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.

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


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


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

1915


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


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

1916


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


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

1917


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


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

1918


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


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

1919


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


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

1920


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


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

1921


  • The Nuisance as The Walrus
  • The Blizzard as Janitor
  • The Bakery as Foreman
  • The Rent Collector as The Big Boss


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

1922


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


  • Fortune's Mask as Chief of Police
  • Little Wildcat as 'Bull' Mulligan
  • The Agent as Don Fusiloil
  • The Counter Jumper as Gaston Gilligan

1923


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


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

1924


  • Trouble Brewing as Bootlegger
  • The Girl in the Limousine as Freddie


  • Her Boy Friend as Killer Kid
  • Kid Speed as Dangerous Dan McGraw

1925


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


  • Hop to It! as A bellhop
  • The Joke's on You as Wilbert Perkins
  • Yes, Yes, Nanette as Nanette's Former Sweetheart
  • They All Fall as The boss
  • Should Sailors Marry? as Doctor
  • The Perfect Clown as Babe Mulligan

1926


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


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

1927


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


  • Fluttering Hearts as Big Bill
  • Baby Brother as Ice Man
  • Love 'Em and Feed 'Em as 'Happy' Hopey

1928

Starred with John Wayne, Vera Ralston and Philip Dorn

Unconfirmed film appearances