Personal Info
Birthday
January 13, 1892
Place of Birth
Elmira, New York, USA
Known For
Production
Hal Roach
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.
Directed Movies (117)
5.6
Road Show
Movie1941
6.0
Turnabout
Movie1940
5.9
One Million B.C.
Movie1940
4.6
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Movie1939
5.6
Captain Fury
Movie1939
6.8
The Devil's Brother
Movie1933
6.8
On the Loose
Movie1931
No Backdrop
7.0
The Pajama Party
Movie1931
8.0
Let's Do Things
Movie1931
5.7
Men of the North
Movie1930
6.5
The Rogue Song
Movie1930
No Backdrop
7.0
Hurdy Gurdy
Movie1929
6.9
Unaccustomed as We Are
Movie1929
5.9
Flying Elephants
Movie1928
6.9
Sailors, Beware!
Movie1927
No Backdrop
10.0
The White Sheep
Movie1924
No Backdrop
3.5
Just a Real Good Car
Movie1924
No Backdrop
5.8
Smithy
Movie1924
5.9
Scorching Sands
Movie1923
6.0
I Do
Movie1921
6.2
Now or Never
Movie1921
6.5
Number, Please?
Movie1920
6.5
Get Out and Get Under
Movie1920
No Backdrop
10.0
A Regular Pal
Movie1920
6.6
High and Dizzy
Movie1920
6.9
An Eastern Westerner
Movie1920
6.3
Haunted Spooks
Movie1920
6.0
His Royal Slyness
Movie1920
6.5
From Hand to Mouth
Movie1919
6.2
Captain Kidd's Kids
Movie1919
6.9
Bumping Into Broadway
Movie1919
No Backdrop
7.0
His Only Father
Movie1919
5.5
Pay Your Dues
Movie1919
8.0
Soft Money
Movie1919
No Backdrop
8.0
He Leads, Others Follow
Movie1919
5.5
The Rajah
Movie1919
5.6
Chop Suey & Co.
Movie1919
No Backdrop
6.1
A Jazzed Honeymoon
Movie1919
No Backdrop
0.0
At the Old Stage Door
Movie1919
5.9
Billy Blazes, Esq.
Movie1919
6.1
Spring Fever
Movie1919
4.1
Back to the Woods
Movie1919
0.0
Before Breakfast
Movie1919
5.9
Young Mr. Jazz
Movie1919
9.0
Just Dropped In
Movie1919
5.7
A Sammy in Siberia
Movie1919
No Backdrop
6.1
Next Aisle Over
Movie1919
5.7
Look Out Below
Movie1919
6.3
I'm on My Way
Movie1919
6.0
On the Fire
Movie1919
6.5
Ask Father
Movie1919
No Backdrop
5.7
Do You Love Your Wife?
Movie1919
No Backdrop
5.2
Just Rambling Along
Movie1918
6.0
Cleopatsy
Movie1918
5.2
Clubs Are Trump
Movie1917
No Backdrop
0.0
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women
Movie1917
No Backdrop
0.0
Lonesome Luke, Mechanic
Movie1917
4.6
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Movie1917
No Backdrop
0.0
Stop! Luke! Listen!
Movie1917
No Backdrop
0.0
Lonesome Luke, Plumber
Movie1917
No Backdrop
0.0
Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon
Movie1917
No Backdrop
0.0
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
Movie1917
No Backdrop
0.0
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life
Movie1917
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire
Movie1917
No Backdrop
0.0
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer
Movie1917
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Trolley Troubles
Movie1917
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Busy Day
Movie1917
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Lost Liberty
Movie1917
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Shattered Sleep
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke Locates the Loot
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke, Rank Impersonator
Movie1916
4.9
Luke's Movie Muddle
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Newsie Knockout
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke, Patient Provider
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke, the Gladiator
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Preparedness Preparations
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke, the Chauffeur
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke and the Bang-Tails
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Speedy Club Life
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke and the Mermaids
Movie1916
No Backdrop
5.0
Luke Joins the Navy
Movie1916
0.0
Luke Does the Midway
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Lost Lamb
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke, Crystal Gazer
Movie1916
0.0
Luke Rides Roughshod
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Washful Waiting
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Society Mixup
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Fatal Flivver
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke Laughs Last
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Late Lunchers
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke and the Bomb Throwers
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Them Was the Happy Days!
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke's Double
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Lonesome Luke, Circus King
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke Pipes the Pippins
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke and the Rural Roughnecks
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke Foils the Villain
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke, the Candy Cut-Up
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Luke Lugs Luggage
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary
Movie1916
No Backdrop
0.0
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
Movie1915
No Backdrop
0.0
Peculiar Patients' Pranks
Movie1915
No Backdrop
0.0
Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks
Movie1915
No Backdrop
0.0
A Foozle at the Tee Party
Movie1915
No Backdrop
0.0
Ragtime Snap Shots
Movie1915
0.0
Great While It Lasted
Movie1915
0.0
Tinkering with Trouble
Movie1915
No Backdrop
0.0
Bughouse Bellhops
Movie1915
0.0
Giving Them Fits
Movie1915
No Backdrop
0.0
Some Baby
Movie1915
No Backdrop
0.0
A Mixup for Mazie
Movie1915
0.0
Spit-ball Sadie
Movie1915
0.0
The Hungry Actors
Movie1915
8.0
Close-Cropped Clippings
Movie1915
No Backdrop
9.0
Willie Runs the Park
Movie1915
Acting Filmography (16)
6.5
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Movie2017
7.7
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Movie2011
No Backdrop
7.0
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Movie2002
No Backdrop
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Movie1995
7.0
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Movie1989
5.4
Hollywood Uncensored
Movie1987
5.8
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Movie1985
8.4
Hollywood
TV Series1980
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
7.1
Sons of the Desert
Movie1933
7.4
Wild Poses
Movie1933
6.5
Number, Please?
Movie1920
5.1
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Movie1914
4.4
The Magic Cloak of Oz
Movie1914
10.0
Samson
Movie1914
6.0
The Squaw Man
Movie1914