Nevertheless, their association continued for another six years. Despite his long and successful career, Hardy's home was sold to help cover his medical expenses. '[60] Hardy was quite happy to leave the writing to his partner. Laurel recounted their reception: The love and affection we found that day at Cobh was simply unbelievable. On December 1, 1954, they made their only American television appearance when they were surprised and interviewed by Ralph Edwards on his live NBC-TV program This Is Your Life. Durgnat, Raymond. [117] The film, titled in the original German Laurel and Hardy: Die komische Liebesgeschichte von "Dick & Doof", was written and directed by German film-maker Andreas Baum. Die deutsche Fassung wurde bei der Internationalen Film-Union (IFU) erstellt, das Buch schrieb Helmut Harun. His thumb ignites and he matter-of-factly lights his "pipe". [5] On December 1, 1954, they made their sole American television appearance, when they were surprised and interviewed by Ralph Edwards on his live NBC-TV program This Is Your Life. Sie spielte häufig die zänkische Ehefrau von Hardy, seltener auch von Laurel, oder mimte andere zumeist zwielichtige und arrogante weibliche Gegenspieler des Duos, so etwa die fiese Mörderin in Oliver the Eight. Seine Premiere hatte er am 8. Laurel and Hardy were a comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). Der Film hatte am 10. Comedy teams were usually composed of a straight man and a funny man, but these two were both comedians; however, each knew how to play the straight man when the script required it. One is in Laurel's birthplace, Ulverston, United Kingdom and another one is in Hardy's birthplace, Harlem, Georgia, United States. Oliver Hardy to popularny przed drugą wojną światową amerykański komik, aktor i reżyser, który swą karierę rozpoczynał w okresie kina niemego. Actors Bronson Pinchot and Gailard Sartain were cast playing the lookalike nephews of Laurel and Hardy named Stanley Thinneus Laurel and Oliver Fatteus Hardy. [77] He died of a stroke on August 7, 1957, and longtime friend Bob Chatterton said Hardy weighed just 138 pounds (63 kg; 9.9 st) at the time of his death. Laurel would then try to repeat the idea, but, having instantly forgotten it, babble utter nonsense. [32][61] Laurel eventually became so involved in their films' productions, many film historians and afficionadi consider him an uncredited director. The humor of Laurel and Hardy was highly visual, with slapstick used for emphasis. I think I earned my money". Außenaufnahmen wurden auf dem Armeestützpunkt Fort Bliss in Texas gedreht. [30] In total, Hardy starred or co-starred in more than 250 silent shorts, of which roughly 150 have been lost. A decedat pe 7 august 1957, în urma unui infarct. [95] Laurel heard the tune on the station and asked Hatley if they could use it as the Laurel and Hardy theme song. [21] Prior to that, he experienced only modest success. A biopic titled Stan & Ollie directed by Jon S. Baird and starring Steve Coogan as Stan and John C. Reilly as Oliver was released in 2018 and chronicled the duo's 1953 tour of Great Britain and Ireland. [6], Merchandiser Larry Harmon claimed ownership of Laurel's and Hardy's likenesses and has issued Laurel and Hardy toys and coloring books. [111] This is treated as a clear example[by whom?] amerikai színész, komikus. Laurel túl beteg volt, hogy részt vegyen barátja temetésén. Pardon Us (1931) was reshot in all four foreign languages. Oliver Hardy begleitet ihn als sein "Schatzmeister" (financial exchequer). Busch war dreimal verheiratet, unter anderem mit dem Schauspieler Francis McDonald. From May 1925 until September 1926, he received credit in at least 22 films. I'll never forget that day. [34] Hardy, while acting, had received a pail of water in the face. Night Owls was remade in both Spanish and Italian, and Below Zero and Chickens Come Home in Spanish. A number of Laurel and Hardy films were reshot with them speaking in Spanish, Italian, French or German. Although the results of adding color were often in dispute, many popular titles are currently only available in the colorized version. [110] Maurice Sendak showed three identical Oliver Hardy figures as bakers preparing cakes for the morning in his award-winning 1970 children's book In the Night Kitchen. [89] In 1960, Laurel was given a special Academy Award for his contributions to film comedy, but was unable to attend the ceremony due to poor health. [85] In 1955, America's magazine TV Guide ran a color spread on the team with current photos. [115], The Indian comedy duo Ghory and Dixit was known as the Indian Laurel and Hardy. He also co-produced a series of Laurel and Hardy cartoons in 1966 with Hanna-Barbera Productions. Unter dem Titel Dick und Doof als Nachtschwärmer erschien eine zweite Fassung, die 1961 bei der Beta-Technik entstand. A 2005 poll by fellow comedians and comedy insiders of the top 50 comedians for The Comedian's Comedian, a TV documentary broadcast on UK's Channel 4, voted the duo the seventh-greatest comedy act ever, making them the top double act on the list. The Tramps (as Oliver Hardy); Charley's Aunt (Short) (as Oliver Hardy); What He Forgot (Short); They Looked Alike (Short) as Pedestrian; Spaghetti a la Mode as Cook; Gus and the Anarchists (Short) as Tom Dreck; Cupid's Target (Short) as Bob; Shoddy the Tailor (Short) as Policeman; The Prize Baby (Short) as Bill, the Prize Baby; An Expensive Visit (Short) as Jack (as Oliver Hardy) Dane z jego strony opisu znajdują się poniżej. Oliver Hardy, Actor: Sons of the Desert. [22], Oliver Hardy (January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia. Roach said, "You could always cut to a close-up of either one, and their reaction was good for another laugh."[33]. Laurel i Hardy pojawili się w około 100 filmach krótko i pełnometrażowych, początkowo niemych, a od 1929 także dźwiękowych.Początkowo te same sceny wielokrotnie powtarzano dla różnych wersji językowych, np. He had no equal. He was credited with his first film, Outwitting Dad, in 1914. Career. Much later he finally succeeds, only to be terrified when his thumb catches fire. [Note 1] The Beatles used cut-outs of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in the cutout celebrity crowd for the cover of their 1967 album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. [24] For his stage name he took his father's first name, calling himself "Oliver Norvell Hardy", while offscreen his nicknames were "Ollie" and "Babe". He died on February 23 in Santa Monica and is buried at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles, California. [92] Van Dyke hosted a television tribute to Stan Laurel the year he died. [34] They often had physical arguments (in character) which were quite complex and involved cartoon violence. The telecast was preserved on a kinescope and later released on home video. [16] The same year, Laurel made his film debut with Dahlberg in Nuts in May. Dieser Film kündigte Stan Laurel und Oliver Hardy erstmals offiziell als Duo an. [27] Between 1914 and 1916 Hardy made 177 shorts as Babe with the Vim Comedy Company, which were released up to the end of 1917. The film received positive reviews from critics, garnering a 94% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Laurel lived until 1965 and survived to see the duo's work rediscovered through television and classic film revivals. Stan Laurel (born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, writer, and film director who was part of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. [18] Dahlberg demanded roles in his films, and her tempestuous nature made her difficult to work with. Aujust 1957 ä Hollywood.Hä woch önö Schauspieler, dä zösamme met Stan Laurel ä Dütschland als “Dick un Doof” bekannt wood.. Sii Lääve. With any director, if Laurel said 'I don't like this idea,' the director didn't say 'Well, you're going to do it anyway.' Opis Oliver Hardy signature.svg [6] The official Laurel and Hardy appreciation society is The Sons of the Desert, after a fictitious fraternal society in the film of the same name. For many years the duo were impersonated by Jim MacGeorge (as Laurel) and Chuck McCann (as Hardy) in children's TV shows and television commercials for various products.[106]. Their films also continued to feature much visual humour. When Laurel received the script's final draft, he felt its heavy political content overshadowing the comedy. Hardy, who had difficulty understanding Laurel's idea when expressed clearly, would then understand the jumbled version perfectly. [67], Laurel and Hardy's first feature film was Pardon Us (1931). [72] Big Business was added to the United States National Film Registry as a national treasure in 1992. [119] It was established in New York City in 1965 by Laurel and Hardy biographer John McCabe, with Orson Bean, Al Kilgore, Chuck McCann, and John Municino as founding members, with the sanction of Stan Laurel. From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, Free clip from Bouncing Baby (1916), made available for public use by the State Archives of Florida, Oliver Hardy's obituaries in the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Mirror-News, https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oliver_Hardy&oldid=7440631, Find a Grave template with ID same as Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. [1][2] Their signature theme song, known as "The Cuckoo Song", "Ku-Ku", or "The Dance of the Cuckoos" (by Hollywood composer T. Marvin Hatley) was heard over their films' opening credits, and become as emblematic of them as their bowler hats. ", "Laurel and Hardy Museum of Harlem, Georgia", "Laurel and Hardy cartoons by Hanna-Barbera. Oliver Hardy, celým jménem Oliver Norvell Hardy (18. ledna 1892 Harlem, Georgie – 7. srpna 1957 North Hollywood, Kalifornie) byl americký herec a komik, který se proslavil spoluprácí se Stanem Laurelem, s nimž vytvořil slavnou komickou dvojici Laurel a Hardy For example, in Chickens Come Hom, Olliee impatiently says to Stan, "Well...", and Stan continues for him: "Here's another nice mess I've gotten you into." He was the ticket salesman, the projectionist, the janitor, and the actual manager of the place. was another catchphrase used by Hardy, and by mustachioed Scottish actor James Finlayson, who appeared in 33 Laurel and Hardy films. Laurel kept his hair short on the sides and back, growing it long on top to create a natural "fright wig". 1921 sowie zwischen 1926 und 1951 drehten sie zusammen 107 Filme (80 Kurzfilme, 27 Spielfilme), Gastauftritte mit eingerechnet. (In popular culture, the catchphrase is often misquoted as "Well, here's another fine mess you've gotten me into", which was never spoken by Hardy—a misunderstanding that stems from the title of their film Another Fine Mess. Oliver, Jr. was the son to Oliver, Sr. and his third wife. [83] The silent film Hats Off from 1927 has vanished completely. [63], In 1929 the silent era of film was coming to an end. Laurel and Hardy's influence over a very broad range of comedy and other genres has been considerable. Oliver Hardy (Harlem, Georgia, USA, 1892. január 18. Stan had three or four writers who competed with him in a perpetual game of 'Can You Top This?