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

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...

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 conside ...

and

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

, 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- ...

'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 People from Bolton 20th-century English male actors 20th-century English comedians British expatriate male actors in the United States {{England-actor-stub