Hal Roach
Production
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.
Born: January 13, 1892 · Elmira, New York, USA
Filmography (184)
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
2011
Actor: Self (archive foot…
Hollywood Uncensored
1987
Actor
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
Actor
TV
Hollywood
1980
Actor
One Million Years B.C.
1966
Associate Producer
TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Actor
Flying with Music
1942
Producer
Miss Polly
1941
Producer
Tanks a Million
1941
Producer
Broadway Limited
1941
Producer
Topper Returns
1941
Producer
Road Show
1941
DirectorProducer
Turnabout
1940
Director
One Million B.C.
1940
DirectorProducer
Captain Fury
1939
Director
Topper Takes a Trip
1938
Presenter
Block-Heads
1938
Producer
Hide and Shriek
1938
Producer
Swiss Miss
1938
Producer
Merrily We Live
1938
ProducerPresenter
Our Gang Follies of 1938
1937
Producer
Topper
1937
Producer
Pick a Star
1937
Producer
Way Out West
1937
Producer
General Spanky
1936
ProducerPresenter
Bored of Education
1936
Producer
On the Wrong Trek
1936
Producer
The Bohemian Girl
1936
Producer
Bonnie Scotland
1935
Producer
Thicker Than Water
1935
Producer
The Fixer Uppers
1935
Producer
Tit for Tat
1935
Producer
Babes in Toyland
1934
Producer
The Live Ghost
1934
Producer
Washee Ironee
1934
Producer
Mama's Little Pirate
1934
Producer
Them Thar Hills
1934
Producer
Going Bye-Bye!
1934
Producer
The First Round-Up
1934
Producer
Hi'–Neighbor!
1934
Producer
Oliver the Eighth
1934
Producer
Sons of the Desert
1933
Actor: Bit Part (uncredit…Producer+1
Dirty Work
1933
Producer
Wild Poses
1933
Actor: Studio portraitProducer
Busy Bodies
1933
Producer
The Midnight Patrol
1933
Producer
The Devil's Brother
1933
DirectorProducer
Me and My Pal
1933
Producer
Twice Two
1933
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Towed in a Hole
1932
Producer
Their First Mistake
1932
Producer
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
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Scram!
1932
Producer
County Hospital
1932
Producer
The Chimp
1932
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The Music Box
1932
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Any Old Port!
1932
Producer
Helpmates
1932
Producer
On the Loose
1931
DirectorWriter+1
Beau Hunks
1931
Producer
One Good Turn
1931
Producer
Come Clean
1931
Producer
Pardon Us
1931
ProducerPresenter
Our Wife
1931
Producer
Playing at Politics
1931
Producer
Laughing Gravy
1931
Producer
Little Daddy
1931
Producer
Chickens Come Home
1931
StoryProducer
Be Big!
1931
Producer
Helping Grandma
1931
Producer
Another Fine Mess
1930
Producer
School's Out
1930
Producer
Night of Goblins
1930
Producer
Teacher's Pet
1930
ProducerPresenter
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
Producer
Hog Wild
1930
ProducerMusic
Bear Shooters
1930
Producer
Shivering and Shaking
1930
Producer
Below Zero
1930
Producer
When the Wind Blows
1930
ProducerPresenter
Brats
1930
StoryProducer
Whispering Whoopee
1930
Producer
The First Seven Years
1930
ProducerPresenter
Blotto
1930
Producer
Shivering Shakespeare
1930
ProducerPresenter
Night Owls
1930
Producer
The Hoose-Gow
1929
Producer
Bacon Grabbers
1929
Producer
They Go Boom!
1929
Producer
Boxing Gloves
1929
StoryProducer
Lazy Days
1929
Producer
Perfect Day
1929
WriterProducer
Men O' War
1929
ProducerPresenter
Railroadin'
1929
Producer
Berth Marks
1929
Producer
Small Talk
1929
Producer
Unaccustomed as We Are
1929
DirectorProducer
Big Business
1929
Producer
Wrong Again
1929
Producer
Liberty
1929
Producer
We Faw Down
1928
Producer
Habeas Corpus
1928
Producer
Two Tars
1928
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Early to Bed
1928
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Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
Producer
You're Darn Tootin'
1928
Producer
From Soup to Nuts
1928
Producer
The Finishing Touch
1928
Producer
Flying Elephants
1928
DirectorStory+1
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928
StoryProducer
Should Tall Men Marry?
1928
Producer
Pass the Gravy
1928
ProducerWriter
The Battle of the Century
1927
WriterProducer
Putting Pants on Philip
1927
Producer
Do Detectives Think?
1927
WriterProducer
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
Producer
The Second 100 Years
1927
Producer
Sailors, Beware!
1927
DirectorProducer+1
Why Girls Love Sailors
1927
WriterProducer
Baby Brother
1927
Story
Love 'Em and Weep
1927
WriterProducer
Duck Soup
1927
Producer
Should Men Walk Home?
1927
Producer
Be Your Age
1926
Producer
Bromo and Juliet
1926
ProducerPresenter
Crazy Like a Fox
1926
ProducerPresenter
Along Came Auntie
1926
Producer
Thundering Fleas
1926
ProducerStory
Wandering Papas
1926
Executive Producer
What's the World Coming To?
1926
Producer
Should Sailors Marry?
1925
Producer
Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925
Producer
The Buccaneers
1924
Writer
Smithy
1924
DirectorProducer
Scorching Sands
1923
DirectorProducer
Go West
1923
Producer
The Soilers
1923
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Why Worry?
1923
Producer
Short Orders
1923
WriterProducer
Oranges and Lemons
1923
Producer
Dogs of War!
1923
WriterStory
Collars and Cuffs
1923
Producer
Safety Last!
1923
ProducerWriter
Dr. Jack
1922
StoryProducer
Our Gang
1922
ProducerStory
Grandma's Boy
1922
StoryProducer
A Sailor-Made Man
1921
StoryWriter+1
Never Weaken
1921
StoryProducer
I Do
1921
DirectorWriter+1
Among Those Present
1921
ProducerWriter
Now or Never
1921
DirectorProducer
Number, Please?
1920
Actor: Sailor (uncredited…Director+1
Get Out and Get Under
1920
DirectorProducer
Nomads of the North
1920
Producer
High and Dizzy
1920
DirectorProducer
An Eastern Westerner
1920
DirectorProducer
Haunted Spooks
1920
DirectorProducer
His Royal Slyness
1920
DirectorProducer
From Hand to Mouth
1919
DirectorProducer
Captain Kidd's Kids
1919
DirectorProducer
Bumping Into Broadway
1919
DirectorProducer
Don't Shove
1919
Producer
Just Neighbors
1919
Producer
Billy Blazes, Esq.
1919
DirectorProducer
Spring Fever
1919
Director
Young Mr. Jazz
1919
Director
A Sammy in Siberia
1919
Director
Next Aisle Over
1919
ProducerDirector
Ask Father
1919
Director
Hustling for Health
1919
Producer
Take a Chance
1918
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Just Rambling Along
1918
DirectorProducer
The City Slicker
1918
Producer
Two-Gun Gussie
1918
Producer
The Non-Stop Kid
1918
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Hey There
1918
Producer
Bashful
1917
Producer
The Flirt
1917
Producer
By the Sad Sea Waves
1917
Producer
Over the Fence
1917
Producer
Luke's Movie Muddle
1916
DirectorProducer
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
1914
Actor: Cowardly Lion / To…
The Magic Cloak of Oz
1914
Actor: The Cowardly Lion …
The Squaw Man
1914
Actor: Townsman (uncredit…