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- Birth nameGeorge Ford Stich
- Ford Sterling was born on November 3, 1883 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928), Florida (1926) and The Show-Off (1926). He was married to Teddy Sampson. He died on October 13, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseTeddy Sampson(1914 - October 13, 1939) (his death)
- Was Chief of the original Keystone Kops.
- He was actually quite handsome in real life, but in the Keystone Kops and Mack Sennett shorts that he appeared in, he would disguise his true appearance with glasses and a goatee, as well as fake eyebrows.
- Harold Lloyd called Sterling "the funniest man in movies".
- As a boy he ran away from home to join John Robinson's circus.
- Would travel yearly to England to buy clothes.
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