Tiny Sandford

Tiny Sandford
Sandford in A Shriek in the Night (1933)
Born	Stanley J. Sandford (1894-02-26)February 26, 1894 Osage, Iowa, USA
Died	October 29, 1961(1961-10-29) (aged 67) Los Angeles, California, USA
Years active	1916–1940
Spouse	Edna Sandford (?–?) 2 children

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.

Biography

Sandford was born in Osage, Iowa, in 1894. 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

• The Immigrant (1917), The cheater on the boat
• The World's Champion (1922)
• Don't Shoot (1922)
• Breaking Into Society (1923)
• The Family Secret (1924)
• The Gold Rush (1925), Barman (uncredited)
• Madame Behave (1925)
• Ginsberg the Great (1927), Hercules
• Love My Dog (1927), P. Fulton, attorney at law
• Sailors, Beware! (1927)
• The Second Hundred Years (1927)
• The Circus (1928), The Head Property Man
• From Soup to Nuts (1928), Mr. Culpepper
• Flying Elephants (1928), Hulking Caveman
• From Soup to Nuts (1928)
• The Gate Crasher (1928)
• The Iron Mask (1929), Porthos
• Big Business (1929)
• Double Whoopee (1929)
• The Hoose-Gow (1929)
• Blotto (1930)
• Below Zero (1930)
• The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
• Beau Hunks (1931)
• Pardon Us (1931), Prison Guard
• Come Clean (1931)
• The Chimp (1932)
• This Is the Night (1932)
• Busy Bodies (1933), Shop Foreman
• A Shriek in the Night (1933), Eddie a detective
• Queen Christina (1933), Cook at the Inn (uncredited)
• Modern Times (1936), Big Bill
• The Great Dictator (1940), a comrade soldier in 1918 (uncredited)

References

• Maltin, Leonard (1973). The Laurel & Hardy Book. New York: Curtis.

External links

• Tiny Sandford at IMDb
• Tiny Sandford at Find a Grave