Oliver Hardy

Norvell Hardy Junior
1892 - 1957
American born near Atlanta, Georgia

Nickname Babe . Height 6' 1" (1.85 m) . His Scottish-English parents were never in show business. As a young boy, he was a gifted singer and, by age eight, was performing with minstrel shows. In 1910, he ran a movie theatre, which he preferred to studying law. In 1913, he became a comedy actor with the Lubin Company in Florida and began appearing in a long series of shorts; his debut film was Outwitting Dad (1914); 1914-5 was the "Pokes and Jabbs" series; 1916-8 saw the "Plump and Runt" series, 1919-21 the "Jimmy Aubrey" series, and from 1921-5 he worked as an actor and co-director of comedy shorts for Larry Semon. In 1917, he had played a bit part in A Lucky Dog (1921), starring Stan Laurel. His first two-reeler with Laurel was Forty-five Minutes from Hollywood (1926). Their first release through MGM was Sugar Daddies (1927) and the first with star billing was From Soup to Nuts (1928). Their first feature-length starring roles were in Pardon Us (1931). Their work became more production-line and less popular during the war years, mostly working for Twentieth Century-Fox. Their last movie together was The Bullfighters (1945) except for a French failure (Atoll K (1951)). He appeared without Laurel in The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) and Riding High (1950) and died seven years later. Spouse Virginia Lucille Jones (7 March 1940 - 7 August 1957) (his death), Myrtle Reeves
(24 November 1921 - 18 May 1937) (divorced), Madelyn Saloshin (7 November 1913 - 1921) (divorced).

Atoll K (1951) , Riding High (1950) , The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) , The Bullfighters (1945) , Nothing But Trouble (1944) , The Big Noise (1944) , The Dancing Masters (1943) , Jitterbugs (1943) , Air Raid Wardens (1943) , A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) , Great Guns (1941) , Saps at Sea (1940) , A Chump at Oxford (1940) , The Flying Deuces (1939) , Zenobia (1939) , Block-Heads (1938) , Swiss Miss (1938) , Way Out West (1937) , Our Relations (1936) , On the Wrong Trek (1936) , The Bohemian Girl (1936) , Bonnie Scotland (1935) , Thicker Than Water (1935) , The Fixer Uppers (1935) , Tit for Tat (1935) , Babes in Toyland (1934) , The Live Ghost (1934) , Them Thar Hills (1934), Going Bye-Bye! (1934), Hollywood Party (1934) , Oliver the Eighth (1934) , Sons of the Desert (1933) , Dirty Work (1933) , Wild Poses (1933) , Busy Bodies (1933) , The Midnight Patrol (1933) , The Devil's Brother (1933) , Me and My Pal (1933) , Twice Two (1933) , Towed in a Hole (1932) , Their First Mistake (1932) , Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) , Scram! (1932) , County Hospital (1932) , The Chimp (1932) , The Music Box (1932) , Choo-Choo! (1932) , Any Old Port! (1932) , Helpmates (1932) , On the Loose (1931) , Beau Hunks (1931) , One Good Turn (1931) , Come Clean (1931) , Pardon Us (1931) , Our Wife (1931) , Politiquerías (1931) , Calaveras, Los (1931) , Laughing Gravy (1931) , The Slippery Pearls (1931) , Chickens Come Home (1931) , Be Big! (1931) , Carottiers, Les (1931) , Hinter Schloss und Riegel (1931) , Muraglie (1931) , Presidiarios, Los (1931) , Sous les verrous (1931) , Another Fine Mess (1930) , The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930) , Hog Wild (1930) , The Rogue Song (1930) , Below Zero (1930) , Brats (1930) , Blotto (1930) , Night Owls (1930) , Feu mon oncle (1930) , Ladrones (1930) , Noche de duendes (1930) , Radiomanía (1930) , Spuk um Mitternacht, Der (1930) , Tiembla y Titubea (1930) , Une nuit extravagante (1930) , Vida nocturna, La (1930) , Angora Love (1929) , The Hoose-Gow (1929) , Bacon Grabbers (1929) , They Go Boom! (1929) , The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) , Perfect Day (1929) , Men O'War (1929) , Berth Marks (1929) , Double Whoopee (1929) , Unaccustomed As We Are (1929) , Big Business (1929) , That's My Wife (1929) , Wrong Again (1929) , Liberty (1929) , We Faw Down (1928) , Habeas Corpus (1928) , Two Tars (1928) , Early to Bed (1928) , Should Married Men Go Home? (1928) , Their Purple Moment (1928) , You're Darn Tootin' (1928) , Barnum & Ringling, Inc. (1928) , From Soup to Nuts (1928) , Galloping Ghosts (1928) , The Finishing Touch (1928) , Flying Elephants (1928) , Leave 'Em Laughing (1928) , The Battle of the Century (1927) , Putting Pants on Philip (1927) , Do Detectives Think? (1927) , Love 'Em and Feed 'Em (1927) , Hats Off (1927) , Call of the Cuckoo (1927) , Now I'll Tell One (1927) , The Second 100 Years (1927) , Sailors Beware (1927) , Sugar Daddies (1927) , With Love and Hisses (1927) , Why Girls Love Sailors (1927) , Baby Brother (1927) , Fluttering Hearts (1927) , Love 'Em and Weep (1927) , Crazy to Act (1927) , No Man's Law (1927) , The Honorable Mr. Buggs (1927) , Slipping Wives (1927) , Duck Soup (1927) , Why Girls Say No (1927), Should Men Walk Home? (1927) , Two-Time Mama (1927) , 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926) , The Nickel-Hopper (1926) , Be Your Age (1926) , Bromo and Juliet (1926) , Crazy Like a Fox (1926) , Along Came Auntie (1926) , Thundering Fleas (1926) , The Gentle Cyclone (1926) , The Cow's Kimona (1926) , Long Fliv the King (1926) , Say It with Babies (1926) , Madame Mystery (1926) , Wandering Papas (1926) , A Bankrupt Honeymoon (1926) , Stop, Look and Listen (1926) , The Perfect Clown (1925) , Laughing Ladies (1925) , Should Sailors Marry? (1925) , They All Fall (1925) , Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925) , The Joke's on You (1925) , Hop to It! (1925) , Isn't Life Terrible? (1925) , Fiddlin' Around (1925) , Wild Papa (1925) , Rivals (1925) , Wizard of Oz (1925) , Hey, Taxi! (1925) , Stick Around (1925) , Roaring Lions at Home (1924) , Kid Speed (1924), Her Boy Friend (1924) , The Girl in the Limousine (1924) , Trouble Brewing (1924) , The Perfect Lady (1924) , Horseshoes (1923) , Lightning Love (1923) , The Gown Shop (1923) , The Midnight Cabaret (1923) , The Barnyard (1923) , No Wedding Bells (1923) , The Counter Jumper (1922) , The Agent (1922) , Little Wildcat (1922) , Fortune's Mask (1922) , Golf (1922) ,
A Pair of Kings (1922) , The Show (1922/II) , The Sawmill (1922) , A Lucky Dog (1921) , The Bell Hop (1921) , The Fall Guy (1921), The Rent Collector (1921) , The Bakery (1921) , The Tourist (1921) , The Blizzard (1921) , The Nuisance (1921) , The Mysterious Stranger (1920) , The Backyard (1920) , His Jonah Day (1920) , The Trouble Hunter (1920) , Married to Order (1920) , The Stage Hand (1920) , The Decorator (1920) , Springtime (1920) , He Laughs Last (1920) , Pals and Pugs (1920) , Fists and Fodder (1920) , Distilled Love (1920) , Squeaks and Squawks (1920) , Maids and Muslin (1920) , Pipe Dreams and Prizes (1920) , Dames and Dentists (1920) , Switches and Sweeties (1919) , The Head Waiter (1919) , Bungs and Bunglers (1919) , Squabs and Squabbles (1919) , Dull Care (1919) , Mates and Models (1919) , Yaps and Yokels (1919) , Flips and Flops (1919) , Healthy and Happy (1919) , Tootsies and Tamales (1919) , Mules and Mortgages (1919) , Jazz and Jailbirds (1919) , Hearts in Hock (1919) , Soapsuds and Sapheads (1919) , Lions and Ladies (1919) , The Freckled Fish (1919) , Hop, the Bellhop (1919) , He's in Again (1918) , The King of the Kitchen (1918) , Painless Love (1918) , Hello Trouble (1918) , Business Before Honesty (1918), Beauties in Distress (1918) , Playmates (1918) , The Straight and Narrow (1918) , The Handy Man (1918) , The Messenger (1918) , The Scholar (1918) , The Orderly (1918) , His Day Out (1918) , The Rogue (1918) , Bright and Early (1918) , The Stranger (1918) , The Slave (1917/II) , The Band Master (1917) , The Pest (1917/II) , The Hobo (1917) , The Candy Kid (1917) , The Chief Cook (1917) , The Fly Cop (1917) , The Goat (1917) , The Millionaire (1917) , The Villain (1917) , Cupid's Rival (1917) , Dough Nuts (1917) , The Hero (1917) , Back Stage (1917), Wanted - A Bad Man (1917) , This Is Not My Room (1917) , A Mix Up in Hearts (1917) , The Other Girl (1917) , Bad Kate (1917) , The Love Bugs (1917) , The Boycotted Baby (1917) , His Movie Mustache (1917) , Little Nell (1917) ,
The Modiste (1917) , The Stranger (1917) , Terrible Kate (1917) , Fat and Fickle (1916) , He Winked and Won (1916) , The Guilty Ones (1916) , Prize Winners (1916) , Mother's Child (1916) , Pipe Dreams (1916) , A Warm Reception (1916) , Twin Flats (1916) , A Maid to Order (1916) , The Precious Parcel (1916/II) , The Candy Trail (1916), Royal Blood (1916) , The Reformers (1916) , Love and Duty (1916) , Stranded (1916/II) , Sidetracked (1916) , An Aerial Joyride (1916) , The Try Out (1916) , Their Honeymoon (1916) , Life Savers (1916) , Dreamy Knights (1916) , Human Hounds (1916) , It Happened in Pikesville (1916) , The Heroes (1916) , Aunt Bill (1916) , Spaghetti (1916) , A Terrible Tragedy (1916) , A Day at School (1916) , Edison Bugg's Invention (1916) , Better Halves (1916) , The Lottery Man (1916) , Never Again (1916) , Hungry Hearts (1916) , Sea Dogs (1916) , The Schemers (1916/I) , Baby Doll (1916) , Thirty Days (1916) , The Water Cure (1916) , The Brave Ones (1916) , What's Sauce for the Goose (1916) , Hired and Fired (1916/II) , All for a Girl (1916) , The Battle Royal (1916) , Mamma's Boys (1916) , Their Vacation (1916) , Bungles Lands a Job (1916) , Nerve and Gasoline (1916) , Bungles' Elopement (1916) , The Artist's Model (1916) , The Serenade (1916) , Bungles Enforces the Law (1916) , One Too Many (1916) , Bungles' Rainy Day (1916) , A Sticky Affair (1916) , Busted Hearts (1916) , A Special Delivery (1916) , Frenzied Finance (1916) , Chickens (1916) , This Way Out (1916) , Ambitious Ethel (1916) , Bouncing Baby (1916) , He Went and Won (1916) , Ups and Downs (1915) , Mixed and Fixed (1915) , Speed Kings (1915) , Strangled Harmony (1915) , A Janitor's Joyful Job (1915) , Love, Pepper and Sweets (1915) , Pressing Business (1915) , The Midnight Prowlers (1915) , The Crazy Clock Maker (1915) , Something in Her Eye (1915) , Fatty's Fatal Fun (1915) , Babe's School Days (1915) , The Simp and the Sophomores (1915) , Avenging Bill (1915) , The Haunted Hat (1915) , Clothes Make the Man (1915) , The Dead Letter (1915) , Not Much Force (1915) , Poor Baby (1915) , What a Cinch (1915) , It May Be You (1915) , Cannibal King (1915) , Her Choice (1915) , Capturing Bad Bill (1915) , Matilda's Legacy (1915) , A Lucky Strike (1915) , Baby (1915) , Who Stole the Doggies? (1915) , The Twin Sister (1915) , Safety Worst (1915) , Mixed Flats (1915) , Cleaning Time (1915) , An Expensive Visit (1915) , The Prize Baby (1915) , Shoddy the Tailor (1915) , Cupid's Target (1915), Gus and the Anarchists (1915) , Spaghetti a la Mode (1915) , They Looked Alike (1915) , What He Forgot (1915) , Ethel's Romeos (1915) , The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford (1915) , The Tramps (1915) , Weary Willie's Rags (1914) , The Fresh Air Cure (1914) , Dobs at the Shore (1914) , He Wanted His Pants (1914) , The Servant Girl's Legacy (1914) , Mother's Baby Boy (1914) , The Daddy of Them All (1914) , She Was the Other (1914) , The Honor of the Force (1914) , Kidnapping the Kid (1914) , The Soubrette and the Simp (1914) , She Married for Love (1914) , The Smuggler's Daughter (1914) , When the Ham Turned (1914) , Jealous James (1914) , Pins Are Lucky (1914) , A Fool There Was (1914) , The Green Alarm (1914) , Never Too Old (1914) , Making Auntie Welcome (1914) , Back to the Farm (1914) , They Bought a Boat (1914) , He Wanted Work (1914) , The Rise of the Johnsons (1914) , Worms Will Turn (1914) , The Kidnapped Bride (1914), His Sudden Recovery (1914) , Who's Boss? (1914) , Long May It Wave (1914) , Good Cider (1914) , The Female Cop (1914) , A Brewerytown Romance (1914) , For Two Pins (1914), The Particular Cowboys (1914) , He Won a Ranch (1914) , Building a Fire (1914) , Casey's Birthday (1914) , Outwitting Dad (1914) , A Tango Tragedy (1914)