Coogan plays Englishman Stan Laurel and Reilly stars as American Oliver Norvell Hardy in a movie, written by Jeff Pope, about the duo’s ill-fated tour of the UK in 1953. Laurel and Hardy have ...

In 1957, Oliver Hardy’s heart finally gave out, and he slipped away, dead at the age of 65. The rotund comedian had been one-half of arguably the greatest comedy duo of the 20th century.

The lithe Stan Laurel had yet again gotten his portly partner Oliver Hardy involved in “another nice mess,” this time in 1937’s Way Out West. (As any member of the diehard Sons of the Desert ...

That long, long staircase was the stage for one of Hollywood's funniest gags, imagined by one of its funniest duos, Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy. "The Music Box" won an Oscar in 1933, the first ...

Well, look elsewhere, because “Stan & Ollie” is definitely not FX’s “Feud: Laurel and Hardy.” That’s a good thing. This is a refreshingly gentle, low-key film about the latter years of ...

John C. Reilly as Oliver Hardy, Shirley Henderson as Lucille Hardy, Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel, Nina Arianda as Ida Laurel. (Nick Wall, Sony Pictures Classics) Perspective by Kristen Page-Kirby ...

Oliver Hardy, rotund film comedian, died yesterday. He was 65. Death came to the portly half of the famed Laurel and Hardy comedy team from the effects of a paralytic stroke he suffered last Sept.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy enjoyed about a 15-year run as the planet’s most popular comedy team. From the mid-1920s to 1940, their faces, voices, catchphrases and theme ...

and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly) decide to delight the clerk with a bit of business. Dusting off an old routine, Stan bumbles his way through the lobby carrying way too many pieces of luggage ...

Stan & Ollie' director Jon S. Baird says he landed his top choices Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly for the Laurel and Hardy biopic, which hits U.S. theaters on Thursday. By Alex Ritman U.K ...

For actors Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly, the decision to tackle the roles of Laurel and Hardy in “Stan & Ollie” led ultimately to a wonderful experience. Though it was not, both say ...