The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan's wife has switched her grocery...

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Come Clean

as Doorman
Released: 1931-09-02

The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels...

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Blotto

as Headwaiter
Released: 1930-02-08

Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his...

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Going Bye-Bye!

as Man in Courtroom
Released: 1934-06-23

In a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence...

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The Hoose-Gow

as Warden
Released: 1929-11-16

Stan and Ollie arrive as new inmates at a prison after apparently taking part in a hold-up raid,...

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Night of Goblins

as Policeman
Released: 1930-10-16

Spanish version of The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case and Berth Marks.

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Florian

as Laundry Foreman
Released: 1940-06-05

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought...

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Sealskins

as Jocko's Keeper
Released: 1932-02-06

In their first comedy two-reeler of 1932, vivacious Thelma Todd and fluttery ZaSu Pitts learn...

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Flying Elephants

as Hulking Caveman
Released: 1928-02-12

Cavemen Stan and Ollie vie for the affections of a stone-age beauty.

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Ship Cafe

as Stoker (uncredited)
Released: 1935-11-09

The singing stoker and the vamp.

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45 Minutes from Hollywood

as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Released: 1926-12-26

A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery...

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The Timid Young Man

as Mortimer
Released: 1935-10-25

Milton, a disappointed romantic, has sworn off women. He gives a lift to a female hitchhiker,...

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Leave 'Em Laughing

as Dental Patient (uncredited)
Released: 1928-01-28

Stan complains of a toothache and he and Ollie visit the dentist. Ollie gets his teeth pulled by...

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Mummy's Boys

as Construction Foreman
Released: 1936-10-02

Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology...

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From Soup to Nuts

as Mr. Culpepper
Released: 1928-03-24

Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.

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Flaming Fathers

as Policeman at Pier (uncredited)
Released: 1927-12-17

Papa Gimplewart chaperones his daughter and her "steady" during a beach adventure.

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Bedlam of Beards

as Clancy (uncredited)
Released: 1934-04-13

A pair of barbers attempt to solve a kidnapping.

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Washee Ironee

as Traffic Cop
Released: 1934-11-13

Rich boy Waldo gets his clothes dirty playing football with the gang just before he has to go to...

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The Second Hundred Years

as Prison Guard
Released: 1927-10-08

Laurel and Hardy are convicts making an escape from prison.

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Sailors, Beware!

as Man in robe (uncredited)
Released: 1927-09-25

A con artist and a midget dressed as her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward.

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The Night Life

as Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1930-04-19

Stan lies to his wife about going to a nightclub with Ollie but Mrs. Laurel overhears the plot...

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Double Whoopee

as Policeman
Released: 1929-05-18

Stan and Ollie wreak havoc at an upper class hotel in their jobs as footman (Hardy) and doorman...

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Don't Shoot

as Jim
Released: 1922-08-21

Court, a crook, is forced to marry Velma by her enraged fiancé, who mistakes him for her...

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Ginsberg the Great

as Hercules
Released: 1927-11-26

Johnny Ginsberg (George Jessel) is a tailor's assistant whose ambition is to become a successful...

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Here Comes the Band

as Comedian (uncredited)
Released: 1935-08-30

In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by...

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Washington Merry-Go-Round

as Worker
Released: 1932-10-15

Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He...

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Doughboys

as Bit (uncredited)
Released: 1930-08-30

Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until...

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Waterfront Wolves

as Hans Skol
Released: 1924-01-15

Some valuable pearls are stolen in China and transported to San Francisco. Jane Hampton learns...

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Beauty and the Bus

as Irate Truck Driver
Released: 1933-09-16

The girls win a car in a raffle.

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The Far Call

as Captain Storkerson
Released: 1929-04-28

A greedy poacher travels to a small island in the Bering sea to rob a seal rookery. There he...

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Plain and Fancy Girls

as Charley's Rival
Released: 1925-03-01

Jimmy Jump has a "plain" girlfriend, and becomes intrigued by a "fancy" girl he spots in a park....

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The Sting of Stings

as Big Man
Released: 1927-09-03

Charley and Edna are feeling very pleased with themselves and their new car. They decide to...

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Treasure Blues

as Moving Man (uncredited)
Released: 1935-01-26

Thelma and Patsy follow a map looking for treasure.

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Another Wild Idea

as Large Policeman
Released: 1934-06-16

Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray...

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The Perfect Clown

as Cop (uncredited)
Released: 1925-12-14

A clerk is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he...

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Rio Rita

as Davalos
Released: 1929-09-15

Capt. James Stewart pursues the bandit "The Kinkajou" over the Mexican border and falls in love...

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Crazy Like a Fox

as Conductor (uncredited)
Released: 1926-08-26

Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She...

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Haunted at Midnight

as Policeman Müller
Released: 1931-05-21

Long lost German language version of the Laurel & Hardy film "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case". ...

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Confessions of a Queen

as (uncredited)
Released: 1925-03-30

The King of Illyris marries a neighboring princess, who finds out he has a mistress, Sephora....

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Sutter's Gold

as San Francisco Troublemaker
Released: 1936-03-01

Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

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The Cruise of the Jasper B

as Big Mover
Released: 1926-12-12

The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as Jerry Cleggert, a good-natured descendant of an infamous...

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Blossoms On Broadway

as Workman (uncredited)
Released: 1937-11-19

A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.

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Movie Night

as Cinema Manager
Released: 1929-05-11

A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...

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The Family Group

as uncredited
Released: 1928-02-18

Charley tries to get a photograph taken with his wife and child.

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Rainbow Ranch

as Brawler at Dance
Released: 1933-07-25

An emergency at his Aunt's ranch gets Ed Randall leave from the Navy. He returns to find the...

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Hi'–Neighbor!

as Moving Man
Released: 1934-03-02

The gang decides to build their own fire engine.

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The World's Champion

as Lord Brockington
Released: 1922-03-12

Young William Burroughs comes from wealth but not nobility, so despite his income he is not...

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Fifty Million Husbands

as Hillary Sandford
Released: 1930-05-23

An estranged couple visit their old apartment, which is now occupied by Charley and his wife....

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The Undie-World

as T.N.T. Room Bouncer
Released: 1934-04-03

A gangster is smitten with the two girls in the next apartment. With the help of his violinist...

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High Gear

as Wilbur the Chauffeur (uncredited)
Released: 1931-02-28

The gang is out for a drive on a Sunday afternoon. When it starts to rain, they take shelter in...

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The Spirit of the West

as Ranch Cook
Released: 1932-03-01

To bring in the bad guys, a rodeo champ poses as an inept cowhand.

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Doctor's Orders

as Cop
Released: 1930-09-12

Alabam is lovesick. He tells Mickey how he can't get close to the girl of his dreams; he's...

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Love My Dog

as P. Fulton, attorney at law
Released: 1927-04-16

Farina Hoskins discovers a stray dog. Joe Cobb suggests that he and Farina take the dog to the...

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Too Many Women

as Sadie's Bridegroom (uncredited)
Released: 1932-05-14

College baseball player Mickey Daniels can't keep his mind on the game when he's got an eye for...

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Dizzy Sights

as uncredited
Released: 1927-12-17

A sailor home from the sea sets off on a road trip to pick up his girlfriend from work....

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