Tiny Sandford(1894-1961)
- Actor
Stanley J. Sandford, better known as "Tiny" Sandford, was born in Iowa,
U.S.A in 1894. He went into films in 1910 for Mack Sennett and joined
Charles Chaplin in 1916 appearing in Charlot et le comte (1916), The Immigrant (1915), and
Charlot s'évade (1917). He later appeared in Chaplin's productions
such as La Ruée vers l'or (1925), Le Cirque (1928), Les Lumières de la ville (1931), Les Temps modernes (1936), and Le dictateur (1940). But most
of all he was best known for his films with Laurel & Hardy such as Les Forçats du pinceau (1927), Derrière les barreaux (1929), Sous les verrous (1931), and C'est donc ton frère (1936) to name a few. He was originally cast
as the Sheriff in Laurel et Hardy au Far-West (1937), but was later replaced by
Stanley Fields. Despite making some films for Edgar Kennedy in 1940 he
retired.
His best-known role with Laurel & Hardy would've been Oeil pour oeil (1929), and with Charlie Chaplin, it would have to be Les Temps modernes (1936).
His best-known role with Laurel & Hardy would've been Oeil pour oeil (1929), and with Charlie Chaplin, it would have to be Les Temps modernes (1936).
