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6 unusual facts about Oliver Hardy


Clemens Hasse

He was the German dubbing voice of Eddie Albert, Lou Costello, José Ferrer, Oliver Hardy, Sid James and also the voice of the white rabbit in Disneys Alice in Wonderland.

Difficult to Cure

The laughter at the end of the last track is unmistakably that of Oliver Hardy.

Gus and the Anarchists

Gus and the Anarchists is a 1915 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.

Hugh Norvell

Some of Captain Hugh Norvell's descendants include U.S. Senator John Norvell of Michigan, William Walker, the Filibusterer in Nicaragua; and Oliver Hardy, the actor-comedian and movie star, son of Emily Norvell Hardy.

Quest for Glory III: Wages of War

It is also possible to randomly meet Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the savannah, as French Foreign Legion soldiers.

The Golden Age of Comedy

The film is often regarded as particularly bringing Laurel and Hardy back into the public's notice after years of obscurity (they are the film's most predominately featured performers), but Oliver Hardy died around the time of the film's release in August 1957.


Babe London

Babe London (August 28, 1901 – November 29, 1980) was an American actress and comedian, most remembered for her onetime-only partnership with Oliver Hardy, in the 1931's Laurel and Hardy's two-reeler Our Wife.

Clothes Make the Man

Clothes Make the Man is a 1915 American film featuring Oliver Hardy based on the novella Kleider machen Leute by the Swiss author Gottfried Keller from 1874.

Jon Sen

In May 2006, Sen completed Stan for BBC 4 about the final meeting between Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, starring Father Ted star Jim Norton.

Shawna Kelly

DeLay acted and performed aerials with the "Thriller Queen" Ruth Roland to legendary comic actor Oliver Hardy and many other notables.


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