--- name: "Oliver Hardy" canonical: "https://film.one/person/oliver-hardy" roles: [] born: "18 January 1892" died: "7 August 1957" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T21:25:26.445051+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." --- # Oliver Hardy Actor. Born 18 January 1892 in Harlem, Georgia, USA. Died 7 August 1957. ## Details - **Born:** 18 January 1892, Harlem, Georgia, USA - **Died:** 7 August 1957 - **Also known 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 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Hardy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72911, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001316/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78057 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*The Hollywood Revue of 1929*](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md) (62) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Oliver Hardy was an American comic actor best known as one half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. Born Norvell Hardy on 18 January 1892 in Harlem, Georgia, he began his film career in 1914 and was often billed as Babe Hardy in early silent shorts. He appeared in numerous films as a supporting player before joining Hal Roach Studios. From 1927, Hardy teamed with Stan Laurel, appearing together in 107 short films, features and cameos until 1951. Their work included the shorts *The Music Box* (1932) and *Busy Bodies* (1933), and features such as *Sons of the Desert* (1933), *Way Out West* (1937), *Block-Heads* (1938) and *A Chump at Oxford* (1940). He also appeared as himself in *The Hollywood Revue of 1929*. Hardy died on 7 August 1957 in North Hollywood, California, aged 65. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com, rottentomatoes.com, georgiaencyclopedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Hollywood Revue of 1929* (1929), Fi1m 62, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hollywood-revue-of-1929.md) ## Complete filmography (271) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Laurel & Hardy: Year Three* (2025), Actor - *Laurel & Hardy: Year Two* (2024), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations* (2020), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition* (2020), Actor - *Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies* (2019), as Ollio - *Stan & Ollie* (2018), Thanks - *Dick & Doof - Best of* (2010), as Schauspieler - *The Parrott Chase* (2009), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts* (2006), as Oliver - *Laurel & Hardy - Best of III* (2005), as Hardy - *Laurel & Hardy - Highlights* (2002), Actor - *Laurel & Hardy - Best of II* (2001), as Ollie - *Laurel & Hardy - Best of* (1999), as Ollie - *That's Entertainment! III* (1994), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys* (1992), as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage) - *Going Hollywood: The '30s* (1984), as (archive footage) - *Dance of the Cookoos* (1982), Actor - *The Hollywood Clowns* (1979), as (archive footage) - *Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons* (1978), as Ollie - *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), as (archive footage) - *Another Nice Mess* (1972), as Hardy (archive footage) - *4 Clowns* (1970), as (archive footage) - *Dick und Doof* (1970), series, as Oliver - *The Best of Laurel and Hardy* (1968), as Ollie / Bert (archive footage) - *The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy* (1967), Actor - *The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy* (1967), Actor - *Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's* (1965), as Ollie (archive footage) - *The Big Parade of Comedy* (1964), as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) - *30 Years of Fun* (1963), as (archive footage) - *When Comedy Was King* (1960), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Robinson Crusoeland* (1951), as Ollie - *The Slappiest Days of Our Lives* (1951), as (archive footage) - *Riding High* (1950), as Sucker (uncredited) - *The Fighting Kentuckian* (1949), as Willie Paine - *The Bullfighters* (1945), as Ollie - *Nothing But Trouble* (1944), as Oliver - *The Big Noise* (1944), as Ollie - *The Dancing Masters* (1943), as Ollie - *Jitterbugs* (1943), as Ollie - *Air Raid Wardens* (1943), as Ollie - *The Tree in a Test Tube* (1942), as Ollie - *A-Haunting We Will Go* (1942), as Ollie - *Great Guns* (1941), as Oliver - *Saps at Sea* (1940), as Ollie - *A Chump at Oxford* (1940), as Ollie - *The Flying Deuces* (1939), as Ollie - *Zenobia* (1939), as Dr. Henry Tibbett - *Block-Heads* (1938), as Ollie - *Swiss Miss* (1938), as Ollie - *Pick a Star* (1937), as Oliver Hardy - *Way Out West* (1937), as Ollie · Writer - *Our Relations* (1936), as Ollie / Bert Hardy - *On the Wrong Trek* (1936), as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker) - *The Bohemian Girl* (1936), as Ollie - *MGM 1935 Promo Reel* (1935), as Cleaner - *Bonnie Scotland* (1935), as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy - *Thicker Than Water* (1935), as Ollie - *Their Night Out - Screen Test* (1935), as Mr. Hardy - *The Fixer Uppers* (1935), as Ollie - *Tit for Tat* (1935), as Ollie - *Babes in Toyland* (1934), as Ollie Dee - *The Live Ghost* (1934), as Ollie - *Them Thar Hills* (1934), as Ollie - *Going Bye-Bye!* (1934), as Mr. Hardy - *Hollywood Party* (1934), as Ollie - *Oliver the Eighth* (1934), as Ollie - *Sons of the Desert* (1933), as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy · Writer - *Dirty Work* (1933), as Ollie - *Wild Poses* (1933), as Baby - *Busy Bodies* (1933), as Ollie · Writer - *The Midnight Patrol* (1933), as Officer Oliver Hardy · Writer - *The Devil's Brother* (1933), as Ollio - *Me and My Pal* (1933), as Ollie · Writer - *Twice Two* (1933), as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel · Writer - *Towed in a Hole* (1932), as Ollie · Writer - *Their First Mistake* (1932), as Ollie · Writer - *Pack Up Your Troubles* (1932), as Ollie - *Scram!* (1932), as Ollie · Writer - *County Hospital* (1932), as Ollie · Writer - *Laurel and Hardy in the UK* (1932), Actor - *The Chimp* (1932), as Ollie · Writer - *Hinter Schloss und Riegel* (1932), as Ollie - *The Music Box* (1932), as Ollie · Writer - *Any Old Port!* (1932), as Ollie - *Helpmates* (1932), as Ollie · Writer - *On the Loose* (1931), as New Suitor (uncredited) - *Beau Hunks* (1931), as Ollie - *One Good Turn* (1931), as Ollie - *Come Clean* (1931), as Ollie · Writer - *Pardon Us* (1931), as Ollie - *Haunted at Midnight* (1931), as Ollie - *Our Wife* (1931), as Ollie - *Playing at Politics* (1931), as Oliver - *The Skulls* (1931), as Señor Hardy - *De Bote en Bote* (1931), as Ollie - *Laughing Gravy* (1931), as Ollie - *The Stolen Jools* (1931), as Police Driver - *Chickens Come Home* (1931), as Mr. Oliver Hardy - *Be Big!* (1931), as Ollie - *The Chiselers* (1931), as M. Hardy - *Another Fine Mess* (1930), as Ollie - *Night of Goblins* (1930), as Ollie - *The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case* (1930), as Ollie - *Radiomanía* (1930), as Ollie - *Hog Wild* (1930), as Ollie · Writer - *Shivering and Shaking* (1930), as Ollie - *Below Zero* (1930), as Ollie - *The Night Life* (1930), as Ollie - *Brats* (1930), as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr. · Writer - *Blotto* (1930), as Ollie - *The Rogue Song* (1930), as Murza-Bek - *Thieves* (1930), Actor - *Night Owls* (1930), as Ollie - *Angora Love* (1929), as Ollie - *The Hoose-Gow* (1929), as Ollie - *Bacon Grabbers* (1929), as Oliver - *They Go Boom!* (1929), as Ollie - *Perfect Day* (1929), as Ollie - *Men O' War* (1929), as Ollie - *Berth Marks* (1929), as Ollie - *Double Whoopee* (1929), as Ollie - *Unaccustomed as We Are* (1929), as Oliver Hardy - *Big Business* (1929), as Ollie - *That's My Wife* (1929), as Ollie - *Wrong Again* (1929), as Ollie - *Liberty* (1929), as Ollie - *We Faw Down* (1928), as Ollie - *Habeas Corpus* (1928), as Ollie - *Two Tars* (1928), as Ollie - *Early to Bed* (1928), as Ollie - *Should Married Men Go Home?* (1928), as Ollie - *Their Purple Moment* (1928), as Ollie - *You're Darn Tootin'* (1928), as Ollie, French horn player - *From Soup to Nuts* (1928), as Hired butler - *Galloping Ghosts* (1928), as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13 - *The Finishing Touch* (1928), as Ollie - *Flying Elephants* (1928), as Mighty Giant - *Leave 'Em Laughing* (1928), as Ollie - *The Battle of the Century* (1927), as Manager - *Putting Pants on Philip* (1927), as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder - *Do Detectives Think?* (1927), as Sherlock Pinkham - *Love 'em and Feed 'em* (1927), as 'Happy' Hopey - *Hats Off* (1927), as Ollie - *Call of the Cuckoo* (1927), as Asylum Inmate - *The Second 100 Years* (1927), as Big Goofy - *Now I'll Tell One* (1927), as Policeman - *Sailors, Beware!* (1927), as Purser Cryder - *Sugar Daddies* (1927), as Brittle's butler - *With Love and Hisses* (1927), as Top Sergeant Banner - *Why Girls Love Sailors* (1927), as First Mate - *Baby Brother* (1927), as Ice Man - *Fluttering Hearts* (1927), as Big Bill - *Love 'Em and Weep* (1927), as Judge Chigger - *Crazy to Act* (1927), as Gordon Bagley - *No Man's Law* (1927), as Sharkey Nye - *The Honorable Mr. Buggs* (1927), as The Butler - *Slipping Wives* (1927), as Butler - *Duck Soup* (1927), as Maltravers - *Why Girls Say No* (1927), as Policeman - *Should Men Walk Home?* (1927), as Party Guest at Punch Bowl - *Two-Time Mama* (1927), as The Cop (as Babe Hardy) - *45 Minutes from Hollywood* (1926), as Hotel Detective - *The Nickel-Hopper* (1926), as Jazz band drummer - *Be Your Age* (1926), as Oswald Schwartzkopple - *Bromo and Juliet* (1926), as Cab Driver - *Crazy Like a Fox* (1926), as Charley's Victim (uncredited) - *Along Came Auntie* (1926), as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband - *Thundering Fleas* (1926), as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy) - *The Gentle Cyclone* (1926), as Sheriff Bill - *Long Fliv the King* (1926), as The Prime Minister's Assistant - *Say It with Babies* (1926), as Hector - the Floorwalker - *Madame Mystery* (1926), as Captain Schmaltz - *Wandering Papas* (1926), as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy) - *A Bankrupt Honeymoon* (1926), as The Taxi Driver - *The Perfect Clown* (1925), as Babe Mulligan - *Should Sailors Marry?* (1925), as Doctor - *They All Fall* (1925), as The boss - *Yes, Yes, Nanette* (1925), as Her former sweetheart - *Isn't Life Terrible?* (1925), as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy) - *Hop to It!* (1925), as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy) - *The Joke's on You* (1925), as Wilbert Perkins - *Fiddlin' Around* (1925), as Theatre manager - *Fiddlin' Around* (1925), as Theatre Manager - *Rivals* (1925), as The Rival - *Hey, Taxi!* (1925), as A Rival Taxi Driver - *Stick Around* (1925), as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy) - *The Wizard of Oz* (1925), as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand - *Laughing Ladies* (1925), as Policeman - *Roaring Lions at Home* (1924), Actor - *Kid Speed* (1924), as Dangerous Dan McGraw - *Her Boy Friend* (1924), as Killer Kid - *The Girl in the Limousine* (1924), as Freddie - *Trouble Brewing* (1924), as Bootlegger - *The Perfect Lady* (1924), as (unconfirmed) - *Horseshoes* (1923), as Dynamite Duffy - *Lightning Love* (1923), as Oliver, the Other Suitor - *The Gown Shop* (1923), as Store manager - *The Barnyard* (1923), as Farm Hand - *The Midnight Cabaret* (1923), as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor - *Quicksands* (1923), Writer, Assistant Director - *No Wedding Bells* (1923), as The Girl's Father - *The Counter Jumper* (1922), as Gaston Gilligan - *Little Wildcat* (1922), as 'Bull' Mulligan - *Golf* (1922), as The neighbor - *A Pair of Kings* (1922), as General Alarm - *The Show* (1922), as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy) - *The Sawmill* (1922), as The Foreman - *The Lucky Dog* (1921), as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel - *The Bell Hop* (1921), as Hotel manager - *The Fall Guy* (1921), as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy) - *The Bakery* (1921), as Foreman (as Babe Hardy) - *The Rent Collector* (1921), as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy) - *His Jonah Day* (1920), as The Life Saver - *The Backyard* (1920), as Thug - The ruffian - *Married to Order* (1920), as Her Father (as Babe Hardy) - *The Trouble Hunter* (1920), as The Bouncer - *The Stage Hand* (1920), as Audience member (uncredited) - *The Decorator* (1920), as Babe, a millionaire - *Springtime* (1920), as The Commissioner - *Squeaks and Squawks* (1920), Actor - *Distilled Love* (1920), as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy) - *The Head Waiter* (1919), as A cop (as Babe Hardy) - *Bungs and Bunglers* (1919), as Al K. Hall - *Dull Care* (1919), as A Janitor - *Hop to It, Bellhop* (1919), as Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy) - *He'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 - *Hello Trouble* (1918), as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy) - *Playmates* (1918), Actor - *Bright and Early* (1918), as The Boss - *The Scholar* (1918), as The Superintendent - *The Rogue* (1918), as Cafe Owner - *His Day Out* (1918), as Ollie - *The Stranger* (1918), as Oliver, the saloonkeeper - *The Pest* (1917), Actor - *The Hobo* (1917), as Harold (as Babe Hardy) - *The Candy Kid* (1917), as Rival Proprietor - *The Chief Cook* (1917), as Babe (as Babe Hardy) - *The Villain* (1917), as Nell - *Cupid's Rival* (1917), as Poor Artist - *The Hero* (1917), as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy) - *Little Nell* (1917), as Little Nell - *Back Stage* (1917), as Babe - *The Guilty Ones* (1916), as Babe · Director - *The Candy Trail* (1916), as Plump (as Babe Hardy) - *Love and Duty* (1916), as Pvt. Plump - *Aunt Bill* (1916), as Plump - *The Lottery Man* (1916), as Maggie Murphy - *Hungry Hearts* (1916), as Plump (as Babe Hardy) - *The Battle Royal* (1916), as Plump - *The Serenade* (1916), as Plump (as Babe Hardy) - *One Too Many* (1916), as Plump - *Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927* (1916), Actor - *Ups and Downs* (1915), as Shifty Mike - *Something in Her Eye* (1915), as The Grocer - *The Lilac Splash* (1915), as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy) - *Avenging Bill* (1915), as Bill, the Grocer's Boy - *The Haunted Hat* (1915), Actor - *It May Be You* (1915), as Paul Simmons - *A Lucky Strike* (1915), as Bill Myers - *An Expensive Visit* (1915), as Jack - *They Looked Alike* (1915), as Pedestrian - *Babe's School Days* (1915), as Ikie Ikestein - *The Servant Girl's Legacy* (1914), as Cy (as Babe Hardy) - *Mother's Baby Boy* (1914), as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy) - *Magazine Cooking* (1914), Actor - *Making Auntie Welcome* (1914), as Grocery Boy - *Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2*, Actor - *The World of Laurel and Hardy*, Actor - *Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Oliver Hardy](https://film.one/media/person/1224124/gallery-e179b5b56866.jpg) Oliver Hardy — Harry Warnecke, 1900 - 1984, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Oliver_Hardy_-_1938.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![L. to R.: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy & Edgar Kennedy in Air Raid Wardens - trailer (cropped screenshot) (1943)](https://film.one/media/person/1224124/gallery-ad5dfe8d8c57.jpg) L. to R.: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy & Edgar Kennedy in Air Raid Wardens - trailer (cropped screenshot) (1943) — film trailer screenshot (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Air_Raid_Wardens_%281943%29_trailer_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Cropped and edited lobby card for the 1933 film The Devil's Brother featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.](https://film.one/media/person/1224124/gallery-e483df31df83.jpg) Cropped and edited lobby card for the 1933 film The Devil's Brother featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/DevilsBrotherLaurelHardy.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Lobby card for the 1933 film The Devil's Brother.](https://film.one/media/person/1224124/gallery-c52d88cda76c.jpg) Lobby card for the 1933 film The Devil's Brother. — MGM, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Devil%27s_Brother_lobby_card.jpg/1280px-Devil%27s_Brother_lobby_card.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Oliver Hardy](https://film.one/media/person/1224124/gallery-405d8b575d2c.jpg) Oliver Hardy — Image via TMDB - ![Oliver Hardy](https://film.one/media/person/1224124/gallery-765d4002a588.jpg) Oliver Hardy — Image via TMDB - ![Oliver Hardy](https://film.one/media/person/1224124/gallery-fb960bb16790.jpg) Oliver Hardy — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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