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 1926 to 1957.

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Riding High is a 1950 American black-and-white musical racetrack film featuring Bing Crosby and directed by Frank Capra. The songs were performed live during filming instead of the customary lip-synching to studio recordings. The film is a remake of an earlier Capra film with screenwriter Robert Riskin titled Broadway Bill (1934). While the ...

Feb 22, 2015 · We are used to seeing Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as relatively young men in films from the prime of their career together that spanned 1926-1945. By chance, both did appear as even younger men in the movie The Lucky Dog (1921), although it …

Oliver Hardy in his final solo screen appearance, “Riding High” (1950). In his biography of Hardy, “Babe”, John McCabe describes Hardy’s performance thusly: "This is not Ollie. There is no time in the film for this individual to become anyone."

This is a chronological outline of events related to the lives and films of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The timeline runs vertically down the page, with the oldest events appearing at the top and the most recent events appearing at the bottom.

Feb 17, 2025 · Oliver Hardy was an American comedic film actor best known as half of the Laurel and Hardy comedy duo. Teamed with Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy made some 100 comedies—many of them classics—between 1921 and 1950.

Hardy appeared without Laurel in a few features, such as Zenobia (1939) with Harry Langdon, The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) in a semi-comedic role as a frontiersman alongside John Wayne and Riding High (1950), in a cameo role. He died in 1957.

May 18, 1954 - Oliver Hardy has a mild heart attack while on tour in England. The tour ends. May 30, 1954 - The Laurels and the Hardys leave England for the last time, bound for Los Angeles. December 1, 1954 - Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are featured on television's This is Your Life.

Jan 16, 2024 · Oliver Hardy (January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted over 31 years, from 1926 to 1957.