Oliver Hardy

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-01-18 (65 years old)

Deathday

1957-08-07

Place of Birth

Harlem, Georgia, USA

Oliver Hardy

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy) 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.

Acting

1939

1937

Way Out West

as Ollie

1944

1934

Babes in Toyland

as Ollie Dee

1940

1979

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

1933

Busy Bodies

as Ollie

1933

Sons of the Desert

as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy

1949

1938

Block-Heads

as Ollie

1943

1935

Bonnie Scotland

as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy

1932

1932

1927

1926

Along Came Auntie

as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband

1936

Our Relations

as Ollie / Bert Hardy

1941

Great Guns

as Oliver

1940

Saps at Sea

as Ollie

1924

The Perfect Lady

as (unconfirmed)

1933

The Midnight Patrol

as Officer Oliver Hardy

1925

The Wizard of Oz

as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand

1929

Men O' War

as Ollie

1930

Night Owls

as Ollie

1934

1936

On the Wrong Trek

as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)

1931

1931

Our Wife

as Ollie

1927

Sugar Daddies

as Brittle's butler

1957

The Golden Age of Comedy

as archive footage

1934

Going Bye-Bye!

as Mr. Hardy

1930

Below Zero

as Ollie

1931

Be Big!

as Ollie

1929

Big Business

as Ollie

1932

The Chimp

as Ollie

1932

1933

Dirty Work

as Ollie

1929

Liberty

as Ollie

1931

On the Loose

as New Suitor (uncredited)

1929

Perfect Day

as Ollie

1931

Beau Hunks

as Ollie

1931

Come Clean

as Ollie

1929

1935

1927

1928

Flying Elephants

as Mighty Giant

1928

1934

1933

1930

Brats

as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.

1932

Scram!

as Ollie

1931

1926

45 Minutes from Hollywood

as Hotel Detective

1929

Angora Love

as Ollie

1930

1929

1929

Berth Marks

as Ollie

1930

Blotto

as Ollie

1927

Call of the Cuckoo

as Asylum Inmate

1931

Chickens Come Home

as Mr. Oliver Hardy

1927

Do Detectives Think?

as Sherlock Pinkham

1927

Duck Soup

as Maltravers

1928

Early to Bed

as Ollie

1929

1927

Putting Pants on Philip

as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder

1927

Sailors, Beware!

as Purser Cryder

1927

1927

1929

1934

1929

1935

1926

Thundering Fleas

as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)

1935

Tit for Tat

as Ollie

1932

1933

Twice Two

as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel

1928

Two Tars

as Ollie

1929

Unaccustomed as We Are

as Oliver Hardy

1928

We Faw Down

as Ollie

1927

1927

With Love and Hisses

as Top Sergeant Banner

1929

Wrong Again

as Ollie

1928

You're Darn Tootin'

as Ollie, French horn player

1928

1932

Helpmates

as Ollie

1930

Hog Wild

as Ollie

1927

Love 'Em and Weep

as Judge Chigger

1938

1926

The Gentle Cyclone

as Sheriff Bill

1951

Utopia

as Ollie

1936

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Ollie (archive footage)

1921

The Lucky Dog

as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel

1938

Swiss Miss

as Ollie

1943

Jitterbugs

as Ollie

1928

From Soup to Nuts

as Hired butler

1931

The Stolen Jools

as Police Driver

1944

1926

Bromo and Juliet

as Cab Driver

1945

1925

Stick Around

as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)

1927

Crazy to Act

as Gordon Bagley

1922

The Sawmill

as The Foreman

1925

Hop to It!

as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)

1922

Golf

as The neighbor

1914

Making Auntie Welcome

as Grocery Boy

1916

1924

Kid Speed

as Dangerous Dan McGraw

1926

Wandering Papas

as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)

1925

Yes, Yes, Nanette

as Her former sweetheart

1960

When Comedy Was King

as edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)

1950

Riding High

as Sucker (uncredited)

1933

Wild Poses

as Baby

1937

Pick a Star

as Oliver Hardy

1939

Zenobia

as Dr. Henry Tibbett

1915

Avenging Bill

as Bill, the Grocer's Boy

1970

4 Clowns

as (archive footage)

1930

1951

1925

They All Fall

as The boss

1925

The Perfect Clown

as Babe Mulligan

1926

Long Fliv the King

as The Prime Minister's Assistant

1926

The Nickel-Hopper

as Jazz band drummer

1914

The Servant Girl's Legacy

as Cy (as Babe Hardy)

1915

1916

1916

One Too Many

as Plump

1917

The Candy Kid

as Rival Proprietor

1917

The Hobo

as Harold (as Babe Hardy)

1917

The Hero

as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)

1918

Bright and Early

as The Boss

1918

The Rogue

as Cafe Owner

1919

Dull Care

as A Janitor

1916

The Lottery Man

as Maggie Murphy

1917

1918

His Day Out

as Ollie

1926

Be Your Age

as Oswald Schwartzkopple

1927

Now I'll Tell One

as Policeman

1921

The Bakery

as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)

1921

The Bell Hop

as Hotel manager

1921

The Fall Guy

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

1922

The Counter Jumper

as Gaston Gilligan

1927

Should Men Walk Home?

as Party Guest at Punch Bowl

1922

A Pair of Kings

as General Alarm

1923

Lightning Love

as Oliver, the Other Suitor

1923

The Midnight Cabaret

as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor

1923

No Wedding Bells

as The Girl's Father

1923

Horseshoes

as Dynamite Duffy

1923

The Gown Shop

as Store manager

1927

No Man's Law

as Sharkey Nye

1924

Her Boy Friend

as Killer Kid

1934

2007

Girl 27

as Self (archive footage)

1926

Say It with Babies

as Hector - the Floorwalker

1926

A Bankrupt Honeymoon

as The Taxi Driver

1927

Baby Brother

as Ice Man

2020

Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1927

Why Girls Say No

as Policeman

1931

1918

He's In Again

as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1916

Hungry Hearts

as Plump (as Babe Hardy)

1922

Little Wildcat

as 'Bull' Mulligan

1930

The Rogue Song

as Murza-Bek

1917

Cupid's Rival

as Poor Artist

1925

Isn't Life Terrible?

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

1919

Hop to It, Bellhop

as Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)

2011

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

as Himself (archive footage)

1996

Chaplin's Goliath

as Self (archive footage)

1930

1931

The Skulls

as Señor Hardy

1931

The Chiselers

as M. Hardy

2011

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy

as Self (archive footage)

1925

Fiddlin' Around

as Theatre manager

1925

The Joke's on You

as Wilbert Perkins

1927

Two-Time Mama

as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)

1918

The King of the Kitchen

as A German customer

1915

They Looked Alike

as Pedestrian

1917

The Chief Cook

as Babe (as Babe Hardy)

1920

The Decorator

as Babe, a millionaire

1920

His Jonah Day

as The Life Saver

1923

The Barnyard

as Farm Hand

1915

Babe's School Days

as Ikie Ikestein

1921

The Rent Collector

as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)

1992

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)

1919

The Head Waiter

as A cop (as Babe Hardy)

1961

Days of Thrills and Laughter

as Self (archive footage)

1919

Bungs and Bunglers

as Al K. Hall

1915

It May Be You

as Paul Simmons

2002

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1931

Pardon Us

as Ollie

1920

Married to Order

as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)

1916

Love and Duty

as Pvt. Plump

1918

The Stranger

as Oliver, the saloonkeeper

1927

Love 'em and Feed 'em

as 'Happy' Hopey

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

1968

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

as Ollie / Bert (archive footage)

1930

Radiomanía

as Ollie

1926

Madame Mystery

as Captain Schmaltz

1925

Laughing Ladies

as Policeman

-

Ups and Downs

as Shifty Mike

1916

The Serenade

as Plump (as Babe Hardy)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1925

Hey, Taxi!

as A Rival Taxi Driver

1927

Hats Off

as Ollie

1937

That's That!

as Himself

1926

Crazy Like a Fox

as Charley's Victim (uncredited)

1917

Little Nell

as Little Nell

1925

Fiddlin' Around

as Theatre Manager

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1918

The Scholar

as The Superintendent

1920

The Backyard

as Thug - The ruffian

2011

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

as Self (archive footage)

1914

Mother's Baby Boy

as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)

1920

Distilled Love

as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)

1965

Salute to Stan Laurel

as Self (archive footage)

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1922

The Show

as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)

1965

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's

as Ollie (archive footage)

2010

Dick & Doof - Best of

as Schauspieler

1963

30 Years of Fun

as (archive footage)

1924

Trouble Brewing

as Bootlegger

1920

The Stage Hand

as Audience member (uncredited)

1915

A Lucky Strike

as Bill Myers

1935

1915

The Lilac Splash

as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)

1916

The Candy Trail

as Plump (as Babe Hardy)

1918

Hello Trouble

as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)

1925

Rivals

as The Rival

1928

Galloping Ghosts

as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13

1917

Back Stage

as Babe

1932

Stan and Olly

as Himself

1976

Hooray for Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1920

The Trouble Hunter

as The Bouncer

1920

Springtime

as The Commissioner

Production

1916

The Guilty Ones

as Director

1923

Quicksands

as Writer

1933

1930

Brats

as Writer

1930

Hog Wild

as Writer

1931

Come Clean

as Writer

1932

Helpmates

as Writer

1932

The Music Box

as Writer

1932

The Chimp

as Writer

1932

1932

Scram!

as Writer

1932

1932

1933

Twice Two

as Writer

1933

Me and My Pal

as Writer

1933

1933

Busy Bodies

as Writer

1937

Way Out West

as Writer

2018

Stan & Ollie

as Thanks

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