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.
290 movies · 3 shows
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
2025·10.0
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025·0.0
Laurel and Hardy's Yorkshire Adventures
2025·0.0
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024·10.0
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021·7.6
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
2020·0.0
Dick & Doof - Die Twentieth Century Fox Studio Gesamtedition
2020·0.0
Stan & Ollie - Unforgettable Comedies
2019·6.0
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011·7.7
A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy
2011·7.5
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011·9.0
Dick & Doof - Best of
2010·0.0
The Parrott Chase
2009·0.0
Silent Clowns
2006·0.0
Stan & Ollie - The Best Comic Shorts
2006·8.7
Laurel & Hardy - Best of III
2005·0.0
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002·7.0
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002·8.5
Laurel & Hardy - Best of II
2001·0.0
Laurel & Hardy - Best of
1999·0.0
Chaplin's Goliath
1996·6.6
That's Entertainment! III
1994·7.0
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys
1992·7.0
The Laurel & Hardy Story: An Affectionate Rememberence
1990·0.0
Classic Comedy Teams
1986·7.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984·9.0
Dance of the Cookoos
1982·10.0
The Hollywood Clowns
1979·0.0
Laurel and Hardy Laughtoons
1978·0.0
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976·0.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976·7.0
Hooray for Hollywood
1976·8.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975·6.3
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
1974·0.0
4 Clowns
1970·7.2
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968·8.0
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1967·7.0
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967·7.0
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965·8.0
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
1965·7.9
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964·7.2
30 Years of Fun
1963·5.3
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961·6.0
When Comedy Was King
1960·6.5
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957·7.1
Robinson Crusoeland
1951·5.6
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951·0.0
Riding High
1950·6.1
The Fighting Kentuckian
1949·5.9
Performers Arrive in Hampshire
1947·0.0
The Bullfighters
1945·5.9
Nothing But Trouble
1944·6.3
The Big Noise
1944·6.1
The Dancing Masters
1943·6.3
Jitterbugs
1943·5.9
Air Raid Wardens
1943·7.1
The Tree in a Test Tube
1942·5.2
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942·6.2
Great Guns
1941·5.9
Saps at Sea
1940·6.8
A Chump at Oxford
1940·6.9
The Flying Deuces
1939·6.4
Zenobia
1939·5.0
Block-Heads
1938·6.9
That's That!
1938·4.4
Hollywood Handicap
1938·4.8
Swiss Miss
1938·6.2
Pick a Star
1937·4.8
Way Out West
1937·7.1
Our Relations
1936·7.0
On the Wrong Trek
1936·5.9
The Bohemian Girl
1936·6.1
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
1935·6.0
Bonnie Scotland
1935·6.6
Thicker Than Water
1935·7.3
Their Night Out - Screen Test
1935·6.0
The Fixer Uppers
1935·6.8
Tit for Tat
1935·6.9
Babes in Toyland
1934·6.3
The Live Ghost
1934·7.2
Them Thar Hills
1934·7.5
Going Bye-Bye!
1934·7.4
Hollywood Party
1934·5.7
Oliver the Eighth
1934·7.0
Sons of the Desert
1933·7.1
Dirty Work
1933·6.9
Wild Poses
1933·7.4
Busy Bodies
1933·7.3
The Midnight Patrol
1933·6.6
The Devil's Brother
1933·6.8
Me and My Pal
1933·6.5
Twice Two
1933·6.7
Towed in a Hole
1932·7.0
Their First Mistake
1932·6.4
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932·6.8
Scram!
1932·7.1
Stan and Olly
1932·0.0
Laurel and Hardy in Tynemouth
1932·0.0
Laurel and Hardy in Edinburgh
1932·0.0
County Hospital
1932·6.8
Laurel and Hardy in the UK
1932·0.0
The Chimp
1932·6.5
Hinter Schloss und Riegel
1932·7.3
The Music Box
1932·7.5
Any Old Port!
1932·7.0
Helpmates
1932·7.2
On the Loose
1931·6.8
Beau Hunks
1931·6.8
One Good Turn
1931·6.9
Come Clean
1931·7.2
Pardon Us
1931·6.4
Haunted at Midnight
1931·8.0
Our Wife
1931·7.1
Playing at Politics
1931·7.0
The Skulls
1931·6.2
De Bote en Bote
1931·0.0
Laughing Gravy
1931·7.2
The Stolen Jools
1931·5.6
Chickens Come Home
1931·6.6
Be Big!
1931·6.8
The Chiselers
1931·6.8
Another Fine Mess
1930·6.9
Night of Goblins
1930·6.1
MGM Convention 1930 Announcement
1930·0.0
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930·6.9
Radiomanía
1930·10.0
Hog Wild
1930·6.9
Shivering and Shaking
1930·6.9
Below Zero
1930·6.6
The Night Life
1930·7.5
Brats
1930·6.8
Blotto
1930·7.2
The Rogue Song
1930·6.5
Thieves
1930·7.1
Night Owls
1930·7.4
Angora Love
1929·6.5
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929·5.9
The Hoose-Gow
1929·6.7
Bacon Grabbers
1929·6.4
They Go Boom!
1929·6.8
Perfect Day
1929·7.0
Men O' War
1929·6.8
Berth Marks
1929·6.8
Double Whoopee
1929·6.8
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929·6.9
Big Business
1929·6.6
That's My Wife
1929·6.6
Wrong Again
1929·6.8
Liberty
1929·6.9
We Faw Down
1928·5.9
Habeas Corpus
1928·6.7
Two Tars
1928·6.8
Early to Bed
1928·6.2
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928·6.4
Their Purple Moment
1928·6.6
You're Darn Tootin'
1928·5.8
From Soup to Nuts
1928·6.6
Galloping Ghosts
1928·7.0
The Finishing Touch
1928·6.9
Flying Elephants
1928·5.9
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928·6.0
The Battle of the Century
1927·6.9
Putting Pants on Philip
1927·6.3
Do Detectives Think?
1927·6.3
Love 'em and Feed 'em
1927·6.5
Hats Off
1927·6.6
Call of the Cuckoo
1927·5.8
The Second 100 Years
1927·6.3
Now I'll Tell One
1927·6.6
Sailors, Beware!
1927·6.9
Sugar Daddies
1927·6.0
With Love and Hisses
1927·6.1
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927·5.5
Baby Brother
1927·6.5
Fluttering Hearts
1927·5.6
Love 'Em and Weep
1927·5.7
Crazy to Act
1927·6.7
No Man's Law
1927·7.3
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
1927·7.0
Slipping Wives
1927·5.2
Duck Soup
1927·6.4
Why Girls Say No
1927·7.0
Should Men Walk Home?
1927·7.2
Two-Time Mama
1927·7.5
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926·5.3
The Nickel-Hopper
1926·7.5
Be Your Age
1926·5.8
Bromo and Juliet
1926·5.8
Crazy Like a Fox
1926·6.2
Along Came Auntie
1926·6.3
Thundering Fleas
1926·6.0
The Gentle Cyclone
1926·6.5
Long Fliv the King
1926·6.3
Say It with Babies
1926·6.5
Madame Mystery
1926·6.5
Wandering Papas
1926·5.4
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
1926·6.5
The Perfect Clown
1925·7.5
Should Sailors Marry?
1925·5.8
They All Fall
1925·7.5
Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925·5.5
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925·6.1
Hop to It!
1925·5.8
The Joke's on You
1925·5.5
Fiddlin' Around
1925·6.5
Fiddlin' Around
1925·5.5
Rivals
1925·6.3
Hey, Taxi!
1925·7.5
Stick Around
1925·6.1
The Wizard of Oz
1925·5.5
Laughing Ladies
1925·8.0
Roaring Lions at Home
1924·9.0
Kid Speed
1924·5.5
Her Boy Friend
1924·5.8
The Girl in the Limousine
1924·6.5
Trouble Brewing
1924·7.5
The Perfect Lady
1924·10.0
Horseshoes
1923·4.9
Lightning Love
1923·6.4
The Gown Shop
1923·5.5
The Barnyard
1923·6.3
The Midnight Cabaret
1923·6.7
No Wedding Bells
1923·5.4
The Counter Jumper
1922·6.3
Little Wildcat
1922·6.5
Golf
1922·6.4
A Pair of Kings
1922·5.5
The Show
1922·7.0
The Sawmill
1922·5.4
The Lucky Dog
1921·5.8
The Bell Hop
1921·6.8
The Fall Guy
1921·4.9
The Bakery
1921·4.7
The Rent Collector
1921·6.7
His Jonah Day
1920·7.0
The Backyard
1920·7.5
Married to Order
1920·5.9
The Trouble Hunter
1920·9.0
The Stage Hand
1920·8.0
The Decorator
1920·6.3
Springtime
1920·10.0
Squeaks and Squawks
1920·6.2
Distilled Love
1920·7.0
The Head Waiter
1919·7.0
Bungs and Bunglers
1919·7.0
Dull Care
1919·6.5
Hop to It, Bellhop
1919·7.5
He's In Again
1918·5.7
Painless Love
1918·9.0
The King of the Kitchen
1918·6.0
Hello Trouble
1918·6.0
Playmates
1918·6.0
Bright and Early
1918·4.6
The Scholar
1918·4.2
The Rogue
1918·4.1
His Day Out
1918·3.9
The Stranger
1918·5.5
The Pest
1917·5.8
The Hobo
1917·4.8
The Candy Kid
1917·5.6
The Chief Cook
1917·4.5
The Villain
1917·5.5
Cupid's Rival
1917·5.0
The Hero
1917·5.5
Little Nell
1917·5.4
Back Stage
1917·6.0
The Guilty Ones
1916·8.0
The Candy Trail
1916·5.5
Love and Duty
1916·4.9
Aunt Bill
1916·8.0
The Lottery Man
1916·4.7
Hungry Hearts
1916·4.6
The Battle Royal
1916·6.5
The Serenade
1916·5.3
One Too Many
1916·5.1
Oliver Hardy : 10 courts métrages, 1916-1927
1916·0.0
Ups and Downs
1915·0.0
Something in Her Eye
1915·6.0
The Lilac Splash
1915·6.0
The Haunted Hat
1915·6.5
Avenging Bill
1915·7.0
It May Be You
1915·6.5
A Lucky Strike
1915·5.5
An Expensive Visit
1915·7.5
They Looked Alike
1915·6.3
Babe's School Days
1915·6.0
The Servant Girl's Legacy
1914·5.6
Mother's Baby Boy
1914·7.3
Magazine Cooking
1914·0.0
Making Auntie Welcome
1914·8.0