Legendary comedy duo Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesComic actors Laurel and Hardy in a scene from their film 'Liberty' (aka 'Criminals at Large'), directed by Leo McCarey for Hal Roach Studios/MGM, 1929. Laurel and Hardy General Photographic Agency/Getty ImagesComedy team Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy star together in 'Angora Love', directed by Louis R Foster for MGM, 1929. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty ImagesStan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a publicity still for 'The Finishing Touch' directed by Leo McCarey and Clyde Bruckman. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty ImagesOliver Hardy looks on unimpressed as Stan Laurel slides down a bannister. They are clowning around behind the scenes on the Hal Roach lot, 1930. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Oliver Hardy with his leg in plaster, and Stan Laurel. Center left is the double act's long time producer, Hal Roach, 1930. Laurel and Hardy Topical Press Agency/Getty Images Laurel and Hardy drive the inaugural train on the New Romney-Dungeness section of the line which had been closed since the start of the war, during the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway's 21st birthday celebrations in 1947. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Comic double-act Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are caught sleeping on the job by director James W Horne, 1930. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Stan Laurel enjoys blissful sleep, to the annoyance of his comedy partner Oliver Hardy, 1930. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy with a kitten during filming of the silent short 'The Finishing Touch', directed by Leo McCarey and Clyde Bruckman, 1928. Laurel and Hardy Hulton Archive/Getty Images Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as sailors during the shooting of the film 'Men O War', 1929. Laurel and Hardy Hulton Archive/Getty Images Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prepare to board a small aircraft holding an accordion in a scene from 'The Big Noise'. The film was directed by Mal St Clair for 20th Century Fox, 1944 Laurel and Hardy Hulton Archive/Getty Images Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, wearing deerstalkers and nightgowns, play two incompetent detectives in the film 'The Big Noise', directed by Mal St Clair for 20th Century Fox, 1944. Laurel and Hardy Gene Lester/Getty Images Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy performing on stage in a Hollywood Victory Caravan show, May 1942. The Hollywood Victory Caravan was a three-week railway tour of the United States by well-known performers, to raise money for war bonds. Laurel and Hardy American Stock Archive/Getty Images British-born actor Stan Laurel and his comedy partner, American actor Oliver Hardy , wear military uniforms in a trench in a still from director John G. Blystone's film, 'Block-Heads', 1938. Laurel and Hardy Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images Bonnie Scotland is a 1935 American film starring Laurel and Hardy, produced by Hal Roach for Hal Roach Studios and directed by James W. Horne. Although the film begins in Scotland, a large part of the action is set in India. Laurel and Hardy Hulton Archive/Getty Images Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy t resting in between scenes during the filming of the Hal Roach production of the 1932 film, 'Towed In A Hole', directed by George Marshall. Laurel and Hardy Fox Photos/Getty Images Comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy wave goodbye as their train pulls out of Paddington Station, London as the pair was en route to America, 1932. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a break from filming their second feature film, 'Pack Up Your Troubles', directed by George Marshall and Ray McCarey, 1932. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images A poster advertising the Laurel and Hardy short, 'Towed In A Hole', directed by George Marshall, 1932. Laurel and Hardy Hulton Archive/Getty Images Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy star in the Hal Roach the 1931 film 'Laughing Gravy', in which the disastrous duo become involved with a small mongrel. The film was directed by James W Horne. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images American silent screen comedian and actor Buster Keaton with fellow comedians Jimmy Durante, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, 1931. Laurel and Hardy Stax/Getty Images Laurel and Hardy star in 'Beau Hunks' the latest Hal Roach comedy about the Foreign Legion. The director James Horne is discussing with them how he wants the scene played, 1931. Laurel and Hardy Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images A poster for the Laurel and Hardy film, "Pardon Us," 1931. Laurel and Hardy Hulton Archive/Getty Images Comic duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy take a break from playing the two sections of a pantomime horse, in the 1933 film film 'Monkey Doodle'. Laurel and Hardy General Photographic Agency/Getty Images Comedy stars Oliver Hardy and on right Stan Laurel with Marlin they have caught while big game fishing, circa 1930. Laurel and Hardy General Photographic Agency/Getty Images Oliver Hardy, (left) and Stan Laurel in 1930. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, wearing straw boaters instead of their trademark bowler hats, circa 1930. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Stan Laurel holds his nose in pain after a sporting altercation with Oliver Hardy. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy with their long term producer, Hal Roach, 1930. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy playing with giant building blocks as they appear in 'Brats', directed by James Parrott, in which they play their own sons, 1930. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy on the set of a film in 1930. Laurel and Hardy American Stock Archive/Getty Images American actor Oliver Hardy and British-born actor Stan Laurel sit in an automobile sandwiched between two trolley cars in a still from director James Parrott's film, 'Hog Wild'. Charles McMurphy plays the streetcar conductor while another actor, possibly Dorothy Granger sits in the car, 1930. Laurel and Hardy General Photographic Agency/Getty Images Stan Laurel, originally Arthur Stanley Jefferson, and Oliver Hardy, 1930. Laurel and Hardy Hulton Archive/Getty Images Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as they appear in the comedy 'Brats', in which they play their own sons. The film was directed by James Parrott for Hal Roach Studios, 1930. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images From left to right, Stan Laurel, Lawrence Tibbett and Oliver Hardy dressed as Russians for their roles in 'The Rogue Song', directed by Lionel Barrymore and Hal Roach, 1929. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel with Dorothy Coburn during the filming of 'The Finishing Touch', directed by Leo McCarey and Clyde Bruckman, 1928. Laurel and Hardy John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images Stan Laurel as he appears in 'Putting Pants On Philip' directed by Clyde Bruckman, 1927. Laurel and Hardy Fox Photos/Getty Images Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson and Oliver Hardy, photographed in 1925.