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Oliver Norvell Hardy 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 1955. 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 most of his silent films before joining producer Hal Roach, he was billed on screen as "Babe Hardy."
Birth Name
Oliver Norvell Hardy
Born
Monday, 18 January 1892
Died
Wednesday, 07 August 1957
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic | Self | 2023 |
Elizabeth: Her Passions and Pastimes | Self | 2022 |
Canaan Land | Self | 2020 |
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown | Self | 2017 |
You'll Never Walk Alone | Self | 2017 |
The Cars That Made Britain Great | Self | 2016 |
Crosby in Search of Crosby: Bing the Truth Behind the Legend | Self | 2016 |
The Mack Sennett Collection: Volume One | (archive footage) | 2014 |
Hollywoods Spaßfabrik - Als die Bilder Lachen lernten | (archive footage) | 2014 |
The Birth of the Tramp | Self | 2013 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic | Self | 2023 |
Elizabeth: Her Passions and Pastimes | Self | 2022 |
Canaan Land | Self | 2020 |
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown | Self | 2017 |
You'll Never Walk Alone | Self | 2017 |
The Cars That Made Britain Great | Self | 2016 |
Crosby in Search of Crosby: Bing the Truth Behind the Legend | Self | 2016 |
The Mack Sennett Collection: Volume One | (archive footage) | 2014 |
Hollywoods Spaßfabrik - Als die Bilder Lachen lernten | (archive footage) | 2014 |
The Birth of the Tramp | Self | 2013 |
Bud's Best - Die Welt des Bud Spencer | Ollie | 2012 |
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012 |
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2011 |
America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes | Self | 2010 |
The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond | Self / Farmhand | 2009 |
Pioneers of Television | Ollie - Motion Picture Short Berth Marks / Self | 2008 |
Girl 27 | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | (archive footage) | 2006 |
Laurel & Hardy: Hats Off | Self / Various roles | 2005 |
I Know A Riddle | (archive footage) | 2004 |
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | (archive footage) | 2004 |
Los Angeles Plays Itself | Ollie | 2003 |
CinéMagique | Hardy | 2002 |
The 71st Annual Academy Awards | Ollie | 1999 |
Chaplin's Goliath | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1996 |
100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
Room 101 | Ollie | 1994 |
That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) / Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' | 1994 |
The Our Gang Story | Ollie | 1994 |
Funny Business | (archive footage) | 1992 |
Laurel & Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys | Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage) / Bert | 1992 |
Tango Bar | Self | 1987 |
Biography | (archive footage) | 1987 |
Classic Comedy Teams | Self | 1986 |
Cocoon | Self - film clip from 'Flying Deuces' | 1985 |
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985 |
Moonlighting | Self | 1985 |
Muppet Babies | (archive footage) | 1984 |
Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
Dance of the Cookoos | 1982 | |
Brooklyn Bridge | Self (clip from "Way Out West") | 1981 |
Heut' abend | Self | 1980 |
The Mary Tyler Moore Hour | (archive footage) | 1979 |
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley | Self (archive footage) | 1979 |
America at the Movies | Ollie | 1976 |
That's Entertainment, Part II | Various Film Clips / (archive footage) | 1976 |
Brother Can You Spare a Dime | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
Lachen Sie mit Stan & Ollie | Ollie / Self | 1975 |
Another Nice Mess | Ollie | 1972 |
4 Clowns | (archive footage) | 1970 |
The Best of Laurel and Hardy | Ollie / Bert | 1968 |
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy | (archive footage) | 1967 |
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy | (archive footage) | 1967 |
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's | Ollie (archive footage) / Ollie | 1965 |
The Big Parade of Comedy | Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) / Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' | 1964 |
Top of the Pops | Self | 1964 |
Hollywood and the Stars | Self | 1963 |
Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Himself | 1963 |
30 Years of Fun | (archive footage) | 1963 |
The DuPont Show of the Week | Self | 1961 |
Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self | 1961 |
Days Of Thrills & Laughter | archive footage | 1961 |
When Comedy Was King | edited from 'Big Business' / edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage) | 1960 |
The Golden Age of Comedy | Ollie | 1957 |
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self | 1956 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
Ça c'est du cinéma | (archive footage) | 1951 |
Utopia | Ollie | 1950 |
Riding High | Sucker | 1950 |
The Fighting Kentuckian | Willie Paine | 1949 |
The Bullfighters | Ollie | 1945 |
Nothing But Trouble | Oliver / Oliver Hardy | 1944 |
The Big Noise | Ollie | 1944 |
The Dancing Masters | Ollie | 1943 |
The Autobiography of a 'Jeep' | Self - in a Jeep in Parade | 1943 |
Jitterbugs | Ollie | 1943 |
Air Raid Wardens | Oliver Hardy / Ollie | 1943 |
The Tree in a Test Tube | Ollie / Oliver | 1942 |
A-Haunting We Will Go | Ollie | 1942 |
Great Guns | Oliver | 1941 |
Saps at Sea | Ollie | 1940 |
A Chump at Oxford | Ollie / Oliver Hardy | 1940 |
The Flying Deuces | Ollie | 1939 |
Zenobia | Doc Tibbett / Dr. Henry Tibbett | 1939 |
Block-Heads | Ollie | 1938 |
Hollywood Handicap | Oliver Hardy / Himself | 1938 |
Swiss Miss | Oliver Hardy / Ollie | 1938 |
Pick a Star | Oliver Hardy | 1937 |
Way Out West | Ollie / Oliver Hardy | 1937 |
That's That! | Himself / Ollie | 1937 |
Our Relations | Bert Hardy / Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy / Ollie | 1936 |
Early to Bed | 1936 | |
On the Wrong Trek | Cameo appearance (hitchhiker) / Hitchhiker | 1936 |
The Bohemian Girl | Ollie | 1936 |
Bonnie Scotland | Oliver Hardy / Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy | 1935 |
Thicker Than Water | Ollie | 1935 |
The Fixer Uppers | Ollie | 1935 |
Tit for Tat | Ollie | 1935 |
March of the Wooden Soldiers | Ollie Dee | 1934 |
The Live Ghost | Ollie | 1934 |
Them Thar Hills | Ollie | 1934 |
Going Bye-Bye! | Mr. Hardy | 1934 |
Hollywood Party | Ollie | 1934 |
Oliver the Eighth | Oliver / Ollie | 1934 |
Sons of the Desert | Oliver Hardy / Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy | 1933 |
March of the Movies | Self - film clip | 1933 |
Dirty Work | Ollie | 1933 |
Wild Poses | Baby | 1933 |
Busy Bodies | Ollie | 1933 |
The Midnight Patrol | Officer Oliver Hardy | 1933 |
The Devil's Brother | Ollio | 1933 |
Me and My Pal | Oliver Hardy / Ollie | 1933 |
Twice Two | Mrs. Fanny Laurel / Oliver Hardy / Ollie / Mrs. Laurel | 1933 |
Towed in a Hole | Ollie | 1932 |
Their First Mistake | Ollie | 1932 |
Pack Up Your Troubles | Ollie | 1932 |
Scram! | Mr. Hardy / Ollie | 1932 |
County Hospital | Ollie | 1932 |
The Chimp | Mr. Hardy / Ollie | 1932 |
Choo-Choo! | Inebriated novelties salesman yelling as bear licks his face | 1932 |
The Music Box | Ollie | 1932 |
Any Old Port! | Ollie / Oliver Hardy | 1932 |
Helpmates | Ollie | 1932 |
On the Loose | New Suitor | 1931 |
Beau Hunks | Ollie | 1931 |
One Good Turn | Ollie | 1931 |
Come Clean | Ollie | 1931 |
Pardon Us | Oliver Hardy / Ollie | 1931 |
Our Wife | Ollie | 1931 |
Politiquerías | Oliver | 1931 |
Los calaveras | Señor Hardy | 1931 |
Laughing Gravy | Ollie | 1931 |
The Stolen Jools | Police Driver | 1931 |
Chickens Come Home | Mr. Oliver Hardy | 1931 |
Be Big! | Ollie | 1931 |
The Chiselers | M. Hardy | 1931 |
Another Fine Mess | Ollie | 1930 |
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case | Ollie / Oliver Hardy | 1930 |
Hog Wild | Ollie | 1930 |
The Rogue Song | Murza-Bek | 1930 |
Tiembla y Titubea | Ollie | 1930 |
Below Zero | Ollie | 1930 |
Brats | Oliver Jr. / Ollie Sr. | 1930 |
Blotto | Ollie | 1930 |
Ladrones | Ollie | 1930 |
Night Owls | Mr. Hardy / Ollie | 1930 |
Noche de duendes | Ollie / Oliver Hardy | 1930 |
Angora Love | Ollie | 1929 |
The Hoose-Gow | Ollie | 1929 |
Bacon Grabbers | Oliver (process server) / Oliver | 1929 |
They Go Boom! | Ollie | 1929 |
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Oliver Hardy / Self | 1929 |
Perfect Day | Ollie | 1929 |
Men O'War | Ollie | 1929 |
Berth Marks | Ollie | 1929 |
Double Whoopee | Ollie | 1929 |
Unaccustomed As We Are | Ollver Hardy / Oliver Hardy | 1929 |
Big Business | Ollie | 1929 |
That's My Wife | Ollie | 1929 |
Wrong Again | Ollie | 1929 |
Liberty | Ollie | 1929 |
We Faw Down | Ollie | 1928 |
Habeas Corpus | Ollie | 1928 |
Two Tars | Ollie | 1928 |
Early to Bed | Ollie | 1928 |
Should Married Men Go Home? | Mr. Hardy / Ollie | 1928 |
Their Purple Moment | Ollie | 1928 |
You're Darn Tootin' | Ollie, French horn player / Ollie - French Horn Player | 1928 |
Barnum & Ringling, Inc. | 1928 | |
From Soup to Nuts | Mr. Hardy / Hired butler | 1928 |
The Finishing Touch | Ollie | 1928 |
Flying Elephants | Mighty Giant | 1928 |
Leave 'em Laughing | Ollie | 1928 |
The Battle of the Century | Manager | 1927 |
Putting Pants on Philip | J. Piedmont Mumblethunder | 1927 |
Do Detectives Think? | Sherlock Pinkham | 1927 |
Hats Off | Ollie | 1927 |
Call of the Cuckoo | Asylum Inmate | 1927 |
The Second 100 Years | Big Goofy | 1927 |
Now I'll Tell One | Policeman | 1927 |
Sailors, Beware! | Purser Cryder | 1927 |
Sugar Daddies | Brittle's Butler | 1927 |
With Love and Hisses | Top Sergeant Banner | 1927 |
Why Girls Love Sailors | First Mate | 1927 |
Baby Brother | Ice Man | 1927 |
Fluttering Hearts | Big Bill | 1927 |
Love 'Em and Weep | Judge Chigger | 1927 |
No Man's Law | Sharkey Nye | 1927 |
Slipping Wives | Jarvis - the Butler / Butler | 1927 |
Duck Soup | Oliver Hardy aka Colonel Buckshot / Maltravers | 1927 |
Why Girls Say No | Policeman | 1927 |
Should Men Walk Home? | Party Guest at Punch Bowl | 1927 |
45 Minutes from Hollywood | Hotel Detective | 1926 |
The Nickel-Hopper | 1926 | |
Be Your Age | Oswald Schwartzkopple | 1926 |
Bromo and Juliet | Cab Driver | 1926 |
Crazy Like a Fox | Charley's Victim | 1926 |
Along Came Auntie | Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband | 1926 |
Thundering Fleas | Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy) / Police Officer | 1926 |
The Gentle Cyclone | Sheriff Bill | 1926 |
Long Fliv the King | The Prime Minister's Assistant | 1926 |
Say It with Babies | Hector - the Floorwalker | 1926 |
Madame Mystery | Captain Schmaltz | 1926 |
A Bankrupt Honeymoon | The Taxi Driver | 1926 |
Stop, Look and Listen | Show Manager | 1926 |
The Perfect Clown | Babe Mulligan | 1925 |
Should Sailors Marry? | Doctor | 1925 |
They All Fall | The boss | 1925 |
Yes, Yes, Nanette | Her former sweetheart (as Babe Hardy) / Nanette's Former Sweetheart | 1925 |
A Day's Vacation | Wilbert Perkins | 1925 |
Isn't Life Terrible? | Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy) / Remington - the Brother-in-Law | 1925 |
Fiddlin' Around | Theatre manager | 1925 |
Stick Around | Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy) / Paperhanger | 1925 |
The Wizard of Oz | Farmhand / Woodsman / Knight of the Garter | 1925 |
Kid Speed | Dangerous Dan McGraw | 1924 |
Her Boy Friend | Killer Kid | 1924 |
The Girl in the Limousine | Freddie | 1924 |
Horseshoes | Dynamite Duffy | 1923 |
Lightning Love | Oliver, the Other Suitor | 1923 |
The Gown Shop | Store manager | 1923 |
The Barnyard | Farm Hand | 1923 |
The Midnight Cabaret | Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor | 1923 |
No Wedding Bells | The Girl's Father | 1923 |
The Counter Jumper | Gaston Gilligan | 1922 |
Little Wildcat | 'Bull' Mulligan | 1922 |
Fortune's Mask | Chief of Police | 1922 |
Golf | The neighbor | 1922 |
A Pair of Kings | General Alarm | 1922 |
The Show | Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy) / Audience Member | 1922 |
The Sawmill | The foreman | 1922 |
The Lucky Dog | Masked bandit who confronts Laurel | 1921 |
The Bell Hop | Hotel manager | 1921 |
The Fall Guy | Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart / Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy) | 1921 |
The Rent Collector | The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy) / The Big Boss | 1921 |
The Bakery | Foreman / Foreman (as Babe Hardy) | 1921 |
The Decorator | Babe, a millionaire | 1920 |
Squeaks and Squawks | The Landlord | 1920 |
Distilled Love | Mr. Peeble Ford / Mr. Peeble Ford (as Babe Hardy) | 1920 |
Dull Care | A Janitor | 1919 |
He's in Again | Head Waiter / Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy) | 1918 |
Bright and Early | The Boss | 1918 |
The Rogue | Cafe Owner | 1918 |
His Day Out | Ollie | 1918 |
The Hobo | Harold / Harold (as Babe Hardy) | 1917 |
The Candy Kid | (as Babe Hardy) / Rival Proprietor | 1917 |
The Chief Cook | Babe / Babe (as Babe Hardy) | 1917 |
The Villain | Babe / Nell | 1917 |
Cupid's Rival | Poor Artist | 1917 |
The Hero | The Hero's Rival | 1917 |
The Lottery Man | Maggie Murphy | 1916 |
Hungry Hearts | Plump / Plump (as Babe Hardy) | 1916 |
The Battle Royal | Plump | 1916 |
One Too Many | Plump | 1916 |
Something in Her Eye | The Grocer | 1915 |
It May Be You | Paul Simmons | 1915 |
An Expensive Visit | Jack | 1915 |
They Looked Alike | Pedestrian | 1915 |
The Servant Girl's Legacy | Cy / Cy (as Babe Hardy) | 1914 |