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