Ollie — Big Business Character Profile

About Ollie

A door-to-door Christmas tree salesman who partners with Stan in their feud with a grumpy customer, participates in the retaliatory property damage, and helps execute the trick cigar scheme.

Ollie — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Oliver Hardy

Appears in

Big Business (1929)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• Ollie — Social Neighbor — Neighbor (Retta Palmer)

  Community acquaintance

• Ollie — Professional Salesperson — First Customer (Lyle Tayo)

  Attempting to sell Christmas tree

• Ollie — Professional Mediator — Policeman (Tiny Sandford)

  Intervening to resolve conflict

• Ollie — Conflict Antagonist — Homeowner (James Finlayson)

  Engaged in escalating feud over Christmas tree

• Ollie — Alliance Business Partners — Stan (Stan Laurel)

  Working together as Christmas tree salesmen

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More characters from Big Business

• Stan (Stan Laurel)
• Homeowner (James Finlayson)
• Policeman (Tiny Sandford)
• Neighbor (Charlie Hall)
• Neighbor (Retta Palmer)
• First Customer (Lyle Tayo)