
Birthday
1892/01/18
Day of death
1957/08/07 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Harlem, Georgia, USA
Also know as
Oliver Norvell Hardy, Oliver N. Hardy, O.N. Hardy, Babe Hardy, 'Babe' Hardy, Cupid Hardy, Laurel and Hardy, Laurel & Hardy, Hardy, Norvell Hardy, Ollie, Оливер Харди
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, 19...Read more
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
as ---
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
as ---

(1939) The Flying Deuces
as Ollie

(1929) The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self

(1937) Way Out West
as Ollie

(1944) Nothing But Trouble
as Oliver

(1934) Babes in Toyland
as Ollie Dee

(1940) A Chump at Oxford
as Ollie

(1979) The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)

(1933) Busy Bodies
as Ollie

(1933) Sons of the Desert
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy

(1949) The Fighting Kentuckian
as Willie Paine

(1938) Block-Heads
as Ollie

(1942) A-Haunting We Will Go
as Ollie

(1943) Air Raid Wardens
as Ollie

(1935) Bonnie Scotland
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy

(1932) Pack Up Your Troubles
as Ollie

(1932) Any Old Port!
as Ollie

(1932) The Music Box
as Ollie

(1927) The Honorable Mr. Buggs
as The Butler

(1926) Along Came Auntie
as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband

(1936) Our Relations
as Ollie / Bert Hardy

(1941) Great Guns
as Oliver

(1940) Saps at Sea
as Ollie

(2020) Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
as ---
(1924) The Perfect Lady
as (unconfirmed)

(1933) The Midnight Patrol
as Officer Oliver Hardy

(1925) The Wizard of Oz
as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand

(1930) Night Owls
as Ollie

(1929) Men O' War
as Ollie

(1934) Oliver the Eighth
as Ollie

(1931) Our Wife
as Ollie

(1927) Sugar Daddies
as Brittle's butler

(1931) One Good Turn
as Ollie

(1957) The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage

(1936) On the Wrong Trek
as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)

(1934) Going Bye-Bye!
as Mr. Hardy
(1918) Playmates
as ---

(1930) Below Zero
as Ollie

(1929) Big Business
as Ollie

(1931) Be Big!
as Ollie

(1932) County Hospital
as Ollie

(1933) Dirty Work
as Ollie

(1932) The Chimp
as Ollie

(1929) Liberty
as Ollie

(1928) Their Purple Moment
as Ollie

(1929) Perfect Day
as Ollie

(1931) On the Loose
as New Suitor (uncredited)

(1931) Beau Hunks
as Ollie

(1928) Should Married Men Go Home?
as Ollie

(1931) Come Clean
as Ollie

(1935) The Fixer Uppers
as Ollie

(1929) Double Whoopee
as Ollie

(1928) The Finishing Touch
as Ollie

(1928) Flying Elephants
as Mighty Giant

(1928) Leave 'Em Laughing
as Ollie

(1927) Fluttering Hearts
as Big Bill

(1934) The Live Ghost
as Ollie

(1930) The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Ollie

(1933) Me and My Pal
as Ollie

The World of Laurel and Hardy
as ---

(1931) Laughing Gravy
as Ollie

(1930) Brats
as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.

(1932) Scram!
as Ollie

(1943) The Dancing Masters
as Ollie

(1926) 45 Minutes from Hollywood
as Hotel Detective

(1929) Angora Love
as Ollie

(1930) Another Fine Mess
as Ollie

(2001) Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
as Ollie

(1999) Laurel & Hardy - Best of
as Ollie

(1929) Bacon Grabbers
as Oliver

(1927) The Battle of the Century
as Manager

(1927) Do Detectives Think?
as Sherlock Pinkham

(1929) Berth Marks
as Ollie

(1927) Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate

(1931) Chickens Come Home
as Mr. Oliver Hardy

(1930) Blotto
as Ollie

(1929) The Hoose-Gow
as Ollie

(1927) The Second 100 Years
as Big Goofy

(1928) Early to Bed
as Ollie

(1927) Putting Pants on Philip
as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder

(1927) Duck Soup
as Maltravers

(1927) Sailors, Beware!
as Purser Cryder

(1929) They Go Boom!
as Ollie

(1932) Towed in a Hole
as Ollie

(1933) Twice Two
as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel

(1935) Thicker Than Water
as Ollie

(1932) Their First Mistake
as Ollie

(1929) That's My Wife
as Ollie

(1934) Them Thar Hills
as Ollie

(1928) Two Tars
as Ollie

(1926) Thundering Fleas
as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)

(1935) Tit for Tat
as Ollie

(1927) Slipping Wives
as Butler

(1929) Unaccustomed as We Are
as Oliver Hardy

(1928) You're Darn Tootin'
as Ollie, French horn player

(1927) With Love and Hisses
as Top Sergeant Banner

(1930) Hog Wild
as Ollie

(1929) Wrong Again
as Ollie

(1928) We Faw Down
as Ollie

(1932) Helpmates
as Ollie

(1927) Love 'Em and Weep
as Judge Chigger

(1927) Why Girls Love Sailors
as First Mate

(1928) Habeas Corpus
as Ollie

(1938) Hollywood Handicap
as Himself

(1926) The Gentle Cyclone
as Sheriff Bill

(1951) Utopia
as Ollie

(1936) The Bohemian Girl
as Ollie

(2004) Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Ollie (archive footage)

(1921) The Lucky Dog
as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel

(1938) Swiss Miss
as Ollie

(1943) Jitterbugs
as Ollie

(1928) From Soup to Nuts
as Hired butler

(1931) The Stolen Jools
as Police Driver

(1944) The Big Noise
as Ollie

(1926) Bromo and Juliet
as Cab Driver

(1933) The Devil's Brother
as Ollio

(1945) The Bullfighters
as Ollie

(1925) Stick Around
as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)

(1927) Crazy to Act
as Gordon Bagley

(1922) The Sawmill
as The Foreman

(1925) Hop to It!
as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)

(1922) Golf
as The neighbor

(1914) Making Auntie Welcome
as Grocery Boy

(1916) The Guilty Ones
as Babe

(1926) Wandering Papas
as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)

(1942) The Tree in a Test Tube
as Ollie

(1924) Kid Speed
as Dangerous Dan McGraw

(1925) Yes, Yes, Nanette
as Her former sweetheart

(1960) When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)

(1950) Riding High
as Sucker (uncredited)

(1937) Pick a Star
as Oliver Hardy

(1933) Wild Poses
as Baby

(1939) Zenobia
as Dr. Henry Tibbett

(1915) The Haunted Hat
as ---

(1915) Avenging Bill
as Bill, the Grocer's Boy

(1970) 4 Clowns
as (archive footage)

(1930) Night of Goblins
as Ollie

(1951) The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)

(1930) Thieves
as ---
(1925) They All Fall
as The boss

(1925) The Perfect Clown
as Babe Mulligan

(1926) Long Fliv the King
as The Prime Minister's Assistant

(1967) The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
as ---

(1926) The Nickel-Hopper
as Jazz band drummer

(1947) Performers arrive in Hampshire
as Self

(1914) The Servant Girl's Legacy
as Cy (as Babe Hardy)

(1915) Something in Her Eye
as The Grocer

(1916) The Battle Royal
as Plump

(1916) One Too Many
as Plump

(1917) The Hero
as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)

(1917) The Candy Kid
as Rival Proprietor

(1917) The Hobo
as Harold (as Babe Hardy)

(1918) Bright and Early
as The Boss

(1918) The Rogue
as Cafe Owner

(1916) The Lottery Man
as Maggie Murphy

(1919) Dull Care
as A Janitor

(1917) The Villain
as Nell

(1918) His Day Out
as Ollie

(1926) Be Your Age
as Oswald Schwartzkopple

(1921) The Fall Guy
as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)

(1927) Now I'll Tell One
as Policeman

(1921) The Bakery
as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)

(1921) The Bell Hop
as Hotel manager

(1922) A Pair of Kings
as General Alarm

(1927) Should Men Walk Home?
as Party Guest at Punch Bowl
(1922) The Counter Jumper
as Gaston Gilligan

(1923) Horseshoes
as Dynamite Duffy

(1923) The Midnight Cabaret
as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
(1923) No Wedding Bells
as The Girl's Father

(1923) The Gown Shop
as Store manager

(1923) Lightning Love
as Oliver, the Other Suitor

(1927) No Man's Law
as Sharkey Nye

(1924) Her Boy Friend
as Killer Kid

(1934) Hollywood Party
as Ollie

(1926) Say It with Babies
as Hector - the Floorwalker
(1926) A Bankrupt Honeymoon
as The Taxi Driver

(1927) Baby Brother
as Ice Man

(2020) Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
as (archive footage) (uncredited)

(1927) Why Girls Say No
as Policeman

(1931) Playing at Politics
as Oliver
(1935) Their Night Out - Screen Test
as Mr. Hardy

(1924) Roaring Lions at Home
as ---

(1918) He's In Again
as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)

(1984) Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)

(1916) Hungry Hearts
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)

(1922) Little Wildcat
as 'Bull' Mulligan

(1930) The Rogue Song
as Murza-Bek

(1917) Cupid's Rival
as Poor Artist

(1925) Isn't Life Terrible?
as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
(1919) Hop to It, Bellhop
as Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)

(1915) An Expensive Visit
as Jack

(2011) Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Himself (archive footage)

(1996) Chaplin's Goliath
as Self (archive footage)

(1930) The Night Life
as Ollie

(1931) The Chiselers
as M. Hardy

(1931) The Skulls
as Señor Hardy

(1930) Shivering and Shaking
as Ollie

(2011) A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
as Self (archive footage)

(2005) Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
as Hardy

(1925) The Joke's on You
as Wilbert Perkins

(1925) Fiddlin' Around
as Theatre manager

(1920) Squeaks and Squawks
as ---

(1927) Two-Time Mama
as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
(1918) The King of the Kitchen
as A German customer

(1915) They Looked Alike
as Pedestrian

(1917) The Chief Cook
as Babe (as Babe Hardy)

(1920) His Jonah Day
as The Life Saver

(1920) The Decorator
as Babe, a millionaire

(1923) The Barnyard
as Farm Hand

(1915) Babe's School Days
as Ikie Ikestein

(1921) The Rent Collector
as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)

(1992) Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)

(1919) The Head Waiter
as A cop (as Babe Hardy)

(1961) Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
(1919) Bungs and Bunglers
as Al K. Hall
(1915) It May Be You
as Paul Simmons

(2002) Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

(1931) Pardon Us
as Ollie

(1920) Married to Order
as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)

(1918) The Stranger
as Oliver, the saloonkeeper

(1917) The Pest
as ---

(1916) Love and Duty
as Pvt. Plump
(1927) Love 'em and Feed 'em
as 'Happy' Hopey
(1916) Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927
as ---

(1964) The Big Parade of Comedy
as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
(1968) The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Ollie / Bert (archive footage)

(1930) Radiomanía
as Ollie

(1926) Madame Mystery
as Captain Schmaltz

(1925) Laughing Ladies
as Policeman

(1915) Ups and Downs
as Shifty Mike

(1916) The Serenade
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)

(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1925) Hey, Taxi!
as A Rival Taxi Driver

(1927) Hats Off
as Ollie

(1937) That's That!
as Himself

(1926) Crazy Like a Fox
as Charley's Victim (uncredited)

(1917) Little Nell
as Little Nell

(1925) Fiddlin' Around
as Theatre Manager

(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)

(2002) Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
as ---

(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)

(1918) The Scholar
as The Superintendent

(1931) Haunted at Midnight
as Ollie

(1920) The Backyard
as Thug - The ruffian

(2011) Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
as Self (archive footage)

(1914) Mother's Baby Boy
as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)

(1920) Distilled Love
as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)

(2006) Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche
as Oliver

Stanlio & Ollio - Comiche indimenticabili
as ---
(1965) Salute to Stan Laurel
as Self (archive footage)

(1925) Should Sailors Marry?
as Doctor

(1922) The Show
as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
(1974) Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
as Himself (archive footage)

(1965) Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
as Ollie (archive footage)

(2010) Dick & Doof - Best of
as Schauspieler
(1932) Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
as Himself
(1932) Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
as Himself

(1963) 30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)

(1924) Trouble Brewing
as Bootlegger

(1920) The Stage Hand
as Audience member (uncredited)

(1915) A Lucky Strike
as Bill Myers

(1982) Dance of the Cookoos
as ---
(1935) MGM 1935 Promo Reel
as Cleaner
(1916) The Candy Trail
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)

(1918) Hello Trouble
as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)

(1915) The Lilac Splash
as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)

(1925) Rivals
as The Rival

(1967) The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
as ---

(1924) The Girl in the Limousine
as Freddie

(1928) Galloping Ghosts
as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13

(1917) Back Stage
as Babe
(1932) Stan and Olly
as Himself

(1978) Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
as Ollie

(1976) Hooray for Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

(1932) Hinter Schloss und Riegel
as Ollie

(2023) Laurel & Hardy: Year One
as ---

(2024) Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
as ---

(2021) The Real Charlie Chaplin
as ---

(2025) Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
as Archive Footage

(1920) The Trouble Hunter
as The Bouncer

(1920) Springtime
as The Commissioner

(1985) Cocoon
as Self - film clip from 'Flying Deuces' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1914) Magazine Cooking
as ---
(1990) The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
as Self (archive footage)

(1986) Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)

(1952) This Is Your Life
as Self

(1970) Dick und Doof
as Oliver

(1967) Omnibus
as Self