Oliver Hardy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-01-18
Day of Death
1957-08-07 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Harlem, Georgia, USA
Oliver Hardy
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
Acting
Ups and Downs
as Shifty Mike
(2025)
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
as Archive Footage
(2024)
(2023)
(2021)
(2020)
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2020)
(2011)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
(2011)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Dick & Doof - Best of
as Schauspieler
(2007)
Girl 27
as Self (archive footage)
(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)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2002)
(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)
(1992)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
(1985)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1984)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1982)
(1979)
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
(1978)
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
as Ollie
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1976)
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1974)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
as Himself (archive footage)
(1970)
4 Clowns
as (archive footage)
(1968)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
(1967)
(1967)
(1965)
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
as Ollie (archive footage)
(1965)
Salute to Stan Laurel
as Self (archive footage)
(1964)
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
(1963)
30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
(1961)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
(1960)
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
(1957)
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
(1951)
Utopia
as Ollie
(1951)
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)
(1950)
Riding High
as Sucker (uncredited)
(1949)
The Fighting Kentuckian
as Willie Paine
(1947)
(1945)
The Bullfighters
as Ollie
(1944)
The Big Noise
as Ollie
(1944)
Nothing But Trouble
as Oliver
(1943)
Air Raid Wardens
as Ollie
(1943)
The Dancing Masters
as Ollie
(1943)
Jitterbugs
as Ollie
(1942)
The Tree in a Test Tube
as Ollie
(1942)
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Ollie
(1941)
Great Guns
as Oliver
(1940)
A Chump at Oxford
as Ollie
(1940)
Saps at Sea
as Ollie
(1939)
The Flying Deuces
as Ollie
(1939)
Zenobia
as Dr. Henry Tibbett
(1938)
Block-Heads
as Ollie
(1938)
Swiss Miss
as Ollie
(1938)
Hollywood Handicap
as Himself
(1937)
Way Out West
as Ollie
(1937)
Pick a Star
as Oliver Hardy
(1937)
That's That!
as Himself
(1936)
Our Relations
as Ollie / Bert Hardy
(1936)
The Bohemian Girl
as Ollie
(1936)
On the Wrong Trek
as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
(1935)
Bonnie Scotland
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
(1935)
Tit for Tat
as Ollie
(1935)
The Fixer Uppers
as Ollie
(1935)
Thicker Than Water
as Ollie
(1935)
Their Night Out - Screen Test
as Mr. Hardy
(1935)
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
as Cleaner
(1934)
Babes in Toyland
as Ollie Dee
(1934)
Hollywood Party
as Ollie
(1934)
Going Bye-Bye!
as Mr. Hardy
(1934)
Oliver the Eighth
as Ollie
(1934)
Them Thar Hills
as Ollie
(1934)
The Live Ghost
as Ollie
(1933)
Sons of the Desert
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
(1933)
The Devil's Brother
as Ollio
(1933)
Dirty Work
as Ollie
(1933)
Me and My Pal
as Ollie
(1933)
Wild Poses
as Baby
(1933)
Busy Bodies
as Ollie
(1933)
The Midnight Patrol
as Officer Oliver Hardy
(1933)
Twice Two
as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
(1932)
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Ollie
(1932)
County Hospital
as Ollie
(1932)
Their First Mistake
as Ollie
(1932)
Any Old Port!
as Ollie
(1932)
Scram!
as Ollie
(1932)
The Music Box
as Ollie
(1932)
The Chimp
as Ollie
(1932)
Helpmates
as Ollie
(1932)
Towed in a Hole
as Ollie
(1932)
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
as Ollie
(1932)
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
as Himself
(1932)
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
as Himself
(1932)
Stan and Olly
as Himself
(1931)
Be Big!
as Ollie
(1931)
Our Wife
as Ollie
(1931)
One Good Turn
as Ollie
(1931)
Come Clean
as Ollie
(1931)
Pardon Us
as Ollie
(1931)
The Stolen Jools
as Police Driver
(1931)
Chickens Come Home
as Mr. Oliver Hardy
(1931)
Laughing Gravy
as Ollie
(1931)
Beau Hunks
as Ollie
(1931)
Haunted at Midnight
as Ollie
(1931)
On the Loose
as New Suitor (uncredited)
(1931)
The Chiselers
as M. Hardy
(1931)
The Skulls
as Señor Hardy
(1931)
Playing at Politics
as Oliver
(1930)
Brats
as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
(1930)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Ollie
(1930)
Another Fine Mess
as Ollie
(1930)
Hog Wild
as Ollie
(1930)
Below Zero
as Ollie
(1930)
Night Owls
as Ollie
(1930)
Blotto
as Ollie
(1930)
The Rogue Song
as Murza-Bek
(1930)
Shivering and Shaking
as Ollie
(1930)
Night of Goblins
as Ollie
(1930)
Radiomanía
as Ollie
(1930)
(1930)
The Night Life
as Ollie
(1929)
Big Business
as Ollie
(1929)
Men O' War
as Ollie
(1929)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self
(1929)
Liberty
as Ollie
(1929)
The Hoose-Gow
as Ollie
(1929)
Unaccustomed as We Are
as Oliver Hardy
(1929)
Perfect Day
as Ollie
(1929)
Berth Marks
as Ollie
(1929)
Double Whoopee
as Ollie
(1929)
Angora Love
as Ollie
(1929)
They Go Boom!
as Ollie
(1929)
That's My Wife
as Ollie
(1929)
Wrong Again
as Ollie
(1929)
Bacon Grabbers
as Oliver
(1928)
Flying Elephants
as Mighty Giant
(1928)
Should Married Men Go Home?
as Ollie
(1928)
From Soup to Nuts
as Hired butler
(1928)
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Ollie
(1928)
Habeas Corpus
as Ollie
(1928)
Early to Bed
as Ollie
(1928)
The Finishing Touch
as Ollie
(1928)
Their Purple Moment
as Ollie
(1928)
Two Tars
as Ollie
(1928)
We Faw Down
as Ollie
(1928)
You're Darn Tootin'
as Ollie, French horn player
(1928)
Galloping Ghosts
as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
(1927)
Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate
(1927)
Sugar Daddies
as Brittle's butler
(1927)
Hats Off
as Ollie
(1927)
The Battle of the Century
as Manager
(1927)
The Second 100 Years
as Big Goofy
(1927)
Should Men Walk Home?
as Party Guest at Punch Bowl
(1927)
Why Girls Love Sailors
as First Mate
(1927)
Do Detectives Think?
as Sherlock Pinkham
(1927)
Love 'Em and Weep
as Judge Chigger
(1927)
Two-Time Mama
as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
(1927)
Sailors, Beware!
as Purser Cryder
(1927)
Duck Soup
as Maltravers
(1927)
With Love and Hisses
as Top Sergeant Banner
(1927)
Putting Pants on Philip
as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
(1927)
Slipping Wives
as Butler
(1927)
Baby Brother
as Ice Man
(1927)
No Man's Law
as Sharkey Nye
(1927)
Now I'll Tell One
as Policeman
(1927)
Fluttering Hearts
as Big Bill
(1927)
Why Girls Say No
as Policeman
(1927)
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
as The Butler
(1927)
Love 'em and Feed 'em
as 'Happy' Hopey
(1927)
Crazy to Act
as Gordon Bagley
(1926)
Be Your Age
as Oswald Schwartzkopple
(1926)
The Nickel-Hopper
as Jazz band drummer
(1926)
Wandering Papas
as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
(1926)
Crazy Like a Fox
as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
(1926)
Say It with Babies
as Hector - the Floorwalker
(1926)
45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Detective
(1926)
Bromo and Juliet
as Cab Driver
(1926)
Madame Mystery
as Captain Schmaltz
(1926)
Thundering Fleas
as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
(1926)
Along Came Auntie
as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
(1926)
Long Fliv the King
as The Prime Minister's Assistant
(1926)
The Gentle Cyclone
as Sheriff Bill
(1926)
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
as The Taxi Driver
(1925)
The Wizard of Oz
as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
(1925)
Yes, Yes, Nanette
as Her former sweetheart
(1925)
Stick Around
as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
(1925)
Isn't Life Terrible?
as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
(1925)
Rivals
as The Rival
(1925)
Hop to It!
as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
(1925)
Fiddlin' Around
as Theatre manager
(1925)
The Perfect Clown
as Babe Mulligan
(1925)
Should Sailors Marry?
as Doctor
(1925)
Laughing Ladies
as Policeman
(1925)
The Joke's on You
as Wilbert Perkins
(1925)
Fiddlin' Around
as Theatre Manager
(1925)
They All Fall
as The boss
(1925)
Hey, Taxi!
as A Rival Taxi Driver
(1924)
Her Boy Friend
as Killer Kid
(1924)
Kid Speed
as Dangerous Dan McGraw
(1924)
(1924)
Trouble Brewing
as Bootlegger
(1924)
The Perfect Lady
as (unconfirmed)
(1924)
The Girl in the Limousine
as Freddie
(1923)
The Midnight Cabaret
as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
(1923)
The Barnyard
as Farm Hand
(1923)
No Wedding Bells
as The Girl's Father
(1923)
Horseshoes
as Dynamite Duffy
(1923)
Lightning Love
as Oliver, the Other Suitor
(1923)
The Gown Shop
as Store manager
(1922)
The Sawmill
as The Foreman
(1922)
Golf
as The neighbor
(1922)
Little Wildcat
as 'Bull' Mulligan
(1922)
The Show
as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
(1922)
A Pair of Kings
as General Alarm
(1922)
The Counter Jumper
as Gaston Gilligan
(1921)
The Lucky Dog
as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
(1921)
The Bakery
as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
(1921)
The Bell Hop
as Hotel manager
(1921)
The Rent Collector
as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
(1921)
The Fall Guy
as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
(1920)
Married to Order
as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
(1920)
The Decorator
as Babe, a millionaire
(1920)
The Stage Hand
as Audience member (uncredited)
(1920)
(1920)
Distilled Love
as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
(1920)
His Jonah Day
as The Life Saver
(1920)
The Backyard
as Thug
(1919)
Bungs and Bunglers
as Al K. Hall
(1919)
Hop to It, Bellhop
as Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
(1919)
Dull Care
as A Janitor
(1919)
The Head Waiter
as A cop (as Babe Hardy)
(1918)
Bright and Early
as The Boss
(1918)
Hello Trouble
as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
(1918)
The Stranger
as Oliver, the saloonkeeper
(1918)
The Scholar
as The Superintendent
(1918)
He's In Again
as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
(1918)
The Rogue
as Cafe Owner
(1918)
His Day Out
as Ollie
(1918)
(1918)
The King of the Kitchen
as A German customer
(1917)
The Hobo
as Harold (as Babe Hardy)
(1917)
The Villain
as Nell
(1917)
The Hero
as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
(1917)
The Chief Cook
as Babe (as Babe Hardy)
(1917)
Cupid's Rival
as Poor Artist
(1917)
The Candy Kid
as Rival Proprietor
(1917)
Little Nell
as Little Nell
(1917)
Back Stage
as Babe
(1917)
(1916)
One Too Many
as Plump
(1916)
The Battle Royal
as Plump
(1916)
The Lottery Man
as Maggie Murphy
(1916)
Love and Duty
as Pvt. Plump
(1916)
The Serenade
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
(1916)
Hungry Hearts
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
(1916)
The Candy Trail
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
(1916)
(1916)
The Guilty Ones
as Babe
(1915)
A Lucky Strike
as Bill Myers
(1915)
Something in Her Eye
as The Grocer
(1915)
The Lilac Splash
as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
(1915)
It May Be You
as Paul Simmons
(1915)
They Looked Alike
as Pedestrian
(1915)
Avenging Bill
as Bill, the Grocer's Boy
(1915)
(1915)
Babe's School Days
as Ikie Ikestein
(1915)
An Expensive Visit
as Jack
(1914)
The Servant Girl's Legacy
as Cy (as Babe Hardy)
(1914)
Mother's Baby Boy
as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
(1914)
Making Auntie Welcome
as Grocery Boy
Crew
(2018)
Stan & Ollie
Thanks
(1937)
Way Out West
Writer
(1933)
Sons of the Desert
Writer
(1933)
Me and My Pal
Writer
(1933)
Twice Two
Writer
(1933)
Busy Bodies
Writer
(1933)
The Midnight Patrol
Writer
(1932)
Helpmates
Writer
(1932)
The Chimp
Writer
(1932)
The Music Box
Writer
(1932)
County Hospital
Writer
(1932)
Scram!
Writer
(1932)
Their First Mistake
Writer
(1932)
Towed in a Hole
Writer
(1931)
Come Clean
Writer
(1930)
Brats
Writer
(1930)
Hog Wild
Writer
(1923)
Quicksands
Writer
(1916)
The Guilty Ones
Director