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
Pardon Us (1931)
as Ollie
Block-Heads (1938)
as Ollie
Playing at Politics (1931)
as Oliver
The Flying Deuces (1939)
as Ollie
The Chiselers (1931)
as M. Hardy
Way Out West (1937)
as Ollie
Sons of the Desert (1933)
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
Stick Around (1925)
as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
Babes in Toyland (1934)
as Ollie Dee
Perfect Day (1929)
as Ollie
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
as Willie Paine
Bonnie Scotland (1935)
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
Beau Hunks (1931)
as Ollie
Nothing But Trouble (1944)
as Oliver
Our Wife (1931)
as Ollie
Great Guns (1941)
as Oliver
Our Relations (1936)
as Ollie / Bert Hardy
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
as Ollie
The Devil's Brother (1933)
as Ollio
Towed in a Hole (1932)
as Ollie
Angora Love (1929)
as Ollie
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Another Fine Mess (1930)
as Ollie
Magazine Cooking (1914)
Actor
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
as Ollie
Double Whoopee (1929)
as Ollie
Bacon Grabbers (1929)
as Oliver
Distilled Love (1920)
as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
Hey, Taxi! (1925)
as A Rival Taxi Driver
Saps at Sea (1940)
as Ollie
Berth Marks (1929)
as Ollie
Nash the Slash Rises Again! (2025)
as Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)
Busy Bodies (1933)
as Ollie
Laughing Gravy (1931)
as Ollie
Hello Trouble (1918)
as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
Two Tars (1928)
as Ollie
Hollywood Party (1934)
as Ollie
Them Thar Hills (1934)
as Ollie
A-Haunting We Will Go (1942)
as Ollie
Sugar Daddies (1927)
as Brittle's butler
Air Raid Wardens (1943)
as Ollie
Zenobia (1939)
as Dr. Henry Tibbett
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
as Self
The Wizard of Oz (1925)
as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
Silent Clowns (2006)
as Self(archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Hungry Hearts (1916)
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
The Battle of the Century (1927)
as Manager
The Bullfighters (1945)
as Ollie
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
Avenging Bill (1915)
as Bill, the Grocer's Boy
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
The Bohemian Girl (1936)
as Ollie
Jitterbugs (1943)
as Ollie
Tit for Tat (1935)
as Ollie
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965)
as Ollie (archive footage)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Big Business (1929)
as Ollie
The Dancing Masters (1943)
as Ollie
Swiss Miss (1938)
as Ollie
Thicker Than Water (1935)
as Ollie
Call of the Cuckoo (1927)
as Asylum Inmate
The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Police Driver
The Villain (1917)
as Nell
Come Clean (1931)
as Ollie
Below Zero (1930)
as Ollie
Hog Wild (1930)
as Ollie
One Good Turn (1931)
as Ollie
Robinson Crusoeland (1951)
as Ollie
The Hoose-Gow (1929)
as Ollie
County Hospital (1932)
as Ollie
Lightning Love (1923)
as Oliver, the Other Suitor
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys (1992)
as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
Pick a Star (1937)
as Oliver Hardy
Thieves (1930)
Actor
Painless Love (1918)
as Dr. Hurts
Riding High (1950)
as Sucker (uncredited)
Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
The Music Box (1932)
as Ollie
Twice Two (1933)
as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
The Hero (1917)
as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
It May Be You (1915)
as Paul Simmons
Scram! (1932)
as Ollie
When Comedy Was King (1960)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bromo and Juliet (1926)
as Cab Driver
The Skulls (1931)
as Señor Hardy
Brats (1930)
as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
Chickens Come Home (1931)
as Mr. Oliver Hardy
Putting Pants on Philip (1927)
as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
Chaplin's Goliath (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
Oliver the Eighth (1934)
as Ollie
The Big Noise (1944)
as Ollie
Duck Soup (1927)
as Maltravers
Salute to Stan Laurel (1965)
as Self (archive footage)
Fluttering Hearts (1927)
as Big Bill
Golf (1922)
as The neighbor
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
as (archive footage)
The Scholar (1918)
as The Superintendent
You're Darn Tootin' (1928)
as Ollie, French horn player
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
as Ollie
The Midnight Patrol (1933)
as Officer Oliver Hardy
Shivering and Shaking (1930)
as Ollie
Be Big! (1931)
as Ollie
Slipping Wives (1927)
as Butler
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy (1974)
as Self (archive footage)
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
as archive footage
Why Girls Love Sailors (1927)
as First Mate
Do Detectives Think? (1927)
as Sherlock Pinkham
The Finishing Touch (1928)
as Ollie
Unaccustomed as We Are (1929)
as Oliver Hardy
Their First Mistake (1932)
as Ollie
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)
as Himself (archive footage)
Little Wildcat (1922)
as 'Bull' Mulligan
Going Bye-Bye! (1934)
as Mr. Hardy
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three (2025)
Actor
The Parrott Chase (2009)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Aunt Bill (1916)
as Plump
The Fixer Uppers (1935)
as Ollie
The Hobo (1917)
as Harold (as Babe Hardy)
Dirty Work (1933)
as Ollie
Love and Duty (1916)
as Pvt. Plump
Night Owls (1930)
as Ollie
The Servant Girl's Legacy (1914)
as Cy (as Babe Hardy)
A Lucky Strike (1915)
as Bill Myers
Long Fliv the King (1926)
as The Prime Minister's Assistant
45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)
as Hotel Detective
The Live Ghost (1934)
as Ollie
The Chimp (1932)
as Ollie
Isn't Life Terrible? (1925)
as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
Hollywood Handicap (1938)
as Himself
Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)
as Ollie
Any Old Port! (1932)
as Ollie
They All Fall (1925)
as The boss
Along Came Auntie (1926)
as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
Back Stage (1917)
as Babe
Roaring Lions at Home (1924)
Actor
The Rogue Song (1930)
as Murza-Bek
We Faw Down (1928)
as Ollie
Leave 'Em Laughing (1928)
as Ollie
Crazy to Act (1927)
as Gordon Bagley
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
From Soup to Nuts (1928)
as Hired butler
The Perfect Clown (1925)
as Babe Mulligan
The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927)
as The Butler
Men O' War (1929)
as Ollie
The Second 100 Years (1927)
as Big Goofy
No Wedding Bells (1923)
as The Girl's Father
Habeas Corpus (1928)
as Ollie
The Candy Kid (1917)
as Rival Proprietor
The Lucky Dog (1921)
as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
Madame Mystery (1926)
as Captain Schmaltz
Hop to It! (1925)
as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
The Lottery Man (1916)
as Maggie Murphy
Liberty (1929)
as Ollie
Sailors, Beware! (1927)
as Purser Cryder
They Go Boom! (1929)
as Ollie
30 Years of Fun (1963)
as (archive footage)
The Counter Jumper (1922)
as Gaston Gilligan
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (1951)
as (archive footage)
Early to Bed (1928)
as Ollie
Flying Elephants (1928)
as Mighty Giant
He's In Again (1918)
as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
The Serenade (1916)
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
Me and My Pal (1933)
as Ollie
Cupid's Rival (1917)
as Poor Artist
An Expensive Visit (1915)
as Jack
Should Men Walk Home? (1927)
as Party Guest at Punch Bowl
That's My Wife (1929)
as Ollie
Thundering Fleas (1926)
as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
Blotto (1930)
as Ollie
The Pest (1917)
Actor
The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1968)
as Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
Mother's Baby Boy (1914)
as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
Another Nice Mess (1972)
as Hardy (archive footage)
Be Your Age (1926)
as Oswald Schwartzkopple
With Love and Hisses (1927)
as Top Sergeant Banner
Their Purple Moment (1928)
as Ollie
Wild Poses (1933)
as Baby
Horseshoes (1923)
as Dynamite Duffy
The Sawmill (1922)
as The Foreman
Love 'Em and Weep (1927)
as Judge Chigger
Helpmates (1932)
as Ollie
4 Clowns (1970)
as (archive footage)
Playmates (1918)
Actor
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights (2002)
Actor
Wrong Again (1929)
as Ollie
Dance of the Cookoos (1982)
Actor
On the Loose (1931)
as New Suitor (uncredited)
The Show (1922)
as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925)
as Her former sweetheart
Fiddlin' Around (1925)
as Theatre Manager
The Stranger (1918)
as Oliver, the saloonkeeper
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
Actor
The Tree in a Test Tube (1942)
as Ollie
Rivals (1925)
as The Rival
The Night Life (1930)
as Ollie
They Looked Alike (1915)
as Pedestrian
Kid Speed (1924)
as Dangerous Dan McGraw
Making Auntie Welcome (1914)
as Grocery Boy
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)
as Self (archive footage)
Two-Time Mama (1927)
as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two (2024)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Night of Goblins (1930)
as Ollie
The Hollywood Clowns (1979)
as (archive footage)
Stan and Olly (1932)
as Himself
Baby Brother (1927)
as Ice Man
Haunted at Midnight (1931)
as Ollie
His Day Out (1918)
as Ollie
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
The Stage Hand (1920)
as Audience member (uncredited)
The Nickel-Hopper (1926)
as Jazz band drummer
Wandering Papas (1926)
as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927 (1916)
Actor
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures (2025)
as Archive Footage
The Fall Guy (1921)
as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
The Decorator (1920)
as Babe, a millionaire
No Man's Law (1927)
as Sharkey Nye
Ups and Downs (1915)
as Shifty Mike
Why Girls Say No (1927)
as Policeman
Her Boy Friend (1924)
as Killer Kid
The Backyard (1920)
as Thug - The ruffian
A Pair of Kings (1922)
as General Alarm
The Lilac Splash (1915)
as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
Now I'll Tell One (1927)
as Policeman
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2 (—)
Actor
The Barnyard (1923)
as Farm Hand
MGM 1935 Promo Reel (1935)
as Cleaner
The Guilty Ones (1916)
as Babe
The Rogue (1918)
as Cafe Owner
Hop to It, Bellhop (1919)
as Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
Fiddlin' Around (1925)
as Theatre manager
Love 'em and Feed 'em (1927)
as 'Happy' Hopey
The Bakery (1921)
as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
The Battle Royal (1916)
as Plump
The King of the Kitchen (1918)
as A German customer
Their Night Out - Screen Test (1935)
as Mr. Hardy
The Bell Hop (1921)
as Hotel manager
The Candy Trail (1916)
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
The Rent Collector (1921)
as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
Hats Off (1927)
as Ollie
Something in Her Eye (1915)
as The Grocer
Little Nell (1917)
as Little Nell
Babe's School Days (1915)
as Ikie Ikestein
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
Actor
The Chief Cook (1917)
as Babe (as Babe Hardy)
Say It with Babies (1926)
as Hector - the Floorwalker
Trouble Brewing (1924)
as Bootlegger
The Gentle Cyclone (1926)
as Sheriff Bill
The Girl in the Limousine (1924)
as Freddie
Radiomanía (1930)
as Ollie
Hinter Schloss und Riegel (1932)
as Ollie
His Jonah Day (1920)
as The Life Saver
Bungs and Bunglers (1919)
as Al K. Hall
Married to Order (1920)
as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
On the Wrong Trek (1936)
as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons (1978)
as Ollie
Bright and Early (1918)
as The Boss
A Bankrupt Honeymoon (1926)
as The Taxi Driver
Dull Care (1919)
as A Janitor
The Haunted Hat (1915)
Actor
One Too Many (1916)
as Plump
De Bote en Bote (1931)
as Ollie
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh (1932)
as Himself
The Perfect Lady (1924)
as (unconfirmed)
That's That! (1938)
as Himself
The World of Laurel and Hardy (—)
Actor
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth (1932)
as Himself
Should Sailors Marry? (1925)
as Doctor
Squeaks and Squawks (1920)
Actor
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations (2020)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Performers Arrive in Hampshire (1947)
as Self
The Head Waiter (1919)
as A cop (as Babe Hardy)
Dick & Doof - Best of (2010)
as Schauspieler
Laughing Ladies (1925)
as Policeman
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III (2005)
as Hardy
The Joke's on You (1925)
as Wilbert Perkins
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement (1930)
as Himself
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II (2001)
as Ollie
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition (2020)
Actor
The Midnight Cabaret (1923)
as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
Springtime (1920)
as The Commissioner
Laurel & Hardy - Best of (1999)
as Ollie
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1 (—)
Actor
Galloping Ghosts (1928)
as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
The Gown Shop (1923)
as Store manager
The Trouble Hunter (1920)
as The Bouncer
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies (2019)
as Ollio
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts (2006)
as Oliver
Laurel and Hardy in the UK (1932)
Actor