Oliver Hardy

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Harlem, Georgia, USA, 1892-01-18

Died: 1957-08-07

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1		Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1		0
2		Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2		0
3	1914	Making Auntie Welcome	Grocery Boy	60
4	1915	Avenging Bill	Bill, the Grocer's Boy	60
5	1915	The Haunted Hat		60
6	1916	The Guilty Ones	Babe	60
7	1918	Playmates		60
8	1921	The Lucky Dog	Masked bandit who confronts Laurel	58
9	1922	The Sawmill	The Foreman	49
10	1922	Golf	The neighbor	58
11	1924	The Perfect Lady	(unconfirmed)	0
12	1924	Kid Speed	Dangerous Dan McGraw	52
13	1925	The Wizard of Oz	Farmhand	55
14	1925	Stick Around	Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)	61
15	1925	Hop to It!	A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)	54
16	1925	Yes, Yes, Nanette	Her former sweetheart	53
17	1926	Wandering Papas	Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)	51
18	1926	The Gentle Cyclone	Sheriff Bill	50
19	1926	Thundering Fleas	Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)	56
20	1926	Along Came Auntie	Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband	62
21	1926	Bromo and Juliet	Cab Driver	56
22	1926	45 Minutes from Hollywood	Hotel Detective	50
23	1927	Duck Soup	Maltravers	63
24	1927	Slipping Wives	Butler	51
25	1927	The Honorable Mr. Buggs	The Butler	60
26	1927	Crazy to Act	Gordon Bagley	55
27	1927	Love 'Em and Weep	Judge Chigger	57
28	1927	Fluttering Hearts	Big Bill	50
29	1927	Why Girls Love Sailors	First Mate	59
30	1927	With Love and Hisses	Top Sergeant Banner	61
31	1927	Sugar Daddies	Brittle's butler	60
32	1927	Sailors, Beware!	Purser Cryder	68
33	1927	The Second Hundred Years	Big Goofy	63
34	1927	Call of the Cuckoo	Asylum Inmate	58
35	1927	Do Detectives Think?	Sherlock Pinkham	63
36	1927	Putting Pants on Philip	J. Piedmont Mumblethunder	64
37	1927	The Battle of the Century	Manager	68
38	1928	Leave 'Em Laughing	Ollie	60
39	1928	Flying Elephants	Mighty Giant	58
40	1928	The Finishing Touch	Ollie	68
41	1928	From Soup to Nuts	Hired butler	65
42	1928	You're Darn Tootin'	Ollie, French horn player	57
43	1928	Their Purple Moment	Ollie	65
44	1928	Should Married Men Go Home?	Ollie	64
45	1928	Early to Bed	Ollie	61
46	1928	Two Tars	Ollie	66
47	1928	Habeas Corpus	Ollie	67
48	1928	We Faw Down	Ollie	58
49	1929	Liberty	Ollie	68
50	1929	Wrong Again	Ollie	67
51	1929	That's My Wife	Ollie	68
52	1929	Big Business	Ollie	67
53	1929	Unaccustomed as We Are	Oliver Hardy	68
54	1929	Double Whoopee	Ollie	67
55	1929	Berth Marks	Ollie	68
56	1929	Men O' War	Ollie	70
57	1929	Perfect Day	Ollie	70
58	1929	They Go Boom!	Ollie	69
59	1929	Bacon Grabbers	Oliver	63
60	1929	The Hoose-Gow	Ollie	66
61	1929	The Hollywood Revue of 1929	Self	57
62	1929	Angora Love	Ollie	65
63	1930	Night Owls	Ollie	74
64	1930	Thieves		69
65	1930	Blotto	Ollie	72
66	1930	Brats	Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.	68
67	1930	Below Zero	Ollie	65
68	1930	Hog Wild	Ollie	69
69	1930	The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case	Ollie	68
70	1930	Night of Goblins	Ollie	58
71	1930	Another Fine Mess	Ollie	68
72	1931	Be Big!	Ollie	69
73	1931	Chickens Come Home	Mr. Oliver Hardy	67
74	1931	Laughing Gravy	Ollie	72
75	1931	The Stolen Jools	Police Driver	56
76	1931	Our Wife	Ollie	71
77	1931	Come Clean	Ollie	72
78	1931	One Good Turn	Ollie	70
79	1931	Beau Hunks	Ollie	69
80	1931	On the Loose	New Suitor (uncredited)	68
81	1932	Helpmates	Ollie	72
82	1932	Any Old Port!	Ollie	70
83	1932	The Music Box	Ollie	76
84	1932	The Chimp	Ollie	65
85	1932	County Hospital	Ollie	68
86	1932	Scram!	Ollie	72
87	1932	Pack Up Your Troubles	Ollie	67
88	1932	Their First Mistake	Ollie	64
89	1932	Towed in a Hole	Ollie	70
90	1933	Twice Two	Ollie / Mrs. Laurel	67
91	1933	Me and My Pal	Ollie	65
92	1933	The Devil's Brother	Ollio	67
93	1933	The Midnight Patrol	Officer Oliver Hardy	65
94	1933	Busy Bodies	Ollie	73
95	1933	Wild Poses	Baby	78
96	1933	Dirty Work	Ollie	68
97	1933	Sons of the Desert	Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy	70
98	1934	Oliver the Eighth	Ollie	72
99	1934	Going Bye-Bye!	Mr. Hardy	74
100	1934	Them Thar Hills	Ollie	76
101	1934	The Live Ghost	Ollie	71
102	1934	Babes in Toyland	Ollie Dee	64
103	1935	Tit for Tat	Ollie	68
104	1935	The Fixer Uppers	Ollie	67
105	1935	Thicker Than Water	Ollie	72
106	1935	Bonnie Scotland	Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy	66
107	1936	The Bohemian Girl	Ollie	61
108	1936	On the Wrong Trek	Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)	58
109	1936	Our Relations	Ollie / Bert Hardy	69
110	1937	Way Out West	Ollie	70
111	1937	Pick a Star	Oliver Hardy	48
112	1938	Swiss Miss	Ollie	62
113	1938	Hollywood Handicap	Himself	45
114	1938	Block-Heads	Ollie	70
115	1939	Zenobia	Dr. Henry Tibbett	46
116	1939	The Flying Deuces	Ollie	64
117	1940	A Chump at Oxford	Ollie	68
118	1940	Saps at Sea	Ollie	68
119	1941	Great Guns	Oliver	58
120	1942	A-Haunting We Will Go	Ollie	60
121	1942	The Tree in a Test Tube	Ollie	49
122	1943	Air Raid Wardens	Ollie	71
123	1943	Jitterbugs	Ollie	58
124	1944	The Big Noise	Ollie	60
125	1944	Nothing But Trouble	Oliver	60
126	1945	The Bullfighters	Ollie	58
127	1949	The Fighting Kentuckian	Willie Paine	59
128	1950	Riding High	Sucker (uncredited)	58
129	1951	The Slappiest Days of Our Lives	(archive footage)	0
130	1951	Utopia	Ollie	56
131	1957	The Golden Age of Comedy	archive footage	69
132	1960	When Comedy Was King	edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)	67
133	1970	4 Clowns	(archive footage)	75
134	1979	The Hollywood Clowns	(archive footage)	0
135		The World of Laurel and Hardy		0
136	1914	The Servant Girl's Legacy	Cy (as Babe Hardy)	48
137	1915	Babe's School Days		60
138	1915	It May Be You	Paul Simmons	60
139	1916	Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927		0
140	1916	The Serenade	Plump (as Babe Hardy)	49
141	1916	Love and Duty	Pvt. Plump	49
142	1917	Little Nell	Little Nell	42
143	1917	The Pest		53
144	1918	The Stranger	Oliver, the saloonkeeper	55
145	1918	The Scholar	The Superintendent	42
146	1919	Bungs and Bunglers	Al K. Hall	60
147	1919	The Head Waiter	A cop (as Babe Hardy)	0
148	1920	The Decorator	Babe, a millionaire	50
149	1920	Married to Order	Her Father (as Babe Hardy)	52
150	1921	The Rent Collector	The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)	64
151	1923	The Barnyard	Farm Hand	55
152	1925	Laughing Ladies	Policeman	0
153	1925	Hey, Taxi!	A Rival Taxi Driver	60
154	1925	Fiddlin' Around	Theatre Manager	55
155	1926	Madame Mystery	Captain Schmaltz	56
156	1926	Crazy Like a Fox	Charley's Victim (uncredited)	62
157	1927	Hats Off	Ollie	63
158	1927	Love 'em and Feed 'em	'Happy' Hopey	60
159	1930	Radiomanía	Ollie	0
160	1931	Pardon Us	Ollie	65
161	1937	That's That!	Himself	44
162	1961	Days of Thrills and Laughter	Self (archive footage)	55
163	1964	The Big Parade of Comedy	Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)	63
164	1968	The Best of Laurel and Hardy	Ollie / Bert (archive footage)	0
165	1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)	57
166	1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	(archive footage)	68
167	1992	Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys	Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)	65
168	2002	Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	0
169		Ups and Downs	Shifty Mike	0
170	1914	Mother's Baby Boy	Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)	70
171	1915	They Looked Alike	Pedestrian	45
172	1915	An Expensive Visit	Jack	60
173	1915	A Lucky Strike	Bill Myers	55
174	1915	The Lilac Splash	Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)	60
175	1915	Something in Her Eye	The Grocer	53
176	1916	One Too Many	Plump	46
177	1916	The Battle Royal	Plump	57
178	1916	Hungry Hearts	Plump (as Babe Hardy)	46
179	1916	The Lottery Man	Maggie Murphy	47
180	1916	The Candy Trail	Plump (as Babe Hardy)	55
181	1917	Back Stage	Babe	60
182	1917	The Hero	The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)	55
183	1917	Cupid's Rival	Poor Artist	50
184	1917	The Villain	Nell	55
185	1917	The Chief Cook	Babe (as Babe Hardy)	45
186	1917	The Candy Kid	Rival Proprietor	45
187	1917	The Hobo	Harold (as Babe Hardy)	45
188	1918	His Day Out	Ollie	39
189	1918	The Rogue	Cafe Owner	41
190	1918	Bright and Early	The Boss	46
191	1918	Hello Trouble	A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)	60
192	1918	The King of the Kitchen	A German customer	50
193	1918	He's In Again	Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)	50
194	1919	Hop to It, Bellhop	Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)	60
195	1919	Dull Care	A Janitor	57
196	1920	Distilled Love	Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)	50
197	1920	Squeaks and Squawks		48
198	1920	The Stage Hand	Audience member (uncredited)	60
199	1920	The Backyard	Thug	60
200	1920	His Jonah Day	The Life Saver	40
201	1921	The Bakery	Foreman (as Babe Hardy)	41
202	1921	The Fall Guy	Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)	42
203	1921	The Bell Hop	Hotel manager	68
204	1922	The Show	Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)	65
205	1922	A Pair of Kings	General Alarm	40
206	1922	Little Wildcat	'Bull' Mulligan	60
207	1922	The Counter Jumper	Gaston Gilligan	53
208	1923	No Wedding Bells	The Girl's Father	38
209	1923	The Midnight Cabaret	Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor	60
210	1923	The Gown Shop	Store manager	40
211	1923	Lightning Love	Oliver, the Other Suitor	60
212	1923	Horseshoes	Dynamite Duffy	51
213	1924	Trouble Brewing	Bootlegger	60
214	1924	The Girl in the Limousine	Freddie	60
215	1924	Her Boy Friend	Killer Kid	55
216	1924	Roaring Lions at Home		0
217	1925	Rivals	The Rival	60
218	1925	Fiddlin' Around	Theatre manager	50
219	1925	The Joke's on You	Wilbert Perkins	48
220	1925	Isn't Life Terrible?	Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)	58
221	1925	They All Fall		50
222	1925	Should Sailors Marry?	Doctor	54
223	1925	The Perfect Clown	Babe Mulligan	62
224	1926	A Bankrupt Honeymoon	The Taxi Driver	60
225	1926	Say It with Babies	Hector - the Floorwalker	50
226	1926	Long Fliv the King	The Prime Minister's Assistant	56
227	1926	Be Your Age	Oswald Schwartzkopple	51
228	1926	The Nickel-Hopper	Jazz band drummer	70
229	1927	Should Men Walk Home?	Party Guest at Punch Bowl	71
230	1927	Two-Time Mama	The Cop (as Babe Hardy)	60
231	1927	Why Girls Say No	Policeman	63
232	1927	No Man's Law	Sharkey Nye	60
233	1927	Baby Brother	Ice Man	63
234	1927	Now I'll Tell One	Policeman	58
235	1928	Galloping Ghosts	Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13	0
236	1930	The Rogue Song	Murza-Bek	55
237	1930	The Night Life	Ollie	80
238	1930	Shivering and Shaking	Ollie	68
239	1931	The Chiselers	M. Hardy	66
240	1931	The Skulls	Señor Hardy	61
241	1931	Playing at Politics	Oliver	70
242	1931	Haunted at Midnight	Ollie	85
243	1932	Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh	Himself	0
244	1932	Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth	Himself	0
245	1932	Stan and Olly	Himself	0
246	1934	Hollywood Party	Ollie	58
247	1935	Their Night Out - Screen Test	Mr. Hardy	60
248	1935	MGM 1935 Promo Reel	Cleaner	60
249	1943	The Dancing Masters	Ollie	60
250	1947	Performers arrive in Hampshire	Self	0
251	1963	30 Years of Fun	(archive footage)	30
252	1965	Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's	Ollie (archive footage)	79
253	1965	Salute to Stan Laurel	Self (archive footage)	0
254	1967	The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy		60
255	1967	The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy		0
256	1974	Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy	Himself (archive footage)	0
257	1978	Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons	Ollie	0
258	1982	Dance of the Cookoos		0
259	1984	Going Hollywood: The '30s	(archive footage)	100
260	1985	George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	56
261	1994	That's Entertainment! III	(archive footage)	69
262	1996	Chaplin's Goliath	Self (archive footage)	65
263	1999	Laurel & Hardy - Best of	Ollie	0
264	2001	Laurel & Hardy - Best of II	Ollie	0
265	2002	Laurel & Hardy - Highlights		85
266	2004	Los Angeles Plays Itself	Ollie (archive footage)	77
267	2005	Laurel & Hardy - Best of III	Hardy	0
268	2006	Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche	Oliver	87
269	2007	Girl 27	Self (archive footage)	64
270	2011	Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic	Self (archive footage)	79
271		Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili		60
272	2010	Dick & Doof - Best of	Schauspieler	0
273	2011	Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films	Himself (archive footage)	90
274	2011	Laurel & Hardy The Essential Collection		0
275	2011	A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy	Self (archive footage)	75
276	2020	Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition		0
277	2020	Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	This Is Your Life	Self	66
2	1970	Dick und Doof	Oliver	70