Cop, Guard, Waiter, partime Behooded Ducker

TINY SANDFORD

b. February 26, 1894; d. October 29, 1961
Appeared with Laurel and Hardy in 23 films.

Other notable films: The Circus (1927); The Iron Mask (1928); A Night at the Opera (1935); Showboat (1936); Modern Times (1936)

Sandford began his career on the stage before moving to films in 1910. He appeared in numerous shorts for Chaplin and Sennett before signing with Hal Roach in the mid-20's. Frequently cast as a burly cop or waiter, he may be best remembered for his role as the befuddled officer in Big Business.

Copyright © John Larrabee, 1998. All Rights Reserved.
Property of Laurel and Hardy Central.

TINY SANDFORD'S FILMS WITH LAUREL AND HARDY
(Incomplete)

SHORTS:

45 Minutes From Hollywood (Conductor)
Sailors, Beware! (Man in robe)
The Second Hundred Years (Prison guard)
Leave 'Em Laughing (Patient)
Flying Elephants (Caveman)
From Soup to Nuts (Mr. Culpepper)
Their Purple Moment (Waiter)
Big Business (Officer Sandford)
Double Whoopee (Officer Sandford)
The Hoose-gow (Prison guard)
Blotto (Waiter)
Below Zero (Pete, the diner owner)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (Officer Sandford)
Come Clean (Doorman)
Beau Hunks (Legionnaire officer)
Any Old Port (Sailor, cut from film)
The Chimp (Destructo)
The Midnight Patrol (Officer Sandford)
Busy Bodies (Foreman)

FEATURES:

PARDON US (Officer Le Roy Shields)
FRA DIAVOLO (Woodchopper)
BABES IN TOYLAND (Behooded Ducker)
OUR RELATIONS (Tough guy)
WAY OUT WEST (Original Sheriff - cut from film *)

* Note: Sandford was originally cast and filmed some scenes as the Sheriff in WAY OUT WEST but he was soon replaced by Stanley Fields. However, there is a possibility that he still may appear in the film in a long shot, as the boys get out of the stagecoach. Since he and Stanley Fields are of the same general build, it would make sense that long shots featuring Sandford would be perfectly acceptable..