Oliver Hardy
Acting
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.
As actor 296
Omnibus
1967
This Is Your Life
1952
The Chiselers
1931
Dick und Doof
1970
Playing at Politics
1931
Pardon Us
1931
Block-Heads
1938
Way Out West
1937
The Flying Deuces
1939
Sons of the Desert
1933
Towed in a Hole
1932
Perfect Day
1929
Berth Marks
1929
Saps at Sea
1940
A Chump at Oxford
1940
Babes in Toyland
1934
Our Relations
1936
Back Stage
1917
Laughing Gravy
1931
Hungry Hearts
1916
Hollywood Party
1934
Great Guns
1941
Nothing But Trouble
1944
Another Fine Mess
1930
Magazine Cooking
1914
Bonnie Scotland
1935
Beau Hunks
1931
Hog Wild
1930
Our Wife
1931
The Villain
1917
Bacon Grabbers
1929
Hello Trouble
1918
The Hero
1917
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Aunt Bill
1916
Busy Bodies
1933
The Serenade
1916
Zenobia
1939
Lightning Love
1923
Them Thar Hills
1934
Two Tars
1928
Hey, Taxi!
1925
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
The Devil's Brother
1933
Golf
1922
Painless Love
1918
Helpmates
1932
Double Whoopee
1929
Sugar Daddies
1927
Playmates
1918
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
1965
Going Bye-Bye!
1934
The Wizard of Oz
1925
The Battle of the Century
1927
Little Wildcat
1922
Oliver the Eighth
1934
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025
Riding High
1950
Hollywood Handicap
1938
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
County Hospital
1932
Brats
1930
Robinson Crusoeland
1951
Fluttering Hearts
1927
Swiss Miss
1938
Tit for Tat
1935
That's Entertainment! III
1994
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
Stick Around
1925
Big Business
1929
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Angora Love
1929
Distilled Love
1920
Air Raid Wardens
1943
Any Old Port!
1932
The Fixer Uppers
1935
The Scholar
1918
Come Clean
1931
The Live Ghost
1934
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
Thieves
1930
Duck Soup
1927
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
Avenging Bill
1915
Me and My Pal
1933
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
Below Zero
1930
The Skulls
1931
Night of Goblins
1930
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
The Bohemian Girl
1936
Dirty Work
1933
Love and Duty
1916
Chaplin's Goliath
1996
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
2025
The Midnight Patrol
1933
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
Jitterbugs
1943
The Music Box
1932
Wrong Again
1929
The Stolen Jools
1931
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
Scram!
1932
Twice Two
1933
Do Detectives Think?
1927
From Soup to Nuts
1928
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
The Bullfighters
1945
One Good Turn
1931
We Faw Down
1928
Putting Pants on Philip
1927
Night Owls
1930
Be Big!
1931
The Parrott Chase
2009
Men O' War
1929
Early to Bed
1928
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
The Counter Jumper
1922
Chickens Come Home
1931
The Dancing Masters
1943
Fiddlin' Around
1925
Thicker Than Water
1935
Blotto
1930
The Hoose-Gow
1929
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
The Servant Girl's Legacy
1914
The Rogue Song
1930
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
On the Wrong Trek
1936
Be Your Age
1926
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927
The Pest
1917
Horseshoes
1923
The Big Noise
1944
Crazy to Act
1927
The Bakery
1921
When Comedy Was King
1960
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
30 Years of Fun
1963
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Her Boy Friend
1924
Cupid's Rival
1917
Another Nice Mess
1972
The Chief Cook
1917
The Candy Trail
1916
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
No Wedding Bells
1923
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
The Finishing Touch
1928
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
1990
Slipping Wives
1927
Sailors, Beware!
1927
Now I'll Tell One
1927
Fiddlin' Around
1925
Crazy Like a Fox
1926
An Expensive Visit
1915
The Lottery Man
1916
Wild Poses
1933
You're Darn Tootin'
1928
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
The Lucky Dog
1921
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
Liberty
1929
Flying Elephants
1928
He's In Again
1918
On the Loose
1931
Stan and Olly
1932
Making Auntie Welcome
1914
Habeas Corpus
1928
No Man's Law
1927
Mother's Baby Boy
1914
Love 'Em and Weep
1927
Ups and Downs
1915
Should Men Walk Home?
1927
Baby Brother
1927
They Looked Alike
1915
The Rent Collector
1921
The Perfect Clown
1925
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
Bromo and Juliet
1926
Laughing Ladies
1925
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Madame Mystery
1926
One Too Many
1916
It May Be You
1915
The Hobo
1917
Pick a Star
1937
Haunted at Midnight
1931
They Go Boom!
1929
The Show
1922
His Day Out
1918
The Stranger
1918
The Rogue
1918
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020
The Battle Royal
1916
With Love and Hisses
1927
The Candy Kid
1917
Rivals
1925
Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925
Their First Mistake
1932
Their Purple Moment
1928
Should Sailors Marry?
1925
Why Girls Say No
1927
The Guilty Ones
1916
Married to Order
1920
The Second 100 Years
1927
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
1932
Shivering and Shaking
1930
Say It with Babies
1926
The Decorator
1920
Thundering Fleas
1926
The Head Waiter
1919
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
The Stage Hand
1920
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
2025
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
The Chimp
1932
The Fall Guy
1921
The King of the Kitchen
1918
Babe's School Days
1915
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928
Long Fliv the King
1926
Radiomanía
1930
A Lucky Strike
1915
Kid Speed
1924
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
1927
That's My Wife
1929
Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927
1916
Hop to It!
1925
The Joke's on You
1925
A Pair of Kings
1922
The Haunted Hat
1915
His Jonah Day
1920
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
1926
The Nickel-Hopper
1926
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
Two-Time Mama
1927
Bungs and Bunglers
1919
The Barnyard
1923
Trouble Brewing
1924
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
1935
That's That!
1938
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
2020
Along Came Auntie
1926
Dick & Doof - Best of
2010
Roaring Lions at Home
1924
The Night Life
1930
The World of Laurel and Hardy
The Gown Shop
1923
The Tree in a Test Tube
1942
Hats Off
1927
Little Nell
1917
The Bell Hop
1921
They All Fall
1925
The Sawmill
1922
The Midnight Cabaret
1923
Something in Her Eye
1915
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
2001
The Backyard
1920
The Gentle Cyclone
1926
The Girl in the Limousine
1924
The Perfect Lady
1924
The Lilac Splash
1915
Hop to It, Bellhop
1919
4 Clowns
1970
Wandering Papas
1926
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
De Bote en Bote
1931
Dance of the Cookoos
1982
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
1999
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement
1930
Galloping Ghosts
1928
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
2006
Squeaks and Squawks
1920
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
1932
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
1947
Their Night Out - Screen Test
1935
The Trouble Hunter
1920
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
2005
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
1978
Love 'em and Feed 'em
1927
Springtime
1920
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Laurel and Hardy in the UK
1932
Bright and Early
1918
Dull Care
1919
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
2019
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
1932
On the crew 19
Stan & Ollie
2018
Way Out West
1937
Sons of the Desert
1933
Towed in a Hole
1932
Hog Wild
1930
Busy Bodies
1933
Helpmates
1932
County Hospital
1932
Brats
1930
Come Clean
1931
Me and My Pal
1933
The Midnight Patrol
1933
The Music Box
1932
Scram!
1932
Twice Two
1933
Their First Mistake
1932
The Guilty Ones
1916
The Chimp
1932
Quicksands
1923