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- Birth nameGeorge Ford Stich
- Ford Sterling was born on November 3, 1883 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Good and Naughty (1926), The Trouble with Wives (1925) and He Who Gets Slapped (1924). He was married to Teddy Sampson. He died on October 13, 1939 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseTeddy Sampson(1914 - October 13, 1939) (his death)
- Was Chief of the original Keystone Kops.
- He was actually quite handsome in real life, but in the Keystone Kops and Mack Sennett shorts that he appeared in, he would disguise his true appearance with glasses and a goatee, as well as fake eyebrows.
- Harold Lloyd called Sterling "the funniest man in movies".
- As a boy he ran away from home to join John Robinson's circus.
- Would travel yearly to England to buy clothes.
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