Acting · Harlem, Georgia, USA · Born January 18, 1892
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.
MovieLaurel & Hardy: Year Three
2025
MovieNash the Slash Rises Again!
2025
as Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)
MovieLaurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
2025
as Archive Footage
MovieLaurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieLaurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
2020
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieDick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020
MovieStan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
2019
as Ollio
MovieLaurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
as Self (archive footage)
MovieA Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Himself (archive footage)
MovieDick & Doof - Best of
2010
as Schauspieler
The Parrott Chase
2009
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieSilent Clowns
2006
as Self(archive footage)
MovieStan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
2006
as Oliver
MovieLaurel & Hardy - Best of III
2005
as Hardy
MovieAdded Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieLaurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
MovieLaurel & Hardy - Best of II
2001
as Ollie
MovieLaurel & Hardy - Best of
1999
as Ollie
MovieChaplin's Goliath
1996
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MovieLaurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
1990
as Self (archive footage)
MovieClassic Comedy Teams
1986
as Self (archive footage)
MovieGoing Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
MovieDance of the Cookoos
1982
MovieThe Hollywood Clowns
1979
as (archive footage)
MovieLaurel and Hardy Laughtoons
1978
as Ollie
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
MovieHooray for Hollywood
1976
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
as Self (archive footage)
Movie4 Clowns
1970
as (archive footage)
TVDick und Doof
1970
as Oliver
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
as Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
MovieThe Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1967
MovieThe Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
TVOmnibus
1967
as Self
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
as Self (archive footage)
MovieLaurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
1965
as Ollie (archive footage)
MovieThe Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
Movie30 Years of Fun
1963
as (archive footage)
MovieDays of Thrills and Laughter
1961
as Self (archive footage)
MovieWhen Comedy Was King
1960
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieThe Golden Age of Comedy
1957
as archive footage
TVThis Is Your Life
1952
as Self
MovieRobinson Crusoeland
1951
as Ollie
MovieThe Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
as (archive footage)
MovieRiding High
1950
as Sucker (uncredited)
MovieThe Fighting Kentuckian
1949
as Willie Paine
MoviePerformers Arrive in Hampshire
1947
as Self
MovieThe Bullfighters
1945
as Ollie
MovieNothing But Trouble
1944
as Oliver
MovieThe Big Noise
1944
as Ollie
MovieThe Dancing Masters
1943
as Ollie
MovieJitterbugs
1943
as Ollie
MovieAir Raid Wardens
1943
as Ollie
MovieThe Tree in a Test Tube
1942
as Ollie
MovieA-Haunting We Will Go
1942
as Ollie
MovieGreat Guns
1941
as Oliver
MovieSaps at Sea
1940
as Ollie
MovieA Chump at Oxford
1940
as Ollie
MovieThe Flying Deuces
1939
as Ollie
MovieZenobia
1939
as Dr. Henry Tibbett
MovieBlock-Heads
1938
as Ollie
MovieThat's That!
1938
as Himself
MovieHollywood Handicap
1938
as Himself
MovieSwiss Miss
1938
as Ollie
MoviePick a Star
1937
as Oliver Hardy
MovieWay Out West
1937
as Ollie
MovieOur Relations
1936
as Ollie / Bert Hardy
MovieOn the Wrong Trek
1936
as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
MovieThe Bohemian Girl
1936
as Ollie
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
1935
as Cleaner
MovieBonnie Scotland
1935
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
MovieThicker Than Water
1935
as Ollie
Their Night Out - Screen Test
1935
as Mr. Hardy
MovieThe Fixer Uppers
1935
as Ollie
MovieTit for Tat
1935
as Ollie
MovieBabes in Toyland
1934
as Ollie Dee
MovieThe Live Ghost
1934
as Ollie
MovieThem Thar Hills
1934
as Ollie
MovieGoing Bye-Bye!
1934
as Mr. Hardy
MovieHollywood Party
1934
as Ollie
MovieOliver the Eighth
1934
as Ollie
MovieSons of the Desert
1933
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
MovieDirty Work
1933
as Ollie
MovieWild Poses
1933
as Baby
MovieBusy Bodies
1933
as Ollie
MovieThe Midnight Patrol
1933
as Officer Oliver Hardy
MovieThe Devil's Brother
1933
as Ollio
MovieMe and My Pal
1933
as Ollie
MovieTwice Two
1933
as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
MovieTowed in a Hole
1932
as Ollie
MovieTheir First Mistake
1932
as Ollie
MoviePack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Ollie
MovieScram!
1932
as Ollie
Stan and Olly
1932
as Himself
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
1932
as Himself
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
1932
as Himself
MovieCounty Hospital
1932
as Ollie
MovieLaurel and Hardy in the UK
1932
MovieThe Chimp
1932
as Ollie
MovieHinter Schloss und Riegel
1932
as Ollie
MovieThe Music Box
1932
as Ollie
MovieAny Old Port!
1932
as Ollie
MovieHelpmates
1932
as Ollie
MovieOn the Loose
1931
as New Suitor (uncredited)
MovieBeau Hunks
1931
as Ollie
MovieOne Good Turn
1931
as Ollie
MovieCome Clean
1931
as Ollie
MoviePardon Us
1931
as Ollie
MovieHaunted at Midnight
1931
as Ollie
MovieOur Wife
1931
as Ollie
MoviePlaying at Politics
1931
as Oliver
MovieThe Skulls
1931
as Señor Hardy
MovieDe Bote en Bote
1931
as Ollie
MovieLaughing Gravy
1931
as Ollie
MovieThe Stolen Jools
1931
as Police Driver
MovieChickens Come Home
1931
as Mr. Oliver Hardy
MovieBe Big!
1931
as Ollie
MovieThe Chiselers
1931
as M. Hardy
MovieAnother Fine Mess
1930
as Ollie
MovieNight of Goblins
1930
as Ollie
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement
1930
as Himself
MovieThe Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
as Ollie
MovieRadiomanía
1930
as Ollie
MovieHog Wild
1930
as Ollie
MovieShivering and Shaking
1930
as Ollie
MovieBelow Zero
1930
as Ollie
MovieThe Night Life
1930
as Ollie
MovieBrats
1930
as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
MovieBlotto
1930
as Ollie
MovieThe Rogue Song
1930
as Murza-Bek
MovieThieves
1930
MovieNight Owls
1930
as Ollie
MovieAngora Love
1929
as Ollie
MovieThe Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self
MovieThe Hoose-Gow
1929
as Ollie
MovieBacon Grabbers
1929
as Oliver
MovieThey Go Boom!
1929
as Ollie
MoviePerfect Day
1929
as Ollie
MovieMen O' War
1929
as Ollie
MovieBerth Marks
1929
as Ollie
MovieDouble Whoopee
1929
as Ollie
MovieUnaccustomed as We Are
1929
as Oliver Hardy
MovieBig Business
1929
as Ollie
MovieThat's My Wife
1929
as Ollie
MovieWrong Again
1929
as Ollie
MovieLiberty
1929
as Ollie
MovieWe Faw Down
1928
as Ollie
MovieHabeas Corpus
1928
as Ollie
MovieTwo Tars
1928
as Ollie
MovieEarly to Bed
1928
as Ollie
MovieShould Married Men Go Home?
1928
as Ollie
MovieTheir Purple Moment
1928
as Ollie
MovieYou're Darn Tootin'
1928
as Ollie, French horn player
MovieFrom Soup to Nuts
1928
as Hired butler
MovieGalloping Ghosts
1928
as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
MovieThe Finishing Touch
1928
as Ollie
MovieFlying Elephants
1928
as Mighty Giant
MovieLeave 'Em Laughing
1928
as Ollie
MovieThe Battle of the Century
1927
as Manager
MoviePutting Pants on Philip
1927
as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
MovieDo Detectives Think?
1927
as Sherlock Pinkham
Love 'em and Feed 'em
1927
as 'Happy' Hopey
MovieHats Off
1927
as Ollie
MovieCall of the Cuckoo
1927
as Asylum Inmate
MovieThe Second 100 Years
1927
as Big Goofy
MovieNow I'll Tell One
1927
as Policeman
MovieSailors, Beware!
1927
as Purser Cryder
MovieSugar Daddies
1927
as Brittle's butler
MovieWith Love and Hisses
1927
as Top Sergeant Banner
MovieWhy Girls Love Sailors
1927
as First Mate
MovieBaby Brother
1927
as Ice Man
MovieFluttering Hearts
1927
as Big Bill
MovieLove 'Em and Weep
1927
as Judge Chigger
MovieCrazy to Act
1927
as Gordon Bagley
MovieNo Man's Law
1927
as Sharkey Nye
MovieThe Honorable Mr. Buggs
1927
as The Butler
MovieSlipping Wives
1927
as Butler
MovieDuck Soup
1927
as Maltravers
MovieWhy Girls Say No
1927
as Policeman
MovieShould Men Walk Home?
1927
as Party Guest at Punch Bowl
MovieTwo-Time Mama
1927
as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
Movie45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926
as Hotel Detective
MovieThe Nickel-Hopper
1926
as Jazz band drummer
MovieBe Your Age
1926
as Oswald Schwartzkopple
MovieBromo and Juliet
1926
as Cab Driver
MovieCrazy Like a Fox
1926
as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
MovieAlong Came Auntie
1926
as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
MovieThundering Fleas
1926
as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
MovieThe Gentle Cyclone
1926
as Sheriff Bill
MovieLong Fliv the King
1926
as The Prime Minister's Assistant
MovieSay It with Babies
1926
as Hector - the Floorwalker
MovieMadame Mystery
1926
as Captain Schmaltz
MovieWandering Papas
1926
as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
1926
as The Taxi Driver
MovieThe Perfect Clown
1925
as Babe Mulligan
MovieShould Sailors Marry?
1925
as Doctor
They All Fall
1925
as The boss
MovieYes, Yes, Nanette
1925
as Her former sweetheart
MovieIsn't Life Terrible?
1925
as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
MovieHop to It!
1925
as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
MovieThe Joke's on You
1925
as Wilbert Perkins
MovieFiddlin' Around
1925
as Theatre manager
MovieFiddlin' Around
1925
as Theatre Manager
MovieRivals
1925
as The Rival
Hey, Taxi!
1925
as A Rival Taxi Driver
MovieStick Around
1925
as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
MovieThe Wizard of Oz
1925
as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
MovieLaughing Ladies
1925
as Policeman
MovieRoaring Lions at Home
1924
MovieKid Speed
1924
as Dangerous Dan McGraw
MovieHer Boy Friend
1924
as Killer Kid
MovieThe Girl in the Limousine
1924
as Freddie
MovieTrouble Brewing
1924
as Bootlegger
The Perfect Lady
1924
as (unconfirmed)
MovieHorseshoes
1923
as Dynamite Duffy
MovieLightning Love
1923
as Oliver, the Other Suitor
MovieThe Gown Shop
1923
as Store manager
MovieThe Barnyard
1923
as Farm Hand
MovieThe Midnight Cabaret
1923
as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
No Wedding Bells
1923
as The Girl's Father
The Counter Jumper
1922
as Gaston Gilligan
MovieLittle Wildcat
1922
as 'Bull' Mulligan
MovieGolf
1922
as The neighbor
MovieA Pair of Kings
1922
as General Alarm
MovieThe Show
1922
as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
MovieThe Sawmill
1922
as The Foreman
MovieThe Lucky Dog
1921
as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
MovieThe Bell Hop
1921
as Hotel manager
MovieThe Fall Guy
1921
as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
MovieThe Bakery
1921
as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
MovieThe Rent Collector
1921
as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
MovieHis Jonah Day
1920
as The Life Saver
MovieThe Backyard
1920
as Thug - The ruffian
MovieMarried to Order
1920
as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
MovieThe Trouble Hunter
1920
as The Bouncer
MovieThe Stage Hand
1920
as Audience member (uncredited)
MovieThe Decorator
1920
as Babe, a millionaire
MovieSpringtime
1920
as The Commissioner
MovieSqueaks and Squawks
1920
MovieDistilled Love
1920
as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
MovieThe Head Waiter
1919
as A cop (as Babe Hardy)
Bungs and Bunglers
1919
as Al K. Hall
MovieDull Care
1919
as A Janitor
Hop to It, Bellhop
1919
as Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
MovieHe's In Again
1918
as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
Painless Love
1918
as Dr. Hurts
The King of the Kitchen
1918
as A German customer
MovieHello Trouble
1918
as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
Playmates
1918
MovieBright and Early
1918
as The Boss
MovieThe Scholar
1918
as The Superintendent
MovieThe Rogue
1918
as Cafe Owner
MovieHis Day Out
1918
as Ollie
MovieThe Stranger
1918
as Oliver, the saloonkeeper
MovieThe Pest
1917
MovieThe Hobo
1917
as Harold (as Babe Hardy)
MovieThe Candy Kid
1917
as Rival Proprietor
MovieThe Chief Cook
1917
as Babe (as Babe Hardy)
MovieThe Villain
1917
as Nell
MovieCupid's Rival
1917
as Poor Artist
MovieThe Hero
1917
as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
MovieLittle Nell
1917
as Little Nell
Back Stage
1917
as Babe
MovieThe Guilty Ones
1916
as Babe
MovieThe Candy Trail
1916
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
MovieLove and Duty
1916
as Pvt. Plump
Aunt Bill
1916
as Plump
MovieThe Lottery Man
1916
as Maggie Murphy
MovieHungry Hearts
1916
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
MovieThe Battle Royal
1916
as Plump
MovieThe Serenade
1916
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
MovieOne Too Many
1916
as Plump
Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927
1916
MovieUps and Downs
1915
as Shifty Mike
MovieSomething in Her Eye
1915
as The Grocer
MovieThe Lilac Splash
1915
as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
MovieThe Haunted Hat
1915
MovieAvenging Bill
1915
as Bill, the Grocer's Boy
It May Be You
1915
as Paul Simmons
MovieA Lucky Strike
1915
as Bill Myers
MovieAn Expensive Visit
1915
as Jack
MovieThey Looked Alike
1915
as Pedestrian
MovieBabe's School Days
1915
as Ikie Ikestein
MovieThe Servant Girl's Legacy
1914
as Cy (as Babe Hardy)
MovieMother's Baby Boy
1914
as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
Magazine Cooking
1914
MovieMaking Auntie Welcome
1914
as Grocery Boy
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
MovieThe World of Laurel and Hardy
