Oliver Hardy in north Georgia in the 1905 fall semester when he was 13. He had little interest in formal education, although he acquired an early interest in music and theater. He joined a theatrical group and later ran away from a boarding school near Atlanta to sing with the group. His mother recognized his talent for singing and sent him to Atlanta to study music and voice with singing teacher Adolf Dahm-Petersen. He skipped some of his lessons to sing in the Alcazar Theater for $3.50 a week. Hardy began styling himself "Oliver Norvell Hardy", adding the first name "Oliver" as
Stephen Oliver (actor) Stephen Oliver (actor) Stephen Oliver (November 29, 1941 – March 5, 2008), also known as Steve Oliver, was an American actor. Born in Philadelphia, Oliver portrayed the character of Lee Webber in the TV series "Peyton Place" from 1966 to 1968. He later portrayed the character Tom Hudson in early episodes of "Bracken's World" (1970). He made guest appearances in such other TV series as "Starsky and Hutch", "CHiPs", "The Streets of San Francisco", and appeared in biker movies such as "Motorpsycho" (1965), "Angels from Hell" (1968), "Werewolves on Wheels" (1971) and "Cycle Psycho" (1973). In addition, Oliver co-starred in