Laurel and Hardy "nutty burglar" or as a Charlie Chaplin imitator. Oliver Hardy (January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia. By his late teens, Hardy was a popular stage singer and he operated a movie house in Milledgeville, Georgia, the Palace Theater, financed in part by his mother. For his stage name, he took his father's first name calling himself "Oliver Norvell Hardy" while offscreen his nicknames were "Ollie" and "Babe". The nickname "Babe" originated from an Italian barber near the Lubin Studios in Jacksonville, Florida who would rub Hardy's face with talcum powder and say
Nathaniel S. Hardy Jr. Nathaniel S. Hardy Jr. Nathaniel Sidney Hardy Jr. (born April 19, 1964) is an American musician, composer, and keyboardist. Hardy is known for his contributions as a keyboardist for Chic, and his work with acts such as Run-DMC, Madonna and Crystal Waters. Hardy was born on April 19, 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland. He attented Cherry Hill Junior High School, and started out as a member of the school's marching band (P.S. #180) while growing up in the "Projects" of Cherry Hill. He joined the band in the seventh grade to keep out of trouble when his brother Gershwin brought home