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) 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 age of 3 when his sister's dance teacher invited him to join in. He attends the Buckingham Dance Studios in Paignton. In 2006, Taylor won the Fonteyn Nureyev Young Dancers Competition (Junior level) run by the Royal Academy of Dance and was awarded the Young Dancer of the Year title. He has performed in a few theatre productions