Hal Roach
Production
Born January 13, 1892 in Elmira, New York, USA
Harry Eugene Roach Sr. professionally known as Hal Roach, was an American film and television producer, director, and actor who was active from the 1910s to the 1990s. He is remembered today for producing a number of successes including the Laurel and Hardy franchise, the films of entertainer Charley Chase, and the Our Gang film comedy series.
Filmography
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Self - Producer (archive footage)
The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Self (archive footage)
The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Self (uncredited)
Our Gang - Comedy Festival
Our Gang - Little Rascals Greatest Hits
Our Gang - Little Rascals Varieties
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
The Our Gang Story
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Self
Hollywood Uncensored
Self
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
Hollywood
Self
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
One Million Years B.C.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Yanks Ahoy
Prairie Chickens
Calaboose
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Fall In
Flying with Music
About Face
Dudes Are Pretty People
Brooklyn Orchid
Miss Polly
Niagara Falls
Tanks a Million
Broadway Limited
Topper Returns
Road Show
Turnabout
One Million B.C.
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Captain Fury
Topper Takes a Trip
Block-Heads
Hide and Shriek
The Awful Tooth
Swiss Miss
Merrily We Live
Our Gang Follies of 1938
Mail and Female
The Pigskin Palooka
Fishy Tales
Night 'n' Gales
Topper
Roamin' Holiday
Pick a Star
Three Smart Boys
Rushin' Ballet
Nobody's Baby
Way Out West
Reunion in Rhythm
Spooky Hooky
General Spanky
Pay As You Exit
Kelly the Second
Bored of Education
On the Wrong Trek
The Bohemian Girl
Top Flat
Hot Money
Little Papa
Bonnie Scotland
Sprucin' Up
Vagabond Lady
Teacher's Beau
The Tin Man
Thicker Than Water
Anniversary Trouble
The Fixer Uppers
Tit for Tat
Babes in Toyland
The Live Ghost
Shrimps for a Day
Fate's Fathead
Washee Ironee
Mama's Little Pirate
The Ballad of Paducah Jail
Them Thar Hills
Going Bye-Bye!
Another Wild Idea
Maid in Hollywood
The First Round-Up
Apples to You!
Four Parts
Hi'–Neighbor!
Mixed Nuts
Oliver the Eighth
Sons of the Desert
Bit Part (uncredited)
Air Fright
Dirty Work
Wild Poses
Studio portrait
Busy Bodies
Crook's Tour
Bedtime Worries
The Midnight Patrol
Arabian Tights
The Devil's Brother
Me and My Pal
Twice Two
Fish Hooky
Towed in a Hole
Mr. Bride
Their First Mistake
Pack Up Your Troubles
Scram!
Hook and Ladder
Show Business
What Price Taxi
County Hospital
The Pooch
The Chimp
Choo-Choo!
In Walked Charley
The Music Box
Spanky
Red Noses
Any Old Port!
The Tabasco Kid
Helpmates
On the Loose
Hasty Marriage
Beau Hunks
Dogs Is Dogs
What a Bozo!
One Good Turn
The Pajama Party
Skip the Maloo!
Come Clean
Pardon Us
The Panic Is On
Let's Do Things
One of the Smiths
Haunted at Midnight
Our Wife
Playing at Politics
Rough Seas
Laughing Gravy
Little Daddy
The Pip from Pittsburg
Chickens Come Home
The Chiselers
Be Big!
Thundering Tenors
Helping Grandma
Another Fine Mess
School's Out
Looser Than Loose
Night of Goblins
Teacher's Pet
Dollar Dizzy
Men of the North
Doctor's Orders
Girl Shock
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Radiomanía
Fast Work
Hog Wild
Fifty Million Husbands
Bear Shooters
Shivering and Shaking
Below Zero
The Night Life
All Teed Up
When the Wind Blows
Brats
Whispering Whoopee
The First Seven Years
Blotto
The Real McCoy
Shivering Shakespeare
The Rogue Song
Night Owls
Moan & Groan, Inc.
The Hoose-Gow
Stepping Out
Bacon Grabbers
Bouncing Babies
They Go Boom!
Boxing Gloves
Crazy Feet
Lazy Days
Hotter Than Hot
Perfect Day
Snappy Sneezer
Men O' War
Leaping Love
Railroadin'
Berth Marks
The Big Squawk
Thundering Toupees
Small Talk
Movie Night
Hurdy Gurdy
Unaccustomed as We Are
Big Business
Why Is a Plumber?
Wrong Again
Liberty
We Faw Down
Habeas Corpus
The Boy Friend
Two Tars
Early to Bed
School Begins
Should Married Men Go Home?
Fair and Muddy
You're Darn Tootin'
Limousine Love
From Soup to Nuts
Came the Dawn
The Smile Wins
The Finishing Touch
Flying Elephants
Leave 'Em Laughing
Should Tall Men Marry?
Spook Spoofing
Pass the Gravy
The Battle of the Century
Flaming Fathers
Putting Pants on Philip
Do Detectives Think?
Chicken Feed
The Way of All Pants
Should Second Husbands Come First?
Call of the Cuckoo
The Second 100 Years
Now I'll Tell One
Sailors, Beware!
Olympic Games
The Sting of Stings
Us
Why Girls Love Sailors
Don't Tell Everything
Baby Brother
The Glorious Fourth
Love 'Em and Weep
Eve's Love Letters
No Man's Law
Ten Years Old
Duck Soup
Why Girls Say No
Seeing the World
Are Brunettes Safe?
Should Men Walk Home?
Two-Time Mama
Bring Home the Turkey
There Ain't No Santa Claus
The Nickel-Hopper
War Feathers
Be Your Age
Raggedy Rose
Get 'Em Young
Tell 'Em Nothing
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Bromo and Juliet
Rex the Devil Horse
Crazy Like a Fox
The Boy Friend
The Fourth Alarm
Shivering Spooks
Along Came Auntie
Thundering Fleas
Long Fliv the King
Say It with Babies
Baby Clothes
Monkey Business
Madame Mystery
Mama Behave
Wandering Papas
Soft Pedal
Charley My Boy!
What's the World Coming To?
Good Cheer
A Punch in the Nose
Flaming Flappers
His Wooden Wedding
One Wild Ride
Are Parents Pickles?
Should Sailors Marry?
Better Movies
The Caretaker's Daughter
Your Own Back Yard
The Black Cyclone
Unfriendly Enemies
No Father to Guide Him
Mary, Queen of Tots
Madame Sans Jane
Innocent Husbands
Boys Will Be Joys
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Chasing the Chaser
Official Officers
What Price Goofy?
Sure-Mike!
Looking for Sally
Shootin' Injuns
Big Red Riding Hood
The Love Bug
Bad Boy
Is Marriage the Bunk?
Should Husbands Be Watched?
Dog Days
Plain and Fancy Girls
Circus Fever
Fighting Fluid
The Big Town
The Wages of Tin
The Rat's Knuckles
Papa Be Good!
There Goes the Bride
Laughing Ladies
Just a Good Guy
The White Sheep
The Mysterious Mystery!
The Goofy Age
Just a Real Good Car
Fast Company
The Battling Orioles
Sittin' Pretty
The Sun Down Limited
Outdoor Pajamas
Seeing Nellie Home
A Ten-Minute Egg
Wide Open Spaces
Stolen Goods
Jubilo, Jr.
Rupert of Hee-Haw
Cradle Robbers
Commencement Day
Brothers Under the Chin
The King of the Wild Horses
Seein' Things
The 'Fraidy Cat
Love's Reward
Zeb vs. Paprika
The Buccaneers
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Big Business
Smithy
Tire Trouble
At First Sight
Two Wagons Both Covered
Mother's Joy
Sunday Calm
Scorching Sands
Uncensored Movies
The Great Outdoors
Go West
The Soilers
Save The Ship
Derby Day
Dear Ol' Pal
The Whole Truth
Stage Fright
It's a Gift
The Call of the Wild
A Man About Town
Why Worry?
Short Orders
July Days
Oranges and Lemons
Post No Bills
The Green Cat
Lodge Night
Gas and Air
Dogs of War!
Collars and Cuffs
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Pick and Shovel
Back Stage
Sold at Auction!
White Wings
Boys to Board
A Pleasant Journey
Safety Last!
The Big Show
The Cobbler
A Tough Winter
The Champeen
A Quiet Street
Saturday Morning
Dr. Jack
Young Sherlocks
Shine 'Em Up
Our Gang
Fire Fighters
One Terrible Day
Grandma's Boy
The Timber Queen
The Non-Skid Kid
Do Me a Favor
Barnyard Flappers
White Eagle
A Sailor-Made Man
Trolley Troubles
Never Weaken
Dodge Your Debts
I Do
Among Those Present
Now or Never
Whirl o' the West
Number, Please?
Sailor (uncredited)
Get Out and Get Under
Nomads of the North
A Regular Pal
Run 'Em Ragged
High and Dizzy
An Eastern Westerner
Haunted Spooks
Fresh Paint
His Royal Slyness
The Dippy Dentist
From Hand to Mouth
Captain Kidd's Kids
Call for Mr. Caveman
Bumping Into Broadway
His Only Father
Pay Your Dues
Soft Money
He Leads, Others Follow
The Rajah
Don't Shove
Heap Big Chief
Chop Suey & Co.
Count Your Change
A Jazzed Honeymoon
At the Old Stage Door
Just Neighbors
Billy Blazes, Esq.
Spring Fever
Off the Trolley
Swat the Crook
Pistols for Breakfast
Back to the Woods
Before Breakfast
Young Mr. Jazz
Crack Your Heels
Just Dropped In
A Sammy in Siberia
Next Aisle Over
The Dutiful Dub
Look Out Below
I'm on My Way
On the Fire
Ask Father
Hustling for Health
Do You Love Your Wife?
She Loves Me Not
Take a Chance
Just Rambling Along
Nothing But Trouble
Bride and Gloom
Cleopatsy
Sic 'Em, Towser
The City Slicker
Fireman Save My Child
Two-Gun Gussie
The Non-Stop Kid
Hey There
It's a Wild Life
Pipe the Whiskers
Follow the Crowd
Here Come the Girls
Look Pleasant, Please
A Gasoline Wedding
Beat It
Hit Him Again
The Lamb
Step Lively
The Big Idea
Bashful
Move On
All Aboard
Clubs Are Trump
The Flirt
Love, Laughs and Lather
Rainbow Island
Bliss
Birds of a Feather
By the Sad Sea Waves
Pinched
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
Over the Fence
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women
Lonesome Luke, Mechanic
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Stop! Luke! Listen!
Lonesome Luke, Plumber
Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer
Luke's Trolley Troubles
Luke's Busy Day
Luke's Lost Liberty
Luke's Shattered Sleep
Luke Locates the Loot
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
Luke, Rank Impersonator
Luke's Movie Muddle
Luke's Newsie Knockout
Luke, Patient Provider
Luke, the Gladiator
Luke's Preparedness Preparations
Luke, the Chauffeur
Luke and the Bang-Tails
Luke's Speedy Club Life
Luke and the Mermaids
Luke Joins the Navy
Luke Does the Midway
Luke's Lost Lamb
Luke, Crystal Gazer
Luke Rides Roughshod
Luke's Washful Waiting
Luke's Society Mixup
Luke's Fatal Flivver
Luke Laughs Last
Luke's Late Lunchers
Luke and the Bomb Throwers
Them Was the Happy Days!
Luke's Double
Lonesome Luke, Circus King
Luke Pipes the Pippins
Luke and the Rural Roughnecks
Luke Foils the Villain
Luke, the Candy Cut-Up
Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury
Luke Lugs Luggage
Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
Peculiar Patients' Pranks
Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks
A Foozle at the Tee Party
Ragtime Snap Shots
Great While It Lasted
Tinkering with Trouble
Bughouse Bellhops
Giving Them Fits
Some Baby
A Mixup for Mazie
Spit-ball Sadie
The Hungry Actors
Close-Cropped Clippings
Willie Runs the Park
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Cowardly Lion / Tottenhot
The Magic Cloak of Oz
The Cowardly Lion (uncredited)
Samson
Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)
The Squaw Man
Townsman (uncredited)