---
name: "Hal Roach"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hal-roach"
fi1m_id: "hal-roach"
imdb_id: "nm0730018"
tmdb_id: 33223
wikidata_id: "Q72792"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "13 January 1892"
died: "2 November 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-25T02:01:42.201467+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hal Roach

## Identity

Hal Roach

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hal-roach
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hal-roach
- **IMDb ID:** nm0730018
- **TMDB ID:** 33223
- **Wikidata ID:** Q72792
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Roach, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72792, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730018/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33223

Producer. Born 13 January 1892 in Elmira, New York, USA. Died 2 November 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 13 January 1892, Elmira, New York, USA
- **Died:** 2 November 1992
- **Also known as:**  Harry Eugene Roach ,  Al Roach , Hal E. Roach, Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr., Harold Eugene Roach Sr.
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 2 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Roach, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72792, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730018/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33223

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Sons of the Desert*](https://film.one/film/sons-of-the-desert.md) (85)

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## Biography

Hal Roach was an American film and television producer, director and writer. He produced *Sons of the Desert* (1933) and was credited as writer on the same film.

Roach began working in Hollywood in the 1910s as an extra before producing short comedies. He is known for producing the Laurel and Hardy series, the Our Gang shorts (1922–1938) and films including *Safety Last!* (1923), *The Music Box* (1932) and *Way Out West* (1937).

Later in his career Roach moved into television production. He received three Academy Awards for his work in short subjects.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, catalog.afi.com, encyclopedia.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sons of the Desert* (1933), Fi1m 85, as Bit Part (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/sons-of-the-desert.md)

## Complete filmography (597)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D* (2012), Producer
- *The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular* (2011), Producer
- *Our Gang - Little Rascals Varieties* (2001), Producer
- *Our Gang - Little Rascals Greatest Hits* (2001), Producer
- *Our Gang - Comedy Festival* (2001), Producer
- *The Our Gang Story* (1994), Writer
- *The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy* (1967), Producer
- *One Million Years B.C.* (1966), Associate Producer
- *Yanks Ahoy* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Prairie Chickens* (1943), Executive Producer
- *Calaboose* (1943), Executive Producer
- *The McGuerins from Brooklyn* (1942), Executive Producer
- *Fall In* (1942), Associate Producer
- *Flying with Music* (1942), Producer
- *About Face* (1942), Producer
- *Dudes Are Pretty People* (1942), Producer
- *Brooklyn Orchid* (1942), Producer
- *Miss Polly* (1941), Producer
- *Niagara Falls* (1941), Executive Producer
- *Tanks a Million* (1941), Producer
- *Broadway Limited* (1941), Producer
- *Topper Returns* (1941), Producer
- *Road Show* (1941), Director, Producer
- *Turnabout* (1940), Director
- *One Million B.C.* (1940), Director, Producer
- *The Housekeeper's Daughter* (1939), Director
- *Captain Fury* (1939), Director
- *Topper Takes a Trip* (1938), Presenter
- *Block-Heads* (1938), Producer
- *Hide and Shriek* (1938), Producer
- *The Awful Tooth* (1938), Producer
- *Swiss Miss* (1938), Producer
- *Merrily We Live* (1938), Producer, Presenter
- *Our Gang Follies of 1938* (1937), Producer
- *Mail and Female* (1937), Producer
- *The Pigskin Palooka* (1937), Producer
- *Fishy Tales* (1937), Producer
- *Night 'n' Gales* (1937), Producer
- *Topper* (1937), Producer
- *Roamin' Holiday* (1937), Producer
- *Pick a Star* (1937), Producer
- *Three Smart Boys* (1937), Producer
- *Rushin' Ballet* (1937), Producer
- *Nobody's Baby* (1937), Producer, Presenter
- *Way Out West* (1937), Producer
- *Reunion in Rhythm* (1937), Producer
- *Spooky Hooky* (1936), Producer, Story
- *General Spanky* (1936), Producer, Presenter
- *Pay As You Exit* (1936), Producer
- *Kelly the Second* (1936), Producer
- *Bored of Education* (1936), Producer
- *On the Wrong Trek* (1936), Producer
- *The Bohemian Girl* (1936), Producer
- *Top Flat* (1935), Producer
- *Life Hesitates at 40* (1935), Producer
- *Hot Money* (1935), Producer
- *Little Papa* (1935), Producer
- *Bonnie Scotland* (1935), Producer
- *Sprucin' Up* (1935), Producer
- *Vagabond Lady* (1935), Presenter
- *Teacher's Beau* (1935), Producer
- *The Misses Stooge* (1935), Producer
- *The Tin Man* (1935), Producer
- *Thicker Than Water* (1935), Producer
- *Anniversary Trouble* (1935), Producer
- *Sing Sister Sing* (1935), Producer
- *The Fixer Uppers* (1935), Producer
- *Tit for Tat* (1935), Producer
- *Babes in Toyland* (1934), Producer
- *The Live Ghost* (1934), Producer
- *Shrimps for a Day* (1934), Producer
- *You Bring the Ducks* (1934), Producer
- *Fate's Fathead* (1934), Producer
- *Washee Ironee* (1934), Producer
- *Mama's Little Pirate* (1934), Producer
- *The Ballad of Paducah Jail* (1934), Producer
- *Opened by Mistake* (1934), Producer
- *Them Thar Hills* (1934), Producer
- *Going Bye-Bye!* (1934), Producer
- *Another Wild Idea* (1934), Producer
- *Benny, from Panama* (1934), Producer
- *Maid in Hollywood* (1934), Producer
- *The First Round-Up* (1934), Producer
- *Apples to You!* (1934), Producer
- *Soup and Fish* (1934), Producer
- *Four Parts* (1934), Producer
- *Hi'–Neighbor!* (1934), Producer
- *Next Week-End* (1934), Producer
- *Mixed Nuts* (1934), Producer
- *Oliver the Eighth* (1934), Producer
- *Sons of the Desert* (1933), as Bit Part (uncredited) · Producer, Writer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/sons-of-the-desert.md)
- *Air Fright* (1933), Producer
- *Dirty Work* (1933), Producer
- *Backs to Nature* (1933), Producer
- *Wild Poses* (1933), as Studio portrait · Producer
- *Busy Bodies* (1933), Producer
- *Crook's Tour* (1933), Producer
- *Bedtime Worries* (1933), Producer
- *The Midnight Patrol* (1933), Producer
- *Arabian Tights* (1933), Producer
- *The Devil's Brother* (1933), Director, Producer
- *Me and My Pal* (1933), Producer
- *Twice Two* (1933), Producer
- *Fish Hooky* (1933), Producer
- *Towed in a Hole* (1932), Producer
- *Mr. Bride* (1932), Producer
- *Their First Mistake* (1932), Producer
- *Pack Up Your Troubles* (1932), Producer
- *Scram!* (1932), Producer
- *Hook and Ladder* (1932), Producer
- *Show Business* (1932), Producer
- *What Price Taxi* (1932), Producer
- *County Hospital* (1932), Producer
- *The Pooch* (1932), Writer, Producer
- *The Chimp* (1932), Producer
- *Choo-Choo!* (1932), Writer, Producer
- *In Walked Charley* (1932), Producer
- *The Music Box* (1932), Producer
- *You're Telling Me* (1932), Producer
- *Spanky* (1932), Writer
- *Red Noses* (1932), Producer
- *Any Old Port!* (1932), Producer
- *The Tabasco Kid* (1932), Producer
- *Helpmates* (1932), Producer
- *On the Loose* (1931), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Hasty Marriage* (1931), Producer
- *Beau Hunks* (1931), Producer
- *Dogs Is Dogs* (1931), Producer, Presenter
- *What a Bozo!* (1931), Producer
- *One Good Turn* (1931), Producer
- *The Pajama Party* (1931), Director
- *Skip the Maloo!* (1931), Producer
- *Come Clean* (1931), Producer
- *Pardon Us* (1931), Producer, Presenter
- *The Panic Is On* (1931), Producer
- *Let's Do Things* (1931), Director
- *One of the Smiths* (1931), Producer
- *Haunted at Midnight* (1931), Producer
- *Our Wife* (1931), Producer
- *Playing at Politics* (1931), Producer
- *Rough Seas* (1931), Executive Producer
- *Laughing Gravy* (1931), Producer
- *Little Daddy* (1931), Producer
- *The Pip from Pittsburg* (1931), Producer
- *Chickens Come Home* (1931), Story, Producer
- *Be Big!* (1931), Producer
- *The Chiselers* (1931), Producer
- *Thundering Tenors* (1931), Producer, Presenter
- *Monsieur Le Fox* (1931), Director
- *Helping Grandma* (1931), Producer
- *Monsieur Le Fox* (1930), Director
- *Another Fine Mess* (1930), Producer
- *School's Out* (1930), Producer
- *Looser Than Loose* (1930), Producer
- *Night of Goblins* (1930), Producer
- *Teacher's Pet* (1930), Producer, Presenter
- *Dollar Dizzy* (1930), Producer
- *Men of the North* (1930), Director
- *Doctor's Orders* (1930), Producer
- *Girl Shock* (1930), Producer
- *The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case* (1930), Producer
- *Radiomanía* (1930), Producer
- *Fast Work* (1930), Producer
- *Hog Wild* (1930), Producer, Music
- *Fifty Million Husbands* (1930), Producer
- *Bear Shooters* (1930), Producer
- *Shivering and Shaking* (1930), Producer
- *Below Zero* (1930), Producer
- *The Night Life* (1930), Producer
- *All Teed Up* (1930), Producer
- *When the Wind Blows* (1930), Producer, Presenter
- *The Gas Station* (1930), Producer
- *Brats* (1930), Story, Producer
- *Whispering Whoopee* (1930), Producer
- *The First Seven Years* (1930), Producer, Presenter
- *Blotto* (1930), Producer
- *The Real McCoy* (1930), Producer
- *Shivering Shakespeare* (1930), Producer, Presenter
- *The Rogue Song* (1930), Director
- *Night Owls* (1930), Producer
- *Moan & Groan, Inc.* (1929), Producer, Presenter
- *The Hoose-Gow* (1929), Producer
- *Stepping Out* (1929), Producer
- *Bacon Grabbers* (1929), Producer
- *Bouncing Babies* (1929), Producer, Presenter
- *They Go Boom!* (1929), Producer
- *Boxing Gloves* (1929), Story, Producer
- *Crazy Feet* (1929), Producer
- *Lazy Days* (1929), Producer
- *Hotter Than Hot* (1929), Producer
- *Perfect Day* (1929), Writer, Producer
- *Snappy Sneezer* (1929), Producer
- *Dad's Day* (1929), Director
- *Men O' War* (1929), Producer, Presenter
- *Leaping Love* (1929), Producer
- *Railroadin'* (1929), Producer
- *Berth Marks* (1929), Producer
- *The Big Squawk* (1929), Producer
- *Thundering Toupees* (1929), Producer
- *Small Talk* (1929), Producer
- *Movie Night* (1929), Producer
- *Hurdy Gurdy* (1929), Director
- *Unaccustomed as We Are* (1929), Director, Producer
- *Big Business* (1929), Producer
- *The Little Rascals* (1929), series, Producer, Director
- *Why Is a Plumber?* (1929), Producer
- *Wrong Again* (1929), Producer
- *Liberty* (1929), Producer
- *Going Ga-Ga* (1929), Producer
- *We Faw Down* (1928), Producer
- *Habeas Corpus* (1928), Producer
- *The Boy Friend* (1928), Producer
- *Two Tars* (1928), Producer
- *Early to Bed* (1928), Producer
- *School Begins* (1928), Producer
- *Should Married Men Go Home?* (1928), Producer
- *Should Women Drive?* (1928), Producer
- *Fair and Muddy* (1928), Producer
- *You're Darn Tootin'* (1928), Producer
- *Limousine Love* (1928), Producer
- *From Soup to Nuts* (1928), Producer
- *Came the Dawn* (1928), Producer, Cinematography
- *The Finishing Touch* (1928), Producer
- *The Smile Wins* (1928), Story
- *Flying Elephants* (1928), Director, Story, Producer
- *Leave 'Em Laughing* (1928), Story, Producer
- *Should Tall Men Marry?* (1928), Producer
- *Spook Spoofing* (1928), Producer
- *Pass the Gravy* (1928), Producer, Writer
- *The Battle of the Century* (1927), Writer, Producer
- *Flaming Fathers* (1927), Producer, Writer
- *Fighting Fathers* (1927), Writer, Producer
- *Putting Pants on Philip* (1927), Producer
- *Do Detectives Think?* (1927), Writer, Producer
- *Chicken Feed* (1927), Story
- *The Way of All Pants* (1927), Producer
- *Should Second Husbands Come First?* (1927), Producer, Writer
- *Call of the Cuckoo* (1927), Producer
- *The Second 100 Years* (1927), Producer
- *Now I'll Tell One* (1927), Producer
- *Sailors, Beware!* (1927), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Olympic Games* (1927), Story
- *The Sting of Stings* (1927), Producer
- *Us* (1927), Producer
- *Why Girls Love Sailors* (1927), Writer, Producer
- *Don't Tell Everything* (1927), Producer
- *Baby Brother* (1927), Story
- *The Glorious Fourth* (1927), Story, Producer
- *Love 'Em and Weep* (1927), Writer, Producer
- *Eve's Love Letters* (1927), Producer
- *No Man's Law* (1927), Producer
- *Duck Soup* (1927), Producer
- *Ten Years Old* (1927), Writer, Producer
- *Why Girls Say No* (1927), Producer
- *Seeing the World* (1927), Story, Producer
- *Are Brunettes Safe?* (1927), Producer
- *Should Men Walk Home?* (1927), Producer
- *Two-Time Mama* (1927), Producer
- *Bring Home the Turkey* (1927), Story
- *There Ain't No Santa Claus* (1926), Producer
- *The Nickel-Hopper* (1926), Writer
- *War Feathers* (1926), Story
- *Be Your Age* (1926), Producer
- *Raggedy Rose* (1926), Producer
- *Get 'Em Young* (1926), Producer
- *Tell 'Em Nothing* (1926), Producer
- *Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes* (1926), Producer
- *Bromo and Juliet* (1926), Producer, Presenter
- *Rex the Devil Horse* (1926), Producer, Writer
- *Crazy Like a Fox* (1926), Producer, Presenter
- *The Boy Friend* (1926), Producer
- *The Fourth Alarm* (1926), Writer, Producer
- *Shivering Spooks* (1926), Story
- *Along Came Auntie* (1926), Producer
- *Thundering Fleas* (1926), Producer, Story
- *Long Fliv the King* (1926), Producer
- *Say It with Babies* (1926), Producer
- *Baby Clothes* (1926), Writer
- *Monkey Business* (1926), Story
- *Madame Mystery* (1926), Writer, Producer
- *Mama Behave* (1926), Producer
- *Wandering Papas* (1926), Executive Producer
- *Soft Pedal* (1926), Writer, Producer
- *Long Pants* (1926), Writer, Producer
- *Charley My Boy!* (1926), Producer
- *Don't Butt In* (1926), Writer
- *What's the World Coming To?* (1926), Producer
- *Good Cheer* (1926), Story
- *A Punch in the Nose* (1926), Writer, Producer
- *Flaming Flappers* (1925), Producer
- *His Wooden Wedding* (1925), Producer
- *One Wild Ride* (1925), Story
- *Should Sailors Marry?* (1925), Producer
- *Are Parents Pickles?* (1925), Producer
- *Better Movies* (1925), Writer
- *The Caretaker's Daughter* (1925), Producer
- *The Black Cyclone* (1925), Story
- *Your Own Back Yard* (1925), Story
- *Unfriendly Enemies* (1925), Producer
- *No Father to Guide Him* (1925), Producer
- *Mary, Queen of Tots* (1925), Story
- *Madame Sans Jane* (1925), Story
- *Innocent Husbands* (1925), Producer
- *Boys Will Be Joys* (1925), Story
- *Yes, Yes, Nanette* (1925), Producer
- *Sherlock Sleuth* (1925), Producer
- *Chasing the Chaser* (1925), Producer
- *Official Officers* (1925), Writer
- *What Price Goofy?* (1925), Story
- *Sure-Mike!* (1925), Story
- *Looking for Sally* (1925), Writer
- *Shootin' Injuns* (1925), Story
- *Big Red Riding Hood* (1925), Writer
- *The Love Bug* (1925), Story
- *Bad Boy* (1925), Producer
- *Is Marriage the Bunk?* (1925), Producer
- *Should Husbands Be Watched?* (1925), Producer
- *Dog Days* (1925), Writer, Producer
- *Plain and Fancy Girls* (1925), Producer
- *Change the Needle* (1925), Director
- *Circus Fever* (1925), Writer
- *Fighting Fluid* (1925), Producer
- *The Big Town* (1925), Story
- *The Wages of Tin* (1925), Producer
- *The Rat's Knuckles* (1925), Producer
- *There Goes the Bride* (1925), Story, Producer
- *Laughing Ladies* (1925), Producer
- *Papa Be Good!* (1925), Producer
- *Just a Good Guy* (1924), Writer, Producer
- *The White Sheep* (1924), Director, Writer
- *The Mysterious Mystery!* (1924), Story
- *The Goofy Age* (1924), Producer
- *Just a Real Good Car* (1924), Writer, Director
- *Fast Company* (1924), Story
- *The Battling Orioles* (1924), Writer
- *Sittin' Pretty* (1924), Producer
- *The Sun Down Limited* (1924), Story
- *Outdoor Pajamas* (1924), Producer
- *A Truthful Liar* (1924), Producer
- *Seeing Nellie Home* (1924), Producer
- *A Ten-Minute Egg* (1924), Producer
- *Wide Open Spaces* (1924), Producer
- *Stolen Goods* (1924), Producer
- *Jubilo, Jr.* (1924), Story, Producer
- *Don't Park There* (1924), Producer
- *Rupert of Hee-Haw* (1924), Producer
- *Cradle Robbers* (1924), Story
- *Position Wanted* (1924), Producer
- *Commencement Day* (1924), Story
- *Brothers Under the Chin* (1924), Producer
- *The King of the Wild Horses* (1924), Story
- *Seein' Things* (1924), Story
- *The 'Fraidy Cat* (1924), Producer
- *Zeb vs. Paprika* (1924), Producer
- *Love's Reward* (1924), Producer
- *The Buccaneers* (1924), Writer
- *Love's Detour* (1924), Story
- *The Hoosier Schoolmaster* (1924), Assistant Director
- *Big Business* (1924), Writer, Producer
- *Smithy* (1924), Director, Producer
- *Tire Trouble* (1924), Story, Producer
- *At First Sight* (1924), Producer
- *Two Wagons Both Covered* (1924), Producer
- *Mother's Joy* (1923), Producer
- *Sunday Calm* (1923), Story
- *Scorching Sands* (1923), Director, Producer
- *Uncensored Movies* (1923), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *The Great Outdoors* (1923), Producer
- *Go West* (1923), Producer
- *The Soilers* (1923), Producer
- *Derby Day* (1923), Story
- *Save The Ship* (1923), Producer
- *Dear Ol' Pal* (1923), Producer
- *The Whole Truth* (1923), Producer
- *Stage Fright* (1923), Story
- *It's a Gift* (1923), Producer
- *The Call of the Wild* (1923), Producer
- *A Man About Town* (1923), Producer
- *Why Worry?* (1923), Producer
- *Short Orders* (1923), Writer, Producer
- *July Days* (1923), Producer
- *Be Honest* (1923), Writer
- *Oranges and Lemons* (1923), Producer
- *Post No Bills* (1923), Producer
- *The Green Cat* (1923), Producer
- *Gas and Air* (1923), Producer
- *Lodge Night* (1923), Story
- *Dogs of War!* (1923), Writer, Story
- *Collars and Cuffs* (1923), Producer
- *Courtship of Miles Sandwich* (1923), Producer
- *Pick and Shovel* (1923), Producer
- *The Watch Dog* (1923), Producer
- *Back Stage* (1923), Story
- *Sold at Auction!* (1923), Producer
- *White Wings* (1923), Producer
- *Boys to Board* (1923), Story
- *A Pleasant Journey* (1923), Story
- *Safety Last!* (1923), Producer, Writer
- *The Big Show* (1923), Writer
- *The Cobbler* (1923), Story
- *A Tough Winter* (1923), Executive Producer
- *The Champeen* (1923), Story
- *A Quiet Street* (1922), Story
- *Saturday Morning* (1922), Story
- *Dr. Jack* (1922), Story, Producer
- *Young Sherlocks* (1922), Story
- *Our Gang* (1922), Producer, Story
- *Shine 'Em Up* (1922), Producer
- *Shiver and Shake* (1922), Producer
- *Fire Fighters* (1922), Producer
- *Bone Dry* (1922), Producer
- *One Terrible Day* (1922), Producer
- *Grandma's Boy* (1922), Story, Producer
- *Touch all the Bases* (1922), Producer
- *The Timber Queen* (1922), Producer
- *The Non-Skid Kid* (1922), Producer
- *Do Me a Favor* (1922), Producer
- *Years to Come* (1922), Producer
- *White Eagle* (1922), Producer
- *Barnyard Flappers* (1922), Producer
- *A Sailor-Made Man* (1921), Story, Writer, Producer
- *Trolley Troubles* (1921), Story, Producer
- *Never Weaken* (1921), Story, Producer
- *Dodge Your Debts* (1921), Producer
- *I Do* (1921), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Name the Day* (1921), Story
- *Among Those Present* (1921), Producer, Writer
- *Catching a Coon* (1921), Writer
- *Now or Never* (1921), Director, Producer
- *Whirl o' the West* (1921), Producer
- *Number, Please?* (1920), as Sailor (uncredited) · Director, Producer
- *Alias Aladdin* (1920), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Get Out and Get Under* (1920), Director, Producer
- *Nomads of the North* (1920), Producer
- *A Regular Pal* (1920), Director, Story, Producer
- *Run 'Em Ragged* (1920), Producer
- *High and Dizzy* (1920), Director, Producer
- *An Eastern Westerner* (1920), Director, Producer
- *Haunted Spooks* (1920), Director, Producer
- *Fresh Paint* (1920), Producer
- *Raise the Rent* (1920), Producer
- *His Royal Slyness* (1920), Director, Producer
- *The Dippy Dentist* (1920), Producer
- *Why Go Home?* (1920), Producer
- *From Hand to Mouth* (1919), Director, Producer
- *Looking for Trouble* (1919), Director, Producer
- *How Dry I Am* (1919), Producer
- *Captain Kidd's Kids* (1919), Director, Producer
- *It's a Hard Life* (1919), Producer
- *Order in the Court* (1919), Producer
- *Call for Mr. Caveman* (1919), Producer
- *Giving the Bride Away* (1919), Director, Producer
- *Bumping Into Broadway* (1919), Director, Producer
- *His Only Father* (1919), Director
- *Pay Your Dues* (1919), Director
- *Count the Votes* (1919), Director
- *Soft Money* (1919), Director
- *He Leads, Others Follow* (1919), Director
- *The Rajah* (1919), Producer, Director
- *Be My Wife* (1919), Director, Producer
- *Don't Shove* (1919), Producer
- *Heap Big Chief* (1919), Producer
- *Chop Suey & Co.* (1919), Director, Producer
- *Count Your Change* (1919), Producer
- *A Jazzed Honeymoon* (1919), Director
- *At the Old Stage Door* (1919), Director, Producer
- *Just Neighbors* (1919), Producer
- *Billy Blazes, Esq.* (1919), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Spring Fever* (1919), Director
- *Off the Trolley* (1919), Producer
- *Swat the Crook* (1919), Producer
- *Pistols for Breakfast* (1919), Producer
- *Back to the Woods* (1919), Director
- *Before Breakfast* (1919), Director
- *Young Mr. Jazz* (1919), Director
- *Crack Your Heels* (1919), Producer
- *Just Dropped In* (1919), Director, Producer
- *A Sammy in Siberia* (1919), Director
- *Next Aisle Over* (1919), Producer, Director
- *The Dutiful Dub* (1919), Producer
- *Look Out Below* (1919), Director, Producer
- *I'm on My Way* (1919), Director, Producer
- *On the Fire* (1919), Director
- *Ask Father* (1919), Director
- *Hustling for Health* (1919), Producer
- *Do You Love Your Wife?* (1919), Director
- *She Loves Me Not* (1918), Producer
- *Take a Chance* (1918), Producer
- *Just Rambling Along* (1918), Director, Producer
- *Nothing But Trouble* (1918), Producer
- *Bride and Gloom* (1918), Producer
- *Cleopatsy* (1918), Director
- *Sic 'Em, Towser* (1918), Producer
- *The City Slicker* (1918), Producer
- *Fireman Save My Child* (1918), Producer
- *Two-Gun Gussie* (1918), Producer
- *The Non-Stop Kid* (1918), Producer
- *Kicked Out* (1918), Producer
- *Hey There* (1918), Producer
- *His Busy Day* (1918), Producer, Director
- *It's a Wild Life* (1918), Producer
- *Pipe the Whiskers* (1918), Producer
- *Follow the Crowd* (1918), Producer
- *On the Jump* (1918), Producer
- *Let's Go* (1918), Producer
- *Here Come the Girls* (1918), Producer
- *Look Pleasant, Please* (1918), Producer
- *A Gasoline Wedding* (1918), Producer
- *Beat It* (1918), Producer
- *Hit Him Again* (1918), Producer
- *The Lamb* (1918), Producer
- *The Tip* (1918), Producer
- *The Big Idea* (1917), Producer
- *Step Lively* (1917), Producer
- *Bashful* (1917), Producer
- *Move On* (1917), Producer
- *All Aboard* (1917), Producer
- *Clubs Are Trump* (1917), Director, Producer
- *The Flirt* (1917), Producer
- *Love, Laughs and Lather* (1917), Producer
- *Rainbow Island* (1917), Producer
- *Bliss* (1917), Producer
- *Birds of a Feather* (1917), Producer
- *By the Sad Sea Waves* (1917), Producer
- *Pinched* (1917), Producer
- *Lonesome Luke Loses Patients* (1917), Producer
- *Over the Fence* (1917), Producer
- *Lonesome Luke's Wild Women* (1917), Director, Producer
- *Lonesome Luke, Mechanic* (1917), Director
- *Lonesome Luke, Messenger* (1917), Director, Producer
- *Stop! Luke! Listen!* (1917), Director
- *Lonesome Luke, Plumber* (1917), Director
- *Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon* (1917), Director
- *Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley* (1917), Director, Producer
- *Lonesome Luke's Lively Life* (1917), Director, Producer
- *Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire* (1917), Director
- *Lonesome Luke, Lawyer* (1917), Director
- *Luke's Trolley Troubles* (1917), Director
- *Luke's Busy Day* (1917), Director
- *Luke's Lost Liberty* (1917), Director
- *Luke's Shattered Sleep* (1916), Director
- *Luke Locates the Loot* (1916), Director, Producer
- *Luke's Fireworks Fizzle* (1916), Director
- *Luke, Rank Impersonator* (1916), Director
- *Luke's Movie Muddle* (1916), Director, Producer
- *Luke's Newsie Knockout* (1916), Director
- *Luke, Patient Provider* (1916), Director
- *Luke, the Gladiator* (1916), Director
- *Luke's Preparedness Preparations* (1916), Director
- *Luke, the Chauffeur* (1916), Director
- *Luke and the Bang-Tails* (1916), Director
- *Luke's Speedy Club Life* (1916), Director
- *Luke and the Mermaids* (1916), Director
- *Luke Joins the Navy* (1916), Director, Producer
- *Luke Does the Midway* (1916), Director
- *Luke's Lost Lamb* (1916), Director, Producer
- *Luke, Crystal Gazer* (1916), Director, Producer
- *Luke Rides Roughshod* (1916), Director, Producer
- *Luke's Washful Waiting* (1916), Producer, Director
- *Luke's Society Mixup* (1916), Director
- *Luke's Fatal Flivver* (1916), Director
- *Luke Laughs Last* (1916), Director
- *Luke's Late Lunchers* (1916), Director
- *Luke and the Bomb Throwers* (1916), Director
- *Them Was the Happy Days!* (1916), Director
- *Luke's Double* (1916), Director
- *Lonesome Luke, Circus King* (1916), Director
- *Luke Pipes the Pippins* (1916), Director
- *Luke and the Rural Roughnecks* (1916), Director, Producer
- *Luke Foils the Villain* (1916), Director
- *Luke, the Candy Cut-Up* (1916), Director, Producer
- *Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury* (1916), Director
- *Luke Lugs Luggage* (1916), Director
- *Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary* (1916), Director
- *Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster* (1915), Director
- *Peculiar Patients' Pranks* (1915), Director, Producer
- *Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks* (1915), Director
- *A Foozle at the Tee Party* (1915), Director
- *Ragtime Snap Shots* (1915), Director
- *Great While It Lasted* (1915), Director
- *Tinkering with Trouble* (1915), Director
- *Bughouse Bellhops* (1915), Director
- *Giving Them Fits* (1915), Director, Producer
- *Fresh from the Farm* (1915), Director
- *Some Baby* (1915), Director
- *A Mixup for Mazie* (1915), Director
- *Spit-ball Sadie* (1915), Director
- *The Hungry Actors* (1915), Director
- *Just Nuts* (1915), Director, Producer
- *Close-Cropped Clippings* (1915), Director
- *Beyond His Fondest Hopes* (1915), Director
- *Pete, the Pedal Polisher* (1915), Director
- *Willie Runs the Park* (1915), Director
- *The Patchwork Girl of Oz* (1914), as Cowardly Lion / Tottenhot
- *The Magic Cloak of Oz* (1914), as The Cowardly Lion (uncredited)
- *Samson* (1914), as Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)
- *The Squaw Man* (1914), as Townsman (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Hal Roach](https://film.one/media/person/3855879/gallery-51b810be2e89.jpg) Hal Roach — Anonymous photographer, not identified anywhere, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/WP_Hal_Roach_1920_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Imagem do Fundo Correio da Manhã. (1965)](https://film.one/media/person/3855879/gallery-f13a8716546c.jpg) Imagem do Fundo Correio da Manhã. (1965) — UnknownUnknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Hal_Roach_%281965%29.jpg/1280px-Hal_Roach_%281965%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hal Roach](https://film.one/media/person/3855879/gallery-6ac619e693d7.jpg) Hal Roach — Image via TMDB
- ![Hal Roach](https://film.one/media/person/3855879/gallery-bd2e4c613734.jpg) Hal Roach — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 2 nominated

- 1937: Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel (won), for *Bored of Education*
- 1936: Best Live Action Short Film, Comedy (nominated), for *Tit for Tat*
- 1933: Best Live Action Short Film, Comedy (nominated), for *The Music Box*
- 1932: Best Live Action Short Film, Comedy (won), for *The Music Box*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Academy Honorary Award 1984: Academy Honorary Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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