Trivia

At 6'5" and over 300 pounds, Sanford was one of the few Laurel and Hardy adversaries who towered over the six foot Oliver Hardy.

Appeared with Charlie Chaplin in 9 movies from 1916-1940

Appeared with Laurel & Hardy in 24 movies from 1926-1936

Often played a policeman or a villain

He played the sheriff in the Laurel and Hardy film Way Out West (1937) but was replaced by Stanley Fields, however he can still be seen in the first shot of the stagecoach arriving in Brushwood Gulch and in stills.

Children: Louise (1919) and Robert (1921)

He was cast as a man in the courtroom in the Laurel and Hardy film 'Going Bye Bye (1934) but his part was cut.