Oliver Hardy

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

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

286

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-01-18

Place of Birth

Harlem, Georgia, USA

Also Known As

Oliver Norvell Hardy