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- Birth nameEdgar Hugh Loughton
- Eddie Laughton was born on June 20, 1903 in Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK. He was an actor, known for Highway Patrol (1938), Girls of the Road (1940) and My Son Is a Criminal (1939). He was married to Dorothea M. Appel, Mary Eaton and Lytha M. Pratt McPhail. He died on March 21, 1952 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesDorothea M. Appel(June 25, 1924 - June 4, 1930) (divorced)Mary Eaton(? - October 10, 1948) (her death)Lytha M. Pratt McPhail (divorced)
- He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
- He was the Stooges' straight-man for their live appearances in the late 1930s and 1940s. He also accompanied them on their tour of his home country.
- Eddie Laughton and Curly Howard were born in the same year of 1903 and died in the same year of 1952.
- He is familiar to modern viewers as Percy Pomeroy in ''So Long Mr. Chumps'' and "Beer Barrel Polecats".
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