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Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

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, 19

Born

Jan 18, 1892

Harlem, Georgia, USA

Died

Aug 07, 1957

Known For

Acting

Movies

293 acting

20 crew

Popularity

1.0

Known For

Playing at Politics
Playing at Politics
1931 as Oliver
★ 7.0
The Chiselers
The Chiselers
1931 as M. Hardy
★ 6.8
Stick Around
Stick Around
1925 as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
★ 6.1
Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland
1934 as Ollie Dee
★ 6.3
movie
Hey, Taxi!
1925 as A Rival Taxi Driver
★ 7.5
Block-Heads
Block-Heads
1938 as Ollie
★ 6.9
Bonnie Scotland
Bonnie Scotland
1935 as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
★ 6.6
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III
1994 as (archive footage)
★ 7.1
Hello Trouble
Hello Trouble
1918 as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
★ 6.0
Bacon Grabbers
Bacon Grabbers
1929 as Oliver
★ 6.4
Beau Hunks
Beau Hunks
1931 as Ollie
★ 6.8
Air Raid Wardens
Air Raid Wardens
1943 as Ollie
★ 7.1
Sons of the Desert
Sons of the Desert
1933 as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
★ 7.1
Fluttering Hearts
Fluttering Hearts
1927 as Big Bill
★ 5.6
The Fighting Kentuckian
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949 as Willie Paine
★ 5.9
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Pardon Us
Pardon Us
1931 as Ollie
★ 6.4
Hungry Hearts
Hungry Hearts
1916 as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
★ 4.6
The Hero
The Hero
1917 as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.5
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Zenobia
Zenobia
1939 as Dr. Henry Tibbett
★ 5.0
Perfect Day
Perfect Day
1929 as Ollie
★ 7.0
The Flying Deuces
The Flying Deuces
1939 as Ollie
★ 6.4
movie
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 as Self (archive footage)
The Serenade
The Serenade
1916 as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.3
Our Wife
Our Wife
1931 as Ollie
★ 7.1
Hooray for Hollywood
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Two Tars
Two Tars
1928 as Ollie
★ 6.8
The Real Charlie Chaplin
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.6
Lightning Love
Lightning Love
1923 as Oliver, the Other Suitor
★ 6.4
A Chump at Oxford
A Chump at Oxford
1940 as Ollie
★ 6.9
Great Guns
Great Guns
1941 as Oliver
★ 5.9
The Scholar
The Scholar
1918 as The Superintendent
★ 4.2
Golf
Golf
1922 as The neighbor
★ 6.4
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 as (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Thieves
★ 7.1
Angora Love
Angora Love
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.5
Laughing Gravy
Laughing Gravy
1931 as Ollie
★ 7.2
movie
Painless Love
1918 as Dr. Hurts
★ 9.0
Way Out West
Way Out West
1937 as Ollie
★ 7.1
movie
★ 6.0
Avenging Bill
Avenging Bill
1915 as Bill, the Grocer's Boy
★ 7.0
movie
Back Stage
1917 as Babe
★ 6.0
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
★ 6.9
The Villain
The Villain
1917 as Nell
★ 5.5
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025 as Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)
The Bohemian Girl
The Bohemian Girl
1936 as Ollie
★ 6.1
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
★ 7.2
The Fixer Uppers
The Fixer Uppers
1935 as Ollie
★ 6.8
movie
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965 as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Silent Clowns
Silent Clowns
2006 as Self(archive footage)
Double Whoopee
Double Whoopee
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.8
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
★ 5.9
movie
Aunt Bill
1916 as Plump
★ 8.0
The Devil's Brother
The Devil's Brother
1933 as Ollio
★ 6.8
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
Riding High
Riding High
1950 as Sucker (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Them Thar Hills
Them Thar Hills
1934 as Ollie
★ 7.5
Little Wildcat
Little Wildcat
1922 as 'Bull' Mulligan
★ 6.5
When Comedy Was King
When Comedy Was King
1960 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools
1931 as Police Driver
★ 5.6
They Go Boom!
They Go Boom!
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.9
Putting Pants on Philip
Putting Pants on Philip
1927 as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
★ 6.3
The Skulls
The Skulls
1931 as Señor Hardy
★ 6.2
Classic Comedy Teams
Classic Comedy Teams
1986 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.7
The Golden Age of Comedy
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957 as archive footage
★ 7.1
The Night Life
The Night Life
1930 as Ollie
★ 7.5
movie
The Parrott Chase
2009 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hog Wild
Hog Wild
1930 as Ollie
★ 6.9
The Midnight Patrol
The Midnight Patrol
1933 as Officer Oliver Hardy
★ 6.6
Mother's Baby Boy
Mother's Baby Boy
1914 as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
★ 7.3
Love and Duty
Love and Duty
1916 as Pvt. Plump
★ 4.9
Call of the Cuckoo
Call of the Cuckoo
1927 as Asylum Inmate
★ 5.8
Pack Up Your Troubles
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 as Ollie
★ 6.8
The Music Box
The Music Box
1932 as Ollie
★ 7.5
Fiddlin' Around
Fiddlin' Around
1925 as Theatre Manager
★ 5.5
Robinson Crusoeland
Robinson Crusoeland
1951 as Ollie
★ 5.6
Sugar Daddies
Sugar Daddies
1927 as Brittle's butler
★ 6.0
Long Fliv the King
Long Fliv the King
1926 as The Prime Minister's Assistant
★ 6.3
The Dancing Masters
The Dancing Masters
1943 as Ollie
★ 6.2
The Pest
★ 5.8
A-Haunting We Will Go
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942 as Ollie
★ 6.2
Jitterbugs
Jitterbugs
1943 as Ollie
★ 5.9
Should Married Men Go Home?
★ 6.5
Saps at Sea
Saps at Sea
1940 as Ollie
★ 6.8
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
1925 as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
★ 5.5
The Finishing Touch
The Finishing Touch
1928 as Ollie
★ 6.9
Swiss Miss
Swiss Miss
1938 as Ollie
★ 6.2
Come Clean
Come Clean
1931 as Ollie
★ 7.2
You're Darn Tootin'
You're Darn Tootin'
1928 as Ollie, French horn player
★ 5.8
Chaplin's Goliath
Chaplin's Goliath
1996 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.6
Distilled Love
Distilled Love
1920 as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
★ 7.0
A Lucky Strike
A Lucky Strike
1915 as Bill Myers
★ 5.5
Night Owls
Night Owls
1930 as Ollie
★ 7.4
Our Relations
Our Relations
1936 as Ollie / Bert Hardy
★ 7.0
An Expensive Visit
An Expensive Visit
1915 as Jack
★ 7.5
Hollywood Party
Hollywood Party
1934 as Ollie
★ 5.7
One Too Many
One Too Many
1916 as Plump
★ 5.1
One Good Turn
One Good Turn
1931 as Ollie
★ 6.9
The Hobo
The Hobo
1917 as Harold (as Babe Hardy)
★ 4.8
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.0
30 Years of Fun
30 Years of Fun
1963 as (archive footage)
★ 5.3
Thicker Than Water
Thicker Than Water
1935 as Ollie
★ 7.3
The Candy Trail
The Candy Trail
1916 as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.5
Cupid's Rival
Cupid's Rival
1917 as Poor Artist
★ 5.0
Shivering and Shaking
Shivering and Shaking
1930 as Ollie
★ 6.9
Making Auntie Welcome
Making Auntie Welcome
1914 as Grocery Boy
★ 8.0
The Battle of the Century
The Battle of the Century
1927 as Manager
★ 6.9
The Lottery Man
The Lottery Man
1916 as Maggie Murphy
★ 4.7
Crazy Like a Fox
Crazy Like a Fox
1926 as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Their Purple Moment
Their Purple Moment
1928 as Ollie
★ 6.6
Slipping Wives
Slipping Wives
1927 as Butler
★ 5.2
Fiddlin' Around
Fiddlin' Around
1925 as Theatre manager
★ 6.5
Nothing But Trouble
Nothing But Trouble
1944 as Oliver
★ 6.3
The Rent Collector
The Rent Collector
1921 as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
★ 6.7
The Perfect Clown
The Perfect Clown
1925 as Babe Mulligan
★ 7.5
The Big Noise
The Big Noise
1944 as Ollie
★ 6.1
movie
Tit for Tat
Tit for Tat
1935 as Ollie
★ 6.9
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
1927 as The Butler
★ 7.0
Do Detectives Think?
Do Detectives Think?
1927 as Sherlock Pinkham
★ 6.3
The Servant Girl's Legacy
The Servant Girl's Legacy
1914 as Cy (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.6
The Battle Royal
The Battle Royal
1916 as Plump
★ 6.5
Horseshoes
Horseshoes
1923 as Dynamite Duffy
★ 4.9
Isn't Life Terrible?
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925 as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
★ 6.1
Dirty Work
Dirty Work
1933 as Ollie
★ 6.9
movie
It May Be You
1915 as Paul Simmons
★ 6.5
Men O' War
Men O' War
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.8
Now I'll Tell One
Now I'll Tell One
1927 as Policeman
★ 6.6
Crazy to Act
Crazy to Act
1927 as Gordon Bagley
★ 6.7
Berth Marks
Berth Marks
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.8
Unaccustomed as We Are
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929 as Oliver Hardy
★ 7.0
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992 as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Towed in a Hole
Towed in a Hole
1932 as Ollie
★ 7.0
County Hospital
County Hospital
1932 as Ollie
★ 6.8
Pick a Star
Pick a Star
1937 as Oliver Hardy
★ 4.8
The Nickel-Hopper
The Nickel-Hopper
1926 as Jazz band drummer
★ 7.5
Busy Bodies
Busy Bodies
1933 as Ollie
★ 7.3
Oliver the Eighth
Oliver the Eighth
1934 as Ollie
★ 7.0
Below Zero
Below Zero
1930 as Ollie
★ 6.6
Liberty
Liberty
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.9
movie
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968 as Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Hop to It!
Hop to It!
1925 as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.8
Chickens Come Home
Chickens Come Home
1931 as Mr. Oliver Hardy
★ 6.6
They Looked Alike
They Looked Alike
1915 as Pedestrian
★ 6.3
The Head Waiter
The Head Waiter
1919 as A cop (as Babe Hardy)
★ 7.0
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
Wrong Again
Wrong Again
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.8
The Live Ghost
The Live Ghost
1934 as Ollie
★ 7.2
Her Boy Friend
Her Boy Friend
1924 as Killer Kid
★ 5.8
Twice Two
Twice Two
1933 as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
★ 6.7
Be Your Age
Be Your Age
1926 as Oswald Schwartzkopple
★ 5.8
movie
No Man's Law
No Man's Law
1927 as Sharkey Nye
★ 7.3
Their First Mistake
Their First Mistake
1932 as Ollie
★ 6.4
Hollywood Handicap
Hollywood Handicap
1938 as Himself
★ 4.8
The Sawmill
The Sawmill
1922 as The Foreman
★ 5.4
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
1932 as Ollie
★ 7.3
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925 as Her former sweetheart
★ 5.5
Rivals
Rivals
1925 as The Rival
★ 6.3
Should Men Walk Home?
Should Men Walk Home?
1927 as Party Guest at Punch Bowl
★ 7.2
The Stage Hand
The Stage Hand
1920 as Audience member (uncredited)
★ 8.0
The Candy Kid
The Candy Kid
1917 as Rival Proprietor
★ 5.6
He's In Again
He's In Again
1918 as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.7
Wild Poses
Wild Poses
1933 as Baby
★ 7.4
Should Sailors Marry?
Should Sailors Marry?
1925 as Doctor
★ 5.8
Why Girls Love Sailors
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927 as First Mate
★ 5.5
The Bullfighters
The Bullfighters
1945 as Ollie
★ 5.9
Wandering Papas
Wandering Papas
1926 as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.4
Going Bye-Bye!
Going Bye-Bye!
1934 as Mr. Hardy
★ 7.4
Madame Mystery
Madame Mystery
1926 as Captain Schmaltz
★ 6.5
The Hollywood Clowns
The Hollywood Clowns
1979 as (archive footage)
Big Business
Big Business
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.6
Blotto
Blotto
1930 as Ollie
★ 7.2
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951 as (archive footage)
movie
No Wedding Bells
1923 as The Girl's Father
★ 5.4
movie
The King of the Kitchen
1918 as A German customer
★ 6.0
Leave 'Em Laughing
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928 as Ollie
★ 6.0
Scram!
Scram!
1932 as Ollie
★ 7.1
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 10.0
Ups and Downs
Ups and Downs
1915 as Shifty Mike
Something in Her Eye
Something in Her Eye
1915 as The Grocer
★ 6.0
The Show
The Show
1922 as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
★ 7.0
On the Loose
On the Loose
1931 as New Suitor (uncredited)
★ 6.8
The Haunted Hat
★ 6.5
Along Came Auntie
Along Came Auntie
1926 as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
★ 6.3
Me and My Pal
Me and My Pal
1933 as Ollie
★ 6.5
Another Fine Mess
Another Fine Mess
1930 as Ollie
★ 6.9
Bromo and Juliet
Bromo and Juliet
1926 as Cab Driver
★ 5.8
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
2025 as Archive Footage
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
1965 as Ollie (archive footage)
★ 7.9
The Second 100 Years
The Second 100 Years
1927 as Big Goofy
★ 6.3
movie
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
1935 as Cleaner
★ 6.0
The Tree in a Test Tube
The Tree in a Test Tube
1942 as Ollie
★ 5.2
movie
They All Fall
1925 as The boss
★ 7.5
movie
The Counter Jumper
1922 as Gaston Gilligan
★ 6.3
Married to Order
Married to Order
1920 as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.9
Be Big!
Be Big!
1931 as Ollie
★ 6.8
Flying Elephants
Flying Elephants
1928 as Mighty Giant
★ 5.9
The Chimp
The Chimp
1932 as Ollie
★ 6.5
The Guilty Ones
The Guilty Ones
1916 as Babe
★ 8.0
Baby Brother
Baby Brother
1927 as Ice Man
★ 6.5
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 as Himself (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy
1921 as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
★ 4.9
The Backyard
The Backyard
1920 as Thug - The ruffian
★ 7.5
Duck Soup
Duck Soup
1927 as Maltravers
★ 6.4
movie
The Lucky Dog
The Lucky Dog
1921 as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
★ 5.8
Any Old Port!
Any Old Port!
1932 as Ollie
★ 7.0
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.5
movie
Bungs and Bunglers
1919 as Al K. Hall
★ 7.0
The Rogue
The Rogue
1918 as Cafe Owner
★ 4.1
Brats
Brats
1930 as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
★ 6.8
4 Clowns
4 Clowns
1970 as (archive footage)
★ 7.2
Thundering Fleas
Thundering Fleas
1926 as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
★ 6.0
The Stranger
The Stranger
1918 as Oliver, the saloonkeeper
★ 5.5
movie
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
1926 as The Taxi Driver
★ 6.5
The Chief Cook
The Chief Cook
1917 as Babe (as Babe Hardy)
★ 4.5
movie
Stan and Olly
1932 as Himself
Why Girls Say No
Why Girls Say No
1927 as Policeman
★ 7.0
45 Minutes from Hollywood
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926 as Hotel Detective
★ 5.3
A Pair of Kings
A Pair of Kings
1922 as General Alarm
★ 5.5
From Soup to Nuts
From Soup to Nuts
1928 as Hired butler
★ 6.6
Kid Speed
Kid Speed
1924 as Dangerous Dan McGraw
★ 5.5
movie
The Bakery
The Bakery
1921 as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
★ 4.7
Early to Bed
Early to Bed
1928 as Ollie
★ 6.2
Little Nell
Little Nell
1917 as Little Nell
★ 5.4
Habeas Corpus
Habeas Corpus
1928 as Ollie
★ 6.7
We Faw Down
We Faw Down
1928 as Ollie
★ 5.9
The Rogue Song
The Rogue Song
1930 as Murza-Bek
★ 6.5
The Girl in the Limousine
The Girl in the Limousine
1924 as Freddie
★ 6.5
With Love and Hisses
With Love and Hisses
1927 as Top Sergeant Banner
★ 6.1
The Gown Shop
The Gown Shop
1923 as Store manager
★ 5.5
Sailors, Beware!
Sailors, Beware!
1927 as Purser Cryder
★ 6.9
movie
Hop to It, Bellhop
1919 as Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
★ 7.5
De Bote en Bote
De Bote en Bote
1931 as Ollie
Night of Goblins
Night of Goblins
1930 as Ollie
★ 6.1
Bright and Early
Bright and Early
1918 as The Boss
★ 4.6
movie
Their Night Out - Screen Test
1935 as Mr. Hardy
★ 6.0
movie
The Joke's on You
The Joke's on You
1925 as Wilbert Perkins
★ 5.5
Radiomanía
Radiomanía
1930 as Ollie
★ 10.0
The Gentle Cyclone
The Gentle Cyclone
1926 as Sheriff Bill
★ 6.5
The Decorator
The Decorator
1920 as Babe, a millionaire
★ 6.3
Babe's School Days
Babe's School Days
1915 as Ikie Ikestein
★ 6.0
Say It with Babies
Say It with Babies
1926 as Hector - the Floorwalker
★ 6.5
Dick & Doof - Best of
Dick & Doof - Best of
2010 as Schauspieler
That's My Wife
That's My Wife
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.6
The Bell Hop
The Bell Hop
1921 as Hotel manager
★ 6.8
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
2020 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dull Care
Dull Care
1919 as A Janitor
★ 6.5
On the Wrong Trek
On the Wrong Trek
1936 as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
★ 5.9
Haunted at Midnight
Haunted at Midnight
1931 as Ollie
★ 8.0
movie
Love 'em and Feed 'em
1927 as 'Happy' Hopey
★ 6.5
Helpmates
Helpmates
1932 as Ollie
★ 7.2
That's That!
That's That!
1938 as Himself
★ 4.4
Trouble Brewing
Trouble Brewing
1924 as Bootlegger
★ 7.5
Love 'Em and Weep
Love 'Em and Weep
1927 as Judge Chigger
★ 5.7
The Barnyard
The Barnyard
1923 as Farm Hand
★ 6.3
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
★ 6.0
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
★ 8.7
His Jonah Day
His Jonah Day
1920 as The Life Saver
★ 7.0
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
1999 as Ollie
movie
The Perfect Lady
1924 as (unconfirmed)
★ 10.0
Laughing Ladies
Laughing Ladies
1925 as Policeman
★ 8.0
Hats Off
Hats Off
1927 as Ollie
★ 6.6
Two-Time Mama
Two-Time Mama
1927 as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
★ 7.5
His Day Out
His Day Out
1918 as Ollie
★ 3.9
The Trouble Hunter
The Trouble Hunter
1920 as The Bouncer
★ 9.0
The Lilac Splash
The Lilac Splash
1915 as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
★ 6.0
Springtime
Springtime
1920 as The Commissioner
★ 10.0
The Midnight Cabaret
The Midnight Cabaret
1923 as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
★ 6.7
Galloping Ghosts
Galloping Ghosts
1928 as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
★ 7.0