Actor in a Leading Role) and John C. Reilly played Hardy. Developed by BBC Films, the film is set in the twilight of their careers, and focuses on their farewell tour of Britain and Ireland's variety halls in 1953. In 2019 Laurel was voted the greatest ever British comedian by a panel on the British television channel Gold. Filmography Stan Laurel filmography (films of Stan Laurel as an actor without Oliver Hardy) Laurel and Hardy filmography (filmography of Laurel and Hardy together) References Notes Citations Bibliography Bergen, Ronald. The Life and Times of Laurel and Hardy. New York: Smithmark, 1992. . Bowers, Judith. Stan Laurel and Other Stars of the Panopticon: The Story of the Britannia Music Hall. Edinburgh: Birlinn Ltd, 2007. . Louvish, Simon. Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy. London: Faber & Faber, 2001. . Marriot, A. J. Laurel & Hardy: The British Tours. Hitchen, Herts, UK: AJ Marriot, 1993. . Levy, Joe, ed. Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. New York: Wenner Books, 2005. . McCabe, John. Babe: The Life of Oliver Hardy. London: Robson Books Ltd., 2004. . McCabe, John. Comedy World of Stan Laurel. London: Robson Books, 2005, First edition 1975. . McCabe, John. Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy: An Affectionate Biography. London: Robson Books, 2004, First edition 1961, . Stone, Rob. Laurel or Hardy: The Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Temecula, California: Split Reel Books, 1996 Okuda, Ted, and James L. Neibaur. Stan Without Ollie: The Stan Laurel Solo Films. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Co., 2012 Guiles, Fred Lawrence. Stan: The Life of Stan Laurel. New York: Stein and Day., 1980 External links The Making of Stan Laurel: Echoes of a British Boyhood article at Brenton Film by Danny Lawrence, Stan Laurel's biographer The Stan Laurel Correspondence Archive Project English male comedians Comedians from Lancashire British male comedy actors English entertainers English male film actors English male silent film actors English male stage actors English stunt performers Music hall performers Silent film comedians Vaudeville performers 1890 births 1965 deaths Academy Honorary Award recipients Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award 20th Century Studios contract players Hal Roach Studios actors Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players English emigrants to the United States British expatriate male actors in the United States People educated at The King's School, Tynemouth People educated at Stonelaw High School People from Ulverston Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood