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
Oliver Taylor (actor) summer 2009 at the Princess Theatre Taylor performed Nijinsky’s Fire Bird Ballet Solo. On 27 November 2010 he was a leading dancer in “A Beatles Ballet” produced by the Buckingham Dance Studio. In September 2010 Taylor continued his education as an A-level student at Churston Ferrers Grammar School. He is now reading History at the University of York. Oliver Taylor (actor) Oliver Taylor (born 1994) is an English stage actor and dancer, best known for playing the title role in "Billy Elliot the Musical" at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London. Taylor is from Paignton, Devon. He began dancing at the