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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. Other Chaplin films that he appeared in 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). He appeared in The Warrior's Husband as a clumsy and cowardly Hercules. 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 in Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. He died in Los Angeles, California on October 29, 1961.
Partial filmography
- 1917 The Immigrant, The cheater on the boat
- 1925 The Gold Rush, Barman (uncredited)
- 1927 Ginsberg the Great, Hercules
- 1927 Love My Dog, P. Fulton, attorney at law
- 1928 The Circus, The Head Property Man
- 1928 From Soup to Nuts, Mr. Culpepper
- 1928 Flying Elephants, Hulking Caveman
- 1929 The Iron Mask, Porthos
- 1931 Pardon Us, Prison Guard
- 1933 Busy Bodies, Shop Foreman
- 1933 A Shriek in the Night, Eddie a detective
- 1933 Queen Christina, Cook at the Inn (uncredited)
- 1936 Modern Times, Big Bill
- 1940 The Great Dictator, a comrade soldier in 1918 (uncredited)