Hal Roach
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 ForProduction
- Born13 January 1892 (age 133)
- Place of BirthElmira, New York, USA
Hal Roach
- Known ForProduction
- Born13 January 1892 (age 133)
- Place of BirthElmira, New York, USA
KNOWN FOR
PHOTOS
CREDITS
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
6.5
2017
And the Oscar Goes To...
6.991
2014
The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D
10.0
2012
The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular
-
2011
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
7.765
2011
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
-
2002
Our Gang - Comedy Festival
-
2001
Our Gang - Little Rascals Greatest Hits
-
2001
Our Gang - Little Rascals Varieties
-
2001
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
7.0
1989
Hollywood Uncensored
5.5
1987
Hollywood's Hidden Secrets
-
1987
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
5.6
1985
Ticket to Hollywood
-
1984
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
-
1974
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
-
1967
Dudes Are Pretty People
-
1942
Flying with Music
3.5
1942
Brooklyn Orchid
6.0
1942
About Face
6.0
1942
Road Show
5.8
1941
Broadway Limited
5.1
1941
Topper Returns
6.398
1941
Miss Polly
5.0
1941
Tanks a Million
5.333
1941
One Million B.C.
5.845
1940
Turnabout
6.0
1940
Captain Fury
4.857
1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter
3.5
1939
Swiss Miss
6.25
1938
Block-Heads
6.957
1938
The Awful Tooth
6.8
1938
Merrily We Live
7.083
1938
Hide and Shriek
7.2
1938
Topper
6.726
1937
Nobody's Baby
5.7
1937
Fishy Tales
7.2
1937
Our Gang Follies of 1938
6.1
1937
Way Out West
7.036
1937
Mail and Female
6.8
1937
Night 'n' Gales
7.0
1937
The Pigskin Palooka
6.3
1937
Rushin' Ballet
6.8
1937
Three Smart Boys
6.5
1937
Roamin' Holiday
7.0
1937
Reunion in Rhythm
6.0
1937
Pick a Star
4.8
1937
Kelly the Second
6.0
1936
The Bohemian Girl
6.153
1936
Spooky Hooky
6.0
1936
On the Wrong Trek
5.818
1936
General Spanky
5.429
1936
Pay As You Exit
7.3
1936
Life Hesitates at 40
-
1935
The Tin Man
7.0
1935
Hot Money
-
1935
Thicker Than Water
7.202
1935
The Fixer Uppers
6.743
1935
Tit for Tat
6.8
1935
Anniversary Trouble
6.333
1935
Teacher's Beau
7.0
1935
Sprucin' Up
6.6
1935
Beginner's Luck
7.0
1935
Little Papa
7.0
1935
Bonnie Scotland
6.6
1935
Top Flat
-
1935
Babes in Toyland
6.354
1934
The Ballad of Paducah Jail
-
1934
Mixed Nuts
6.2
1934
Maid in Hollywood
-
1934
Fate's Fathead
-
1934
Oliver the Eighth
7.108
1934
The Live Ghost
7.114
1934
Them Thar Hills
7.471
1934
Going Bye-Bye!
7.353
1934
Mama's Little Pirate
7.25
1934
Washee Ironee
6.833
1934
Another Wild Idea
4.0
1934
Benny, from Panama
6.0
1934
Shrimps for a Day
7.0
1934
Hi'–Neighbor!
7.875
1934
The First Round-Up
6.429
1934
You Bring the Ducks
-
1934
Four Parts
-
1934
Apples to You!
7.0
1934
The Midnight Patrol
6.488
1933
The Devil's Brother
6.7
1933
Sons of the Desert
7.014
1933
Busy Bodies
7.3
1933
Twice Two
6.7
1933
Me and My Pal
6.4
1933
Dirty Work
6.819
1933
Arabian Tights
-
1933
Fish Hooky
7.75
1933
Wild Poses
7.6
1933
Bedtime Worries
6.833
1933
Crook's Tour
-
1933
Pack Up Your Troubles
6.7
1932
What Price Taxi
1.0
1932
In Walked Charley
-
1932
Red Noses
7.0
1932
Towed in a Hole
7.0
1932
The Chimp
6.5
1932
The Music Box
7.558
1932
Scram!
7.1
1932
Their First Mistake
6.3
1932
Helpmates
7.2
1932
Any Old Port!
7.0
1932
Show Business
6.0
1932
Mr. Bride
5.5
1932
The Tabasco Kid
-
1932
Hook and Ladder
7.2
1932
The Pooch
6.5
1932
Choo-Choo!
6.7
1932
County Hospital
6.8
1932
You're Telling Me
5.0
1932
On the Loose
6.714
1931
Playing at Politics
6.875
1931
The Pajama Party
7.0
1931
Let's Do Things
-
1931
One Good Turn
6.921
1931
Laughing Gravy
7.2
1931
The Chiselers
6.6
1931
Beau Hunks
6.816
1931
Our Wife
7.014
1931
The Panic Is On
2.0
1931
Hasty Marriage
6.5
1931
Chickens Come Home
6.641
1931
Come Clean
7.125
1931
Dogs Is Dogs
5.7
1931
The Pip from Pittsburg
6.5
1931
Be Big!
6.763
1931
Thundering Tenors
-
1931
Pardon Us
6.5
1931
Helping Grandma
6.8
1931
Little Daddy
7.0
1931
Monsieur Le Fox
-
1931
Haunted at Midnight
8.5
1931
Men of the North
5.0
1930
Shivering Shakespeare
5.7
1930
Another Fine Mess
6.813
1930
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
6.8
1930
Hog Wild
6.9
1930
Shivering and Shaking
6.818
1930
Night Owls
7.393
1930
Below Zero
6.5
1930
The Night Life
7.75
1930
Looser Than Loose
4.0
1930
Blotto
7.159
1930
Brats
6.808
1930
Dollar Dizzy
6.0
1930
Monsieur Le Fox
6.0
1930
The Gas Station
-
1930
The First Seven Years
5.2
1930
When the Wind Blows
6.1
1930
Girl Shock
4.0
1930
Fast Work
6.5
1930
Teacher's Pet
7.222
1930
Bear Shooters
5.2
1930
Radiomanía
-
1930
Night of Goblins
6.0
1930
School's Out
6.8
1930
Doctor's Orders
9.0
1930
The Rogue Song
5.8
1930
Boxing Gloves
6.0
1929
Lazy Days
4.8
1929
Railroadin'
5.7
1929
Small Talk
5.8
1929
Bouncing Babies
6.1
1929
Big Business
6.677
1929
Hurdy Gurdy
-
1929
Leaping Love
-
1929
Stepping Out
5.0
1929
Crazy Feet
5.5
1929
Liberty
6.8
1929
Perfect Day
7.0
1929
They Go Boom!
6.862
1929
Bacon Grabbers
6.348
1929
The Hoose-Gow
6.633
1929
Unaccustomed as We Are
6.841
1929
Going Ga-Ga
6.833
1929
Wrong Again
6.719
1929
Dad's Day
-
1929
Snappy Sneezer
6.5
1929
The Big Squawk
-
1929
Men O' War
7.0
1929
Hotter Than Hot
-
1929
Moan & Groan, Inc.
5.5
1929
Movie Night
6.0
1929
Berth Marks
6.8
1929
Thundering Toupees
-
1929
From Soup to Nuts
6.528
1928
Pass the Gravy
6.447
1928
Limousine Love
5.7
1928
Should Tall Men Marry?
5.9
1928
Came the Dawn
6.5
1928
The Boy Friend
5.3
1928
You're Darn Tootin'
5.818
1928
Habeas Corpus
6.6
1928
Leave 'Em Laughing
6.0
1928
The Finishing Touch
6.9
1928
Two Tars
6.6
1928
We Faw Down
5.9
1928
Flying Elephants
5.7
1928
Early to Bed
6.0
1928
School Begins
-
1928
Spook Spoofing
7.2
1928
Should Married Men Go Home?
6.4
1928
Fair and Muddy
-
1928
Should Women Drive?
-
1928
Call of the Cuckoo
5.7
1927
Sailors, Beware!
6.789
1927
Why Girls Say No
6.3
1927
Should Men Walk Home?
7.1
1927
Duck Soup
6.321
1927
Eve's Love Letters
6.3
1927
Now I'll Tell One
5.8
1927
Seeing the World
6.1
1927
Do Detectives Think?
6.2
1927
Why Girls Love Sailors
5.706
1927
The Way of All Pants
6.2
1927
The Glorious Fourth
5.7
1927
Flaming Fathers
5.2
1927
Don't Tell Everything
10.0
1927
Should Second Husbands Come First?
8.5
1927
Putting Pants on Philip
6.323
1927
Love 'Em and Weep
5.676
1927
The Second 100 Years
6.3
1927
Us
0.5
1927
The Battle of the Century
6.824
1927
Two-Time Mama
6.0
1927
Ten Years Old
5.2
1927
Get 'Em Young
5.0
1926
Soft Pedal
-
1926
The Boy Friend
-
1926
Long Pants
-
1926
Charley My Boy!
5.3
1926
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
4.0
1926
Thundering Fleas
5.6
1926
Along Came Auntie
6.2
1926
What's the World Coming To?
4.5
1926
Mama Behave
6.0
1926
Be Your Age
5.1
1926
Tell 'Em Nothing
4.2
1926
Raggedy Rose
5.5
1926
Bromo and Juliet
5.6
1926
Crazy Like a Fox
6.2
1926
The Fourth Alarm
5.8
1926
There Ain't No Santa Claus
6.0
1926
Rex the Devil Horse
6.0
1926
Say It with Babies
5.0
1926
A Punch in the Nose
-
1926
Are Parents Pickles?
-
1925
No Father to Guide Him
6.5
1925
Chasing the Chaser
6.0
1925
Should Sailors Marry?
5.4
1925
Yes, Yes, Nanette
5.3
1925
Is Marriage the Bunk?
5.0
1925
Innocent Husbands
6.2
1925
The Rat's Knuckles
6.8
1925
The Caretaker's Daughter
3.5
1925
Should Husbands Be Watched?
6.0
1925
His Wooden Wedding
6.4
1925
Papa Be Good!
-
1925
Dog Days
5.6
1925
Bad Boy
6.7
1925
Sherlock Sleuth
-
1925
The Wages of Tin
-
1925
Flaming Flappers
-
1925
Plain and Fancy Girls
-
1925
There Goes the Bride
-
1925
Laughing Ladies
-
1925
Smithy
5.2
1924
Two Wagons Both Covered
-
1924
Jubilo, Jr.
5.8
1924
Just a Good Guy
-
1924
Love's Reward
-
1924
Rupert of Hee-Haw
5.2
1924
Zeb vs. Paprika
5.5
1924
A Ten-Minute Egg
5.0
1924
Sittin' Pretty
5.0
1924
The 'Fraidy Cat
6.8
1924
Outdoor Pajamas
5.0
1924
Seeing Nellie Home
5.0
1924
At First Sight
5.0
1924
Just a Real Good Car
3.5
1924
Big Business
5.8
1924
Tire Trouble
5.8
1924
Don't Park There
5.0
1924
The Goofy Age
-
1924
Wide Open Spaces
5.0
1924
Brothers Under the Chin
5.5
1924
Stolen Goods
5.0
1924
Position Wanted
-
1924
A Truthful Liar
-
1924
Scorching Sands
5.4
1923
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
-
1923
Dear Ol' Pal
-
1923
Sold at Auction
4.5
1923
Post No Bills
5.0
1923
Mother's Joy
5.2
1923
Short Orders
4.9
1923
Save The Ship
6.5
1923
The Soilers
5.467
1923
White Wings
6.7
1923
Why Worry?
6.488
1923
Oranges and Lemons
5.2
1923
The Watch Dog
-
1923
The Great Outdoors
-
1923
Collars and Cuffs
5.6
1923
July Days
6.1
1923
The Call of the Wild
-
1923
The Whole Truth
5.5
1923
Pick and Shovel
6.0
1923
A Man About Town
5.5
1923
Gas and Air
5.5
1923
Safety Last!
7.717
1923
It's a Gift
6.0
1923
Go West
5.4
1923
Shine 'Em Up
5.0
1922
The Timber Queen
-
1922
Barnyard Flappers
-
1922
The Non-Skid Kid
5.0
1922
Shiver and Shake
-
1922
One Terrible Day
4.5
1922
Fire Fighters
5.7
1922
Years to Come
3.5
1922
Dr. Jack
6.8
1922
Grandma's Boy
6.4
1922
Touch all the Bases
-
1922
Our Gang
6.3
1922
Bone Dry
-
1922
Do Me a Favor
5.0
1922
Among Those Present
5.789
1921
Now or Never
6.068
1921
I Do
5.773
1921
Dodge Your Debts
7.5
1921
Whirl o' the West
-
1921
A Sailor-Made Man
6.306
1921
Trolley Troubles
-
1921
Never Weaken
6.7
1921
An Eastern Westerner
6.9
1920
Number, Please?
6.6
1920
High and Dizzy
6.6
1920
Get Out and Get Under
6.3
1920
Haunted Spooks
6.306
1920
His Royal Slyness
5.8
1920
Fresh Paint
5.0
1920
The Dippy Dentist
5.2
1920
Raise the Rent
5.0
1920
Run 'Em Ragged
5.0
1920
Nomads of the North
5.5
1920
Why Go Home?
-
1920
Alias Aladdin
-
1920
From Hand to Mouth
6.5
1919
Bumping Into Broadway
6.9
1919
Billy Blazes, Esq.
5.9
1919
Ask Father
6.5
1919
Captain Kidd's Kids
6.3
1919
Pay Your Dues
5.0
1919
Spring Fever
5.6
1919
A Sammy in Siberia
5.2
1919
A Jazzed Honeymoon
5.1
1919
On the Fire
5.0
1919
Looking for Trouble
5.2
1919
Young Mr. Jazz
5.8
1919
Chop Suey & Co.
4.8
1919
Count Your Change
5.0
1919
Back to the Woods
4.1
1919
Don't Shove
5.5
1919
Do You Love Your Wife?
5.7
1919
How Dry I Am
-
1919
Be My Wife
-
1919
Look Out Below
5.4
1919
Just Neighbors
6.4
1919
Hustling for Health
5.1
1919
Crack Your Heels
-
1919
Just Dropped In
-
1919
Pistols for Breakfast
8.0
1919
The Dutiful Dub
-
1919
Heap Big Chief
5.0
1919
Swat the Crook
-
1919
Off the Trolley
5.8
1919
At the Old Stage Door
-
1919
I'm on My Way
5.8
1919
The Rajah
5.0
1919
Next Aisle Over
5.4
1919
His Only Father
-
1919
Giving the Bride Away
-
1919
He Leads, Others Follow
-
1919
Soft Money
-
1919
Before Breakfast
-
1919
Count the Votes
-
1919
It's a Hard Life
-
1919
Order in the Court
-
1919
Call for Mr. Caveman
4.5
1919
Just Rambling Along
5.2
1918
Hey There
6.9
1918
On the Jump
-
1918
Take a Chance
6.0
1918
A Gasoline Wedding
5.3
1918
Beat It
-
1918
Nothing But Trouble
-
1918
The Tip
-
1918
It's a Wild Life
5.0
1918
Let's Go
-
1918
Kicked Out
-
1918
She Loves Me Not
-
1918
Here Come the Girls
2.0
1918
Pipe the Whiskers
5.0
1918
The Non-Stop Kid
5.1
1918
Hit Him Again
-
1918
The City Slicker
5.0
1918
Fireman Save My Child
5.5
1918
Look Pleasant, Please
5.0
1918
Two-Gun Gussie
5.3
1918
Follow the Crowd
5.5
1918
His Busy Day
-
1918
Bride and Gloom
-
1918
Sic 'Em, Towser
-
1918
Love, Laughs and Lather
-
1917
Clubs Are Trump
5.2
1917
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
-
1917
Luke's Trolley Troubles
-
1917
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
4.5
1917
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life
-
1917
By the Sad Sea Waves
5.8
1917
Bliss
4.3
1917
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women
-
1917
The Big Idea
4.5
1917
Step Lively
4.6
1917
Pinched
5.0
1917
Move On
4.5
1917
Luke's Lost Liberty
-
1917
Luke's Busy Day
-
1917
Lonesome Luke, Plumber
-
1917
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer
-
1917
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire
-
1917
Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon
-
1917
Lonesome Luke, Mechanic
-
1917
Stop! Luke! Listen!
-
1917
Over the Fence
5.9
1917
Bashful
6.9
1917
Luke, Rank Impersonator
-
1916
Luke's Speedy Club Life
-
1916
Luke and the Mermaids
-
1916
Luke Does the Midway
-
1916
Luke Locates the Loot
-
1916
Luke, Patient Provider
-
1916
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
-
1916
Luke and the Bang-Tails
-
1916
Luke's Lost Lamb
-
1916
Luke, Crystal Gazer
-
1916
Luke Rides Roughshod
-
1916
Luke's Washful Waiting
-
1916
Luke's Movie Muddle
5.0
1916
Luke Joins the Navy
5.0
1916
Luke's Shattered Sleep
-
1916
Luke, the Candy Cut-Up
-
1916
Luke and the Rural Roughnecks
-
1916
Luke's Society Mixup
-
1916
Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary
-
1916
Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury
-
1916
Luke Lugs Luggage
-
1916
Lonesome Luke, Circus King
-
1916
Luke Foils the Villain
-
1916
Luke's Late Lunchers
-
1916
Luke Pipes the Pippins
-
1916
Luke Laughs Last
-
1916
Luke's Double
-
1916
Them Was the Happy Days!
-
1916
Luke and the Bomb Throwers
-
1916
Luke's Fatal Flivver
-
1916
Luke, the Chauffeur
-
1916
Luke's Preparedness Preparations
-
1916
Luke, the Gladiator
-
1916
Luke's Newsie Knockout
-
1916
The Hungry Actors
-
1915
Close-Cropped Clippings
-
1915
Beyond His Fondest Hopes
-
1915
Willie Runs the Park
-
1915
Pete, the Pedal Polisher
-
1915
Spit-ball Sadie
-
1915
Some Baby
-
1915
Fresh from the Farm
-
1915
A Mixup for Mazie
-
1915
Just Nuts
-
1915
Giving Them Fits
-
1915
Peculiar Patients' Pranks
-
1915
Ragtime Snap Shots
-
1915
Great While It Lasted
-
1915
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
-
1915
A Foozle at the Tee Party
-
1915
Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks
-
1915
Tinkering with Trouble
-
1915
Bughouse Bellhops
-
1915
The Squaw Man
6.0
1914
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
5.0
1914
Samson
10.0
1914
The Magic Cloak of Oz
4.4