Tiny Sandford (Actor)

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Movies starring Tiny Sandford have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 70%.

Modern Times - released in 1936 - is Tiny Sandford's highest rated movie, with a score of 88% based on 746 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Tiny Sandford is A Shriek in the Night - released in 1933 - with a score of 41% based on 8 reviews.

Actor Biography

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 include Big Business (1929), Double Whoopee (1929), The Chimp (1932), and Our Relations (1936). 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 Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator. He died in Los Angeles, California on October 29, 1961.

Tiny Sandford has acted in films with Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Charlie Hall and Richard Alexander.

Tiny Sandford has worked with these film directors: Charlie Chaplin, James Parrott, Albert Ray and Edgar Kennedy.