Oliver Hardy filmography

These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films.

Billed as "Babe Hardy" unless otherwise noted.

1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919 - 1920 - 1921 - 1922 - 1923 - 1924 - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - Later films - Unconfirmed - References

1914

Outwitting Dad (Short) as Reggie Kewp (as O.N. Hardy)
Casey's Birthday (Short) as A Policeman
Building a Fire (Short) as Policeman
He Won a Ranch (Short) as A Cowboy
The Particular Cowboys (Short) as A Cowboy
For Two Pins (Short) as A Policeman
A Tango Tragedy (Short) as Person at Dance
A Brewerytown Romance (Short) as Cassidy / the Cop
The Female Cop (Short) as Boob Cop
Good Cider (Short) as Hiram
Long May It Wave (Short) as The King
Who's Boss? (Short)
His Sudden Recovery (Short) as Mr. Jones
The Kidnapped Bride (Short) as Daniel Cassidy
Worms Will Turn (Short) as A Policeman
The Rise of the Johnsons (Short) as The Grocery Man (as Oliver Hardy)
He Wanted Work (Short) as The Foreman
They Bought a Boat (Short) as Cabin Boy
Back to the Farm (Short) as Tom
Making Auntie Welcome (Short) as Grocery Boy
Back to the Farm (Short) as Tom
The Servant Girl's Legacy (Short) as Cy Whitfield

The Green Alarm (Short) as Mike (as O.N. Hardy)
Never Too Old (Short) as Phil
A Fool There Was (Short) as Traffic Cop
Pins Are Lucky (Short) as Peter Pelton (as O.N. Hardy)
Jealous James (Short) as Grocery Boy
When the Ham Turned (Short) as Bartender
The Smuggler's Daughter (Short) as Gwendolyn's Father
She Married for Love (Short) as An Onlooker
The Soubrette and the Simp (Short) as Fred, the Simp
Kidnapping the Kid (Short) as Fattie
The Honor of the Force (Short) as Willie Gold
She Was the Other (Short) as Cutie - the Chief's 1st Sister
The Daddy of Them All (Short) as Peitzheimer
Mother's Baby Boy (Short) as Percival Pilkins
The Servant Girl's Legacy (Short) as Cy
He Wanted His Pants (Short) as A Cop
Dobs at the Shore (Short) as Meggie Heckla
The Fresh Air Cure (Short) as Morris Silverstein
Weary Willie's Rags (Short) as Hotel Clerk

1915

The Tramps (as Oliver Hardy)
Charley's Aunt (Short) (as Oliver Hardy)
What He Forgot (Short)
They Looked Alike (Short) as Pedestrian
Spaghetti a la Mode as Cook
Gus and the Anarchists (Short) as Tom Dreck
Cupid's Target (Short) as Bob
Shoddy the Tailor (Short) as Policeman
The Prize Baby (Short) as Bill, the Prize Baby
An Expensive Visit (Short) as Jack (as Oliver Hardy)
Cleaning Time (Short) as John Herringbone
Mixed Flats (Short) as Bob White (as Oliver Hardy)
Safety Worst (Short) as Bill Jone
The Twin Sister (Short) as Bill Bolt - the Husband (as Oliver Hardy)
Who Stole the Doggies? (Short) as Murphy, the Cop (as Oliver Hardy)
Baby (Short) (as Oliver Hardy)
A Lucky Strike (Short) as Bill Myers (as Oliver Hardy)
Matilda's Legacy (Short) as Fatty Waite (as Oliver Hardy)
Capturing Bad Bill (Short) as Member of the posse
Her Choice (Short)
Cannibal King (Short) as Willie
It May Be You (Short) as Paul Simmons (as O.N. Hardy)
What a Cinch (Short) as Police Chief Myers

Poor Baby (Short) as Matilda's Sweetheart (as O.N. Hardy)
Not Much Force (Short) as City Councilman (as O.N. Hardy)
The Dead Letter (Short) as Mateo (as Babe Hardy)
Clothes Make the Man (Short) as Rastus (as O.N. Hardy)
The Haunted Hat (Short)
Avenging Bill (Short) as Bill, the Grocer's Boy
The Simp and the Sophomores (Short) as Professor Arm. Strong (as O.N. Hardy)
Babe's School Days (Short) as Ikie Ikestein
The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford (Short) (as O.N. Hardy)
Ethel's Romeos (Short) as Jake Stimpson
Fatty's Fatal Fun (Short) as Fatty
The Crazy Clock Maker (Short)
Something in Her Eye (Short) as The Grocer
The Midnight Prowlers (Short)
Pressing Business (Short)
Love, Pepper and Sweets (Short) as Fatty
A Janitor's Joyful Job (Short) as Melinda Rousseau
Strangled Harmony (Short)
Speed Kings (Short)
Mixed and Fixed (Short)
Ups and Downs (Short) as Shifty Mike

1916

Bouncing Baby (as Oliver Hardy)
This Way Out (Short) as Plump
Chickens (Short)
Frenzied Finance (Short)
A Special Delivery (Short) as Plump
Busted Hearts (Short) as Peggy Plump
A Sticky Affair (Short) as Plump
Bungles' Rainy Day (Short)
One Too Many (Short) as Plump
Bungles Enforces the Law (Short)
The Serenade (Short) as Plump
Bungles' Elopement (Short)
Nerve and Gasoline (Short) as Plump
Bungles Lands a Job (Short)
Their Vacation (Short) as Plump
Mamma's Boys (Short) as Plump
The Battle Royal (Short) as Plump
All for a Girl (Short) as Plump
Hired and Fired (Short)
What's Sauce for the Goose (Short) as Mr. Boob Plump
The Brave Ones (Short) as Plump
The Water Cure (Short) as Plump
Thirty Days (Short) as Plump
Baby Doll (Short) as Plump
The Schemers (Short) as Plump
Sea Dogs (Short) as Plump
Hungry Hearts (Short) as Plump
Never Again (Short) as Plump
The Lottery Man as Maggie Murphy (as Oliver Hardy)
Better Halves (Short) as Plump
Edison Bugg's Invention (Short) as The Fire Chief

A Day at School (Short) as Plump
A Terrible Tragedy (Short) as Markoff
Spaghetti (Short) as Plump
Aunt Bill (Short) as Plump
The Heroes (Short) as Plump
It Happened in Pikesville (Short) as Jiggs
Human Hounds (Short) as Plump
Dreamy Knights (Short) as Plump
Life Savers (Short) as Plump
Their Honeymoon (Short) as Plump
The Try Out (Short)
An Aerial Joyride (Short) as Plump (as Oliver Hardy)
Sidetracked (Short) as Plump
Stranded (Short) as Plump
Love and Duty (Short) as Pvt. Plump
The Reformers (Short) as Plump
Royal Blood (Short) as Plump
The Candy Trail (Short) as Plump
The Precious Parcel (Short) as Plump
A Maid to Order (Short) as Plump
Twin Flats (Short) as Babe
A Warm Reception (Short) as Babe
Pipe Dreams (Short) as Babe
Mother's Child (Short) as Babe
Prize Winners (Short) as Babe
Ambitious Ethel (Short)
The Guilty Ones (Short) as Babe
He Winked and Won (Short) as Babe
He Went and Won (Short)
Fat and Fickle (Short) as Babe

1917

The Prospectors (Short) (as Oliver Hardy)
The Boycotted Baby (Short) as Babe
The Love Bugs (Short) as Babe
The Modiste (Short)
Little Nell (Short)
The Other Girl (Short) as Babe
A Mix Up In Hearts (Short)
Wanted – A Bad Man (Short)
Back Stage (Short)
The Hero (Short) as The Hero's Rival
Dough Nuts (Short) as Babe, the chef

Cupid's Rival (Short) as Poor Artist
The Villain (Short) as Babe
The Millionaire (Short) as The mother-in-law
The Goat (Short) as His Neighbor
The Fly Cop (Short) as Proprietor
The Chief Cook (Short) as Babe
The Candy Kid (Short)
The Hobo (Short) as Harold
The Pest (Short)
The Band Master (Short)
The Slave (Short) as The Sultan of Bacteria (as Oliver Hardy)

1918

The Stranger (Short) as Oliver, the saloonkeeper (as Oliver Hardy)
His Day Out (Short) as Ollie (as Oliver Hardy)
The Rogue (Short) as Cafe Owner
The Orderly (Short)
The Scholar (Short)
The Messenger (Short)
The Handy Man (Short)
Bright and Early (Short) as The Boss

The Straight and Narrow (Short) as His former cellmate
Playmates (Short) as Kid
Beauties in Distress (Short)
Business Before Honesty (Short) as The Blind Man
Hello Trouble (Short) as A devoted husband
Painless Love (Short) as Dr. Hurts
The King of the Kitchen (Short) as A German customer
He's in Again (Short) as Head Waiter

1919

The Freckled Fish (Short) as Solomon Soopmeat
Hop, the Bellhop (Short) as Solomon Soop
Soapsuds and Sapheads (Short) as Foreman
Lions and Ladies (Short)
Hearts in Hock (Short)
Jazz and Jailbirds (Short) as I.M. Ruff
Mules and Mortgages (Short) as Strongarm
Tootsies and Tamales (Short) as The Murderous Mexican
Healthy and Happy (Short) as Doctor

Flips and Flops (Short) as Mr. Jipper
Yaps and Yokels (Short) as The Hired Hand
Mates and Models (Short) as A Nutty Artist
Dull Care (Short) as A Janitor
Squabs and Squabbles (Short) as The Boss
Bungs and Bunglers (Short) as Al K. Hall
The Head Waiter (Short) as A Cop
Switches and Sweeties (Short) (as Oliver Hardy)

1920

Dames and Dentists (Short) (as Oliver Hardy)
Maids and Muslin (Short) as Mr. Yards
Squeaks and Squawks (Short) as The Landlord
Fists and Fodder (Short) as Her Father
Distilled Love (Short) as Mr. Peeble Ford
Pals and Pugs (Short) as A Bully
He Laughs Last (Short) as Handsome Ha
Springtime (Short) as The Commissioner

The Decorator (Short) as Babe, a millionaire
The Stage Hand (Short) as Audience member (uncredited)
Married to Order (Short) as Her Father
The Trouble Hunter (Short) as The Bouncer
His Jonah Day (Short) as The Life Saver
The Backyard (Short) as The ruffian
The Mysterious Stranger (Short) as Toreador

1921

The Nuisance (Short) as The Walrus
The Blizzard (Short) as Janitor
The Bakery (Short) as Foreman
The Rent Collector (Short) as The Big Boss

The Tourist (Short) as Leader of the outlaws
The Fall Guy (Short) as Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart
The Bell Hop (Short) as Hotel manager

1922

The Sawmill (Short) as The foreman
The Show (Short) as Stage manager / Audience Member
A Pair of Kings (Short) as General Alarm
Golf (Short) as The neighbor

Fortune's Mask as Chief of Police (as Oliver Hardy)
Little Wildcat as 'Bull' Mulligan (as Oliver Hardy)
The Agent (Short) as Don Fusiloil
The Counter Jumper (Short) as Gaston Gilligan

1923

No Wedding Bells (Short) as The Girl's Father
The Barnyard (Short) as Farm Hand
The Midnight Cabaret (Short) as Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor

The Gown Shop (Short) as Store manager
Lightning Love (Short) as Oliver, the Other Suitor
Horseshoes (Short) as Dynamite Duffy

1924

Trouble Brewing (Short) as Bootlegger
The Girl in the Limousine as Freddie

Her Boy Friend (Short) as Killer Kid (as Oliver N. Hardy)
Kid Speed (Short) as Dangerous Dan McGraw (as Oliver N. Hardy)

1925

Stick Around (Short) as Paperhanger
Hey, Taxi! (Short) as A Rival Taxi Driver
Wizard of Oz as Woodsman / Knight of the Garter / Farmhand (as Oliver N. Hardy)
Rivals (Short) as The Rival (as Oliver Hardy)
Wild Papa (Short) as The Model's Brother
Fiddlin' Around (Short) as Theatre manager (as Oliver Hardy)
Isn't Life Terrible? (Short) as Remington - the Brother-in-Law

Hop to It! (Short) as A bellhop
The Joke's on You (Short) as Wilbert Perkins (as Oliver Hardy)
Yes, Yes, Nanette (Short) as Nanette's Former Sweetheart
They All Fall (Short) as The boss
Should Sailors Marry? (Short) as Doctor (as Oliver Hardy)
Laughing Ladies (Short) as Policeman (as Oliver Hardy)
The Perfect Clown as Babe Mulligan (as Oliver Hardy)

1926

Stop, Look and Listen as Show Manager
A Bankrupt Honeymoon (Short) as The Taxi Driver
Wandering Papas (Short) as Camp Foreman
Madame Mystery (Short) as Captain Schmaltz (as Oliver Hardy)
Say It with Babies (Short) as Hector - the Floorwalker
Long Fliv the King (Short) as The Prime Minister's Assistant (as Oliver Hardy)
The Cow's Kimona (scenes deleted)

The Gentle Cyclone as Sheriff Bill (as Oliver Hardy)
Thundering Fleas (Short) as Officer
Along Came Auntie (Short) as Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband (as Oliver Hardy)
Crazy like a Fox (Short) as Charley's Victim (uncredited)
Bromo and Juliet (Short) as Cab Driver (as Oliver Hardy)
Be Your Age (Short) as Oswald Schwartzkopple
The Nickel-Hopper (Short) as Jazz Band Drummer (uncredited)

1927

Two-Time Mama (Short) as The Cop
Should Men Walk Home? (Short) as Party Guest at Punch Bowl (as Oliver Hardy)
Why Girls Say No (Short) as Policeman (uncredited) (as Oliver Hardy)
The Honorable Mr. Buggs (as Oliver Hardy)
No Man's Law as Sharkey Nye (as Oliver Hardy)
Crazy to Act (Short) as Gordon Bagley (as Oliver Hardy)

Fluttering Hearts (Short) as Big Bill (as Oliver Hardy)
Baby Brother (Short) as Ice Man
Love 'Em and Feed 'Em (Short) as 'Happy' Hopey (as Oliver Hardy)

1928

Barnum & Ringling, Inc. (Short) as Startled drunk

Later films

Feu mon oncle (1930) as Himself
Noche de duendes (1930) as Himself
Los presidiarios (1931) as Himself
Sous les verrous (1931) as Himself
Zwei Ritter ohne Furcht und Tadel (1932) as 3 Shorts
Zenobia (1939)
The Big Noise (1944) as Himself
The Fighting Kentuckian

(1949) Starred with John Wayne, Vera Ralston and Philip Dorn

Unconfirmed film appearances

The Artist's Model (1916) ^[1]
Terrible Kate (1917) ^[2]
His Movie Mustache (1917) ^[3]
Bad Kate (1917) ^[4]
This Is Not My Room (1917) ^[5]
Pipe Dreams and Prizes (1920) ^[6]
The Perfect Lady (1924) ^[7]
Roaring Lions at Home (1924) ^[8]
Laughing Ladies (1925) ^[9]

References

External links

Oliver Hardy at IMDb
McCabe, John. (1989). Babe: The Life of Oliver Hardy. New York: Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-1187-7.

[1] "The Artist's Model at IMDB.com".

[2] "Terrible Kate at IMDB.com".

[3] "His Movie Mustache at IMDB.com".

[4] "Bad Kate at IMDB.com".

[5] "This Is Not My Room at IMDB.com".

[6] "Pipe Dreams and Prizes at IMDB.com".

[7] "The Perfect Lady at IMDB.com".

[8] "Roaring Lions at Home at IMDB.com".

[9] "Laughing Ladies at IMDB.com".

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