Charlie Hall was born in Birmingham, England on August 19, 1899.  Before arriving in America in 1918, he toured the British Isles with the Albert Decourville and Fred Karno troupes.  Along the way, he formed a close friendship with Stan Laurel that would eventually lead to Charlie's appearance in 47 Laurel and Hardy comedies.  While at the Hal Roach Studios, Charlie also appeared in some of the Our Gang and Charley Chase comedies. His other comedic credits include work with Thelma Todd, Leon Errol, Wheeler & Woolsey and Abbott & Costello.  Charlie's additional film appearances include The Gay Divorcee, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Dressed To Kill.  Charlie also made two guest appearances on Groucho Marx's TV program, You Bet Your Life.  On December 7, 1959, Charlie Hall passed away at the age of 60 in Hollywood, California and is buried in Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California.

1927 - Love 'Em And Weep, Sugar Daddies, The Second Hundred Years, Call Of The Cuckoos, The Battle Of The Century

1928 - Leave 'Em Laughing, You're Darn Tootin', Should Married Men Go Home?, Two Tars

1929 - Wrong Again, That's My Wife, Big Business, Double Whoopee, Berth Marks, Men O' War, They Go Boom, Bacon Grabbers, The Hoose-Gow, Angora Love

1930 - Blotto, Below Zero

1931 - Be Big, Laughing Gravy, Pardon Us, Come Clean, Beau Hunks, On The Loose

1932 - Any Old Port, The Music Box, Pack Up Your Troubles

1933 - Twice Two, Me And My Pal, The Midnight Patrol, Busy Bodies, Sons Of The Desert

1934 - Oliver The Eighth, Them Thar Hills, Babes In Toyland, The Live Ghost

1935 - Tit For Tat, Thicker Than Water, Bonnie Scotland

1936 - The Bohemian Girl, Our Relations

1937 - Pick A Star

1940 - A Chump At Oxford, Saps At Sea

Mae Busch was born on June 18, 1891 in Melbourne, Australia.  For years, her birth date was listed as January 20, 1897.  Nearly 50 years after her death, her birth certificate was discovered, revealing the actual true date of her birth.  Her acting experience in vaudeville and legitimate theatre led to  Mae's film career, which began in 1912 when she appeared in "The Agitator".  She would go on to work with Mack Sennett as one of the "Bathing Beauties" in his silent films.  Among her most notable roles were co-starring with Erich von Stroheim in "Foolish Husbands" and with Lon Chaney in "The Unholy Three".  She is best remembered by Laurel & Hardy fans as Mrs. Hardy in "Sons Of The Desert" as well as Charlie Hall's wife in "Them Thar Hills" and "Tit For Tat".  After a long illness with cancer, Mae Busch died on April 19, 1946 in Woodland Hills, California at the age of 54.

1927 - Love 'Em And Weep

1929 - Unaccustomed As We Are

1931 - Chickens Come Home, Come Clean

1932 - Their First Mistake

1933 - Sons Of The Desert

1934 - Oliver The Eighth, Going Bye-Bye, Them Thar Hills, The Live Ghost

1935 - Tit For Tat, The Fixer Uppers

1936 - The Bohemian Girl

Edgar Kennedy was born on April 26, 1890 in Monterey County, California.  His acting career dates back to high school as well as touring with various musical troupes.  Edgar made his film debut in a one reel short titled "Brown Of Harvard" in 1911 for the Selig Polyscope Company.  In his youth, Kennedy also had a successful stint as a boxer.  His movie career accelerated when he joined Mack Sennett and became one of the original Keystone Kops.  Edgar appeared in 11 films with Charlie Chaplin during Chaplin's only year at the Sennett Studio.  In his years at Sennett, Edgar also began directing comedies.  By 1927, Kennedy had moved over to the Hal Roach Studios and became a regular member of the stock company for the Roach comedies, including those of Laurel & Hardy.   Known as the "Master Of The Slow Burn", Edgar Kennedy appeared in over 400 films.  He died on November 9, 1948 at the age of 58.    

Actor

1928 - Leave 'Em Laughing , The Finishing Touch, Should Married Men Go Home?, Two Tars 

1929 - Unaccustomed As We Are, Perfect Day, Bacon Grabbers, Angora Love

1930 - Night Owls

1943 - Air Raid Wardens 

Director

1928 - From Soup To Nuts, You're Darn Tootin'  

Walter Long was born on March 5, 1879 in Milford, New Hampshire.  His silent film career began in 1909.   His most memorable screen appearances were in  D. W. Griffith's "Birth Of A Nation", playing the part of Gus, and "Intolerance". He was also in "The Yankee Clipper" with William Boyd and Frank "Junior" Coghlan and "The Sheik" with Rudolph Valentino.  In the 1930's, Walter also appeared in westerns with Ken Maynard and again with William Boyd. Other films with Walter Long include "Six Of A Kind" with W. C. Fields, George Burns and Gracie Allen and "Naughty Marietta" with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald.  Walter had the distinction of serving in World Wars I and II.  In World War I, he was a Lieutenant Colonel serving his duty in France.   During World War II, Walter was in the Army serving with the Military Police in Washington, D. C.   His military duty ended at the age of 63.  Walter appeared in only five Laurel and Hardy films, but he definitely made his presence known in all of them.  When his film career ended, he returned to the Broadway stage, where it all began for him.  He died of a heart attack on July 4, 1952 in Los Angeles, California and is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

1931 - Pardon Us

1932 - Any Old Port

1934 - Going Bye-Bye, The Live Ghost

1937 - Pick A Star

Stanley J. "Tiny" Sandford was born on February 26, 1894 in Osage, Iowa.  His show business career began in the stock company headed up by Daniel Frawley.  Sandford entered into films in 1910.  He appeared in several of the early Charlie Chaplin short comedies.  Next, he went to work at the Hal Roach Studios, where among his many film roles, he appeared in 23 comedies with Laurel & Hardy.  Among his most memorable roles with Stan and Ollie were as the policeman in Big Business and as the foreman in Busy Bodies.  Tiny's other film work include the Charlie Chaplin features, The Circus and Modern Times as well as The Iron Mask.  Ironically, Sandford appeared in Show Boat with Stanley Fields, who replaced him as the sheriff in Laurel & Hardy's Way Out West. Tiny Sandford died on October 29, 1961 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 67.

1926 - 45 Minutes From Hollywood

1927 - Sailors Beware, The Second Hundred Years

1928 - Leave 'Em Laughing, Flying Elephants, From Soup To Nuts, Their Purple Moment

1929 - Big Business, Double Whoopee, The Hoose-Gow

1930 - Blotto, Below Zero, The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

1931 - Pardon Us, Come Clean, Beau Hunks

1932 - Any Old Port (deleted scene), The Chimp

1933 - The Devil's Brother, Busy Bodies, The Midnight Patrol

1934 - Babes In Toyland

1936 - Our Relations

Arthur Housman was born in New York City on October 10, 1890.  He began his film career with the Edison Stock Company around 1910.  Some of his early film work includes Red, White and Blue Blood (1917) with Francis X. Bushman, Back To The Woods with Mabel Normand (1918) and Sunrise with Janet Gaynor (1927).  In 1931, playing the part of an inept burglar, Arthur teamed up fellow Hal Roach actors Edgar Kennedy and Daphne Pollard in the comedy short Help Wanted, Female.  His most memorable roles were those as a "lovable drunk" appearing in such films as The Way To Love, The Thin Man and the 1934 version of The Merry Widow.  Laurel and Hardy fans loved him in his five film appearances  with Stan and Ollie.  Sadly, his on-screen performances as a drunk reflected his off-screen way of life.  Arthur Housman died on April 7, 1942 at the age of 51. 

Scram - 1932

The Live Ghost - 1934

The Fixer-Uppers - 1935

Our Relations - 1936

The Flying Deuces - 1939

Vivien Oakland was born on May 20, 1895 in California.  Her show business career began as a child star.  Vivien's film appearances started sometime in 1915 with the film "Destiny" also known as "The Soul Of A Woman".  The stage was also home to Vivien in such productions as "Over The Top", "Betty Be Good" and "The Midnight Rounders Of 1920".  She also performed in films and on stage with her husband, John T. Murray (1886-1957).  Her most notable film appearances were in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (1927) and "Oh Sailor Behave" (1930) with Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson.  She can also been seen in several Edgar Kennedy short films as Edgar's wife.  During her days at the Hal Roach Studios, in addition to her work with Laurel & Hardy, Vivien appeared in comedies with Charley Chase.  One of her funniest roles with Charley was in "Mighty Like A Moose", playing Mrs. Moose, Charley's wife.  Her most memorable appearance with Stan and Ollie was in "Scram" where she played the judge's accidentally inebriated wife.  Her final film appearance was in a 1951 Leon Erroll short titled "Punchy Pancho".  Vivien Oakland passed away on August 1, 1958 at the age of 63.

1927 - Love 'Em And Weep

1928 - We Faw Down

1929 - That's My Wife

1932 - Scram

1937 - Way Out West

1940 - A Chump At Oxford