Jimmy Aubrey (23 October 1887 – 2 September 1983) was an English

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

who worked with both

Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered o ...

and

Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American double act, comedy duo during the early Classical Hollywood cinema, Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957) ...

, having gone with Fred Karno's theatrical company to America in 1908. However he left to start on his own in

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. He started in comedies, then went on to comedic roles in drama. He appeared in 419 films between 1915 and 1953.

Selected filmography

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* 1887 births 1983 deaths Hal Roach Studios actors English male film actors English male silent film actors Male actors from Bolton 20th-century English male actors 20th-century English comedians English expatriate male actors in the United States English male comedians Comedians from Lancashire {{England-actor-stub