Movie

A Chump at Oxford

Released: January 25, 1940 (1940)

Runtime: 61 minutes

Genres: Comedy

The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Wilfred Lucas as Dean Williams
Age at release: 68
Forrester Harvey as Meredith
Age at release: 55
Forbes Murray as Banker
Age at release: 55
Eddie Borden as Ghost
Age at release: 51
Stan Laurel as Stan
Age at release: 49
Oliver Hardy as Ollie
Age at release: 48
Gerald Rogers as Student
Age at release: 48
Frank Baker as Dean's Servant
Age at release: 47
Charlie Hall as Student
Age at release: 40
Gerald Fielding as Student
Age at release: 29

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Harry Bernard as Policeman (uncredited)
Age at release: 62
Herbert Evans as Professor Crampton (uncredited)
Age at release: 57
Louise Bates as Minor Role (uncredited)
Age at release: 53
James Finlayson as Baldy Vandevere (uncredited)
Age at release: 52
Richard Cramer as Minor Role (uncredited)
Age at release: 50
Jean De Briac as Pierre (uncredited)
Age at release: 48
Tom Costello as Minor Role (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
Stanley Blystone as Policeman (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
Rex Lease as Bank Robber (uncredited)
Age at release: 36
Anita Garvin as Mrs. Vandevere (uncredited)
Age at release: 33
Robert Kent as Minor Role (uncredited)
Age at release: 31
Peter Cushing as Student
Age at release: 26
Ethelreda Leopold as Bank Manager's Secretary (uncredited)
Age at release: 25
Lois Lindsay as Minor Role (uncredited)
Age at release: 23
Marjorie Deanne as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
Age at release: 22
Evelyn Barlow as Minor Role (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Mack Germaine as Minor Role (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Alec Harford as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Jack Heasley as Hodges (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
Jewel Jordan as Minor Role (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown