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.

Aug 7, 2015 · Actor, Comedian. He found his greatest success when paired with equally legendary Stan Laurel. Born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia, his father, Oliver G. Hardy, was a prominent lawyer and Civil War veteran. His father died when he was ten months old, and his mother supported the family by running a successful hotel....

Feb 17, 2025 · Oliver Hardy (born January 18, 1892, Harlem, Georgia, U.S.—died August 7, 1957, North Hollywood, California) was an American comedic film actor best known as half of the Laurel and Hardy comedy duo.

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.

Jan 27, 2022 · Oliver Hardy, meanwhile, may have played the bumbling, accident-prone funster, but his health deteriorated rather quickly in the last months of his life and the tragedy was no laughing matter. The New York Times (per Letters From Stan) reported that Hardy died on August 8, …

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 6, 2005 · Oliver Hardy was a successful character actor in silent films and a partner in the Academy Award–winning comedy team of Laurel and Hardy. Born and raised in Georgia, Hardy performed in theater and vaudeville shows around the state early in his career, which laid the foundation for his later success as a film comedian.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug 7 --Oliver Hardy, the fat, always frustrated partner of the famous movie comedy team of Laurel and Hardy, died early today at the North Hollywood home of his...

Oliver Hardy, rotund film comedian, died yesterday. He was 65. Death came to the portly half of the famed Laurel and Hardy comedy team from the effects of a paralytic stroke he suffered last...

Oliver Hardy (January 18, 1892 - August 7, 1957) was an American actor, comedian and director. His father was veteran of American civil war, he died on November 22 1892.