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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 18, 1892
Died
August 7, 1957
Place of Birth
Harlem, Georgia, USA
Also Known As
- Oliver Norvell Hardy
- Oliver N. Hardy
- O.N. Hardy
- Babe Hardy
- 'Babe' Hardy
- Cupid Hardy
- Laurel and Hardy
- Laurel & Hardy
- Hardy
- Norvell Hardy
- Ollie
- Оливер Харди
Oliver Hardy
1.2 Popularity
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
10.0
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
2025
0.0
Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025
0.0
Archive Footage
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
2025
10.0
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
7.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
0.0
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
2020
0.0
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020
7.7
Self (archive footage)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
7.5
Self (archive footage)
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
9.0
Himself (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
Credits
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
2025
10.0
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
as Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)
2025
0.0
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
as Archive Footage
2025
0.0
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
10.0
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
7.5
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
0.0
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020
0.0
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage)
2011
7.7
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
as Self (archive footage)
2011
7.5
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)
2011
9.0
Dick & Doof - Best of
as Schauspieler
2010
0.0
Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche
as Oliver
2006
8.7
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
as Hardy
2005
0.0
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Ollie (archive footage)
2004
7.6
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
0.0
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
8.5
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
as Ollie
2001
0.0
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
as Ollie
1999
0.0
Chaplin's Goliath
as Self (archive footage)
1996
6.5
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
1992
6.7
🎬
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
as Self (archive footage)
1990
0.0
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
1986
0.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
10.0
Dance of the Cookoos
1982
0.0
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
1979
0.0
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
as Ollie
1978
0.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1976
0.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
🎬
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
as Self (archive footage)
1974
0.0
4 Clowns
as (archive footage)
1970
7.5
Dick und Doof
as Oliver
1970
7.8
🎬
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
1968
0.0
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1967
0.0
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
6.0
Omnibus
as Self
1967
7.2
🎬
Salute to Stan Laurel
as Self (archive footage)
1965
0.0
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
as Ollie (archive footage)
1965
7.9
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
1964
6.3
30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
1963
3.0
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
1961
5.5
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
1960
6.7
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
1957
6.9
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
Robinson Crusoeland
as Ollie
1951
5.6
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)
1951
0.0
Riding High
as Sucker (uncredited)
1950
5.8
The Fighting Kentuckian
as Willie Paine
1949
5.9
Performers arrive in Hampshire
as Self
1947
0.0
The Bullfighters
as Ollie
1945
5.8
Nothing But Trouble
as Oliver
1944
6.0
The Big Noise
as Ollie
1944
6.0
The Dancing Masters
as Ollie
1943
6.2
Jitterbugs
as Ollie
1943
5.8
Air Raid Wardens
as Ollie
1943
7.1
The Tree in a Test Tube
as Ollie
1942
4.9
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Ollie
1942
6.0
Great Guns
as Oliver
1941
5.9
Saps at Sea
as Ollie
1940
6.8
A Chump at Oxford
as Ollie
1940
6.8
The Flying Deuces
as Ollie
1939
6.4
Zenobia
as Dr. Henry Tibbett
1939
4.6
Block-Heads
as Ollie
1938
7.0
Hollywood Handicap
as Himself
1938
4.5
Swiss Miss
as Ollie
1938
6.2
Pick a Star
as Oliver Hardy
1937
4.5
Way Out West
as Ollie
1937
7.1
That's That!
as Himself
1937
4.4
Our Relations
as Ollie / Bert Hardy
1936
7.0
On the Wrong Trek
as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
1936
5.8
The Bohemian Girl
as Ollie
1936
6.2
🎬
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
as Cleaner
1935
6.0
Bonnie Scotland
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
1935
6.6
Thicker Than Water
as Ollie
1935
7.2
🎬
Their Night Out - Screen Test
as Mr. Hardy
1935
6.0
The Fixer Uppers
as Ollie
1935
6.8
Tit for Tat
as Ollie
1935
6.9
Babes in Toyland
as Ollie Dee
1934
6.3
The Live Ghost
as Ollie
1934
7.1
Them Thar Hills
as Ollie
1934
7.5
Going Bye-Bye!
as Mr. Hardy
1934
7.4
Hollywood Party
as Ollie
1934
5.8
Oliver the Eighth
as Ollie
1934
7.0
Sons of the Desert
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
1933
7.0
Dirty Work
as Ollie
1933
6.9
Wild Poses
as Baby
1933
7.5
Busy Bodies
as Ollie
1933
7.3
The Midnight Patrol
as Officer Oliver Hardy
1933
6.5
The Devil's Brother
as Ollio
1933
6.7
Me and My Pal
as Ollie
1933
6.4
Twice Two
as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
1933
6.7
Towed in a Hole
as Ollie
1932
7.0
Their First Mistake
as Ollie
1932
6.3
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Ollie
1932
6.7
Scram!
as Ollie
1932
7.1
🎬
Stan and Olly
as Himself
1932
0.0
🎬
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
as Himself
1932
0.0
🎬
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
as Himself
1932
0.0
County Hospital
as Ollie
1932
6.8
The Chimp
as Ollie
1932
6.5
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
as Ollie
1932
7.0
The Music Box
as Ollie
1932
7.5
Any Old Port!
as Ollie
1932
6.9
Helpmates
as Ollie
1932
7.2
On the Loose
as New Suitor (uncredited)
1931
6.8
Beau Hunks
as Ollie
1931
6.8
One Good Turn
as Ollie
1931
7.0
Come Clean
as Ollie
1931
7.2
Pardon Us
as Ollie
1931
6.4
Haunted at Midnight
as Ollie
1931
7.8
Our Wife
as Ollie
1931
7.1
Playing at Politics
as Oliver
1931
6.9
The Skulls
as Señor Hardy
1931
6.1
Laughing Gravy
as Ollie
1931
7.2
The Stolen Jools
as Police Driver
1931
5.6
Chickens Come Home
as Mr. Oliver Hardy
1931
6.5
Be Big!
as Ollie
1931
6.7
The Chiselers
as M. Hardy
1931
6.6
Another Fine Mess
as Ollie
1930
6.8
Night of Goblins
as Ollie
1930
6.0
🎬
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement
as Himself
1930
0.0
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Ollie
1930
6.7
Radiomanía
as Ollie
1930
0.0
Hog Wild
as Ollie
1930
6.8
Shivering and Shaking
as Ollie
1930
6.8
Below Zero
as Ollie
1930
6.5
The Night Life
as Ollie
1930
7.2
Brats
as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
1930
6.8
Blotto
as Ollie
1930
7.2
The Rogue Song
as Murza-Bek
1930
5.8
Thieves
1930
6.9
Night Owls
as Ollie
1930
7.4
Angora Love
as Ollie
1929
6.4
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self
1929
5.6
The Hoose-Gow
as Ollie
1929
6.6
Bacon Grabbers
as Oliver
1929
6.3
They Go Boom!
as Ollie
1929
6.8
Perfect Day
as Ollie
1929
7.0
Men O' War
as Ollie
1929
6.7
Berth Marks
as Ollie
1929
6.7
Double Whoopee
as Ollie
1929
6.7
Unaccustomed as We Are
as Oliver Hardy
1929
6.9
Big Business
as Ollie
1929
6.6
That's My Wife
as Ollie
1929
6.6
Wrong Again
as Ollie
1929
6.7
Liberty
as Ollie
1929
6.9
We Faw Down
as Ollie
1928
5.9
Habeas Corpus
as Ollie
1928
6.6
Two Tars
as Ollie
1928
6.7
Early to Bed
as Ollie
1928
6.1
Should Married Men Go Home?
as Ollie
1928
6.4
Their Purple Moment
as Ollie
1928
6.6
You're Darn Tootin'
as Ollie, French horn player
1928
5.8
From Soup to Nuts
as Hired butler
1928
6.5
Galloping Ghosts
as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
1928
0.0
The Finishing Touch
as Ollie
1928
6.8
Flying Elephants
as Mighty Giant
1928
5.7
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Ollie
1928
5.9
The Battle of the Century
as Manager
1927
6.8
Putting Pants on Philip
as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
1927
6.3
Do Detectives Think?
as Sherlock Pinkham
1927
6.3
🎬
Love 'em and Feed 'em
as 'Happy' Hopey
1927
6.0
Hats Off
as Ollie
1927
6.3
Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate
1927
5.7
The Second 100 Years
as Big Goofy
1927
6.2
Now I'll Tell One
as Policeman
1927
5.8
Sailors, Beware!
as Purser Cryder
1927
6.7
Sugar Daddies
as Brittle's butler
1927
5.9
With Love and Hisses
as Top Sergeant Banner
1927
6.1
Why Girls Love Sailors
as First Mate
1927
5.4
Baby Brother
as Ice Man
1927
6.4
Fluttering Hearts
as Big Bill
1927
5.3
Love 'Em and Weep
as Judge Chigger
1927
5.5
Crazy to Act
as Gordon Bagley
1927
5.5
No Man's Law
as Sharkey Nye
1927
6.0
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
as The Butler
1927
6.0
Slipping Wives
as Butler
1927
4.9
Duck Soup
as Maltravers
1927
6.4
Why Girls Say No
as Policeman
1927
6.3
Two-Time Mama
as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
1927
6.0
Should Men Walk Home?
as Party Guest at Punch Bowl
1927
7.0
45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Detective
1926
5.2
The Nickel-Hopper
as Jazz band drummer
1926
7.0
Be Your Age
as Oswald Schwartzkopple
1926
5.2
Bromo and Juliet
as Cab Driver
1926
5.6
Crazy Like a Fox
as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
1926
6.2
Along Came Auntie
as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
1926
6.1
Thundering Fleas
as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
1926
5.6
The Gentle Cyclone
as Sheriff Bill
1926
5.0
Long Fliv the King
as The Prime Minister's Assistant
1926
5.6
Say It with Babies
as Hector - the Floorwalker
1926
5.0
Madame Mystery
as Captain Schmaltz
1926
5.6
Wandering Papas
as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
1926
5.1
🎬
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
as The Taxi Driver
1926
6.0
The Perfect Clown
as Babe Mulligan
1925
6.2
Should Sailors Marry?
as Doctor
1925
5.4
🎬
They All Fall
as The boss
1925
5.0
Yes, Yes, Nanette
as Her former sweetheart
1925
5.3
Isn't Life Terrible?
as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
1925
5.8
Hop to It!
as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
1925
5.4
Fiddlin' Around
as Theatre Manager
1925
5.5
Fiddlin' Around
as Theatre manager
1925
5.0
The Joke's on You
as Wilbert Perkins
1925
4.8
Rivals
as The Rival
1925
6.0
🎬
Hey, Taxi!
as A Rival Taxi Driver
1925
6.0
Stick Around
as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
1925
6.1
The Wizard of Oz
as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
1925
5.4
Laughing Ladies
as Policeman
1925
0.0
Roaring Lions at Home
1924
0.0
Kid Speed
as Dangerous Dan McGraw
1924
5.2
Her Boy Friend
as Killer Kid
1924
5.5
The Girl in the Limousine
as Freddie
1924
6.0
Trouble Brewing
as Bootlegger
1924
6.0
🎬
The Perfect Lady
as (unconfirmed)
1924
0.0
Horseshoes
as Dynamite Duffy
1923
4.6
Lightning Love
as Oliver, the Other Suitor
1923
6.0
The Gown Shop
as Store manager
1923
4.0
The Barnyard
as Farm Hand
1923
5.5
The Midnight Cabaret
as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
1923
6.0
🎬
No Wedding Bells
as The Girl's Father
1923
3.8
🎬
The Counter Jumper
as Gaston Gilligan
1922
5.3
Little Wildcat
as 'Bull' Mulligan
1922
6.0
Golf
as The neighbor
1922
5.8
A Pair of Kings
as General Alarm
1922
4.0
The Show
as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
1922
6.8
The Sawmill
as The Foreman
1922
5.2
The Lucky Dog
as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
1921
5.9
The Bell Hop
as Hotel manager
1921
6.8
The Fall Guy
as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
1921
4.2
The Bakery
as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
1921
4.1
The Rent Collector
as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
1921
6.4
His Jonah Day
as The Life Saver
1920
4.0
The Backyard
as Thug - The ruffian
1920
6.0
Married to Order
as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
1920
5.2
The Trouble Hunter
as The Bouncer
1920
0.0
The Stage Hand
as Audience member (uncredited)
1920
6.0
The Decorator
as Babe, a millionaire
1920
5.0
Springtime
as The Commissioner
1920
0.0
Squeaks and Squawks
1920
4.8
Distilled Love
as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
1920
5.0
The Head Waiter
as A cop (as Babe Hardy)
1919
6.0
🎬
Bungs and Bunglers
as Al K. Hall
1919
6.0
Dull Care
as A Janitor
1919
5.7
🎬
Hop to It, Bellhop
as Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
1919
6.0
He's In Again
as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
1918
5.0
🎬
The King of the Kitchen
as A German customer
1918
5.0
Hello Trouble
as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
1918
6.0
🎬
Playmates
1918
6.0
Bright and Early
as The Boss
1918
4.6
The Scholar
as The Superintendent
1918
4.2
The Rogue
as Cafe Owner
1918
4.1
His Day Out
as Ollie
1918
3.9
The Stranger
as Oliver, the saloonkeeper
1918
5.5
The Pest
1917
5.3
The Hobo
as Harold (as Babe Hardy)
1917
4.0
The Candy Kid
as Rival Proprietor
1917
4.5
The Chief Cook
as Babe (as Babe Hardy)
1917
4.5
The Villain
as Nell
1917
5.5
Cupid's Rival
as Poor Artist
1917
5.0
The Hero
as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
1917
5.5
Little Nell
as Little Nell
1917
4.2
Back Stage
as Babe
1917
6.0
The Guilty Ones
as Babe
1916
6.0
🎬
The Candy Trail
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
1916
5.5
Love and Duty
as Pvt. Plump
1916
4.9
🎬
Aunt Bill
as Plump
1916
0.0
The Lottery Man
as Maggie Murphy
1916
4.7
Hungry Hearts
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
1916
4.6
The Battle Royal
as Plump
1916
5.7
The Serenade
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
1916
4.9
One Too Many
as Plump
1916
4.6
🎬
Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927
1916
0.0
Ups and Downs
as Shifty Mike
1915
0.0
Something in Her Eye
as The Grocer
1915
5.3
The Lilac Splash
as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
1915
6.0
Avenging Bill
as Bill, the Grocer's Boy
1915
6.0
The Haunted Hat
1915
6.0
🎬
It May Be You
as Paul Simmons
1915
6.0
A Lucky Strike
as Bill Myers
1915
5.5
An Expensive Visit
as Jack
1915
6.0
They Looked Alike
as Pedestrian
1915
4.5
Babe's School Days
as Ikie Ikestein
1915
6.0
The Servant Girl's Legacy
as Cy (as Babe Hardy)
1914
4.8
Mother's Baby Boy
as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
1914
7.0
🎬
Magazine Cooking
1914
0.0
Making Auntie Welcome
as Grocery Boy
1914
6.0
🎬
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
N/A
0.0
Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili
N/A
6.0
The World of Laurel and Hardy
N/A
0.0
🎬
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
N/A
0.0