Oliver Hardy
Acting
Born: January 18, 1892 · Harlem, Georgia, USA
Died: August 7, 1957 (aged 65)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Stan & Ollie
2018
Sons of the Desert
1933
Way Out West
1937
The Music Box
1932
The Flying Deuces
1939
Babes in Toyland
1934
Block-Heads
1938
Our Relations
1936
A Chump at Oxford
1940
Big Business
1929
Busy Bodies
1933
Pardon Us
1931
Photos (4)
Movies (246)
Air Raid Wardens
Ollie
Block-Heads
Ollie
Pardon Us
Ollie
Playing at Politics
Oliver
The Chiselers
M. Hardy
Babes in Toyland
Ollie Dee
The Flying Deuces
Ollie
Way Out West
Ollie
Sons of the Desert
Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
Perfect Day
Ollie
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Our Wife
Ollie
Our Relations
Ollie / Bert Hardy
Stick Around
Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
A Chump at Oxford
Ollie
The Fighting Kentuckian
Willie Paine
Another Fine Mess
Ollie
Bonnie Scotland
Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
Great Guns
Oliver
Beau Hunks
Ollie
Hollywood Party
Ollie
Nothing But Trouble
Oliver
Towed in a Hole
Ollie
The Devil's Brother
Ollio
A-Haunting We Will Go
Ollie
Busy Bodies
Ollie
Double Whoopee
Ollie
Zenobia
Dr. Henry Tibbett
Pack Up Your Troubles
Ollie
Berth Marks
Ollie
Angora Love
Ollie
Two Tars
Ollie
Saps at Sea
Ollie
Bacon Grabbers
Oliver
Jitterbugs
Ollie
The Bohemian Girl
Ollie
Come Clean
Ollie
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Avenging Bill
Bill, the Grocer's Boy
The Hoose-Gow
Ollie
The Battle of the Century
Manager
Lightning Love
Oliver, the Other Suitor
Hungry Hearts
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
The Stolen Jools
Police Driver
Laughing Gravy
Ollie
The Big Parade of Comedy
Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
The Dancing Masters
Ollie
Long Fliv the King
The Prime Minister's Assistant
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
Ollie (archive footage)
The Midnight Patrol
Officer Oliver Hardy
Sugar Daddies
Brittle's butler
Them Thar Hills
Ollie
Tit for Tat
Ollie
Distilled Love
Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
The Wizard of Oz
Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
Crazy to Act
Gordon Bagley
The Music Box
Ollie
The Fixer Uppers
Ollie
The Villain
Nell
When Comedy Was King
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Skulls
Señor Hardy
Brats
Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
The Scholar
The Superintendent
Duck Soup
Maltravers
Riding High
Sucker (uncredited)
Slipping Wives
Butler
You're Darn Tootin'
Ollie, French horn player
One Good Turn
Ollie
Dirty Work
Ollie
The Finishing Touch
Ollie
Twice Two
Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
45 Minutes from Hollywood
Hotel Detective
County Hospital
Ollie
Below Zero
Ollie
The Tree in a Test Tube
Ollie
The Hero
The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
Leave 'Em Laughing
Ollie
Pick a Star
Oliver Hardy
Wrong Again
Ollie
Horseshoes
Dynamite Duffy
Robinson Crusoeland
Ollie
Unaccustomed as We Are
Oliver Hardy
Be Big!
Ollie
Dance of the Cookoos
1982
Putting Pants on Philip
J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
Crazy Like a Fox
Charley's Victim (uncredited)
Shivering and Shaking
Ollie
Another Nice Mess
Hardy (archive footage)
Why Girls Love Sailors
First Mate
Swiss Miss
Ollie
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
Men O' War
Ollie
Do Detectives Think?
Sherlock Pinkham
Any Old Port!
Ollie
Little Wildcat
'Bull' Mulligan
The Haunted Hat
1915
Hog Wild
Ollie
The Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage)
The Bullfighters
Ollie
Scram!
Ollie
Hello Trouble
A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
2025
Thicker Than Water
Ollie
Thieves
1930
Going Bye-Bye!
Mr. Hardy
They Go Boom!
Ollie
Golf
The neighbor
Along Came Auntie
Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
Fluttering Hearts
Big Bill
Night Owls
Ollie
Their First Mistake
Ollie
Big Business
Ollie
Chickens Come Home
Mr. Oliver Hardy
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
Isn't Life Terrible?
Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
Liberty
Ollie
Hop to It!
A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
Sailors, Beware!
Purser Cryder
Me and My Pal
Ollie
Blotto
Ollie
Bromo and Juliet
Cab Driver
Love and Duty
Pvt. Plump
The Live Ghost
Ollie
Oliver the Eighth
Ollie
Cupid's Rival
Poor Artist
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
We Faw Down
Ollie
Trouble Brewing
Bootlegger
30 Years of Fun
(archive footage)
Roaring Lions at Home
1924
That's My Wife
Ollie
The Hobo
Harold (as Babe Hardy)
The Rogue Song
Murza-Bek
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
The Butler
The Lottery Man
Maggie Murphy
The Chimp
Ollie
Should Married Men Go Home?
Ollie
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Ollie
Mother's Baby Boy
Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
Haunted at Midnight
Ollie
The Serenade
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
Early to Bed
Ollie
Their Purple Moment
Ollie
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
Ollie
The Big Noise
Ollie
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
(archive footage) (uncredited)
A Lucky Strike
Bill Myers
The Servant Girl's Legacy
Cy (as Babe Hardy)
His Day Out
Ollie
The Candy Kid
Rival Proprietor
The Show
Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
Helpmates
Ollie
Fiddlin' Around
Theatre Manager
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Dull Care
A Janitor
Married to Order
Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
Habeas Corpus
Ollie
Ups and Downs
Shifty Mike
Flying Elephants
Mighty Giant
One Too Many
Plump
The Perfect Clown
Babe Mulligan
Making Auntie Welcome
Grocery Boy
Now I'll Tell One
Policeman
Wild Poses
Baby
With Love and Hisses
Top Sergeant Banner
Fiddlin' Around
Theatre manager
Be Your Age
Oswald Schwartzkopple
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Her former sweetheart
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
(archive footage)
The Chief Cook
Babe (as Babe Hardy)
The Pest
1917
The Night Life
Ollie
The Second 100 Years
Big Goofy
The Gentle Cyclone
Sheriff Bill
Should Men Walk Home?
Party Guest at Punch Bowl
An Expensive Visit
Jack
The Rogue
Cafe Owner
Night of Goblins
Ollie
No Man's Law
Sharkey Nye
They Looked Alike
Pedestrian
Her Boy Friend
Killer Kid
Say It with Babies
Hector - the Floorwalker
4 Clowns
(archive footage)
Love 'Em and Weep
Judge Chigger
Thundering Fleas
Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
On the Loose
New Suitor (uncredited)
He's In Again
Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
The Sawmill
The Foreman
The Backyard
Thug - The ruffian
From Soup to Nuts
Hired butler
A Pair of Kings
General Alarm
The Barnyard
Farm Hand
The Candy Trail
Plump (as Babe Hardy)
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
Archive Footage
The Lucky Dog
Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
Bright and Early
The Boss
Babe's School Days
Ikie Ikestein
Rivals
The Rival
Hats Off
Ollie
The Battle Royal
Plump
The Bakery
Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
Wandering Papas
Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
The Decorator
Babe, a millionaire
Madame Mystery
Captain Schmaltz
The Nickel-Hopper
Jazz band drummer
Should Sailors Marry?
Doctor
The Guilty Ones
Babe
Why Girls Say No
Policeman
The Lilac Splash
Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
Something in Her Eye
The Grocer
Baby Brother
Ice Man
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
Ollie
The Rent Collector
The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
Galloping Ghosts
Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
The Stage Hand
Audience member (uncredited)
On the Wrong Trek
Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
Two-Time Mama
The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
The Gown Shop
Store manager
The Stranger
Oliver, the saloonkeeper
The Girl in the Limousine
Freddie
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1967
The Fall Guy
Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
The Midnight Cabaret
Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
Ollie
The Bell Hop
Hotel manager
Radiomanía
Ollie
Squeaks and Squawks
1920
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
Ollio
Little Nell
Little Nell
Kid Speed
Dangerous Dan McGraw
De Bote en Bote
Ollie
The Joke's on You
Wilbert Perkins
The Head Waiter
A cop (as Babe Hardy)
Laurel and Hardy in the UK
1932
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Laughing Ladies
Policeman
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
Ollie
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
Hardy
Springtime
The Commissioner
His Jonah Day
The Life Saver
Dick & Doof - Best of
Schauspieler
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
Oliver
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020
The Trouble Hunter
The Bouncer
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (18)
Omnibus
Self · 1 eps
This Is Your Life
Self · 1 eps
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
Hollywood Handicap
Himself
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Silent Clowns
Self(archive footage)
Hooray for Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Himself (archive footage)
Chaplin's Goliath
Self (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
Self (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
Self
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
Self (archive footage)
That's That!
Himself
Upcoming (1)
Directing (2)
Writing (17)
Way Out West
Writer
Sons of the Desert
Writer
Towed in a Hole
Writer
Busy Bodies
Writer
Come Clean
Writer
The Midnight Patrol
Writer
The Music Box
Writer
Brats
Writer
Twice Two
Writer
County Hospital
Writer
Hog Wild
Writer
Scram!
Writer
Their First Mistake
Writer
Me and My Pal
Writer
The Chimp
Writer
Helpmates
Writer
Quicksands
Writer