Tiny Sandford

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Stanley J. "Tiny" Sandford (born February 26, 1894 in Osage , Iowa , † October 29, 1961 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor .

life and career

Stanley Sandford first worked in the theater and began acting in film productions in the 1910s. First he played for Mack Sennett . He chose the artist's first name Tiny (Eng: 'tiny'), although the name was rather ironic: in fact, Sandford was almost two meters tall and weighed about 150 kilograms. With this build, he was mostly used in intimidating roles as a police officer, bouncer or thug. Mostly he appeared in comedies, only very occasionally did he appear in more serious film material. In the silent film era, he starred in Gold Rush (1925) and The Circus (1928) alongside Charlie Chaplin , who was considered one of his best friends. Besides Chaplin Sandford stood with Laurel and Hardy in a total of 24 films before the camera, for example, he must in Big Business as a police officer is a dispute between the comic duo and James Finlayson clarified. In 1936 he played what is probably his best-known role in the classic film Modern Times , where his character of the tough worker "Big Bill" works alongside the clumsy Chaplin.

From the mid-1930s, Sandford's film roles became insignificant and smaller. In 1940 he retired from the acting business after having made almost 150 films, although he was only in his mid-forties. He was married and had two children. Sandford died in 1961 at the age of 67.

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SURNAME Sandford, Tiny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sandford, SJ; Sandford, Stanley J .; Sandford, Stanley; Sanford, Stanley J .; Sanford, Stanley; Sanford, Tiny; Stanford, Tiny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Osage , Iowa
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1961
Place of death Los Angeles , California