Oliver Hardy
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.
296 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 296
Omnibus
1967
This Is Your Life
1952
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Dick und Doof
1970
Babes in Toyland
1934
The Flying Deuces
1939
The Wizard of Oz
1925
The Bohemian Girl
1936
Way Out West
1937
Pardon Us
1931
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
Our Relations
1936
The Music Box
1932
The Chimp
1932
Block-Heads
1938
The Battle of the Century
1927
Sons of the Desert
1933
A Chump at Oxford
1940
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949
Hog Wild
1930
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Come Clean
1931
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Bonnie Scotland
1935
Scram!
1932
Swiss Miss
1938
Great Guns
1941
Jitterbugs
1943
Two Tars
1928
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
The Midnight Patrol
1933
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
Another Fine Mess
1930
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
2025
Going Bye-Bye!
1934
Zenobia
1939
The Devil's Brother
1933
That's Entertainment! III
1994
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
Below Zero
1930
The Finishing Touch
1928
Blotto
1930
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
The Dancing Masters
1943
Night Owls
1930
Brats
1930
Them Thar Hills
1934
Riding High
1950
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025
Pick a Star
1937
Big Business
1929
Our Wife
1931
Saps at Sea
1940
The Tree in a Test Tube
1942
Busy Bodies
1933
Any Old Port!
1932
The Bullfighters
1945
Kid Speed
1924
Twice Two
1933
County Hospital
1932
Duck Soup
1927
The Stolen Jools
1931
Laughing Gravy
1931
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
You're Darn Tootin'
1928
They Go Boom!
1929
Beau Hunks
1931
Hollywood Party
1934
Be Big!
1931
Crazy Like a Fox
1926
The Big Noise
1944
Chickens Come Home
1931
The Show
1922
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
On the Loose
1931
The Second 100 Years
1927
Putting Pants on Philip
1927
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
Robinson Crusoeland
1951
The Rogue Song
1930
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926
The Night Life
1930
Double Whoopee
1929
Long Fliv the King
1926
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951
Their First Mistake
1932
Liberty
1929
Laughing Ladies
1925
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
Berth Marks
1929
Tit for Tat
1935
The Hoose-Gow
1929
Perfect Day
1929
The Barnyard
1923
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928
The Live Ghost
1934
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
Towed in a Hole
1932
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927
Baby Brother
1927
Angora Love
1929
Early to Bed
1928
That's My Wife
1929
Air Raid Wardens
1943
Nothing But Trouble
1944
One Good Turn
1931
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974
Dirty Work
1933
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957
Haunted at Midnight
1931
Men O' War
1929
The Fixer Uppers
1935
4 Clowns
1970
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992
Hollywood Handicap
1938
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
Fluttering Hearts
1927
The Villain
1917
30 Years of Fun
1963
Bacon Grabbers
1929
Wandering Papas
1926
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011
Sugar Daddies
1927
Oliver the Eighth
1934
Shivering and Shaking
1930
Hooray for Hollywood
1976
Playing at Politics
1931
The Hero
1917
Should Sailors Marry?
1925
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Bromo and Juliet
1926
Slipping Wives
1927
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929
Thundering Fleas
1926
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
Hats Off
1927
Thicker Than Water
1935
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
Flying Elephants
1928
Wrong Again
1929
Me and My Pal
1933
Two-Time Mama
1927
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
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The Decorator
1920
Crazy to Act
1927
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
2020
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
1965
With Love and Hisses
1927
Dance of the Cookoos
1982
Chaplin's Goliath
1996
The Chiselers
1931
Now I'll Tell One
1927
Wild Poses
1933
From Soup to Nuts
1928
Helpmates
1932
Springtime
1920
The Chief Cook
1917
Thieves
1930
His Day Out
1918
Madame Mystery
1926
The Perfect Clown
1925
The Skulls
1931
Habeas Corpus
1928
The Bakery
1921
The Girl in the Limousine
1924
Along Came Auntie
1926
Lightning Love
1923
Love 'Em and Weep
1927
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
1932
Say It with Babies
1926
A Pair of Kings
1922
Radiomanía
1930
The Head Waiter
1919
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
1926
We Faw Down
1928
The Pest
1917
The Rent Collector
1921
Love 'em and Feed 'em
1927
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
1932
Should Men Walk Home?
1927
On the Wrong Trek
1936
When Comedy Was King
1960
The Sawmill
1922
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
Hop to It!
1925
The Nickel-Hopper
1926
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
1927
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
1947
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
1935
The Gentle Cyclone
1926
The Lucky Dog
1921
Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002
One Too Many
1916
Their Purple Moment
1928
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
1990
Stick Around
1925
Playmates
1918
The Parrott Chase
2009
The Bell Hop
1921
Little Wildcat
1922
Sailors, Beware!
1927
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
Back Stage
1917
The Fall Guy
1921
Galloping Ghosts
1928
The Joke's on You
1925
No Man's Law
1927
Night of Goblins
1930
Golf
1922
Love and Duty
1916
Be Your Age
1926
The Battle Royal
1916
Trouble Brewing
1924
The Scholar
1918
The Midnight Cabaret
1923
That's That!
1938
The Hobo
1917
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
1978
Fiddlin' Around
1925
Something in Her Eye
1915
The Counter Jumper
1922
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
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Avenging Bill
1915
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925
The Serenade
1916
Cupid's Rival
1917
The King of the Kitchen
1918
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
1932
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
2025
Her Boy Friend
1924
The World of Laurel and Hardy
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Fiddlin' Around
1925
They Looked Alike
1915
Roaring Lions at Home
1924
His Jonah Day
1920
The Backyard
1920
Distilled Love
1920
Hop to It, Bellhop
1919
Mother's Baby Boy
1914
It May Be You
1915
Bungs and Bunglers
1919
Married to Order
1920
The Candy Kid
1917
He's In Again
1918
A Lucky Strike
1915
Do Detectives Think?
1927
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
2005
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1967
An Expensive Visit
1915
The Rogue
1918
Their Night Out - Screen Test
1935
The Haunted Hat
1915
The Stage Hand
1920
Hey, Taxi!
1925
Hungry Hearts
1916
The Lottery Man
1916
The Servant Girl's Legacy
1914
Silent Clowns
2006
The Stranger
1918
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
1999
Dick & Doof - Best of
2010
Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili
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The Lilac Splash
1915
The Trouble Hunter
1920
Dull Care
1919
Making Auntie Welcome
1914
Why Girls Say No
1927
Squeaks and Squawks
1920
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement
1930
The Guilty Ones
1916
Horseshoes
1923
The Candy Trail
1916
Rivals
1925
No Wedding Bells
1923
Bright and Early
1918
Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche
2006
Ups and Downs
1915
Stan and Olly
1932
Aunt Bill
1916
Hello Trouble
1918
Painless Love
1918
They All Fall
1925
The Gown Shop
1923
Babe's School Days
1915
Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927
1916
Little Nell
1917
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
2001
The Perfect Lady
1924
Magazine Cooking
1914
Laurel and Hardy in the UK
1932