Baldwin Cooke
Actor · 1888 – 1953 · New York City, New York, USA
COOKE, BALDY (Baldwin Gardiner Cooke, Jr.) Born March 10, 1888, New York, New York. Cooke and his wife Alice toured in vaudeville with Stan (as members of the Stan Jefferson Trio), remaining close friends over the years. He appeared in 31 L&H films, beginning with Two Tars and ending with Swiss Miss. Baldy also worked with Our Gang and Charley Chase and appeared in about 80 films between 1928 and 1942. Baldy and Alice were close friends of Stan, even moving in with Stan and new wife Ruth as chaperones while the Laurels were waiting for Stan’s divorce from Lois to become final. Died December 31, 1953, Los Angeles, age 65.
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Movie7.3DramaAn intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
Of Mice and Men
1939 · 106 votes
Movie6.9ComedyStan and Ollie have set up their own electrical appliance store but, unfortunately for them, the grocery right next door is run by the man and wife whom they encountered in "Them Thar Hills" (1935). Stan and Ollie go and visit to offer the hand of friendship, but the grocer again becomes convinced that Ollie and his wife are fooling around.
Tit for Tat
1935 · 92 votes
Movie6.6CrimeDramaHumble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.
Nazi Agent
1942 · 13 votes
Movie7.5ComedyStan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.
Them Thar Hills
1934 · 78 votes
Movie7.4ComedyIn a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence has helped to send him to prison. Frightened, the boys plan to leave town and advertise for someone to share expenses with them. The woman who answers the ad is actually Butch's girlfriend. Meanwhile Butch escapes and hides in a trunk in his girlfriend's apartment where he gets locked inside. Not realizing who it is, Stan and Ollie finally manage to get the trunk open and then Butch exacts his revenge.
Going Bye-Bye!
1934 · 43 votes
Movie6.6ComedyStreet musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.
Below Zero
1930 · 73 votes
Movie8.0DramaA playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left him, and when his daughter triumphs in the revival of the play he dies contented.
The Night of Nights
1939 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaRomanceA sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
The Chaser
1938 · 2 votes
Movie7.1ComedyOrdered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can't find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint.
Scram!
1932 · 55 votes
Movie7.0ComedyThe gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.
Choo-Choo!
1932 · 6 votes
Movie6.9ComedyStan and Ollie are on their way to Atlantic City with their wives, when Ollie gets a phone call from a lodge buddy telling him that a stag party is taking place that night in their honor. Ollie pretends to be sick and sends the wives on ahead, promising that he and Stan will meet them in the morning. The pair dress in their lodge gear, but their wives return having missed their train. With no obvious escape route, Stan and Ollie take to a bed in fear and in response to Stan's plea of "What'll I do?", Ollie replies "Be big!".
Be Big!
1931 · 47 votes
Movie7.5ComedyA wealthy mama's boy finds himself the victim of con artists involved in an oil stocks racket.
Let's Make a Million
1936 · 2 votes
- Movie8.0TV MovieDocumentary
Compilation of the mismatched but immortal pair's various films and shorts.
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968 · 2 votes
Movie6.8ComedyStan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville.
Berth Marks
1929 · 63 votes
Movie7.3ComedyStan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
Blotto
1930 · 53 votes
Movie6.8FamilyComedyJackie prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher.
Teacher's Pet
1930 · 13 votes
Movie7.6ComedyFamilyA truant officer spots the kids in an amusement park. They try to escape him.
Fish Hooky
1933 · 7 votes
Movie6.7ComedyA year prior to the first scene, Stan married Ollie's sister, and Ollie married Stan's sister in a double wedding. They all live together and Stan and Ollie work in the same office.
Twice Two
1933 · 54 votes
Movie7.0ComedyStan and Ollie check into a seedy hotel and help a young girl escape the clutches of the landlord. They are forced to flee the hotel with no money and Ollie arranges for Stan to fight at a local boxing hall for $50. Stan's opponent turns out to be Musgy who uses a loaded glove. During the fight the glove is swapped and Stan triumphs only to find that Ollie has bet their fee that he would lose.
Any Old Port!
1932 · 49 votes
Movie6.7ComedyOllie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.
Chickens Come Home
1931 · 59 votes
Movie6.9ComedyStreet musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.
Movie8.0ComedyThelma and Patsy get jobs demonstrating washing machines in a department store window. However, on their first day on the job, they accidentally get locked in the store overnight.
Babes in the Goods
1934 · 4 votes
Movie8.0ComedyZasu & Thelma go out with two idiots to a nightclub.
Let's Do Things
1931 · 1 votes