Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy, eg. Oliver Norvell Hardy, Jr., född 18 januari 1892 i Harlem, Georgia, död 7 augusti 1957 i North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, var en amerikansk komiker och skådespelare, Helan i Helan och Halvan.

Asteroiden 2866 Hardy är uppkallad efter honom.

Biografi 
Oliver Hardy började sin karriär som 8-åring med att sjunga i en "minstrel show". Hans far var advokat och Hardy själv skrev in sig vid University of Georgia för att studera juridik, men hoppade av studierna, och startade istället 1910 en liten biograf. 1913 fick han arbete hos ett filmbolag i Florida och erhöll småroller i en rad filmer. Bland hans filmer på egen hand märks Outwitting Dad (1913), Trollkarlen från Oz (1925; som Tin Man) och Doktorn i dilemma (1939; Zenobia) . Totalt spelade han med i över 400 filmer.

Tillsammans med Stan Laurel bildade han vad som skulle komma att bli ett av filmhistoriens mest framgångsrika komikerpar, Helan och Halvan. Första gången Laurel och Hardy förekom i samma film var redan i A Lucky Dog från 1921 (inspelad två år tidigare), men det var först 1927 som det "riktiga" filmparet bildades. 

Hardy drabbades 1956 av ett slaganfall som han aldrig riktigt återhämtade sig från och han avled 1957.

I filmen Helan & Halvan från 2018 spelas Hardy av John C. Reilly.

Filmografi 
Detta är Oliver Hardys filmer som skådespelare utan Stan Laurel. För filmer med Stan Laurel se Lista över filmer med Helan och Halvan. 

Om inte annat anges står Hardy som "Babe Hardy" på rollistan.

1914 

 Outwitting Dad (som O.N. Hardy) 
 Casey's Birthday 
 Building a Fire 
 He Won a Ranch 
 The Particular Cowboys 
 For Two Pins 
 A Tango Tragedy
 A Brewerytown Romance 
 The Female Cop 
 Good Cider 
 Long May It Wave 
 Who's Boss? 
 His Sudden Recovery 
 The Kidnapped Bride 
 Worms Will Turn 
 The Rise of the Johnsons (som Oliver Hardy)
 He Wanted Work 
 They Bought a Boat 
 Back to the Farm 
 Making Auntie Welcome 
 Never Too Old 
 The Green Alarm (som O.N. Hardy) 
 A Fool There Was 
 Pins Are Lucky (som O.N. Hardy) 
 Jealous James 
 When the Ham Turned 
 The Smuggler's Daughter 
 She Married for Love 
 The Soubrette and the Simp 
 Kidnapping the Kid 
 The Honor of the Force 
 She Was the Other 
 The Daddy of Them All 
 Mother's Baby Boy 
 The Servant Girl's Legacy 
 He Wanted His Pants 
 Dobs at the Shore 
 The Fresh Air Cure 
 Weary Willie's Rags

1915 

 The Tramps (som Oliver Hardy)
 The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford (som O.N. Hardy) 
 Ethel's Romeos 
 Charley's Aunt (som Oliver Hardy)
 What He Forgot 
 They Looked Alike 
 Spaghetti a la Mode 
 Gus and the Anarchists 
 Cupid's Target 
 Shoddy the Tailor 
 The Prize Baby 
 An Expensive Visit (som Oliver Hardy)
 Cleaning Time 
 Mixed Flats (som Oliver Hardy)
 Safety Worst 
 The Twin Sister (som Oliver Hardy)
 Who Stole the Doggies? (som Oliver Hardy)
 Baby (som Oliver Hardy)
 A Lucky Strike (som Oliver Hardy)
 Matilda's Legacy (som Oliver Hardy)
 Capturing Bad Bill 
 Her Choice 
 Cannibal King 
 It May Be You (som O.N. Hardy) 
 What a Cinch 
 Poor Baby (som O.N. Hardy) 
 Not Much Force (som O.N. Hardy) 
 The Dead Letter 
 Clothes Make the Man (som O.N. Hardy) 
 The Haunted Hat 
 Avenging Bill 
 The Simp and the Sophomores (som O.N. Hardy) 
 Babe's School Days 
 Fatty's Fatal Fun 
 Something in Her Eye 
 The Crazy Clock Maker 
 The Midnight Prowlers 
 Pressing Business 
 Love, Pepper and Sweets 
 A Janitor's Joyful Job 
 Strangled Harmony 
 Speed Kings 
 Mixed and Fixed 
 Ups and Downs

1916 

 Bouncing Baby (som Oliver Hardy)
 This Way Out 
 Chickens 
 Frenzied Finance 
 A Special Delivery 
 Busted Hearts 
 A Sticky Affair 
 Bungles' Rainy Day 
 One Too Many 
 Bungles Enforces the Law 
 The Serenade 
 Bungles' Elopement 
 Nerve and Gasoline 
 Bungles Lands a Job 
 Their Vacation 
 Mamma's Boys 
 The Battle Royal 
 All for a Girl 
 Hired and Fired
 What's Sauce for the Goose 
 The Brave Ones 
 The Water Cure 
 Thirty Days 
 Baby Doll 
 The Schemers 
 Sea Dogs 
 Hungry Hearts 
 Never Again 
 The Lottery Man (som Oliver Hardy)
 Better Halves 
 Edison Bugg's Invention 
 A Day at School 
 A Terrible Tragedy 
 Spaghetti 
 Aunt Bill 
 The Heroes 
 It Happened in Pikesville 
 Human Hounds 
 Dreamy Knights 
 Life Savers 
 Their Honeymoon 
 The Try Out 
 An Aerial Joyride (som Oliver Hardy)
 Sidetracked 
 Stranded
 Love and Duty 
 The Reformers 
 Royal Blood 
 The Candy Trail 
 The Precious Parcel
 A Maid to Order 
 Twin Flats 
 A Warm Reception 
 Pipe Dreams 
 Mother's Child 
 Prize Winners 
 Ambitious Ethel 
 The Guilty Ones 
 He Winked and Won 
 He Went and Won
 Fat and Fickle

1917 

 The Prospectors (som Oliver Hardy)
 The Modiste 
 Little Nell 
 The Boycotted Baby 
 The Love Bugs 
 The Other Girl 
 A Mix Up In Hearts 
 Wanted - A Bad Man 
 Back Stage 
 The Hero 
 Dough Nuts 
 Cupid's Rival 
 The Villain 
 The Millionaire 
 The Goat 
 The Fly Cop 
 The Chief Cook 
 The Candy Kid 
 The Hobo 
 The Pest
 The Band Master 
 The Slave (som Oliver Hardy)

1918 

 The Stranger (som Oliver Hardy)
 Globe Hotel 
 Bright and Early 
 The Rogue 
 His Day Out (som Oliver Hardy)
 The Orderly 
 The Scholar 
 The Messenger 
 The Handy Man 
 The Straight and Narrow 
 Playmates 
 Beauties in Distress 
 Business Before Honesty 
 Hello Trouble 
 Painless Love 
 The King of the Kitchen 
 He's in Again

1919 

 Hop, the Bellhop 
 The Freckled Fish 
 Lions and Ladies 
 Soapsuds and Sapheads 
 Hearts in Hock 
 Jazz and Jailbirds 
 Mules and Mortgages 
 Tootsies and Tamales 
 Healthy and Happy 
 Flips and Flops 
 Yaps and Yokels 
 Mates and Models 
 Dull Care 
 Squabs and Squabbles 
 Bungs and Bunglers 
 The Head Waiter 
 Switches and Sweeties (som Oliver Hardy)

1920 

 Dames and Dentists (som Oliver Hardy)
 Maids and Muslin 
 Squeaks and Squawks 
 Distilled Love 
 Fists and Fodder 
 Pals and Pugs 
 He Laughs Last 
 Springtime 
 The Decorator 
 The Stage Hand 
 Married to Order 
 The Trouble Hunter 
 His Jonah Day 
 The Backyard

1921 

 The Nuisance 
 The Mysterious Stranger 
 The Blizzard 
 The Bakery 
 The Rent Collector 
 The Tourist 
 The Fall Guy 
 The Bell Hop

1922 

 The Sawmill 
 The Show 
 A Pair of Kings 
 Golf 
 Fortune's Mask (som Oliver Hardy)
 Little Wildcat (som Oliver Hardy)
 The Agent 
 The Counter Jumper

1923 

 No Wedding Bells 
 The Barnyard 
 The Midnight Cabaret 
 The Gown Shop 
 Lightning Love 
 Horseshoes

1924 

 Trouble Brewing 
 The Girl in the Limousine 
 Her Boy Friend (som Oliver N. Hardy) 
 Kid Speed (som Oliver N. Hardy)

1925 

 Stick Around 
 Hey, Taxi! 
 Wizard of Oz (som Oliver N. Hardy) 
 Rivals (som Oliver Hardy)
 Wild Papa 
 Fiddlin' Around (som Oliver Hardy)
 Isn't Life Terrible? 
 Hop to It! 
 The Joke's on You (som Oliver Hardy)
 Yes, Yes, Nanette 
 They All Fall 
 Should Sailors Marry? (som Oliver Hardy)
 The Perfect Clown (som Oliver Hardy)

1926 

 Stop, Look and Listen 
 A Bankrupt Honeymoon 
 Wandering Papas 
 Madame Mystery (som Oliver Hardy)
 Say It with Babies 
 Long Fliv the King (som Oliver Hardy)
 The Cow's Kimona (i bortklippta scener) 
 The Gentle Cyclone (som Oliver Hardy)
 Thundering Fleas (som Oliver Babe Hardy) 
 Along Came Auntie (som Oliver Hardy)
 Crazy Like a Fox (ej med på rollistan) 
 Bromo and Juliet (som Oliver Hardy)
 Be Your Age (som Oliver Hardy)
 The Nickel-Hopper (ej med på rollistan)

1927 

 Two-Time Mama 
 Should Men Walk Home? (som Oliver Hardy)
 Why Girls Say No (som Oliver Hardy)
 The Honorable Mr. Buggs (som Oliver Hardy)
 No Man's Law (som Oliver Hardy)
 Crazy to Act (som Oliver Hardy)
 Love 'Em and Weep (som Oliver Hardy)
 Fluttering Hearts (som Oliver Hardy)
 Baby Brother (som Oliver Hardy)
 Now I'll Tell One (som Oliver Hardy)
 Love 'Em and Feed 'Em (som Oliver Hardy)

Senare filmer 

 Doktorn i dilemma (som Oliver Hardy) (1939)
 Männen från Kentucky (som Oliver Hardy) (1949)
 Broadway Bill (1950) (ej krediterad)

Obekräftade filmframträdanden 

 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)

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2866 Hardy

Amerikanska skådespelare under 1900-talet
Amerikanska stumfilmsskådespelare
Amerikanska komiker
Skådespelare från Georgia
Personer från Columbia County, Georgia
Födda 1892
Avlidna 1957
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