- Films
- 29
- Avg rating
- 6.54
- Peak run
- 1935’38
- 7+ run
- 4 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Oliver by the numbers
Average
6.54
27 rated films
Vote weighted
6.58
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.67
rating spread
Career
27y
1925 to 1951
Total votes
93.2K
across every film
Best
7.6
Way Out West
Worst
6.7
The Flying Deuces
Newest first
Filmography
| 1951 | Utopia | Ollie | 5.5 | 2,448 |
| 1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian | Willie Paine | 6.4 | 3,951 |
| 1945 | The Bullfighters | Ollie | 6.2 | 1,588 |
| 1944 | The Big Noise | Ollie | 6.3 | 1,579 |
| 1944 | Nothing But Trouble | Oliver Hardy | 6.3 | 1,410 |
| 1943 | Air Raid Wardens | Oliver Hardy | 6.1 | 1,306 |
| 1943 | The Dancing Masters | Oliver Hardy | 6.1 | 1,261 |
| 1943 | Jitterbugs | Ollie | 6.2 | 1,563 |
| 1942 | A-Haunting We Will Go | Ollie | 6.2 | 1,570 |
| 1941 | Great Guns | Oliver | 6.1 | 1,798 |
| 1940 | A Chump at Oxford | Oliver Hardy | 7.2 | 4,773 |
| 1940 | Saps at Sea | Ollie | 7.1 | 3,445 |
| 1939 | The Flying Deuces | Ollie | 6.7 | 6,360 |
| 1939 | Zenobia | Doc Tibbett | · | 727 |
| 1938 | Block-Heads | Ollie | 7.5 | 5,043 |
| 1938 | Swiss Miss | Oliver Hardy | 6.6 | 2,571 |
| 1937 | Pick a Star | Oliver Hardy | · | 604 |
| 1937 | Way Out West | Oliver Hardy | 7.6 | 9,673 |
| 1936 | The Bohemian Girl | Ollie | 6.6 | 2,460 |
| 1936 | Our Relations | Oliver 'Ollie' Hardy | 7.3 | 3,811 |
Better together?
Oliver Hardy's regulars
- Stan LaurelCo-star · 24 films · 6.66 avg▲+0.08
- Malcolm St. ClairDirector and actor · 4 films · 6.20 avg▼−0.15
- James FinlaysonCo-star · 3 films · 7.17 avg▲+0.37
- James W. HorneDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.97 avg▲+0.22
- Charley RogersDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.18
- Hal RoachDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.73 avg▲+0.22
- Gordon DouglasDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.70
- John G. BlystoneDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.05 avg▲+0.26
- Alfred J. GouldingDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.35 avg▼−0.10
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Oliver Hardy
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