Hal Roach
Writer 1892 - 1992

Hal Roach

Elmira, New York, USA

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... Read full bio →

Filmography

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16 titles
Sons of the Desert

Sons of the Desert

William A. Seiter 1933 1h 5m 8.0

Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.

Choo-Choo!

Choo-Choo!

Robert F. McGowan 1932 20m 7.0

The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.

Brats

Brats

James Parrott 1930 21m

Stanley and Oliver are trying to spend a relaxing night at home playing checkers, but the antics of their mischievous sons keep interrupting their recreation.

Perfect Day

Perfect Day

James Parrott 1929 19m

Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, gout-ridden Uncle Edgar.

Pass the Gravy

Pass the Gravy

Leo McCarey, Fred Guiol 1928 23m

Schultz raises prize chickens and roosters that are always getting into neighbor Max Davidson's garden and eating the seeds, leading to constant feuding between the two men. When their children announce their engagement the two men decide to bury the hatchet and Davidson suggests a dinner at his house.

Leave 'em Laughing

Leave 'em Laughing

Clyde Bruckman 1928 22m

Stan complains of a toothache and he and Ollie visit the dentist. Ollie gets his teeth pulled by mistake. Under the influence of laughing gas, they leave and cause much commotion on the road annoying a traffic cop.

Flying Elephants

Flying Elephants

Frank Butler, Hal Roach 1928 17m

Cavemen Stan and Ollie vie for the affections of a stone-age beauty.

Why Girls Love Sailors

Why Girls Love Sailors

Fred Guiol 1927 20m

Stan is a sailor whose girl gets kidnapped by a rough sea captain. Stan dresses in drag and seduces the captain but the captain's wife catches him. Stan and his girl beat a hasty retreat as the captain's wife fires off a parting shot.

The Battle of the Century

The Battle of the Century

Clyde Bruckman 1927 19m

Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.

Sailors, Beware!

Sailors, Beware!

Hal Roach, Hal Yates 1927 20m

A con artist and a midget dressed as her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward.

Love 'Em and Weep

Love 'Em and Weep

Fred Guiol 1927 20m

Titus Tillsbury is a successful businessman who is visited by a blackmailing old flame. He enlists a friend to keep her away from his home and wife.

Do Detectives Think?

Do Detectives Think?

Fred Guiol 1927 19m

An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.

Safety Last!

Safety Last!

Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor 1923 1h 13m 7.7

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

Grandma's Boy

Grandma's Boy

Fred C. Newmeyer 1922 1h

A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.

Dr. Jack

Dr. Jack

Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor 1922 1h

Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after years of unsuccessful treatment.

Never Weaken

Never Weaken

Fred C. Newmeyer 1921 29m

A young man schemes to drum up business for his girlfriend's employer but after seeing her being intimate with another man, he attempts to commit suicide.

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