The Hero (1917 film)
The Hero is a 1917 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. It is not known whether the film currently survives.

Cast
 Billy West - The Hero
 Oliver Hardy - The Hero's Rival (credited as Babe Hardy)
 Ethel Marie Burton - A Society Girl (credited as Ethel Burton)
 Leo White - The Count
 Bud Ross - The Butler (credited as Budd Ross)
 Polly Bailey - The Mother (credited as Polly Van)
 Florence McLaughlin - A Shy Maiden (credited as Florence McLoughlin)
 Frank Lansler - A Thug
 Ben Ross - Proprietor
 Joe Cohen - The Dude
 Frank Bates - Bartender

Reception
Like many American films of the time, The Hero was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors cut scenes of West fingering his nose at a bartender and of a man placing his legs on a girl's lap.