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
Oliver Lee (actor) Lee played Aiden Scotcher on BBC's "Waterloo Road", alongside his fiance Linzey Cocker, who played Jess Fisher and in the BBC's "Wateroo Road" series they are boyfriend and girlfriend on-screen until 6 July 2011. Oliver Lee won the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards for Best Newcomer for his portrayal of the character Jamie in the Octagon Theatre Bolton / Pilot Theatre production of Jonathan Harvey's "Beautiful Thing". Oliver had a child with Linzey Cocker, who is his on screen girlfriend in "Waterloo Road". Oliver Lee (actor) Oliver Lee (born 14 February 1986) is a British actor first known for his