Oliver Hardy, rotund film comedian, died yesterday. He was 65. Death came to the portly half of the famed Laurel and Hardy comedy team from the effects of a paralytic stroke he suffered last Sept. 12.

John Wayne's amazing kindness to Oliver Hardy was turned down twice by the comedian. By George Simpson, Senior Film and Arts Reporter. 00:59, Wed, Sep 18, 2024 | UPDATED: 22:30, Fri, Sep 20, 2024.

Laurel and Hardy were a comedy duo who rose to fame during the Classical Hollywood era. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's slapstick comedy dominated the 1930s, as they appeared in 107 films and ...

This week marks the 75th anniversary of the legendary John Wayne film The Fighting Kentuckian. The movie featured Wayne as a Kentucky militiaman returning from the War of 1812, with Oliver Hardy ...

The writing was on the wall during the making of “Eve’s Love Letters”: Among the characters in the picture is one dubbed Oliver Hardy. You don’t just pull a name like that out of a derby hat. “Laurel ...

The Fighting Kentuckian was one of just five times that Oliver Hardy worked without Stan Laurel, his comedy partner in Laurel and Hardy - and he was offered the chance to become John Wayne's ...

Hardy took the role and impressed Wayne with his performance, reports the Express. So much so, that Wayne offered Hardy the chance to become his "permanent comic sidekick" in future films.