Oliver Hardy
Born in Harlem, Georgia, USA — Jan 18 1892• Died Aug 07 1957
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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 loc…
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Omnibus
Self
This Is Your Life
Self
Stan & Ollie
Crew
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Ollie (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Stolen Jools
Police Driver
The Wizard of Oz
Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
Way Out West
Ollie
Classic Comedy Teams
Self (archive footage)
Pack Up Your Troubles
Ollie
Saps at Sea
Ollie
Riding High
Sucker (uncredited)
Pardon Us
Ollie
Babes in Toyland
Ollie Dee
Jitterbugs
Ollie
One Good Turn
Ollie
Perfect Day
Ollie
Block-Heads
Ollie
Zenobia
Dr. Henry Tibbett
Busy Bodies
Ollie
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Brats
Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
A-Haunting We Will Go
Ollie
The Fighting Kentuckian
Willie Paine
Hollywood Party
Ollie
Swiss Miss
Ollie
A Chump at Oxford
Ollie
Sugar Daddies
Brittle's butler
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Self (archive footage)
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
Come Clean
Ollie
Great Guns
Oliver
County Hospital
Ollie
Bonnie Scotland
Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Along Came Auntie
Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
Bromo and Juliet
Cab Driver
Any Old Port!
Ollie
The Night Life
Ollie
The Flying Deuces
Ollie
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
Putting Pants on Philip
J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
The Midnight Patrol
Officer Oliver Hardy
The Battle of the Century
Manager
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Me and My Pal
Ollie
Should Married Men Go Home?
Ollie
On the Loose
New Suitor (uncredited)
Our Relations
Ollie / Bert Hardy
Big Business
Ollie
Hog Wild
Ollie
Be Big!
Ollie
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
Below Zero
Ollie
Shivering and Shaking
Ollie
The Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage)
The Show
Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
The Dancing Masters
Ollie
Men O' War
Ollie
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
Robinson Crusoeland
Ollie
Crazy Like a Fox
Charley's Victim (uncredited)
The Music Box
Ollie
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert
Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
Berth Marks
Ollie
Another Fine Mess
Ollie
Nothing But Trouble
Oliver
The Chimp
Ollie
Haunted at Midnight
Ollie
Our Wife
Ollie
The Rogue Song
Murza-Bek
The Hoose-Gow
Ollie
Angora Love
Ollie
Dick und Doof
Oliver
Tit for Tat
Ollie
Hollywood Handicap
Himself
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)
Blotto
Ollie
Going Bye-Bye!
Mr. Hardy
Towed in a Hole
Ollie
Pick a Star
Oliver Hardy
The Devil's Brother
Ollio
The Hobo
Harold (as Babe Hardy)
Wrong Again
Ollie
Distilled Love
Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
Liberty
Ollie
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Self (archive footage)
No Man's Law
Sharkey Nye
Early to Bed
Ollie
Long Fliv the King
The Prime Minister's Assistant
The Big Noise
Ollie
Beau Hunks
Ollie
The Perfect Clown
Babe Mulligan
With Love and Hisses
Top Sergeant Banner
Salute to Stan Laurel
Self (archive footage)
The Sawmill
The Foreman
Bright and Early
The Boss
Madame Mystery
Captain Schmaltz
Twice Two
Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
Dance of the Cookoos
Hello Trouble
A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
The Bullfighters
Ollie
Unaccustomed as We Are
Oliver Hardy
The Pest
Air Raid Wardens
Ollie
Should Sailors Marry?
Doctor
Their First Mistake
Ollie
Helpmates
Ollie
Cupid's Rival
Poor Artist
Thicker Than Water
Ollie
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
That's My Wife
Ollie
The Parrott Chase
Himself - archival footage
The Live Ghost
Ollie
The Bakery
Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
The Girl in the Limousine
Freddie
The Bell Hop
Hotel manager
Dirty Work
Ollie
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Self (archive footage)
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
The Butler
The Bohemian Girl
Ollie
Kid Speed
Dangerous Dan McGraw
Quicksands
Writing
Do Detectives Think?
Sherlock Pinkham
Baby Brother
Ice Man
Say It with Babies
Hector - the Floorwalker
The Stranger
Oliver, the saloonkeeper
Should Men Walk Home?
Party Guest at Punch Bowl
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Why Girls Love Sailors
First Mate
Hats Off
Ollie
Flying Elephants
Mighty Giant
Isn't Life Terrible?
Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
Them Thar Hills
Ollie
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
The King of the Kitchen
A German customer
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Ollie
Bacon Grabbers
Oliver
The Fixer Uppers
Ollie
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
The Tree in a Test Tube
Ollie
The Fall Guy
Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
Married to Order
Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
The Taxi Driver
Double Whoopee
Ollie
Laughing Ladies
Policeman
His Day Out
Ollie
Playing at Politics
Oliver
Crazy to Act
Gordon Bagley
Night Owls
Ollie
The Trouble Hunter
The Bouncer
The Finishing Touch
Ollie
Wild Poses
Baby
Radiomanía
Ollie
Leave 'Em Laughing
Ollie
The Villain
Nell
They Go Boom!
Ollie
The Hero
The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
From Soup to Nuts
Hired butler
Now I'll Tell One
Policeman
The Head Waiter
A cop (as Babe Hardy)
Hop to It, Bellhop
Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
Habeas Corpus
Ollie
On the Wrong Trek
Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
The Scholar
The Superintendent
The Chiselers
M. Hardy
Two Tars
Ollie
The Rent Collector
The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
30 Years of Fun
(archive footage)
Hop to It!
A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
He's In Again
Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
Be Your Age
Oswald Schwartzkopple
Their Purple Moment
Ollie
Her Boy Friend
Killer Kid
The Barnyard
Farm Hand
Painless Love
Dr. Hurts
Playmates
The Second 100 Years
Big Goofy
Love 'Em and Weep
Judge Chigger
You're Darn Tootin'
Ollie, French horn player
We Faw Down
Ollie
His Jonah Day
The Life Saver
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
Self (archive footage)
The Lottery Man
Maggie Murphy
Chaplin's Goliath
Self (archive footage)
No Wedding Bells
The Girl's Father
Fluttering Hearts
Big Bill
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
The Nickel-Hopper
Jazz band drummer
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
One Too Many
Plump
Why Girls Say No
Policeman
The Gentle Cyclone
Sheriff Bill
Fiddlin' Around
Theatre Manager
Oliver the Eighth
Ollie
4 Clowns
(archive footage)
Chickens Come Home
Mr. Oliver Hardy
Stick Around
Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
Ollie
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Hotel Detective
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement
Himself
That's That!
Himself
The Serenade
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
Trouble Brewing
Bootlegger
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
Ollie
Horseshoes
Dynamite Duffy
The Perfect Lady
(unconfirmed)
The Chief Cook
Babe (as Babe Hardy)
Night of Goblins
Ollie
The Lucky Dog
Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
Duck Soup
Maltravers
Thieves
Lightning Love
Oliver, the Other Suitor
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
Laughing Gravy
Ollie
Wandering Papas
Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
Scram!
Ollie
Golf
The neighbor
Sailors, Beware!
Purser Cryder
Thundering Fleas
Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
The Candy Kid
Rival Proprietor
They All Fall
The boss
A Lucky Strike
Bill Myers
The Midnight Cabaret
Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
The Skulls
Señor Hardy
Love 'em and Feed 'em
'Happy' Hopey
Their Night Out - Screen Test
Mr. Hardy
The Lilac Splash
Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
Two-Time Mama
The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
An Expensive Visit
Jack
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
Ollie
Avenging Bill
Bill, the Grocer's Boy
A Pair of Kings
General Alarm
It May Be You
Paul Simmons
Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche
Oliver
The Candy Trail
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
The Decorator
Babe, a millionaire
Slipping Wives
Butler
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
Ollie (archive footage)
Making Auntie Welcome
Grocery Boy
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
Hardy
The Servant Girl's Legacy
Cy (as Babe Hardy)
The Counter Jumper
Gaston Gilligan
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
Ollie
Dull Care
A Janitor
Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili
Little Wildcat
'Bull' Mulligan
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
Self
Stan and Olly
Himself
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
Archive Footage
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Back Stage
Babe
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Her former sweetheart
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
Himself
Roaring Lions at Home
The Stage Hand
Audience member (uncredited)
The Rogue
Cafe Owner
Love and Duty
Pvt. Plump
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
Himself
Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927
Magazine Cooking
The Battle Royal
Plump
Springtime
The Commissioner
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self (archive footage)
Fiddlin' Around
Theatre manager
Bungs and Bunglers
Al K. Hall
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Something in Her Eye
The Grocer
The Backyard
Thug - The ruffian
The Joke's on You
Wilbert Perkins
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
Cleaner
Ups and Downs
Shifty Mike
They Looked Alike
Pedestrian
Hungry Hearts
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
Rivals
The Rival
Galloping Ghosts
Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
Squeaks and Squawks
Hey, Taxi!
A Rival Taxi Driver
The Guilty Ones
Babe
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
Babe's School Days
Ikie Ikestein
Mother's Baby Boy
Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
Dick & Doof - Best of
Schauspieler
The Gown Shop
Store manager
The Haunted Hat
Little Nell
Little Nell
Aunt Bill
Plump