
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.

Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1

Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2

Ollie
The Flying Deuces

Self
The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Ollie
Way Out West

Oliver
Nothing But Trouble

Ollie Dee
Babes in Toyland

Ollie
A Chump at Oxford

(archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns

Ollie
Busy Bodies

Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
Sons of the Desert

Willie Paine
The Fighting Kentuckian

Ollie
Block-Heads

Ollie
A-Haunting We Will Go

Ollie
Air Raid Wardens

Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
Bonnie Scotland

Ollie
Pack Up Your Troubles

Ollie
Any Old Port!

Ollie
The Music Box

The Butler
The Honorable Mr. Buggs

Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
Along Came Auntie

Ollie / Bert Hardy
Our Relations

Oliver
Great Guns

Ollie
Saps at Sea

Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition

(unconfirmed)
The Perfect Lady

Officer Oliver Hardy
The Midnight Patrol

Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
The Wizard of Oz

Ollie
Men O' War

Ollie
Night Owls

Ollie
Oliver the Eighth

Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
On the Wrong Trek

Ollie
One Good Turn

Ollie
Our Wife

Brittle's butler
Sugar Daddies

archive footage
The Golden Age of Comedy

Mr. Hardy
Going Bye-Bye!

Playmates

Ollie
Below Zero

Ollie
Be Big!

Ollie
Big Business

Ollie
The Chimp

Ollie
County Hospital

Ollie
Dirty Work

Ollie
Their Purple Moment

Ollie
Liberty

New Suitor (uncredited)
On the Loose

Ollie
Perfect Day

Ollie
Should Married Men Go Home?

Ollie
Beau Hunks

Ollie
Come Clean

Ollie
Double Whoopee

Ollie
The Finishing Touch

Ollie
The Fixer Uppers

Big Bill
Fluttering Hearts

Mighty Giant
Flying Elephants

Ollie
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

Ollie
Leave 'Em Laughing

Ollie
The Live Ghost

Ollie
Me and My Pal

The World of Laurel and Hardy

Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
Brats

Ollie
Scram!

Ollie
Laughing Gravy

Ollie
The Dancing Masters

Hotel Detective
45 Minutes from Hollywood

Ollie
Angora Love

Ollie
Another Fine Mess

Ollie
Laurel & Hardy - Best of

Ollie
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II

Oliver
Bacon Grabbers

Manager
The Battle of the Century

Ollie
Berth Marks

Ollie
Blotto

Asylum Inmate
Call of the Cuckoo

Mr. Oliver Hardy
Chickens Come Home

Sherlock Pinkham
Do Detectives Think?

Maltravers
Duck Soup

Ollie
Early to Bed

Ollie
The Hoose-Gow

J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
Putting Pants on Philip

Purser Cryder
Sailors, Beware!

Big Goofy
The Second 100 Years

Butler
Slipping Wives

Ollie
That's My Wife

Ollie
Their First Mistake

Ollie
Them Thar Hills

Ollie
They Go Boom!

Ollie
Thicker Than Water

Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
Thundering Fleas

Ollie
Tit for Tat

Ollie
Towed in a Hole

Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
Twice Two

Ollie
Two Tars

Oliver Hardy
Unaccustomed as We Are

Ollie
We Faw Down

First Mate
Why Girls Love Sailors

Top Sergeant Banner
With Love and Hisses

Ollie
Wrong Again

Ollie, French horn player
You're Darn Tootin'

Ollie
Habeas Corpus

Ollie
Helpmates

Ollie
Hog Wild

Judge Chigger
Love 'Em and Weep

Himself
Hollywood Handicap

Sheriff Bill
The Gentle Cyclone

Ollie
Atoll K

Ollie
The Bohemian Girl

Ollie (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself

Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
The Lucky Dog

Ollie
Swiss Miss

Ollie
Jitterbugs

Hired butler
From Soup to Nuts

Police Driver
The Stolen Jools

Ollie
The Big Noise

Cab Driver
Bromo and Juliet

Ollio
The Devil's Brother

Ollie
The Bullfighters

Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
Stick Around

Gordon Bagley
Crazy to Act

The Foreman
The Sawmill

A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
Hop to It!

The neighbor
Golf

Grocery Boy
Making Auntie Welcome

Babe
The Guilty Ones

Ollie
The Tree in a Test Tube

Dangerous Dan McGraw
Kid Speed

Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
Wandering Papas

Her former sweetheart
Yes, Yes, Nanette

edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King

Sucker (uncredited)
Riding High

Baby
Wild Poses

Oliver Hardy
Pick a Star

Dr. Henry Tibbett
Zenobia

The Haunted Hat

Bill, the Grocer's Boy
Avenging Bill

(archive footage)
4 Clowns

Ollie
Noche de duendes

(archive footage)
Ça, c'est du cinéma

Ladrones

The boss
They All Fall

Babe Mulligan
The Perfect Clown

The Prime Minister's Assistant
Long Fliv the King

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

Jazz band drummer
The Nickel-Hopper

Self
Performers Arrive in Hampshire

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

The Grocer
Something in Her Eye

Plump
The Battle Royal

Plump
One Too Many

Rival Proprietor
The Candy Kid

Harold (as Babe Hardy)
The Hobo

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

The Boss
Bright and Early

Cafe Owner
The Rogue

A Janitor
Dull Care

Maggie Murphy
The Lottery Man

Nell
The Villain

Ollie
His Day Out

Oswald Schwartzkopple
Be Your Age

Policeman
Now I'll Tell One

Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
The Bakery

Hotel manager
The Bell Hop

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

Gaston Gilligan
The Counter Jumper

Party Guest at Punch Bowl
Should Men Walk Home?

General Alarm
A Pair of Kings

Oliver, the Other Suitor
Lightning Love

Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
The Midnight Cabaret

The Girl's Father
No Wedding Bells

Dynamite Duffy
Horseshoes

Store manager
The Gown Shop

Sharkey Nye
No Man's Law

Killer Kid
Her Boy Friend

Ollie
Hollywood Party

Hector - the Floorwalker
Say It with Babies

The Taxi Driver
A Bankrupt Honeymoon

Ice Man
Baby Brother

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

Policeman
Why Girls Say No

Oliver
Politiquerías

Mr. Hardy
Their Night Out - Screen Test

Roaring Lions at Home

Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
He's In Again

(archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s

Plump (as Babe Hardy)
Hungry Hearts

'Bull' Mulligan
Little Wildcat

Murza-Bek
The Rogue Song

Poor Artist
Cupid's Rival

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

Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
Hop to It, Bellhop

Jack
An Expensive Visit

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

Self (archive footage)
Chaplin's Goliath

Ollie
La vida nocturna

Señor Hardy
Los calaveras

M. Hardy
Les Carottiers

Ollie
Tiembla y Titubea

Self (archive footage)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy

Hardy
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III

Theatre manager
Fiddlin' Around

Wilbert Perkins
The Joke's on You

Squeaks and Squawks

The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
Two-Time Mama

A German customer
The King of the Kitchen

Pedestrian
They Looked Alike

Babe (as Babe Hardy)
The Chief Cook

Babe, a millionaire
The Decorator

The Life Saver
His Jonah Day

Farm Hand
The Barnyard

Ikie Ikestein
Babe's School Days

The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
The Rent Collector

Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

A cop (as Babe Hardy)
The Head Waiter

Self (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter

Al K. Hall
Bungs and Bunglers

Paul Simmons
It May Be You

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

Ollie
Pardon Us

Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
Married to Order

Pvt. Plump
Love and Duty

The Pest

Oliver, the saloonkeeper
The Stranger

'Happy' Hopey
Love 'em and Feed 'em

Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927

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

Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy

Ollie
Radiomanía

Captain Schmaltz
Madame Mystery

Policeman
Laughing Ladies

Shifty Mike
Ups and Downs

Plump (as Babe Hardy)
The Serenade

(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III

A Rival Taxi Driver
Hey, Taxi!

Ollie
Hats Off

Himself
That's That!

Charley's Victim (uncredited)
Crazy Like a Fox

Little Nell
Little Nell

Theatre Manager
Fiddlin' Around

Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II

The Superintendent
The Scholar

Ollie
Spuk um Mitternacht

Thug - The ruffian
The Backyard

Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy - Die komische Liebesgeschichte von Dick und Doof

Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
Mother's Baby Boy

Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
Distilled Love

Oliver
Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche

Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili

Self (archive footage)
Salute to Stan Laurel

Doctor
Should Sailors Marry?

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

Himself (archive footage)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

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

Schauspieler
Dick & Doof - Best of

Himself
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth

Himself
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh

(archive footage)
30 Years of Fun

Bootlegger
Trouble Brewing

Audience member (uncredited)
The Stage Hand

Bill Myers
A Lucky Strike

Dance of the cookoos

Cleaner
MGM 1935 Promo Reel

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

Plump (as Babe Hardy)
The Candy Trail

A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
Hello Trouble

The Rival
Rivals

The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy

Freddie
The Girl in the Limousine

Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
Galloping Ghosts

Babe
Back Stage

Himself
Stan and Olly

Ollie
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons

Self (archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood

Ollie
Hinter Schloss und Riegel

Laurel & Hardy: Year One

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Archive Footage
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures

The Bouncer
The Trouble Hunter

The Commissioner
Springtime

Self - film clip from 'Flying Deuces' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cocoon

Magazine Cooking

Self (archive footage)
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence

Self (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
286
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-01-18
Place of Birth
Harlem, Georgia, USA
Also Known As
Oliver Norvell Hardy