
Oliver Hardy
January 18, 1892 (133 years old) 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Laurel & Hardy: Year Two as
- 2023 · Laurel & Hardy: Year One as
- 2021 · The Real Charlie Chaplin as
- 2002 · Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992 · Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
- 1986 · Classic Comedy Teams as Self (archive footage)
- 1985 · Cocoon as Self - film clip from 'Flying Deuces' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1984 · Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1979 · The Hollywood Clowns as (archive footage)
- 1976 · Hooray for Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1967 · Omnibus as Self
- 1964 · The Big Parade of Comedy as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
- 1961 · Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage)
- 1960 · When Comedy Was King as edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
- 1952 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1951 · Utopia as Ollie
- 1950 · Riding High as Sucker (uncredited)
- 1944 · Nothing But Trouble as Oliver
- 1944 · The Big Noise as Ollie
- 1943 · Jitterbugs as Ollie
- 1942 · A-Haunting We Will Go as Ollie
- 1941 · Great Guns as Oliver
- 1940 · Saps at Sea as Ollie
- 1939 · The Flying Deuces as Ollie
- 1937 · Way Out West as Ollie
- 1936 · Our Relations as Ollie / Bert Hardy
- 1935 · Bonnie Scotland as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
- 1934 · Hollywood Party as Ollie
- 1933 · Sons of the Desert as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
- 1933 · Dirty Work as Ollie
- 1933 · Twice Two as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
- 1932 · Their First Mistake as Ollie
- 1932 · Pack Up Your Troubles as Ollie
- 1932 · Scram! as Ollie
- 1932 · The Chimp as Ollie
- 1932 · The Music Box as Ollie
- 1932 · Helpmates as Ollie
- 1931 · Haunted at Midnight as Ollie
- 1931 · The Stolen Jools as Police Driver
- 1931 · Chickens Come Home as Mr. Oliver Hardy
- 1930 · The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case as Ollie
- 1930 · Radiomanía as Ollie
- 1930 · Shivering and Shaking as Ollie
- 1930 · Below Zero as Ollie
- 1930 · The Rogue Song as Murza-Bek
- 1929 · Berth Marks as Ollie
- 1929 · Unaccustomed as We Are as Oliver Hardy
- 1929 · Wrong Again as Ollie
- 1929 · Liberty as Ollie
- 1928 · Should Married Men Go Home? as Ollie
- 1928 · Flying Elephants as Mighty Giant
- 1927 · The Second 100 Years as Big Goofy
- 1927 · Should Men Walk Home? as Party Guest at Punch Bowl
- 1926 · 45 Minutes from Hollywood as Hotel Detective
- 1926 · The Nickel-Hopper as Jazz band drummer
- 1926 · Thundering Fleas as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
- 1926 · The Gentle Cyclone as Sheriff Bill
- 1926 · Say It with Babies as Hector - the Floorwalker
- 1926 · Madame Mystery as Captain Schmaltz
- 1926 · Wandering Papas as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
- 1926 · A Bankrupt Honeymoon as The Taxi Driver
- 1925 · The Wizard of Oz as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
- 1924 · Trouble Brewing as Bootlegger
- 1922 · The Show as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
- 1922 · The Sawmill as The Foreman
- 1920 · The Backyard as Thug - The ruffian
- 1920 · The Stage Hand as Audience member (uncredited)
- 1919 · The Head Waiter as A cop (as Babe Hardy)
- 1919 · Dull Care as A Janitor
- 1918 · The Stranger as Oliver, the saloonkeeper
- 1917 · The Chief Cook as Babe (as Babe Hardy)
- 1915 · The Lilac Splash as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
- Future · Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1 as
- 2025 · Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures as Archive Footage
- 1978 · Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons as Ollie
- 1932 · Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth as Himself
- 1932 · Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh as Himself
- 1932 · Hinter Schloss und Riegel as Ollie
- 1930 · Thieves as
- 1927 · Now I'll Tell One as Policeman
- 1925 · Hop to It! as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
- 1925 · Fiddlin' Around as Theatre Manager
- 1925 · Rivals as The Rival
- 1925 · Stick Around as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
- 1924 · Her Boy Friend as Killer Kid
- 1923 · Horseshoes as Dynamite Duffy
- 1923 · Lightning Love as Oliver, the Other Suitor
- 1922 · The Counter Jumper as Gaston Gilligan
- 1922 · Golf as The neighbor
- 1920 · His Jonah Day as The Life Saver
- 1920 · The Decorator as Babe, a millionaire
- 1919 · Hop to It, Bellhop as Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
- 1918 · He's In Again as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
- 1918 · Bright and Early as The Boss
- 1918 · The Scholar as The Superintendent
- 1918 · The Rogue as Cafe Owner
- 1917 · The Hobo as Harold (as Babe Hardy)
- 1917 · The Candy Kid as Rival Proprietor
- 1917 · The Hero as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
- 1917 · Back Stage as Babe
- 1916 · The Candy Trail as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
- 1916 · Hungry Hearts as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
- 1916 · The Serenade as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
- 1915 · The Haunted Hat as
- 1915 · They Looked Alike as Pedestrian
- Future · The World of Laurel and Hardy as
- 1914 · The Servant Girl's Legacy as Cy (as Babe Hardy)
- 1914 · Mother's Baby Boy as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
- Future · Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2 as
- Future · Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili as
- 2020 · Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 · Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition as
- 2011 · Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films as Himself (archive footage)
- 2010 · Dick & Doof - Best of as Schauspieler
- 2006 · Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche as Oliver
- 2005 · Laurel & Hardy - Best of III as Hardy
- 2004 · Los Angeles Plays Itself as Ollie (archive footage)
- 2002 · Laurel & Hardy - Highlights as
- 2001 · Laurel & Hardy - Best of II as Ollie
- 1999 · Laurel & Hardy - Best of as Ollie
- 1996 · Chaplin's Goliath as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 · That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
- 1990 · The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence as Self (archive footage)
- 1982 · Dance of the Cookoos as
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1974 · Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy as Himself (archive footage)
- 1970 · 4 Clowns as (archive footage)
- 1970 · Dick und Doof as Oliver
- 1968 · The Best of Laurel and Hardy as Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
- 1967 · The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy as
- 1967 · The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy as
- 1965 · Salute to Stan Laurel as Self (archive footage)
- 1965 · Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's as Ollie (archive footage)
- 1963 · 30 Years of Fun as (archive footage)
- 1957 · The Golden Age of Comedy as archive footage
- 1951 · The Slappiest Days of Our Lives as (archive footage)
- 1949 · The Fighting Kentuckian as Willie Paine
- 1947 · Performers arrive in Hampshire as Self
- 1945 · The Bullfighters as Ollie
- 1943 · The Dancing Masters as Ollie
- 1943 · Air Raid Wardens as Ollie
- 1942 · The Tree in a Test Tube as Ollie
- 1940 · A Chump at Oxford as Ollie
- 1939 · Zenobia as Dr. Henry Tibbett
- 1938 · Block-Heads as Ollie
- 1938 · Hollywood Handicap as Himself
- 1938 · Swiss Miss as Ollie
- 1937 · Pick a Star as Oliver Hardy
- 1937 · That's That! as Himself
- 1936 · On the Wrong Trek as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
- 1936 · The Bohemian Girl as Ollie
- 1935 · MGM 1935 Promo Reel as Cleaner
- 1935 · Thicker Than Water as Ollie
- 1935 · Their Night Out - Screen Test as Mr. Hardy
- 1935 · The Fixer Uppers as Ollie
- 1935 · Tit for Tat as Ollie
- 1934 · Babes in Toyland as Ollie Dee
- 1934 · The Live Ghost as Ollie
- 1934 · Them Thar Hills as Ollie
- 1934 · Going Bye-Bye! as Mr. Hardy
- 1934 · Oliver the Eighth as Ollie
- 1933 · Wild Poses as Baby
- 1933 · Busy Bodies as Ollie
- 1933 · The Midnight Patrol as Officer Oliver Hardy
- 1933 · The Devil's Brother as Ollio
- 1933 · Me and My Pal as Ollie
- 1932 · Towed in a Hole as Ollie
- 1932 · Stan and Olly as Himself
- 1932 · County Hospital as Ollie
- 1932 · Any Old Port! as Ollie
- 1931 · On the Loose as New Suitor (uncredited)
- 1931 · Beau Hunks as Ollie
- 1931 · One Good Turn as Ollie
- 1931 · Come Clean as Ollie
- 1931 · Pardon Us as Ollie
- 1931 · Our Wife as Ollie
- 1931 · Playing at Politics as Oliver
- 1931 · The Skulls as Señor Hardy
- 1931 · Laughing Gravy as Ollie
- 1931 · Be Big! as Ollie
- 1931 · The Chiselers as M. Hardy
- 1930 · Another Fine Mess as Ollie
- 1930 · Night of Goblins as Ollie
- 1930 · Hog Wild as Ollie
- 1930 · The Night Life as Ollie
- 1930 · Brats as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
- 1930 · Blotto as Ollie
- 1930 · Night Owls as Ollie
- 1929 · Angora Love as Ollie
- 1929 · The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self
- 1929 · The Hoose-Gow as Ollie
- 1929 · Bacon Grabbers as Oliver
- 1929 · They Go Boom! as Ollie
- 1929 · Perfect Day as Ollie
- 1929 · Men O' War as Ollie
- 1929 · Double Whoopee as Ollie
- 1929 · Big Business as Ollie
- 1929 · That's My Wife as Ollie
- 1928 · We Faw Down as Ollie
- 1928 · Habeas Corpus as Ollie
- 1928 · Two Tars as Ollie
- 1928 · Early to Bed as Ollie
- 1928 · Their Purple Moment as Ollie
- 1928 · You're Darn Tootin' as Ollie, French horn player
- 1928 · From Soup to Nuts as Hired butler
- 1928 · Galloping Ghosts as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
- 1928 · The Finishing Touch as Ollie
- 1928 · Leave 'Em Laughing as Ollie
- 1927 · The Battle of the Century as Manager
- 1927 · Putting Pants on Philip as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
- 1927 · Do Detectives Think? as Sherlock Pinkham
- 1927 · Love 'em and Feed 'em as 'Happy' Hopey
- 1927 · Hats Off as Ollie
- 1927 · Call of the Cuckoo as Asylum Inmate
- 1927 · Sailors, Beware! as Purser Cryder
- 1927 · Sugar Daddies as Brittle's butler
- 1927 · With Love and Hisses as Top Sergeant Banner
- 1927 · Why Girls Love Sailors as First Mate
- 1927 · Baby Brother as Ice Man
- 1927 · Fluttering Hearts as Big Bill
- 1927 · Love 'Em and Weep as Judge Chigger
- 1927 · Crazy to Act as Gordon Bagley
- 1927 · No Man's Law as Sharkey Nye
- 1927 · The Honorable Mr. Buggs as The Butler
- 1927 · Slipping Wives as Butler
- 1927 · Duck Soup as Maltravers
- 1927 · Why Girls Say No as Policeman
- 1927 · Two-Time Mama as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
- 1926 · Be Your Age as Oswald Schwartzkopple
- 1926 · Bromo and Juliet as Cab Driver
- 1926 · Crazy Like a Fox as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
- 1926 · Along Came Auntie as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
- 1926 · Long Fliv the King as The Prime Minister's Assistant
- 1925 · The Perfect Clown as Babe Mulligan
- 1925 · Should Sailors Marry? as Doctor
- 1925 · They All Fall as The boss
- 1925 · Yes, Yes, Nanette as Her former sweetheart
- 1925 · Isn't Life Terrible? as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
- 1925 · The Joke's on You as Wilbert Perkins
- 1925 · Fiddlin' Around as Theatre manager
- 1925 · Hey, Taxi! as A Rival Taxi Driver
- 1925 · Laughing Ladies as Policeman
- 1924 · Roaring Lions at Home as
- 1924 · Kid Speed as Dangerous Dan McGraw
- 1924 · The Girl in the Limousine as Freddie
- 1924 · The Perfect Lady as (unconfirmed)
- 1923 · The Gown Shop as Store manager
- 1923 · The Barnyard as Farm Hand
- 1923 · The Midnight Cabaret as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
- 1923 · No Wedding Bells as The Girl's Father
- 1922 · Little Wildcat as 'Bull' Mulligan
- 1922 · A Pair of Kings as General Alarm
- 1921 · The Lucky Dog as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
- 1921 · The Bell Hop as Hotel manager
- 1921 · The Fall Guy as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
- 1921 · The Bakery as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
- 1921 · The Rent Collector as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
- 1920 · Married to Order as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
- 1920 · The Trouble Hunter as The Bouncer
- 1920 · Springtime as The Commissioner
- 1920 · Squeaks and Squawks as
- 1920 · Distilled Love as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
- 1919 · Bungs and Bunglers as Al K. Hall
- 1918 · The King of the Kitchen as A German customer
- 1918 · Hello Trouble as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
- 1918 · Playmates as
- 1918 · His Day Out as Ollie
- 1917 · The Pest as
- 1917 · The Villain as Nell
- 1917 · Cupid's Rival as Poor Artist
- 1917 · Little Nell as Little Nell
- 1916 · The Guilty Ones as Babe
- 1916 · Love and Duty as Pvt. Plump
- 1916 · The Lottery Man as Maggie Murphy
- 1916 · The Battle Royal as Plump
- 1916 · One Too Many as Plump
- 1916 · Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927 as
- 1915 · Ups and Downs as Shifty Mike
- 1915 · Something in Her Eye as The Grocer
- 1915 · Avenging Bill as Bill, the Grocer's Boy
- 1915 · It May Be You as Paul Simmons
- 1915 · A Lucky Strike as Bill Myers
- 1915 · An Expensive Visit as Jack
- 1915 · Babe's School Days as Ikie Ikestein
- 1914 · Magazine Cooking as
- 1914 · Making Auntie Welcome as Grocery Boy