Oliver Hardy Oliver Hardy 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 1951. He appeared with Stan Laurel in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles. He was credited with his first film "Outwitting Dad" in 1914. In some of his early works, he was billed as "Babe Hardy". Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia. His father Oliver was a Confederate veteran who had been
Oliver (given name) Oliver (given name) Oliver is a masculine given name of Old French origin; "Oliver" is one of Charlemagne's retainers in the 11th-century "Song of Roland". The name was generally associated with the Latin term/name "olivarius" "olive tree planter", but may have been connected with the Germanic names "*wulfa-" "wolf" and "*χarja-" "army", or the Old Norse" Óleifr" (Ólaf); or a genuinely West Germanic name, perhaps from "ala-" "all" and "wēra" "true", or from "alf" "elf" and "hari" "army, warrior" (in both cases possibly cognate with Álvaro) and Greek name Eleutherios Modern variants include French "Olivier", Hungarian "Olivér", Irish "Oilibhéar" or