Oliver Hardy

Early life
Oliver Hardy was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem Georgia. He worked with Charlie Chaplin imitator Billy West and comedic actress Ethel Burton Palmer during this time. The tour was then lengthened to include engagements in Scandinavia Belgium France as well as a Royal Command Performance for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

Oliver "Ollie" Hardy (born Norvell Hardy) January 18 1892 – August 7 1957) was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years from 1927 to 1955.