1st Oliver and Hardy Film
The first film pairing of Laurel & Hardy (albeit as separate performers) took place in The Lucky Dog, produced in 1919 by Sun-Lite Pictures and released in 1921
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Oliver Hardy Biography and Timeline
Follow Oliver Hardy through 9 dated historical records for United States of America.
Oliver Hardy, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1919
Oliver and Hardy
The first film pairing of Laurel & Hardy (albeit as separate performers) took place in The Lucky Dog, produced in 1919 by Sun-Lite Pictures and released in 1921
The Lucky Dog
The first film pairing of Laurel & Hardy (albeit as separate performers) took place in The Lucky Dog, produced in 1919 by Sun-Lite Pictures and released in 1921
1927
Duck Soup
Duck Soup is a 1927 short silent film made by Hal Roach Studios, the first occasion Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy appeared together on screen at Hal Roach Studios. Do Detectives Think?
Film
is a short silent film made by the Hal Roach Studios featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy made shortly before they were officially recognized as a double act
Oliver and Hardy
Their first "official" Oliver & Hardy film is Putting Pants on Philip, although their first appearance as the now familiar "Stan and Ollie" characters was The Second Hundred Years (June 1927), directed by Fred Guiol and supervised by Leo McCarey
Putting Pants on Philip
Their first "official" Oliver and Hardy film is Putting Pants on Philip, although their first appearance as the now familiar "Stan and Ollie" characters was The Second Hundred Years (June 1927), directed by Fred Guiol and supervised by Leo McCarey.
1951
Atoll K
Laurel and Hardy make their final film. Atoll K (also known as Utopia)
Oliver and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy make their final film. Atoll K (also known as Utopia)
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.