Hal Roach

Known for Production

Hal Roach's portrait

Details

Birthday: January 13, 1892

Deathday: November 02, 1992

Place of birth: Elmira, New York, USA

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.

Actor

2017

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

2011

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

2002

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

1989

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

1987

Hollywood Uncensored

1987

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

1984

Ticket to Hollywood

1974

Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

1933

Sons of the Desert

1933

Wild Poses

1920

Number, Please?

1914

The Squaw Man

1914

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

1914

Samson

1914

The Magic Cloak of Oz

Director

1941

Road Show

1940

One Million B.C.

1940

Turnabout

1939

Captain Fury

1939

The Housekeeper's Daughter

1933

The Devil's Brother

1931

On the Loose

1931

The Pajama Party

1931

Let's Do Things

1931

Monsieur Le Fox

1930

Men of the North

1930

Monsieur Le Fox

1930

The Rogue Song

1929

Hurdy Gurdy

1929

Unaccustomed as We Are

1929

Dad's Day

1928

Flying Elephants

1927

Sailors, Beware!

1925

Change the Needle

1924

Smithy

1924

Just a Real Good Car

1924

The White Sheep

1923

Scorching Sands

1921

Now or Never

1921

I Do

1920

An Eastern Westerner

1920

Number, Please?

1920

High and Dizzy

1920

Get Out and Get Under

1920

Haunted Spooks

1920

His Royal Slyness

1920

Alias Aladdin

1920

A Regular Pal

1919

From Hand to Mouth

1919

Bumping Into Broadway

1919

Billy Blazes, Esq.

1919

Ask Father

1919

Captain Kidd's Kids

1919

Pay Your Dues

1919

Spring Fever

1919

A Sammy in Siberia

1919

A Jazzed Honeymoon

1919

On the Fire

1919

Looking for Trouble

1919

Young Mr. Jazz

1919

Chop Suey & Co.

1919

Back to the Woods

1919

Do You Love Your Wife?

1919

Be My Wife

1919

Look Out Below

1919

Just Dropped In

1919

At the Old Stage Door

1919

I'm on My Way

1919

The Rajah

1919

His Only Father

1919

Next Aisle Over

1919

Giving the Bride Away

1919

He Leads, Others Follow

1919

Soft Money

1919

Before Breakfast

1919

Count the Votes

1918

Just Rambling Along

1918

His Busy Day

1917

Clubs Are Trump

1917

Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley

1917

Luke's Trolley Troubles

1917

Lonesome Luke, Messenger

1917

Lonesome Luke's Lively Life

1917

Lonesome Luke's Wild Women

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!

1916

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 Movie Muddle

1916

Luke Joins the Navy

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 Washful Waiting

1916

Luke's Fatal Flivver

1916

Luke, the Chauffeur

1916

Luke's Preparedness Preparations

1916

Luke, the Gladiator

1916

Luke's Newsie Knockout

1915

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

Writer

1994

The Our Gang Story

1933

Sons of the Desert

1932

The Pooch

1932

Choo-Choo!

1932

Spanky

1931

On the Loose

1929

Perfect Day

1928

Pass the Gravy

1927

Ten Years Old

1927

Do Detectives Think?

1927

Why Girls Love Sailors

1927

Love 'Em and Weep

1927

Should Second Husbands Come First?

1927

Flaming Fathers

1927

The Battle of the Century

1927

Sailors, Beware!

1927

Fighting Fathers

1926

The Nickel-Hopper

1926

The Fourth Alarm

1926

Soft Pedal

1926

Long Pants

1926

Don't Butt In

1926

A Punch in the Nose

1926

Baby Clothes

1926

Rex the Devil Horse

1926

Madame Mystery

1925

Circus Fever

1925

Official Officers

1925

Better Movies

1925

Dog Days

1925

Big Red Riding Hood

1925

Looking for Sally

1924

Just a Good Guy

1924

Just a Real Good Car

1924

Big Business

1924

The Battling Orioles

1924

The Buccaneers

1924

The White Sheep

1923

Dogs of War!

1923

Short Orders

1923

The Big Show

1923

Be Honest

1923

Safety Last!

1921

Among Those Present

1921

I Do

1921

A Sailor-Made Man

1921

Catching a Coon

1920

Alias Aladdin