Tiny Sandford

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1894-02-25 (67 years old)

Deathday

1961-10-29

Place of Birth

Osage, Iowa, USA

Tiny Sandford

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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, who became one of his best friends. His Charlie Chaplin movies include The Circus (1928) and Modern Times (1936), where he plays "Big Bill". His films with Laurel and Hardy inclu...

Acting

1936

Modern Times

as Big Bill

1917

The Adventurer

as Policeman (uncredited)

1928

The Circus

as The Head Property Man

1933

1936

Show Boat

as Zebe (uncredited)

1928

1929

Double Whoopee

as Policeman

1928

Flying Elephants

as Hulking Caveman

1929

The Hoose-Gow

as Warden

1935

1924

Waterfront Wolves

as Hans Skol

1929

The Far Call

as Captain Storkerson

1925

The Perfect Clown

as Cop (uncredited)

1929

Movie Night

as Cinema Manager

1933

1929

Big Business

as Policeman (uncredited)

1932

Sealskins

as Jocko's Keeper

1929

The Iron Mask

as Porthos

1922

1933

A Shriek in the Night

as Detective (uncredited)

1931

Second Hand Kisses

as Traffic Cop

1916

The Floorwalker

as (uncredited)

1935

Treasure Blues

as Moving Man (uncredited)

1933

Beauty and the Bus

as Irate Truck Driver

1936

Sutter's Gold

as San Francisco Troublemaker

1936

Mummy's Boys

as Construction Foreman

1935

Here Comes the Band

as Comedian (uncredited)

1930

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

as Policeman (uncredited)

1929

Rio Rita

as Davalos

1933

Rainbow Ranch

as Brawler at Dance

1930

1930

Doughboys

as Bit (uncredited)

1927

Love My Dog

as P. Fulton, attorney at law

1925

Confessions of a Queen

as (uncredited)

1940

The Great Dictator

as Soldier in 1918 Tomainia (uncredited)

1926

45 Minutes from Hollywood

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1933

Busy Bodies

as Shop Foreman (uncredited)

1934

Babes in Toyland

as Dunker (uncredited)

1928

From Soup to Nuts

as Mr. Culpepper

1930

The Night Life

as Waiter (uncredited)

1928

Leave 'Em Laughing

as Dental Patient (uncredited)

1927

Sailors, Beware!

as Man in robe (uncredited)

1927

The Second 100 Years

as Prison Guard

1925

The Gold Rush

as Barman (uncredited)

1934

Going Bye-Bye!

as Man in Courtroom

1931

Come Clean

as Doorman

1930

Blotto

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

1927

Flaming Fathers

as Policeman at Pier (uncredited)

1927

1932

This Is the Night

as Porter (uncredited)

1933

Queen Christina

as Cook at the Inn (uncredited)

1932

Too Many Women

as Sadie's Bridegroom (uncredited)

1931

High Gear

as Wilbur the Chauffeur (uncredited)

1932

Hot Spot

as Policeman (uncredited)

1930

Fifty Million Husbands

as Hillary Sandford

1968

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

as Shields - Prison Guard / Tiny (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940

Florian

as Laundry Foreman

1923

Love's Handicap

as Diamond Jim's Right-Hand Man

1934

Another Wild Idea

as Large Policeman

1926

Crazy Like a Fox

as Conductor (uncredited)

1931

Pardon Us

as Shields

1934

The Undie-World

as T.N.T. Room Bouncer

1927

1922

The World's Champion

as Lord Brockington

1938

A Clean Sweep

as Janitor

1930

Night of Goblins

as Policeman

1931

Haunted at Midnight

as Policeman Müller

1937

Blossoms On Broadway

as Workman (uncredited)

1935

Ship Cafe

as Stoker (uncredited)

1934

Bedlam of Beards

as Clancy (uncredited)

1925

Plain and Fancy Girls

as Charley's Rival

1932

1936

Our Relations

as Wharf tough guy (uncredited)

1932

The Thirteenth Guest

as Mike (uncredited)

1934

Hi'–Neighbor!

as Moving Man

1934

Washee Ironee

as Traffic Cop

1934

Woman Haters

as Mary's Policeman Uncle (uncredited)

1932

1925

Madame Behave

as Policeman

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