Hal Roach

Personal Info

Known For Production

Known Credits 523

Gender Male

Birthday 1892-01-14

Day of Death 1992-11-02 (100 years old)

Place of Birth Elmira, New York, USA

Also Known As

Harry Eugene Roach
Al Roach
Hal E. Roach

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Hal Roach

Biography

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.

Known For

Production

2012

… Producer

2001		Our Gang - Little Rascals Greatest Hits … Producer
2001		Our Gang - Little Rascals Varieties … Producer
2001		Our Gang - Comedy Festival … Producer

1967

… Producer

1943		Yanks Ahoy … Executive Producer
1943		Prairie Chickens … Executive Producer
1943		Calaboose … Executive Producer

1942		The McGuerins from Brooklyn … Executive Producer
1942		Fall In … Associate Producer
1942		Flying with Music … Producer
1942		About Face … Producer
1942		Dudes Are Pretty People … Producer
1942		Brooklyn Orchid … Producer

1941		Miss Polly … Producer
1941		Niagara Falls … Executive Producer
1941		Tanks a Million … Producer
1941		Broadway Limited … Producer
1941		Topper Returns … Producer
1941		Road Show … Producer

1940

… Producer

1938		Block-Heads … Producer
1938		Hide and Shriek … Producer
1938		The Awful Tooth … Producer
1938		Swiss Miss … Producer
1938		Merrily We Live … Producer

1937		Fishy Tales … Producer
1937		Topper … Producer
1937		Nobody's Baby … Producer
1937		Way Out West … Producer
1937		Reunion in Rhythm … Producer

1936		Spooky Hooky … Producer
1936		General Spanky … Producer
1936		Pay As You Exit … Producer
1936		Kelly the Second … Producer
1936		On the Wrong Trek … Producer
1936		The Bohemian Girl … Producer

1935		Top Flat … Producer
1935		Life Hesitates at 40 … Producer
1935		Hot Money … Producer
1935		Little Papa … Producer
1935		Bonnie Scotland … Producer
1935		Sprucin' Up … Producer
1935		Teacher's Beau … Producer
1935		The Tin Man … Producer
1935		Thicker Than Water … Producer
1935		Anniversary Trouble … Producer
1935		Beginner's Luck … Producer
1935		The Fixer Uppers … Producer
1935		Tit for Tat … Producer

1934		Babes in Toyland … Producer
1934		The Live Ghost … Producer
1934		Shrimps for a Day … Producer
1934		You Bring the Ducks … Producer
1934		Fate's Fathead … Producer
1934		Washee Ironee … Producer
1934		Mama's Little Pirate … Producer
1934		The Ballad of Paducah Jail … Producer
1934		Them Thar Hills … Producer
1934		Going Bye-Bye! … Producer
1934		Another Wild Idea … Producer
1934		Benny, from Panama … Producer
1934		Maid in Hollywood … Producer
1934		The First Round-Up … Producer
1934		Apples to You! … Producer
1934		Four Parts … Producer
1934		Hi'–Neighbor! … Producer
1934		Mixed Nuts … Producer
1934		Oliver the Eighth … Producer

1933		Sons of the Desert … Producer
1933		Dirty Work … Producer
1933		Wild Poses … Producer
1933		Busy Bodies … Producer
1933		Crook's Tour … Producer
1933		Bedtime Worries … Producer
1933		The Midnight Patrol … Producer
1933		Arabian Tights … Producer
1933		The Devil's Brother … Producer
1933		Me and My Pal … Producer
1933		Twice Two … Producer
1933		Fish Hooky … Producer

1932		Towed in a Hole … Producer
1932		Mr. Bride … Producer
1932		Their First Mistake … Producer
1932		Pack Up Your Troubles … Producer
1932		Scram! … Producer
1932		Hook and Ladder … Producer
1932		Show Business … Producer
1932		What Price Taxi … Producer
1932		County Hospital … Producer
1932		The Pooch … Producer
1932		The Chimp … Producer
1932		Choo-Choo! … Producer
1932		In Walked Charley … Producer
1932		You're Telling Me … Producer
1932		The Music Box … Producer
1932		Red Noses … Producer
1932		Any Old Port! … Producer
1932		The Tabasco Kid … Producer
1932		Helpmates … Producer

1931		Hasty Marriage … Producer
1931		On the Loose … Producer
1931		Beau Hunks … Producer
1931		One Good Turn … Producer
1931		Come Clean … Producer
1931		Pardon Us … Producer
1931		The Panic Is On … Producer
1931		Haunted at Midnight … Producer
1931		Our Wife … Producer
1931		Playing at Politics … Producer
1931		Laughing Gravy … Producer
1931		Little Daddy … Producer
1931		The Pip from Pittsburg … Producer
1931		Chickens Come Home … Producer
1931		The Chiselers … Producer
1931		Thundering Tenors … Producer
1931		Helping Grandma … Producer

1930		Another Fine Mess … Producer
1930		School's Out … Producer
1930		Looser Than Loose … Producer
1930		Night of Goblins … Producer
1930		Dollar Dizzy … Producer
1930		Girl Shock … Producer
1930		The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case … Producer
1930		Fast Work … Producer
1930		Hog Wild … Producer
1930		Shivering and Shaking … Producer
1930		Below Zero … Producer
1930		The Night Life … Producer
1930		Brats … Producer
1930		Blotto … Producer
1930		Shivering Shakespeare … Producer
1930		Night Owls … Producer

1929		The Hoose-Gow … Producer
1929		Bacon Grabbers … Producer
1929		Bouncing Babies … Producer
1929		They Go Boom! … Producer
1929		Boxing Gloves … Producer
1929		Lazy Days … Producer
1929		Hotter Than Hot … Producer
1929		Perfect Day … Producer
1929		Snappy Sneezer … Producer
1929		Men O'War … Producer
1929		Leaping Love … Producer
1929		Railroadin' … Producer
1929		Berth Marks … Producer
1929		The Big Squawk … Producer
1929		Small Talk … Producer
1929		Movie Night … Producer
1929		Unaccustomed as We Are … Producer
1929		Big Business … Producer
1929		Wrong Again … Producer
1929		Liberty … Producer
1929		Going Ga-Ga … Producer

1928		We Faw Down … Producer
1928		Habeas Corpus … Producer
1928		The Boy Friend … Producer
1928		Two Tars … Producer
1928		Early to Bed … Producer
1928		School Begins … Producer
1928		Should Married Men Go Home? … Producer
1928		You're Darn Tootin' … Producer
1928		Limousine Love … Producer
1928		From Soup to Nuts … Producer
1928		Came the Dawn … Producer
1928		The Finishing Touch … Producer
1928		Flying Elephants … Producer
1928		Leave 'Em Laughing … Producer
1928		Should Tall Men Marry? … Producer
1928		Spook Spoofing … Producer
1928		Pass the Gravy … Producer

1927		The Battle of the Century … Producer
1927		Flaming Fathers … Producer
1927		Putting Pants on Philip … Producer
1927		Do Detectives Think? … Producer
1927		The Way of All Pants … Producer
1927		Should Second Husbands Come First? … Producer
1927		Call of the Cuckoo … Producer
1927		The Second Hundred Years … Producer
1927		Now I'll Tell One … Producer
1927		Sailors, Beware! … Producer
1927		Us … Producer
1927		Why Girls Love Sailors … Producer
1927		Don't Tell Everything … Producer
1927		The Glorious Fourth … Producer
1927		Love 'Em and Weep … Producer
1927		Eve's Love Letters … Producer
1927		Duck Soup … Producer
1927		Why Girls Say No … Producer
1927		Seeing the World … Producer
1927		Two-Time Mama … Producer
1927		Should Men Walk Home? … Producer

1926		There Ain't No Santa Claus … Producer
1926		Be Your Age … Producer
1926		Get 'Em Young … Producer
1926		Tell 'Em Nothing … Producer
1926		Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes … Producer
1926		Bromo and Juliet … Producer
1926		The Devil Horse … Producer
1926		Crazy Like a Fox … Producer
1926		The Fourth Alarm … Producer
1926		Along Came Auntie … Producer
1926		Thundering Fleas … Producer
1926		Say It with Babies … Producer
1926		Mama Behave … Producer
1926		Wandering Papas … Executive Producer
1926		Long Pants … Producer
1926		Soft Pedal … Producer
1926		Charley My Boy! … Producer
1926		What's the World Coming To? … Producer
1926		The Boy Friend … Producer

1925		Flaming Flappers … Producer
1925		His Wooden Wedding … Producer
1925		Should Sailors Marry? … Producer
1925		The Caretaker's Daughter … Producer
1925		No Father to Guide Him … Producer
1925		Innocent Husbands … Producer
1925		Yes, Yes, Nanette … Producer
1925		Chasing the Chaser … Producer
1925		Bad Boy … Producer
1925		Is Marriage the Bunk? … Producer
1925		Should Husbands Be Watched? … Producer
1925		Dog Days … Producer
1925		Plain and Fancy Girls … Producer
1925		The Wages of Tin … Producer
1925		The Rat's Knuckles … Producer
1925		Papa Be Good! … Producer

1924		Just a Good Guy … Producer
1924		Sittin' Pretty … Producer
1924		Outdoor Pajamas … Producer
1924		Seeing Nellie Home … Producer
1924		A Ten-Minute Egg … Producer
1924		Wide Open Spaces … Producer
1924		Stolen Goods … Producer
1924		Jubilo, Jr. … Producer
1924		Don't Park There … Producer
1924		Rupert of Hee-Haw … Producer
1924		Brothers Under the Chin … Producer
1924		The Fraidy Cat … Producer
1924		Zeb vs. Paprika … Producer
1924		Big Business … Producer
1924		Smithy … Producer
1924		At First Sight … Producer
1924		Two Wagons Both Covered … Producer

1923		Uncensored Movies … Executive Producer
1923		The Great Outdoors … Producer
1923		The Soilers … Producer
1923		Dear Ol' Pal … Producer
1923		The Whole Truth … Producer
1923		The Call of the Wild … Producer
1923		A Man About Town … Producer
1923		Why Worry? … Producer
1923		July Days … Producer
1923		Oranges and Lemons … Producer
1923		Post No Bills … Producer
1923		Gas and Air … Producer
1923		Collars and Cuffs … Producer
1923		Courtship of Miles Sandwich … Producer
1923		Pick and Shovel … Producer
1923		Sold at Auction … Producer
1923		White Wings … Producer
1923		A Tough Winter … Executive Producer

1922		Dr. Jack … Producer
1922		Our Gang … Producer
1922		Shine 'Em Up … Producer
1922		Shiver and Shake … Producer
1922		Fire Fighters … Producer
1922		One Terrible Day … Producer
1922		Grandma's Boy … Producer
1922		The Timber Queen … Producer
1922		The Non-Skid Kid … Producer
1922		Do Me a Favor … Producer
1922		Years to Come … Producer
1922		Barnyard Flappers … Producer

1921		A Sailor-Made Man … Producer
1921		Trolley Troubles … Producer
1921		Never Weaken … Producer
1921		Dodge Your Debts … Producer
1921		Among Those Present … Producer
1921		Now or Never … Producer
1921		Whirl o' the West … Producer

1920		Number, Please? … Producer
1920		Get Out and Get Under … Producer
1920		Nomads of the North … Producer
1920		Run 'Em Ragged … Producer
1920		High and Dizzy … Producer
1920		An Eastern Westerner … Producer
1920		Haunted Spooks … Producer
1920		Fresh Paint … Producer
1920		Raise the Rent … Producer
1920		His Royal Slyness … Producer
1920		The Dippy Dentist … Producer

1919		From Hand to Mouth … Producer
1919		Looking for Trouble … Producer
1919		How Dry I Am … Producer
1919		Captain Kidd's Kids … Producer
1919		Bumping Into Broadway … Producer
1919		The Rajah … Producer
1919		Be My Wife … Producer
1919		Don't Shove … Producer
1919		Heap Big Chief … Producer
1919		Chop Suey & Co. … Producer
1919		Count Your Change … Producer
1919		At the Old Stage Door … Producer
1919		Just Neighbors … Producer
1919		Off the Trolley … Producer
1919		Swat the Crook … Producer
1919		Pistols for Breakfast … Producer
1919		Crack Your Heels … Producer
1919		Just Dropped In … Producer
1919		Next Aisle Over … Producer
1919		The Dutiful Dub … Producer
1919		Look Out Below … Producer
1919		I'm on My Way … Producer
1919		Hustling for Health … Producer

1918		She Loves Me Not … Producer
1918		Take a Chance … Producer
1918		Just Rambling Along … Producer
1918		Nothing But Trouble … Producer
1918		Bride and Gloom … Producer
1918		Sic 'Em, Towser … Producer
1918		The City Slicker … Producer
1918		Fireman Save My Child … Producer
1918		Two-Gun Gussie … Producer
1918		The Non-Stop Kid … Producer
1918		Kicked Out … Producer
1918		His Busy Day … Producer
1918		Hey There … Producer
1918		It's a Wild Life … Producer
1918		Pipe the Whiskers … Producer
1918		Follow the Crowd … Producer
1918		On the Jump … Producer
1918		Let's Go … Producer
1918		Here Come the Girls … Producer
1918		Look Pleasant, Please … Producer
1918		A Gasoline Wedding … Producer
1918		Beat It … Producer
1918		Hit Him Again … Producer
1918		The Tip … Producer

1917		The Big Idea … Producer
1917		Step Lively … Producer
1917		Bashful … Producer
1917		Move On … Producer
1917		Love, Laughs and Lather … Producer
1917		Bliss … Producer
1917		By the Sad Sea Waves … Producer
1917		Pinched … Producer
1917		Over the Fence … Producer
1917		Lonesome Luke's Wild Women … Producer
1917		Lonesome Luke, Messenger … Producer
1917		Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley … Producer

1916		Luke Locates the Loot … Producer
1916		Luke's Movie Muddle … Producer
1916		Luke Joins the Navy … Producer
1916		Luke's Lost Lamb … Producer
1916		Luke, Crystal Gazer … Producer
1916		Luke Rides Roughshod … Producer
1916		Luke's Washful Waiting … Producer
1916		Luke and the Rural Roughnecks … Producer
1916		Luke, the Candy Cut-Up … Producer

1915		Peculiar Patients' Pranks … Producer
1915		Giving Them Fits … Producer
1915		Just Nuts … Producer

Directing

1941

… Director

1940		Turnabout … Director
1940		One Million B.C. … Director

1939		The Housekeeper's Daughter … Director
1939		Captain Fury … Director

1933		Arabian Tights … Director
1933		The Devil's Brother … Director

1931		On the Loose … Director
1931		The Pajama Party … Director
1931		Let's Do Things … Director
1931		Monsieur Le Fox … Director

1930		Monsieur Le Fox … Director
1930		Men of the North … Director

1929		Dad's Day … Director
1929		Hurdy Gurdy … Director
1929		Unaccustomed as We Are … Director

1928

… Director

1924		Just a Real Good Car … Director
1924		The Hoosier Schoolmaster … Assistant Director
1924		Smithy … Director

1923		Scorching Sands … Director
1923		Save The Ship … Director
1923		Short Orders … Director

1921		I Do … Director
1921		Now or Never … Director

1920		Number, Please? … Director
1920		Get Out and Get Under … Director
1920		High and Dizzy … Director
1920		An Eastern Westerner … Director
1920		Haunted Spooks … Director
1920		His Royal Slyness … Director

1919		From Hand to Mouth … Director
1919		Looking for Trouble … Director
1919		Captain Kidd's Kids … Director
1919		Giving the Bride Away … Director
1919		Bumping Into Broadway … Director
1919		His Only Father … Director
1919		Pay Your Dues … Director
1919		Count the Votes … Director
1919		Soft Money … Director
1919		He Leads, Others Follow … Director
1919		The Rajah … Director
1919		Be My Wife … Director
1919		Chop Suey & Co. … Director
1919		A Jazzed Honeymoon … Director
1919		At the Old Stage Door … Director
1919		Billy Blazes, Esq. … Director
1919		Spring Fever … Director
1919		Back to the Woods … Director
1919		Before Breakfast … Director
1919		Young Mr. Jazz … Director
1919		Just Dropped In … Director
1919		A Sammy in Siberia … Director
1919		Next Aisle Over … Director
1919		Look Out Below … Director
1919		I'm on My Way … Director
1919		On the Fire … Director
1919		Ask Father … Director
1919		Do You Love Your Wife? … Director

1918		Just Rambling Along … Director
1918		His Busy Day … Director

1917		Clubs Are Trump … Director
1917		Lonesome Luke's Wild Women … Director
1917		Lonesome Luke, Mechanic … Director
1917		Lonesome Luke, Messenger … Director
1917		Stop! Luke! Listen! … Director
1917		Lonesome Luke, Plumber … Director
1917		Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon … Director
1917		Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley … Director
1917		Lonesome Luke's Lively Life … Director
1917		Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire … Director
1917		Lonesome Luke, Lawyer … Director
1917		Luke's Trolley Troubles … Director
1917		Luke's Busy Day … Director
1917		Luke's Lost Liberty … Director

1916		Luke's Shattered Sleep … Director
1916		Luke Locates the Loot … Director
1916		Luke's Fireworks Fizzle … Director
1916		Luke, Rank Impersonator … Director
1916		Luke's Movie Muddle … Director
1916		Luke's Newsie Knockout … Director
1916		Luke, Patient Provider … Director
1916		Luke, the Gladiator … Director
1916		Luke's Preparedness Preparations … Director
1916		Luke, the Chauffeur … Director
1916		Luke and the Bang-Tails … Director
1916		Luke's Speedy Club Life … Director
1916		Luke and the Mermaids … Director
1916		Luke Joins the Navy … Director
1916		Luke Does the Midway … Director
1916		Luke's Lost Lamb … Director
1916		Luke, Crystal Gazer … Director
1916		Luke Rides Roughshod … Director
1916		Luke's Washful Waiting … Director
1916		Luke's Society Mixup … Director
1916		Luke's Fatal Flivver … Director
1916		Luke Laughs Last … Director
1916		Luke's Late Lunchers … Director
1916		Luke and the Bomb Throwers … Director
1916		Them Was the Happy Days! … Director
1916		Luke's Double … Director
1916		Lonesome Luke, Circus King … Director
1916		Luke Pipes the Pippins … Director
1916		Luke and the Rural Roughnecks … Director
1916		Luke Foils the Villain … Director
1916		Luke, the Candy Cut-Up … Director
1916		Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury … Director
1916		Luke Lugs Luggage … Director
1916		Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary … Director

1915		Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster … Director
1915		Peculiar Patients' Pranks … Director
1915		Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks … Director
1915		A Foozle at the Tee Party … Director
1915		Ragtime Snap Shots … Director
1915		Great While It Lasted … Director
1915		Tinkering with Trouble … Director
1915		Bughouse Bellhops … Director
1915		Giving Them Fits … Director
1915		Fresh from the Farm … Director
1915		Some Baby … Director
1915		A Mixup for Mazie … Director
1915		Spit-ball Sadie … Director
1915		The Hungry Actors … Director
1915		Just Nuts … Director
1915		Close-Cropped Clippings … Director
1915		Beyond His Fondest Hopes … Director
1915		Pete, the Pedal Polisher … Director
1915		Willie Runs the Park … Director

Writing

2001

… Writer

1936

… Story

1932		The Pooch … Writer
1932		Choo-Choo! … Writer
1932		Spanky … Writer

1931		On the Loose … Writer
1931		Chickens Come Home … Story

1930

… Story

1929		Boxing Gloves … Story
1929		Perfect Day … Writer

1928		The Smile Wins … Story
1928		Flying Elephants … Story
1928		Leave 'Em Laughing … Story

1927		The Battle of the Century … Writer
1927		Do Detectives Think? … Writer
1927		Chicken Feed … Story
1927		Sailors, Beware! … Writer
1927		Olympic Games … Story
1927		Why Girls Love Sailors … Writer
1927		Baby Brother … Story
1927		The Glorious Fourth … Story
1927		Love 'Em and Weep … Writer
1927		Ten Years Old … Writer
1927		Seeing the World … Story
1927		Bring Home the Turkey … Story

1926		The Nickel-Hopper … Writer
1926		War Feathers … Story
1926		The Devil Horse … Writer
1926		The Fourth Alarm … Writer
1926		Shivering Spooks … Story
1926		Thundering Fleas … Story
1926		Baby Clothes … Writer
1926		Monkey Business … Story
1926		Madame Mystery … Writer
1926		Long Pants … Writer
1926		Soft Pedal … Writer
1926		Don't Butt In … Writer
1926		Good Cheer … Story
1926		A Punch in the Nose … Writer

1925		One Wild Ride … Story
1925		Better Movies … Writer
1925		Your Own Back Yard … Story
1925		Black Cyclone … Story
1925		Mary, Queen of Tots … Story
1925		Madame Sans Jane … Story
1925		Boys Will Be Joys … Story
1925		Official Officers … Writer
1925		What Price Goofy? … Story
1925		Sure-Mike! … Story
1925		Looking for Sally … Writer
1925		Shootin' Injuns … Story
1925		Big Red Riding Hood … Writer
1925		The Love Bug … Story
1925		Dog Days … Writer
1925		Circus Fever … Writer
1925		The Big Town … Story
1925		There Goes the Bride … Story

1924		Just a Good Guy … Writer
1924		The Mysterious Mystery! … Story
1924		Just a Real Good Car … Writer
1924		Fast Company … Story
1924		The Battling Orioles … Writer
1924		The Sun Down Limited … Story
1924		Jubilo, Jr. … Story
1924		Cradle Robbers … Story
1924		Commencement Day … Story
1924		The King of the Wild Horses … Story
1924		Seein' Things … Story
1924		Love's Detour … Story
1924		The Buccaneers … Writer
1924		Big Business … Writer
1924		Tire Trouble … Story

1923		Sunday Calm … Story
1923		Uncensored Movies … Screenplay
1923		Derby Day … Story
1923		Stage Fright … Story
1923		Be Honest … Writer
1923		Lodge Night … Story
1923		Dogs of War! … Story … Writer
1923		Back Stage … Story
1923		Boys to Board … Story
1923		Safety Last! … Story
1923		A Pleasant Journey … Story
1923		The Big Show … Writer
1923		The Cobbler … Story
1923		The Champeen … Story

1922		A Quiet Street … Story
1922		Saturday Morning … Story
1922		Dr. Jack … Story
1922		Young Sherlocks … Story
1922		Our Gang … Story
1922		Grandma's Boy … Story

1921		A Sailor-Made Man … Writer … Story
1921		Trolley Troubles … Story
1921		Never Weaken … Story
1921		I Do … Writer
1921		Name the Day … Story
1921		Among Those Present … Writer
1921		Catching a Coon … Writer

Acting

2017

as Himself - Producer (archive footage)

2014

as Self (archive footage)

2011

as Self (archive footage)

1989

as Self

1987

as Self

1985

as Self

1984

as Himself

1980

(13 episodes)

1974

as Himself

1933		Sons of the Desert as Bit Part (uncredited)
1933		Wild Poses as Studio portrait

1920

as Sailor (uncredited)

1914		The Patchwork Girl of Oz as Cowardly Lion / Tottenhot
1914		The Magic Cloak of Oz as The Cowardly Lion (uncredited)
1914		Samson as Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)

Crew

1938		Topper Takes a Trip … Presenter
1938		Merrily We Live … Presenter

1937

… Presenter

1936

… Presenter

1931		Pardon Us … Presenter
1931		Thundering Tenors … Presenter

1929

… Presenter

1928

… Cinematography

1926		Bromo and Juliet … Presenter
1926		Crazy Like a Fox … Presenter

Sound

1930

… Music

Personal Info

Hal Roach

Biography

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Directing

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