
Oliver Hardy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 18, 1892
- Died
- August 7, 1957 (aged 65)
- Birthplace
- Harlem, Georgia, USA
Biography
Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1927 to 1951. He appeared with his comedy partner Stan Laurel in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles. He was credited with his first film, Outwitting Dad, in 1914. In some of his early works, he was billed as "Babe Hardy". Oliver Hardy died from cerebral thrombosis on August 7, 1957, at age 65. His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 1500 Vine Street, Hollywood, California.
Known For
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Filmography
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
Movie
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
Movie

The World of Laurel and Hardy
Movie

Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
Movie · as Archive Footage

Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Movie · as Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)

Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
Movie

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Real Charlie Chaplin
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
Movie

Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
Movie · as Ollio

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Dick & Doof - Best of
Movie · as Schauspieler
The Parrott Chase
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
Movie · as Oliver

Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
Movie · as Hardy

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Movie

Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
Movie · as Ollie

Laurel & Hardy - Best of
Movie · as Ollie

Chaplin's Goliath
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Movie · as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Classic Comedy Teams
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie · as (archive footage)

Dance of the Cookoos
Movie

The Hollywood Clowns
Movie · as (archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
Movie · as Ollie

That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie · as (archive footage)

Hooray for Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Movie · as (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Another Nice Mess
Movie · as Hardy (archive footage)

4 Clowns
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Movie · as Ollie / Bert (archive footage)

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Movie

The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
Movie

Omnibus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Salute to Stan Laurel
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
Movie · as Ollie (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy
Movie · as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

30 Years of Fun
Movie · as (archive footage)

Days of Thrills and Laughter
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

When Comedy Was King
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Golden Age of Comedy
Movie · as archive footage

This Is Your Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Robinson Crusoeland
Movie · as Ollie

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
Movie · as (archive footage)
¡Qué tiempos aquellos!
Movie

Riding High
Movie · as Sucker (uncredited)

The Fighting Kentuckian
Movie · as Willie Paine

Performers Arrive in Hampshire
Movie · as Self

The Bullfighters
Movie · as Ollie

Nothing But Trouble
Movie · as Oliver

The Big Noise
Movie · as Ollie

Air Raid Wardens
Movie · as Ollie

The Dancing Masters
Movie · as Ollie

Jitterbugs
Movie · as Ollie

A-Haunting We Will Go
Movie · as Ollie

The Tree in a Test Tube
Movie · as Ollie

Great Guns
Movie · as Oliver

A Chump at Oxford
Movie · as Ollie

Saps at Sea
Movie · as Ollie

The Flying Deuces
Movie · as Ollie

Zenobia
Movie · as Dr. Henry Tibbett

Block-Heads
Movie · as Ollie

Hollywood Handicap
Movie · as Himself

Swiss Miss
Movie · as Ollie

That's That!
Movie · as Himself

Way Out West
Movie · as Ollie

Pick a Star
Movie · as Oliver Hardy

Our Relations
Movie · as Ollie / Bert Hardy

On the Wrong Trek
Movie · as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)

The Bohemian Girl
Movie · as Ollie

Bonnie Scotland
Movie · as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy

The Fixer Uppers
Movie · as Ollie

Thicker Than Water
Movie · as Ollie

Tit for Tat
Movie · as Ollie
Their Night Out - Screen Test
Movie · as Mr. Hardy
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
Movie · as Cleaner

Babes in Toyland
Movie · as Ollie Dee

Oliver the Eighth
Movie · as Ollie

Going Bye-Bye!
Movie · as Mr. Hardy

The Live Ghost
Movie · as Ollie

Them Thar Hills
Movie · as Ollie

Hollywood Party
Movie · as Ollie

Busy Bodies
Movie · as Ollie

Sons of the Desert
Movie · as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy

The Midnight Patrol
Movie · as Officer Oliver Hardy

Dirty Work
Movie · as Ollie

Me and My Pal
Movie · as Ollie

Twice Two
Movie · as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel

The Devil's Brother
Movie · as Ollio

Wild Poses
Movie · as Baby

Pack Up Your Troubles
Movie · as Ollie

The Music Box
Movie · as Ollie

Any Old Port!
Movie · as Ollie

The Chimp
Movie · as Ollie

County Hospital
Movie · as Ollie

Scram!
Movie · as Ollie

Their First Mistake
Movie · as Ollie

Towed in a Hole
Movie · as Ollie

Helpmates
Movie · as Ollie
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
Movie · as Himself
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
Movie · as Himself
Stan and Olly
Movie · as Himself

Hinter Schloss und Riegel
Movie · as Ollie

Laurel and Hardy in the UK
Movie

Our Wife
Movie · as Ollie

One Good Turn
Movie · as Ollie

Be Big!
Movie · as Ollie

On the Loose
Movie · as New Suitor (uncredited)

Beau Hunks
Movie · as Ollie

Come Clean
Movie · as Ollie

Laughing Gravy
Movie · as Ollie

Chickens Come Home
Movie · as Mr. Oliver Hardy

The Stolen Jools
Movie · as Police Driver

Playing at Politics
Movie · as Oliver

The Skulls
Movie · as Señor Hardy

The Chiselers
Movie · as M. Hardy

Pardon Us
Movie · as Ollie

Haunted at Midnight
Movie · as Ollie

De Bote en Bote
Movie · as Ollie

Night Owls
Movie · as Ollie

Below Zero
Movie · as Ollie

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Movie · as Ollie

Brats
Movie · as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.

Another Fine Mess
Movie · as Ollie

Blotto
Movie · as Ollie

Hog Wild
Movie · as Ollie

Night of Goblins
Movie · as Ollie

Thieves
Movie

The Rogue Song
Movie · as Murza-Bek

The Night Life
Movie · as Ollie

Shivering and Shaking
Movie · as Ollie

Radiomanía
Movie · as Ollie
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement
Movie · as Himself

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Movie · as Self

Men O' War
Movie · as Ollie

Big Business
Movie · as Ollie

Liberty
Movie · as Ollie

Perfect Day
Movie · as Ollie

Double Whoopee
Movie · as Ollie

Angora Love
Movie · as Ollie

Bacon Grabbers
Movie · as Oliver

Berth Marks
Movie · as Ollie

The Hoose-Gow
Movie · as Ollie

That's My Wife
Movie · as Ollie

Wrong Again
Movie · as Ollie

They Go Boom!
Movie · as Ollie

Unaccustomed as We Are
Movie · as Oliver Hardy

Should Married Men Go Home?
Movie · as Ollie

Their Purple Moment
Movie · as Ollie

The Finishing Touch
Movie · as Ollie

Flying Elephants
Movie · as Mighty Giant

Leave 'Em Laughing
Movie · as Ollie

Early to Bed
Movie · as Ollie

You're Darn Tootin'
Movie · as Ollie, French horn player

Two Tars
Movie · as Ollie

We Faw Down
Movie · as Ollie

Habeas Corpus
Movie · as Ollie

From Soup to Nuts
Movie · as Hired butler

Galloping Ghosts
Movie · as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13

The Honorable Mr. Buggs
Movie · as The Butler

Sugar Daddies
Movie · as Brittle's butler

Fluttering Hearts
Movie · as Big Bill

The Battle of the Century
Movie · as Manager

Duck Soup
Movie · as Maltravers

Do Detectives Think?
Movie · as Sherlock Pinkham

Call of the Cuckoo
Movie · as Asylum Inmate

Sailors, Beware!
Movie · as Purser Cryder

Putting Pants on Philip
Movie · as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder

The Second Hundred Years
Movie · as Big Goofy

Love 'Em and Weep
Movie · as Judge Chigger

Slipping Wives
Movie · as Butler

With Love and Hisses
Movie · as Top Sergeant Banner

Why Girls Love Sailors
Movie · as First Mate

Crazy to Act
Movie · as Gordon Bagley

Should Men Walk Home?
Movie · as Party Guest at Punch Bowl

Now I'll Tell One
Movie · as Policeman

No Man's Law
Movie · as Sharkey Nye

Baby Brother
Movie · as Ice Man

Why Girls Say No
Movie · as Policeman

Two-Time Mama
Movie · as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
Love 'em and Feed 'em
Movie · as 'Happy' Hopey

Hats Off
Movie · as Ollie

Along Came Auntie
Movie · as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband

45 Minutes from Hollywood
Movie · as Hotel Detective

Thundering Fleas
Movie · as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)

The Gentle Cyclone
Movie · as Sheriff Bill

Bromo and Juliet
Movie · as Cab Driver

Wandering Papas
Movie · as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)

Long Fliv the King
Movie · as The Prime Minister's Assistant

The Nickel-Hopper
Movie · as Jazz band drummer

Be Your Age
Movie · as Oswald Schwartzkopple
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
Movie · as The Taxi Driver

Say It with Babies
Movie · as Hector - the Floorwalker

Madame Mystery
Movie · as Captain Schmaltz

Crazy Like a Fox
Movie · as Charley's Victim (uncredited)

The Wizard of Oz
Movie · as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand

Stick Around
Movie · as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)

Hop to It!
Movie · as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)

Yes, Yes, Nanette
Movie · as Her former sweetheart
They All Fall
Movie · as The boss

The Perfect Clown
Movie · as Babe Mulligan

Isn't Life Terrible?
Movie · as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)

Fiddlin' Around
Movie · as Theatre manager

The Joke's on You
Movie · as Wilbert Perkins

Laughing Ladies
Movie · as Policeman
Hey, Taxi!
Movie · as A Rival Taxi Driver

Fiddlin' Around
Movie · as Theatre Manager

Should Sailors Marry?
Movie · as Doctor

Rivals
Movie · as The Rival
The Perfect Lady
Movie · as (unconfirmed)

Kid Speed
Movie · as Dangerous Dan McGraw

Her Boy Friend
Movie · as Killer Kid

Roaring Lions at Home
Movie

Trouble Brewing
Movie · as Bootlegger

The Girl in the Limousine
Movie · as Freddie

Lightning Love
Movie · as Oliver, the Other Suitor

Horseshoes
Movie · as Dynamite Duffy
No Wedding Bells
Movie · as The Girl's Father

The Midnight Cabaret
Movie · as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor

The Gown Shop
Movie · as Store manager

The Barnyard
Movie · as Farm Hand

The Sawmill
Movie · as The Foreman

Golf
Movie · as The neighbor
The Counter Jumper
Movie · as Gaston Gilligan

A Pair of Kings
Movie · as General Alarm

Little Wildcat
Movie · as 'Bull' Mulligan

The Show
Movie · as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)

The Lucky Dog
Movie · as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel

The Bell Hop
Movie · as Hotel manager

The Bakery
Movie · as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)

The Fall Guy
Movie · as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)

The Rent Collector
Movie · as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)

Squeaks and Squawks
Movie

His Jonah Day
Movie · as The Life Saver

The Decorator
Movie · as Babe, a millionaire

Married to Order
Movie · as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)

The Backyard
Movie · as Thug - The ruffian

Distilled Love
Movie · as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)

The Stage Hand
Movie · as Audience member (uncredited)

The Trouble Hunter
Movie · as The Bouncer

Springtime
Movie · as The Commissioner

Dull Care
Movie · as A Janitor
Hop to It, Bellhop
Movie · as Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)

The Head Waiter
Movie · as A cop (as Babe Hardy)
Bungs and Bunglers
Movie · as Al K. Hall
Playmates
Movie

Bright and Early
Movie · as The Boss

The Rogue
Movie · as Cafe Owner

His Day Out
Movie · as Ollie

He's In Again
Movie · as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
The King of the Kitchen
Movie · as A German customer

The Stranger
Movie · as Oliver, the saloonkeeper

The Scholar
Movie · as The Superintendent

Hello Trouble
Movie · as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
Painless Love
Movie · as Dr. Hurts

The Hobo
Movie · as Harold (as Babe Hardy)

The Candy Kid
Movie · as Rival Proprietor

The Hero
Movie · as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)

The Villain
Movie · as Nell

Cupid's Rival
Movie · as Poor Artist

The Chief Cook
Movie · as Babe (as Babe Hardy)

The Pest
Movie

Little Nell
Movie · as Little Nell
Back Stage
Movie · as Babe

The Guilty Ones
Movie · as Babe

The Battle Royal
Movie · as Plump

One Too Many
Movie · as Plump

The Lottery Man
Movie · as Maggie Murphy

Hungry Hearts
Movie · as Plump (as Babe Hardy)

Love and Duty
Movie · as Pvt. Plump
Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927
Movie

The Serenade
Movie · as Plump (as Babe Hardy)

The Candy Trail
Movie · as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
Aunt Bill
Movie · as Plump
A Day at School
Movie · as Plump (as Babe Hardy)

Avenging Bill
Movie · as Bill, the Grocer's Boy

The Haunted Hat
Movie

Something in Her Eye
Movie · as The Grocer

An Expensive Visit
Movie · as Jack

They Looked Alike
Movie · as Pedestrian

Babe's School Days
Movie · as Ikie Ikestein
It May Be You
Movie · as Paul Simmons

Ups and Downs
Movie · as Shifty Mike

A Lucky Strike
Movie · as Bill Myers

The Lilac Splash
Movie · as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)

Making Auntie Welcome
Movie · as Grocery Boy

The Servant Girl's Legacy
Movie · as Cy (as Babe Hardy)

Mother's Baby Boy
Movie · as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
Magazine Cooking
Movie




