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name: "Larry Oliver"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/larry-oliver"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 October 1879"
died: "20 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T02:04:40.289539+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Larry Oliver

Actor. Born 5 October 1879 in Carthage, Missouri, USA. Died 20 January 1973.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 October 1879, Carthage, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 20 January 1973
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0646915/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91653

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Born Yesterday*](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md) (76)

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## Biography

Larry Oliver was an American actor born Clarence Oliver on 5 October 1879 in Carthage, Missouri. He died on 20 January 1973 in Englewood, New Jersey.

He originated the role of the politician Norval Hedges in the original Broadway production of Garson Kanin's *Born Yesterday* in 1946, appearing in 1,689 performances. He repeated the part, as Congressman Norval Hedges, in the 1950 film adaptation and as Senator Norval Hedges in the 1956 Hallmark Hall of Fame television production.

Oliver's other Broadway credits between 1930 and 1965 included *Torch Song*, *The Farmer Takes a Wife*, *The Next Half Hour* and *A Very Rich Woman*. He also appeared in television productions in the 1950s, including episodes of *Schlitz Playhouse* and *Studio One*, and in a 1967 stage revival of *Born Yesterday*.

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Born Yesterday* (1950), Fi1m 76, as Congressman Norval Hedges — [page](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Born Yesterday* (1950), as Congressman Norval Hedges — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/born-yesterday.md)

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