Oliver Hardy
273 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 18, 1892
- Died
- Aug 7, 1957 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- Harlem, Georgia, USA
- Also known as
- Oliver Norvell Hardy · Oliver N. Hardy · O.N. Hardy · Babe Hardy
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Oliver Hardy: movies and TV shows
Acting (272)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2025
- 2025 Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
as Archive Footage
- 2024 Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020 Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2020
- 2019
- 2010 Dick & Doof - Best of
as Schauspieler
- 2009 The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2006 Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
as Oliver
- 2005 Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
as Hardy
- 2002
- 2001 Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
as Ollie
- 1999 Laurel & Hardy - Best of
as Ollie
- 1994 That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992 Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
- 1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
- 1982
- 1979 The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
- 1978 Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
as Ollie
- 1976 Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
- 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
- 1972 Another Nice Mess
as Hardy (archive footage)
- 1970 4 Clowns
as (archive footage)
- 1968 The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
- 1967
- 1967
- 1965 Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
as Ollie (archive footage)
- 1964 The Big Parade of Comedy
as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
- 1963 30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
- 1960 When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1957 The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
- 1951 Robinson Crusoeland
as Ollie
- 1951 The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)
- 1950 Riding High
as Sucker (uncredited)
- 1949 The Fighting Kentuckian
as Willie Paine
- 1945 The Bullfighters
as Ollie
- 1944 Nothing But Trouble
as Oliver
- 1944 The Big Noise
as Ollie
- 1943 The Dancing Masters
as Ollie
- 1943 Jitterbugs
as Ollie
- 1943 Air Raid Wardens
as Ollie
- 1942 The Tree in a Test Tube
as Ollie
- 1942 A-Haunting We Will Go
as Ollie
- 1941 Great Guns
as Oliver
- 1940 Saps at Sea
as Ollie
- 1940 A Chump at Oxford
as Ollie
- 1939 The Flying Deuces
as Ollie
- 1939 Zenobia
as Dr. Henry Tibbett
- 1938 Block-Heads
as Ollie
- 1938 Swiss Miss
as Ollie
- 1937 Pick a Star
as Oliver Hardy
- 1937 Way Out West
as Ollie
- 1936 Our Relations
as Ollie / Bert Hardy
- 1936 On the Wrong Trek
as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
- 1936 The Bohemian Girl
as Ollie
- 1935 MGM 1935 Promo Reel
as Cleaner
- 1935 Bonnie Scotland
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
- 1935 Thicker Than Water
as Ollie
- 1935 Their Night Out - Screen Test
as Mr. Hardy
- 1935 The Fixer Uppers
as Ollie
- 1935 Tit for Tat
as Ollie
- 1934 Babes in Toyland
as Ollie Dee
- 1934 The Live Ghost
as Ollie
- 1934 Them Thar Hills
as Ollie
- 1934 Going Bye-Bye!
as Mr. Hardy
- 1934 Hollywood Party
as Ollie
- 1934 Oliver the Eighth
as Ollie
- 1933 Sons of the Desert
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
- 1933 Dirty Work
as Ollie
- 1933 Wild Poses
as Baby
- 1933 Busy Bodies
as Ollie
- 1933 The Midnight Patrol
as Officer Oliver Hardy
- 1933 The Devil's Brother
as Ollio
- 1933 Me and My Pal
as Ollie
- 1933 Twice Two
as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
- 1932 Towed in a Hole
as Ollie
- 1932 Their First Mistake
as Ollie
- 1932 Pack Up Your Troubles
as Ollie
- 1932 Scram!
as Ollie
- 1932 County Hospital
as Ollie
- 1932
- 1932 The Chimp
as Ollie
- 1932 Hinter Schloss und Riegel
as Ollie
- 1932 The Music Box
as Ollie
- 1932 Any Old Port!
as Ollie
- 1932 Helpmates
as Ollie
- 1931 On the Loose
as New Suitor (uncredited)
- 1931 Beau Hunks
as Ollie
- 1931 One Good Turn
as Ollie
- 1931 Come Clean
as Ollie
- 1931 Pardon Us
as Ollie
- 1931 Haunted at Midnight
as Ollie
- 1931 Our Wife
as Ollie
- 1931 Playing at Politics
as Oliver
- 1931 The Skulls
as Señor Hardy
- 1931 De Bote en Bote
as Ollie
- 1931 Laughing Gravy
as Ollie
- 1931 The Stolen Jools
as Police Driver
- 1931 Chickens Come Home
as Mr. Oliver Hardy
- 1931 Be Big!
as Ollie
- 1931 The Chiselers
as M. Hardy
- 1930 Another Fine Mess
as Ollie
- 1930 Night of Goblins
as Ollie
- 1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Ollie
- 1930 Radiomanía
as Ollie
- 1930 Hog Wild
as Ollie
- 1930 Shivering and Shaking
as Ollie
- 1930 Below Zero
as Ollie
- 1930 The Night Life
as Ollie
- 1930 Brats
as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
- 1930 Blotto
as Ollie
- 1930 The Rogue Song
as Murza-Bek
- 1930
- 1930 Night Owls
as Ollie
- 1929 Angora Love
as Ollie
- 1929 The Hoose-Gow
as Ollie
- 1929 Bacon Grabbers
as Oliver
- 1929 They Go Boom!
as Ollie
- 1929 Perfect Day
as Ollie
- 1929 Men O' War
as Ollie
- 1929 Berth Marks
as Ollie
- 1929 Double Whoopee
as Ollie
- 1929 Unaccustomed as We Are
as Oliver Hardy
- 1929 Big Business
as Ollie
- 1929 That's My Wife
as Ollie
- 1929 Wrong Again
as Ollie
- 1929 Liberty
as Ollie
- 1928 We Faw Down
as Ollie
- 1928 Habeas Corpus
as Ollie
- 1928 Two Tars
as Ollie
- 1928 Early to Bed
as Ollie
- 1928 Should Married Men Go Home?
as Ollie
- 1928 Their Purple Moment
as Ollie
- 1928 You're Darn Tootin'
as Ollie, French horn player
- 1928 From Soup to Nuts
as Hired butler
- 1928 Galloping Ghosts
as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
- 1928 The Finishing Touch
as Ollie
- 1928 Flying Elephants
as Mighty Giant
- 1928 Leave 'Em Laughing
as Ollie
- 1927 The Battle of the Century
as Manager
- 1927 Putting Pants on Philip
as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
- 1927 Do Detectives Think?
as Sherlock Pinkham
- 1927 Love 'em and Feed 'em
as 'Happy' Hopey
- 1927 Hats Off
as Ollie
- 1927 Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate
- 1927 The Second 100 Years
as Big Goofy
- 1927 Now I'll Tell One
as Policeman
- 1927 Sailors, Beware!
as Purser Cryder
- 1927 Sugar Daddies
as Brittle's butler
- 1927 With Love and Hisses
as Top Sergeant Banner
- 1927 Why Girls Love Sailors
as First Mate
- 1927 Baby Brother
as Ice Man
- 1927 Fluttering Hearts
as Big Bill
- 1927 Love 'Em and Weep
as Judge Chigger
- 1927 Crazy to Act
as Gordon Bagley
- 1927 No Man's Law
as Sharkey Nye
- 1927 The Honorable Mr. Buggs
as The Butler
- 1927 Slipping Wives
as Butler
- 1927 Duck Soup
as Maltravers
- 1927 Why Girls Say No
as Policeman
- 1927 Should Men Walk Home?
as Party Guest at Punch Bowl
- 1927 Two-Time Mama
as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
- 1926 45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Detective
- 1926 The Nickel-Hopper
as Jazz band drummer
- 1926 Be Your Age
as Oswald Schwartzkopple
- 1926 Bromo and Juliet
as Cab Driver
- 1926 Crazy Like a Fox
as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
- 1926 Along Came Auntie
as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
- 1926 Thundering Fleas
as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
- 1926 The Gentle Cyclone
as Sheriff Bill
- 1926 Long Fliv the King
as The Prime Minister's Assistant
- 1926 Say It with Babies
as Hector - the Floorwalker
- 1926 Madame Mystery
as Captain Schmaltz
- 1926 Wandering Papas
as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
- 1926 A Bankrupt Honeymoon
as The Taxi Driver
- 1925 The Perfect Clown
as Babe Mulligan
- 1925 Should Sailors Marry?
as Doctor
- 1925 They All Fall
as The boss
- 1925 Yes, Yes, Nanette
as Her former sweetheart
- 1925 Isn't Life Terrible?
as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
- 1925 Hop to It!
as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
- 1925 The Joke's on You
as Wilbert Perkins
- 1925 Fiddlin' Around
as Theatre manager
- 1925 Fiddlin' Around
as Theatre Manager
- 1925 Rivals
as The Rival
- 1925 Hey, Taxi!
as A Rival Taxi Driver
- 1925 Stick Around
as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
- 1925 The Wizard of Oz
as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
- 1925 Laughing Ladies
as Policeman
- 1924
- 1924 Kid Speed
as Dangerous Dan McGraw
- 1924 Her Boy Friend
as Killer Kid
- 1924 The Girl in the Limousine
as Freddie
- 1924 Trouble Brewing
as Bootlegger
- 1924 The Perfect Lady
as (unconfirmed)
- 1923 Horseshoes
as Dynamite Duffy
- 1923 Lightning Love
as Oliver, the Other Suitor
+ 72 more credits
Behind the camera (19)
- 2018 Stan & Ollie
Thanks
- 1937 Way Out West
Writer
- 1933 Sons of the Desert
Writer
- 1933 Busy Bodies
Writer
- 1933 The Midnight Patrol
Writer
- 1933 Me and My Pal
Writer
- 1933 Twice Two
Writer
- 1932 Towed in a Hole
Writer
- 1932 Their First Mistake
Writer
- 1932 Scram!
Writer
- 1932 County Hospital
Writer
- 1932 The Chimp
Writer
- 1932 The Music Box
Writer
- 1932 Helpmates
Writer
- 1931 Come Clean
Writer
- 1930 Hog Wild
Writer
- 1930 Brats
Writer
- 1923 Quicksands
Writer, Assistant Director
- 1916 The Guilty Ones
Director
Talk shows and appearances (24)
- 2025
- 2021
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2002
- 1996
- 1990
- 1986
- 1976
- 1975
- 1974
- 1967 Omnibus
1 episode
- 1965
- 1961
- 1952 This Is Your Life
1 episode
- 1947
- 1938
- 1938
- 1932
- 1932
- 1932
- 1930
- 1929