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) Oliver Lee (actor) Oliver Lee (born 14 February 1986) is a British actor first known for his role as gay teenager Josh Jones in the television series "" (2006). He was born in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England. In 2005 Lee starred in the film "Legless" for Red Productions and Channel 4 but it was to be his role as gay teenager Josh Jones in the television series "" the following year in which proved to be his breakthrough. Lee then went on to star in "Wired" for ITV1, "Gemma Factor" for BBC Three and "Exhibit A", a feature thriller by