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Oliver Hardy

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".

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Filmography
  • Born In Harlem, Georgia, USA
  • Born January 18, 1892
  • Died August 7, 1957
  • Gender Male
  • Created September 19, 2020 by
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  • Modified September 29, 2021 by
    vincent2n

Angora Love

1929
as Ollie

The Golden Age of Comedy

1957
as Ollie

Horseshoes

1923
as Dynamite Duffy

Madame Mystery

1926
as Captain Schmaltz

Night Owls

1930
as Ollie

That's My Wife

1929
as Ollie

The Rogue Song

1930
as Murza-Bek

30 Years of Fun

1963

Early to Bed

1928
as Ollie

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928
as Ollie

The Sawmill

1922
as The foreman

The Second Hundred Years

1927
as Big Goofy

Chaplin's Goliath

1996
as Himself (archive footage)

Saps at Sea

1940
as Ollie

Two Tars

1928
as Ollie

The Tree in a Test Tube

1943
as Oliver

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976
as (archive footage)

Wandering Papas

1926
as The foreman

The Bohemian Girl

1936
as Ollie

Perfect Day

1929
as Ollie

The Rogue

1918
as Cafe Owner

45 Minutes from Hollywood

1926
as Hotel Detective

Chickens Come Home

1931
as Mr. Oliver Hardy

Their First Mistake

1932
as Ollie

Way Out West

1937
as Ollie

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy

2011
as Oliver Hardy

Putting Pants on Philip

1927
as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder

4 Clowns

1970
as (archive footage)

The Lucky Dog

1921
as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel

Slipping Wives

1927
as Butler

The Battle of the Century

1927
as Manager

Why Girls Love Sailors

1927
as First Mate

Jitterbugs

1943
as Ollie

Love 'em and Feed 'em

1927
as 'Happy' Hopey

They All Fall

1925
as The boss

The Rent Collector

1921
as The big boss

Unaccustomed As We Are

1929
as Oliver Hardy

The Wizard of Oz

1925
as Farmhand

That's Entertainment! III

1994
as (archive footage)

Dull Care

1919
as A Janitor

Bonnie Scotland

1935
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy

Block-Heads

1938
as Ollie

Should Sailors Marry?

1925
as Doctor

His Day Out

1918
as Ollie

The Battle Royal

1916
as Plump

No Wedding Bells

1923
as The Girl's Father

Little Nell

1917
as Little Nell

Laughing Gravy

1931
as Ollie

Sailors, Beware!

1927
as Purser Cryder

His Jonah Day

1920
as The Life Saver

Distilled Love

1920
as Mr. Peeble Ford

Call of the Cuckoo

1927
as Asylum Inmate

The Fixer Uppers

1935
as Ollie

Me and My Pal

1933
as Ollie

You're Darn Tootin'

1928
as Ollie, French horn player

They Go Boom!

1929
as Ollie

Pardon Us

1931
as Ollie

We Faw Down

1928
as Ollie

Now I'll Tell One

1927
as Policeman

Politiquerías

1931
as Oliver

Cupid's Rival

1917
as Poor Artist

La vida nocturna

1930
as Ollie

One Good Turn

1931
as Ollie

The Counter Jumper

1922
as Gaston Gilligan

Thicker Than Water

1935
as Ollie

Beau Hunks

1931
as Ollie

He's In Again

1918
as Head Waiter

Blotto

1930
as Ollie

Salute to Stan Laurel

1965
as Self (archive footage)

Habeas Corpus

1928
as Ollie

Sons of the Desert

1933
as Ollie

The Servant Girl's Legacy

1914
as Cy

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964
as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party'

The Fighting Kentuckian

1949
as Willie Paine

The Lottery Man

1916
as Maggie Murphy

The Serenade

1916

County Hospital

1932
as Ollie

No Man's Law

1927
as Sharkey Nye

Leave 'Em Laughing

1928
as Ollie

The Finishing Touch

1928
as Ollie

Squeaks and Squawks

1920
as The Landlord

Noche de duendes

1930
as Ollie

Hog Wild

1930
as Ollie

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

1967
as (archive footage)

Should Men Walk Home?

1927
as Party Guest at Punch Bowl

The Honorable Mr. Buggs

1927
as The Butler

Bungs and Bunglers

1919
as Al K. Hall

Isn't Life Terrible?

1925
as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)

Thundering Fleas

1926
as Police Officer

Do Detectives Think?

1927
as Sherlock Pinkham

From Soup to Nuts

1928
as Hired butler

Pick a Star

1937
as Oliver Hardy

The Stolen Jools

1931
as Police Driver

The Bakery

1921
as Foreman

Two-Time Mama

1927
as The Cop

Them Thar Hills

1934
as Ollie

The Bullfighters

1945
as Ollie

Fiddlin' Around

1925
as Theatre manager

Babes in Toyland

1934
as Ollie Dee

Stick Around

1925
as Paperhanger

The Dancing Masters

1943
as Ollie

Oliver the Eighth

1934
as Ollie

Hop To It, Bellhop

1919
as Solomon Soop (as Babe Hardy)

Their Purple Moment

1928
as Ollie

Big Business

1929
as Ollie

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961

Another Fine Mess

1930
as Ollie

Her Boy Friend

1924
as Killer Kid (as Oliver N. Hardy)

Wrong Again

1929
as Ollie

The Show

1922
as Stage Manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)

Be Your Age

1926
as Oswald Schwartzkopple

The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention

1937
as Oliver Hardy

Below Zero

1930
as Ollie

Crazy Like a Fox

1926
as Charley's Victim (uncredited)

The Flying Deuces

1939
as Ollie

With Love and Hisses

1927
as Top Sergeant Banner

The Candy Kid

1917
as Rival Proprietor

The Music Box

1932
as Ollie

Brats

1930
as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.

The Chief Cook

1917
as Babe

Sugar Daddies

1927
as Brittle's butler

The Perfect Clown

1925
as Babe Mulligan

Double Whoopee

1929
as Ollie

Duck Soup

1927
as Maltravers

Laurel & Hardy: Hats Off

2005
as Oliver Hardy

Along Came Auntie

1926
as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband

Laurel & Hardy

1919
as Ollie

Los calaveras

1931
as Señor Hardy

The Decorator

1920
as Babe, a millionaire

The Gown Shop

1923
as Store manager

Be Big!

1931
as Ollie

The Big Noise

1944
as Ollie

Say It with Babies

1926
as Hector - the Floorwalker

Fluttering Hearts

1927
as Big Bill

Men o'War

1929
as Ollie

Tit for Tat

1935
as Ollie

On the Wrong Trek

1936
as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929
as Himself

Busy Bodies

1933
as Ollie

Come Clean

1931
as Ollie

Zenobia

1939
as Doc Tibbett

Wild Poses

1933
as Baby

The Midnight Patrol

1933
as Officer Oliver Hardy

Yes, Yes, Nanette

1925
as Her former sweetheart (as Babe Hardy)

Long Fliv the King

1926
as The Prime Minister's Assistant

Funny Business

1978
as Oliver Hardy

Dirty Work

1933
as Ollie

Great Guns

1941
as Oliver

Utopia

1951
as Ollie

When Comedy Was King

1960
as edited from 'Big Business'

Our Wife

1931
as Ollie

Scram!

1932
as Ollie

Spuk um Mitternacht

1931
as Ollie

Helpmates

1932
as Ollie

Laurel & Hardy - Die komische Liebesgeschichte von Dick und Doof

2011
as Himself (archive footage)

Barnum & Ringling, Inc.

1928
as Startled Drunk

Love 'Em and Weep

1927
as Judge Chigger

Going Bye-Bye!

1934
as Mr. Hardy

CinéMagique

2002
as Hardy

The Hobo

1917
as Harold

Hollywood Without Make-Up

1963

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

1930
as Ollie

Any Old Port!

1932
as Ollie

Bacon Grabbers

1929
as Oliver (process server)

Ladrones

1930

Liberty

1929
as Ollie

Les Carottiers

1931
as M. Hardy

The nickel-hopper

1926
as Jazz band drummer

The Live Ghost

1934
as Ollie

Swiss Miss

1938
as Ollie

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011
as Himself (archive footage)

Berth Marks

1929
as Ollie

A Chump at Oxford

1940
as Ollie

It May Be You

1915
as Paul Simmons

Golf

1922
as The neighbor

Towed in a Hole

1932
as Ollie

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951
as (archive footage)

Twice Two

1933
as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel

Flying Elephants

1928
as Mighty Giant

The King of the Kitchen

1918
as A German customer

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932
as Ollie

Our Relations

1936
as Ollie / Bert Hardy

The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond

2009
as Self / Farmhand (archive footage)

Hey, Taxi!

1925
as A Rival Taxi Driver

Bromo and Juliet

1926
as Cab Driver

The Villain

1917
as Nell

Nothing but Trouble

1944
as Oliver

Lachen Sie mit Stan & Ollie

1975
as Oliver Hardy (Dick)

Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

1974
as Oliver Hardy

The Barnyard

1923
as Farm Hand

The Chimp

1932
as Ollie

Air Raid Wardens

1943
as Ollie

The Bell Hop

1921
as Hotel manager

Hollywood Party

1934
as Ollie

Married to Order

1920
as Her Father

Lightning Love

1923
as Oliver, the Other Suitor

Bright and Early

1918
as The Boss

Hats Off

1927
as Ollie

The Devil's Brother

1933
as Ollio

The Hoose-Gow

1929
as Ollie

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942
as Ollie

Tiembla y Titubea

1930
as Ollie

Guest Star

Episode Laurel & Hardy
Wild Poses 		1933
Episode Laurel & Hardy
Wild Poses 		1933