Oliver Hardy

Known For: Acting
Born: January 18, 1892
Place of Birth: Harlem, Georgia, USA
Died: August 7, 1957

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, 1957, at age 65. His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located at 1500 Vine Street, Hollywood, California.

Filmography

Laurel & Hardy: Year Three

2025

Nash the Slash Rises Again!

2025 · Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures

2025 · Archive Footage

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

2024 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations

2020 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition

2020

Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies

2019 · Ollio

Stan & Ollie

2018 · Thanks

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

2011 · Self (archive footage)

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy

2011 · Self (archive footage)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011 · Himself (archive footage)

Dick & Doof - Best of

2010 · Schauspieler

The Parrott Chase

The Parrott Chase

2009 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

Silent Clowns

2006 · Self(archive footage)

Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts

2006 · Oliver

Laurel & Hardy - Best of III

2005 · Hardy

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

2002 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

2002

Laurel & Hardy - Best of II

2001 · Ollie

Laurel & Hardy - Best of

1999 · Ollie

Chaplin's Goliath

1996 · Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

1994 · (archive footage)

100 Years at the Movies

1994 · Self (archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

1992 · Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)

The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence

The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence

1990 · Self (archive footage)

Classic Comedy Teams

1986 · Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984 · (archive footage)

Dance of the Cookoos

1982

The Hollywood Clowns

1979 · (archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons

1978 · Ollie

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976 · Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · (archive footage)

Hooray for Hollywood

1976 · Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 · Self (archive footage)

Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

1974 · Self (archive footage)

4 Clowns

1970 · (archive footage)

Dick und Doof

1970 · Oliver

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968 · Ollie / Bert (archive footage)

The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy

1967

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

1967

Omnibus

1967 · Self

Salute to Stan Laurel

Salute to Stan Laurel

1965 · Self (archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's

1965 · Ollie (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

30 Years of Fun

1963 · (archive footage)

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961 · Self (archive footage)

When Comedy Was King

1960 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Golden Age of Comedy

1957 · archive footage

This Is Your Life

1952 · Self

Robinson Crusoeland

1951 · Ollie

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951 · (archive footage)

Riding High

1950 · Sucker (uncredited)

The Fighting Kentuckian

1949 · Willie Paine

Performers Arrive in Hampshire

1947 · Self

The Bullfighters

1945 · Ollie

Nothing But Trouble

1944 · Oliver

The Big Noise

1944 · Ollie

The Dancing Masters

1943 · Ollie

Jitterbugs

1943 · Ollie

Air Raid Wardens

1943 · Ollie

The Tree in a Test Tube

1942 · Ollie

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942 · Ollie

Great Guns

1941 · Oliver

Saps at Sea

1940 · Ollie

A Chump at Oxford

1940 · Ollie

The Flying Deuces

1939 · Ollie

Zenobia

1939 · Dr. Henry Tibbett

Block-Heads

1938 · Ollie

That's That!

1938 · Himself

Hollywood Handicap

1938 · Himself

Swiss Miss

1938 · Ollie

Pick a Star

1937 · Oliver Hardy

Way Out West

1937 · Ollie, Writer

Our Relations

1936 · Ollie / Bert Hardy

On the Wrong Trek

1936 · Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)

The Bohemian Girl

1936 · Ollie

MGM 1935 Promo Reel

MGM 1935 Promo Reel

1935 · Cleaner

Bonnie Scotland

1935 · Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy

Thicker Than Water

1935 · Ollie

Their Night Out - Screen Test

Their Night Out - Screen Test

1935 · Mr. Hardy

The Fixer Uppers

1935 · Ollie

Tit for Tat

1935 · Ollie

Babes in Toyland

1934 · Ollie Dee

The Live Ghost

1934 · Ollie

Them Thar Hills

1934 · Ollie

Going Bye-Bye!

1934 · Mr. Hardy

Hollywood Party

1934 · Ollie

Oliver the Eighth

1934 · Ollie

Sons of the Desert

1933 · Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy, Writer

Dirty Work

1933 · Ollie

Wild Poses

1933 · Baby

Busy Bodies

1933 · Ollie, Writer

The Midnight Patrol

1933 · Officer Oliver Hardy, Writer

The Devil's Brother

1933 · Ollio

Me and My Pal

1933 · Ollie, Writer

Twice Two

1933 · Ollie / Mrs. Laurel, Writer

Towed in a Hole

1932 · Ollie, Writer

Their First Mistake

1932 · Ollie, Writer

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932 · Ollie

Scram!

1932 · Ollie, Writer

Stan and Olly

1932 · Himself

Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh

Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh

1932 · Himself

Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth

Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth

1932 · Himself

County Hospital

1932 · Ollie, Writer

Laurel and Hardy in the UK

1932

The Chimp

1932 · Ollie, Writer

Hinter Schloss und Riegel

1932 · Ollie

The Music Box

1932 · Ollie, Writer

Any Old Port!

1932 · Ollie

Helpmates

1932 · Ollie, Writer

On the Loose

1931 · New Suitor (uncredited)

Beau Hunks

1931 · Ollie

One Good Turn

1931 · Ollie

Come Clean

1931 · Ollie, Writer

Pardon Us

1931 · Ollie

Haunted at Midnight

1931 · Ollie

Our Wife

1931 · Ollie

Playing at Politics

1931 · Oliver

The Skulls

1931 · Señor Hardy

De Bote en Bote

1931 · Ollie

Laughing Gravy

1931 · Ollie

The Stolen Jools

1931 · Police Driver

Chickens Come Home

1931 · Mr. Oliver Hardy

Be Big!

1931 · Ollie

The Chiselers

1931 · M. Hardy

Another Fine Mess

1930 · Ollie

Night of Goblins

1930 · Ollie

MGM Convention 1930 Announcement

MGM Convention 1930 Announcement

1930 · Himself

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

1930 · Ollie

Radiomanía

1930 · Ollie

Hog Wild

1930 · Ollie, Writer

Shivering and Shaking

1930 · Ollie

Below Zero

1930 · Ollie

The Night Life

1930 · Ollie

Brats

1930 · Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr., Writer

Blotto

1930 · Ollie

The Rogue Song

1930 · Murza-Bek

Thieves

1930

Night Owls

1930 · Ollie

Angora Love

1929 · Ollie

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929 · Self

The Hoose-Gow

1929 · Ollie

Bacon Grabbers

1929 · Oliver

They Go Boom!

1929 · Ollie

Perfect Day

1929 · Ollie

Men O' War

1929 · Ollie

Berth Marks

1929 · Ollie

Double Whoopee

1929 · Ollie

Unaccustomed as We Are

1929 · Oliver Hardy

Big Business

1929 · Ollie

That's My Wife

1929 · Ollie

Wrong Again

1929 · Ollie

Liberty

1929 · Ollie

We Faw Down

1928 · Ollie

Habeas Corpus

1928 · Ollie

Two Tars

1928 · Ollie

Early to Bed

1928 · Ollie

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928 · Ollie

Their Purple Moment

1928 · Ollie

You're Darn Tootin'

1928 · Ollie, French horn player

From Soup to Nuts

1928 · Hired butler

Galloping Ghosts

1928 · Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13

The Finishing Touch

1928 · Ollie

Flying Elephants

1928 · Mighty Giant

Leave 'Em Laughing

1928 · Ollie

The Battle of the Century

1927 · Manager

Putting Pants on Philip

1927 · J. Piedmont Mumblethunder

Do Detectives Think?

1927 · Sherlock Pinkham

Love 'em and Feed 'em

Love 'em and Feed 'em

1927 · 'Happy' Hopey

Hats Off

1927 · Ollie

Call of the Cuckoo

1927 · Asylum Inmate

The Second 100 Years

1927 · Big Goofy

Now I'll Tell One

1927 · Policeman

Sailors, Beware!

1927 · Purser Cryder

Sugar Daddies

1927 · Brittle's butler

With Love and Hisses

1927 · Top Sergeant Banner

Why Girls Love Sailors

1927 · First Mate

Baby Brother

1927 · Ice Man

Fluttering Hearts

1927 · Big Bill

Love 'Em and Weep

1927 · Judge Chigger

Crazy to Act

1927 · Gordon Bagley

No Man's Law

1927 · Sharkey Nye

The Honorable Mr. Buggs

1927 · The Butler

Slipping Wives

1927 · Butler

Duck Soup

1927 · Maltravers

Why Girls Say No

1927 · Policeman

Should Men Walk Home?

1927 · Party Guest at Punch Bowl

Two-Time Mama

1927 · The Cop (as Babe Hardy)

45 Minutes from Hollywood

1926 · Hotel Detective

The Nickel-Hopper

1926 · Jazz band drummer

Be Your Age

1926 · Oswald Schwartzkopple

Bromo and Juliet

1926 · Cab Driver

Crazy Like a Fox

1926 · Charley's Victim (uncredited)

Along Came Auntie

1926 · Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband

Thundering Fleas

1926 · Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)

The Gentle Cyclone

1926 · Sheriff Bill

Long Fliv the King

1926 · The Prime Minister's Assistant

Say It with Babies

1926 · Hector - the Floorwalker

Madame Mystery

1926 · Captain Schmaltz

Wandering Papas

1926 · Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)

A Bankrupt Honeymoon

A Bankrupt Honeymoon

1926 · The Taxi Driver

The Perfect Clown

1925 · Babe Mulligan

Should Sailors Marry?

1925 · Doctor

They All Fall

1925 · The boss

Yes, Yes, Nanette

1925 · Her former sweetheart

Isn't Life Terrible?

1925 · Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)

Hop to It!

1925 · A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)

Fiddlin' Around

1925 · Theatre manager

The Joke's on You

1925 · Wilbert Perkins

Fiddlin' Around

1925 · Theatre Manager

Rivals

1925 · The Rival

Hey, Taxi!

1925 · A Rival Taxi Driver

Stick Around

1925 · Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)

The Wizard of Oz

1925 · Tin Woodsman / Farmhand

Laughing Ladies

1925 · Policeman

Roaring Lions at Home

1924

Kid Speed

1924 · Dangerous Dan McGraw

Her Boy Friend

1924 · Killer Kid

The Girl in the Limousine

1924 · Freddie

Trouble Brewing

1924 · Bootlegger

The Perfect Lady

The Perfect Lady

1924 · (unconfirmed)

Horseshoes

1923 · Dynamite Duffy

Lightning Love

1923 · Oliver, the Other Suitor

The Gown Shop

1923 · Store manager

The Barnyard

1923 · Farm Hand

The Midnight Cabaret

1923 · Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor

Quicksands

1923 · Writer, Assistant Director

No Wedding Bells

No Wedding Bells

1923 · The Girl's Father

The Counter Jumper

The Counter Jumper

1922 · Gaston Gilligan

Little Wildcat

1922 · 'Bull' Mulligan

Golf

1922 · The neighbor

A Pair of Kings

1922 · General Alarm

The Show

1922 · Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)

The Sawmill

1922 · The Foreman

The Lucky Dog

1921 · Masked bandit who confronts Laurel

The Bell Hop

1921 · Hotel manager

The Fall Guy

1921 · Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)

The Bakery

1921 · Foreman (as Babe Hardy)

The Rent Collector

1921 · The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)

His Jonah Day

1920 · The Life Saver

The Backyard

1920 · Thug - The ruffian

Married to Order

1920 · Her Father (as Babe Hardy)

The Trouble Hunter

1920 · The Bouncer

The Stage Hand

1920 · Audience member (uncredited)

The Decorator

1920 · Babe, a millionaire

Springtime

1920 · The Commissioner

Squeaks and Squawks

1920

Distilled Love

1920 · Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)

The Head Waiter

1919 · A cop (as Babe Hardy)

Bungs and Bunglers

Bungs and Bunglers

1919 · Al K. Hall

Dull Care

1919 · A Janitor

Hop to It, Bellhop

Hop to It, Bellhop

1919 · Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)

He's In Again

1918 · Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)

Painless Love

1918 · Dr. Hurts

The King of the Kitchen

The King of the Kitchen

1918 · A German customer

Hello Trouble

1918 · A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)

Playmates

1918

Bright and Early

1918 · The Boss

The Scholar

1918 · The Superintendent

The Rogue

1918 · Cafe Owner

His Day Out

1918 · Ollie

The Stranger

1918 · Oliver, the saloonkeeper

The Pest

1917

The Hobo

1917 · Harold (as Babe Hardy)

The Candy Kid

1917 · Rival Proprietor

The Chief Cook

1917 · Babe (as Babe Hardy)

The Villain

1917 · Nell

Cupid's Rival

1917 · Poor Artist

The Hero

1917 · The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)

Little Nell

1917 · Little Nell

Back Stage

1917 · Babe

The Guilty Ones

1916 · Babe, Director

The Candy Trail

1916 · Plump (as Babe Hardy)

Love and Duty

1916 · Pvt. Plump

Aunt Bill

1916 · Plump

The Lottery Man

1916 · Maggie Murphy

Hungry Hearts

1916 · Plump (as Babe Hardy)

The Battle Royal

1916 · Plump

The Serenade

1916 · Plump (as Babe Hardy)

One Too Many

1916 · Plump

Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927

Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927

1916

Ups and Downs

1915 · Shifty Mike

Something in Her Eye

1915 · The Grocer

The Lilac Splash

1915 · Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)

Avenging Bill

1915 · Bill, the Grocer's Boy

The Haunted Hat

1915

It May Be You

1915 · Paul Simmons

A Lucky Strike

1915 · Bill Myers

An Expensive Visit

1915 · Jack

They Looked Alike

1915 · Pedestrian

Babe's School Days

1915 · Ikie Ikestein

The Servant Girl's Legacy

1914 · Cy (as Babe Hardy)

Mother's Baby Boy

1914 · Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)

Magazine Cooking

Magazine Cooking

1914

Making Auntie Welcome

1914 · Grocery Boy

Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1

Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1

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Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2

Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2

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