From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Movie | Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Himself (archive footage) | 2011-04-03 |
Movie | A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy | Self (archive footage) | 2011-10-25 |
Movie | Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic | Self (archive footage) | 2011-12-28 |
Movie | Girl 27 | Self (archive footage) | 2007-07-27 |
Movie | Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2002-02-05 |
Movie | Laurel & Hardy - Highlights | 2002-01-22 | |
Movie | Chaplin's Goliath | Himself (archive footage) | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) | 1994-07-01 |
Movie | Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys | Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage) | 1992-04-05 |
Movie | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1985-03-03 |
Movie | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Movie | Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy | Himself (archive footage) | 1974-12-21 |
Movie | 4 Clowns | (archive footage) | 1970-09-01 |
Movie | The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy | 1967-12-01 | |
Movie | Salute to Stan Laurel | Self (archive footage) | 1965-11-23 |
Movie | The Big Parade of Comedy | Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) | 1964-09-02 |
Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | 1963-07-01 | |
Movie | Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) | 1961-03-21 |
Movie | When Comedy Was King | edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage) | 1960-03-29 |
Movie | The Golden Age of Comedy | archive footage | 1957-12-26 |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Movie | The Slappiest Days of Our Lives | (archive footage) | 1951-03-23 |
Movie | Utopia | Ollie | 1951-10-17 |
Movie | Riding High | Sucker (uncredited) | 1950-04-12 |
Movie | The Fighting Kentuckian | Willie Paine | 1949-09-15 |
Movie | The Bullfighters | Ollie | 1945-05-01 |
Movie | Nothing But Trouble | Oliver | 1944-12-06 |
Movie | The Big Noise | Ollie | 1944-09-22 |
Movie | Air Raid Wardens | Ollie | 1943-04-04 |
Movie | Jitterbugs | Ollie | 1943-06-05 |
Movie | The Dancing Masters | Ollie | 1943-11-19 |
Movie | A-Haunting We Will Go | Ollie | 1942-08-07 |
Movie | The Tree in a Test Tube | Ollie | 1942-11-19 |
Movie | Great Guns | Oliver | 1941-10-10 |
Movie | A Chump at Oxford | Ollie | 1940-01-25 |
Movie | Saps at Sea | Ollie | 1940-04-29 |
Movie | Zenobia | Dr. Henry Tibbett | 1939-04-21 |
Movie | The Flying Deuces | Ollie | 1939-11-03 |
Movie | Hollywood Handicap | Himself | 1938-05-28 |
Movie | Swiss Miss | Ollie | 1938-05-20 |
Movie | Block-Heads | Ollie | 1938-08-19 |
Movie | That's That! | Himself | 1937-01-01 |
Movie | Way Out West | Ollie | 1937-04-16 |
Movie | Pick a Star | Oliver Hardy | 1937-05-21 |
Movie | The Bohemian Girl | Ollie | 1936-02-14 |
Movie | On the Wrong Trek | Cameo appearance (hitchhiker) | 1936-04-18 |
Movie | Our Relations | Ollie / Bert Hardy | 1936-09-15 |
Movie | Tit for Tat | Ollie | 1935-01-05 |
Movie | The Fixer Uppers | Ollie | 1935-02-09 |
Movie | Thicker Than Water | Ollie | 1935-03-16 |
Movie | Bonnie Scotland | Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy | 1935-08-23 |
Movie | Hollywood Party | Ollie | 1934-05-24 |
Movie | Oliver the Eighth | Ollie | 1934-01-13 |
Movie | Going Bye-Bye! | Mr. Hardy | 1934-06-23 |
Movie | Them Thar Hills | Ollie | 1934-07-21 |
Movie | The Live Ghost | Ollie | 1934-12-08 |
Movie | Babes in Toyland | Ollie Dee | 1934-12-14 |
Movie | The Devil's Brother | Ollio | 1933-05-05 |
Movie | Me and My Pal | Ollie | 1933-04-22 |
Movie | Twice Two | Ollie / Mrs. Laurel | 1933-02-25 |
Movie | The Midnight Patrol | Officer Oliver Hardy | 1933-08-03 |
Movie | Dirty Work | Ollie | 1933-11-25 |
Movie | Sons of the Desert | Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy | 1933-12-29 |
Movie | Busy Bodies | Ollie | 1933-10-07 |
Movie | Wild Poses | Baby | 1933-10-28 |
Movie | The Chimp | Ollie | 1932-05-21 |
Movie | Any Old Port! | Ollie | 1932-03-05 |
Movie | Helpmates | Ollie | 1932-01-23 |
Movie | County Hospital | Ollie | 1932-06-25 |
Movie | The Music Box | Ollie | 1932-04-16 |
Movie | Scram! | Ollie | 1932-09-10 |
Movie | Towed in a Hole | Ollie | 1932-12-31 |
Movie | Their First Mistake | Ollie | 1932-11-05 |
Movie | Pack Up Your Troubles | Ollie | 1932-09-16 |
Movie | The Stolen Jools | Police Driver | 1931-04-04 |
Movie | The Skulls | SeƱor Hardy | 1931-04-18 |
Movie | Laughing Gravy | Ollie | 1931-04-04 |
Movie | The Chiselers | M. Hardy | 1931-02-07 |
Movie | Playing at Politics | Oliver | 1931-05-01 |
Movie | Be Big! | Ollie | 1931-02-07 |
Movie | Chickens Come Home | Mr. Oliver Hardy | 1931-02-21 |
Movie | Come Clean | Ollie | 1931-09-02 |
Movie | Our Wife | Ollie | 1931-05-16 |
Movie | On the Loose | New Suitor (uncredited) | 1931-12-26 |
Movie | One Good Turn | Ollie | 1931-10-31 |
Movie | Beau Hunks | Ollie | 1931-12-02 |
Movie | Haunted at Midnight | Ollie | 1931-05-21 |
Movie | Pardon Us | Ollie | 1931-08-15 |
Movie | Blotto | Ollie | 1930-02-08 |
Movie | Brats | Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr. | 1930-03-22 |
Movie | The Rogue Song | Murza-Bek | 1930-01-17 |
Movie | Thieves | 1930-01-07 | |
Movie | Night Owls | Ollie | 1930-01-04 |
Movie | The Night Life | Ollie | 1930-04-19 |
Movie | The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case | Ollie | 1930-08-08 |
Movie | Below Zero | Ollie | 1930-04-26 |
Movie | Another Fine Mess | Ollie | 1930-11-29 |
Movie | Night of Goblins | Ollie | 1930-10-16 |
Movie | Hog Wild | Ollie | 1930-05-31 |
Movie | Shivering and Shaking | Ollie | 1930-04-28 |
Movie | Unaccustomed as We Are | Oliver Hardy | 1929-05-04 |
Movie | Double Whoopee | Ollie | 1929-05-18 |
Movie | Big Business | Ollie | 1929-04-20 |
Movie | Liberty | Ollie | 1929-01-26 |
Movie | Berth Marks | Ollie | 1929-06-01 |
Movie | Wrong Again | Ollie | 1929-02-23 |
Movie | That's My Wife | Ollie | 1929-03-23 |
Movie | Men O'War | Ollie | 1929-06-29 |
Movie | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self | 1929-11-23 |
Movie | Perfect Day | Ollie | 1929-08-10 |
Movie | The Hoose-Gow | Ollie | 1929-11-16 |
Movie | Angora Love | Ollie | 1929-12-14 |
Movie | Bacon Grabbers | Oliver | 1929-10-19 |
Movie | They Go Boom! | Ollie | 1929-09-21 |
Movie | The Finishing Touch | Ollie | 1928-02-25 |
Movie | From Soup to Nuts | Hired butler | 1928-03-24 |
Movie | Leave 'Em Laughing | Ollie | 1928-01-28 |
Movie | You're Darn Tootin' | Ollie, French horn player | 1928-04-21 |
Movie | Flying Elephants | Mighty Giant | 1928-02-12 |
Movie | We Faw Down | Ollie | 1928-12-29 |
Movie | Their Purple Moment | Ollie | 1928-05-19 |
Movie | Two Tars | Ollie | 1928-11-03 |
Movie | Habeas Corpus | Ollie | 1928-12-01 |
Movie | Early to Bed | Ollie | 1928-10-06 |
Movie | Should Married Men Go Home? | Ollie | 1928-09-08 |
Movie | Crazy to Act | Gordon Bagley | 1927-05-15 |
Movie | Love 'Em and Weep | Judge Chigger | 1927-06-12 |
Movie | Baby Brother | Ice Man | 1927-06-26 |
Movie | No Man's Law | Sharkey Nye | 1927-05-01 |
Movie | Fluttering Hearts | Big Bill | 1927-06-19 |
Movie | Why Girls Say No | Policeman | 1927-02-21 |
Movie | Should Men Walk Home? | Party Guest at Punch Bowl | 1927-01-29 |
Movie | Why Girls Love Sailors | First Mate | 1927-07-17 |
Movie | Duck Soup | Maltravers | 1927-03-13 |
Movie | Slipping Wives | Butler | 1927-04-03 |
Movie | Two-Time Mama | The Cop (as Babe Hardy) | 1927-01-29 |
Movie | Love 'em and Feed 'em | 'Happy' Hopey | 1927-11-12 |
Movie | Putting Pants on Philip | J. Piedmont Mumblethunder | 1927-12-03 |
Movie | The Battle of the Century | Manager | 1927-12-31 |
Movie | With Love and Hisses | Top Sergeant Banner | 1927-08-28 |
Movie | Hats Off | Ollie | 1927-11-05 |
Movie | Do Detectives Think? | Sherlock Pinkham | 1927-11-20 |
Movie | Call of the Cuckoo | Asylum Inmate | 1927-10-15 |
Movie | Sailors, Beware! | Purser Cryder | 1927-09-25 |
Movie | Now I'll Tell One | Policeman | 1927-10-04 |
Movie | The Second Hundred Years | Big Goofy | 1927-10-08 |
Movie | Sugar Daddies | Brittle's butler | 1927-09-10 |
Movie | Long Fliv the King | The Prime Minister's Assistant | 1926-06-13 |
Movie | Say It with Babies | Hector - the Floorwalker | 1926-05-16 |
Movie | A Bankrupt Honeymoon | The Taxi Driver | 1926-02-06 |
Movie | Thundering Fleas | Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy) | 1926-07-18 |
Movie | Wandering Papas | Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy) | 1926-02-21 |
Movie | Madame Mystery | Captain Schmaltz | 1926-03-12 |
Movie | The Gentle Cyclone | Sheriff Bill | 1926-06-27 |
Movie | The Nickel-Hopper | Jazz band drummer | 1926-12-04 |
Movie | Along Came Auntie | Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband | 1926-07-25 |
Movie | Be Your Age | Oswald Schwartzkopple | 1926-11-13 |
Movie | 45 Minutes from Hollywood | Hotel Detective | 1926-12-26 |
Movie | Crazy Like a Fox | Charley's Victim (uncredited) | 1926-08-26 |
Movie | Bromo and Juliet | Cab Driver | 1926-09-19 |
Movie | Fiddlin' Around | 1925-06-14 | |
Movie | Rivals | The Rival | 1925-05-15 |
Movie | Stick Around | Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy) | 1925-03-01 |
Movie | The Joke's on You | Wilbert Perkins | 1925-06-14 |
Movie | The Wizard of Oz | Farmhand | 1925-02-12 |
Movie | Hey, Taxi! | A Rival Taxi Driver | 1925-04-01 |
Movie | Yes, Yes, Nanette | Her former sweetheart | 1925-07-19 |
Movie | Should Sailors Marry? | Doctor | 1925-11-08 |
Movie | The Perfect Clown | Babe Mulligan | 1925-12-14 |
Movie | Fiddlin' Around | Theatre manager | 1925-06-14 |
Movie | They All Fall | 1925-08-01 | |
Movie | Isn't Life Terrible? | Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy) | 1925-07-05 |
Movie | Hop to It! | A bellhop (as Babe Hardy) | 1925-07-01 |
Movie | Her Boy Friend | Killer Kid | 1924-09-27 |
Movie | Trouble Brewing | Bootlegger | 1924-03-12 |
Movie | Kid Speed | Dangerous Dan McGraw | 1924-11-16 |
Movie | The Midnight Cabaret | Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor | 1923-05-09 |
Movie | The Barnyard | Farm Hand | 1923-06-11 |
Movie | No Wedding Bells | The Girl's Father | 1923-01-09 |
Movie | The Gown Shop | Store manager | 1923-08-13 |
Movie | Horseshoes | Dynamite Duffy | 1923-12-09 |
Movie | Lightning Love | Oliver, the Other Suitor | 1923-10-22 |
Movie | The Sawmill | The Foreman | 1922-01-01 |
Movie | A Pair of Kings | General Alarm | 1922-06-10 |
Movie | Golf | The neighbor | 1922-09-03 |
Movie | The Counter Jumper | Gaston Gilligan | 1922-12-08 |
Movie | The Rent Collector | The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy) | 1921-05-22 |
Movie | The Fall Guy | Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy) | 1921-07-15 |
Movie | The Bakery | Foreman (as Babe Hardy) | 1921-06-19 |
Movie | The Bell Hop | Hotel manager | 1921-09-17 |
Movie | The Lucky Dog | Masked bandit who confronts Laurel | 1921-10-01 |
Movie | The Decorator | Babe, a millionaire | 1920-09-03 |
Movie | Distilled Love | Mr. Peeble Ford (as Babe Hardy) | 1920-02-01 |
Movie | The Stage Hand | Audience member (uncredited) | 1920-09-20 |
Movie | Squeaks and Squawks | 1920-03-28 | |
Movie | The Backyard | Thug | 1920-11-01 |
Movie | His Jonah Day | The Life Saver | 1920-11-26 |
Movie | Married to Order | Her Father (as Babe Hardy) | 1920-10-29 |
Movie | Dull Care | A Janitor | 1919-10-05 |
Movie | Bungs and Bunglers | Al K. Hall | 1919-11-24 |
Movie | The Rogue | Cafe Owner | 1918-02-14 |
Movie | The Scholar | The Superintendent | 1918-03-15 |
Movie | His Day Out | Ollie | 1918-01-14 |
Movie | The Stranger | Oliver, the saloonkeeper | 1918-01-01 |
Movie | Playmates | 1918-07-01 | |
Movie | Bright and Early | The Boss | 1918-05-14 |
Movie | He's In Again | Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy) | 1918-12-15 |
Movie | The King of the Kitchen | A German customer | 1918-10-30 |
Movie | The Hero | 1917-04-01 | |
Movie | Little Nell | Little Nell | 1917-01-09 |
Movie | Cupid's Rival | Poor Artist | 1917-07-01 |
Movie | The Villain | Nell | 1917-07-14 |
Movie | The Pest | 1917-11-15 | |
Movie | The Candy Kid | Rival Proprietor | 1917-10-14 |
Movie | The Hobo | Harold (as Babe Hardy) | 1917-11-01 |
Movie | The Chief Cook | Babe (as Babe Hardy) | 1917-09-30 |
Movie | The Serenade | Plump (as Babe Hardy) | 1916-03-02 |
Movie | One Too Many | Plump | 1916-02-16 |
Movie | The Battle Royal | Plump | 1916-04-12 |
Movie | Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927 | Unknown | 1916-01-01 |
Movie | Love and Duty | Pvt. Plump | 1916-09-21 |
Movie | Hungry Hearts | Plump (as Babe Hardy) | 1916-06-16 |
Movie | The Candy Trail | Plump (as Babe Hardy) | 1916-10-12 |
Movie | The Lottery Man | Maggie Murphy | 1916-06-25 |
Movie | They Looked Alike | Pedestrian | 1915-01-05 |
Movie | An Expensive Visit | Jack | 1915-03-22 |
Movie | It May Be You | Paul Simmons | 1915-07-07 |
Movie | A Lucky Strike | Bill Myers | 1915-05-18 |
Movie | Something in Her Eye | The Grocer | 1915-11-09 |
Movie | Mother's Baby Boy | Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy) | 1914-11-24 |
Movie | The Servant Girl's Legacy | Cy (as Babe Hardy) | 1914-11-27 |