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Some Names From Laurel and Hardy - Do you like any?
As you might be aware, Laurel and Hardy were a comedy duo active between 1927 and 1955. I grew up with their films and as a small child, I had a series of blank tapes and a children's recorder set and I had tried to create my own audio Laurel and Hardy shows. I still have at least one of my tapes somewhere.Here are some names I have collated from the cast and crew and characters used within some of their films. Do you like any names or combos listed? What don't you like?Stanley Laurel (portrayed by Stanley Laurel aka Arthur Stanley Jefferson)Oliver Hardy (portrayed by Oliver Hardy aka Oliver Norvell Hardy)Marvin Hatley and Leroy Shield (theme song and music composers)The following are actors who appeared regularly in a number of roles and/or are the most notable early stars:Harry Bernard
Mae Busch (born Annie May Busch)
Charley Chase (born Charles Joseph Parrott - also a writer/director of several of the films)
Dorothy Coburn (born Dorothy Montana Coburn)
Baldwin "Baldy" Cooke (born Baldwin Gardiner Cooke)Richard Cramer (born Richard Earl Cramer)
Peter Cushing (born Peter Wilton Cushing)
Bobby Dunn (born Robert P. Dunn)
Eddie Dunn (born Edward Frank Dunn)
James Finlayson (born James Henderson Finlayson)Anita Garvin (born Anna Frances Garvin)
Billy Gilbert (born William Gilbert Barron)
Charlie Hall
Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter)
Arthur HousmanIsabelle Keith
Edgar Kennedy (born Edgar Livingston Kennedy)
Walter Long (born Walter Huntley Long)
Sam Lufkin (born Samuel "Sam" William Lufkin)
Charles MiddletonJames C. Morton (born James Carmody Lankton)
Vivien Oakland (born Vivian Ruth Andersen)
Blanche Payson (born Mary Elizabeth Bush)
Daphne Pollard (born Daphne Trott)
Viola Richard (born Evelyn Viola Richard)Charley Rogers
Tiny Sandford (born Stanley J. "Tiny" Sandford)
Thelma Todd (born Thelma Alice Todd)
Ben Turpin (born Bernard "Ben" Turpin)
Ellinor Vanderveer---"one particular boogie will move mirror massaging with stirring crepe mixture, positioning loaves while in the furnace then toting items in containers" ~ best Russian daing sites (guest, 198.144.149.xxx) (2020)Formally PrincessZ and Princess Magpie
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Interesting!
Harry's OK, just; I like Bernard
Prefer May to Mae
Richard is good; most nns aren't
Peter - my son's name
Robert's OK; prefer Robin; also prefer Rob or Bob to Robbie or Bobby
Prefer Francis to Frank
James is good
Love William; prefer Will or Bill to Willy or Billy
Love Jean
Love Keith - OK, here it's a ln, but so what?
Hugely dislike Sam, Samuel and all Sam names, m and f
Love Vivien and Ruth
Love Mary Elizabeth; dislike Blanche A Lot
Daphne is just OK
Prefer Evelyn to Viola by a very long shot
Thelma is OK; Alice is one of my all-time faves
Like Ben, but not as a nn for Bernard which is good enough to stand alone
Ellinor is weird and not in a good way; Elinor and Eleanor are wonderful
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