Oliver Hardy
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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
Below Zero (1930)
as Ollie
Angora Love (1929)
as Ollie
Babes in Toyland (1934)
as Ollie Dee
The Flying Deuces (1939)
as Ollie
Block-Heads (1938)
as Ollie
Bonnie Scotland (1935)
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
Sons of the Desert (1933)
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
The Wizard of Oz (1925)
as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
Saps at Sea (1940)
as Ollie
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)
as Himself (archive footage)
Perfect Day (1929)
as Ollie
Hog Wild (1930)
as Ollie
The Devil's Brother (1933)
as Ollio
Two Tars (1928)
as Ollie
The Music Box (1932)
as Ollie
Way Out West (1937)
as Ollie
Playing at Politics (1931)
as Oliver
Beau Hunks (1931)
as Ollie
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
as Ollie
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage)
Pardon Us (1931)
as Ollie
Air Raid Wardens (1943)
as Ollie
Laughing Gravy (1931)
as Ollie
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
as Self
Scram! (1932)
as Ollie
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
as Ollie
Riding High (1950)
as Sucker (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol (1933)
as Officer Oliver Hardy
Nash the Slash Rises Again! (2025)
as Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Going Bye-Bye! (1934)
as Mr. Hardy
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
as Willie Paine
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Men O' War (1929)
as Ollie
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
as Ollie
Great Guns (1941)
as Oliver
Chickens Come Home (1931)
as Mr. Oliver Hardy
Distilled Love (1920)
as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
Berth Marks (1929)
as Ollie
Fluttering Hearts (1927)
as Big Bill
Twice Two (1933)
as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
One Good Turn (1931)
as Ollie
Thieves (1930)
Actor
Liberty (1929)
as Ollie
Double Whoopee (1929)
as Ollie
The Rogue (1918)
as Cafe Owner
Robinson Crusoeland (1951)
as Ollie
Hello Trouble (1918)
as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
as Ollie
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three (2025)
Actor
Little Wildcat (1922)
as 'Bull' Mulligan
The Pest (1917)
Actor
Swiss Miss (1938)
as Ollie
Them Thar Hills (1934)
as Ollie
Should Men Walk Home? (1927)
as Party Guest at Punch Bowl
The Villain (1917)
as Nell
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Oliver the Eighth (1934)
as Ollie
Avenging Bill (1915)
as Bill, the Grocer's Boy
Magazine Cooking (1914)
Actor
Night Owls (1930)
as Ollie
Come Clean (1931)
as Ollie
The Second 100 Years (1927)
as Big Goofy
Our Wife (1931)
as Ollie
Putting Pants on Philip (1927)
as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
Blotto (1930)
as Ollie
The Parrott Chase (2009)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Police Driver
Our Relations (1936)
as Ollie / Bert Hardy
Lightning Love (1923)
as Oliver, the Other Suitor
Towed in a Hole (1932)
as Ollie
Jitterbugs (1943)
as Ollie
Slipping Wives (1927)
as Butler
County Hospital (1932)
as Ollie
Bacon Grabbers (1929)
as Oliver
We Faw Down (1928)
as Ollie
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
Zenobia (1939)
as Dr. Henry Tibbett
Their First Mistake (1932)
as Ollie
Call of the Cuckoo (1927)
as Asylum Inmate
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
as Ollie
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two (2024)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Big Business (1929)
as Ollie
Any Old Port! (1932)
as Ollie
Golf (1922)
as The neighbor
The Bullfighters (1945)
as Ollie
Hollywood Party (1934)
as Ollie
The Chiselers (1931)
as M. Hardy
Me and My Pal (1933)
as Ollie
The Scholar (1918)
as The Superintendent
30 Years of Fun (1963)
as (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King (1960)
as edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
Fiddlin' Around (1925)
as Theatre manager
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
as archive footage
Horseshoes (1923)
as Dynamite Duffy
Dirty Work (1933)
as Ollie
Tit for Tat (1935)
as Ollie
The Show (1922)
as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
The Chimp (1932)
as Ollie
The Hobo (1917)
as Harold (as Babe Hardy)
Say It with Babies (1926)
as Hector - the Floorwalker
The Big Noise (1944)
as Ollie
Their Purple Moment (1928)
as Ollie
Long Fliv the King (1926)
as The Prime Minister's Assistant
Another Fine Mess (1930)
as Ollie
They Go Boom! (1929)
as Ollie
It May Be You (1915)
as Paul Simmons
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)
as Hotel Detective
The Serenade (1916)
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
Brats (1930)
as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
Stick Around (1925)
as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
Along Came Auntie (1926)
as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
Hey, Taxi! (1925)
as A Rival Taxi Driver
Wrong Again (1929)
as Ollie
Haunted at Midnight (1931)
as Ollie
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965)
as Ollie (archive footage)
Flying Elephants (1928)
as Mighty Giant
The Live Ghost (1934)
as Ollie
Pick a Star (1937)
as Oliver Hardy
Bungs and Bunglers (1919)
as Al K. Hall
Duck Soup (1927)
as Maltravers
Fiddlin' Around (1925)
as Theatre Manager
The Dancing Masters (1943)
as Ollie
Back Stage (1917)
as Babe
The Battle of the Century (1927)
as Manager
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys (1992)
as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
Thicker Than Water (1935)
as Ollie
Early to Bed (1928)
as Ollie
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
Do Detectives Think? (1927)
as Sherlock Pinkham
Silent Clowns (2006)
as Self(archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy (1974)
as Self (archive footage)
From Soup to Nuts (1928)
as Hired butler
The Bakery (1921)
as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
Chaplin's Goliath (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
The Hero (1917)
as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
The Fixer Uppers (1935)
as Ollie
You're Darn Tootin' (1928)
as Ollie, French horn player
Sugar Daddies (1927)
as Brittle's butler
Be Big! (1931)
as Ollie
Salute to Stan Laurel (1965)
as Self (archive footage)
Helpmates (1932)
as Ollie
The Sawmill (1922)
as The Foreman
Hollywood Handicap (1938)
as Himself
Busy Bodies (1933)
as Ollie
No Man's Law (1927)
as Sharkey Nye
Why Girls Love Sailors (1927)
as First Mate
Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
The Nickel-Hopper (1926)
as Jazz band drummer
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations (2020)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Thundering Fleas (1926)
as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
Madame Mystery (1926)
as Captain Schmaltz
Galloping Ghosts (1928)
as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
Habeas Corpus (1928)
as Ollie
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)
as Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
Mother's Baby Boy (1914)
as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
The Tree in a Test Tube (1942)
as Ollie
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
Actor
A Lucky Strike (1915)
as Bill Myers
Sailors, Beware! (1927)
as Purser Cryder
The Skulls (1931)
as Señor Hardy
Dance of the Cookoos (1982)
Actor
The Bell Hop (1921)
as Hotel manager
Love 'Em and Weep (1927)
as Judge Chigger
Kid Speed (1924)
as Dangerous Dan McGraw
MGM 1935 Promo Reel (1935)
as Cleaner
Playmates (1918)
Actor
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
as (archive footage)
Now I'll Tell One (1927)
as Policeman
Dick & Doof - Best of (2010)
as Schauspieler
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (1951)
as (archive footage)
Hungry Hearts (1916)
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
The Hoose-Gow (1929)
as Ollie
Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)
as Ollie
They Looked Alike (1915)
as Pedestrian
Love 'em and Feed 'em (1927)
as 'Happy' Hopey
Unaccustomed as We Are (1929)
as Oliver Hardy
The Perfect Clown (1925)
as Babe Mulligan
The Stranger (1918)
as Oliver, the saloonkeeper
Aunt Bill (1916)
as Plump
Nothing But Trouble (1944)
as Oliver
Bromo and Juliet (1926)
as Cab Driver
The Rogue Song (1930)
as Murza-Bek
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
One Too Many (1916)
as Plump
Love and Duty (1916)
as Pvt. Plump
That's My Wife (1929)
as Ollie
Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925)
as Her former sweetheart
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons (1978)
as Ollie
The Finishing Touch (1928)
as Ollie
Married to Order (1920)
as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
He's In Again (1918)
as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
An Expensive Visit (1915)
as Jack
Rivals (1925)
as The Rival
The Chief Cook (1917)
as Babe (as Babe Hardy)
Be Your Age (1926)
as Oswald Schwartzkopple
Leave 'Em Laughing (1928)
as Ollie
The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927)
as The Butler
On the Wrong Trek (1936)
as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
Squeaks and Squawks (1920)
Actor
No Wedding Bells (1923)
as The Girl's Father
The Servant Girl's Legacy (1914)
as Cy (as Babe Hardy)
Hinter Schloss und Riegel (1932)
as Ollie
Painless Love (1918)
as Dr. Hurts
Making Auntie Welcome (1914)
as Grocery Boy
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights (2002)
Actor
Roaring Lions at Home (1924)
Actor
The Counter Jumper (1922)
as Gaston Gilligan
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wild Poses (1933)
as Baby
The Candy Kid (1917)
as Rival Proprietor
The Battle Royal (1916)
as Plump
The Rent Collector (1921)
as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
Why Girls Say No (1927)
as Policeman
Stan and Olly (1932)
as Himself
The King of the Kitchen (1918)
as A German customer
Laughing Ladies (1925)
as Policeman
The Perfect Lady (1924)
as (unconfirmed)
The Joke's on You (1925)
as Wilbert Perkins
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2 (—)
Actor
Little Nell (1917)
as Little Nell
Two-Time Mama (1927)
as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
On the Loose (1931)
as New Suitor (uncredited)
4 Clowns (1970)
as (archive footage)
Bright and Early (1918)
as The Boss
Laurel & Hardy - Best of (1999)
as Ollie
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies (2019)
as Ollio
His Day Out (1918)
as Ollie
The Barnyard (1923)
as Farm Hand
A Bankrupt Honeymoon (1926)
as The Taxi Driver
The Lottery Man (1916)
as Maggie Murphy
Wandering Papas (1926)
as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
Crazy to Act (1927)
as Gordon Bagley
The World of Laurel and Hardy (—)
Actor
Night of Goblins (1930)
as Ollie
Trouble Brewing (1924)
as Bootlegger
Radiomanía (1930)
as Ollie
The Lucky Dog (1921)
as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth (1932)
as Himself
Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
Ups and Downs (1915)
as Shifty Mike
The Gown Shop (1923)
as Store manager
Cupid's Rival (1917)
as Poor Artist
His Jonah Day (1920)
as The Life Saver
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III (2005)
as Hardy
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh (1932)
as Himself
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts (2006)
as Oliver
That's That! (1938)
as Himself
Should Sailors Marry? (1925)
as Doctor
The Candy Trail (1916)
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
De Bote en Bote (1931)
as Ollie
The Night Life (1930)
as Ollie
With Love and Hisses (1927)
as Top Sergeant Banner
They All Fall (1925)
as The boss
The Trouble Hunter (1920)
as The Bouncer
Something in Her Eye (1915)
as The Grocer
Dull Care (1919)
as A Janitor
Shivering and Shaking (1930)
as Ollie
Her Boy Friend (1924)
as Killer Kid
Hop to It! (1925)
as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
The Guilty Ones (1916)
as Babe
The Gentle Cyclone (1926)
as Sheriff Bill
The Backyard (1920)
as Thug - The ruffian
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II (2001)
as Ollie
Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927 (1916)
Actor
The Girl in the Limousine (1924)
as Freddie
Baby Brother (1927)
as Ice Man
The Decorator (1920)
as Babe, a millionaire
Laurel and Hardy in the UK (1932)
Actor
Springtime (1920)
as The Commissioner
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
Actor
Performers Arrive in Hampshire (1947)
as Self
The Fall Guy (1921)
as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
The Lilac Splash (1915)
as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures (2025)
as Archive Footage
The Midnight Cabaret (1923)
as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
Hats Off (1927)
as Ollie
A Pair of Kings (1922)
as General Alarm
Babe's School Days (1915)
as Ikie Ikestein
The Head Waiter (1919)
as A cop (as Babe Hardy)
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement (1930)
as Himself
The Haunted Hat (1915)
Actor
The Stage Hand (1920)
as Audience member (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1 (—)
Actor
Hop to It, Bellhop (1919)
as Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
Their Night Out - Screen Test (1935)
as Mr. Hardy
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition (2020)
Actor