Tiny Sandford

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Stanley "Tiny" Sandford (February 26, 1894–October 29, 1961) was a burly actor who starred in Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chaplin films. His most famous films with Laurel and Hardy were Our Relations and The Chimp. Sandford also acted in Way Out West, Laurel and Hardy's most famous film, but his sequence was cut from the final take.

Of his Charlie Chaplin movies, his most famous include The Circus (1928), City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936). He was most famous for playing rough and tough men, such as in City Lights and Modern Times as 'a hard man' and 'Big Bill' respectively. He retired from acting in 1940, the year he had a very small role Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator.