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