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