Died 1957-08-07.
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Oliver Hardy
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 bi…
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entertainment · American actor (1892–1957) · actor · comedian · film actor · stunt performer · screenwriter · film director · film screenwriter · singer · also Oliver Hardy, Norvell Hardy, Ollie Hardy, Babe Hardy, Oliver Norvell Hardy, Hardy
Born 18 January 1892 · Died 7 August 1957 · Q72911
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1957· 1 entry
1956· 1 entry
That left him confined to bed and unable to speak for several months
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1954· 1 entry
"Bobby was always the fall guy; I was the wise guy just as I am in Laurel and Hardy, only in Laurel and Hardy, I always am the fall guy
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1953· 1 entry
On a live broadcast of the BBC show Face the Music, and in December 1954 on NBC's This Is Your Life
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1949· 1 entry
Hardy's friend John Wayne asked him to play a supporting role in The Fighting Kentuckian
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1947· 1 entry
Laurel and Hardy went on a six-week tour of the United Kingdom
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1941· 1 entry
Laurel and Hardy were signed by 20th Century-Fox (as well as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1942)
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1939· 2 entries
Laurel and Hardy made A Chump at Oxford and Saps at Sea before leaving the Roach Studios
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While waiting for a contractual issue to be resolved between Laurel and Hal Roach
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1937· 1 entry
Hardy and Myrtle Reeves divorced
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1931· 1 entry
Starred in their first full-length movie Pardon Us, and they continued to make features and shorts until 1935
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1929· 1 entry
Appeared in their first feature, in one of the revue sequences of Hollywood Revue of 1929, and the following year they appeared as the comic relief in a lavish Technicolor musical feature entitled The Rogue Song
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1927· 1 entry
Laurel and Hardy began sharing screen time together in Slipping Wives, Duck Soup (no relation to the 1933 Marx Brothers' film), and With Love and Hisses
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1926· 1 entry
Hardy was to appear in Get 'Em Young, but he was unexpectedly hospitalized after being burned by a hot leg of lamb
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1925· 1 entry
His old boss Larry Semon hired him to play the Tin Man in Semon's feature-film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz
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1924· 1 entry
Hardy began working at Hal Roach Studios with the Our Gang films and Charley Chase
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1921· 1 entry
Appeared in the movie The Lucky Dog, produced by Broncho Billy Anderson and starring Stan Laurel
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1919· 1 entry
Separated from his wife, ending with a provisional divorce in November 1920 that was finalized on November 17, 1921
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1917· 1 entry
Hardy moved to Los Angeles, working freelance for several Hollywood studios
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1912· 1 entry
Signed up for a course or two at University of Georgia as a law major for fall semester just to play football
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1910· 1 entry
The Palace, a motion picture theater, opened in Hardy's hometown of Milledgeville, and he became the projectionist, ticket taker, janitor and manager
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1905· 1 entry
At age 13, he enrolled in the fall semester of the junior high school division at Young Harris College in north Georgia, which he completed successfully in January 1906
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1892· 1 entry
Born 1892-01-18.
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1862· 1 entry
And was a recruiting officer for Company K, 16th Georgia Regiment
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