
Oliver Hardy
Born January 18, 1892 · Harlem, Georgia, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
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Sons of the Desert

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment, Part II

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Playing at Politics

Saps at Sea

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

Pack Up Your Troubles

Way Out West

A Chump at Oxford

The Devil's Brother

The Big Parade of Comedy

Babes in Toyland

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Towed in a Hole

Bacon Grabbers

The Fighting Kentuckian

Pardon Us

Block-Heads

Bonnie Scotland

The Flying Deuces

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

The Wizard of Oz

Our Wife

Nash the Slash Rises Again!

Zenobia

You're Darn Tootin'

Going Hollywood: The '30s

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

Double Whoopee

Two Tars

The Battle of the Century

Hollywood Party

The Chiselers

When Comedy Was King

Beau Hunks

Perfect Day

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

Putting Pants on Philip

Unaccustomed as We Are

45 Minutes from Hollywood

Me and My Pal

Jitterbugs

Stick Around

Call of the Cuckoo

Sugar Daddies

Wrong Again

30 Years of Fun

The Scholar

The Golden Age of Comedy

Why Girls Say No

The Villain

Them Thar Hills

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy

Days of Thrills and Laughter

The Bohemian Girl

Angora Love

The Stolen Jools

The Dancing Masters

Should Married Men Go Home?

Our Relations

Great Guns

The Second 100 Years

Isn't Life Terrible?

With Love and Hisses

Robinson Crusoeland

Lightning Love

Air Raid Wardens

Duck Soup

Laughing Gravy

Big Business

Golf

Why Girls Love Sailors

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Distilled Love

Do Detectives Think?

Hello Trouble

The Serenade

Slipping Wives

The Bullfighters

Fluttering Hearts

The Honorable Mr. Buggs

He's In Again

Should Men Walk Home?

Hungry Hearts

From Soup to Nuts

Twice Two

Thieves

Nothing But Trouble

Scram!

The Big Noise

Hinter Schloss und Riegel

Tit for Tat

Another Nice Mess

One Good Turn

The Pest

Come Clean

The Fixer Uppers

Oliver the Eighth

The Hero

Berth Marks

Fiddlin' Around

The Midnight Patrol

The Music Box

Dance of the Cookoos

Another Fine Mess

Busy Bodies

Chickens Come Home

No Man's Law

Say It with Babies

Now I'll Tell One

The Hobo

The Hoose-Gow

Below Zero

That's My Wife

Long Fliv the King

Avenging Bill

Hooray for Hollywood

Crazy Like a Fox

Night Owls

Leave 'Em Laughing

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's

Hog Wild

The Skulls

Bromo and Juliet

Classic Comedy Teams

The Live Ghost

Liberty

They Go Boom!

The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy

Any Old Port!

Mother's Baby Boy

Performers Arrive in Hampshire

Little Wildcat

Pick a Star

Thicker Than Water

Love 'Em and Weep

On the Wrong Trek

Riding High

Men O' War

Swiss Miss

The Finishing Touch

Chaplin's Goliath

County Hospital

Laurel & Hardy: Year Three

The Tree in a Test Tube

Going Bye-Bye!

Their First Mistake

The Candy Kid

The Hollywood Clowns

Helpmates

The Servant Girl's Legacy

Dirty Work

Brats

Hollywood Handicap

They Looked Alike

One Too Many

A Pair of Kings

The Rogue Song

Blotto

The Lucky Dog

Thundering Fleas

We Faw Down

On the Loose

Laurel & Hardy - Highlights

Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures

Their Purple Moment

Wild Poses

Be Big!

Habeas Corpus

Unreleased
The World of Laurel and Hardy

Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations

Yes, Yes, Nanette

Roaring Lions at Home

The Perfect Clown

Love and Duty

Madame Mystery

Wandering Papas

Sailors, Beware!

The Chimp

The Bakery

Early to Bed

Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons

Be Your Age

Should Sailors Marry?

The Girl in the Limousine

Flying Elephants

Radiomanía

The Battle Royal

Shivering and Shaking

Along Came Auntie

An Expensive Visit

Bright and Early

Horseshoes

Laurel & Hardy - Best of II

The Show

The Nickel-Hopper

Hats Off

A Lucky Strike

De Bote en Bote

Crazy to Act

The Gentle Cyclone

Fiddlin' Around

Her Boy Friend

The Rogue

Dick & Doof - Best of

Laurel and Hardy in the UK

Laurel & Hardy - Best of III

His Day Out

Babe's School Days

Cupid's Rival

The Guilty Ones

Rivals

Little Nell

Kid Speed

That's That!

Night of Goblins

Married to Order

The Candy Trail

The Lottery Man

Laurel & Hardy - Best of

The Stranger

Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts

Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies

The Stage Hand

4 Clowns

Laughing Ladies

Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition

The Decorator

Ups and Downs

His Jonah Day

Squeaks and Squawks

Hop to It!

Two-Time Mama

The Backyard

The Joke's on You

The Sawmill

Making Auntie Welcome

Baby Brother

The Haunted Hat

The Night Life

The Head Waiter

The Bell Hop

The Chief Cook

The Rent Collector

Galloping Ghosts

The Barnyard

Something in Her Eye

Haunted at Midnight

Springtime

The Fall Guy

The Gown Shop

Trouble Brewing

Dull Care

The Midnight Cabaret

The Lilac Splash




