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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
The Flying Deuces
(1939)
Ollie
Saps at Sea
(1940)
Ollie
The Devil's Brother
(1933)
Ollio
Babes in Toyland
(1934)
Ollie Dee
County Hospital
(1932)
Ollie
Utopia
(1951)
Ollie
The Fighting Kentuckian
(1949)
Willie Paine
Way Out West
(1937)
Ollie
The Music Box
(1932)
Ollie
The Stolen Jools
(1931)
Police Driver
Sons of the Desert
(1933)
Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
Great Guns
(1941)
Oliver
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
Another Fine Mess
(1930)
Ollie
Beau Hunks
(1931)
Ollie
Block-Heads
(1938)
Ollie
Full Filmography
Acting
The Servant Girl's Legacy
(1914)
Cy (as Babe Hardy)
Mother's Baby Boy
(1914)
Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
Making Auntie Welcome
(1914)
Grocery Boy
Something in Her Eye
(1915)
The Grocer
An Expensive Visit
(1915)
Jack
They Looked Alike
(1915)
Pedestrian
It May Be You
(1915)
Paul Simmons
A Lucky Strike
(1915)
Bill Myers
The Lilac Splash
(1915)
Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
The Haunted Hat
(1915)
Avenging Bill
(1915)
Bill, the Grocer's Boy
Babe's School Days
(1915)
The Battle Royal
(1916)
Plump
One Too Many
(1916)
Plump
The Lottery Man
(1916)
Maggie Murphy
Hungry Hearts
(1916)
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927
(1916)
Love and Duty
(1916)
Pvt. Plump
The Serenade
(1916)
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
The Candy Trail
(1916)
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
The Guilty Ones
(1916)
Babe
The Candy Kid
(1917)
Rival Proprietor
The Hero
(1917)
The Villain
(1917)
Nell
Cupid's Rival
(1917)
Poor Artist
The Chief Cook
(1917)
Babe (as Babe Hardy)
The Pest
(1917)
The Hobo
(1917)
Harold (as Babe Hardy)
Little Nell
(1917)
Little Nell
He's In Again
(1918)
Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
The Rogue
(1918)
Cafe Owner
Bright and Early
(1918)
The Boss
His Day Out
(1918)
Ollie
The King of the Kitchen
(1918)
A German customer
The Stranger
(1918)
Oliver, the saloonkeeper
The Scholar
(1918)
The Superintendent
Hello Trouble
(1918)
A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
Playmates
(1918)
Dull Care
(1919)
A Janitor
Bungs and Bunglers
(1919)
Al K. Hall
Hop To It, Bellhop
(1919)
Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
The Head Waiter
(1919)
A cop (as Babe Hardy)
The Decorator
(1920)
Babe, a millionaire
His Jonah Day
(1920)
The Life Saver
Squeaks and Squawks
(1920)
Married to Order
(1920)
Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
The Backyard
(1920)
Thug
Distilled Love
(1920)
Mr. Peeble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
The Stage Hand
(1920)
Audience member (uncredited)
The Lucky Dog
(1921)
Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
The Fall Guy
(1921)
Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
The Bakery
(1921)
Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
The Bell Hop
(1921)
Hotel manager
The Rent Collector
(1921)
The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
The Sawmill
(1922)
The Foreman
Golf
(1922)
The neighbor
The Counter Jumper
(1922)
Gaston Gilligan
A Pair of Kings
(1922)
General Alarm
The Show
(1922)
Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
Little Wildcat
(1922)
'Bull' Mulligan
No Wedding Bells
(1923)
The Girl's Father
Lightning Love
(1923)
Oliver, the Other Suitor
Horseshoes
(1923)
Dynamite Duffy
The Midnight Cabaret
(1923)
Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
The Gown Shop
(1923)
Store manager
The Barnyard
(1923)
Farm Hand
Kid Speed
(1924)
Dangerous Dan McGraw
Her Boy Friend
(1924)
Killer Kid
Trouble Brewing
(1924)
Bootlegger
The Perfect Lady
(1924)
(unconfirmed)
Roaring Lions at Home
(1924)
The Wizard of Oz
(1925)
Farmhand
Stick Around
(1925)
Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
Hop to It!
(1925)
A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
Yes, Yes, Nanette
(1925)
Her former sweetheart
They All Fall
(1925)
The Perfect Clown
(1925)
Babe Mulligan
Isn't Life Terrible?
(1925)
Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
The Joke's on You
(1925)
Wilbert Perkins
Fiddlin' Around
(1925)
Theatre manager
Hey, Taxi!
(1925)
A Rival Taxi Driver
Fiddlin' Around
(1925)
Should Sailors Marry?
(1925)
Doctor
Rivals
(1925)
The Rival
Along Came Auntie
(1926)
Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
45 Minutes from Hollywood
(1926)
Hotel Detective
Thundering Fleas
(1926)
Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
Bromo and Juliet
(1926)
Cab Driver
Wandering Papas
(1926)
Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
The Nickel-Hopper
(1926)
Jazz band drummer
Long Fliv the King
(1926)
The Prime Minister's Assistant
Say It with Babies
(1926)
Hector - the Floorwalker
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
(1926)
The Taxi Driver
Be Your Age
(1926)
Oswald Schwartzkopple
Madame Mystery
(1926)
Captain Schmaltz
Crazy Like a Fox
(1926)
Charley's Victim (uncredited)
The Gentle Cyclone
(1926)
Sheriff Bill
Fluttering Hearts
(1927)
Big Bill
Sugar Daddies
(1927)
Brittle's butler
Call of the Cuckoo
(1927)
Asylum Inmate
Do Detectives Think?
(1927)
Sherlock Pinkham
The Second Hundred Years
(1927)
Big Goofy
Love 'Em and Weep
(1927)
Judge Chigger
The Battle of the Century
(1927)
Manager
Duck Soup
(1927)
Maltravers
Why Girls Love Sailors
(1927)
First Mate
Sailors, Beware!
(1927)
Purser Cryder
With Love and Hisses
(1927)
Top Sergeant Banner
Putting Pants on Philip
(1927)
J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
Slipping Wives
(1927)
Butler
Crazy to Act
(1927)
Gordon Bagley
Now I'll Tell One
(1927)
Policeman
Should Men Walk Home?
(1927)
Party Guest at Punch Bowl
No Man's Law
(1927)
Sharkey Nye
Baby Brother
(1927)
Ice Man
Why Girls Say No
(1927)
Policeman
Two-Time Mama
(1927)
The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
Love 'em and Feed 'em
(1927)
'Happy' Hopey
Hats Off
(1927)
Ollie
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
(1927)
The Butler
Should Married Men Go Home?
(1928)
Ollie
The Finishing Touch
(1928)
Ollie
Flying Elephants
(1928)
Mighty Giant
Leave 'Em Laughing
(1928)
Ollie
Their Purple Moment
(1928)
Ollie
Two Tars
(1928)
Ollie
Early to Bed
(1928)
Ollie
We Faw Down
(1928)
Ollie
Habeas Corpus
(1928)
Ollie
You're Darn Tootin'
(1928)
Ollie, French horn player
From Soup to Nuts
(1928)
Hired butler
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
(1929)
Self
Big Business
(1929)
Ollie
Liberty
(1929)
Ollie
Perfect Day
(1929)
Ollie
Double Whoopee
(1929)
Ollie
Men O'War
(1929)
Ollie
Berth Marks
(1929)
Ollie
Bacon Grabbers
(1929)
Oliver
They Go Boom!
(1929)
Ollie
That's My Wife
(1929)
Ollie
Unaccustomed as We Are
(1929)
Oliver Hardy
The Hoose-Gow
(1929)
Ollie
Angora Love
(1929)
Ollie
Wrong Again
(1929)
Ollie
Below Zero
(1930)
Ollie
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
(1930)
Ollie
Night Owls
(1930)
Ollie
Brats
(1930)
Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
Blotto
(1930)
Ollie
Another Fine Mess
(1930)
Ollie
Hog Wild
(1930)
Ollie
Night of Goblins
(1930)
Ollie
Thieves
(1930)
The Rogue Song
(1930)
Murza-Bek
The Night Life
(1930)
Ollie
Shivering and Shaking
(1930)
Ollie
Be Big!
(1931)
Ollie
On the Loose
(1931)
New Suitor (uncredited)
Beau Hunks
(1931)
Ollie
Come Clean
(1931)
Ollie
Our Wife
(1931)
Ollie
One Good Turn
(1931)
Ollie
Laughing Gravy
(1931)
Ollie
Chickens Come Home
(1931)
Mr. Oliver Hardy
The Stolen Jools
(1931)
Police Driver
Playing at Politics
(1931)
Oliver
The Chiselers
(1931)
M. Hardy
The Skulls
(1931)
Señor Hardy
Pardon Us
(1931)
Ollie
Haunted at Midnight
(1931)
Ollie
Pack Up Your Troubles
(1932)
Ollie
Any Old Port!
(1932)
Ollie
The Music Box
(1932)
Ollie
The Chimp
(1932)
Ollie
County Hospital
(1932)
Ollie
Helpmates
(1932)
Ollie
Towed in a Hole
(1932)
Ollie
Their First Mistake
(1932)
Ollie
Scram!
(1932)
Ollie
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
(1932)
Himself
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
(1932)
Himself
Busy Bodies
(1933)
Ollie
Sons of the Desert
(1933)
Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
The Midnight Patrol
(1933)
Officer Oliver Hardy
Dirty Work
(1933)
Ollie
Me and My Pal
(1933)
Ollie
Twice Two
(1933)
Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
The Devil's Brother
(1933)
Ollio
Wild Poses
(1933)
Baby
Babes in Toyland
(1934)
Ollie Dee
The Live Ghost
(1934)
Ollie
Oliver the Eighth
(1934)
Ollie
Them Thar Hills
(1934)
Ollie
Hollywood Party
(1934)
Ollie
Going Bye-Bye!
(1934)
Mr. Hardy
Bonnie Scotland
(1935)
Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
The Fixer Uppers
(1935)
Ollie
Thicker Than Water
(1935)
Ollie
Tit for Tat
(1935)
Ollie
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
(1935)
Cleaner
Their Night Out - Screen Test
(1935)
Mr. Hardy
Our Relations
(1936)
Ollie / Bert Hardy
On the Wrong Trek
(1936)
Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
The Bohemian Girl
(1936)
Ollie
Way Out West
(1937)
Ollie
Pick a Star
(1937)
Oliver Hardy
That's That!
(1937)
Himself
Block-Heads
(1938)
Ollie
Swiss Miss
(1938)
Ollie
Hollywood Handicap
(1938)
Himself
The Flying Deuces
(1939)
Ollie
Zenobia
(1939)
Dr. Henry Tibbett
A Chump at Oxford
(1940)
Ollie
Saps at Sea
(1940)
Ollie
Great Guns
(1941)
Oliver
A-Haunting We Will Go
(1942)
Ollie
The Tree in a Test Tube
(1942)
Ollie
Air Raid Wardens
(1943)
Ollie
The Dancing Masters
(1943)
Ollie
Jitterbugs
(1943)
Ollie
Nothing But Trouble
(1944)
Oliver
The Big Noise
(1944)
Ollie
The Bullfighters
(1945)
Ollie
Performers arrive in Hampshire
(1947)
Self
The Fighting Kentuckian
(1949)
Willie Paine
Riding High
(1950)
Sucker (uncredited)
Utopia
(1951)
Ollie
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(1951)
(archive footage)
The Golden Age of Comedy
(1957)
archive footage
When Comedy Was King
(1960)
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
(1961)
Self (archive footage)
30 Years of Fun
(1963)
(archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
(1964)
Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
Salute to Stan Laurel
(1965)
Self (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
(1965)
Ollie (archive footage)
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
(1967)
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
(1967)
4 Clowns
(1970)
(archive footage)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
(1974)
Himself (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(1975)
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(1976)
(archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
(1979)
(archive footage)
Dance of the Cookoos
(1982)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(1984)
(archive footage)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
(1985)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
(1992)
Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
(1994)
(archive footage)
Chaplin's Goliath
(1996)
Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
(1999)
Ollie
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
(2001)
Ollie
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
(2002)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
(2002)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
(2004)
Ollie (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
(2005)
Hardy
Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche
(2006)
Oliver
Girl 27
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Dick & Doof - Best of
(2010)
Schauspieler
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
(2011)
Himself (archive footage)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
(2011)
Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy The Essential Collection
(2011)
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
(2020)
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
(2020)
Directing
Writing
Quicksands
(1923)
Writer
Brats
(1930)
Writer
Hog Wild
(1930)
Writer
Come Clean
(1931)
Writer
Helpmates
(1932)
Writer
The Music Box
(1932)
Writer
The Chimp
(1932)
Writer
County Hospital
(1932)
Writer
Scram!
(1932)
Writer
Their First Mistake
(1932)
Writer
Towed in a Hole
(1932)
Writer
Sons of the Desert
(1933)
Writer
Twice Two
(1933)
Writer
Me and My Pal
(1933)
Writer
The Midnight Patrol
(1933)
Writer
Busy Bodies
(1933)
Writer
Way Out West
(1937)
Writer
Crew