Oliver Hardy
January 18, 1892 (133 years old) in Harlem, Georgia, USA
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
Credits
- 2021 · The Real Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2004 · Los Angeles Plays Itself as Ollie (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)
- 1990 · The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence as Self (archive footage)
- 1984 · Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1979 · The Hollywood Clowns as (archive footage)
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1970 · Dick und Doof as Oliver
- 1968 · The Best of Laurel and Hardy as Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
- 1967 · Omnibus as Self
- 1963 · 30 Years of Fun as (archive footage)
- 1961 · Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage)
- 1952 · This Is Your Life as Self
- 1951 · Robinson Crusoeland 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 · Performers arrive in Hampshire as Self
- 1945 · The Bullfighters as Ollie
- 1944 · Nothing But Trouble as Oliver
- 1944 · The Big Noise as Ollie
- 1943 · The Dancing Masters as Ollie
- 1943 · Jitterbugs as Ollie
- 1943 · Air Raid Wardens as Ollie
- 1941 · Great Guns as Oliver
- 1940 · Saps at Sea as Ollie
- 1940 · A Chump at Oxford as Ollie
- 1939 · The Flying Deuces as Ollie
- 1939 · Zenobia as Dr. Henry Tibbett
- 1938 · Block-Heads as Ollie
- 1938 · Swiss Miss as Ollie
- 1937 · Pick a Star as Oliver Hardy
- 1937 · Way Out West as Ollie
- 1936 · Our Relations as Ollie / Bert Hardy
- 1936 · The Bohemian Girl as Ollie
- 1935 · Bonnie Scotland as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
- 1935 · Their Night Out - Screen Test as Mr. Hardy
- 1935 · Tit for Tat as Ollie
- 1934 · Babes in Toyland as Ollie Dee
- 1934 · Them Thar Hills as Ollie
- 1934 · Hollywood Party as Ollie
- 1934 · Oliver the Eighth as Ollie
- 1933 · Sons of the Desert as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
- 1933 · Dirty Work as Ollie
- 1933 · Busy Bodies as Ollie
- 1933 · The Midnight Patrol as Officer Oliver Hardy
- 1933 · The Devil's Brother as Ollio
- 1933 · Me and My Pal as Ollie
- 1933 · Twice Two as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
- 1932 · Towed in a Hole as Ollie
- 1932 · Scram! as Ollie
- 1932 · County Hospital as Ollie
- 1932 · The Chimp as Ollie
- 1932 · The Music Box as Ollie
- 1932 · Helpmates as Ollie
- 1931 · On the Loose as New Suitor (uncredited)
- 1931 · Beau Hunks as Ollie
- 1931 · Pardon Us as Ollie
- 1931 · Haunted at Midnight as Ollie
- 1931 · Our Wife as Ollie
- 1931 · Playing at Politics as Oliver
- 1931 · The Skulls as Señor Hardy
- 1931 · Laughing Gravy as Ollie
- 1931 · The Stolen Jools as Police Driver
- 1931 · Be Big! as Ollie
- 1931 · The Chiselers as M. Hardy
- 1930 · Another Fine Mess as Ollie
- 1930 · Night of Goblins as Ollie
- 1930 · The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case as Ollie
- 1930 · Radiomanía as Ollie
- 1930 · Hog Wild as Ollie
- 1930 · Below Zero as Ollie
- 1930 · Blotto as Ollie
- 1930 · Thieves as
- 1930 · Night Owls as Ollie
- 1929 · Angora Love as Ollie
- 1929 · The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self
- 1929 · Bacon Grabbers as Oliver
- 1929 · Perfect Day as Ollie
- 1929 · Men O' War as Ollie
- 1929 · Berth Marks as Ollie
- 1929 · Double Whoopee as Ollie
- 1929 · Big Business as Ollie
- 1929 · That's My Wife as Ollie
- 1929 · Wrong Again as Ollie
- 1929 · Liberty as Ollie
- 1928 · Habeas Corpus as Ollie
- 1928 · Two Tars as Ollie
- 1928 · Their Purple Moment as Ollie
- 1928 · Galloping Ghosts as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
- 1928 · The Finishing Touch as Ollie
- 1927 · Putting Pants on Philip as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
- 1927 · Hats Off as Ollie
- 1927 · Call of the Cuckoo as Asylum Inmate
- 1927 · Sailors, Beware! as Purser Cryder
- 1927 · Sugar Daddies as Brittle's butler
- 1927 · Fluttering Hearts as Big Bill
- 1927 · Slipping Wives as Butler
- 1927 · Duck Soup as Maltravers
- 1926 · 45 Minutes from Hollywood as Hotel Detective
- 1926 · The Nickel-Hopper as Jazz band drummer
- 1926 · Bromo and Juliet as Cab Driver
- 1926 · Crazy Like a Fox as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
- 1926 · Along Came Auntie as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
- 1926 · Thundering Fleas as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
- 1926 · The Gentle Cyclone as Sheriff Bill
- 1926 · Long Fliv the King as The Prime Minister's Assistant
- 1926 · Madame Mystery as Captain Schmaltz
- 1926 · Wandering Papas as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
- 1926 · A Bankrupt Honeymoon as The Taxi Driver
- 1925 · They All Fall as The boss
- 1925 · Yes, Yes, Nanette as Her former sweetheart
- 1925 · Fiddlin' Around as Theatre Manager
- 1925 · Hey, Taxi! as A Rival Taxi Driver
- 1925 · Stick Around as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
- 1925 · The Wizard of Oz as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
- 1924 · Kid Speed as Dangerous Dan McGraw
- 1923 · Lightning Love as Oliver, the Other Suitor
- 1923 · The Barnyard as Farm Hand
- 1922 · Little Wildcat as 'Bull' Mulligan
- 1922 · Golf as The neighbor
- 1922 · The Show as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
- 1922 · The Sawmill as The Foreman
- 1921 · The Bakery as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
- 1921 · The Rent Collector as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
- 1920 · The Backyard as Thug - The ruffian
- 1920 · Distilled Love as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
- 1919 · Dull Care as A Janitor
- 1918 · The King of the Kitchen as A German customer
- 1918 · Hello Trouble as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
- 1918 · Playmates as
- 1918 · The Scholar as The Superintendent
- 1918 · The Rogue as Cafe Owner
- 1917 · The Pest as
- 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 · Little Nell as Little Nell
- 1917 · Back Stage as Babe
- 1916 · The Guilty Ones as Babe
- 1916 · Hungry Hearts as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
- 1915 · Ups and Downs as Shifty Mike
- 1915 · The Lilac Splash as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
- Future · Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2 as
- 2011 · Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films as Himself (archive footage)
- 2002 · Laurel & Hardy - Highlights as
- 2001 · Laurel & Hardy - Best of II as Ollie
- 1996 · Chaplin's Goliath as Self (archive footage)
- 1978 · Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons as Ollie
- 1967 · The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy as
- 1965 · Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's as Ollie (archive footage)
- 1964 · The Big Parade of Comedy as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
- 1960 · When Comedy Was King as edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
- 1957 · The Golden Age of Comedy as archive footage
- 1942 · The Tree in a Test Tube as Ollie
- 1942 · A-Haunting We Will Go as Ollie
- 1938 · Hollywood Handicap as Himself
- 1937 · That's That! as Himself
- 1935 · MGM 1935 Promo Reel as Cleaner
- 1935 · Thicker Than Water as Ollie
- 1935 · The Fixer Uppers as Ollie
- 1934 · The Live Ghost as Ollie
- 1934 · Going Bye-Bye! as Mr. Hardy
- 1933 · Wild Poses as Baby
- 1932 · Their First Mistake as Ollie
- 1932 · Pack Up Your Troubles as Ollie
- 1932 · Any Old Port! as Ollie
- 1931 · One Good Turn as Ollie
- 1931 · Come Clean as Ollie
- 1931 · Chickens Come Home as Mr. Oliver Hardy
- 1930 · Shivering and Shaking as Ollie
- 1930 · Brats as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
- 1930 · The Rogue Song as Murza-Bek
- 1929 · The Hoose-Gow as Ollie
- 1929 · They Go Boom! as Ollie
- 1929 · Unaccustomed as We Are as Oliver Hardy
- 1928 · We Faw Down as Ollie
- 1928 · Should Married Men Go Home? as Ollie
- 1928 · You're Darn Tootin' as Ollie, French horn player
- 1928 · From Soup to Nuts as Hired butler
- 1928 · Flying Elephants as Mighty Giant
- 1927 · The Battle of the Century as Manager
- 1927 · Do Detectives Think? as Sherlock Pinkham
- 1927 · The Second 100 Years as Big Goofy
- 1927 · Now I'll Tell One as Policeman
- 1927 · Baby Brother as Ice Man
- 1927 · Crazy to Act as Gordon Bagley
- 1927 · No Man's Law as Sharkey Nye
- 1927 · The Honorable Mr. Buggs as The Butler
- 1927 · Why Girls Say No as Policeman
- 1926 · Be Your Age as Oswald Schwartzkopple
- 1925 · The Perfect Clown as Babe Mulligan
- 1925 · Hop to It! as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
- 1925 · Fiddlin' Around as Theatre manager
- 1925 · Rivals as The Rival
- 1924 · Roaring Lions at Home as
- 1924 · The Girl in the Limousine as Freddie
- 1923 · Horseshoes as Dynamite Duffy
- 1922 · The Counter Jumper as Gaston Gilligan
- 1921 · The Lucky Dog as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
- 1921 · The Bell Hop as Hotel manager
- 1920 · Married to Order as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
- 1919 · The Head Waiter as A cop (as Babe Hardy)
- 1918 · Bright and Early as The Boss
- 1918 · His Day Out as Ollie
- 1917 · Cupid's Rival as Poor Artist
- 1916 · The Candy Trail as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
- 1916 · Love and Duty as Pvt. Plump
- 1916 · The Lottery Man as Maggie Murphy
- 1916 · The Battle Royal as Plump
- 1916 · The Serenade as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
- 1915 · It May Be You as Paul Simmons
- 1915 · An Expensive Visit as Jack
- 1915 · They Looked Alike as Pedestrian
- Future · The World of Laurel and Hardy as
- 2024 · Laurel & Hardy: Year Two as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 · Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 · Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition as
- 2011 · A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Dick & Doof - Best of as Schauspieler
- 2005 · Laurel & Hardy - Best of III as Hardy
- 1986 · Classic Comedy Teams as Self (archive footage)
- 1976 · Hooray for Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- 1974 · Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy as Self (archive footage)
- 1965 · Salute to Stan Laurel as Self (archive footage)
- 1936 · On the Wrong Trek as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
- 1932 · Stan and Olly as Himself
- 1932 · Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth as Himself
- 1930 · The Night Life as Ollie
- 1928 · Early to Bed as Ollie
- 1928 · Leave 'Em Laughing as Ollie
- 1927 · Love 'em and Feed 'em as 'Happy' Hopey
- 1927 · With Love and Hisses as Top Sergeant Banner
- 1927 · Love 'Em and Weep as Judge Chigger
- 1927 · Should Men Walk Home? as Party Guest at Punch Bowl
- 1925 · Isn't Life Terrible? as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
- 1924 · Her Boy Friend as Killer Kid
- 1924 · Trouble Brewing as Bootlegger
- 1923 · The Gown Shop as Store manager
- 1923 · No Wedding Bells as The Girl's Father
- 1921 · The Fall Guy as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
- 1920 · His Jonah Day as The Life Saver
- 1920 · The Stage Hand as Audience member (uncredited)
- 1920 · The Decorator as Babe, a millionaire
- 1920 · Squeaks and Squawks as
- 1919 · Bungs and Bunglers as Al K. Hall
- 1919 · Hop to It, Bellhop as Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
- 1918 · The Stranger as Oliver, the saloonkeeper
- 1914 · Mother's Baby Boy as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
- Future · Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili as
- Future · Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1 as
- 2025 · Laurel & Hardy: Year Three as
- 2025 · Nash the Slash Rises Again! as Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)
- 2025 · Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures as Archive Footage
- 2006 · Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche as Oliver
- 2002 · Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1999 · Laurel & Hardy - Best of as Ollie
- 1982 · Dance of the Cookoos as
- 1970 · 4 Clowns as (archive footage)
- 1967 · The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy as
- 1932 · Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh as Himself
- 1932 · Hinter Schloss und Riegel as Ollie
- 1930 · MGM Convention 1930 Announcement as Himself
- 1927 · Why Girls Love Sailors as First Mate
- 1927 · Two-Time Mama as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
- 1926 · Say It with Babies as Hector - the Floorwalker
- 1925 · Should Sailors Marry? as Doctor
- 1925 · The Joke's on You as Wilbert Perkins
- 1925 · Laughing Ladies as Policeman
- 1924 · The Perfect Lady as (unconfirmed)
- 1923 · The Midnight Cabaret as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
- 1922 · A Pair of Kings as General Alarm
- 1920 · The Trouble Hunter as The Bouncer
- 1920 · Springtime as The Commissioner
- 1918 · He's In Again as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
- 1917 · The Candy Kid as Rival Proprietor
- 1917 · The Chief Cook as Babe (as Babe Hardy)
- 1916 · Aunt Bill as Plump
- 1916 · One Too Many as Plump
- 1916 · Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927 as
- 1915 · Something in Her Eye as The Grocer
- 1915 · Avenging Bill as Bill, the Grocer's Boy
- 1915 · The Haunted Hat as
- 1915 · A Lucky Strike as Bill Myers
- 1915 · Babe's School Days as Ikie Ikestein
- 1914 · The Servant Girl's Legacy as Cy (as Babe Hardy)
- 1914 · Magazine Cooking as
- 1914 · Making Auntie Welcome as Grocery Boy




