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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

294 acting

20 crew

Popularity

1.5

Known For

Playing at Politics
Playing at Politics
1931 as Oliver
★ 7.0
Pardon Us
Pardon Us
1931 as Ollie
★ 6.5
The Flying Deuces
The Flying Deuces
1939 as Ollie
★ 6.4
Babes in Toyland
Babes in Toyland
1934 as Ollie Dee
★ 6.3
Sons of the Desert
Sons of the Desert
1933 as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
★ 7.1
Block-Heads
Block-Heads
1938 as Ollie
★ 7.0
Way Out West
Way Out West
1937 as Ollie
★ 7.1
The Chiselers
The Chiselers
1931 as M. Hardy
★ 6.8
Stick Around
Stick Around
1925 as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
★ 6.1
Perfect Day
Perfect Day
1929 as Ollie
★ 7.0
The Fighting Kentuckian
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949 as Willie Paine
★ 6.0
Bonnie Scotland
Bonnie Scotland
1935 as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
★ 6.6
Our Relations
Our Relations
1936 as Ollie / Bert Hardy
★ 7.0
A Chump at Oxford
A Chump at Oxford
1940 as Ollie
★ 6.9
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III
1994 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Our Wife
Our Wife
1931 as Ollie
★ 7.1
Towed in a Hole
Towed in a Hole
1932 as Ollie
★ 7.0
Beau Hunks
Beau Hunks
1931 as Ollie
★ 6.8
Great Guns
Great Guns
1941 as Oliver
★ 5.9
Angora Love
Angora Love
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.5
Pack Up Your Troubles
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 as Ollie
★ 6.8
The Devil's Brother
The Devil's Brother
1933 as Ollio
★ 6.8
Nothing But Trouble
Nothing But Trouble
1944 as Oliver
★ 6.3
The Real Charlie Chaplin
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.7
Another Fine Mess
Another Fine Mess
1930 as Ollie
★ 6.9
Zenobia
Zenobia
1939 as Dr. Henry Tibbett
★ 5.0
Busy Bodies
Busy Bodies
1933 as Ollie
★ 7.3
Bacon Grabbers
Bacon Grabbers
1929 as Oliver
★ 6.4
movie
Hey, Taxi!
1925 as A Rival Taxi Driver
★ 7.5
Hungry Hearts
Hungry Hearts
1916 as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
★ 4.6
Two Tars
Two Tars
1928 as Ollie
★ 6.8
Berth Marks
Berth Marks
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.9
Laughing Gravy
Laughing Gravy
1931 as Ollie
★ 7.2
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025 as Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)
Saps at Sea
Saps at Sea
1940 as Ollie
★ 6.8
The Bohemian Girl
The Bohemian Girl
1936 as Ollie
★ 6.2
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
1925 as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
★ 5.5
Distilled Love
Distilled Love
1920 as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
★ 7.0
Hooray for Hollywood
Hooray for Hollywood
1976 as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Hollywood Party
Hollywood Party
1934 as Ollie
★ 5.6
Them Thar Hills
Them Thar Hills
1934 as Ollie
★ 7.5
Silent Clowns
Silent Clowns
2006 as Self(archive footage)
The Battle of the Century
The Battle of the Century
1927 as Manager
★ 6.9
movie
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976 as Self (archive footage)
Double Whoopee
Double Whoopee
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.8
Air Raid Wardens
Air Raid Wardens
1943 as Ollie
★ 7.1
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
The Music Box
The Music Box
1932 as Ollie
★ 7.5
Hello Trouble
Hello Trouble
1918 as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
★ 6.0
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
1965 as Ollie (archive footage)
★ 7.9
Tit for Tat
Tit for Tat
1935 as Ollie
★ 6.9
One Good Turn
One Good Turn
1931 as Ollie
★ 6.9
Jitterbugs
Jitterbugs
1943 as Ollie
★ 5.9
A-Haunting We Will Go
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942 as Ollie
★ 6.2
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
★ 7.2
Avenging Bill
Avenging Bill
1915 as Bill, the Grocer's Boy
★ 7.0
Sugar Daddies
Sugar Daddies
1927 as Brittle's butler
★ 6.0
Call of the Cuckoo
Call of the Cuckoo
1927 as Asylum Inmate
★ 5.8
Thieves
★ 7.1
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
★ 5.7
Swiss Miss
Swiss Miss
1938 as Ollie
★ 6.3
Below Zero
Below Zero
1930 as Ollie
★ 6.7
The Scholar
The Scholar
1918 as The Superintendent
★ 4.2
movie
Painless Love
1918 as Dr. Hurts
★ 9.0
The Stolen Jools
The Stolen Jools
1931 as Police Driver
★ 5.6
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.0
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.8
Robinson Crusoeland
Robinson Crusoeland
1951 as Ollie
★ 5.6
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Riding High
Riding High
1950 as Sucker (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Golf
Golf
1922 as The neighbor
★ 6.4
Chaplin's Goliath
Chaplin's Goliath
1996 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.6
Come Clean
Come Clean
1931 as Ollie
★ 7.2
Putting Pants on Philip
Putting Pants on Philip
1927 as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
★ 6.3
Pick a Star
Pick a Star
1937 as Oliver Hardy
★ 4.8
movie
It May Be You
1915 as Paul Simmons
★ 6.5
When Comedy Was King
When Comedy Was King
1960 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Fluttering Hearts
Fluttering Hearts
1927 as Big Bill
★ 5.6
Lightning Love
Lightning Love
1923 as Oliver, the Other Suitor
★ 6.4
Thicker Than Water
Thicker Than Water
1935 as Ollie
★ 7.3
Crazy Like a Fox
Crazy Like a Fox
1926 as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
★ 6.2
Slipping Wives
Slipping Wives
1927 as Butler
★ 5.2
The Villain
The Villain
1917 as Nell
★ 5.5
Big Business
Big Business
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.7
Brats
Brats
1930 as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
★ 6.8
Twice Two
Twice Two
1933 as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
★ 6.7
The Dancing Masters
The Dancing Masters
1943 as Ollie
★ 6.2
County Hospital
County Hospital
1932 as Ollie
★ 6.8
Love and Duty
Love and Duty
1916 as Pvt. Plump
★ 4.9
The Skulls
The Skulls
1931 as Señor Hardy
★ 6.2
The Bullfighters
The Bullfighters
1945 as Ollie
★ 5.9
Scram!
Scram!
1932 as Ollie
★ 7.0
The Hero
The Hero
1917 as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.5
Crazy to Act
Crazy to Act
1927 as Gordon Bagley
★ 6.7
Unaccustomed as We Are
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929 as Oliver Hardy
★ 7.0
Me and My Pal
Me and My Pal
1933 as Ollie
★ 6.5
Why Girls Love Sailors
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927 as First Mate
★ 5.6
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
Night Owls
Night Owls
1930 as Ollie
★ 7.4
Hog Wild
Hog Wild
1930 as Ollie
★ 6.9
The Golden Age of Comedy
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957 as archive footage
★ 7.1
Bromo and Juliet
Bromo and Juliet
1926 as Cab Driver
★ 5.8
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 as (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Little Wildcat
Little Wildcat
1922 as 'Bull' Mulligan
★ 6.5
Their First Mistake
Their First Mistake
1932 as Ollie
★ 6.4
Shivering and Shaking
Shivering and Shaking
1930 as Ollie
★ 6.9
Duck Soup
Duck Soup
1927 as Maltravers
★ 6.4
movie
★ 6.0
We Faw Down
We Faw Down
1928 as Ollie
★ 5.9
The Big Noise
The Big Noise
1944 as Ollie
★ 6.1
Hollywood Handicap
Hollywood Handicap
1938 as Himself
★ 4.8
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
★ 6.9
Oliver the Eighth
Oliver the Eighth
1934 as Ollie
★ 7.1
Chickens Come Home
Chickens Come Home
1931 as Mr. Oliver Hardy
★ 6.6
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 as Himself (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The Live Ghost
The Live Ghost
1934 as Ollie
★ 7.2
Do Detectives Think?
Do Detectives Think?
1927 as Sherlock Pinkham
★ 6.4
Leave 'Em Laughing
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928 as Ollie
★ 6.0
Dirty Work
Dirty Work
1933 as Ollie
★ 6.9
Long Fliv the King
Long Fliv the King
1926 as The Prime Minister's Assistant
★ 6.3
The Midnight Patrol
The Midnight Patrol
1933 as Officer Oliver Hardy
★ 6.6
Any Old Port!
Any Old Port!
1932 as Ollie
★ 7.0
The Rogue Song
The Rogue Song
1930 as Murza-Bek
★ 6.5
movie
The Counter Jumper
1922 as Gaston Gilligan
★ 6.3
Isn't Life Terrible?
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925 as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
★ 6.1
The Chimp
The Chimp
1932 as Ollie
★ 6.5
Wrong Again
Wrong Again
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.8
Going Bye-Bye!
Going Bye-Bye!
1934 as Mr. Hardy
★ 7.4
Along Came Auntie
Along Came Auntie
1926 as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
★ 6.2
The Finishing Touch
The Finishing Touch
1928 as Ollie
★ 6.9
movie
movie
The Parrott Chase
2009 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Servant Girl's Legacy
The Servant Girl's Legacy
1914 as Cy (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.6
You're Darn Tootin'
You're Darn Tootin'
1928 as Ollie, French horn player
★ 5.8
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
The Fixer Uppers
The Fixer Uppers
1935 as Ollie
★ 6.9
The Second 100 Years
The Second 100 Years
1927 as Big Goofy
★ 6.3
45 Minutes from Hollywood
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926 as Hotel Detective
★ 5.3
movie
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965 as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Cupid's Rival
Cupid's Rival
1917 as Poor Artist
★ 5.0
Another Nice Mess
Another Nice Mess
1972 as Hardy (archive footage)
★ 4.0
movie
Aunt Bill
1916 as Plump
★ 8.0
Should Married Men Go Home?
★ 6.6
The Hobo
The Hobo
1917 as Harold (as Babe Hardy)
★ 4.8
With Love and Hisses
With Love and Hisses
1927 as Top Sergeant Banner
★ 6.1
30 Years of Fun
30 Years of Fun
1963 as (archive footage)
★ 5.3
Be Big!
Be Big!
1931 as Ollie
★ 6.8
Habeas Corpus
Habeas Corpus
1928 as Ollie
★ 6.7
movie
No Wedding Bells
1923 as The Girl's Father
★ 5.4
movie
Back Stage
1917 as Babe
★ 6.0
Hop to It!
Hop to It!
1925 as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.8
movie
They All Fall
1925 as The boss
★ 7.5
From Soup to Nuts
From Soup to Nuts
1928 as Hired butler
★ 6.6
Should Men Walk Home?
Should Men Walk Home?
1927 as Party Guest at Punch Bowl
★ 7.1
movie
Stan and Olly
1932 as Himself
The Lottery Man
The Lottery Man
1916 as Maggie Murphy
★ 4.7
Now I'll Tell One
Now I'll Tell One
1927 as Policeman
★ 6.5
Men O' War
Men O' War
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.8
Fiddlin' Around
Fiddlin' Around
1925 as Theatre Manager
★ 5.5
Blotto
Blotto
1930 as Ollie
★ 7.3
Wild Poses
Wild Poses
1933 as Baby
★ 7.4
Classic Comedy Teams
Classic Comedy Teams
1986 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Early to Bed
Early to Bed
1928 as Ollie
★ 6.2
Be Your Age
Be Your Age
1926 as Oswald Schwartzkopple
★ 5.8
Helpmates
Helpmates
1932 as Ollie
★ 7.2
The Serenade
The Serenade
1916 as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.3
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
1927 as The Butler
★ 7.0
Mother's Baby Boy
Mother's Baby Boy
1914 as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
★ 7.3
movie
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968 as Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
★ 8.0
The Hollywood Clowns
The Hollywood Clowns
1979 as (archive footage)
The Perfect Clown
The Perfect Clown
1925 as Babe Mulligan
★ 7.5
They Go Boom!
They Go Boom!
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.9
Flying Elephants
Flying Elephants
1928 as Mighty Giant
★ 5.9
Liberty
Liberty
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.9
Horseshoes
Horseshoes
1923 as Dynamite Duffy
★ 4.9
The Candy Kid
The Candy Kid
1917 as Rival Proprietor
★ 5.6
Their Purple Moment
Their Purple Moment
1928 as Ollie
★ 6.6
Making Auntie Welcome
Making Auntie Welcome
1914 as Grocery Boy
★ 8.0
That's My Wife
That's My Wife
1929 as Ollie
★ 6.6
An Expensive Visit
An Expensive Visit
1915 as Jack
★ 7.5
A Lucky Strike
A Lucky Strike
1915 as Bill Myers
★ 5.5
Sailors, Beware!
Sailors, Beware!
1927 as Purser Cryder
★ 6.9
Love 'Em and Weep
Love 'Em and Weep
1927 as Judge Chigger
★ 5.7
The Tree in a Test Tube
The Tree in a Test Tube
1942 as Ollie
★ 5.2
movie
The Night Life
The Night Life
1930 as Ollie
★ 7.5
Why Girls Say No
Why Girls Say No
1927 as Policeman
★ 7.0
4 Clowns
4 Clowns
1970 as (archive footage)
★ 7.2
The Barnyard
The Barnyard
1923 as Farm Hand
★ 6.3
The Nickel-Hopper
The Nickel-Hopper
1926 as Jazz band drummer
★ 7.5
The Sawmill
The Sawmill
1922 as The Foreman
★ 5.4
The Pest
★ 5.8
Thundering Fleas
Thundering Fleas
1926 as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
★ 6.0
Wandering Papas
Wandering Papas
1926 as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.4
The Bakery
The Bakery
1921 as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
★ 4.7
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951 as (archive footage)
Baby Brother
Baby Brother
1927 as Ice Man
★ 6.5
They Looked Alike
They Looked Alike
1915 as Pedestrian
★ 6.3
Her Boy Friend
Her Boy Friend
1924 as Killer Kid
★ 5.8
No Man's Law
No Man's Law
1927 as Sharkey Nye
★ 7.3
His Day Out
His Day Out
1918 as Ollie
★ 3.9
The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy
1921 as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
★ 4.9
Rivals
Rivals
1925 as The Rival
★ 6.3
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925 as Her former sweetheart
★ 5.3
The Lucky Dog
The Lucky Dog
1921 as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
★ 5.8
The Show
The Show
1922 as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
★ 7.0
The Backyard
The Backyard
1920 as Thug - The ruffian
★ 7.5
He's In Again
He's In Again
1918 as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.7
Fiddlin' Around
Fiddlin' Around
1925 as Theatre manager
★ 6.5
Madame Mystery
Madame Mystery
1926 as Captain Schmaltz
★ 6.5
Night of Goblins
Night of Goblins
1930 as Ollie
★ 6.1
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 10.0
movie
Hop to It, Bellhop
1919 as Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
★ 7.5
The Stage Hand
The Stage Hand
1920 as Audience member (uncredited)
★ 8.0
On the Wrong Trek
On the Wrong Trek
1936 as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
★ 5.9
The Guilty Ones
The Guilty Ones
1916 as Babe
★ 8.0
Haunted at Midnight
Haunted at Midnight
1931 as Ollie
★ 8.0
Hats Off
Hats Off
1927 as Ollie
★ 6.6
The Decorator
The Decorator
1920 as Babe, a millionaire
★ 6.3
The Rogue
The Rogue
1918 as Cafe Owner
★ 4.1
movie
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
1935 as Cleaner
★ 6.0
The Stranger
The Stranger
1918 as Oliver, the saloonkeeper
★ 5.5
Little Nell
Little Nell
1917 as Little Nell
★ 5.4
Two-Time Mama
Two-Time Mama
1927 as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
★ 7.5
On the Loose
On the Loose
1931 as New Suitor (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Ups and Downs
Ups and Downs
1915 as Shifty Mike
Married to Order
Married to Order
1920 as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.9
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.5
Kid Speed
Kid Speed
1924 as Dangerous Dan McGraw
★ 5.5
A Pair of Kings
A Pair of Kings
1922 as General Alarm
★ 5.5
The Chief Cook
The Chief Cook
1917 as Babe (as Babe Hardy)
★ 4.5
The Gentle Cyclone
The Gentle Cyclone
1926 as Sheriff Bill
★ 6.5
Dull Care
Dull Care
1919 as A Janitor
★ 6.5
The Candy Trail
The Candy Trail
1916 as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
★ 5.5
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
2025 as Archive Footage
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
2020 as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Say It with Babies
Say It with Babies
1926 as Hector - the Floorwalker
★ 6.5
movie
The Perfect Lady
1924 as (unconfirmed)
★ 10.0
The Rent Collector
The Rent Collector
1921 as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
★ 6.7
One Too Many
One Too Many
1916 as Plump
★ 5.1
Something in Her Eye
Something in Her Eye
1915 as The Grocer
★ 6.0
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
1932 as Ollie
★ 7.3
Radiomanía
Radiomanía
1930 as Ollie
★ 10.0
movie
The King of the Kitchen
1918 as A German customer
★ 6.0
Laughing Ladies
Laughing Ladies
1925 as Policeman
★ 8.0
Should Sailors Marry?
Should Sailors Marry?
1925 as Doctor
★ 5.8
movie
Love 'em and Feed 'em
1927 as 'Happy' Hopey
★ 6.5
The Lilac Splash
The Lilac Splash
1915 as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
★ 6.0
The Girl in the Limousine
The Girl in the Limousine
1924 as Freddie
★ 6.5
That's That!
That's That!
1938 as Himself
★ 4.3
The Bell Hop
The Bell Hop
1921 as Hotel manager
★ 6.8
movie
Bungs and Bunglers
1919 as Al K. Hall
★ 7.0
Trouble Brewing
Trouble Brewing
1924 as Bootlegger
★ 7.5
The Haunted Hat
★ 6.5
The Battle Royal
The Battle Royal
1916 as Plump
★ 6.5
Babe's School Days
Babe's School Days
1915 as Ikie Ikestein
★ 6.0
His Jonah Day
His Jonah Day
1920 as The Life Saver
★ 7.0
The Head Waiter
The Head Waiter
1919 as A cop (as Babe Hardy)
★ 7.0
De Bote en Bote
De Bote en Bote
1931 as Ollie
movie
movie
Their Night Out - Screen Test
1935 as Mr. Hardy
★ 6.0
movie
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
1926 as The Taxi Driver
★ 6.5
movie
The Joke's on You
The Joke's on You
1925 as Wilbert Perkins
★ 5.5
The Gown Shop
The Gown Shop
1923 as Store manager
★ 5.5
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
★ 6.0
movie
Springtime
Springtime
1920 as The Commissioner
★ 10.0
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
1999 as Ollie
Dick & Doof - Best of
Dick & Doof - Best of
2010 as Schauspieler
Galloping Ghosts
Galloping Ghosts
1928 as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
★ 7.0
Bright and Early
Bright and Early
1918 as The Boss
★ 4.6
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
★ 8.7
The Midnight Cabaret
The Midnight Cabaret
1923 as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
★ 6.7
The Trouble Hunter
The Trouble Hunter
1920 as The Bouncer
★ 9.0