Tiny Sandford

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.674

Gender

Male

Birthday

25-Feb-1894

Age

(130 years old)

Place of Birth

Osage, Iowa, USA

Also Known As
  • Tiny Stanford
  • Stanley Standford
  • Tiny Sanford
  • Stanley Sanford
  • Stanley J. Sanford
  • Stanley Sandford
  • Stanley J. Sandford
  • S.J. Sandford
  • Stanley J. "Tiny" Sandford

Tiny Sandford

Biography

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.


Credits

Love My Dog Love My Dog (1927) Character: P. Fulton, attorney at law
Farina Hoskins discovers a stray dog. Joe Cobb suggests that he and Farina take the dog to the gang's dog show. In the middle of the show, the dogcatchers crack down on picking up all unlicensed strays to control a hydrophobia epidemic; the injection to control the disease costs five dollars.
Bedlam of Beards Bedlam of Beards (1934) Character: Clancy (uncredited)
A pair of barbers attempt to solve a kidnapping.
The Sunshine Spreader The Sunshine Spreader (1924) Character: N/A
A young girl from the hills spreads sunshine and saves her employer from financial ruin.
Waterfront Wolves Waterfront Wolves (1924) Character: Hans Skol
Some valuable pearls are stolen in China and transported to San Francisco. Jane Hampton learns that her father is the smuggler, and that police are on his trail. Under pressure, she takes the pearls to a Chinese man named Woo Fong.
The Far Call The Far Call (1929) Character: Captain Storkerson
A greedy poacher travels to a small island in the Bering sea to rob a seal rookery. There he falls for the governor's daughter who learns that the poacher is the estranged son of a prominent citizen.
The Timid Young Man The Timid Young Man (1935) Character: Mortimer
Milton, a disappointed romantic, has sworn off women. He gives a lift to a female hitchhiker, whom he happily discovers is also a hurt soul and has sworn off men. Their trip together runs into interference from an aggressive driver who later reappears after the two have set up camp. He starts putting the moves on the woman, but when Milton's ex-girlfriend shows up, she gets into a fight with the interloper and gives Milton and his new pal the chance to slip away.
La vida nocturna La vida nocturna (1930) Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Stan lies to his wife about going to a nightclub with Ollie but Mrs. Laurel overhears the plot and outsmarts them both.
Not Wanted Not Wanted (1924) Character: N/A
After five years as the best of the Chaplin imitators, Billy West struck out with his own comedy character, a middle-class man in a nice suit and a fedora -- but with the mustache. These movies involved him in cartoonish situations in which he executed some extended gags very nicely -- in this one he does the one in which the water pump only works when he's not ready for it and another in which he can't catch a fish with some expensive gear, while the boy next to him catches whoppers with a stick and a bent pin -- and gradually moved behind the camera.
The Perfect Clown The Perfect Clown (1925) Character: Cop (uncredited)
A clerk is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he tries to get to the bank president's house with the money.
The Warrior's Husband The Warrior's Husband (1933) Character: Hercules
The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with masculine authority; in fact, it is the women of Pontus who do all the laboring, fighting, and governing. Hippolyta's husband Sapiens (Ernest Truex) is truly a sissy of the first order, and is not unlike most of Pontus' male inhabitants.
Second Hand Kisses Second Hand Kisses (1931) Character: Traffic Cop
Knockabout comedy in which woman marries widower each having a child of their own which the other knows nothing about.
Treasure Blues Treasure Blues (1935) Character: Moving Man (uncredited)
Thelma and Patsy follow a map looking for treasure.
Beauty and the Bus Beauty and the Bus (1933) Character: Irate Truck Driver
The girls win a car in a raffle.
Doctor's Orders Doctor's Orders (1930) Character: Cop
Alabam is lovesick. He tells Mickey how he can't get close to the girl of his dreams; he's overheard by Dave, a smooth operator, who insists that Alabam leave everything to him. He contrives to have Alabam and Mickey wreck Alabam's car in the girl's front yard, then he arrives, posing as a doctor, asking the residents of the house if they'll let the injured boy come inside while the doctor examines him. Meanwhile, Mickey gets a look at the girl's cousin and feigns injury so that now both lads are in beds upstairs while Dave, the doctor, conjures foul-tasting treatments. The fly in the ointment is the girl's crusty uncle, who may stand between the lads and their true loves.
The Undie-World The Undie-World (1934) Character: T.N.T. Room Bouncer
A gangster is smitten with the two girls in the next apartment. With the help of his violinist friend he gets acquainted with the girls by posing as a musician.
Too Many Women Too Many Women (1932) Character: Sadie's Bridegroom (uncredited)
College baseball player Mickey Daniels can't keep his mind on the game when he's got an eye for the ladies.
Hot Spot Hot Spot (1932) Character: Policeman (uncredited)
When the boys end up with a half-naked woman in their cab, trouble ensues when her jealous husband appears.
The Sting of Stings The Sting of Stings (1927) Character: Big Man
Charley and Edna are feeling very pleased with themselves and their new car. They decide to share their good fortune and offer to take six underprivileged children out for a fun day at the carnival. Unfortunately, the children come from Juvenile Hall, and each one is more trouble than the last.
A Clean Sweep A Clean Sweep (1938) Character: Janitor
Edgar lost his job at the bank three months ago, but hasn't told his wife, and they have been living off their savings, while Edgar pretends to go to work everyday. He answers a want-ad for a job selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door. He makes no sales, especially after he fills an apartment hallway with trash to demonstrate his cleaner and then finds there is no electricity to run the machine. He comes to a house where a bridal shower is being held, with his wife in attendance, and she thinks Edgar has brought the cleaner as gift for her friend. Edgar has to take the last of their money out of the bank to pay for the demo model he had. The bank manager shows up at Edgar's house to offer him his bank job back, but Edgar's wife won't let him go back, as she has found the prefect job for Edgar... selling vacuum cleaners.
A Trailer Tragedy A Trailer Tragedy (1940) Character: Tiny
Edgar starts a trailer vacation with his wife Vivien and father-in-law, but doesn't get far before they are overtaken by two men from the finance company, who repossess the trailer for non-payment. Edgar discovers that Pop had failed to mail the money order he had given him for the payment. He also finds some other items Pop failed to take care of.
Dizzy Sights Dizzy Sights (1927) Character: N/A
A sailor home from the sea sets off on a road trip to pick up his girlfriend from work. Unfortunately, he's a better sailor than he is a driver. Complications ensue.
Dance of the cookoos Dance of the cookoos (1982) Character: Warden
Dance of the Cookoos is merged a cinematic cross section with the high points from almost 100 works of Laurel & Hardy, into an original framework action
The Family Group The Family Group (1928) Character: N/A
Charley tries to get a photograph taken with his wife and child.
Love's Handicap Love's Handicap (1923) Character: Diamond Jim's Right-Hand Man
Horse racing hijinks in the Old South with Monty Banks.
Ship Cafe Ship Cafe (1935) Character: Stoker (uncredited)
The singing stoker and the vamp.
Ginsberg the Great Ginsberg the Great (1927) Character: Hercules
Johnny Ginsberg (George Jessel) is a tailor's assistant whose ambition is to become a successful conjurer/magician. He joins a carnival and fails but not before apprehending a gang of jewel thieves and gaining the love of Mary (Audrey Ferris), the girl he adores.
Noche de duendes Noche de duendes (1930) Character: Policeman
Spanish version of The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case and Berth Marks.
Spuk um Mitternacht Spuk um Mitternacht (1931) Character: Policeman Müller
Long lost German language version of the Laurel & Hardy film "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case". When Stan's rich uncle Ebeneezer dies and leaves behind a large estate, they think their days of living off the fish they catch are numbered. But they soon learn that Ebeneezer has been murdered. All relatives, including Stan, are under suspicion.
Don't Shoot Don't Shoot (1922) Character: Jim
Court, a crook, is forced to marry Velma by her enraged fiancé, who mistakes him for her clandestine suitor.
Sealskins Sealskins (1932) Character: Jocko's Keeper
In their first comedy two-reeler of 1932, vivacious Thelma Todd and fluttery ZaSu Pitts learn that the royal seal of a foreign country has been stolen and promptly set out to catch it -- a sea lion.
Sailors, Beware! Sailors, Beware! (1927) Character: Man in robe (uncredited)
A con artist and a midget dressed as her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward.
The Adventurer The Adventurer (1917) Character: Policeman (uncredited)
The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…
Another Wild Idea Another Wild Idea (1934) Character: Large Policeman
Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions. To test it, Betty's father zaps Charley hoping his newly-aberrant behavior will cause Betty to end her affections for the milquetoast. Dad's plan backfires: the invention works perfectly, Charley gets a backbone, and Betty loves her new forceful man. However, Charley's courage and lack of a superego get him in trouble with the law. He goes on trial for assaulting a bullying police officer. Is Charley going up the river leaving Betty high and dry?
Blossoms On Broadway Blossoms On Broadway (1937) Character: Workman (uncredited)
A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
Confessions of a Queen Confessions of a Queen (1925) Character: (uncredited)
The King of Illyris marries a neighboring princess, who finds out he has a mistress, Sephora. Revolted, she turns to Prince Alexei for friendship. Turmoil increases as a revolution demands the abdication of the King and the Queen opposes this decision.
Movie Night Movie Night (1929) Character: Cinema Manager
A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...
Fifty Million Husbands Fifty Million Husbands (1930) Character: Hillary Sandford
An estranged couple visit their old apartment, which is now occupied by Charley and his wife. Charley's wife, however, misunderstands the purpose of their visit.
Going Bye-Bye! Going Bye-Bye! (1934) Character: Man in Courtroom
In 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.
Here Comes the Band Here Comes the Band (1935) Character: Comedian (uncredited)
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfriend with him. Also going to court are the Jubilee singers, hillbillies, and some cowboys and Indians who demonstrate that the composer wrote his song by rearranging four folk tunes. He wins his song back and $50,000 in damages. Songs include: "Heading Home," "Roll Along Prairie Moon," "Tender Is the Night," "You're My Thrill," "I'm Bound for Heaven," and "The Army Band."
The Second Hundred Years The Second Hundred Years (1927) Character: Prison Guard
Laurel and Hardy are convicts making an escape from prison.
The World's Champion The World's Champion (1922) Character: Lord Brockington
Young William Burroughs comes from wealth but not nobility, so despite his income he is not welcomed when he pursues Lady Elizabeth Galton, and indeed he is not only beaten by her cousin but thrown out by his own father for the disgrace he has caused. He travels to the United States where he becomes a champion prizefighter. Upon his return to England, he finds circumstances quite changed for Lady Galton and he sets out to change her circumstances further.
Big Business Big Business (1929) Character: Policeman
Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would-be customer James Finlayson, with his home and their car being destroyed in the melee.
Babes in Toyland Babes in Toyland (1934) Character: Dunker (uncredited)
Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.
The Thirteenth Guest The Thirteenth Guest (1932) Character: Mike (Uncredited)
Thirteen years after a dinner party in which the thirteenth guest failed to arrive, the remaining guests are being murdered one by one, and their bodies being placed at the same dinner table in the appropriate seats they occupied thirteen years prior.
The Gold Rush The Gold Rush (1925) Character: Barman (uncredited)
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
The Great Dictator The Great Dictator (1940) Character: Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
This Is the Night This Is the Night (1932) Character: Porter (uncredited)
When Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their planned trip to Venice, Gerald must invent a wife to cover their tracks. He is then forced to hire a woman to play “his wife” when Stephen insists he and Claire accompany them to Venice.
Queen Christina Queen Christina (1933) Character: Cook at the Inn (uncredited)
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
Washington Merry-Go-Round Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) Character: Worker
Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton...
Florian Florian (1940) Character: Laundry Foreman
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
Sutter's Gold Sutter's Gold (1936) Character: San Francisco Troublemaker
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Crazy Like a Fox Crazy Like a Fox (1926) Character: Conductor (uncredited)
Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Flying Elephants Flying Elephants (1928) Character: Hulking Caveman
Cavemen Stan and Ollie vie for the affections of a stone-age beauty.
Hi'–Neighbor! Hi'–Neighbor! (1934) Character: Moving Man
The gang decides to build their own fire engine.
The Circus The Circus (1928) Character: The Head Property Man
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
Flaming Fathers Flaming Fathers (1927) Character: Policeman at Pier (uncredited)
Papa Gimplewart chaperones his daughter and her "steady" during a beach adventure.
The Spirit of the West The Spirit of the West (1932) Character: Ranch Cook
To bring in the bad guys, a rodeo champ poses as an inept cowhand.
The Iron Mask The Iron Mask (1929) Character: Porthos
King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D'Artagnan, off to a convent. D'Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu out-smarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever.
Show Boat Show Boat (1936) Character: N/A
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
From Soup to Nuts From Soup to Nuts (1928) Character: Mr. Culpepper
Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.
Plain and Fancy Girls Plain and Fancy Girls (1925) Character: Charley's Rival
Jimmy Jump has a "plain" girlfriend, and becomes intrigued by a "fancy" girl he spots in a park. Eventually he realizes he is better off with his no-frills girl.
The Cruise of the Jasper B The Cruise of the Jasper B (1926) Character: Big Mover
The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as Jerry Cleggert, a good-natured descendant of an infamous clan of pirates who resides aboard the rickety ship Jasper B. Cleggert is informed that in order to inherit a large inheritance, he must marry by his twenty-fifth birthday-- otherwise he would relinquish all claims to his impending fortune. Jerry soon meets his ideal would-be bride Agatha Fairhaven and the two immediately fall in love. Complications arise when Jerry's cousin, the dastardly lawyer Reginald Maltravers claims Agatha as his own. The courting couple suffer a series of mishaps on the way to altar; they are waylaid en route by a trio of bandits, escape from a runaway taxi cab, and outrun a mob of unscrupulous state authorities.
A Shriek in the Night A Shriek in the Night (1933) Character: Eddie - Detective (uncredited)
Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand find themselves unraveling the mystery behind the death of a millionaire philanthropist who fell from his penthouse balcony. When it is discovered that the plunge was not an accident, the building's residents come under suspicion. Soon, the body count begins to mount as three more murders occur by strangulation.
Mummy's Boys Mummy's Boys (1936) Character: Construction Foreman
Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology expedition, getting mixed up with jewel thieves and an ancient Egyptian "curse."
Our Relations Our Relations (1936) Character: Wharf tough guy (uncredited)
Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.
Come Clean Come Clean (1931) Character: Doorman
The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and manage to prevent a shrewish woman from committing suicide on the way back home. The woman is ungrateful and makes threats against the them unless they look after her. They spend a chaotic evening trying to keep her hidden from their wives.
Leave 'Em Laughing Leave 'Em Laughing (1928) Character: Dental Patient (uncredited)
Stan complains of a toothache and he and Ollie visit the dentist. Ollie gets his teeth pulled by mistake. Under the influence of laughing gas, they leave and cause much commotion on the road annoying a traffic cop.
The Hoose-Gow The Hoose-Gow (1929) Character: Warden
Stan and Ollie arrive as new inmates at a prison after apparently taking part in a hold-up raid, a raid they tell a prison officer they were only watching. The usual mayhem ensues.
Rio Rita Rio Rita (1929) Character: Davalos
Capt. James Stewart pursues the bandit "The Kinkajou" over the Mexican border and falls in love with Rita, though he suspects that her brother is the bandit.
Washee Ironee Washee Ironee (1934) Character: Traffic Cop
Rich boy Waldo gets his clothes dirty playing football with the gang just before he has to go to his mother's society party. The gang tries to help him clean up.
Doughboys Doughboys (1930) Character: Bit (uncredited)
Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly thinking that he's hiring a new chauffeur) he accidentally volunteers for the army. Luckily, Mary's signed up to entertain the troops. Unluckily, Elmer's sergeant likes Mary, too. And worst of all, they're all about to ship out for France.
Pardon Us Pardon Us (1931) Character: Shields
It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
Busy Bodies Busy Bodies (1933) Character: Shop Foreman (uncredited)
In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawmill.
Double Whoopee Double Whoopee (1929) Character: Policeman
Stan and Ollie wreak havoc at an upper class hotel in their jobs as footman (Hardy) and doorman (Laurel). They partially undress blonde bombshell Jean Harlow (in a brief appearance) and repeatedly escort a stuffy nobleman into an empty elevator shaft.
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) Character: Policeman (uncredited)
The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies leaving a large estate. But they soon learn that Ebenezer was murdered and all the relatives, including Stan, are suspects.
High Gear High Gear (1931) Character: Wilbur the Chauffeur (uncredited)
The gang is out for a drive on a Sunday afternoon. When it starts to rain, they take shelter in an abandoned building. Unbeknownst to them, it is actually a gangster's hideout.
Below Zero Below Zero (1930) Character: N/A
Street 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.
Their Purple Moment Their Purple Moment (1928) Character: Waiter
The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan's wife has switched her grocery coupons for Stan's secret stash of mad money. The boys run up a huge tab treating a couple of girls to dinner at a snazzy nightclub and much trouble ensues.
Modern Times Modern Times (1936) Character: Big Bill
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
Rainbow Ranch Rainbow Ranch (1933) Character: Brawler at Dance
An emergency at his Aunt's ranch gets Ed Randall leave from the Navy. He returns to find the water cut off and her note due the next day. When the man he seeks legal advice from is murdered, Ed is accused and he now finds himself in jail with a lynch mob forming outside.
Blotto Blotto (1930) Character: Headwaiter
Stan 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.
The Midnight Patrol The Midnight Patrol (1933) Character: Policeman
Novice policemen Stan and Ollie bungle a burglary investigation.
45 Minutes from Hollywood 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926) Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)
A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.
The Floorwalker The Floorwalker (1916) Character: (uncredited)
An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.



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