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Oliver Hardy

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedJan 18, 1892 (Died at 65)
Zodiac Sign♑Capricorn
Place of BirthHarlem, Georgia, USA
Career Span1920 – 1957
Known Credits267 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 1.4

Oliver Hardy

Also known as:Oliver Norvell HardyOliver N. HardyO.N. HardyBabe Hardy+8 more
Total Works

267

264 movies • 3 shows

Avg Rating

6.6 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Stan & Ollie
6.9
Stan & Ollie
2018•movie
Role: Thanks
Sons of the Desert
7.1
Sons of the Desert
1933•movie
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
The Music Box
7.5
The Music Box
1932•movie
as Ollie
Way Out West
7.1
Way Out West
1937•movie
as Ollie

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 267 titles featuring Oliver Hardy

Stan & Ollie
6.9
Stan & Ollie
2018•movie

Role: Thanks

Sons of the Desert
7.1
Sons of the Desert
1933•movie

as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy

The Music Box
7.5
The Music Box
1932•movie

as Ollie

Way Out West
7.1
Way Out West
1937•movie

as Ollie

The Flying Deuces
6.4
The Flying Deuces
1939•movie

as Ollie

Babes in Toyland
6.3
Babes in Toyland
1934•movie

as Ollie Dee

Block-Heads
7.0
Block-Heads
1938•movie

as Ollie

Our Relations
7.0
Our Relations
1936•movie

as Ollie / Bert Hardy

A Chump at Oxford
6.9
A Chump at Oxford
1940•movie

as Ollie

Big Business
6.7
Big Business
1929•movie

as Ollie

Busy Bodies
7.3
Busy Bodies
1933•movie

as Ollie

Pardon Us
6.4
Pardon Us
1931•movie

as Ollie

Tit for Tat
7.0
Tit for Tat
1935•movie

as Ollie

Saps at Sea
6.8
Saps at Sea
1940•movie

as Ollie

County Hospital
6.8
County Hospital
1932•movie

as Ollie

Helpmates
7.3
Helpmates
1932•movie

as Ollie

Towed in a Hole
7.0
Towed in a Hole
1932•movie

as Ollie

Hog Wild
7.0
Hog Wild
1930•movie

as Ollie

Swiss Miss
6.3
Swiss Miss
1938•movie

as Ollie

Perfect Day
7.0
Perfect Day
1929•movie

as Ollie

Them Thar Hills
7.5
Them Thar Hills
1934•movie

as Ollie

Pack Up Your Troubles
6.8

as Ollie

Another Fine Mess
6.9
Another Fine Mess
1930•movie

as Ollie

Brats
6.8
Brats
1930•movie

as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.

Bonnie Scotland
6.6
Bonnie Scotland
1935•movie

as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy

Below Zero
6.6
Below Zero
1930•movie

as Ollie

Beau Hunks
6.8
Beau Hunks
1931•movie

as Ollie

Robinson Crusoeland
5.6

as Ollie

The Devil's Brother
6.8

as Ollio

Liberty
6.9
Liberty
1929•movie

as Ollie

The Fighting Kentuckian
6.0

as Willie Paine

Dirty Work
6.9
Dirty Work
1933•movie

as Ollie

Berth Marks
6.8
Berth Marks
1929•movie

as Ollie

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
6.9

as Ollie

Laughing Gravy
7.2
Laughing Gravy
1931•movie

as Ollie

Their First Mistake
6.4

as Ollie

The Bohemian Girl
6.2
The Bohemian Girl
1936•movie

as Ollie

The Battle of the Century
6.9

as Manager

Chickens Come Home
6.6
Chickens Come Home
1931•movie

as Mr. Oliver Hardy

The Hoose-Gow
6.8
The Hoose-Gow
1929•movie

as Ollie

Thicker Than Water
7.4
Thicker Than Water
1935•movie

as Ollie

Scram!
7.1
Scram!
1932•movie

as Ollie

Two Tars
6.8
Two Tars
1928•movie

as Ollie

Unaccustomed as We Are
7.0

as Oliver Hardy

Come Clean
7.1
Come Clean
1931•movie

as Ollie

Twice Two
6.7
Twice Two
1933•movie

as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel

They Go Boom!
6.9
They Go Boom!
1929•movie

as Ollie

The Finishing Touch
6.9

as Ollie

Blotto
7.3
Blotto
1930•movie

as Ollie

The Chimp
6.6
The Chimp
1932•movie

as Ollie

You're Darn Tootin'
5.8

as Ollie, French horn player

The Midnight Patrol
6.6

as Officer Oliver Hardy

The Wizard of Oz
5.5
The Wizard of Oz
1925•movie

as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand

Night Owls
7.4
Night Owls
1930•movie

as Ollie

Any Old Port!
7.0
Any Old Port!
1932•movie

as Ollie

One Good Turn
6.9
One Good Turn
1931•movie

as Ollie

The Big Noise
6.2
The Big Noise
1944•movie

as Ollie

Me and My Pal
6.5
Me and My Pal
1933•movie

as Ollie

Be Big!
6.9
Be Big!
1931•movie

as Ollie

Leave 'Em Laughing
6.0
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928•movie

as Ollie

Jitterbugs
6.0
Jitterbugs
1943•movie

as Ollie

Oliver the Eighth
7.1
Oliver the Eighth
1934•movie

as Ollie

Our Wife
7.1
Our Wife
1931•movie

as Ollie

The Fixer Uppers
6.8
The Fixer Uppers
1935•movie

as Ollie

The Live Ghost
7.2
The Live Ghost
1934•movie

as Ollie

That's Entertainment, Part II
7.0

as (archive footage)

Going Bye-Bye!
7.4
Going Bye-Bye!
1934•movie

as Mr. Hardy

Great Guns
6.0
Great Guns
1941•movie

as Oliver

Men O' War
6.8
Men O' War
1929•movie

as Ollie

From Soup to Nuts
6.6
From Soup to Nuts
1928•movie

as Hired butler

A-Haunting We Will Go
6.2

as Ollie

That's Entertainment! III
7.1

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Lucky Dog
5.8
The Lucky Dog
1921•movie

as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel

Wrong Again
6.8
Wrong Again
1929•movie

as Ollie

We Faw Down
6.0
We Faw Down
1928•movie

as Ollie

The Second 100 Years
6.2

as Big Goofy

The Bullfighters
6.0
The Bullfighters
1945•movie

as Ollie

The Dancing Masters
6.3

as Ollie

Duck Soup
6.4
Duck Soup
1927•movie

as Maltravers

Putting Pants on Philip
6.3

as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
5.7

as Self

Double Whoopee
6.8
Double Whoopee
1929•movie

as Ollie

Do Detectives Think?
6.4

as Sherlock Pinkham

Habeas Corpus
6.7
Habeas Corpus
1928•movie

as Ollie

Their Purple Moment
6.5

as Ollie

The Stolen Jools
5.6
The Stolen Jools
1931•movie

as Police Driver

The Real Charlie Chaplin
7.7

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

45 Minutes from Hollywood
5.3

as Hotel Detective

With Love and Hisses
6.1

as Top Sergeant Banner

Should Married Men Go Home?
6.5

as Ollie

Angora Love
6.5
Angora Love
1929•movie

as Ollie

Sugar Daddies
6.0
Sugar Daddies
1927•movie

as Brittle's butler

That's My Wife
6.6
That's My Wife
1929•movie

as Ollie

Nothing But Trouble
6.4

as Oliver

Bacon Grabbers
6.4
Bacon Grabbers
1929•movie

as Oliver

Sailors, Beware!
6.9
Sailors, Beware!
1927•movie

as Purser Cryder

Flying Elephants
5.9
Flying Elephants
1928•movie

as Mighty Giant

Call of the Cuckoo
5.8
Call of the Cuckoo
1927•movie

as Asylum Inmate

Why Girls Love Sailors
5.5

as First Mate

Air Raid Wardens
7.2
Air Raid Wardens
1943•movie

as Ollie

Love 'Em and Weep
5.7
Love 'Em and Weep
1927•movie

as Judge Chigger

Early to Bed
6.1
Early to Bed
1928•movie

as Ollie

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
7.4

as Self (archive footage)

Slipping Wives
5.2
Slipping Wives
1927•movie

as Butler

The Tree in a Test Tube
5.2

as Ollie

On the Loose
6.8
On the Loose
1931•movie

as New Suitor (uncredited)

Along Came Auntie
6.2
Along Came Auntie
1926•movie

as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband

Hollywood Party
5.6
Hollywood Party
1934•movie

as Ollie

The Golden Age of Comedy
7.1

as archive footage

Hollywood Handicap
4.8
Hollywood Handicap
1938•movie

as Himself

The Sawmill
5.4
The Sawmill
1922•movie

as The Foreman

Pick a Star
4.8
Pick a Star
1937•movie

as Oliver Hardy

Wild Poses
7.4
Wild Poses
1933•movie

as Baby

Zenobia
5.0
Zenobia
1939•movie

as Dr. Henry Tibbett

On the Wrong Trek
5.9
On the Wrong Trek
1936•movie

as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)

Kid Speed
5.7
Kid Speed
1924•movie

as Dangerous Dan McGraw

Yes, Yes, Nanette
5.3
Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925•movie

as Her former sweetheart

Crazy Like a Fox
6.2
Crazy Like a Fox
1926•movie

as Charley's Victim (uncredited)

This Is Your Life
6.5
1 eps
This Is Your Life
1952•series

as Self

Should Men Walk Home?
7.1

as Party Guest at Punch Bowl

Shivering and Shaking
6.9

as Ollie

The Show
7.0
The Show
1922•movie

as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)

Fluttering Hearts
5.6
Fluttering Hearts
1927•movie

as Big Bill

Thundering Fleas
6.0
Thundering Fleas
1926•movie

as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)

When Comedy Was King
6.5

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
7.8

as Ollie (archive footage)

Wandering Papas
5.4
Wandering Papas
1926•movie

as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)

Isn't Life Terrible?
6.1

as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)

The Skulls
6.2
The Skulls
1931•movie

as Señor Hardy

Bromo and Juliet
5.8
Bromo and Juliet
1926•movie

as Cab Driver

Thieves
7.1
Thieves
1930•movie
Playing at Politics
7.0

as Oliver

Chaplin's Goliath
6.6
Chaplin's Goliath
1996•movie

as Self (archive footage)

The Rent Collector
6.7
The Rent Collector
1921•movie

as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
6.3

as Self (archive footage)

Should Sailors Marry?
5.8

as Doctor

Omnibus
7.2
1 eps
Omnibus
1967•series

as Self

Stick Around
6.1
Stick Around
1925•movie

as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)

Hop to It!
5.8
Hop to It!
1925•movie

as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)

Riding High
6.1
Riding High
1950•movie

as Sucker (uncredited)

Night of Goblins
6.1
Night of Goblins
1930•movie

as Ollie

Be Your Age
5.8
Be Your Age
1926•movie

as Oswald Schwartzkopple

Horseshoes
4.9
Horseshoes
1923•movie

as Dynamite Duffy

Baby Brother
6.5
Baby Brother
1927•movie

as Ice Man

That's That!
4.4
That's That!
1938•movie

as Himself

Long Fliv the King
6.3
Long Fliv the King
1926•movie

as The Prime Minister's Assistant

The Hobo
4.8
The Hobo
1917•movie

as Harold (as Babe Hardy)

Now I'll Tell One
6.5
Now I'll Tell One
1927•movie

as Policeman

Her Boy Friend
5.8
Her Boy Friend
1924•movie

as Killer Kid

The Rogue Song
6.5
The Rogue Song
1930•movie

as Murza-Bek

The Night Life
7.5
The Night Life
1930•movie

as Ollie

The Chiselers
6.8
The Chiselers
1931•movie

as M. Hardy

The Big Parade of Comedy
7.2

as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

Golf
6.4
Golf
1922•movie

as The neighbor

4 Clowns
7.2
4 Clowns
1970•movie

as (archive footage)

The Servant Girl's Legacy
5.6

as Cy (as Babe Hardy)

One Too Many
5.1
One Too Many
1916•movie

as Plump

The Bell Hop
6.8
The Bell Hop
1921•movie

as Hotel manager

The Bakery
4.7
The Bakery
1921•movie

as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)

Lightning Love
6.4
Lightning Love
1923•movie

as Oliver, the Other Suitor

The Chief Cook
4.5
The Chief Cook
1917•movie

as Babe (as Babe Hardy)

Madame Mystery
6.5
Madame Mystery
1926•movie

as Captain Schmaltz

The Serenade
5.3
The Serenade
1916•movie

as Plump (as Babe Hardy)

Hats Off
6.6
Hats Off
1927•movie

as Ollie

Haunted at Midnight
8.0

as Ollie

Laurel & Hardy
8.2
114 eps
Laurel & Hardy
1921•series

as Oliver

The Nickel-Hopper
7.5
The Nickel-Hopper
1926•movie

as Jazz band drummer

Something in Her Eye
6.0

as The Grocer

The Battle Royal
6.5
The Battle Royal
1916•movie

as Plump

The Candy Kid
5.6
The Candy Kid
1917•movie

as Rival Proprietor

Bright and Early
4.6
Bright and Early
1918•movie

as The Boss

The Rogue
4.1
The Rogue
1918•movie

as Cafe Owner

His Day Out
3.9
His Day Out
1918•movie

as Ollie

Dull Care
6.5
Dull Care
1919•movie

as A Janitor

A Pair of Kings
5.5
A Pair of Kings
1922•movie

as General Alarm

The Fall Guy
4.9
The Fall Guy
1921•movie

as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)

The Gown Shop
5.5
The Gown Shop
1923•movie

as Store manager

Why Girls Say No
7.0
Why Girls Say No
1927•movie

as Policeman

Hungry Hearts
4.6
Hungry Hearts
1916•movie

as Plump (as Babe Hardy)

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
7.0

as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)

Married to Order
5.9
Married to Order
1920•movie

as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)

Love and Duty
4.9
Love and Duty
1916•movie

as Pvt. Plump

The Pest
5.8
The Pest
1917•movie
Little Nell
5.4
Little Nell
1917•movie

as Little Nell

Mother's Baby Boy
7.2
Mother's Baby Boy
1914•movie

as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)

Crazy to Act
6.7
Crazy to Act
1927•movie

as Gordon Bagley

The Perfect Clown
7.5
The Perfect Clown
1925•movie

as Babe Mulligan

The Lottery Man
4.7
The Lottery Man
1916•movie

as Maggie Murphy

The Midnight Cabaret
6.7

as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor

No Man's Law
7.3
No Man's Law
1927•movie

as Sharkey Nye

He's In Again
5.7
He's In Again
1918•movie

as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)

The Joke's on You
5.5
The Joke's on You
1925•movie

as Wilbert Perkins

Squeaks and Squawks
6.2
They Looked Alike
6.3
They Looked Alike
1915•movie

as Pedestrian

The Decorator
6.3
The Decorator
1920•movie

as Babe, a millionaire

The Barnyard
6.3
The Barnyard
1923•movie

as Farm Hand

Days of Thrills and Laughter
6.0

as Self (archive footage)

Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
8.7
30 Years of Fun
5.3
30 Years of Fun
1963•movie

as (archive footage)

Rivals
6.3
Rivals
1925•movie

as The Rival

Hinter Schloss und Riegel
7.3

as Ollie

The Honorable Mr. Buggs
7.0

as The Butler

The Gentle Cyclone
6.5
The Gentle Cyclone
1926•movie

as Sheriff Bill

Making Auntie Welcome
8.0

as Grocery Boy

The Guilty Ones
8.0
The Guilty Ones
1916•movie

as Babe

Avenging Bill
7.0
Avenging Bill
1915•movie

as Bill, the Grocer's Boy

The Haunted Hat
6.5
The Haunted Hat
1915•movie
The Hero
5.5
The Hero
1917•movie

as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)

The Villain
5.5
The Villain
1917•movie

as Nell

Say It with Babies
6.5
Say It with Babies
1926•movie

as Hector - the Floorwalker

Going Hollywood: The '30s
9.0

as (archive footage)

Little Wildcat
6.5
Little Wildcat
1922•movie

as 'Bull' Mulligan

Cupid's Rival
5.0
Cupid's Rival
1917•movie

as Poor Artist

An Expensive Visit
7.5
An Expensive Visit
1915•movie

as Jack

A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
7.5

as Self (archive footage)

Fiddlin' Around
6.5
Fiddlin' Around
1925•movie

as Theatre manager

Two-Time Mama
7.5
Two-Time Mama
1927•movie

as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)

His Jonah Day
7.0
His Jonah Day
1920•movie

as The Life Saver

The Head Waiter
7.0
The Head Waiter
1919•movie

as A cop (as Babe Hardy)

The Stranger
5.5
The Stranger
1918•movie

as Oliver, the saloonkeeper

The Scholar
4.2
The Scholar
1918•movie

as The Superintendent

The Backyard
7.5
The Backyard
1920•movie

as Thug - The ruffian

Distilled Love
7.0
Distilled Love
1920•movie

as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)

Trouble Brewing
7.5
Trouble Brewing
1924•movie

as Bootlegger

The Stage Hand
8.0
The Stage Hand
1920•movie

as Audience member (uncredited)

A Lucky Strike
5.5
A Lucky Strike
1915•movie

as Bill Myers

The Candy Trail
5.5
The Candy Trail
1916•movie

as Plump (as Babe Hardy)

The Girl in the Limousine
6.5

as Freddie

Another Nice Mess
4.0
Another Nice Mess
1972•movie

as Hardy (archive footage)

Quicksands
7.0
Quicksands
1923•movie

Role: Writer

Roaring Lions at Home
9.0
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
9.0

as Himself (archive footage)

Babe's School Days
6.0
Babe's School Days
1915•movie

as Ikie Ikestein

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
7.0

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Radiomanía
10.0
Radiomanía
1930•movie

as Ollie

Laughing Ladies
8.0
Laughing Ladies
1925•movie

as Policeman

Fiddlin' Around
5.5
Fiddlin' Around
1925•movie

as Theatre Manager

Dance of the Cookoos
10.0
The Lilac Splash
6.0
The Lilac Splash
1915•movie

as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)

Hello Trouble
6.0
Hello Trouble
1918•movie

as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)

Galloping Ghosts
7.0
Galloping Ghosts
1928•movie

as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13

Hooray for Hollywood
8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
10.0

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Trouble Hunter
9.0
The Trouble Hunter
1920•movie

as The Bouncer

Springtime
10.0
Springtime
1920•movie

as The Commissioner

Classic Comedy Teams
7.0

as Self (archive footage)

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

Laurel & Hardy - Best of

as Ollie

Laurel & Hardy - Best of II

as Ollie

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

as (archive footage)

Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Laurel & Hardy - Best of III

as Hardy

Ups and Downs
Ups and Downs
1915•movie

as Shifty Mike

Dick & Doof - Best of

as Schauspieler

Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons

as Ollie

Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures

as Archive Footage

Nash the Slash Rises Again!

as Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)

De Bote en Bote
De Bote en Bote
1931•movie

as Ollie