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Oliver Hardy

American comic actor best known as one half of the legendary Laurel and Hardy duo.

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Oliver Hardy is best known for Half of the iconic comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, starring in over 100 films from the silent era to the 1950s. On Dead or Alive, Oliver Hardy is listed in the Comedians category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Oliver Hardy is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Half of the iconic comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, starring in over 100 films from the silent era to the 1950s.
Listed under: Comedians

About Oliver Hardy

He appeared with his comedy partner Stan Laurel in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles. He was credited with his first film, Outwitting Dad, in 1914. In most of his silent films before joining producer Hal Roach, he was billed on screen as Babe Hardy. His father, Oliver, was a Confederate States Army veteran of the American Civil War who had been wounded at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, and was a recruiting officer for Company K, 16th Georgia Regiment. The elder Oliver Hardy assisted his father in running the remnants of the family's cotton plantation. He then bought a share in a retail business and was elected full-time Tax Collector for Columbia County, Georgia. Hardy's mother, Emily Norvell, was the daughter of Thomas Benjamin Norvell, who was descended from Hugh Norvell of Williamsburg, Virginia, and Mary Freeman.

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