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.
| Year | Film | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Outwitting Dad | Reggie Kewp | Arthur Hotaling | Short; as O.N. Hardy |
| 1914 | Casey's Birthday | A Policeman | Short | |
| 1914 | Building a Fire | Policeman | Short | |
| 1914 | He Won a Ranch | A Cowboy | Short | |
| 1914 | The Particular Cowboys | A Cowboy | Arthur Hotaling | Short |
| 1914 | For Two Pins | A Policeman | Arthur Hotaling | Short |
| 1914 | A Tango Tragedy | Person at Dance | Short | |
| 1914 | A Brewerytown Romance | Cassidy / the Cop | Frank Griffin | Short |
| 1914 | The Female Cop | Boob Cop | Jerold T. Hevener | Short |
| 1914 | Good Cider | Hiram | John A. Murphy | Short |
| 1914 | Long May It Wave | The King | John A. Murphy | Short |
| 1914 | Who's Boss? | Short | ||
| 1914 | His Sudden Recovery | Mr. Jones | Short | |
| 1914 | The Kidnapped Bride | Daniel Cassidy | Frank Griffin | Short |
| 1914 | Worms Will Turn | A Policeman | Frank Griffin | Short |
| 1914 | The Rise of the Johnsons | The Grocery Man | John A. Murphy | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1914 | He Wanted Work | The Foreman | Short | |
| 1914 | They Bought a Boat | Cabin Boy | Short | |
| 1914 | Back to the Farm | Tom | Arthur Hotaling | Short |
| 1914 | Making Auntie Welcome | Grocery Boy | Will Louis | Short |
| 1914 | Back to the Farm | Tom | Arthur Hotaling | Short |
| 1914 | The Servant Girl's Legacy | Cy Whitfield | Arthur Hotaling | Short |
| 1914 | The Green Alarm | Mike | Frank Griffin | Short; as O.N. Hardy |
| 1914 | Never Too Old | Phil | John A. Murphy | Short |
| 1914 | A Fool There Was | Traffic Cop | Frank Griffin | Short |
| 1914 | Pins Are Lucky | Peter Pelton | Frank Griffin | Short; as O.N. Hardy |
| 1914 | Jealous James | Grocery Boy | Short | |
| 1914 | When the Ham Turned | Bartender | Frank Griffin | Short |
| 1914 | The Smuggler's Daughter | Gwendolyn's Father | Jerold T. Hevener | Short |
| 1914 | She Married for Love | An Onlooker | Short | |
| 1914 | The Soubrette and the Simp | Fred, the Simp | Jerold T. Hevener | Short |
| 1914 | Kidnapping the Kid | Fattie | John A. Murphy | Short |
| 1914 | The Honor of the Force | Willie Gold | Frank Griffin | Short |
| 1914 | She Was the Other | Cutie - the Chief's 1st Sister | Arthur Hotaling | Short |
| 1914 | The Daddy of Them All | Peitzheimer | Short | |
| 1914 | Mother's Baby Boy | Percival Pilkins | Short | |
| 1914 | The Servant Girl's Legacy | Cy | Arthur Hotaling | Short |
| 1914 | He Wanted His Pants | A Cop | Short | |
| 1914 | Dobs at the Shore | Meggie Heckla | Frank Griffin | Short |
| 1914 | The Fresh Air Cure | Morris Silverstein | Short | |
| 1914 | Weary Willie's Rags | Hotel Clerk | Short | |
| 1915 | The Tramps | |||
| 1915 | Charley's Aunt | Short | ||
| 1915 | What He Forgot | Jerold T. Hevener | Short | |
| 1915 | They Looked Alike | Pedestrian | Frank Griffin | Short |
| 1915 | Spaghetti a la Mode | Will Louis | ||
| 1915 | Gus and the Anarchists | Tom Dreck | John A. Murphy | Short |
| 1915 | Cupid's Target | Bob | Jerold T. Hevener | Short |
| 1915 | Shoddy the Tailor | Policeman | Willard Louis) | Short |
| 1915 | The Prize Baby | Bill, the Prize Baby | Jerold T. Hevener | Short |
| 1915 | An Expensive Visit | Jack | Willard Louis) | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1915 | Cleaning Time | John Herringbone | Will Louis | Short |
| 1915 | Mixed Flats | Bob White | Willard Louis) | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1915 | Safety Worst | Bill Jone | Jerold T. Hevener | Short |
| 1915 | The Twin Sister | Bill Bolt - the Husband | Arthur Hotaling | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1915 | Who Stole the Doggies? | Murphy, the Cop | Short; as Oliver Hardy | |
| 1915 | Baby | Harry Myers | Short | |
| 1915 | A Lucky Strike | Bill Myers | Arthur Hotaling | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1915 | Matilda's Legacy | Fatty Waite | Arthur Hotaling | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1915 | Capturing Bad Bill | Member of the posse | Short | |
| 1915 | Her Choice | Albert G. Price | Short | |
| 1915 | Cannibal King | Willie | Frank Griffin | Short |
| 1915 | It May Be You | Paul Simmons | Will Louis | Short; as O.N. Hardy |
| 1915 | What a Cinch | Police Chief Myers | Will Louis | Short |
| 1915 | Poor Baby | Matilda's Sweetheart | Will Louis | Short; as O.N. Hardy |
| 1915 | Not Much Force | City Councilman | Will Louis | Short; as O.N. Hardy |
| 1915 | The Dead Letter | Mateo | Will Louis | Short; as Babe Hardy |
| 1915 | Clothes Make the Man | Rastus | Will Louis | Short; as O.N. Hardy |
| 1915 | The Haunted Hat | Will Louis | Short | |
| 1915 | Avenging Bill | Bill, the Grocer's Boy | John A. Murphy | Short |
| 1915 | The Simp and the Sophomores | Professor Arm. Strong | Will Louis | Short; as O.N. Hardy |
| 1915 | Babe's School Days | Ikie Ikestein | Will Louis | Short |
| 1915 | The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford | Theodore Wharton | Short | |
| 1915 | Ethel's Romeos | Jake Stimpson | Edwin Middleton | Short |
| 1915 | Fatty's Fatal Fun | Fatty | Short | |
| 1915 | The Crazy Clock Maker | Jerold T. Hevener | Short | |
| 1915 | Something in Her Eye | The Grocer | Short | |
| 1915 | The Midnight Prowlers | Walter Stull | Short | |
| 1915 | Pressing Business | Walter Stull | Short | |
| 1915 | Love, Pepper and Sweets | Fatty | Walter Stull | Short |
| 1915 | A Janitor's Joyful Job | Melinda Rousseau | Short | |
| 1915 | Strangled Harmony | Walter Stull | Short | |
| 1915 | Speed Kings | Walter Stull | Short | |
| 1915 | Mixed and Fixed | Walter Stull | Short | |
| 1915 | Ups and Downs | Shifty Mike | Walter Stull | Short |
| 1916 | Bouncing Baby | |||
| 1916 | This Way Out | Plump | Walter Stull | Short |
| 1916 | Chickens | Walter Stull | Short | |
| 1916 | Frenzied Finance | Walter Stull | Short | |
| 1916 | A Special Delivery | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Busted Hearts | Peggy Plump | Walter Stull | Short |
| 1916 | A Sticky Affair | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Bungles' Rainy Day | Oliver Hardy | Short | |
| 1916 | One Too Many | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Bungles Enforces the Law | Oliver Hardy | Short | |
| 1916 | The Serenade | Plump | Willard Louis) | Short |
| 1916 | Bungles' Elopement | Oliver Hardy | Short | |
| 1916 | Nerve and Gasoline | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Bungles Lands a Job | Oliver Hardy | Short | |
| 1916 | Their Vacation | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Mamma's Boys | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | The Battle Royal | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | All for a Girl | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Hired and Fired | Walter Stull | Short | |
| 1916 | What's Sauce for the Goose | Mr. Boob Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | The Brave Ones | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | The Water Cure | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Thirty Days | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Baby Doll | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | The Schemers | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Sea Dogs | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Hungry Hearts | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Never Again | Plump | Willard Louis) | Short |
| 1916 | The Lottery Man | Theodore Wharton | ||
| 1916 | Better Halves | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Edison Bugg's Invention | The Fire Chief | Jerold T. Hevener | Short |
| 1916 | A Day at School | Plump | Willard Louis | Short |
| 1916 | A Terrible Tragedy | Markoff | Jerold T. Hevener | Short |
| 1916 | Spaghetti | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Aunt Bill | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | The Heroes | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | It Happened in Pikesville | Jiggs | Jerold T. Hevener | Short |
| 1916 | Human Hounds | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Dreamy Knights | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Life Savers | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Their Honeymoon | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | The Try Out | Walter Stull | Short | |
| 1916 | An Aerial Joyride | Plump | Will Louis | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1916 | Sidetracked | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Stranded | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Love and Duty | Pvt. Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | The Reformers | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Royal Blood | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | The Candy Trail | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | The Precious Parcel | Plump | Willard Louis) | Short |
| 1916 | A Maid to Order | Plump | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Twin Flats | Babe | Short | |
| 1916 | A Warm Reception | Babe | Short | |
| 1916 | Pipe Dreams | Babe | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Mother's Child | Babe | Will Louis | Short |
| 1916 | Prize Winners | Babe | Short | |
| 1916 | Ambitious Ethel | Short | ||
| 1916 | The Guilty Ones | Babe | Oliver Hardy | Short |
| 1916 | He Winked and Won | Babe | Oliver Hardy | Short |
| 1916 | He Went and Won | Short | ||
| 1916 | Fat and Fickle | Babe | Oliver Hardy | Short |
| 1917 | The Prospectors | Short | ||
| 1917 | The Boycotted Baby | Babe | Oliver Hardy | Short |
| 1917 | The Love Bugs | Babe | Short | |
| 1917 | The Modiste | Short | ||
| 1917 | Little Nell | Short | ||
| 1917 | The Other Girl | Babe | Oliver Hardy | Short |
| 1917 | A Mix Up In Hearts | Oliver Hardy | Short | |
| 1917 | Wanted as A Bad Man | Short | ||
| 1917 | Back Stage | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short | |
| 1917 | The Hero | The Hero's Rival | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short |
| 1917 | Dough Nuts | Babe, the chef | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short |
| 1917 | Cupid's Rival | Poor Artist | Billy West | Short |
| 1917 | The Villain | Babe | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short |
| 1917 | The Millionaire | The mother-in-law | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short |
| 1917 | The Goat | His Neighbor | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short |
| 1917 | The Fly Cop | Proprietor | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short |
| 1917 | The Chief Cook | Babe | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short |
| 1917 | The Candy Kid | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short | |
| 1917 | The Hobo | Harold | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short |
| 1917 | The Pest | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short | |
| 1917 | The Band Master | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short | |
| 1917 | The Slave | The Sultan of Bacteria | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1918 | The Stranger | Oliver, the saloonkeeper | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1918 | His Day Out | Ollie | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1918 | The Rogue | Cafe Owner | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short |
| 1918 | The Orderly | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short | |
| 1918 | The Scholar | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short | |
| 1918 | The Messenger | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Short | |
| 1918 | The Handy Man | Charley Chase | Short | |
| 1918 | Bright and Early | The Boss | Charley Chase | Short |
| 1918 | The Straight and Narrow | His former cellmate | Charley Chase | Short |
| 1918 | Playmates | Kid | Charley Chase | Short |
| 1918 | Beauties in Distress | Charley Chase | Short | |
| 1918 | Business Before Honesty | The Blind Man | Charley Chase | Short |
| 1918 | Hello Trouble | A devoted husband | Charley Chase | Short |
| 1918 | Painless Love | Dr. Hurts | Charley Chase | Short |
| 1918 | The King of the Kitchen | A German customer | Frank Griffin | Short |
| 1918 | He's in Again | Head Waiter | Charley Chase | Short |
| 1919 | The Freckled Fish | Solomon Soopmeat | Joseph Le Brandt | Short |
| 1919 | Hop, the Bellhop | Solomon Soop | Charles Parrott | Short |
| 1919 | Soapsuds and Sapheads | Foreman | [1] | Short |
| 1919 | Lions and Ladies | Frank Griffin | Short | |
| 1919 | Hearts in Hock | Charley Chase | Short | |
| 1919 | Jazz and Jailbirds | I.M. Ruff | J. A. Howe | Short |
| 1919 | Mules and Mortgages | Strongarm | J. A. Howe | Short |
| 1919 | Tootsies and Tamales | The Murderous Mexican | Noel M. Smith | Short |
| 1919 | Healthy and Happy | Doctor | Noel M. Smith | Short |
| 1919 | Flips and Flops | Mr. Jipper | Gilbert Pratt | Short |
| 1919 | Yaps and Yokels | The Hired Hand | Noel M. Smith | Short |
| 1919 | Mates and Models | A Nutty Artist | Noel M. Smith | Short |
| 1919 | Dull Care | A Janitor | Larry Semon | Short |
| 1919 | Squabs and Squabbles | The Boss | Noel M. Smith | Short |
| 1919 | Bungs and Bunglers | Al K. Hall | Noel M. Smith | Short |
| 1919 | The Head Waiter | A Cop | Larry Semon | Short |
| 1919 | Switches and Sweeties | Noel M. Smith | Short | |
| 1920 | Dames and Dentists | Noel M. Smith | Short | |
| 1920 | Maids and Muslin | Mr. Yards | Noel M. Smith | Short |
| 1920 | Squeaks and Squawks | The Landlord | Noel M. Smith | Short |
| 1920 | Fists and Fodder | Her Father | Jess Robbins | Short |
| 1920 | Distilled Love | Mr. Peeble Ford | Richard Smith | Short |
| 1920 | Pals and Pugs | A Bully | Jess Robbins | Short |
| 1920 | He Laughs Last | Handsome Ha | Jess Robbins | Short |
| 1920 | Springtime | The Commissioner | Jess Robbins | Short |
| 1920 | The Decorator | Babe, a millionaire | Jess Robbins | Short |
| 1920 | The Stage Hand | Audience member (uncredited) | Norman Taurog | Short; uncredited |
| 1920 | Married to Order | Her Father | Charley Chase | Short |
| 1920 | The Trouble Hunter | The Bouncer | Jess Robbins | Short |
| 1920 | His Jonah Day | The Life Saver | Jess Robbins | Short |
| 1920 | The Backyard | The ruffian | Jess Robbins | Short |
| 1920 | The Mysterious Stranger | Toreador | Jess Robbins | Short |
| 1921 | The Nuisance | The Walrus | Jess Robbins | Short |
| 1921 | The Blizzard | Janitor | Jess Robbins | Short |
| 1921 | The Bakery | Foreman | Norman Taurog | Short |
| 1921 | The Rent Collector | The Big Boss | Norman Taurog | Short |
| 1921 | The Tourist | Leader of the outlaws | Jess Robbins | Short |
| 1921 | The Fall Guy | Gentleman Joe, alias Black Bart | Norman Taurog | Short |
| 1921 | The Bell Hop | Hotel manager | Norman Taurog | Short |
| 1922 | The Sawmill | The foreman | Norman Taurog | Short |
| 1922 | The Show | Stage manager / Audience Member | Norman Taurog | Short |
| 1922 | A Pair of Kings | General Alarm | Norman Taurog | Short |
| 1922 | Golf | The neighbor | Larry Semon | Short |
| 1922 | Fortune's Mask | Robert Ensminger | ||
| 1922 | Little Wildcat | David Smith | ||
| 1922 | The Agent | Don Fusiloil | Larry Semon | Short |
| 1922 | The Counter Jumper | Gaston Gilligan | Larry Semon | Short |
| 1923 | No Wedding Bells | The Girl's Father | Larry Semon | Short |
| 1923 | The Barnyard | Farm Hand | Larry Semon | Short |
| 1923 | The Midnight Cabaret | Oliver, an Impetuous Suitor | Larry Semon | Short |
| 1923 | The Gown Shop | Store manager | Larry Semon | Short |
| 1923 | Lightning Love | Oliver, the Other Suitor | Larry Semon | Short |
| 1923 | Horseshoes | Dynamite Duffy | Larry Semon | Short |
| 1924 | Trouble Brewing | Bootlegger | Larry Semon | Short |
| 1924 | The Girl in the Limousine | Noel M. Smith | ||
| 1924 | Her Boy Friend | Killer Kid | Noel M. Smith | Short; as Oliver N. Hardy |
| 1924 | Kid Speed | Dangerous Dan McGraw | Noel M. Smith | Short; as Oliver N. Hardy |
| 1925 | Stick Around | Paperhanger | Ward Hayes | Short |
| 1925 | Hey, Taxi! | A Rival Taxi Driver | Ted Burnsten | Short |
| 1925 | Wizard of Oz | Larry Semon | ||
| 1925 | Rivals | The Rival | Ward Hayes | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1925 | Wild Papa | The Model's Brother | J.A. Howe | Short |
| 1925 | Fiddlin' Around | Theatre manager | Short; as Oliver Hardy | |
| 1925 | Isn't Life Terrible? | Remington - the Brother-in-Law | Leo McCarey | Short |
| 1925 | Hop to It! | A bellhop | Ted Burnsten | Short |
| 1925 | The Joke's on You | Wilbert Perkins | Ralph Ceder | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1925 | Yes, Yes, Nanette | Nanette's Former Sweetheart | Stan LaurelClarence Hennecke | Short |
| 1925 | They All Fall | The boss | Ralph Ceder | Short |
| 1925 | Should Sailors Marry? | Doctor | Jess Robbins | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1925 | Laughing Ladies | Policeman | Short; as Oliver Hardy | |
| 1925 | The Perfect Clown | Fred C. Newmeyer | ||
| 1926 | Stop, Look and Listen | Larry Semon | ||
| 1926 | A Bankrupt Honeymoon | The Taxi Driver | Lewis Seiler | Short |
| 1926 | Wandering Papas | Camp Foreman | Stan Laurel | Short |
| 1926 | Madame Mystery | Captain Schmaltz | Stan Laurel | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1926 | Say It with Babies | Hector - the Floorwalker | Fred Guiol | Short |
| 1926 | Long Fliv the King | The Prime Minister's Assistant | Leo McCarey | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1926 | The Cow's Kimona | James Parrott | ||
| 1926 | The Gentle Cyclone | W.S. Van Dyke | ||
| 1926 | Thundering Fleas | Officer | Robert F. McGowan | Short |
| 1926 | Along Came Auntie | Mr. Vincent Belcher - the First Husband | Richard Wallace | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1926 | Crazy like a Fox | Charley's Victim (uncredited) | Leo McCarey | Short; uncredited |
| 1926 | Bromo and Juliet | Cab Driver | Leo McCarey | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1926 | Be Your Age | Oswald Schwartzkopple | Leo McCarey | Short |
| 1926 | The Nickel-Hopper | Jazz Band Drummer (uncredited) | Hal Yates | Short; uncredited |
| 1927 | Two-Time Mama | The Cop | Fred Guiol | Short |
| 1927 | Should Men Walk Home? | Party Guest at Punch Bowl | Leo McCarey | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1927 | Why Girls Say No | Policeman | Leo McCarey | Short; as Oliver Hardy; uncredited |
| 1927 | The Honorable Mr. Buggs | Fred Jackman | ||
| 1927 | No Man's Law | Fred Jackman | ||
| 1927 | Crazy to Act | Gordon Bagley | Earle Rodney | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1927 | Fluttering Hearts | Big Bill | James Parrott | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1927 | Baby Brother | Ice Man | Anthony MackCharles Oelze | Short |
| 1927 | Love 'Em and Feed 'Em | 'Happy' Hopey | Clyde Bruckman | Short; as Oliver Hardy |
| 1928 | Barnum & Ringling, Inc. | Startled drunk | Robert F. McGowan | Short |
| 1930 | Feu mon oncle | Himself | ||
| 1930 | Noche de duendes | Himself | ||
| 1931 | Los presidiarios | Himself | ||
| 1931 | Sous les verrous | Himself | ||
| 1932 | Zwei Ritter ohne Furcht und Tadel | 3 Shorts | ||
| 1939 | Zenobia | Gordon Douglas | ||
| 1944 | The Big Noise | Himself | ||
| 1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian | George Waggner |
Unconfirmed film appearances
- The Artist's Model (1916)
- Terrible Kate (1917)
- His Movie Mustache (1917)
- Bad Kate (1917)
- This Is Not My Room (1917)
- Pipe Dreams and Prizes (1920)
- The Perfect Lady (1924)
- Roaring Lions at Home (1924)
- Laughing Ladies (1925)
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