Oliver Hardy
born: 18 January 1892
Harlem, Georgia,
United States of America
died: 07 August 1957
North Hollywood, California,
United States of America
(cerebral thrombosis, age 65)

American comedian actor, who started out playing heavies and supporting roles as 'Babe' Hardy. He is the fat half of the Laurel and Hardy team.
Interred at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, California, USA.
Married three times:
Madelyn Saloshin (1913-1921); Myrtle Reeves (1921-1937); Virginia Lucille Jones (1940-1957) (his death).

See also Stan Laurel.
Real name: Norvell Hardy
Height: 6'1"
Films listed on this page: complete filmography.

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1925
Wild Papa
Model's brother

1925
Isn't Life Terrible?
Remington, the brother-in-law

1925
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Nanette's former sweetheart

1925
Should Sailors Marry?
Doctor

1925
Laughing Ladies
The Chief of Police

1926
Wandering Papas
Foreman

1926
Madame Mystery
Captain Schmaltz

1926
Say It With Babies
Arlington Kimmel, the floorwalker

1926
Long Fliv The King
The Prime Minister's assistant

1926
Thundering Fleas
Policeman

1926
Along Came Auntie
Mr. Vincent Belcjer (the first husband)

1926
Crazy Like A Fox
Charley's victim

1926
Bromo And Juliet
Cab driver

1926
Be Your Age
Osward Schwartzkopple

1926
The Nickel-Hopper
Jazz band drummer

1926
45 Minutes From Hollywood
Hotel detective

1927
Two-Time Mama
Policeman

1927
Should Men Walk Home?
Party guest at punch bowl

1927
Why Girls Say No
Policeman
 
1927
Duck Soup
Marmaduke Maltravers/
fake Colonel Blood

1927
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
Butler

1927
Slipping Wives
Jarvis, the butler

1927
No Man's Law
Sharkey Nye

1927
Love 'Em And Weep
Judge Chigger

1927
Fluttering Hearts
Big Bill

1927
Baby Brother
Nursemaid's boyfriend

1927
Why Girls Love Sailors
First mate

1927
With Love And Hisses
Top sergeant Banner

1927
Sugar Daddies
Brittle's butler

1927
Sailors, Beware!
Purser Cryder

1927
Now I'll Tell One
Policeman

1927
The Second 100 Years
Big Goofy

1927
Call Of The Cuckoo
Asylum inmate

1927
Hats Off!
Ollie

1927
Do Detectives Think?
Sherlock Pinkham

1927
Putting Pants On Philip
Piedmont J. Mumblethunder

1927
The Battle Of The Century
Manager

1928
Leave 'Em Laughing
Ollie

1928
Flying Elephants
Mighty giant

1928
The Finishing Touch
Ollie

1928
Galloping Ghosts
Meadows/Officer 13

1928
From Soup To Nuts
Ollie

1928
Barnum & Ringling, Inc.
Startled drunk

1928
You're Darn Tootin'
Ollie

1928
Their Purple Moment
Ollie

1928
Should Married Men Go Home?
Ollie

1928
Early To Bed
Ollie

1928
Two Tars
Ollie

1928
Habeas Corpus
Ollie

1928
We Faw Down
Ollie

1929
Liberty
Ollie

1929
Wrong Again
Ollie

1929
That's My Wife
Ollie

1929
Big Business
Ollie

1929
Unaccustomed As We Are
Ollie

1929
Double Whoopee
Ollie

1929
Berth Marks
Ollie

1929
Men O' War
Ollie

1929
Perfect Day
Ollie

1929
They Go Boom!
Ollie

1929
Bacon Grabbers
Ollie

1929
The Hoose-Gow
Ollie

1929
Angora Love
Ollie

1930
Night Owls
Ollie

1930
Ladrones
Ollie

1930
Blotto
Ollie

1930
Une Nuit Extravagante
Ollie

1930
La Vida Nocturna
Ollie

1930
Brats
Ollie

1930
Les Bons Petits Diables
Ollie

1930
Glückliche Kindheit
Ollie

1930
Below Zero
Ollie

1930
Tiembla y Titubea
Ollie

1930
Hog Wild
Ollie

1930
Pêle-Mêle
Ollie

1930
Radiomanía
Ollie

1930
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Ollie

1930
Noche de Duendes
Ollie

1930
Spuk um Mitternacht
Ollie

1930
Feu Mon Oncle 
Ollie

1930
Another Fine Mess
Ollie

1931
Be Big!
Ollie

1931
Chickens Come Home
Ollie

1931
Politiquerias
Ollie

1931
Laughing Gravy
Ollie

1931
Los Calaveras
Ollie

1931
Les Carottiers
Ollie

1931
Our Wife
Ollie

1931
Pardon Us
Ollie

1931
Los Presidiarios (De Bote En Bote)
Ollie

1931
Hinter Schloss Und Riegel
Ollie

1931
Sous Les Verrous
Ollie

1931
Muraglie
Ollie

1931
Come Clean
Ollie

1931
One Good Turn
Ollie

1931
Beau Hunks
Ollie

1931
On The Loose
Ollie

1932
Helpmates
Ollie

1932
Any Old Port!
Ollie

1932
The Music Box
Ollie

1932
The Chimp
Ollie

1932
County Hospital
Ollie

1932
Scram!
Ollie

1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
Ollie

1932
Their First Mistake
Ollie

1932
Towed In A Hole
Ollie

1933
Twice Two
Ollie/Mrs. Fanny Laurel

1933
Me And My Pal
Ollie

1933
The Devil's Brother
Ollio

1933
The Midnight Patrol
Ollie

1933
Busy Bodies
Ollie

1933
Wild Poses
Brat Ollie

1933
Dirty Work
Ollie

1933
Sons Of The Desert
Ollie

1934
Oliver The Eighth
Ollie

1934
Going Bye-Bye!
Ollie

1934
Them Thar Hills
Ollie

1934
Babes In Toyland
Ollie

1934
The Live Ghost
Ollie

1935
Tit For Tat
Ollie

1935
The Fixer Uppers
Ollie

1935
Thicker Than Water
Ollie

1935
Bonnie Scotland
Ollie

1936
The Bohemian Girl
Ollie

1936
On The Wrong Trek
Hitchhiker

1936
Our Relations
Ollie/Alf Laurel

1937
Way Out West
Ollie

1937
Pick A Star
Ollie

1938
Swiss Miss
Ollie

1938
Block-Heads
Ollie

1939
Zenobia
Dr. Henry Tibbett M.D.

1940
A Chump At Oxford
Ollie/Lord Paddington's servant

1940
Saps At Sea
Ollie
NON-HAL ROACH FILMS
1920

1914
Outwitting Dad
Reggie Kewp

1914
Casey's Birthday
Policeman

1914
Building A Fire
Policeman
 

1914
He Won A Ranch
Cowboy

1914
The Particular Cowboys
Cowboy
 

1914
For Two Pins
Policeman
 

1914
A Tango Tragedy
Man at dance
 

1914
A Brewerytown Romance
Cassidy/
The cop
 

1914
The Female Cop
Boob cop
 

1914
Good Cider
Hiram

1914
Long May It Wave
The King

1914
His Sudden Recovery
Mrs. Jones

1914
Who's Boss

1914
The Rise Of The Johnsons
Grocery man

1914
He Wanted Work
Foreman

1914
The Kidnapped Bride
Daniel Cassidy
[*this film title is not listed by Rob Stone]

1914
Worms Will Turn
Policeman
[*this film title is not listed by Rob Stone]

1914
They Bought A Boat
Cabin boy
 

1914
Back To The Farm
Tom
 

1914
Making Auntie Welcome
Grocery boy
 

1914
The Green Alarm
Mike
 

1914
Never Too Old
Phil
 

1914
A Fool There Was
Traffic cop
 

1914
Pins Are Lucky
Peter Pelton
 

1914
Jealous James
Grocery boy
 

1914
When The Ham Turned
Bartender
 

1914
The Smuggler's Daughter
Gwendolyn's father

1914
She Married For Love
Onlooker
 

1914
The Soubrette And The Simp
Fred, the simp
 

1914
The Honor Of The Force
Fattie
 

1914
Kidnapping The Kid
Willie Gold
 

1914
Magazine Cooking
Grocer

1914
She Was The Other
Cutie
 

1914
The Daddy Of Them All
Peitzheimer
 

1914
Mother's Baby Boy
Percival Pilkins

1914
The Servant Girl's Legacy
Cy

1914
He Wanted His Pants
Cop
 

1914
Dobs At The Shore
Meggie Heckla
 

1914
The Fresh Air Cure
Morris Silverstein
 

1914
Weary Willie's Rags
Hotel clerk
 

1915
The Tramps
[unidentified character]
 

1915
What He Forgot
[unidentified character]
 

1915
They Looked Alike
Pedestrian

1915
Spaghetti And Lottery
Cook

1915
Gus And The Anarchists
Tom Dreck

1915
Cupid's Target
Bob

1915
Shoddy The Tailor
Policeman
 

1915
The Prize Baby
Bill, the prize baby
 

1915
An Expensive Visit
Jack
 

1915
Cleaning Time
John Herringbone
 

1915
Mixed Flats
Bob White
 

1915
Safety Worst
Bill Jones
 

1915
The Twin Sister
Bill Bolt
 

1915
Who Stole The Doggies?
Murphy, the cop
 

1915
A Lucky Strike
Bill Myers
 

1915
Matilda's Legacy
Fatty Waite
 

1915
Capturing Bad Bill
Member of the posse
 

1915
Her Choice
[unidentified character]
 

1915
The Cannibal King
Willie
 

1915
It May Be You
Paul Simmons
 

1915
What A Cinch
Police chief Myers
 

1915
Poor Baby
Matilda's sweetheart
 

1915
Not Much Force
City councilman
 

1915
Food For Kings And Riley
Servant
 

1915
The Dead Letter
Mateo
 

1915
Clothes Make The Man
Rastus
 

1915
The Haunted Hat
[unidentified character]
 

1915
Avenging Bill
Bill, the grocer's boy
 

1915
The Simp And The Sophomores
Professor Arm. Strong

1915
Babe's School Days
Ikie Ikestein
 

1915
The New Adventures Of J. Rufus Wallingford
[unidentified character]
 

1915
Ethel's Romeos
Jake Stimpson
 

1915
Fatty's Fatal Fun
Fatty

1915
The Lilac Splash
Burglar

1915
The Crazy Clock Maker
[unidentified character]
 

1915
Something In Her Eye
Grocer

1915
The Midnight Prowlers
[unidentified character]
 

1915
Love, Pepper And Sweets
[unidentified character]
 

1915
A Janitor's Joyful Job
Melinda Rousseau
 

1915
Strangled Harmony
[unidentified character]
 

1915
Speed Kings
[unidentified character]
 

1915
Mixed And Fixed
[unidentified character]
 

1915
Ups And Downs
Shifty Mike
 

1916
This Way Out
Plump
[*image is from a still]

1916
Chickens
[?]
[*image is from a still]

1916
Frenzied Finance
[unidentified character]
 

1916
A Special Delivery
Plump
 

1916
Busted Hearts
[unidentified character]
 

1916
A Sticky Affair
Plump
 

1916
Bungle's Rainy Day
[unidentified character]
 

1916
One Too Many
Plump

1916
Bungles Enforces The Law
[unidentified character]
 

1916
The Serenade
Plump

1916
Bungles' Elopement
[unidentified character]
 

1916
Nerve And Gasoline
Plump
 

1916
Bungles Lands A Job
[unidentified character]
 

1916
Their Vacation
Plump
 

1916
Mamma's Boys
Plump
 

1916
A Battle Royal
Plump

1916
All For A Girl
Plump
 

1916
Hired And Fired
[unidentified character]
 

1916
What's Sauce For The Goose
Mr. Boob Plump
 

1916
The Brave Ones
Plump
 

1916
The Water Cure
Plump
 

1916
Thirty Days
Plump
 

1916
Baby Doll
Plump
 

1916
The Schemers
Plump
 

1916
Sea Dogs
Plump
 

1916
Hungry Hearts
Plump

1916
Never Again
Plump
 

1916
The Lottery Man
Maggie Murphy

1916
Better Halves
Plump
 

1916
Edison Bugg's Invention
Chief
 

1916
A Day At School
Plump
 

1916
A Terrible Tragedy
Markoff
 

1916
Spaghetti
Plump
 

1916
Aunt Bill
Plump
 

1916
The Heroes
Plump
 

1916
It Happened In Pikesville
Jiggs
 

1916
Human Hounds
Plump
 

1916
Dreamy Knights
Plump
 

1916
Life Savers
Plump

1916
Their Honeymoon
Plump
 

1916
The Try Out
[unidentified character]
 

1916
An Aerial Joyride
Plump
 

1916
Sidetracked
Plump
 

1916
Stranded
Plump
 

1916
Love And Duty
Private Plump

1916
The Reformers
Plump
 

1916
Royal Blood
Plump
 

1916
The Candy Trail
Plump
 

1916
The Precious Parcel
Plump
 

1916
A Maid To Order
Plump
 

1916
Twin Flats
Babe
 

1916
A Warm Reception
Babe

1916
Pipe Dreams
Babe
 

1916
Mother's Child
Babe
 

1916
Prize Winners
Babe
 

1916
Ambitious Ethel
[unidentified character]
 

1916
The Guilty Ones
Babe
 

1916
He Winked And Won
Babe
 

1916
He Went And Won
[unidentified character]
 

1916
Fat And Fickle
Babe
 

1917
The Modiste
[unidentified character]
 

1917
The Boycotted Baby
Babe
 

1917
The Love Bugs
Babe
 

1917
The Other Girl
[unidentified character]
 

1917
A Mix Up In Hearts
[unidentified character]
 

1917
Wanted - A Bad Man
[unidentified character]
 

1917
Back Stage
[unidentified character]
 

1917
The Hero
The hero's rival
 

1917
Dough-Nuts
The hero's rival

1917
Cupid's Rival
Poor artist

1917
The Villain
Babe
 

1917
The Millionaire
The mother-in- law
 

1917
The Goat
Neighbor
 

1917
The Fly Cop
Proprietor
 

1917
The Chief Cook
Babe

1917
The Candy Kid
Rival proprietor

1917
The Hobo
Harold

1917
The Pest
Newlywed

1917
The Band Master
[unidentified character]
 

1917
The Slave
The Sultan of Bacteria
 

1918
The Stranger
Oliver, the saloon keeper

1918
Bright And Early
The boss

1918
The Rogue
Cafe owner

1918
His Day Out
Oliver

1918
The Orderly
[?]

1918
The Scholar
Superintendent

1918
The Messenger
[?]

1918
The Handy Man
[?]

1918
The Straight And Narrow
[?]

1918
Playmates
Kid

1918
Beauties In Distress
[?]

1918
He's In Again
Head waiter

1918
Business Before Honesty
Blind man

1918
Hello Trouble
Devoted husband

1918
Painless Love
Dr. Hurts

1918
The King Of The Kitchen
German customer

1919
The Freckled Fish
Solomon Soopmeat

1919
Hop, The Bellhop
Solomon Soop

1919
Soapsuds And Sapheads
Foreman

1919
Jazz And Jailbirds
I.M. Ruff

1919
Mules And Mortgages
Strongarm

1919
Tootsies And Tomales
Murderous Mexican

1919
Healthy And Happy
Doctor

1919
Flips And Flops
Mr. Jipper

1919
Yaps And Yokels
Hired hand

1919
Mates And Models
Nutty artist

1919
Squabs And Squabbles
The boss

1919
Bungs And Bunglers
Landlord

1919
Switches And Sweeties
[?]

1919
Lions And Ladies
[?]

1919
Hearts In Hock
[?]

1919
Dull Care
Janitor

1919
The Head Waiter
Cop

1920
Dames_And_Dentists
Bob

1920
Maids And Muslin
Mr. Yards, manager

1920
Squeaks And Squawks
[?]

1920
Distilled Love
Mr. Peeble Ford

1920
Fists And Fodder
Father

1920
Pals And Pugs
Bully

1920
He Laughs Last
Handsome Hal

1920
Springtime
The Commissioner

1920
The Decorator
Babe, the millionaire

1920
The Stage Hand
Audience member

1920
The Trouble Hunter
The bouncer

1920
Married To Order
Rose's father

1920
His Jonah Day
Life saver

1920
The Backyard
Ruffian

1920
The Mysterious Stranger
Toreador

1921
The Nuisance
The walrus

1921
The Blizzard
Janitor

1921
The Bakery
Foreman

1921
The Rent Collector
Big boss

1921
The Tourist
Leader of the outlaws

1921
The Fall Guy
Gentleman Joe (a.k.a. Black Bart)

1921
The Bell Hop
Hotel manager

1921
The Lucky Dog
Bandit

1922
The Sawmill
Foreman

1922
The Show
Foreman

1922
A Pair Of Kings
General Alarm

1922
Golf
The neighbor

1922
Fortune's Mask
Chief of Police

1922
Little Wildcat
'Bull' Mulligan

1922
The Agent
Don Fusiloil

1922
The Counter Jumper
Gaston Gilligan

1923
No Wedding Bells
The girl's father

1923
The Barnyard
Farm hand

1923
The Midnight Cabaret
Oliver, an impetuous suitor

1923
The Gown Shop
The store manager

1923
Lightning Love
Oliver, the other suitor

1923
Horseshoes
Dynamite Duffy

1924
Trouble Brewing
Bootlegger

1924
The Girl In The Limousine
Freddie

1924
Her Boy Friend
Killer Kid

1924
Kid Speed
Dangerous Dan McGraw

1925
Stick Around
Paperhanger

1925
Hey, Taxi!
Rival taxi driver

1925
Neptune's Daughter
[?]

1925
The Wizard Of Oz
Woodsman/Knight of the Garter/Farmhand

1925
Rivals
Rival

1925
Fiddlin' Around
Theater manager

1925
Hop To It!
Bellhop

1925
A Day's Vacation
Wilbert Perkins

1925
They All Fall
Theater manager

1925
The Perfect Clown
Babe Mulligan

1926
Stop, Look And Listen
Show manager

1926
A Bankrupt Honeymoon
Taxi driver

1926
The Gentle Cyclone
Sheriff Bill

1927
Crazy To Act
Gordon Bagley

1929
The Hollywood Revue Of 1929
Ollie

1930
The Rogue Song
Ali-Bek

1931
The Stolen Jools
Ollie

1934
Hollywood Party
Ollie

1936
Galaxy Of Stars
Ollie

1938
Hollywood Handicap
Himself

1939
The Flying Deuces
Ollie

1941
Great Guns
Ollie

1942
The Tree In The Test Tube
Ollie

1942
A-Haunting We Will Go
Ollie

1943
Air Raid Wardens
Ollie

1943
Jitterbugs
Ollie

1943
The Dancing Masters
Ollie

1944
The Big Noise
Ollie

1944
Nothing But Trouble
Ollie

1945
The Bullfighters
Ollie

1949
The Fighting Kentuckian
Willie Paine

1950
Riding High
Sucker

1951
Atoll K
Ollie

Acknowledgements:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Hardy_filmography (Wikipedia)
Laurel OR Hardy by Rob Stone (book)
Rob Stone identified him in "Magazine Cooking" (1914)
Babe - The Life Of Oliver Hardy by John McCabe (book)
Jim Phillips (screenshot from The Simp And The Sophomores)

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