Oliver Hardy
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: January 18, 1892
Place of Birth: Harlem, Georgia, USA
Known For
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
Following their initial pairing in early 1927, Laurel and Hardy ended their first year on top. Their success moving into 1928 galvanized the efforts of everyone at Hal Roach Studios (including famed director Leo McCarey), who proudly upped their game in support of the winning comedy duo. Whether wreaking accidental havoc as a two-man band, doing battle against one another as millionaire and butler, or even becoming grave robbers for a mad scientist, Laurel and Hardy prove in their second year that they have what it takes to not only win over audiences in the twilight of the silent era, but generate enough momentum to make a successful transition to “talkies” in 1929.
Laurel & Hardy: Year Three
Following the acclaimed Laurel & Hardy: Year One and Laurel & Hardy: Year Two collections, Flicker Alley and Blackhawk Films® are proud to announce the culmination of the duo's silent years. Laurel & Hardy: Year Three brings to Blu-ray disc nine of L&H's most beloved classic shorts, newly restored and joined by a host of rare archival material that also includes several of their earliest sound films.
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927), the only Oscar®-winning performance in a lost film. Fragments also features clips from such lost films as Cleopatra (1917), starring Theda Bara; The Miracle Man (1919), with Lon Chaney; He Comes Up Smiling (1918), starring Douglas Fairbanks; an early lost sound film, Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), filmed in early Technicolor, and the only color footage of silent star Clara Bow, Red Hair (1928). The program is rounded out with interviews of film preservationists involved in identifying and restoring these films. Also featured is a new interview with Diana Serra Cary, best known as "Baby Peggy", one of the major American child stars of the silent era, who discusses one of the featured fragments, Darling of New York (1923).
Stanlio & Ollio Le migliori comiche
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Experience Stan and Ollie in their funniest scenes: whether they build a house as construction workers or try to impress two young ladies as sailors. Watch as Stan fights a superior opponent in the boxing ring and as Ollie is taking an involuntary bath and see where a steadfast friendship between two men can get you...
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's
A compilation of primarly Laurel and Hardy shorts---From Soup to Nuts, Wrong Again, Putting the Pants on Philip, The Finishing Touch, Sugar Daddies and short clips from others---plus Max Davidson's Call of the Cuckoo and Dumb Daddies, with some cross-over Charley Chase footage, which, along with Robert Youngson's previous "The Golden Age of Comedy", "When Comedy Was King", "Days of Thrills and Laughter", led to a renewed interest in and a revival of television showings of Laurel and Hardy shorts. The cast was billed in order of their appearance: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Vivien Oakland (with a Vivian typo), Glen Tyron, Edna Murphy, Anita Garvin, Tiny Sanford, Jimmy Finlayson, Charlie Chase, Viola Richard, Max Davidson, Del Henderson, Josephine Crowell, Anders Randolf (as Anders Randolph), Edgar Kennedy, Dorothy Coburn, Lillian Elliott and "Spec" O'Donnell.
Haunted at Midnight
Long lost German language version of the Laurel & Hardy film "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case". When Stan's rich uncle Ebeneezer dies and leaves behind a large estate, they think their days of living off the fish they catch are numbered. But they soon learn that Ebeneezer has been murdered. All relatives, including Stan, are under suspicion.
Dick und Doof
A series of feature-length and classic short films by the legendary comedy team.
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the failure. The story of one of the best comic duos of all time: a lesson on how to make people laugh.
Filmography
as Self - Sherlock Pinkham(archive footage)
as Archive Footage
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself (archive footage)
as Schauspieler
as Oliver
as Hardy
as Ollie (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Ollie / Fanny / Bert (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Ollie
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Oliver
as Self
as Ollie (archive footage)
as Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
as archive footage
as Self
as Ollie
as (archive footage)
as Sucker (uncredited)
as Willie Paine
as Ollie
as Oliver
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Oliver
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Dr. Henry Tibbett
as Ollie
as Himself
as Himself
as Ollie
as Oliver Hardy
as Ollie
as Ollie / Bert Hardy
as Cameo appearance (hitchhiker)
as Ollie
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie Dee
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Mr. Hardy
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy
as Ollie
as Baby
as Ollie
as Officer Oliver Hardy
as Ollio
as Ollie
as Ollie / Mrs. Laurel
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as New Suitor (uncredited)
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Oliver
as Señor Hardy
as Ollie
as Police Driver
as Mr. Oliver Hardy
as Ollie
as M. Hardy
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie Sr. / Oliver Jr.
as Ollie
as Murza-Bek
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Self
as Ollie
as Oliver
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Oliver Hardy
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie
as Ollie, French horn player
as Hired butler
as Meadows the Valet, a.k.a. Officer 13
as Ollie
as Mighty Giant
as Ollie
as Manager
as J. Piedmont Mumblethunder
as Sherlock Pinkham
as Ollie
as Asylum Inmate
as Big Goofy
as Policeman
as Purser Cryder
as Brittle's butler
as Top Sergeant Banner
as First Mate
as Ice Man
as Big Bill
as Judge Chigger
as Gordon Bagley
as Sharkey Nye
as The Butler
as Butler
as Maltravers
as Policeman
as Party Guest at Punch Bowl
as The Cop (as Babe Hardy)
as Hotel Detective
as Jazz band drummer
as Oswald Schwartzkopple
as Cab Driver
as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband
as Officer (as Oliver Babe Hardy)
as Sheriff Bill
as The Prime Minister's Assistant
as Hector - the Floorwalker
as Captain Schmaltz
as Camp Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
as Babe Mulligan
as Doctor
as Her former sweetheart
as Remington - the Brother-in-Law (as 'Babe' Hardy)
as A bellhop (as Babe Hardy)
as Theatre Manager
as Theatre manager
as Wilbert Perkins
as The Rival
as Paperhanger (as Babe Hardy)
as Tin Woodsman / Farmhand
as Policeman
as Dangerous Dan McGraw
as Killer Kid
as Freddie
as Bootlegger
as Dynamite Duffy
as Oliver, the Other Suitor
as Store manager
as Farm Hand
as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor
as 'Bull' Mulligan
as The neighbor
as General Alarm
as Stage manager / Audience Member (as Babe Hardy)
as The Foreman
as Masked bandit who confronts Laurel
as Hotel manager
as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart (as Babe Hardy)
as Foreman (as Babe Hardy)
as The Big Boss (as Babe Hardy)
as The Life Saver
as Thug - The ruffian
as Her Father (as Babe Hardy)
as The Bouncer
as Audience member (uncredited)
as Babe, a millionaire
as The Commissioner
as Mr. Pebble Ford (as Babe Hardy)
as A cop (as Babe Hardy)
as A Janitor
as Head Waiter (as Babe Hardy)
as A devoted husband (as Babe Hardy)
as The Boss
as The Superintendent
as Cafe Owner
as Ollie
as Oliver, the saloonkeeper
as Harold (as Babe Hardy)
as Rival Proprietor
as Babe (as Babe Hardy)
as Nell
as Poor Artist
as The Hero's Rival (as Babe Hardy)
as Little Nell
as Babe
as Babe
as Pvt. Plump
as Maggie Murphy
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
as Plump
as Plump (as Babe Hardy)
as Plump
as Shifty Mike
as The Grocer
as Burglar (as O.N. Hardy)
as Bill, the Grocer's Boy
as Bill Myers
as Jack
as Pedestrian
as Ikie Ikestein
as Cy (as Babe Hardy)
as Percival Pilkins (as Babe Hardy)
as Grocery Boy