Hal Roach

Known for: Production
Born: January 13, 1892, Elmira, New York, USA
Died: November 2, 1992
Movies: 555

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.7

Safety Last!

1923

7.1

Sons of the Desert

1933

7.5

The Music Box

1932

7.1

Way Out West

1937

6.3

Babes in Toyland

1934

7.0

Block-Heads

1938

6.7

Topper

1937

6.7

Big Business

1929

7.3

Busy Bodies

1933

6.4

Pardon Us

1931

Filmography

2017	Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts	Self - Producer (archive footage)
2011	Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic	Self (archive footage)
2002	Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story	Self (uncredited)
1995	The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies	Self (archive footage)
1989	Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius	Self
1987	Hollywood Uncensored	Self
1987	Hollywood's Hidden Secrets	Self
1985	George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey	Self
1984	Ticket to Hollywood	Himself
1974	Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy	Self
1933	Sons of the Desert	Bit Part (uncredited)
1933	Wild Poses	Studio portrait
1920	Number, Please?	Sailor (uncredited)
1914	The Patchwork Girl of Oz	Cowardly Lion / Tottenhot
1914	The Magic Cloak of Oz	The Cowardly Lion (uncredited)
1914	Samson	Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)
1914	The Squaw Man	Townsman (uncredited)

Directing, Writing & Producing

2012	The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D	Producer
2011	The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular	Producer
2001	Our Gang - Comedy Festival	Producer
2001	Our Gang - Little Rascals Varieties	Producer
2001	Our Gang - Little Rascals Greatest Hits	Producer
1994	The Our Gang Story	Writer
1967	The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy	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	Tanks a Million	Producer
1941	Broadway Limited	Producer
1941	Topper Returns	Producer
1941	Road Show	Director, Producer
1940	Turnabout	Director
1940	One Million B.C.	Director, Producer
1939	The Housekeeper's Daughter	Director
1939	Captain Fury	Director
1938	Block-Heads	Producer
1938	Hide and Shriek	Producer
1938	The Awful Tooth	Producer
1938	Swiss Miss	Producer
1938	Merrily We Live	Producer
1937	Our Gang Follies of 1938	Producer
1937	Mail and Female	Producer
1937	The Pigskin Palooka	Producer
1937	Fishy Tales	Producer
1937	Night 'n' Gales	Producer
1937	Topper	Producer
1937	Roamin' Holiday	Producer
1937	Pick a Star	Producer
1937	Three Smart Boys	Producer
1937	Rushin' Ballet	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	Bored of Education	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 Misses Stooge	Producer
1935	The Tin Man	Producer
1935	Thicker Than Water	Producer
1935	Anniversary Trouble	Producer
1935	Sing Sister Sing	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	Opened by Mistake	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	Soup and Fish	Producer
1934	Four Parts	Producer
1934	Hi'–Neighbor!	Producer
1934	Next Week-End	Producer
1934	Mixed Nuts	Producer
1934	Oliver the Eighth	Producer
1933	Sons of the Desert	Producer, Writer
1933	Air Fright	Producer
1933	Dirty Work	Producer
1933	Backs to Nature	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	Director, 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	Writer, Producer
1932	The Chimp	Producer
1932	Choo-Choo!	Writer, Producer
1932	In Walked Charley	Producer
1932	The Music Box	Producer
1932	You're Telling Me	Producer
1932	Spanky	Writer
1932	Red Noses	Producer
1932	Any Old Port!	Producer
1932	The Tabasco Kid	Producer
1932	Helpmates	Producer
1931	On the Loose	Director, Writer, Producer
1931	Hasty Marriage	Producer
1931	Beau Hunks	Producer
1931	Dogs Is Dogs	Producer
1931	What a Bozo!	Producer
1931	One Good Turn	Producer
1931	The Pajama Party	Director
1931	Skip the Maloo!	Producer
1931	Come Clean	Producer
1931	Pardon Us	Producer
1931	The Panic Is On	Producer
1931	Let's Do Things	Director
1931	One of the Smiths	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	Be Big!	Producer
1931	Thundering Tenors	Producer
1931	Monsieur Le Fox	Director
1931	Helping Grandma	Producer
1930	Monsieur Le Fox	Director
1930	Another Fine Mess	Producer
1930	School's Out	Producer
1930	Looser Than Loose	Producer
1930	Night of Goblins	Producer
1930	Teacher's Pet	Producer
1930	Dollar Dizzy	Producer
1930	Men of the North	Director
1930	Doctor's Orders	Producer
1930	Girl Shock	Producer
1930	The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case	Producer
1930	Radiomanía	Producer
1930	Fast Work	Producer
1930	Hog Wild	Producer
1930	Fifty Million Husbands	Producer
1930	Bear Shooters	Producer
1930	Shivering and Shaking	Producer
1930	Below Zero	Producer
1930	The Night Life	Producer
1930	All Teed Up	Producer
1930	When the Wind Blows	Producer
1930	The Gas Station	Producer
1930	Brats	Producer
1930	Whispering Whoopee	Producer
1930	The First Seven Years	Producer
1930	Blotto	Producer
1930	The Real McCoy	Producer
1930	Shivering Shakespeare	Producer
1930	The Rogue Song	Director
1930	Night Owls	Producer
1929	Moan & Groan, Inc.	Producer
1929	The Hoose-Gow	Producer
1929	Stepping Out	Producer
1929	Bacon Grabbers	Producer
1929	Bouncing Babies	Producer
1929	They Go Boom!	Producer
1929	Boxing Gloves	Producer
1929	Crazy Feet	Producer
1929	Lazy Days	Producer
1929	Hotter Than Hot	Producer
1929	Perfect Day	Writer, Producer
1929	Snappy Sneezer	Producer
1929	Dad's Day	Director
1929	Men O' War	Producer
1929	Leaping Love	Producer
1929	Railroadin'	Producer
1929	Berth Marks	Producer
1929	The Big Squawk	Producer
1929	Thundering Toupees	Producer
1929	Small Talk	Producer
1929	Movie Night	Producer
1929	Hurdy Gurdy	Director
1929	Unaccustomed as We Are	Director, Producer
1929	Big Business	Producer
1929	Why Is a Plumber?	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	Should Women Drive?	Producer
1928	Fair and Muddy	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	Director, Producer
1928	Leave 'Em Laughing	Producer
1928	Should Tall Men Marry?	Producer
1928	Spook Spoofing	Producer
1928	Pass the Gravy	Producer, Writer
1927	The Battle of the Century	Writer, Producer
1927	Flaming Fathers	Producer, Writer
1927	Fighting Fathers	Writer, Producer
1927	Putting Pants on Philip	Producer
1927	Do Detectives Think?	Writer, Producer
1927	The Way of All Pants	Producer
1927	Should Second Husbands Come First?	Producer, Writer
1927	Call of the Cuckoo	Producer
1927	The Second 100 Years	Producer
1927	Now I'll Tell One	Producer
1927	Sailors, Beware!	Director, Producer, Writer
1927	The Sting of Stings	Producer
1927	Us	Producer
1927	Why Girls Love Sailors	Writer, Producer
1927	Don't Tell Everything	Producer
1927	The Glorious Fourth	Producer
1927	Love 'Em and Weep	Writer, Producer
1927	Eve's Love Letters	Producer
1927	No Man's Law	Producer
1927	Ten Years Old	Writer, Producer
1927	Duck Soup	Producer
1927	Why Girls Say No	Producer
1927	Seeing the World	Producer
1927	Are Brunettes Safe?	Producer
1927	Should Men Walk Home?	Producer
1927	Two-Time Mama	Producer
1926	There Ain't No Santa Claus	Producer
1926	The Nickel-Hopper	Writer
1926	Be Your Age	Producer
1926	Raggedy Rose	Producer
1926	Get 'Em Young	Producer
1926	Tell 'Em Nothing	Producer
1926	Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes	Producer
1926	Bromo and Juliet	Producer
1926	Rex the Devil Horse	Producer, Writer
1926	Crazy Like a Fox	Producer
1926	The Boy Friend	Producer
1926	The Fourth Alarm	Writer, Producer
1926	Along Came Auntie	Producer
1926	Thundering Fleas	Producer
1926	Long Fliv the King	Producer
1926	Say It with Babies	Producer
1926	Baby Clothes	Writer
1926	Madame Mystery	Writer, Producer
1926	Mama Behave	Producer
1926	Soft Pedal	Writer, Producer
1926	Long Pants	Writer, Producer
1926	Charley My Boy!	Producer
1926	Don't Butt In	Writer
1926	What's the World Coming To?	Producer
1926	A Punch in the Nose	Writer, Producer
1925	Flaming Flappers	Producer
1925	His Wooden Wedding	Producer
1925	Are Parents Pickles?	Producer
1925	Should Sailors Marry?	Producer
1925	Better Movies	Writer
1925	The Caretaker's Daughter	Producer
1925	Unfriendly Enemies	Producer
1925	No Father to Guide Him	Producer
1925	Innocent Husbands	Producer
1925	Yes, Yes, Nanette	Producer
1925	Sherlock Sleuth	Producer
1925	Chasing the Chaser	Producer
1925	Official Officers	Writer
1925	Looking for Sally	Writer
1925	Big Red Riding Hood	Writer
1925	Bad Boy	Producer
1925	Is Marriage the Bunk?	Producer
1925	Should Husbands Be Watched?	Producer
1925	Dog Days	Writer, Producer
1925	Plain and Fancy Girls	Producer
1925	Change the Needle	Director
1925	Circus Fever	Writer
1925	Fighting Fluid	Producer
1925	The Wages of Tin	Producer
1925	The Rat's Knuckles	Producer
1925	Papa Be Good!	Producer
1925	There Goes the Bride	Producer
1925	Laughing Ladies	Producer
1924	Just a Good Guy	Writer, Producer
1924	The White Sheep	Director, Writer
1924	The Goofy Age	Producer
1924	Just a Real Good Car	Writer, Director
1924	The Battling Orioles	Writer
1924	Sittin' Pretty	Producer
1924	Outdoor Pajamas	Producer
1924	A Truthful Liar	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	Position Wanted	Producer
1924	Brothers Under the Chin	Producer
1924	The 'Fraidy Cat	Producer
1924	Love's Reward	Producer
1924	Zeb vs. Paprika	Producer
1924	The Buccaneers	Writer
1924	Big Business	Writer, Producer
1924	Smithy	Director, Producer
1924	At First Sight	Producer
1924	Tire Trouble	Producer
1924	Two Wagons Both Covered	Producer
1923	Mother's Joy	Producer
1923	Scorching Sands	Director, Producer
1923	Uncensored Movies	Screenplay
1923	The Great Outdoors	Producer
1923	Go West	Producer
1923	The Soilers	Producer
1923	Save The Ship	Producer
1923	Dear Ol' Pal	Producer
1923	The Whole Truth	Producer
1923	It's a Gift	Producer
1923	The Call of the Wild	Producer
1923	A Man About Town	Producer
1923	Why Worry?	Producer
1923	Short Orders	Writer, Producer
1923	July Days	Producer
1923	Be Honest	Writer
1923	Oranges and Lemons	Producer
1923	Post No Bills	Producer
1923	The Green Cat	Producer
1923	Gas and Air	Producer
1923	Dogs of War!	Writer
1923	Collars and Cuffs	Producer
1923	Courtship of Miles Sandwich	Producer
1923	Pick and Shovel	Producer
1923	The Watch Dog	Producer
1923	Sold at Auction!	Producer
1923	White Wings	Producer
1923	Safety Last!	Producer, Writer
1923	The Big Show	Writer
1922	Dr. Jack	Producer
1922	Shine 'Em Up	Producer
1922	Our Gang	Producer
1922	Shiver and Shake	Producer
1922	Fire Fighters	Producer
1922	Bone Dry	Producer
1922	One Terrible Day	Producer
1922	Grandma's Boy	Producer
1922	Touch all the Bases	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
1922	White Eagle	Producer
1921	A Sailor-Made Man	Writer, Producer
1921	Trolley Troubles	Producer
1921	Never Weaken	Producer
1921	Dodge Your Debts	Producer
1921	I Do	Director, Writer, Producer
1921	Among Those Present	Producer, Writer
1921	Catching a Coon	Writer
1921	Now or Never	Director, Producer
1921	Whirl o' the West	Producer
1920	Number, Please?	Director, Producer
1920	Alias Aladdin	Director, Writer, Producer
1920	Get Out and Get Under	Director, Producer
1920	Nomads of the North	Producer
1920	A Regular Pal	Director, Producer
1920	Run 'Em Ragged	Producer
1920	High and Dizzy	Director, Producer
1920	An Eastern Westerner	Director, Producer
1920	Haunted Spooks	Director, Producer
1920	Fresh Paint	Producer
1920	Raise the Rent	Producer
1920	His Royal Slyness	Director, Producer
1920	The Dippy Dentist	Producer
1920	Why Go Home?	Producer
1919	From Hand to Mouth	Director, Producer
1919	Looking for Trouble	Director, Producer
1919	How Dry I Am	Producer
1919	Captain Kidd's Kids	Director, Producer
1919	It's a Hard Life	Producer
1919	Order in the Court	Producer
1919	Call for Mr. Caveman	Producer
1919	Giving the Bride Away	Director, Producer
1919	Bumping Into Broadway	Director, Producer
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	Producer, Director
1919	Be My Wife	Director, Producer
1919	Don't Shove	Producer
1919	Heap Big Chief	Producer
1919	Chop Suey & Co.	Director, Producer
1919	Count Your Change	Producer
1919	A Jazzed Honeymoon	Director
1919	At the Old Stage Door	Director, Producer
1919	Just Neighbors	Producer
1919	Billy Blazes, Esq.	Director, Producer, Writer
1919	Spring Fever	Director
1919	Off the Trolley	Producer
1919	Swat the Crook	Producer
1919	Pistols for Breakfast	Producer
1919	Back to the Woods	Director
1919	Before Breakfast	Director
1919	Young Mr. Jazz	Director
1919	Crack Your Heels	Producer
1919	Just Dropped In	Director, Producer
1919	A Sammy in Siberia	Director
1919	Next Aisle Over	Producer, Director
1919	The Dutiful Dub	Producer
1919	Look Out Below	Director, Producer
1919	I'm on My Way	Director, Producer
1919	On the Fire	Director
1919	Ask Father	Director
1919	Hustling for Health	Producer
1919	Do You Love Your Wife?	Director
1918	She Loves Me Not	Producer
1918	Take a Chance	Producer
1918	Just Rambling Along	Director, Producer
1918	Nothing But Trouble	Producer
1918	Bride and Gloom	Producer
1918	Cleopatsy	Director
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	Hey There	Producer
1918	His Busy Day	Producer, Director
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 Lamb	Producer
1918	The Tip	Producer
1917	Step Lively	Producer
1917	The Big Idea	Producer
1917	Bashful	Producer
1917	Move On	Producer
1917	All Aboard	Producer
1917	Clubs Are Trump	Director, Producer
1917	The Flirt	Producer
1917	Love, Laughs and Lather	Producer
1917	Rainbow Island	Producer
1917	Bliss	Producer
1917	Birds of a Feather	Producer
1917	By the Sad Sea Waves	Producer
1917	Pinched	Producer
1917	Lonesome Luke Loses Patients	Producer
1917	Over the Fence	Producer
1917	Lonesome Luke's Wild Women	Director, Producer
1917	Lonesome Luke, Mechanic	Director
1917	Lonesome Luke, Messenger	Director, Producer
1917	Stop! Luke! Listen!	Director
1917	Lonesome Luke, Plumber	Director
1917	Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon	Director
1917	Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley	Director, Producer
1917	Lonesome Luke's Lively Life	Director, Producer
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, Producer
1916	Luke's Fireworks Fizzle	Director
1916	Luke, Rank Impersonator	Director
1916	Luke's Movie Muddle	Director, Producer
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, Producer
1916	Luke Does the Midway	Director
1916	Luke's Lost Lamb	Director, Producer
1916	Luke, Crystal Gazer	Director, Producer
1916	Luke Rides Roughshod	Director, Producer
1916	Luke's Washful Waiting	Producer, 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, Producer
1916	Luke Foils the Villain	Director
1916	Luke, the Candy Cut-Up	Director, Producer
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, Producer
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, Producer
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, Producer
1915	Beyond His Fondest Hopes	Director
1915	Close-Cropped Clippings	Director
1915	Pete, the Pedal Polisher	Director
1915	Willie Runs the Park	Director

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