Oliver Hardy
Actor
Born January 18, 1892 in Harlem, Georgia, USA
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.
Filmography
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
Archive Footage
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
Ollio
Stan & Ollie
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Self (archive footage)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Self (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
Dick & Doof - Best of
Schauspieler
Silent Clowns
Self(archive footage)
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
Oliver
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
Hardy
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
Ollie
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
Ollie
Chaplin's Goliath
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Dance of the Cookoos
The Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
Ollie
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
4 Clowns
(archive footage)
Dick und Doof
Oliver
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Omnibus
Self
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
Ollie (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
30 Years of Fun
(archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
This Is Your Life
Self
Robinson Crusoeland
Ollie
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
Riding High
Sucker (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
Willie Paine
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
Self
The Bullfighters
Ollie
Nothing But Trouble
Oliver
The Big Noise
Ollie
The Dancing Masters
Ollie
Jitterbugs
Ollie
Air Raid Wardens
Ollie
The Tree in a Test Tube
Ollie
A-Haunting We Will Go
Ollie
Great Guns
Oliver
Saps at Sea
Ollie
A Chump at Oxford
Ollie
The Flying Deuces
Ollie
Zenobia
Dr. Henry Tibbett
Block-Heads
Ollie
That's That!
Himself
Hollywood Handicap
Himself
Swiss Miss
Ollie
Pick a Star
Oliver Hardy
Way Out West
Ollie
Our Relations
Ollie / Bert Hardy
On the Wrong Trek
Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
The Bohemian Girl
Ollie
Bonnie Scotland
Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
Thicker Than Water
Ollie
The Fixer Uppers
Ollie
Tit for Tat
Ollie
Babes in Toyland
Ollie Dee
The Live Ghost
Ollie
Them Thar Hills
Ollie
Going Bye-Bye!
Mr. Hardy
Hollywood Party
Ollie
Oliver the Eighth
Ollie
Sons of the Desert
Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
Dirty Work
Ollie
Wild Poses
Baby
Busy Bodies
Ollie
The Midnight Patrol
Officer Oliver Hardy
The Devil's Brother
Ollio
Me and My Pal
Ollie
Twice Two
Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
Towed in a Hole
Ollie
Their First Mistake
Ollie
Pack Up Your Troubles
Ollie
Scram!
Ollie
County Hospital
Ollie
Laurel and Hardy in the UK
The Chimp
Ollie
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
Ollie
The Music Box
Ollie
Any Old Port!
Ollie
Helpmates
Ollie
On the Loose
New Suitor (uncredited)
Beau Hunks
Ollie
One Good Turn
Ollie
Come Clean
Ollie
Pardon Us
Ollie
Haunted at Midnight
Ollie
Our Wife
Ollie
Playing at Politics
Oliver
The Skulls
Señor Hardy
De Bote en Bote
Ollie
Laughing Gravy
Ollie
The Stolen Jools
Police Driver
Chickens Come Home
Mr. Oliver Hardy
Be Big!
Ollie
The Chiselers
M. Hardy
Another Fine Mess
Ollie
Night of Goblins
Ollie
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Ollie
Radiomanía
Ollie
Hog Wild
Ollie
Shivering and Shaking
Ollie
Below Zero
Ollie
The Night Life
Ollie
Brats
Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
Blotto
Ollie
The Rogue Song
Murza-Bek
Thieves
Night Owls
Ollie
Angora Love
Ollie
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
The Hoose-Gow
Ollie
Bacon Grabbers
Oliver
They Go Boom!
Ollie
Perfect Day
Ollie
Men O' War
Ollie
Berth Marks
Ollie
Double Whoopee
Ollie
Unaccustomed as We Are
Oliver Hardy
Big Business
Ollie
That's My Wife
Ollie
Wrong Again
Ollie
Liberty
Ollie
We Faw Down
Ollie
Habeas Corpus
Ollie
Two Tars
Ollie
Early to Bed
Ollie
Should Married Men Go Home?
Ollie
Their Purple Moment
Ollie
You're Darn Tootin'
Ollie, French horn player
From Soup to Nuts
Hired butler
Galloping Ghosts
Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
The Finishing Touch
Ollie
Flying Elephants
Mighty Giant
Leave 'Em Laughing
Ollie
The Battle of the Century
Manager
Putting Pants on Philip
J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
Do Detectives Think?
Sherlock Pinkham
Hats Off
Ollie
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
The Second 100 Years
Big Goofy
Now I'll Tell One
Policeman
Sailors, Beware!
Purser Cryder
Sugar Daddies
Brittle's butler
With Love and Hisses
Top Sergeant Banner
Why Girls Love Sailors
First Mate
Baby Brother
Ice Man
Fluttering Hearts
Big Bill
Love 'Em and Weep
Judge Chigger
Crazy to Act
Gordon Bagley
No Man's Law
Sharkey Nye
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
The Butler
Slipping Wives
Butler
Duck Soup
Maltravers
Why Girls Say No
Policeman
Should Men Walk Home?
Party Guest at Punch Bowl
Two-Time Mama
The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Hotel Detective
The Nickel-Hopper
Jazz band drummer
Be Your Age
Oswald Schwartzkopple
Bromo and Juliet
Cab Driver
Crazy Like a Fox
Charley's Victim (uncredited)
Along Came Auntie
Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
Thundering Fleas
Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
The Gentle Cyclone
Sheriff Bill
Long Fliv the King
The Prime Minister's Assistant
Say It with Babies
Hector - the Floorwalker
Madame Mystery
Captain Schmaltz
Wandering Papas
Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
The Perfect Clown
Babe Mulligan
Should Sailors Marry?
Doctor
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Her former sweetheart
Isn't Life Terrible?
Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
Hop to It!
A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
The Joke's on You
Wilbert Perkins
Fiddlin' Around
Theatre manager
Fiddlin' Around
Theatre Manager
Rivals
The Rival
Stick Around
Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
The Wizard of Oz
Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
Laughing Ladies
Policeman
Roaring Lions at Home
Kid Speed
Dangerous Dan McGraw
Her Boy Friend
Killer Kid
The Girl in the Limousine
Freddie
Trouble Brewing
Bootlegger
Horseshoes
Dynamite Duffy
Lightning Love
Oliver, the Other Suitor
The Gown Shop
Store manager
The Barnyard
Farm Hand
The Midnight Cabaret
Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
Quicksands
Little Wildcat
'Bull' Mulligan
Golf
The neighbor
A Pair of Kings
General Alarm
The Show
Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
The Sawmill
The Foreman
The Lucky Dog
Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
The Bell Hop
Hotel manager
The Fall Guy
Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
The Bakery
Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
The Rent Collector
The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
His Jonah Day
The Life Saver
The Backyard
Thug - The ruffian
Married to Order
Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
The Trouble Hunter
The Bouncer
The Stage Hand
Audience member (uncredited)
The Decorator
Babe, a millionaire
Springtime
The Commissioner
Squeaks and Squawks
Distilled Love
Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
The Head Waiter
A cop (as Babe Hardy)
Dull Care
A Janitor
He's In Again
Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
Hello Trouble
A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
Bright and Early
The Boss
The Scholar
The Superintendent
The Rogue
Cafe Owner
His Day Out
Ollie
The Stranger
Oliver, the saloonkeeper
The Pest
The Hobo
Harold (as Babe Hardy)
The Candy Kid
Rival Proprietor
The Chief Cook
Babe (as Babe Hardy)
The Villain
Nell
Cupid's Rival
Poor Artist
The Hero
The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
Little Nell
Little Nell
The Guilty Ones
Babe
The Candy Trail
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
Love and Duty
Pvt. Plump
The Lottery Man
Maggie Murphy
Hungry Hearts
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
The Battle Royal
Plump
The Serenade
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
One Too Many
Plump
Ups and Downs
Shifty Mike
Something in Her Eye
The Grocer
The Lilac Splash
Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
The Haunted Hat
Avenging Bill
Bill, the Grocer's Boy
A Lucky Strike
Bill Myers
An Expensive Visit
Jack
They Looked Alike
Pedestrian
Babe's School Days
Ikie Ikestein
The Servant Girl's Legacy
Cy (as Babe Hardy)
Mother's Baby Boy
Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
Making Auntie Welcome
Grocery Boy