Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Acting
Born Jan 18, 1892
From Harlem, Georgia, USA
Died Aug 07, 1957

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

Filmography — Acting

On the Loose
6.8
1931

On the Loose

New Suitor (uncredited)

The Tree in a Test Tube
4.9
1942

The Tree in a Test Tube

Ollie

The Wizard of Oz
5.4
1925

The Wizard of Oz

Tin Woodsman / Farmhand

Los Angeles Plays Itself
7.6
2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Ollie (archive footage)

The Fighting Kentuckian
5.9
1949

The Fighting Kentuckian

Willie Paine

Jitterbugs
5.8
1943

Jitterbugs

Ollie

Babes in Toyland
6.3
1934

Babes in Toyland

Ollie Dee

That's Entertainment, Part II
6.9
1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

Zenobia
4.6
1939

Zenobia

Dr. Henry Tibbett

Sons of the Desert
7.1
1933

Sons of the Desert

Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy

Way Out West
7.1
1937

Way Out West

Ollie

Bonnie Scotland
6.6
1935

Bonnie Scotland

Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy

Swiss Miss
6.2
1938

Swiss Miss

Ollie

The Real Charlie Chaplin
7.5
2021

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Our Relations
7.0
1936

Our Relations

Ollie / Bert Hardy

Duck Soup
6.4
1927

Duck Soup

Maltravers

The Devil's Brother
6.8
1933

The Devil's Brother

Ollio

Block-Heads
6.9
1938

Block-Heads

Ollie

Going Hollywood: The '30s
10.0
1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

(archive footage)

The Stolen Jools
5.6
1931

The Stolen Jools

Police Driver

The Flying Deuces
6.3
1939

The Flying Deuces

Ollie

The Music Box
7.5
1932

The Music Box

Ollie

Come Clean
7.2
1931

Come Clean

Ollie

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
5.8
1929

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Self

The Big Parade of Comedy
6.6
1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

A-Haunting We Will Go
6.0
1942

A-Haunting We Will Go

Ollie

Pack Up Your Troubles
6.7
1932

Pack Up Your Troubles

Ollie

A Chump at Oxford
6.8
1940

A Chump at Oxford

Ollie

Hollywood Handicap
4.5
1938

Hollywood Handicap

Himself

Robinson Crusoeland
5.6
1951

Robinson Crusoeland

Ollie

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
6.1
1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III
7.0
1994

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
6.7
1992

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)

Angora Love
6.4
1929

Angora Love

Ollie

Great Guns
5.8
1941

Great Guns

Oliver

County Hospital
6.8
1932

County Hospital

Ollie

Going Bye-Bye!
7.4
1934

Going Bye-Bye!

Mr. Hardy

Riding High
5.8
1950

Riding High

Sucker (uncredited)

Hooray for Hollywood
1976

Hooray for Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

Another Fine Mess
6.8
1930

Another Fine Mess

Ollie

The Finishing Touch
6.8
1928

The Finishing Touch

Ollie

Saps at Sea
6.8
1940

Saps at Sea

Ollie

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
6.8
1930

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

Ollie

Blotto
7.2
1930

Blotto

Ollie

Any Old Port!
6.9
1932

Any Old Port!

Ollie

Putting Pants on Philip
6.3
1927

Putting Pants on Philip

J. Piedmont Mumblethunder

Busy Bodies
7.3
1933

Busy Bodies

Ollie

Hollywood Party
5.8
1934

Hollywood Party

Ollie

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
7.5
2011

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy

Self (archive footage)

Night Owls
7.4
1930

Night Owls

Ollie

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
9.0
2011

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Himself (archive footage)

Brats
6.8
1930

Brats

Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.

Big Business
6.6
1929

Big Business

Ollie

Tit for Tat
6.9
1935

Tit for Tat

Ollie

Perfect Day
7.0
1929

Perfect Day

Ollie

Pardon Us
6.4
1931

Pardon Us

Ollie

The Show
6.8
1922

The Show

Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

(archive footage)

The Hollywood Clowns
1979

The Hollywood Clowns

(archive footage)

Hog Wild
6.8
1930

Hog Wild

Ollie

When Comedy Was King
6.2
1960

When Comedy Was King

edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)

Days of Thrills and Laughter
5.5
1961

Days of Thrills and Laughter

Self (archive footage)

Them Thar Hills
7.5
1934

Them Thar Hills

Ollie

Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025

Nash the Slash Rises Again!

Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)

Long Fliv the King
5.6
1926

Long Fliv the King

The Prime Minister's Assistant

The Battle of the Century
6.9
1927

The Battle of the Century

Manager

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
7.7
2011

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

Self (archive footage)

Liberty
6.9
1929

Liberty

Ollie

Men O' War
6.7
1929

Men O' War

Ollie

Classic Comedy Teams
1986

Classic Comedy Teams

Self (archive footage)

The Second 100 Years
6.2
1927

The Second 100 Years

Big Goofy

Haunted at Midnight
7.8
1931

Haunted at Midnight

Ollie

Below Zero
6.5
1930

Below Zero

Ollie

Nothing But Trouble
6.2
1944

Nothing But Trouble

Oliver

Wrong Again
6.7
1929

Wrong Again

Ollie

One Good Turn
6.9
1931

One Good Turn

Ollie

The Bohemian Girl
6.2
1936

The Bohemian Girl

Ollie

Double Whoopee
6.7
1929

Double Whoopee

Ollie

Our Wife
7.1
1931

Our Wife

Ollie

The Dancing Masters
6.2
1943

The Dancing Masters

Ollie

Should Married Men Go Home?
6.4
1928

Should Married Men Go Home?

Ollie

Helpmates
7.2
1932

Helpmates

Ollie

Towed in a Hole
6.9
1932

Towed in a Hole

Ollie

Their Purple Moment
6.6
1928

Their Purple Moment

Ollie

The Bullfighters
5.8
1945

The Bullfighters

Ollie

Crazy Like a Fox
6.2
1926

Crazy Like a Fox

Charley's Victim (uncredited)

Pick a Star
4.5
1937

Pick a Star

Oliver Hardy

Shivering and Shaking
6.8
1930

Shivering and Shaking

Ollie

Their First Mistake
6.4
1932

Their First Mistake

Ollie

The Midnight Patrol
6.5
1933

The Midnight Patrol

Officer Oliver Hardy

The Big Noise
6.0
1944

The Big Noise

Ollie

45 Minutes from Hollywood
5.2
1926

45 Minutes from Hollywood

Hotel Detective

The Night Life
7.2
1930

The Night Life

Ollie

Thicker Than Water
7.2
1935

Thicker Than Water

Ollie

The Rogue Song
5.8
1930

The Rogue Song

Murza-Bek

The Chiselers
6.6
1931

The Chiselers

M. Hardy

Say It with Babies
5.0
1926

Say It with Babies

Hector - the Floorwalker

Be Big!
6.7
1931

Be Big!

Ollie

Two Tars
6.7
1928

Two Tars

Ollie

7.0
1968

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

Ollie / Bert (archive footage)

No Man's Law
6.0
1927

No Man's Law

Sharkey Nye

The Golden Age of Comedy
7.2
1957

The Golden Age of Comedy

archive footage

Laughing Gravy
7.2
1931

Laughing Gravy

Ollie

Beau Hunks
6.8
1931

Beau Hunks

Ollie

Chickens Come Home
6.5
1931

Chickens Come Home

Mr. Oliver Hardy

We Faw Down
5.9
1928

We Faw Down

Ollie

The Lucky Dog
5.8
1921

The Lucky Dog

Masked bandit who confronts Laurel

Baby Brother
6.4
1927

Baby Brother

Ice Man

1974

Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

Self (archive footage)

Air Raid Wardens
7.1
1943

Air Raid Wardens

Ollie

The Chimp
6.5
1932

The Chimp

Ollie

Kid Speed
5.2
1924

Kid Speed

Dangerous Dan McGraw

Me and My Pal
6.4
1933

Me and My Pal

Ollie

Thieves
6.9
1930

Thieves

Berth Marks
6.7
1929

Berth Marks

Ollie

Should Men Walk Home?
7.0
1927

Should Men Walk Home?

Party Guest at Punch Bowl

Bromo and Juliet
5.6
1926

Bromo and Juliet

Cab Driver

The Gentle Cyclone
5.0
1926

The Gentle Cyclone

Sheriff Bill

Scram!
7.1
1932

Scram!

Ollie

Early to Bed
6.1
1928

Early to Bed

Ollie

Hats Off
6.3
1927

Hats Off

Ollie

Flying Elephants
5.7
1928

Flying Elephants

Mighty Giant

Dance of the Cookoos
1982

Dance of the Cookoos

Love 'Em and Weep
5.5
1927

Love 'Em and Weep

Judge Chigger

Madame Mystery
5.6
1926

Madame Mystery

Captain Schmaltz

The Hoose-Gow
6.6
1929

The Hoose-Gow

Ollie

The Chief Cook
4.5
1917

The Chief Cook

Babe (as Babe Hardy)

Playing at Politics
6.9
1931

Playing at Politics

Oliver

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
7.9
1965

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's

Ollie (archive footage)

4 Clowns
7.0
1970

4 Clowns

(archive footage)

The Honorable Mr. Buggs
6.0
1927

The Honorable Mr. Buggs

The Butler

1965

Salute to Stan Laurel

Self (archive footage)

Wandering Papas
5.1
1926

Wandering Papas

Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
10.0
2024

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

(archive footage) (uncredited)

1990

The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence

Self (archive footage)

The Backyard
6.0
1920

The Backyard

Thug - The ruffian

Isn't Life Terrible?
5.8
1925

Isn't Life Terrible?

Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)

Twice Two
6.6
1933

Twice Two

Ollie / Mrs. Laurel

Sailors, Beware!
6.7
1927

Sailors, Beware!

Purser Cryder

Dirty Work
6.9
1933

Dirty Work

Ollie

Wild Poses
7.3
1933

Wild Poses

Baby

Yes, Yes, Nanette
5.3
1925

Yes, Yes, Nanette

Her former sweetheart

The Live Ghost
7.1
1934

The Live Ghost

Ollie

He's In Again
5.0
1918

He's In Again

Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)

Leave 'Em Laughing
5.9
1928

Leave 'Em Laughing

Ollie

Do Detectives Think?
6.3
1927

Do Detectives Think?

Sherlock Pinkham

Slipping Wives
4.9
1927

Slipping Wives

Butler

They Go Boom!
6.8
1929

They Go Boom!

Ollie

The Skulls
6.1
1931

The Skulls

Señor Hardy

6.0
1927

Love 'em and Feed 'em

'Happy' Hopey

Along Came Auntie
6.1
1926

Along Came Auntie

Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband

The Hero
5.5
1917

The Hero

The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)

That's My Wife
6.6
1929

That's My Wife

Ollie

Distilled Love
5.0
1920

Distilled Love

Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)

The Nickel-Hopper
7.0
1926

The Nickel-Hopper

Jazz band drummer

The Sawmill
5.2
1922

The Sawmill

The Foreman

Night of Goblins
6.0
1930

Night of Goblins

Ollie

30 Years of Fun
3.0
1963

30 Years of Fun

(archive footage)

The Lilac Splash
6.0
1915

The Lilac Splash

Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)

Laughing Ladies
1925

Laughing Ladies

Policeman

Call of the Cuckoo
5.7
1927

Call of the Cuckoo

Asylum Inmate

You're Darn Tootin'
5.8
1928

You're Darn Tootin'

Ollie, French horn player

Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1

5.0
1918

The King of the Kitchen

A German customer

Unaccustomed as We Are
6.9
1929

Unaccustomed as We Are

Oliver Hardy

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
6.0
1967

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

Habeas Corpus
6.6
1928

Habeas Corpus

Ollie

Rivals
6.0
1925

Rivals

The Rival

Chaplin's Goliath
6.5
1996

Chaplin's Goliath

Self (archive footage)

Sugar Daddies
5.9
1927

Sugar Daddies

Brittle's butler

The Candy Kid
4.5
1917

The Candy Kid

Rival Proprietor

Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
10.0
2025

Laurel & Hardy: Year Three

The Hobo
4.0
1917

The Hobo

Harold (as Babe Hardy)

The Girl in the Limousine
6.0
1924

The Girl in the Limousine

Freddie

Fluttering Hearts
5.3
1927

Fluttering Hearts

Big Bill

Why Girls Love Sailors
5.3
1927

Why Girls Love Sailors

First Mate

Trouble Brewing
6.0
1924

Trouble Brewing

Bootlegger

Bacon Grabbers
6.3
1929

Bacon Grabbers

Oliver

The Bakery
4.1
1921

The Bakery

Foreman (as Babe Hardy)

Radiomanía
1930

Radiomanía

Ollie

The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1967

The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy

Married to Order
5.2
1920

Married to Order

Her Father (as Babe Hardy)

Bright and Early
4.6
1918

Bright and Early

The Boss

The Stage Hand
6.0
1920

The Stage Hand

Audience member (uncredited)

An Expensive Visit
6.0
1915

An Expensive Visit

Jack

Should Sailors Marry?
5.4
1925

Should Sailors Marry?

Doctor

6.0
1915

It May Be You

Paul Simmons

The Fixer Uppers
6.8
1935

The Fixer Uppers

Ollie

Roaring Lions at Home
1924

Roaring Lions at Home

With Love and Hisses
6.0
1927

With Love and Hisses

Top Sergeant Banner

Little Wildcat
6.0
1922

Little Wildcat

'Bull' Mulligan

One Too Many
4.6
1916

One Too Many

Plump

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
8.5
2002

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

The Perfect Clown
6.2
1925

The Perfect Clown

Babe Mulligan

Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
1978

Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons

Ollie

Performers Arrive in Hampshire
1947

Performers Arrive in Hampshire

Self

The World of Laurel and Hardy

The World of Laurel and Hardy

The Rogue
4.1
1918

The Rogue

Cafe Owner

Thundering Fleas
5.6
1926

Thundering Fleas

Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)

6.0
1918

Playmates

Oliver the Eighth
7.0
1934

Oliver the Eighth

Ollie

His Day Out
3.9
1918

His Day Out

Ollie

His Jonah Day
4.0
1920

His Jonah Day

The Life Saver

The Scholar
4.2
1918

The Scholar

The Superintendent

The Pest
5.3
1917

The Pest

The Barnyard
5.5
1923

The Barnyard

Farm Hand

Hello Trouble
6.0
1918

Hello Trouble

A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)

Why Girls Say No
6.3
1927

Why Girls Say No

Policeman

The Stranger
5.5
1918

The Stranger

Oliver, the saloonkeeper

The Lottery Man
4.7
1916

The Lottery Man

Maggie Murphy

Now I'll Tell One
5.8
1927

Now I'll Tell One

Policeman

Dull Care
5.7
1919

Dull Care

A Janitor

The Serenade
4.9
1916

The Serenade

Plump (as Babe Hardy)

6.0
1925

Hey, Taxi!

A Rival Taxi Driver

Back Stage
6.0
1917

Back Stage

Babe

The Bell Hop
6.8
1921

The Bell Hop

Hotel manager

On the Wrong Trek
5.8
1936

On the Wrong Trek

Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)

Stick Around
6.1
1925

Stick Around

Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)

Springtime
1920

Springtime

The Commissioner

6.0
1926

A Bankrupt Honeymoon

The Taxi Driver

5.3
1922

The Counter Jumper

Gaston Gilligan

1976

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Self (archive footage)

That's That!
4.4
1938

That's That!

Himself

6.0
1935

MGM 1935 Promo Reel

Cleaner

2009

The Parrott Chase

Himself - archival footage

From Soup to Nuts
6.5
1928

From Soup to Nuts

Hired butler

Crazy to Act
5.5
1927

Crazy to Act

Gordon Bagley

Golf
5.8
1922

Golf

The neighbor

The Villain
5.5
1917

The Villain

Nell

The Rent Collector
6.4
1921

The Rent Collector

The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)

6.0
1935

Their Night Out - Screen Test

Mr. Hardy

3.8
1923

No Wedding Bells

The Girl's Father

Lightning Love
6.0
1923

Lightning Love

Oliver, the Other Suitor

1932

Stan and Olly

Himself

A Pair of Kings
4.0
1922

A Pair of Kings

General Alarm

The Decorator
5.0
1920

The Decorator

Babe, a millionaire

Be Your Age
5.2
1926

Be Your Age

Oswald Schwartzkopple

6.0
1919

Bungs and Bunglers

Al K. Hall

1930

MGM Convention 1930 Announcement

Himself

Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche
8.7
2006

Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche

Oliver

Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
2025

Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures

Archive Footage

Two-Time Mama
6.0
1927

Two-Time Mama

The Cop (as Babe Hardy)

Hinter Schloss und Riegel
6.5
1932

Hinter Schloss und Riegel

Ollie

Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
2020

Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Something in Her Eye
5.3
1915

Something in Her Eye

The Grocer

Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili
6.0

Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili

Galloping Ghosts
1928

Galloping Ghosts

Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13

The Midnight Cabaret
6.0
1923

The Midnight Cabaret

Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor

A Lucky Strike
5.5
1915

A Lucky Strike

Bill Myers

Her Boy Friend
5.5
1924

Her Boy Friend

Killer Kid

1918

Painless Love

Dr. Hurts

Laurel & Hardy - Best of
1999

Laurel & Hardy - Best of

Ollie

The Trouble Hunter
1920

The Trouble Hunter

The Bouncer

Cupid's Rival
5.0
1917

Cupid's Rival

Poor Artist

Squeaks and Squawks
4.8
1920

Squeaks and Squawks

The Servant Girl's Legacy
4.8
1914

The Servant Girl's Legacy

Cy (as Babe Hardy)

Hop to It!
5.4
1925

Hop to It!

A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)

5.0
1925

They All Fall

The boss

The Battle Royal
5.7
1916

The Battle Royal

Plump

The Fall Guy
4.2
1921

The Fall Guy

Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)

The Joke's on You
4.8
1925

The Joke's on You

Wilbert Perkins

Ups and Downs
1915

Ups and Downs

Shifty Mike

6.0
1919

Hop to It, Bellhop

Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)

The Head Waiter
6.0
1919

The Head Waiter

A cop (as Babe Hardy)

They Looked Alike
4.5
1915

They Looked Alike

Pedestrian

Avenging Bill
6.0
1915

Avenging Bill

Bill, the Grocer's Boy

1932

Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh

Himself

Babe's School Days
6.0
1915

Babe's School Days

Ikie Ikestein

Making Auntie Welcome
6.0
1914

Making Auntie Welcome

Grocery Boy

Horseshoes
4.6
1923

Horseshoes

Dynamite Duffy

The Gown Shop
4.0
1923

The Gown Shop

Store manager

1932

Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth

Himself

Dick & Doof - Best of
2010

Dick & Doof - Best of

Schauspieler

Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020

Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition

5.5
1916

The Candy Trail

Plump (as Babe Hardy)

Fiddlin' Around
5.0
1925

Fiddlin' Around

Theatre manager

Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
2005

Laurel & Hardy - Best of III

Hardy

Fiddlin' Around
5.5
1925

Fiddlin' Around

Theatre Manager

1914

Magazine Cooking

The Haunted Hat
6.0
1915

The Haunted Hat

Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
2001

Laurel & Hardy - Best of II

Ollie

Hungry Hearts
4.6
1916

Hungry Hearts

Plump (as Babe Hardy)

Love and Duty
4.9
1916

Love and Duty

Pvt. Plump

1924

The Perfect Lady

(unconfirmed)

The Guilty Ones
6.0
1916

The Guilty Ones

Babe

Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2

Little Nell
4.2
1917

Little Nell

Little Nell

Mother's Baby Boy
7.0
1914

Mother's Baby Boy

Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)

1916

Aunt Bill

Plump

1916

Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927

Filmography — Crew