Jimmy Aubrey (23 October 1887 – 2 September 1983) was an English
actor
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who worked with both
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (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 consider ...
and
Laurel and Hardy
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, having gone with
Fred Karno
Frederick John Westcott (26 March 1866 – 17 September 1941), best known by his stage name Fred Karno, was an English theatre impresario of the British music hall. As a comedian of slapstick he is credited with popularising the custard-p ...
's theatrical company to America in 1908. However he left to start on his own in
vaudeville
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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
People from Bolton
20th-century English male actors
20th-century English comedians
British expatriate male actors in the United States
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