Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy (1892–1957)

Oliver Norvell Hardy 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 1926 to 1957. 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 most of his silent films before joining producer Hal Roach, he was billed on screen as Babe Hardy.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 159 films (1900–1976) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 26 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1929 Big Business James W. Horne, Leo McCarey 19 16mm B&W
1929 Double Whoopee Hal Roach Productions 19 min 16mm B&W sound
1929 Double Whoopee Lewis R. Foster 19 min 16mm B&W
1929 Habeas Corpus Hal Roach Productions 19 min 16mm B&W sound
1929 HABEAS CORPUS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 2 reels B&W
1929 MEN O' WAR. Lewis R. Foster 19 min 16mm B&W sound
1929 Men O'War Lewis R. Foster 20 min. 16mm B&W
1929 That's My Wife Hal Roach Studios Inc 0:20:00 16mm B&W silent
1929 That's my wife. Lloyd French 7:00 16mm B&W
1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929 Charles Reisner 119 min B&W
1929 The Hoose gow Hal Roach Studios, Inc. ; produced by Hal Roach ; dialogue by H. M. Walker ; directed by James Parrott. 20 16mm B&W sound
1929 They Go Boom Hal Roach Productions 21 16mm B&W sound
1929 Wrong Again Hal Roach Studios Inc. 20 16mm B&W silent
1929 WRONG AGAIN. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 2 reels B&W
1930 Another Fine Mess BLACK 29 min. 16mm B&W
1930 Another fine mess Blackhawk Films presents ; produced by Hal Roach ; directed by James Parrott ; dialogue, H.M. Walker. 29 16mm B&W sound
1930 Another Fine Mess James Parrott 28 min 16mm B&W
1930 Blotto ▶ James Parrott 28 min. 16mm B&W
1930 Brats BLACK 19 min. 16mm B&W
1930 Helpmates Blackhawk/Hal Roach 800 ft. B&W
1930 Hog Wild James Parrott 11 min. 16mm B&W
1930 Hog Wild James Parrott 600 ft. B&W
1930 Hog Wild Blackhawk Films 19 min B&W
1930 Hog wild Hal Roach Studios; produced by Hal Roach; directed by James Parrott. 20 16mm B&W sound
1930 Night Owls Hal Roach Productions 20 min 16mm B&W sound
1930 Night owls Hal Roach Studios, Inc. ; produced by Hal Roach ; directed by James Parrott. 23 16mm B&W sound
1930 Night Owls James Parrott 20 min 16mm B&W sound
1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case Blackhawk Films: Distributor | Hal Roach Studios Inc.: Publisher | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor 0:30:00 16mm B&W sound
1931 Be big! Hal Roach Studios. 999 16mm B&W sound
1931 Chicken come home Blackhawk Films presents ; a Hal Roach production ; directed by James W. Horne ; dialogue by H.M. Walker. 31 16mm B&W sound
1931 Come Clean BLACK 20 min. 16mm B&W sound
1931 Helpmates Blackhawk Films presents ; produced by Hal Roach ; directed by James Parrott ; dialogue by H.M. Walker. 21 16mm B&W sound
1931 Laughing Gravy BLACK 19 min. 16mm B&W
1931 One Good Turn James W. Horne 20 min 16mm B&W
1931 Our Wife unknown 0:21:00 16mm B&W sound
1931 Pardon Us Hal Roach Productions 56 16mm B&W sound
1931 The Stolen Jools William C. McGann 0:20:00 16mm B&W sound
1931 The Stolen Jools ▶ Pat Casey 20 min. B&W sound
1932 Any Old Port James W. Horne 22:00 16mm B&W
1932 Any Old Port James W. Horne 21 min 16mm B&W sound
1932 County Hospital bhawk 668 16mm B&W sound
1932 County Hospital BLACK 21 min. 16mm B&W
1932 County Hospital James Parrott 18:03 16mm B&W sound
1932 Pack Up Your Troubles Hal Roach Productions 65 min. 16mm B&W sound
1932 The Music Box Hal Roach Productions 28 min 16mm B&W sound
1932 THEIR FIRST MISTAKE. Hal Roach Studios 2 reels 16mm B&W sound
1933 A day at the studio produced and directed by Hal Roach. 15 16mm B&W sound
1933 Busy Bodies BLACK 17 min. 16mm B&W sound
1933 Busy Bodies Lloyd French 19 min B&W
1933 Busy bodies Lloyd French 19 min B&W