Toothbrush moustache
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The toothbrush moustache is a style of moustache in which the sides are vertical, often approximating the width of the nose and visually resembling the bristles on a toothbrush. First becoming popular
Charlie Chaplin (pictured in 1921 as the Tramp) thought the moustache gave him a comical appearance.
Comedian Oliver Hardy's defining toothbrush (1938)
Adolf Hitler in 1923; his appearance was so defined by his moustache that it became unfashionable by the end of WWII.
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's philtrum-covering variant
Oliver Hardy
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Oliver Norvell Hardy was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his comedy partne
Toothbrush moustache
…First becoming popular in the United States in the late 19th century, it later spread to Germany and elsewhere. Comedians such as Charlie Chaplin and Oliver Hardy popularized it, reaching its heyday during the interwar years. By the end of World War II, the association with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler made it…
Historical marker in Milledgeville, Georgia, that tells the story of Hardy's time in that town
Advertisement with Hardy for A Day at School (1916), part of the Plump & Runt series
The Guilty Ones, one of ten shorts directed or co-directed by 'Babe Hardy'