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
Jeff Stevenson (comedian) Jeff Stevenson (comedian) Jeff Stevenson (born 3 March 1961, Hammersmith, England) is an English comedian and actor. Stevenson was born in 1961 in Hammersmith, London. He attended Barbara Speake Stage school in his teens and Phil Collins' mother June was his first agent. A comedian and actor, Stevenson appeared in the 1976 film "Bugsy Malone", playing the part of Louis (under his real name Jeffrey Stevens). He later played the Stag comedian at Rodney Trotter's stag night on "Only Fools and Horses", and also played PC Parker in "To Hull and Back", a Christmas Day film of "Only Fools and