Oliver Hardy
Born
January 18, 1892
Died
August 7, 1957 (65 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Harlem, Georgia, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Self (archive footage)
2011
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Self (archive footage)
2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
2011
Girl 27
Self (archive footage)
2007
Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche
Oliver
2006
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
Hardy
2005
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
Ollie
2001
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
Ollie
1999
Chaplin's Goliath
Self (archive footage)
1996
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
1994
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
1992
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
The Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage)
1979
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
1976
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
1968
Salute to Stan Laurel
Self (archive footage)
1965
The Big Parade of Comedy
Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
1964
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
1961
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
1957
The Fighting Kentuckian
Willie Paine
1949
Performers arrive in Hampshire
Self
1947
Nothing But Trouble
Oliver
1944
The Dancing Masters
Ollie
1943
Air Raid Wardens
Ollie
1943
A-Haunting We Will Go
Ollie
1942
Great Guns
Oliver
1941
Saps at Sea
Ollie
1940
A Chump at Oxford
Ollie
1940
The Flying Deuces
Ollie
1939
Block-Heads
Ollie
1938
Way Out West
Ollie
1937
That's That!
Himself
1937
Our Relations
Ollie / Bert Hardy
1936
On the Wrong Trek
Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
1936
Bonnie Scotland
Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
1935
Their Night Out - Screen Test
Mr. Hardy
1935
The Fixer Uppers
Ollie
1935
Babes in Toyland
Ollie Dee
1934
The Live Ghost
Ollie
1934
Going Bye-Bye!
Mr. Hardy
1934
Hollywood Party
Ollie
1934
Oliver the Eighth
Ollie
1934
Sons of the Desert
Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
1933
Dirty Work
Ollie
1933
Busy Bodies
Ollie
1933
The Midnight Patrol
Officer Oliver Hardy
1933
Me and My Pal
Ollie
1933
Pack Up Your Troubles
Ollie
1932
Scram!
Ollie
1932
County Hospital
Ollie
1932
The Chimp
Ollie
1932
The Music Box
Ollie
1932
Any Old Port!
Ollie
1932
On the Loose
New Suitor (uncredited)
1931
Beau Hunks
Ollie
1931
One Good Turn
Ollie
1931
Come Clean
Ollie
1931
Pardon Us
Ollie
1931
Haunted at Midnight
Ollie
1931
Our Wife
Ollie
1931
Playing at Politics
Oliver
1931
The Skulls
Señor Hardy
1931
Laughing Gravy
Ollie
1931
Be Big!
Ollie
1931
The Chiselers
M. Hardy
1931
Another Fine Mess
Ollie
1930
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Ollie
1930
Radiomanía
Ollie
1930
Shivering and Shaking
Ollie
1930
Below Zero
Ollie
1930
The Night Life
Ollie
1930
Brats
Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
1930
The Rogue Song
Murza-Bek
1930
Night Owls
Ollie
1930
Angora Love
Ollie
1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
1929
Bacon Grabbers
Oliver
1929
Perfect Day
Ollie
1929
Men O' War
Ollie
1929
Double Whoopee
Ollie
1929
Big Business
Ollie
1929
Liberty
Ollie
1929
Should Married Men Go Home?
Ollie
1928
Their Purple Moment
Ollie
1928
The Finishing Touch
Ollie
1928
Flying Elephants
Mighty Giant
1928
Leave 'Em Laughing
Ollie
1928
The Battle of the Century
Manager
1927
Love 'em and Feed 'em
'Happy' Hopey
1927
Hats Off
Ollie
1927
Now I'll Tell One
Policeman
1927
Sugar Daddies
Brittle's butler
1927
Baby Brother
Ice Man
1927
Fluttering Hearts
Big Bill
1927
No Man's Law
Sharkey Nye
1927
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
The Butler
1927
Why Girls Say No
Policeman
1927
Should Men Walk Home?
Party Guest at Punch Bowl
1927
Two-Time Mama
The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
1927
The Nickel-Hopper
Jazz band drummer
1926
Be Your Age
Oswald Schwartzkopple
1926
Crazy Like a Fox
Charley's Victim (uncredited)
1926
Along Came Auntie
Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
1926
Say It with Babies
Hector - the Floorwalker
1926
Madame Mystery
Captain Schmaltz
1926
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
The Taxi Driver
1926
Isn't Life Terrible?
Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
1925
Fiddlin' Around
Theatre manager
1925
The Joke's on You
Wilbert Perkins
1925
Fiddlin' Around
Theatre Manager
1925
Hey, Taxi!
A Rival Taxi Driver
1925
The Wizard of Oz
Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
1925
Laughing Ladies
Policeman
1925
Roaring Lions at Home
1924
Her Boy Friend
Killer Kid
1924
Horseshoes
Dynamite Duffy
1923
Lightning Love
Oliver, the Other Suitor
1923
The Gown Shop
Store manager
1923
The Barnyard
Farm Hand
1923
The Midnight Cabaret
Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
1923
No Wedding Bells
The Girl's Father
1923
The Counter Jumper
Gaston Gilligan
1922
Little Wildcat
'Bull' Mulligan
1922
A Pair of Kings
General Alarm
1922
The Bell Hop
Hotel manager
1921
The Fall Guy
Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
1921
The Bakery
Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
1921
The Rent Collector
The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
1921
His Jonah Day
The Life Saver
1920
The Backyard
Thug - The ruffian
1920
Married to Order
Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
1920
The Decorator
Babe, a millionaire
1920
Squeaks and Squawks
1920
Distilled Love
Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
1920
The Head Waiter
A cop (as Babe Hardy)
1919
Bungs and Bunglers
Al K. Hall
1919
Dull Care
A Janitor
1919
Hop to It, Bellhop
Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
1919
He's In Again
Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
1918
The King of the Kitchen
A German customer
1918
Playmates
1918
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Ollie (archive footage)
2004
4 Clowns
(archive footage)
1970
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
1960
Utopia
Ollie
1951
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
1951
Riding High
Sucker (uncredited)
1950
The Bullfighters
Ollie
1945
The Big Noise
Ollie
1944
Jitterbugs
Ollie
1943
The Tree in a Test Tube
Ollie
1942
Zenobia
Dr. Henry Tibbett
1939
Hollywood Handicap
Himself
1938
Swiss Miss
Ollie
1938
Pick a Star
Oliver Hardy
1937
The Bohemian Girl
Ollie
1936
Thicker Than Water
Ollie
1935
Tit for Tat
Ollie
1935
Them Thar Hills
Ollie
1934
Wild Poses
Baby
1933
The Devil's Brother
Ollio
1933
Twice Two
Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
1933
Towed in a Hole
Ollie
1932
Their First Mistake
Ollie
1932
Helpmates
Ollie
1932
The Stolen Jools
Police Driver
1931
Chickens Come Home
Mr. Oliver Hardy
1931
Night of Goblins
Ollie
1930
Hog Wild
Ollie
1930
Blotto
Ollie
1930
Thieves
1930
The Hoose-Gow
Ollie
1929
They Go Boom!
Ollie
1929
Berth Marks
Ollie
1929
Unaccustomed as We Are
Oliver Hardy
1929
That's My Wife
Ollie
1929
Wrong Again
Ollie
1929
We Faw Down
Ollie
1928
Habeas Corpus
Ollie
1928
Two Tars
Ollie
1928
Early to Bed
Ollie
1928
You're Darn Tootin'
Ollie, French horn player
1928
From Soup to Nuts
Hired butler
1928
Putting Pants on Philip
J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
1927
Do Detectives Think?
Sherlock Pinkham
1927
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
1927
The Second 100 Years
Big Goofy
1927
Sailors, Beware!
Purser Cryder
1927
With Love and Hisses
Top Sergeant Banner
1927
Why Girls Love Sailors
First Mate
1927
Love 'Em and Weep
Judge Chigger
1927
Crazy to Act
Gordon Bagley
1927
Slipping Wives
Butler
1927
Duck Soup
Maltravers
1927
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Hotel Detective
1926
Bromo and Juliet
Cab Driver
1926
Thundering Fleas
Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
1926
The Gentle Cyclone
Sheriff Bill
1926
Long Fliv the King
The Prime Minister's Assistant
1926
Wandering Papas
Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
1926
The Perfect Clown
Babe Mulligan
1925
They All Fall
The boss
1925
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Her former sweetheart
1925
Hop to It!
A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
1925
Stick Around
Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
1925
Kid Speed
Dangerous Dan McGraw
1924
The Perfect Lady
(unconfirmed)
1924
Golf
The neighbor
1922
The Sawmill
The Foreman
1922
The Lucky Dog
Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
1921
Bright and Early
The Boss
1918
The Scholar
The Superintendent
1918
The Rogue
Cafe Owner
1918
His Day Out
Ollie
1918
The Stranger
Oliver, the saloonkeeper
1918
The Pest
1917
The Hobo
Harold (as Babe Hardy)
1917
The Candy Kid
Rival Proprietor
1917
The Chief Cook
Babe (as Babe Hardy)
1917
The Villain
Nell
1917
Cupid's Rival
Poor Artist
1917
The Hero
The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
1917
Little Nell
Little Nell
1917
The Guilty Ones
Babe
1916
Love and Duty
Pvt. Plump
1916
The Lottery Man
Maggie Murphy
1916
Hungry Hearts
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
1916
The Battle Royal
Plump
1916
The Serenade
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
1916
One Too Many
Plump
1916
Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927
1916
Something in Her Eye
The Grocer
1915
The Haunted Hat
1915
Avenging Bill
Bill, the Grocer's Boy
1915
It May Be You
Paul Simmons
1915
An Expensive Visit
Jack
1915
They Looked Alike
Pedestrian
1915
Babe's School Days
Ikie Ikestein
1915
Ups and Downs
Shifty Mike
Mother's Baby Boy
Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
1914
Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
Archive Footage
2025
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
Laurel & Hardy: Year One
2023
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
Dick & Doof - Best of
Schauspieler
2010
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1985
Dance of the Cookoos
1982
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
Ollie
1978
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
1976
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Himself (archive footage)
1974
Dick und Doof
Oliver · (98 episodes)
1970
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Omnibus
Self · (1 episode)
1967
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
Ollie (archive footage)
1965
30 Years of Fun
(archive footage)
1963
This Is Your Life
Self · (1 episode)
1952
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
Cleaner
1935
Stan and Olly
Himself
1932
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
Himself
1932
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
Himself
1932
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
Ollie
1932
Galloping Ghosts
Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
1928
Should Sailors Marry?
Doctor
1925
Rivals
The Rival
1925
The Girl in the Limousine
Freddie
1924
Trouble Brewing
Bootlegger
1924
The Show
Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
1922
The Trouble Hunter
The Bouncer
1920
The Stage Hand
Audience member (uncredited)
1920
Springtime
The Commissioner
1920
Hello Trouble
A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
1918
Back Stage
Babe
1917
The Candy Trail
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
1916
The Lilac Splash
Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
1915
A Lucky Strike
Bill Myers
1915
The Servant Girl's Legacy
Cy (as Babe Hardy)
1914
Making Auntie Welcome
Grocery Boy
1914