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.

Filmography

• 2025Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
• 2025Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures — Archive Footage
• 2024Laurel & Hardy: Year Two — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2020Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
• 2020Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2019Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies — Ollio
• 2018Stan & Ollie — Thanks
• 2010Dick & Doof - Best of — Schauspieler
• 2009The Parrott Chase — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2006Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts — Oliver
• 2005Laurel & Hardy - Best of III — Hardy
• 2002Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
• 2001Laurel & Hardy - Best of II — Ollie
• 1999Laurel & Hardy - Best of — Ollie
• 1994That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1992Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys — Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
• 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s — (archive footage)
• 1982Dance of the Cookoos
• 1979The Hollywood Clowns — (archive footage)
• 1978Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons — Ollie
• 1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy — (archive footage)
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• 1972Another Nice Mess — Hardy (archive footage)
• 19704 Clowns — (archive footage)
• 1968The Best of Laurel and Hardy — Ollie / Bert (archive footage)
• 1967The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
• 1967The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
• 1965Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's — Ollie (archive footage)
• 1964The Big Parade of Comedy — Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
• 196330 Years of Fun — (archive footage)
• 1960When Comedy Was King — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1957The Golden Age of Comedy — archive footage
• 1951Robinson Crusoeland — Ollie
• 1951The Slappiest Days of Our Lives — (archive footage)
• 1950Riding High — Sucker (uncredited)
• 1949The Fighting Kentuckian — Willie Paine
• 1945The Bullfighters — Ollie
• 1944Nothing But Trouble — Oliver
• 1944The Big Noise — Ollie
• 1943Air Raid Wardens — Ollie
• 1943Jitterbugs — Ollie
• 1943The Dancing Masters — Ollie
• 1942A-Haunting We Will Go — Ollie
• 1942The Tree in a Test Tube — Ollie
• 1941Great Guns — Oliver
• 1940A Chump at Oxford — Ollie
• 1940Saps at Sea — Ollie
• 1939The Flying Deuces — Ollie
• 1939Zenobia — Dr. Henry Tibbett
• 1938Block-Heads — Ollie
• 1938Swiss Miss — Ollie
• 1937Pick a Star — Oliver Hardy
• 1937Way Out West — Ollie, Writer
• 1936On the Wrong Trek — Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
• 1936Our Relations — Ollie / Bert Hardy
• 1936The Bohemian Girl — Ollie
• 1935Bonnie Scotland — Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
• 1935MGM 1935 Promo Reel — Cleaner
• 1935The Fixer Uppers — Ollie
• 1935Their Night Out - Screen Test — Mr. Hardy
• 1935Thicker Than Water — Ollie
• 1935Tit for Tat — Ollie
• 1934Babes in Toyland — Ollie Dee
• 1934Going Bye-Bye! — Mr. Hardy
• 1934Hollywood Party — Ollie
• 1934Oliver the Eighth — Ollie
• 1934The Live Ghost — Ollie
• 1934Them Thar Hills — Ollie
• 1933Busy Bodies — Ollie, Writer
• 1933Dirty Work — Ollie
• 1933Me and My Pal — Ollie, Writer
• 1933Sons of the Desert — Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy, Writer
• 1933The Devil's Brother — Ollio
• 1933The Midnight Patrol — Officer Oliver Hardy, Writer
• 1933Twice Two — Ollie / Mrs. Laurel, Writer
• 1933Wild Poses — Baby
• 1932Any Old Port! — Ollie
• 1932County Hospital — Ollie, Writer
• 1932Helpmates — Ollie, Writer
• 1932Hinter Schloss und Riegel — Ollie
• 1932Laurel and Hardy in the UK
• 1932Pack Up Your Troubles — Ollie
• 1932Scram! — Ollie, Writer
• 1932The Chimp — Ollie, Writer
• 1932The Music Box — Ollie, Writer
• 1932Their First Mistake — Ollie, Writer
• 1932Towed in a Hole — Ollie, Writer
• 1931Be Big! — Ollie
• 1931Beau Hunks — Ollie
• 1931Chickens Come Home — Mr. Oliver Hardy
• 1931Come Clean — Ollie, Writer
• 1931De Bote en Bote — Ollie
• 1931Haunted at Midnight — Ollie
• 1931Laughing Gravy — Ollie
• 1931On the Loose — New Suitor (uncredited)
• 1931One Good Turn — Ollie
• 1931Our Wife — Ollie
• 1931Pardon Us — Ollie
• 1931Playing at Politics — Oliver
• 1931The Chiselers — M. Hardy
• 1931The Skulls — Señor Hardy
• 1931The Stolen Jools — Police Driver
• 1930Another Fine Mess — Ollie
• 1930Below Zero — Ollie
• 1930Blotto — Ollie
• 1930Brats — Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr., Writer
• 1930Hog Wild — Ollie, Writer
• 1930Night Owls — Ollie
• 1930Night of Goblins — Ollie
• 1930Radiomanía — Ollie
• 1930Shivering and Shaking — Ollie
• 1930The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case — Ollie
• 1930The Night Life — Ollie
• 1930The Rogue Song — Murza-Bek
• 1930Thieves
• 1929Angora Love — Ollie
• 1929Bacon Grabbers — Oliver
• 1929Berth Marks — Ollie
• 1929Big Business — Ollie
• 1929Double Whoopee — Ollie
• 1929Liberty — Ollie
• 1929Men O' War — Ollie
• 1929Perfect Day — Ollie
• 1929That's My Wife — Ollie
• 1929The Hoose-Gow — Ollie
• 1929They Go Boom! — Ollie
• 1929Unaccustomed as We Are — Oliver Hardy
• 1929Wrong Again — Ollie
• 1928Early to Bed — Ollie
• 1928Flying Elephants — Mighty Giant
• 1928From Soup to Nuts — Hired butler
• 1928Galloping Ghosts — Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
• 1928Habeas Corpus — Ollie
• 1928Leave 'Em Laughing — Ollie
• 1928Should Married Men Go Home? — Ollie
• 1928The Finishing Touch — Ollie
• 1928Their Purple Moment — Ollie
• 1928Two Tars — Ollie
• 1928We Faw Down — Ollie
• 1928You're Darn Tootin' — Ollie, French horn player
• 1927Baby Brother — Ice Man
• 1927Call of the Cuckoo — Asylum Inmate
• 1927Crazy to Act — Gordon Bagley
• 1927Do Detectives Think? — Sherlock Pinkham
• 1927Duck Soup — Maltravers
• 1927Fluttering Hearts — Big Bill
• 1927Hats Off — Ollie
• 1927Love 'Em and Weep — Judge Chigger
• 1927Love 'em and Feed 'em — 'Happy' Hopey
• 1927No Man's Law — Sharkey Nye
• 1927Now I'll Tell One — Policeman
• 1927Putting Pants on Philip — J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
• 1927Sailors, Beware! — Purser Cryder
• 1927Should Men Walk Home? — Party Guest at Punch Bowl
• 1927Slipping Wives — Butler
• 1927Sugar Daddies — Brittle's butler
• 1927The Battle of the Century — Manager
• 1927The Honorable Mr. Buggs — The Butler
• 1927The Second 100 Years — Big Goofy
• 1927Two-Time Mama — The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
• 1927Why Girls Love Sailors — First Mate
• 1927Why Girls Say No — Policeman
• 1927With Love and Hisses — Top Sergeant Banner
• 192645 Minutes from Hollywood — Hotel Detective
• 1926A Bankrupt Honeymoon — The Taxi Driver
• 1926Along Came Auntie — Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
• 1926Be Your Age — Oswald Schwartzkopple
• 1926Bromo and Juliet — Cab Driver
• 1926Crazy Like a Fox — Charley's Victim (uncredited)
• 1926Long Fliv the King — The Prime Minister's Assistant
• 1926Madame Mystery — Captain Schmaltz
• 1926Say It with Babies — Hector - the Floorwalker
• 1926The Gentle Cyclone — Sheriff Bill
• 1926The Nickel-Hopper — Jazz band drummer
• 1926Thundering Fleas — Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
• 1926Wandering Papas — Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
• 1925Fiddlin' Around — Theatre manager
• 1925Fiddlin' Around — Theatre Manager
• 1925Hey, Taxi! — A Rival Taxi Driver
• 1925Hop to It! — A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
• 1925Isn't Life Terrible? — Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
• 1925Laughing Ladies — Policeman
• 1925Rivals — The Rival
• 1925Should Sailors Marry? — Doctor
• 1925Stick Around — Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
• 1925The Joke's on You — Wilbert Perkins
• 1925The Perfect Clown — Babe Mulligan
• 1925The Wizard of Oz — Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
• 1925They All Fall — The boss
• 1925Yes, Yes, Nanette — Her former sweetheart
• 1924Her Boy Friend — Killer Kid
• 1924Kid Speed — Dangerous Dan McGraw
• 1924Roaring Lions at Home
• 1924The Girl in the Limousine — Freddie
• 1924The Perfect Lady — (unconfirmed)
• 1924Trouble Brewing — Bootlegger
• 1923Horseshoes — Dynamite Duffy
• 1923Lightning Love — Oliver, the Other Suitor
• 1923No Wedding Bells — The Girl's Father
• 1923Quicksands — Writer, Assistant Director
• 1923The Barnyard — Farm Hand
• 1923The Gown Shop — Store manager
• 1923The Midnight Cabaret — Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
• 1922A Pair of Kings — General Alarm
• 1922Golf — The neighbor
• 1922Little Wildcat — 'Bull' Mulligan
• 1922The Counter Jumper — Gaston Gilligan
• 1922The Sawmill — The Foreman
• 1922The Show — Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
• Laurel & Hardy — Oliver
• 1921The Bakery — Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
• 1921The Bell Hop — Hotel manager
• 1921The Fall Guy — Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
• 1921The Lucky Dog — Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
• 1921The Rent Collector — The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
• 1920Distilled Love — Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
• 1920His Jonah Day — The Life Saver
• 1920Married to Order — Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
• 1920Springtime — The Commissioner
• 1920Squeaks and Squawks
• 1920The Backyard — Thug - The ruffian
• 1920The Decorator — Babe, a millionaire
• 1920The Stage Hand — Audience member (uncredited)
• 1920The Trouble Hunter — The Bouncer
• 1919Bungs and Bunglers — Al K. Hall
• 1919Dull Care — A Janitor
• 1919Hop to It, Bellhop — Solomon Soop(as Babe Hardy)
• 1919The Head Waiter — A cop (as Babe Hardy)
• 1918Bright and Early — The Boss
• 1918He's In Again — Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
• 1918Hello Trouble — A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
• 1918His Day Out — Ollie
• 1918Painless Love — Dr. Hurts
• 1918Playmates
• 1918The King of the Kitchen — A German customer
• 1918The Rogue — Cafe Owner
• 1918The Scholar — The Superintendent
• 1918The Stranger — Oliver, the saloonkeeper
• 1917Back Stage — Babe
• 1917Cupid's Rival — Poor Artist
• 1917Little Nell — Little Nell
• 1917The Candy Kid — Rival Proprietor
• 1917The Chief Cook — Babe (as Babe Hardy)
• 1917The Hero — The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
• 1917The Hobo — Harold (as Babe Hardy)
• 1917The Pest
• 1917The Villain — Nell
• 1916Aunt Bill — Plump
• 1916Hungry Hearts — Plump (as Babe Hardy)
• 1916Love and Duty — Pvt. Plump
• 1916Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927
• 1916One Too Many — Plump
• 1916The Battle Royal — Plump
• 1916The Candy Trail — Plump (as Babe Hardy)
• 1916The Guilty Ones — Babe, Director
• 1916The Lottery Man — Maggie Murphy
• 1916The Serenade — Plump (as Babe Hardy)
• 1915A Lucky Strike — Bill Myers
• 1915An Expensive Visit — Jack
• 1915Avenging Bill — Bill, the Grocer's Boy
• 1915Babe's School Days — Ikie Ikestein
• 1915It May Be You — Paul Simmons
• 1915Something in Her Eye — The Grocer
• 1915The Haunted Hat
• 1915The Lilac Splash — Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
• 1915They Looked Alike — Pedestrian
• 1915Ups and Downs — Shifty Mike
• 1914Magazine Cooking
• 1914Making Auntie Welcome — Grocery Boy
• 1914Mother's Baby Boy — Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
• 1914The Servant Girl's Legacy — Cy (as Babe Hardy)
• Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
• Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 2
• The World of Laurel and Hardy

Appearances as themselves (24)

• 2025Nash the Slash Rises Again! — Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)
• 2021The Real Charlie Chaplin — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2011A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films — Himself (archive footage)
• 2011Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic — Self (archive footage)
• 2002Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1996Chaplin's Goliath — Self (archive footage)
• 1990The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence — Self (archive footage)
• 1986Classic Comedy Teams — Self (archive footage)
• 1976Hooray for Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
• 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
• 1974Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy — Self (archive footage)
• Omnibus — Self
• 1965Salute to Stan Laurel — Self (archive footage)
• 1961Days of Thrills and Laughter — Self (archive footage)
• This Is Your Life — Self
• 1947Performers Arrive in Hampshire — Self
• 1938Hollywood Handicap — Himself
• 1938That's That! — Himself
• 1932Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh — Himself
• 1932Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth — Himself
• 1932Stan and Olly — Himself
• 1930MGM Convention 1930 Announcement — Himself
• 1929The Hollywood Revue of 1929 — Self