Editing Laurel and Hardy (section)

===Supporting cast members===
Laurel and Hardy's films included a supporting cast of comic actors, some of whom appeared regularly:<ref>[http://laurelandhardyfilms.com/people/all#/ "Laurel and Hardy Films: The People."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003002530/http://laurelandhardyfilms.com/people/all#/ |date=October 3, 2011 }} ''laurelandhardyfilms.com,'' Retrieved: April 3, 2011.</ref>
*[[Harry Bernard]] (former vaudeville partner of Charley Chase) played supporting roles as a waiter, bartender, or policeman.
*[[Mae Busch]] often played the formidable Mrs. Hardy and other characters, particularly sultry ''femmes fatales.''
*[[Charley Chase]], the Hal Roach film star and brother of [[James Parrott]], a writer/director of several Laurel and Hardy films, made four appearances.
*[[Dorothy Coburn]] appeared in nearly a dozen early silent shorts.
*[[Baldwin Cooke]] (former vaudeville partner of Stan Laurel) played supporting roles as a waiter, colleague, or neighbor.
*[[Richard Cramer]] appeared as a scowling, menacing villain or opponent.
*[[Peter Cushing]], well before becoming a star in [[Hammer Horror]] films, played one of the students in ''[[A Chump at Oxford]]''.
*[[Bobby Dunn]] appeared as a cross-eyed bartender and telegram messenger, as well as the genial shoplifter in ''[[Tit for Tat (1935 film)|Tit for Tat]]''.
*[[Eddie Dunn (actor)|Eddie Dunn]] made several appearances, notably as the belligerent taxi driver in ''[[Me and My Pal (1933 film)|Me and My Pal]]''. 
*[[James Finlayson (actor)|James Finlayson]], a balding, mustachioed Scotsman known for displays of indignation and squinting, pop-eyed "double takes," made 33 appearances and is perhaps their most celebrated foil.
*[[Anita Garvin]] appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy films, often cast as Mrs. Laurel.
*[[Billy Gilbert]] made many appearances, most notably as bombastic, blustery characters such as those in ''[[The Music Box]]'' (1932) and ''[[Block-Heads]]''.
*[[Charlie Hall (actor, born 1899)|Charlie Hall]], who usually played angry, diminutive adversaries, appeared nearly 50 times.
*[[Jean Harlow]] had a small role in the silent short ''[[Double Whoopee]]'' (1929) and two other films in the early part of her career.
*[[Arthur Housman]] made several appearances as a comic drunk.
*[[Isabelle Keith]] was the only actress to appear as wife to both Laurel ''and'' Hardy (in ''[[Perfect Day (1929 film)|Perfect Day]]'' and ''[[Be Big!]]'', respectively).
*[[Edgar Kennedy]], master of the "slow burn," often appeared as a cop, a hostile neighbor, or a relative.
*[[Walter Long (actor)|Walter Long]] played grizzled, unshaven, physically threatening villains.
*[[Sam Lufkin]] appeared several times, usually as a husky authority figure.
*[[Charles B. Middleton|Charles Middleton]] made a handful of appearances, usually as a sourpuss adversary.
*[[James C. Morton]] appeared as a bartender or exasperated policeman.
*[[Vivien Oakland]] appeared in several early silent films, and later talkies including ''[[Scram!]]'' and ''[[Way Out West (1937 film)|Way Out West]]''.
*[[Blanche Payson]], a former policewoman, was featured in several sound shorts, including Oliver's formidable wife in ''[[Helpmates]]''.
*[[Daphne Pollard]] was featured as Oliver's diminutive but daunting wife.
*[[Viola Richard]] appeared in several early silent films, most notably as the beautiful cave girl in ''[[Flying Elephants]]'' (1928).
*[[Charley Rogers]], an English actor and gag writer, appeared several times.
*[[Tiny Sandford]] was a tall, burly, physically imposing [[character actor]] who played authority figures, usually policemen.
*[[Thelma Todd]] appeared several times before her own career as a comic leading lady.
*[[Ben Turpin]], the [[Esotropia|cross-eyed]] [[Mack Sennett]] comedy star, made two memorable appearances.
*[[Ellinor Vanderveer]] made many appearances as a dowager, high society matron, or posh party guest.