Hal Roach

Producer, Writer, Director, Actor, Composer, Additional Credits

Born January 13, 1892Died November 2, 1992 (100 years)

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

Safety Last!
The Music Box
Sons of the Desert
Topper
March of the Wooden Soldiers
One Million Years B.C.
Block-Heads
Way Out West
Topper Returns
Big Business
Saps at Sea
Busy Bodies
Pardon Us
Tit for Tat
Pack Up Your Troubles
Another Fine Mess
Helpmates
Towed in a Hole
Them Thar Hills
Swiss Miss
Brats
Hog Wild
A Chump at Oxford
Never Weaken

Filmography

2011	The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular
2001	Our Gang - Little Rascals Greatest Hits
1966	The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
1966	One Million Years B.C. · as Associate Producer
1959	Little Rascals Varieties
1957	Code 3 (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1956	The Charles Farrell Show (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1955	The Little Rascals (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1955	Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1954	Passport to Danger (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1949	Two Knights from Brooklyn · as Executive Producer
1948	Sadie and Sally · as Executive Producer
1943	Yanks Ahoy · as Executive Producer
1943	Prairie Chickens · as Executive Producer
1943	Calaboose · as Executive Producer
1942	The McGuerins from Brooklyn · as Executive Producer
1942	Fall In · as Associate Producer
1942	Flying with Music
1942	About Face
1942	Dudes Are Pretty People
1942	Brooklyn Orchid
1941	Miss Polly
1941	Niagara Falls · as Executive Producer
1941	Tanks a Million
1941	Broadway Limited
1941	Road Show
1941	Topper Returns
1940	Captain Caution · as Executive Producer
1940	Turnabout
1940	Saps at Sea
1940	One Million B.C.
1940	A Chump at Oxford
1939	The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939	Captain Fury
1938	Topper Takes a Trip
1938	There Goes My Heart
1938	Block-Heads
1938	Hide and Shriek
1938	Swiss Miss
1938	Merrily We Live
1937	Our Gang Follies of 1938
1937	Topper
1937	Pick a Star
1937	Nobody's Baby
1937	Way Out West
1936	General Spanky
1936	Our Relations
1936	Kelly the Second
1936	Neighborhood House
1936	On the Wrong Trek
1936	The Bohemian Girl
1935	Bonnie Scotland
1935	Thicker Than Water
1935	The Fixer Uppers
1935	Tit for Tat
1934	March of the Wooden Soldiers
1934	The Live Ghost
1934	Them Thar Hills
1934	Going Bye-Bye!
1934	Benny, from Panama
1934	A Duke for a Day
1934	Roamin' Vandals
1934	Apples to You!
1934	Four Parts
1934	Babes in the Goods
1934	The Cracked Ice Man
1934	Oliver the Eighth
1933	Sons of the Desert
1933	Air Fright
1933	Dirty Work
1933	Backs to Nature
1933	Busy Bodies
1933	Beauty and the Bus
1933	The Midnight Patrol
1933	One Track Minds
1933	The Devil's Brother
1933	Me and My Pal
1933	Forgotten Babies
1933	Twice Two
1933	Bring 'Em Back a Wife
1932	Towed in a Hole
1932	Les carottiers
1932	Their First Mistake
1932	Pack Up Your Troubles
1932	Scram!
1932	Show Business
1932	County Hospital
1932	The Pooch
1932	The Chimp
1932	You're Telling Me
1932	The Music Box
1932	Spanky
1932	Any Old Port!
1932	Helpmates
1931	Readin' and Writin'
1931	On the Loose
1931	Hasty Marriage
1931	Beau Hunks
1931	One Good Turn
1931	Shiver My Timbers
1931	Los presidiarios
1931	The Pajama Party
1931	Come Clean
1931	Skip the Maloo!
1931	Pardon Us
1931	Pardon Us
1931	Hinter Schloss und Riegel
1931	Fly My Kite
1931	One of the Smiths
1931	Our Wife
1931	Bargain Day
1931	Politiquerías
1931	Rough Seas · as Executive Producer
1931	Los calaveras
1931	The Pip from Pittsburg
1931	Chickens Come Home
1931	Be Big!
1930	Laughing Gravy
1930	Another Fine Mess
1930	School's Out
1930	Bigger and Better
1930	Noche de duendes
1930	Chercheuses d'or
1930	Feu mon oncle
1930	The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930	Hog Wild
1930	Bear Shooters
1930	Tiembla y Titubea
1930	Below Zero
1930	La vida nocturna
1930	All Teed Up
1930	When the Wind Blows
1930	Brats
1930	The First Seven Years
1930	Blotto
1930	Ladrones
1930	Night Owls
1929	Angora Love
1929	The Hoose-Gow
1929	Bacon Grabbers
1929	They Go Boom!
1929	Perfect Day
1929	Men O'War
1929	Berth Marks
1929	Double Whoopee
1929	Unaccustomed As We Are
1929	Big Business
1929	That's My Wife
1929	Wrong Again
1929	Liberty
1928	We Faw Down
1928	Habeas Corpus
1928	Two Tars
1928	Early to Bed
1928	Should Married Men Go Home?
1928	Their Purple Moment
1928	You're Darn Tootin'
1928	Limousine Love
1928	From Soup to Nuts
1928	The Finishing Touch
1928	Flying Elephants
1928	Leave 'em Laughing
1928	All for Nothing
1927	The Battle of the Century
1927	Assistant Wives
1927	Putting Pants on Philip
1927	Do Detectives Think?
1927	Hats Off
1927	Call of the Cuckoo
1927	The Second 100 Years
1927	Sailors, Beware!
1927	Sugar Daddies
1927	With Love and Hisses
1927	Why Girls Love Sailors
1927	Love 'Em and Weep
1927	Eve's Love Letters
1927	Slipping Wives
1927	Duck Soup
1927	Why Girls Say No
1927	Bring Home the Turkey
1927	Anything Once!
1926	45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926	On the Front Page
1926	Raggedy Rose
1926	Bromo and Juliet
1926	The Fourth Alarm
1926	The Devil Horse
1926	Mighty Like a Moose
1926	Thundering Fleas
1926	Madame Mystery
1925	Should Sailors Marry?
1925	Black Cyclone
1925	Innocent Husbands
1925	Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925	Looking for Sally
1925	Bad Boy
1924	Short Kilts
1924	The King of Wild Horses
1924	Zeb vs. Paprika
1923	The Great Outdoors
1923	The Soilers
1923	Derby Day
1923	Save the Ship
1923	Stage Fright
1923	Why Worry?
1923	Oranges and Lemons
1923	Collars and Cuffs
1923	Safety Last!
1922	Dr. Jack
1922	Young Sherlocks
1922	Our Gang
1922	Grandma's Boy
1922	In the Movies
1921	A Sailor-Made Man
1921	Never Weaken
1921	I Do
1921	Among Those Present
1921	Now or Never
1920	Number, Please?
1920	Get Out and Get Under
1920	Nomads of the North
1920	High and Dizzy
1920	An Eastern Westerner
1920	Haunted Spooks
1920	His Royal Slyness
1919	From Hand to Mouth
1919	Captain Kidd's Kids
1919	Bumping Into Broadway
1919	Just Neighbors
1919	Billy Blazes, Esq.
1919	Spring Fever
1919	The Marathon
1919	Young Mr. Jazz
1919	A Sammy in Siberia
1919	Next Aisle Over
1919	Ask Father
1919	Hustling for Health
1918	Take a Chance
1918	Just Rambling Along
1918	That's Him
1918	Are Crooks Dishonest?
1918	Two-Gun Gussie
1918	Look Pleasant, Please
1918	A Gasoline Wedding
1917	The Big Idea
1917	Bashful
1917	Bliss
1917	By the Sad Sea Waves
1917	Over the Fence
1917	Lonesome Luke, Messenger

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Hal Roach

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Producer · 250 credits

Writer · 26 credits

Director · 36 credits

Appearances · 25 credits

Actor · 9 credits

Composer · 1 credit

Additional Credits · 22 credits

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