Oliver Hardy filmography

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 1927 to 1957. He appeared with his comedy partner Stan Laurel in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles.[1] 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.

Billed as "Babe Hardy" unless otherwise noted.
Year Film Role Director Notes
1914 Outwitting Dad Reggie Kewp Arthur Hotaling Short; as O.N. Hardy
1914 Casey's Birthday A Policeman Short
1914 Building a Fire Policeman Short
1914 He Won a Ranch A Cowboy Short
1914 The Particular Cowboys A Cowboy Arthur Hotaling Short
1914 For Two Pins A Policeman Arthur Hotaling Short
1914 A Tango Tragedy Person at Dance Short
1914 A Brewerytown Romance Cassidy / the Cop Frank Griffin Short
1914 The Female Cop Boob Cop Jerold T. Hevener Short
1914 Good Cider Hiram John A. Murphy Short
1914 Long May It Wave The King John A. Murphy Short
1914 Who's Boss? Short
1914 His Sudden Recovery Mr. Jones Short
1914 The Kidnapped Bride Daniel Cassidy Frank Griffin Short
1914 Worms Will Turn A Policeman Frank Griffin Short
1914 The Rise of the Johnsons The Grocery Man John A. Murphy Short; as Oliver Hardy
1914 He Wanted Work The Foreman Short
1914 They Bought a Boat Cabin Boy Short
1914 Back to the Farm Tom Arthur Hotaling Short
1914 Making Auntie Welcome Grocery Boy Will Louis Short
1914 The Green Alarm Mike Frank Griffin Short; as O.N. Hardy
1914 Never Too Old Phil John A. Murphy Short
1914 A Fool There Was Traffic Cop Frank Griffin Short
1914 Pins Are Lucky Peter Pelton Frank Griffin Short; as O.N. Hardy
1914 Jealous James Grocery Boy Short
1914 When the Ham Turned Bartender Frank Griffin Short
1914 The Smuggler's Daughter Gwendolyn's Father Jerold T. Hevener Short
1914 She Married for Love An Onlooker Short
1914 The Soubrette and the Simp Fred, the Simp Jerold T. Hevener Short
1914 Kidnapping the Kid Fattie John A. Murphy Short
1914 The Honor of the Force Willie Gold Frank Griffin Short
1914 She Was the Other Cutie - the Chief's 1st Sister Arthur Hotaling Short
1914 The Daddy of Them All Peitzheimer Short
1914 Mother's Baby Boy Percival Pilkins Short
1914 The Servant Girl's Legacy Cy Arthur Hotaling Short
1914 He Wanted His Pants A Cop Short
1914 Dobs at the Shore Meggie Heckla Frank Griffin Short
1914 The Fresh Air Cure Morris Silverstein Short
1914 Weary Willie's Rags Hotel Clerk Short
1915 What He Forgot Jerold T. Hevener Short
1915 They Looked Alike Pedestrian Frank Griffin Short
1915 Spaghetti a la Mode Will Louis
1915 Gus and the Anarchists Tom Dreck John A. Murphy Short
1915 Cupid's Target Bob Jerold T. Hevener Short
1915 Shoddy the Tailor Policeman Willard Louis) Short
1915 The Prize Baby Bill, the Prize Baby Jerold T. Hevener Short
1915 An Expensive Visit Jack Willard Louis) Short; as Oliver Hardy
1915 Cleaning Time John Herringbone Will Louis Short
1915 Mixed Flats Bob White Willard Louis) Short; as Oliver Hardy
1915 Safety Worst Bill Jone Jerold T. Hevener Short
1915 The Twin Sister Bill Bolt - the Husband Arthur Hotaling Short; as Oliver Hardy
1915 Who Stole the Doggies? Murphy, the Cop Short; as Oliver Hardy
1915 Baby Harry Myers Short
1915 A Lucky Strike Bill Myers Arthur Hotaling Short; as Oliver Hardy
1915 Matilda's Legacy Fatty Waite Arthur Hotaling Short; as Oliver Hardy
1915 Capturing Bad Bill Member of the posse Short
1915 Her Choice Albert G. Price Short
1915 Cannibal King Willie Frank Griffin Short
1915 It May Be You Paul Simmons Will Louis Short; as O.N. Hardy
1915 What a Cinch Police Chief Myers Will Louis Short
1915 Poor Baby Matilda's Sweetheart Will Louis Short; as O.N. Hardy
1915 Not Much Force City Councilman Will Louis Short; as O.N. Hardy
1915 Food for Kings and Riley Will Louis Short; as O.N. Hardy
1915 The Dead Letter Mateo Will Louis Short; as Babe Hardy
1915 Clothes Make the Man Rastus Will Louis Short; as O.N. Hardy
1915 The Haunted Hat Will Louis Short
1915 Avenging Bill Bill, the Grocer's Boy John A. Murphy Short
1915 The Simp and the Sophomores Professor Arm. Strong Will Louis Short; as O.N. Hardy
1915 Babe's School Days Ikie Ikestein Will Louis Short
1915 The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford Theodore Wharton Short
1915 Ethel's Romeos Jake Stimpson Edwin Middleton Short
1915 Fatty's Fatal Fun Fatty Short
1915 The Crazy Clock Maker Jerold T. Hevener Short
1915 Something in Her Eye The Grocer Short
1915 The Midnight Prowlers Walter Stull Short
1915 Love, Pepper and Sweets Fatty Walter Stull Short
1915 A Janitor's Joyful Job Melinda Rousseau Short
1915 Strangled Harmony Walter Stull Short
1915 Speed Kings Walter Stull Short
1915 Mixed and Fixed Walter Stull Short
1915 Ups and Downs Shifty Mike Walter Stull Short
1916 Bouncing Baby
1916 This Way Out Plump Walter Stull Short
1916 Chickens Walter Stull Short
1916 Frenzied Finance Walter Stull Short
1916 A Special Delivery Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Busted Hearts Peggy Plump Walter Stull Short
1916 A Sticky Affair Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Bungles' Rainy Day Oliver Hardy Short
1916 One Too Many Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Bungles Enforces the Law Oliver Hardy Short
1916 The Serenade Plump Willard Louis) Short
1916 Bungles' Elopement Oliver Hardy Short
1916 Nerve and Gasoline Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Bungles Lands a Job Oliver Hardy Short
1916 Their Vacation Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Mamma's Boys Plump Will Louis Short
1916 The Battle Royal Plump Will Louis Short
1916 All for a Girl Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Hired and Fired Walter Stull Short
1916 What's Sauce for the Goose Mr. Boob Plump Will Louis Short
1916 The Brave Ones Plump Will Louis Short
1916 The Water Cure Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Thirty Days Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Baby Doll Plump Will Louis Short
1916 The Schemers Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Sea Dogs Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Hungry Hearts Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Never Again Plump Willard Louis) Short
1916 The Lottery Man Theodore Wharton
1916 Better Halves Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Edison Bugg's Invention The Fire Chief Jerold T. Hevener Short
1916 A Day at School Plump Willard Louis Short
1916 A Terrible Tragedy Markoff Jerold T. Hevener Short
1916 Spaghetti Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Aunt Bill Plump Will Louis Short
1916 The Heroes Plump Will Louis Short
1916 It Happened in Pikesville Jiggs Jerold T. Hevener Short
1916 Human Hounds Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Dreamy Knights Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Life Savers Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Their Honeymoon Plump Will Louis Short
1916 The Try Out Walter Stull Short
1916 An Aerial Joyride Plump Will Louis Short; as Oliver Hardy
1916 Sidetracked Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Stranded Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Love and Duty Pvt. Plump Will Louis Short
1916 The Reformers Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Royal Blood Plump Will Louis Short
1916 The Candy Trail Plump Will Louis Short
1916 The Precious Parcel Plump Willard Louis) Short
1916 A Maid to Order Plump Will Louis Short
1916 Twin Flats Babe Short
1916 A Warm Reception Babe Short
1916 Pipe Dreams Babe Will Louis Short
1916 Mother's Child Babe Will Louis Short
1916 Prize Winners Babe Short
1916 Ambitious Ethel Short
1916 The Guilty Ones Babe Oliver Hardy Short
1916 He Winked and Won Babe Oliver Hardy Short
1916 He Went and Won Short
1916 Fat and Fickle Babe Oliver Hardy Short
1917 The Prospectors Short
1917 The Boycotted Baby Babe Oliver Hardy Short
1917 The Love Bugs Babe Short
1917 The Modiste Short
1917 Little Nell Short
1917 The Other Girl Babe Oliver Hardy Short
1917 A Mix Up In Hearts Oliver Hardy Short
1917 Wanted as A Bad Man Short
1917 Back Stage Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1917 The Hero The Hero's Rival Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1917 Dough Nuts Babe, the chef Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1917 Cupid's Rival Poor Artist Billy West Short
1917 The Villain Babe Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1917 The Millionaire The mother-in-law Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1917 The Goat His Neighbor Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1917 The Fly Cop Proprietor Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1917 The Chief Cook Babe Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1917 The Candy Kid Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1917 The Hobo Harold Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1917 The Pest Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1917 The Band Master Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1917 The Slave The Sultan of Bacteria Arvid E. Gillstrom Short; as Oliver Hardy
1918 The Stranger Oliver, the saloonkeeper Arvid E. Gillstrom Short; as Oliver Hardy
1918 His Day Out Ollie Arvid E. Gillstrom Short; as Oliver Hardy
1918 The Rogue Cafe Owner Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1918 The Orderly Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1918 The Scholar Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1918 The Messenger Arvid E. Gillstrom Short
1918 The Handy Man Charley Chase Short
1918 Bright and Early The Boss Charley Chase Short
1918 The Straight and Narrow His former cellmate Charley Chase Short
1918 Playmates Kid Charley Chase Short
1918 Beauties in Distress Charley Chase Short
1918 Business Before Honesty The Blind Man Charley Chase Short
1918 Hello Trouble A devoted husband Charley Chase Short
1918 Painless Love Dr. Hurts Charley Chase Short
1918 The King of the Kitchen A German customer Frank Griffin Short
1918 He's in Again Head Waiter Charley Chase Short
1919 The Freckled Fish Solomon Soopmeat Joseph Le Brandt Short
1919 Hop, the Bellhop Solomon Soop Charles Parrott Short
1919 Soapsuds and Sapheads Foreman [1] Short
1919 Lions and Ladies Frank Griffin Short
1919 Hearts in Hock Charley Chase Short
1919 Jazz and Jailbirds I.M. Ruff J. A. Howe Short
1919 Mules and Mortgages Strongarm J. A. Howe Short
1919 Tootsies and Tamales The Murderous Mexican Noel M. Smith Short
1919 Healthy and Happy Doctor Noel M. Smith Short
1919 Flips and Flops Mr. Jipper Gilbert Pratt Short
1919 Yaps and Yokels The Hired Hand Noel M. Smith Short
1919 Mates and Models A Nutty Artist Noel M. Smith Short
1919 Dull Care A Janitor Larry Semon Short
1919 Squabs and Squabbles The Boss Noel M. Smith Short
1919 Bungs and Bunglers Al K. Hall Noel M. Smith Short
1919 The Head Waiter A Cop Larry Semon Short
1919 Switches and Sweeties Noel M. Smith Short
1920 Dames and Dentists Noel M. Smith Short
1920 Maids and Muslin Mr. Yards Noel M. Smith Short
1920 Squeaks and Squawks The Landlord Noel M. Smith Short
1920 Fists and Fodder Her Father Jess Robbins Short
1920 Distilled Love Mr. Peeble Ford Richard Smith Short
1920 Pals and Pugs A Bully Jess Robbins Short
1920 He Laughs Last Handsome Ha Jess Robbins Short
1920 Springtime The Commissioner Jess Robbins Short
1920 The Decorator Babe, a millionaire Jess Robbins Short
1920 The Stage Hand Audience member (uncredited) Norman Taurog Short; uncredited
1920 Married to Order Her Father Charley Chase Short
1920 The Trouble Hunter The Bouncer Jess Robbins Short
1920 His Jonah Day The Life Saver Jess Robbins Short
1920 The Backyard The ruffian Jess Robbins Short
1920 The Mysterious Stranger Toreador Jess Robbins Short
1921 The Nuisance The Walrus Jess Robbins Short
1921 The Blizzard Janitor Jess Robbins Short
1921 The Bakery Foreman Norman Taurog Short
1921 The Rent Collector The Big Boss Norman Taurog Short
1921 The Tourist Leader of the outlaws Jess Robbins Short
1921 The Fall Guy Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart Norman Taurog Short
1921 The Bell Hop Hotel manager Norman Taurog Short
1922 The Sawmill The foreman Norman Taurog Short
1922 The Show Stage manager / Audience Member Norman Taurog Short
1922 A Pair of Kings General Alarm Norman Taurog Short
1922 Golf The neighbor Larry Semon Short
1922 Fortune's Mask Robert Ensminger
1922 Little Wildcat David Smith
1922 The Agent Don Fusiloil Larry Semon Short
1922 The Counter Jumper Gaston Gilligan Larry Semon Short
1923 No Wedding Bells The Girl's Father Larry Semon Short
1923 The Barnyard Farm Hand Larry Semon Short
1923 The Midnight Cabaret Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor Larry Semon Short
1923 The Gown Shop Store manager Larry Semon Short
1923 Lightning Love Oliver, the Other Suitor Larry Semon Short
1923 Horseshoes Dynamite Duffy Larry Semon Short
1924 Trouble Brewing Bootlegger Larry Semon Short
1924 The Girl in the Limousine Noel M. Smith
1924 Her Boy Friend Killer Kid Noel M. Smith Short; as Oliver N. Hardy
1924 Kid Speed Dangerous Dan McGraw Noel M. Smith Short; as Oliver N. Hardy
1925 Stick Around Paperhanger Ward Hayes Short
1925 Hey, Taxi! A Rival Taxi Driver Ted Burnsten Short
1925 Wizard of Oz Larry Semon
1925 Rivals The Rival Ward Hayes Short; as Oliver Hardy
1925 Wild Papa The Model's Brother J.A. Howe Short
1925 Fiddlin' Around Theatre manager Short; as Oliver Hardy
1925 Isn't Life Terrible? Remington - the Brother-in-Law Leo McCarey Short
1925 Hop to It! A bellhop Ted Burnsten Short
1925 The Joke's on You Wilbert Perkins Ralph Ceder Short; as Oliver Hardy
1925 Yes, Yes, Nanette Nanette's Former Sweetheart Stan LaurelClarence Hennecke Short
1925 They All Fall The boss Ralph Ceder Short
1925 Should Sailors Marry? Doctor Jess Robbins Short; as Oliver Hardy
1925 Laughing Ladies Policeman Short; as Oliver Hardy
1925 The Perfect Clown Fred C. Newmeyer
1926 Stop, Look and Listen Larry Semon
1926 A Bankrupt Honeymoon The Taxi Driver Lewis Seiler Short
1926 Wandering Papas Camp Foreman Stan Laurel Short
1926 Madame Mystery Captain Schmaltz Stan Laurel Short; as Oliver Hardy
1926 Say It with Babies Hector - the Floorwalker Fred Guiol Short
1926 Long Fliv the King The Prime Minister's Assistant Leo McCarey Short; as Oliver Hardy
1926 The Cow's Kimona James Parrott
1926 The Gentle Cyclone W.S. Van Dyke
1926 Thundering Fleas Officer Robert F. McGowan Short
1926 Along Came Auntie Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband Richard Wallace Short; as Oliver Hardy
1926 Crazy like a Fox Charley's Victim (uncredited) Leo McCarey Short; uncredited
1926 Bromo and Juliet Cab Driver Leo McCarey Short; as Oliver Hardy
1926 Be Your Age Oswald Schwartzkopple Leo McCarey Short
1926 The Nickel-Hopper Jazz Band Drummer (uncredited) Hal Yates Short; uncredited
1927 Two-Time Mama The Cop Fred Guiol Short
1927 Should Men Walk Home? Party Guest at Punch Bowl Leo McCarey Short; as Oliver Hardy
1927 Why Girls Say No Policeman Leo McCarey Short; as Oliver Hardy; uncredited
1927 The Honorable Mr. Buggs Fred Jackman
1927 No Man's Law Fred Jackman
1927 Crazy to Act Gordon Bagley Earle Rodney Short; as Oliver Hardy
1927 Fluttering Hearts Big Bill James Parrott Short; as Oliver Hardy
1927 Baby Brother Ice Man Anthony MackCharles Oelze Short
1927 Love 'Em and Feed 'Em 'Happy' Hopey Clyde Bruckman Short; as Oliver Hardy
1928 Barnum & Ringling, Inc. Startled drunk Robert F. McGowan Short
1939 Zenobia Dr. Tibbett Gordon Douglas
1949 The Fighting Kentuckian Willie Paine George Waggner
1950 Riding High Gambler at Racetrack (uncredited) Frank Capra

These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor without Stan Laurel. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy filmography.

Unconfirmed film appearances
  • The Artist's Model (1916)
  • Terrible Kate (1917)
  • His Movie Mustache (1917)
  • Bad Kate (1917)
  • This Is Not My Room (1917)
  • Pipe Dreams and Prizes (1920)
  • The Perfect Lady (1924)
  • Roaring Lions at Home (1924)
  • Laughing Ladies (1925)

References
  1. Rawlings, Nate (July 20, 2010). "Top 10 Across-the-Pond Duos – Laurel and Hardy". Time. Archived from the original on August 21, 2013.
  • Oliver Hardy at IMDb
  • McCabe, John. (1989). Babe: The Life of Oliver Hardy. New York: Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-1187-7.
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