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Also Known As Norvell Hardy
Born January 18, 1892 • Georgia
Died August 7, 1957 (aged 65) • California

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Oliver Hardy in a tuxedo and boater hat, smiling slightly, in a 1931 black and white studio portrait.
Laurel and Hardy in Way Out West
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy stand beside a car in formal attire, with Laurel at center left and Hardy at far right, in a scene from the 1929 film Liberty.
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and Charley Chase in fezzes and sashes sit around a table with drinks, gesturing animatedly in a scene from Sons of the Desert (1933).
Stan Laurel as Stannie Dum and Oliver Hardy as Ollie Dee stand back to back in medieval costumes, each holding a sack over their shoulder, in a promotional photo for Babes in Toyland (1934).
Laurel and Hardy in The Flying Deuces, 1939
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