Hal Roach

Hal Roach

1892-01-13 Elmira, New York, USA 584 Credits

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.

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Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

2024

Writer, Producer

10.0
Writing Producing

Following their initial pairing in early 1927, Laurel and Hardy ended their first year on top. Their success moving into 1928 galvanized the efforts o...

Laurel & Hardy: Year One

Laurel & Hardy: Year One

2023

Producer, Writer

10.0
Producing Writing

Laurel & Hardy: Year One, The Newly Restored 1927 Silents, as proudly presented by Flicker Alley and Blackhawk Films®, offers fans new and old the rar...

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

2017

as Self - Producer (archive footage)

6.5
Acting

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth o...

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D

The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D

2012

Producer

10.0
Producing
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

2011

as Self (archive footage)

7.8
Acting

The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the ...

The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular

The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular

2011

Producer

Producing

The only thing more outrageous than The Little Rascals' antics are their wild imaginations! See what happens when the Gang is left alone to guess at w...

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

2002

as Self (uncredited)

Acting

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtuall...

Our Gang - Comedy Festival

Our Gang - Comedy Festival

2001

Producer

Producing

Featuring the most riotous Rascals of all. This hilarious comedy compilation spans more than twenty years of classic Our Gang comedies to tickle your...

Our Gang - Little Rascals Greatest Hits

Our Gang - Little Rascals Greatest Hits

2001

Producer

Producing

The gang's all here - Our Gang, that is, with Spanky, Alfalfa, Jackie, Farina, Scotty, Buckwheat, Chubby, Stymie, Wheezer, Dickie, Tommy, Mary, Pete a...

Our Gang - Little Rascals Varieties

Our Gang - Little Rascals Varieties

2001

Producer

Producing

Recapture the magic of Hal Roach's in this delightful musical comedy compilation released to theaters in 1959 and featuring classics from the peak per...

The Our Gang Story

The Our Gang Story

1994

Writer

Writing

Join all you favorites--Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Darla, Butch, Froggy and more--in a jam-packed special covering more than twenty years and 200 epi...

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius

1989

as Self

7.0
Acting

A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.

Hollywood Uncensored

Hollywood Uncensored

1987

as Self

5.5
Acting

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.

Hollywood's Hidden Secrets

1987

as Self

Acting

Documentary on the various mysteries in Hollywood.

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

1985

as Self

5.6
Acting

Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.

Ticket to Hollywood

1984

as Himself

Acting

Documentary looking at how Hollywood went from a small town to a mega center.

Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

1974

as Himself

Acting

Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double a...

The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy

The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy

1967

Producer

Producing

A compilation of clips from various Laurel and Hardy films

One Million Years B.C.

One Million Years B.C.

1966

Associate Producer

6.1
Producing

As the Earth wrestles with its agonizing birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive. Driven by animal instinct they comp...

Yanks Ahoy

Yanks Ahoy

1943

Executive Producer

6.3
Producing

Sergeants flirt with a nurse aboard ship and go fishing for a Japanese Sub.

Prairie Chickens

Prairie Chickens

1943

Executive Producer

Producing

Two unemployed cowhands help a pill-popping rancher find the nasty varmint who's been rustling cattle.

Calaboose

Calaboose

1943

Executive Producer

Producing

A love-smitten cowpoke acciidentally causes a horse stampede.

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

1942

Executive Producer

5.5
Producing

Tim McGuerin and Eddie Corbett operates a big taxi-fleet company together and because of a misunderstanding Tim's wife Sadie thinks he is having an af...

Fall In

Fall In

1942

Associate Producer

6.0
Producing

An Army sergeant's photographic memory puts him in conflict with a Nazi spy.

Flying with Music

Flying with Music

1942

Producer

3.5
Producing

The "Flyer" in question is William Marshall, a young man falsely accused of a crime. Escaping the clutches of the law, he becomes involved with severa...

About Face

About Face

1942

Producer

6.0
Producing

Two Army sergeants disrupt a bar, a party and an Army-Navy dance.

Dudes Are Pretty People

Dudes Are Pretty People

1942

Producer

Producing

Western comedy about a cowhand falling in love with the pretty guest at a local dude ranch.

Brooklyn Orchid

Brooklyn Orchid

1942

Producer

6.0
Producing

Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.

Miss Polly

Miss Polly

1941

Producer

5.0
Producing

A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity League" by spilling a few of their well-kept secrets. C...

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

1941

Executive Producer

6.8
Producing

The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.

Tanks a Million

Tanks a Million

1941

Producer

5.3
Producing

Chubby William Tracy starred as Dodo Doubleday, a feckless Army draftee blessed (or cursed) with a photographic memory. Inexplicably promoted to serge...

Broadway Limited

Broadway Limited

1941

Producer

4.6
Producing

A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited gets out of control, as no one wants to be responsible for the baby that was brought...

Topper Returns

Topper Returns

1941

Producer

6.4
Producing

Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealt...

Road Show

Road Show

1941

Director, Producer

5.3
Directing Producing

Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an ...

Turnabout

Turnabout

1940

Director

6.0
Directing

Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue who grants their wish and they wind up living each other's life.

One Million B.C.

One Million B.C.

1940

Producer, Director

5.8
Producing Directing

One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man...

The Housekeeper's Daughter

The Housekeeper's Daughter

1939

Director

3.5
Directing

A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.

Captain Fury

Captain Fury

1939

Director

4.9
Directing

An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band of fellow escapees to fight a corrupt landlord.

Topper Takes a Trip

Topper Takes a Trip

1938

Presenter

6.4

Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost ...

Block-Heads

Block-Heads

1938

Producer

7.0
Producing

It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old ...

Hide and Shriek

Hide and Shriek

1938

Producer

7.0
Producing

Detective Alfalfa and his assistants Buckwheat and Porky try to solve a missing-candy case but find themselves in an amusement park haunted house.

The Awful Tooth

The Awful Tooth

1938

Producer

6.6
Producing

When one of the Our Gang kids finds money under his pillow after losing a tooth, all the kids decide to get rich by having all their teeth pulled.

Swiss Miss

Swiss Miss

1938

Producer

6.2
Producing

Stan and Ollie are mousetrap salesmen hoping for better business in Switzerland, with Stan's theory that because there is more cheese in Switzerland, ...

Merrily We Live

Merrily We Live

1938

Producer, Presenter

7.0
Producing

Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep a...

Our Gang Follies of 1938

Our Gang Follies of 1938

1937

Producer

6.2
Producing

Alfalfa gives up being "King of the Crooners" to sing opera, but a nightmare of being under the thumb of an evil producer sends him back to his roots.

Mail and Female

Mail and Female

1937

Producer

6.8
Producing

The Gang's male members, headed by Spanky, decided to create the "He-Man Woman Haters Club" in reaction to not being invited to one of the girl's part...

The Pigskin Palooka

The Pigskin Palooka

1937

Producer

6.3
Producing

While Alfalfa was away at military school, his letters to his friends back home bragged about how he was a star football player. Now that he's back ho...

Fishy Tales

Fishy Tales

1937

Producer

7.2
Producing

Alfalfa tries to back out of a fight by pretending to be incapacitated.

Night 'n' Gales

Night 'n' Gales

1937

Producer

6.8
Producing

Because of a storm, the Gang has to stay overnight at Darla's house, and they drive her father crazy.

Topper

Topper

1937

Producer

6.7
Producing

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of thei...

Roamin' Holiday

Roamin' Holiday

1937

Producer

7.0
Producing

The gang runs away from home, but meet up with a kindly old couple.

Pick a Star

Pick a Star

1937

Producer

4.8
Producing

A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.

Three Smart Boys

Three Smart Boys

1937

Producer

6.5
Producing

When they overhear Miss Witherspoon, the school superintendent, say that nothing short of an epidemic will allow the school to be closed for a week, t...

Rushin' Ballet

Rushin' Ballet

1937

Producer

6.6
Producing

While trying to track down Butch, Spanky and Alfalfa get caught up in a dance recital.

Nobody's Baby

Nobody's Baby

1937

Presenter, Producer

5.7
Producing

Kitty Reily (Patsy Kelly) and Lena Marchetti (Lyda Roberti) meet each other at an amateur Radio Show. Kitty quickly learns to greatly dislike incompet...

Way Out West

Way Out West

1937

Producer

7.1
Producing

Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is de...

Reunion in Rhythm

Reunion in Rhythm

1937

Producer

6.0
Producing

The gang puts on a musical show at a reunion for some of the former Gang kids.

Spooky Hooky

Spooky Hooky

1936

Producer, Story

6.0
Producing Writing

The gang puts a phony absent note on their teacher's desk so they can go to the circus, then have to get it back when they find out that the class was...

General Spanky

General Spanky

1936

Presenter, Producer

5.4
Producing

Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wron...

Pay As You Exit

Pay As You Exit

1936

Producer

7.3
Producing

The "Our Gang" kids stage a production of "Romeo and Juliet," but the show is threatened when leading lady Darla walks out on star Alfalfa.

Kelly the Second

Kelly the Second

1936

Producer

6.0
Producing

A feisty Irish woman turns a truck driver into a championship boxer.

On the Wrong Trek

On the Wrong Trek

1936

Producer

5.8
Producing

Charlie tells his co-workers about his event-filled vacation to California, including his run in with two vagabond hitchhikers.

The Bohemian Girl

The Bohemian Girl

1936

Producer

6.2
Producing

Stan and Ollie travel with a band of 18th-century Gypsies holding a nobleman's daughter.

Top Flat

Top Flat

1935

Producer

Producing

When Patsy criticises her poetry, Thelma ups and leaves for a better standard of living.

Life Hesitates at 40

1935

Producer

Producing

Charley finds himself having strange spells during which everything around him seems to stop.

Hot Money

1935

Producer

Producing

A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.

Little Papa

Little Papa

1935

Producer

7.0
Producing

The gang wants Spanky to come out and play football, but he has to make sure his baby sister is asleep first.

Bonnie Scotland

Bonnie Scotland

1935

Producer

6.6
Producing

Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in ...

Sprucin' Up

Sprucin' Up

1935

Producer

6.6
Producing

A new truant officer moves into the neighborhood, and everybody wants to get friendly with his daughter.

Vagabond Lady

Vagabond Lady

1935

Presenter

7.2

Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns...

Teacher's Beau

Teacher's Beau

1935

Producer

7.0
Producing

The gang tries to dissuade their teacher from getting married.

The Tin Man

The Tin Man

1935

Producer

7.0
Producing

Thelma and Patsy find themselves in a spooky house inhabited by a nut who is a mechanical genius and has made a robot who does everything. The invento...

Thicker Than Water

Thicker Than Water

1935

Producer

7.2
Producing

Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy...

Anniversary Trouble

Anniversary Trouble

1935

Producer

6.3
Producing

The gang's treasury is entrusted to Spanky, who accidentally gets it mixed up with his father's money.

Beginner's Luck

Beginner's Luck

1935

Producer

7.0
Producing

Spanky's mother pushes him to join a local theater amateur night.

The Fixer Uppers

The Fixer Uppers

1935

Producer

6.8
Producing

Stan and Ollie are greeting card salesmen who agree to help a woman put a spark in her loveless marriage by making her husband jealous.

Tit for Tat

Tit for Tat

1935

Producer

6.8
Producing

Stan and Ollie have set up their own electrical appliance store but, unfortunately for them, the grocery right next door is run by the man and wife wh...

Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland

1934

Producer

6.3
Producing

Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little ...

The Live Ghost

The Live Ghost

1934

Producer

7.1
Producing

Fish market workers Stan and Ollie are persuaded by a sea captain to shanghai a crew for him at the local bar for a dollar a head. Successful at first...

Shrimps for a Day

Shrimps for a Day

1934

Producer

7.0
Producing

A magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his orphanage like a prison.

You Bring the Ducks

1934

Producer

Producing

Irvin takes the governor on a duck hunting trip in the hopes of securing a plumb job, but his annoying nephew has other plans.

Fate's Fathead

Fate's Fathead

1934

Producer

Producing

Accidental meetings and misconceptions lead a blissfully happy couple to fight and squabble.

Washee Ironee

Washee Ironee

1934

Producer

6.8
Producing

Rich boy Waldo gets his clothes dirty playing football with the gang just before he has to go to his mother's society party. The gang tries to help hi...

Mama's Little Pirate

Mama's Little Pirate

1934

Producer

7.2
Producing

The gang goes after pirate treasure they believe is hidden in a cave.

The Ballad of Paducah Jail

The Ballad of Paducah Jail

1934

Producer

Producing

Kentucky humorist Irvin S. Cobb hunts for an escaped felon, but the tables are turned when the criminal nabs him instead.

Them Thar Hills

Them Thar Hills

1934

Producer

7.5
Producing

Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped the...

Going Bye-Bye!

Going Bye-Bye!

1934

Producer

7.4
Producing

In a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence has helped to send him to prison. Frightened, the boys p...

Another Wild Idea

Another Wild Idea

1934

Producer

4.0
Producing

Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions. ...

Benny, from Panama

1934

Producer

6.0
Producing

Jeanette and Eddie get married, but their wedding night is a fiasco. First, their wedding guests follow them, resulting in a police chase, then the gu...

Maid in Hollywood

Maid in Hollywood

1934

Producer

Producing

Thelma, who came to Hollywood from Joplin to be a star, is ready to go home. She and her pal Patsy are packing up and packing it in. Then, through Pat...

The First Round-Up

The First Round-Up

1934

Producer

6.4
Producing

The gang packs up for a camping trip to Cherry Creek two miles from their home, but to them it is the wilderness. After night falls, the hooting owls ...

Apples to You!

Apples to You!

1934

Producer

7.0
Producing

A burlesque impresario is hired to help the failing fortunes of an old opera company.

Four Parts

Four Parts

1934

Producer

Producing

Charley is one of four identical brothers, which drives his girlfriend nuts.

Hi'–Neighbor!

Hi'–Neighbor!

1934

Producer

7.9
Producing

The gang decides to build their own fire engine.

Mixed Nuts

Mixed Nuts

1934

Producer

6.2
Producing

Oddly enough for a Roach comedy the premise of MIXED NUTS is grounded in topical political satire aimed at the New Deal, although the satire is of a v...

Oliver the Eighth

Oliver the Eighth

1934

Producer

7.1
Producing

Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is inv...

Sons of the Desert

Sons of the Desert

1933

as Bit Part (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

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

Sons of the Desert

Sons of the Desert

1933

Producer, Writer

7.0
Producing Writing

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

Dirty Work

Dirty Work

1933

Producer

6.9
Producing

Stan and Ollie are chimney sweeps working at the home of mad scientist Professor Noodle.

Wild Poses

Wild Poses

1933

as Studio portrait

7.6
Acting

Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.

Wild Poses

Wild Poses

1933

Producer

7.6
Producing

Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.

Busy Bodies

Busy Bodies

1933

Producer

7.3
Producing

In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawm...

Crook's Tour

Crook's Tour

1933

Producer

Producing

A down-and-out Englishman, mistaken for a duke, is invited (for $50.00) to meet the wife of a gangster who is a passenger on a boat chartered by gangs...

Bedtime Worries

Bedtime Worries

1933

Producer

6.8
Producing

Spanky's parents are trying unsuccessfully to get Spanky to spend a peaceful first night in his own room.

The Midnight Patrol

The Midnight Patrol

1933

Producer

6.5
Producing

Novice policemen Stan and Ollie bungle a burglary investigation.

Arabian Tights

Arabian Tights

1933

Producer

Producing

Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.

The Devil's Brother

The Devil's Brother

1933

Director, Producer

6.7
Directing Producing

Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.

Me and My Pal

Me and My Pal

1933

Producer

6.4
Producing

On the morning of his wedding to oil baron Peter Cucumber's daughter, Ollie receives a jigsaw puzzle from Stan as a wedding gift. The boys soon become...

Twice Two

Twice Two

1933

Producer

6.6
Producing

A year prior to the first scene, Stan married Ollie's sister, and Ollie married Stan's sister in a double wedding. They all live together and Stan and...

Fish Hooky

Fish Hooky

1933

Producer

7.8
Producing

A truant officer spots the kids in an amusement park. They try to escape him.

Towed in a Hole

Towed in a Hole

1932

Producer

7.0
Producing

Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy isn't an easy task.

Mr. Bride

Mr. Bride

1932

Producer

5.5
Producing

Charley's boss "rehearses" for his honeymoon--with Charley.

Their First Mistake

Their First Mistake

1932

Producer

6.4
Producing

Mrs Hardy is annoyed that her husband Oliver seems to spend more time with his friend Stanley than with her. After a furious argument, Mrs Hardy says ...

Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

Producer

6.7
Producing

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man name...

Scram!

Scram!

1932

Producer

7.1
Producing

Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The...

Hook and Ladder

Hook and Ladder

1932

Producer

7.2
Producing

The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.

Show Business

Show Business

1932

Producer

6.0
Producing

The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.

What Price Taxi

What Price Taxi

1932

Producer

1.0
Producing

Ill-tempered Billy proves troublesome for fellow taxi drivers Franklin and Clyde.

County Hospital

County Hospital

1932

Producer

6.8
Producing

Ollie is in the hospital with a broken leg. When Stan comes to visit him, total chaos ensues.

The Pooch

The Pooch

1932

Writer, Producer

6.5
Writing Producing

The gang tries to save Petey from the dogcatcher.

The Chimp

The Chimp

1932

Producer

6.5
Producing

Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are g...

Choo-Choo!

Choo-Choo!

1932

Writer, Producer

6.7
Writing Producing

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

In Walked Charley

In Walked Charley

1932

Producer

Producing

Charley, a travel agent, finds himself in a situation where he has to humor an apparent lunatic.

The Music Box

The Music Box

1932

Producer

7.5
Producing

The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von ...

You're Telling Me

1932

Producer

5.0
Producing

In this The Boy Friends series short, college students Mickey and Alabam stay at a city friend's place for what they tell him will be one night - thou...

Spanky

Spanky

1932

Writer

6.0
Writing

While staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune."

Red Noses

Red Noses

1932

Producer

7.0
Producing

Thelma and Zasu go to a Turkish bath to try to get rid of a cold.

Any Old Port!

Any Old Port!

1932

Producer

6.9
Producing

Stan and Ollie check into a seedy hotel and help a young girl escape the clutches of the landlord. They are forced to flee the hotel with no money and...

The Tabasco Kid

The Tabasco Kid

1932

Producer

Producing

A timid accountant for a California cattle ranch and a lookalike dashing bandit become rivals for the beautiful daughter of a wealthy rancher.

Helpmates

Helpmates

1932

Producer

7.2
Producing

Ollie's house is a mess after a wild party from the previous night. Ollie receives a telegram from his wife (who is on vacation in Chicago), which tel...

On the Loose

On the Loose

1931

Writer, Director, Producer

6.7
Writing Directing Producing

Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mu...

Hasty Marriage

Hasty Marriage

1931

Producer

6.5
Producing

It's in three distinct segments. The first and probably best involves Charley, his girlfriend, and her father foolish her mother and the suitor she pr...

Beau Hunks

Beau Hunks

1931

Producer

6.8
Producing

Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.

Dogs Is Dogs

Dogs Is Dogs

1931

Producer, Presenter

5.7
Producing

Wheezer and Dorothy are forced to live with her evil stepmother and her brat son.

One Good Turn

One Good Turn

1931

Producer

7.0
Producing

Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord t...

The Pajama Party

The Pajama Party

1931

Director

7.0
Directing

After running their car off the road, a society matron insists that the girls spend the evening at her mansion.

Come Clean

Come Clean

1931

Producer

7.1
Producing

The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and...

Pardon Us

Pardon Us

1931

Producer, Presenter

6.4
Producing

It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.

The Panic Is On

The Panic Is On

1931

Producer

2.0
Producing

Charley's in love with the daughter of a financier who wants her to insist that Chas have a pile of cash before she marries him. But, the Depression i...

Let's Do Things

Let's Do Things

1931

Director

Directing

Zasu & Thelma go out with two idiots to a nightclub.

Haunted at Midnight

Haunted at Midnight

1931

Producer

8.5
Producing

Long lost German language version of the Laurel & Hardy film "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case". When Stan's rich uncle Ebeneezer dies and leaves behind ...

Our Wife

Our Wife

1931

Producer

7.1
Producing

Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie...

Playing at Politics

Playing at Politics

1931

Producer

6.9
Producing

Ollie is running for mayor and an old flame threatens to blackmail him.

Laughing Gravy

Laughing Gravy

1931

Producer

7.2
Producing

Stan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy.

Little Daddy

Little Daddy

1931

Producer

7.0
Producing

Farina plans a going-away party for Stymie as authorities prepare to place him in an orphanage.

The Pip from Pittsburg

The Pip from Pittsburg

1931

Producer

6.5
Producing

Charley agrees to go on a blind date to help out his roommate. But because his last such date turned out badly, he goes all out trying to make himself...

Chickens Come Home

Chickens Come Home

1931

Producer, Story

6.7
Producing Writing

Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.

The Chiselers

The Chiselers

1931

Producer

6.6
Producing

Having been kicked out by their wives on a wintry night they attempt to smuggle their little dog into an apartment house where dogs are not allowed.

Be Big!

Be Big!

1931

Producer

6.7
Producing

Stan and Ollie are on their way to Atlantic City with their wives, when Ollie gets a phone call from a lodge buddy telling him that a stag party is ta...

Thundering Tenors

Thundering Tenors

1931

Producer, Presenter

Producing

Charley is invited to a high class party, where he feels ill at ease and has no idea how to act, yet he wants to impress his young lady.

Monsieur Le Fox

1931

Director

Directing

Louis le Roy a.k.a. Monsieur le Fox, a trapper, is accused of stealing from gold diggers. Alternate-language version of Men of the North (1930).

Helping Grandma

Helping Grandma

1931

Producer

6.8
Producing

The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.

Monsieur Le Fox

1930

Director

6.0
Directing

Part of a gold shipment has been stolen and the Sergeant (Robert Elliott) suspects Louis LeBey (Gilbert Roland). When Louis is attracted to newly arri...

Another Fine Mess

Another Fine Mess

1930

Producer

6.8
Producing

Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.

School's Out

School's Out

1930

Producer

6.8
Producing

The schoolchildren lost their last teacher because she got married and quit her job. When the brother of their teacher Miss Crabtree comes to visit, t...

Looser Than Loose

Looser Than Loose

1930

Producer

4.0
Producing

Charley is about to get engaged to Thelma when his boss foists some clients upon him to entertain.

Night of Goblins

Night of Goblins

1930

Producer

6.0
Producing

Spanish version of The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case and Berth Marks.

Teacher's Pet

Teacher's Pet

1930

Presenter, Producer

7.2
Producing

Jackie prepares a series of elaborate jokes for his new teacher.

Dollar Dizzy

Dollar Dizzy

1930

Producer

6.0
Producing

Charley and Thelma are millionaires, each trying to elude suitors who are trying to marry them for their money. Charlie gets word that a rich uncle h...

Men of the North

Men of the North

1930

Director

5.0
Directing

Part of a gold shipment has been stolen and the Sergeant suspects Louis LeBey. When Louis is attracted to newly arrived Nedra Ruskin, Woolie-Woolie be...

Doctor's Orders

Doctor's Orders

1930

Producer

9.0
Producing

Alabam is lovesick. He tells Mickey how he can't get close to the girl of his dreams; he's overheard by Dave, a smooth operator, who insists that Alab...

Girl Shock

Girl Shock

1930

Producer

4.0
Producing

Charley suffers a hysterical reaction whenever a woman touches him; a psychiatrist attempts to help him overcome his panicked reflex.

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

1930

Producer

6.7
Producing

The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies leaving a large estate. But they soo...

Radiomanía

Radiomanía

1930

Producer

Producing

Spanish language version of Hog Wild

Fast Work

Fast Work

1930

Producer

6.5
Producing

Charley Chase is obsessed with a woman, however his attempt to meet her father is complicated by an asylum escapee.

Hog Wild

Hog Wild

1930

Producer, Music

6.8
Producing

First, Ollie can't find his hat. Then he and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.

Bear Shooters

Bear Shooters

1930

Producer

5.2
Producing

The gang decides to go camping with a little bear hunting on the side. A pair of poachers decides to try and scare them off with a gorilla suit but th...

Shivering and Shaking

Shivering and Shaking

1930

Producer

6.8
Producing

Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argum...

Below Zero

Below Zero

1930

Producer

6.5
Producing

Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argum...

The Night Life

The Night Life

1930

Producer

7.2
Producing

Stan lies to his wife about going to a nightclub with Ollie but Mrs. Laurel overhears the plot and outsmarts them both.

When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

1930

Producer, Presenter

6.1
Producing

Jackie throws his schoolbook out the window in disgust, but then climbs outside to retrieve it. Finding himself locked out, he tries various means of ...

The Gas Station

1930

Producer

Producing

Spanish language version of The Big Kick from Hal Roach.

Brats

Brats

1930

Producer, Story

6.8
Producing Writing

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

The First Seven Years

The First Seven Years

1930

Producer, Presenter

5.2
Producing

Jackie gets in a duel over the affections of Mary Ann.

Blotto

Blotto

1930

Producer

7.2
Producing

Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.

Shivering Shakespeare

Shivering Shakespeare

1930

Producer, Presenter

5.7
Producing

The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go ...

The Rogue Song

The Rogue Song

1930

Director

5.8
Directing

In czarist Russia, a princess falls for a dashing bandit leader, but their romance proves a stormy one.

Night Owls

Night Owls

1930

Producer

7.4
Producing

Policeman Edgar Kennedy is told by his chief he better stop a string of burglaries that have been happening on his watch or else he will get the sack....

Moan & Groan, Inc.

Moan & Groan, Inc.

1929

Presenter, Producer

5.5
Producing

The gang goes digging for treasure in an old abandoned house against Kennedy the Cop's wishes.

The Hoose-Gow

The Hoose-Gow

1929

Producer

6.6
Producing

Stan and Ollie arrive as new inmates at a prison after apparently taking part in a hold-up raid, a raid they tell a prison officer they were only watc...

Stepping Out

Stepping Out

1929

Producer

5.0
Producing

Charley goes out for an evening on the town without his wife.

Bacon Grabbers

Bacon Grabbers

1929

Producer

6.3
Producing

Laurel and Hardy are debt collectors trying to repossess a console radio.

Bouncing Babies

Bouncing Babies

1929

Producer, Presenter

6.1
Producing

With Wheezer's new baby brother getting all the attention, he tries to send the baby back.

They Go Boom!

They Go Boom!

1929

Producer

6.8
Producing

Stan and Ollie try to sleep in a room-for-rent. Ollie, suffering from a cold, coughs frequently, while Stan snores. Both of them have trouble falling ...

Boxing Gloves

Boxing Gloves

1929

Producer, Story

6.0
Producing Writing

The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up. Harry and Farina notice a rivalry be...

Crazy Feet

Crazy Feet

1929

Producer

5.5
Producing

Charley intervenes in a fight between Eddie and Thelma inside her small car. Cop Kennedy misinterprets things, and Charley hides in the theatre Thelma...

Lazy Days

Lazy Days

1929

Producer

4.8
Producing

While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his quest to do nothing at all.

Hotter Than Hot

Hotter Than Hot

1929

Producer

Producing

Harry is trapped with a blonde in a burning building.

Perfect Day

Perfect Day

1929

Writer, Producer

6.9
Writing Producing

Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires...

Snappy Sneezer

Snappy Sneezer

1929

Producer

6.5
Producing

Charley falls in love with Mary, but his attack of hay fever alienates her father.

Dad's Day

1929

Director

Directing

A middle-aged dad gets no respect from his ungrateful family at home, so he goes to the beach for the day. The family decides to go too, bringing the ...

Men O' War

Men O' War

1929

Producer, Presenter

6.8
Producing

Sailors Stan and Ollie offer to buy sodas for two women they meet in a park, even though they are short on cash. Luckily Stan wins the jackpot on a sl...

Leaping Love

Leaping Love

1929

Producer

Producing

Charley falls for both a mother and her daughter.

Railroadin'

Railroadin'

1929

Producer

5.7
Producing

The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures against the kids playing in such a dangerous area....

Berth Marks

Berth Marks

1929

Producer

6.7
Producing

Stan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville.

The Big Squawk

The Big Squawk

1929

Producer

Producing

Shy Charley tries to win his girl.

Thundering Toupees

1929

Producer

Producing
Small Talk

Small Talk

1929

Producer

5.8
Producing

The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". Wheezer, the youngest child, gets adopted by a wea...

Movie Night

Movie Night

1929

Producer

6.0
Producing

A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...

Hurdy Gurdy

Hurdy Gurdy

1929

Director

Directing

A heat wave sends the residents of a New York City tenement to their fire escapes for whatever breeze is stirring. The tenants are a cross section of...

Unaccustomed as We Are

Unaccustomed as We Are

1929

Director, Producer

6.9
Directing Producing

Laurel and Hardy try to entertain a female neighbor, unbeknown to Hardy’s wife.

Big Business

Big Business

1929

Producer

6.7
Producing

Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would-be customer Jame...

Wrong Again

Wrong Again

1929

Producer

6.6
Producing

Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of...

Liberty

Liberty

1929

Producer

6.8
Producing

While changing clothes in a getaway car, escaped convicts Stan and Ollie mistakenly put on each other's pants. They spend the rest of the film trying ...

Going Ga-Ga

1929

Producer

6.8
Producing

Anita and Marion realize that an abandoned baby they sneaked into an orphanage was kidnapped from a millionaire. For the reward, they proceed to break...

We Faw Down

We Faw Down

1928

Producer

5.9
Producing

Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfrie...

Habeas Corpus

Habeas Corpus

1928

Producer

6.6
Producing

Loony scientist hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.

The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend

1928

Producer

5.3
Producing

The pretty daughter of a bank clerk meets a handsome college student who attempts to romance her. Due to the comical nature of the two kids meeting, t...

Two Tars

Two Tars

1928

Producer

6.6
Producing

Two sailors on shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered moto...

Early to Bed

Early to Bed

1928

Producer

6.1
Producing

Oliver inherits a fortune and hires Stan as his butler and proceeds to torment him. Stan finally rebels and goes on a rampage, destroying Oliver's fan...

School Begins

School Begins

1928

Producer

Producing

One of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM “Our Gang” silent films, School Begins was a series of gags built around the unenviable ritual...

Should Married Men Go Home?

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928

Producer

6.4
Producing

Mrs. Hardy throws Ollie and Stan out of the house. They try to impress two young ladies at a golf course and end up fighting with other golfers.

Should Women Drive?

1928

Producer

Producing

The momentous question of the day- "Should Women Drive" is hilariously answered by Max Davidson in this Hal Roach comedy.

Fair and Muddy

Fair and Muddy

1928

Producer

Producing

Living in an orphanage, the gang has to deal with Amanda, a child-hating spinster. To receive a bequest from a rich uncle, she must acquire a child. T...

You're Darn Tootin'

You're Darn Tootin'

1928

Producer

5.8
Producing

Members of a municipal band, Stanley and Oliver seem to be always following someone else's lead, rather than that of the temperamental conductor.

Limousine Love

Limousine Love

1928

Producer

5.7
Producing

On the way to his wedding the bride groom finds a nude, married woman in his car

From Soup to Nuts

From Soup to Nuts

1928

Producer

6.6
Producing

Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.

Came the Dawn

Came the Dawn

1928

Cinematography, Producer

6.5
Producing

Papa, Mama, Daughter and Son Gimplewort move into their new house. Two movers are talking to each other about the murder of a saxophone player that to...

The Smile Wins

The Smile Wins

1928

Story

5.8
Writing

Farina's mother is very ill and the mortgage is due. He tries to take over her laundry business, but the kids just wreck the clothes. Joe takes pity a...

The Finishing Touch

The Finishing Touch

1928

Producer

6.9
Producing

Stan and Ollie are hired to build a house in just one day. When they are done, a bird lands on the house and it collapses. Naturally, the owner wants ...

Flying Elephants

Flying Elephants

1928

Director, Producer, Story

5.7
Directing Producing Writing

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

Leave 'Em Laughing

Leave 'Em Laughing

1928

Story, Producer

6.0
Writing Producing

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 le...

Should Tall Men Marry?

Should Tall Men Marry?

1928

Producer

5.9
Producing

This western comedy is about rancher Finlayson's beautiful daughter, Martha Sleeper, who refuses to marry the bad guy and how Jimmy and dimwitted cowh...

Spook Spoofing

Spook Spoofing

1928

Producer

7.2
Producing

As a joke, several members of the gang convince Farina, who is "brave but superstitious", that he's caused the demise of a young acquaintance and must...

Pass the Gravy

Pass the Gravy

1928

Producer, Writer

6.4
Producing Writing

Schultz raises prize chickens and roosters that are always getting into neighbor Max Davidson's garden and eating the seeds, leading to constant feudi...

The Battle of the Century

The Battle of the Century

1927

Writer, Producer

6.8
Writing Producing

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.

Flaming Fathers

Flaming Fathers

1927

Producer, Writer

5.2
Producing Writing

Papa Gimplewart chaperones his daughter and her "steady" during a beach adventure.

Fighting Fathers

1927

Writer, Producer

Writing Producing

One of many LOST MGM silent films.

Putting Pants on Philip

Putting Pants on Philip

1927

Producer

6.3
Producing

Pompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder greets his nephew from Scotland who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants...

Do Detectives Think?

Do Detectives Think?

1927

Writer, Producer

6.2
Writing Producing

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

Chicken Feed

Chicken Feed

1927

Story

5.5
Writing

Chicken Feed is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 66th Our Gang short subject released. The kids go t...

The Way of All Pants

The Way of All Pants

1927

Producer

6.2
Producing

A man delivering a pair of trousers loses his own pants, setting off a chaotic sequence of events.

Should Second Husbands Come First?

Should Second Husbands Come First?

1927

Producer, Writer

8.5
Producing Writing

A woman's two sons pretend to be insane in order to de-rail their mother's plans to remarry.

Call of the Cuckoo

Call of the Cuckoo

1927

Producer

5.7
Producing

Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.

The Second 100 Years

The Second 100 Years

1927

Producer

6.3
Producing

Laurel and Hardy are convicts making an escape from prison.

Now I'll Tell One

Now I'll Tell One

1927

Producer

5.8
Producing

This film was presumed lost for a long time, until the second reel of this movie showed up again in the '90s. So half of the movie can be seen. It's a...

Sailors, Beware!

Sailors, Beware!

1927

Director, Writer, Producer

6.8
Directing Writing Producing

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

Olympic Games

Olympic Games

1927

Story

5.5
Writing

While the world watches the Olympic Games in Stockholm, the Rascals gather at the flats for their own games. Whether it's the shot put, the hurdles, t...

Us

Us

1927

Producer

0.5
Producing

Short comedy about airplanes.

Why Girls Love Sailors

Why Girls Love Sailors

1927

Writer, Producer

5.7
Writing Producing

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. St...

Don't Tell Everything

Don't Tell Everything

1927

Producer

10.0
Producing

Max and his son Asher are invited to a party, where Max meets a rich widow, but Asher keeps annoying all of the guests, so Max refuses to speak to him...

Baby Brother

Baby Brother

1927

Story

6.2
Writing

Joe Cobb is a wealthy child who longs for a baby brother. His nursemaid takes him to the other side where he meets some kids his age (the rest of Our ...

The Glorious Fourth

The Glorious Fourth

1927

Story, Producer

5.7
Writing Producing

It's the Fourth of July and the mother of Our Gang member Joe Cobb is doing a brisk business at her fireworks stand. Briefly left in charge of the sta...

Love 'Em and Weep

Love 'Em and Weep

1927

Writer, Producer

5.8
Writing Producing

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.

Eve's Love Letters

Eve's Love Letters

1927

Producer

6.3
Producing

Agnes Ayres was apparently a star of feature film who is top billed in this one-off Hal Roach short. She does well as the woman at the centre of the s...

Ten Years Old

Ten Years Old

1927

Writer, Producer

5.2
Writing Producing

Ten Years Old is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 58th Our Gang short subject released. It was remad...

Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1927

Producer

6.3
Producing

Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation ...

Why Girls Say No

Why Girls Say No

1927

Producer

6.3
Producing

A short comedy by Leo McCarey about a Jewish father who is worried about his daughter.

Seeing the World

Seeing the World

1927

Story, Producer

6.1
Writing Producing

In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe after winning a local contest. He takes them on a t...

Should Men Walk Home?

Should Men Walk Home?

1927

Producer

7.1
Producing

Mabel plays an out-and-out crook, a "Girl Bandit," no less. And she quickly hooks up with a male partner in crime, in this case a Gentleman Crook play...

Two-Time Mama

Two-Time Mama

1927

Producer

6.0
Producing

The story involves various misunderstandings and entanglements that occur between two married couples, the Browns (Glenn Tryon & Vivien Oakland) a...

Bring Home the Turkey

Bring Home the Turkey

1927

Story

5.0
Writing

Habitually mistreated at the deceptively named Happyland Home Orphanage, the Our Gang kids find a loyal and kindhearted friend in the form of a black ...

There Ain't No Santa Claus

There Ain't No Santa Claus

1926

Producer

6.0
Producing

Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family.

The Nickel-Hopper

The Nickel-Hopper

1926

Writer

7.0
Writing

Dance hall Romeos and an irresponsible father create comic complications in the life of a nickel-per-whirl taxi dancer.

War Feathers

War Feathers

1926

Story

5.8
Writing

While on a cross-country train trip, the Our Gang kids drive the rest of the passengers crazy with a never-ending game of cowboys and Indians. During ...

Be Your Age

Be Your Age

1926

Producer

5.1
Producing

Charley needs $10,000 right away. Mrs. Schwartzkopple has inherited $2 million from her late husband and wants to marry a younger man. Mr. Blaylock, h...

Raggedy Rose

Raggedy Rose

1926

Producer

5.5
Producing

Rose, who works for a penny-pinching junk dealer, dreams of romance with wealthy bachelor Ted Tudor.

Get 'Em Young

Get 'Em Young

1926

Producer

5.0
Producing

A butler is persuaded to pretend to be a man's wife so that he can inherit a million dollars.

Tell 'Em Nothing

Tell 'Em Nothing

1926

Producer

4.2
Producing

Charlie is the great divorce attorney, in demand by all women wishing to shed their husbands. While explaining to one woman how to obtain a divorce by...

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

1926

Producer

4.0
Producing

The crotchety dean of Pinkham University blames the "bad behavior of the school's female students on a dress shop owned by Helene, and informs her he'...

Bromo and Juliet

Bromo and Juliet

1926

Producer, Presenter

5.6
Producing

A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesk...

Rex the Devil Horse

Rex the Devil Horse

1926

Producer, Writer

6.0
Producing Writing

A boy's family is wiped out in an Indian massacre of a wagon train and he is captured. He befriends a wild colt. Years later, following his escape, he...

Crazy Like a Fox

Crazy Like a Fox

1926

Producer, Presenter

6.2
Producing

Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall...

The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend

1926

Producer

Producing

A young man uses tips from an absurd book to woo a woman he fancies.

The Fourth Alarm

The Fourth Alarm

1926

Writer, Producer

5.8
Writing Producing

The rascals once again, now as a plumbers.

Shivering Spooks

Shivering Spooks

1926

Story

5.8
Writing

The kids are playing baseball when a man dressed in Middle-Eastern clothing comes out and tells them to be quiet. They join Mary, Farina, and Scooter ...

Along Came Auntie

Along Came Auntie

1926

Producer

6.1
Producing

A divorced couple try to pretend they are still happily married in order to get $100,000 from the woman's divorce-disapproving aunt.

Thundering Fleas

Thundering Fleas

1926

Producer, Story

5.5
Producing Writing

The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.

Long Fliv the King

Long Fliv the King

1926

Producer

5.6
Producing

This offbeat comedy from future Hollywood screwball director McCarey is about a princess who must find a husband in 24 hours or forfeit her throne. Sh...

Say It with Babies

Say It with Babies

1926

Producer

5.0
Producing

Casper is the baby-expert at a large department store and his life is less than peaceful as he provides much amusement for the babies at his own expen...

Baby Clothes

Baby Clothes

1926

Writer

5.5
Writing

Mr. and Mrs. Weedle are desperate to find two babies, for their rich uncle has sent them money for years thinking they have children. Now that he’s co...

Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1926

Story

5.8
Writing

An abused chimpanzee escapes from a zoo. On the run, he meets Farina, running away from home and his battling parents. The two become friends and insp...

Madame Mystery

Madame Mystery

1926

Writer

5.6
Writing

A female secret agent has gotten ahold of a new type of explosive gas. She has to avoid the efforts of two men who are trying to steal it. They succee...

Mama Behave

Mama Behave

1926

Producer

6.0
Producing

A man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to impersonate his twin in an attempt to determine his wif...

Wandering Papas

Wandering Papas

1926

Executive Producer

5.1
Producing

A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the ...

Soft Pedal

1926

Producer, Writer

Producing Writing

An opportunistic umbrella salesman attempts to save a musician and his daughter from blackmail.

Long Pants

1926

Writer, Producer

Writing Producing

Glenn's first attempt at wearing long trousers and being a man about town goes swimmingly as he quickly falls for a vivacious young widow who accident...

Charley My Boy!

Charley My Boy!

1926

Producer

5.3
Producing

A daughter's rich father wants to marry her off to a rich but older man. The daughter has other ideas however and sets out to find a nice young man sh...

Don't Butt In

1926

Writer

Writing

James Parrott doing all kinds of handy work.

What's the World Coming To?

What's the World Coming To?

1926

Producer

4.5
Producing

Short comedy which posits that in a hundred years men's styles will revert to Regency garb, and that there will be a complete gender role reversal, wi...

Good Cheer

Good Cheer

1926

Story

6.1
Writing

On Christmas Eve, the Gang copes with hardships, helps capture a gang of thieves, and learns that Santa Claus really exists for those who wish fervent...

A Punch in the Nose

A Punch in the Nose

1926

Writer, Producer

Writing Producing

A troupe of actors stranded in a small town take job as recreation directors in a sanitarium and hilarity ensues.

Flaming Flappers

Flaming Flappers

1925

Producer

Producing

Glen and his friends are attending a co-ed school and are managing to have a very enjoyable time of it - in fact so much so - that Glen becomes engage...

His Wooden Wedding

His Wooden Wedding

1925

Producer

6.4
Producing

A few moments before Charley is going to marry, a friend, gives him an anonymous note, stating that the bride has a wooden leg.

One Wild Ride

One Wild Ride

1925

Story

5.8
Writing

The gang has a taxi, consisting of an old Model T with no engine, pushed by a horse. When the owner takes his horse back, they must rely on motorists ...

Are Parents Pickles?

Are Parents Pickles?

1925

Producer

Producing

James Parrott joins every lodge in town to get in good with people as he tries to sell his fire extinguishers.

Should Sailors Marry?

Should Sailors Marry?

1925

Producer

5.4
Producing
Better Movies

Better Movies

1925

Writer

5.8
Writing

The gang decided to go into the movie-making business, using all kinds of sets and props. There were problems as those not involved are trying to ruin...

The Caretaker's Daughter

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925

Producer

3.5
Producing

The two-reel silent film comedy The Caretaker's Daughter was distributed by Pathe in 1925. Produced by the prolific Hal Roach, the film stars the grea...

Your Own Back Yard

Your Own Back Yard

1925

Story

5.8
Writing

Your Own Back Yard is a 1925 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 43rd Our Gang short subject released. Farina...

Black Cyclone

Black Cyclone

1925

Story

5.7
Writing

A cowboy and a wild horse find they have some things in common: both have enemies out to get them and both must save their mates from danger.

No Father to Guide Him

No Father to Guide Him

1925

Producer

6.5
Producing

Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to t...

Mary, Queen of Tots

Mary, Queen of Tots

1925

Story

5.8
Writing

A couple makes dolls modeled on neighborhood kids. A gardener at a mansion buys four of them for Mary, the girl of the house. He's her only friend: he...

Madame Sans Jane

Madame Sans Jane

1925

Story

2.0
Writing

A young couple want to marry, but the girl's father doesn't like her beau. To separate them, the father arranges to send the girl on a sea voyage alon...

Innocent Husbands

Innocent Husbands

1925

Producer

6.2
Producing

Despite his faithfulness, Melvin is always under suspicion by wife Mame. Complications erupt when a woman from a party across the hall passes out in M...

Boys Will Be Joys

Boys Will Be Joys

1925

Story

5.8
Writing

Adults have the Pike and Coney Island amusement parks, so the rascals put up their own rides in a large vacant lot. Mickey's got big plans for expansi...

Yes, Yes, Nanette

Yes, Yes, Nanette

1925

Producer

5.3
Producing

Nanette sends a letter to her family telling of her new husband, Hillory. When Hillory arrives to meet the family, he gets insulted by each member, in...

Sherlock Sleuth

1925

Producer

Producing

House detective of the Hotel Omigosh, Cyril Fromage and his hotel switchboard operator sweetheart attempt to thwart a dastardly thief, "The Weasel," w...

Chasing the Chaser

Chasing the Chaser

1925

Producer

6.0
Producing

A very good as a faithful husband, whose wife is looking for proof that more than his eyes have been roving. She hires a private detective to provide ...

Official Officers

Official Officers

1925

Writer

5.8
Writing

The kids in the tenements have no place to play except in streets where traffic is a hazard. Mickey gets the idea of building barricades to give our g...

What Price Goofy?

What Price Goofy?

1925

Story

6.5
Writing

Jamison has a very jealous wife. Mrs. Jamison has a very gossipy friend. When the friend spots Jamison on the street talking to an attractive young wo...

Sure-Mike!

Sure-Mike!

1925

Story

Writing

Vermuda, a saleswoman in a department store, is very late for work. She relies on a ruse to fool the floorwalker, and when that doesn't work, she reli...

Looking for Sally

Looking for Sally

1925

Writer

6.2
Writing

Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he hasn't seen for years, are expecting him at the d...

Shootin' Injuns

Shootin' Injuns

1925

Story

6.0
Writing

Many of the "Our Gang" kids are in their secret clubhouse - so secret that some wannabe members have troubles trying to find the tunnel entrance - pla...

Big Red Riding Hood

Big Red Riding Hood

1925

Writer

5.0
Writing

Jimmy Jump is asked by the Swedish Government to translate for educational purposes "Little Red Riding Hood", but he can't afford to buy the book, so ...

The Love Bug

The Love Bug

1925

Story

5.8
Writing

Farina, Joe and Mickey are all struck by the love bug. After several problems, they go to the beauty salon, where Pineapple works and proceed to make ...

Bad Boy

Bad Boy

1925

Producer

6.7
Producing

In this two-reeler, Jimmy Jump wants to please both of his parents, but they disagree about everything. His father wants him to act more manly, althou...

Is Marriage the Bunk?

Is Marriage the Bunk?

1925

Producer

5.0
Producing

Charley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he rushes out to buy a car--but no matter, they still think he...

Should Husbands Be Watched?

Should Husbands Be Watched?

1925

Producer

6.0
Producing

Mr. Jump has come into some money and informs his wife that they can now hire a maid and won't have to do anymore housework. Circumstances cause Mrs. ...

Dog Days

Dog Days

1925

Writer, Producer

5.6
Writing Producing

The boys are showing off their dogs to each other when little rich girl Mary Kornman rides by in her pony-drawn cart. When the pony shies and runs awa...

Plain and Fancy Girls

Plain and Fancy Girls

1925

Producer

Producing

Jimmy Jump has a "plain" girlfriend, and becomes intrigued by a "fancy" girl he spots in a park. Eventually he realizes he is better off with his no-f...

Circus Fever

Circus Fever

1925

Writer

5.8
Writing

The circus is in town and for one day only. By pretending to be sick some of the gang members were able to play hooky from school so as to attend the ...

The Big Town

The Big Town

1925

Story

5.8
Writing

The gang play inside a railroad box car which suddenly closes, trapping them inside. The next morning they find themselves in New York City. After see...

The Wages of Tin

The Wages of Tin

1925

Producer

Producing

aka Billy, the Ford Buster

The Rat's Knuckles

The Rat's Knuckles

1925

Producer

6.8
Producing

Charley Chase is a hapless inventor with a better mouse trap in this silent comedy from 1925.

Papa Be Good!

Papa Be Good!

1925

Producer

Producing

The innocent flirtations of the two couples living in a city tenement eventually lead to a zany showdown in the court room.

There Goes the Bride

There Goes the Bride

1925

Story, Producer

Writing Producing

What bridegroom could be romantic with a swollen jaw and a yelling tooth? His young bride thinks that's no excuse!

Laughing Ladies

Laughing Ladies

1925

Producer

Producing

Lucien Littlefield is a dentist who believes in giving generous doses of laughing gas to the patients. On this occasion when a girl arrives at his off...

Just a Good Guy

Just a Good Guy

1924

Writer, Producer

Writing Producing

A pawn shop employee must substitute for a robot in this short silent comedy.

The Mysterious Mystery!

The Mysterious Mystery!

1924

Story

5.8
Writing

Mickey Daniels doing an impersonation of Sherlock Holmes and Joe Cobb being Watson as the two try to discover the whereabouts of a young rich kids who...

The Goofy Age

1924

Producer

Producing

The hero's loved one is threatened with marriage with a rival, due to the machinations of her mother. The simplest solution of the situation is to mar...

Just a Real Good Car

Just a Real Good Car

1924

Writer, Director

3.5
Writing Directing

Charley/Jimmy is a car salesman who takes an unruly family of prospective buyers for a picnic in the woods.

Fast Company

Fast Company

1924

Story

5.8
Writing

Fast Company is the sixteenth short in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series created by Hal Roach. Many of the boys here want to go swimming but Mickey...

The Battling Orioles

The Battling Orioles

1924

Writer

2.0
Writing

A young barber's girlfriend falls into the clutches of a shady nightclub owner and his cohorts, who plan to get her involved in their nefarious scheme...

Sittin' Pretty

Sittin' Pretty

1924

Producer

5.0
Producing

When Charlie borrows the policeman's uniform of his girl's father and captures a lunatic, his prospective father-in-law dons the uniform just in time ...

The Sun Down Limited

The Sun Down Limited

1924

Story

5.8
Writing

The gang creates their own railroad after being chased from a local railyard, and competes with Toughie.

Outdoor Pajamas

Outdoor Pajamas

1924

Producer

5.0
Producing

This funny Hal Roach comedy has Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) waking up late for his wedding so in the mad rush he ends up leaving his house only dressed...

A Truthful Liar

1924

Producer

Producing

Ambassador Alfalfa Doolittle returns to his small town, fielding questions about Washington politics and his adventures. He regales them with stories ...

Seeing Nellie Home

Seeing Nellie Home

1924

Producer

5.0
Producing

The situation is typically embarrassing and unlikely-but-possible for Charley, but it is at the same time such a simple idea -- Charley shows off by t...

A Ten-Minute Egg

A Ten-Minute Egg

1924

Producer

5.0
Producing

The main premise for the comedy is the Jimmy discovers he can convince people he is a tough figure to be reckoned with merely by giving them a busines...

Wide Open Spaces

Wide Open Spaces

1924

Producer

5.0
Producing

Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.

Stolen Goods

Stolen Goods

1924

Producer

5.0
Producing

A man starts working in a department store and has to deal with a female kleptomaniac.

Jubilo, Jr.

Jubilo, Jr.

1924

Story, Producer

5.8
Writing Producing

A young boy, determined to make money enough to buy his mother a birthday present, finds a variety of odd jobs and finally starts up a makeshift circu...

Don't Park There

1924

Producer

5.0
Producing

Don't Park There was one of a series of two-reel comedies Will Rogers made for producer Hal Roach during the 1923-4 season. The story amounts to littl...

Rupert of Hee-Haw

Rupert of Hee-Haw

1924

Producer

5.2
Producing
Cradle Robbers

Cradle Robbers

1924

Story

5.8
Writing

The boys cannot go fishing because they have to take care of their baby brothers and sisters. After trying unsuccessfully to sell their babies to some...

Position Wanted

1924

Producer

Producing

Charley looks for a job position but is not anxious to find one. He ends up getting into all sorts of trouble at a masquerade ball.

Commencement Day

Commencement Day

1924

Story

5.8
Writing

Centering around the closing days of the school year, this is a view into the life of a one-room schoolhouse. This type of learning institution has lo...

Brothers Under the Chin

Brothers Under the Chin

1924

Producer

5.5
Producing

Twin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted and then the scene shifts to "twenty years later." T...

The King of the Wild Horses

The King of the Wild Horses

1924

Story

5.8
Writing

A stallion known as "The Black" is the leader of a band of wild horses. A cowboy is determined to capture and break him.

Seein' Things

Seein' Things

1924

Story

5.8
Writing

At the start we learn that Farina is suffering nightmares each time he eats meat. His mom tells him to stay away from the stuff but he loves it so muc...

The 'Fraidy Cat

The 'Fraidy Cat

1924

Producer

6.8
Producing

Jimmy Jump is a coward. Everyone and everything makes him afraid. He cowers from the neighborhood children, even though he's old enough to be their fa...

Love's Reward

1924

Producer

Producing

The irate proprietor of a hotel discharges his hotel clerk after the "Hawkshaw" of the inn tells him the young upstart is flirting with his daughter. ...

Zeb vs. Paprika

Zeb vs. Paprika

1924

Producer

5.5
Producing

Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.

Love's Detour

1924

Story

Writing

Love's Detour is a 1924 comedy short

The Buccaneers

The Buccaneers

1924

Writer

6.2
Writing

This Our Gang short has the group playing pirates and building a ship to sail in. Once the ship hits water it sinks but they end up on another boat wh...

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

1924

Assistant Director

Directing

A young Indiana schoolteacher finds himself embroiled in local conflicts when he falls in love with an indentured servant and must discover the identi...

Big Business

Big Business

1924

Producer, Writer

5.8
Producing Writing

In this short the kids are managing their own barber shop, with harrowing results. No one gets hurt, but most of the customers wind up bald or close t...

Smithy

Smithy

1924

Director, Producer

5.2
Directing Producing

After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employment. He finds a job on a construction site, where h...

Tire Trouble

Tire Trouble

1924

Story, Producer

5.8
Writing Producing

This Hal Roach comedy short, Tire Trouble, is the twenty-second entry in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series. In this one, Mickey drives his own make...

At First Sight

At First Sight

1924

Producer

5.0
Producing

A man falls in love with a woman he thinks is a rich lady when in fact she is her maid.

Two Wagons Both Covered

Two Wagons Both Covered

1924

Producer

Producing

Satire on the epic Western 'The Covered Wagon (1923)'.

Mother's Joy

Mother's Joy

1923

Producer

5.2
Producing

Mother's Joy is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

Sunday Calm

Sunday Calm

1923

Story

5.8
Writing

The kids gets taken on a Sunday picnic in this early three-reeler and after the first ten minutes, manage to elude the adults in this typically charmi...

Scorching Sands

Scorching Sands

1923

Director, Producer

5.4
Directing Producing

The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.

Uncensored Movies

Uncensored Movies

1923

Executive Producer, Screenplay

7.5
Producing Writing

A morals reformer returns from Hollywood to his small town, and shows his fellow citizens the results of his investigation.

The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors

1923

Producer

Producing

The Spats go on a camping trip that begins with the destruction of their cabin and ends with them being pursued by bandits, a railroad bull, and the p...

Go West

Go West

1923

Producer

5.4
Producing

Western Movies with monkeys in the roles. The son of mom and dad Monkey gets home too late after a wet night. The father, tired of this behavior has e...

The Soilers

The Soilers

1923

Producer

5.5
Producing

During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the motherlode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.

Save The Ship

Save The Ship

1923

Producer

6.5
Producing

'Save the Ship' is a plotless silent short film which has the 33 year old Stan Laurel acting in a run of the mill production to pay his bills and as a...

Derby Day

Derby Day

1923

Story

5.6
Writing

After the gang goes to the horse races, they decide to have a derby of their own.

Dear Ol' Pal

1923

Producer

Producing

Two lifelong friends vie for the affection of the same woman.

The Whole Truth

The Whole Truth

1923

Producer

5.5
Producing

A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness b...

Stage Fright

Stage Fright

1923

Story

5.8
Writing

Author Fawn Ochletree stages a charity performance of her latest play, a Romanesque epic. The gang and other neighborhood kids are forced into starrin...

It's a Gift

It's a Gift

1923

Producer

6.0
Producing

A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has devi...

The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

1923

Producer

Producing

A dog is stolen from his home in England and shipped to Canada to become a sled dog. Based on the novel by Jack London.

A Man About Town

A Man About Town

1923

Producer

5.5
Producing

A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.

Why Worry?

Why Worry?

1923

Producer

6.5
Producing

A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.

Short Orders

Short Orders

1923

Writer, Producer

4.9
Writing Producing

Stan plays a waiter at a crappy restaurant and frankly such fare was better done by Chaplin and others. However, in two cute scenes, the film shines. ...

July Days

July Days

1923

Producer

6.1
Producing

The gang is trying just about anything to pass the time during their summer vacation. As usual, Mickey and Jack are trying to win the affections of Ma...

Be Honest

1923

Writer

Writing

One monkey is stealing eggs from the farmyard. Another monkey, with his dog friend, tries to stop the crook.

Oranges and Lemons

Oranges and Lemons

1923

Producer

5.2
Producing

After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with h...

Post No Bills

Post No Bills

1923

Producer

5.0
Producing

Paul Parrott plays an obsessive-compulsive bill poster in this thoroughly average Hal Roach comedy from 1923. Hired to help publicize a new Gloria Sno...

Lodge Night

Lodge Night

1923

Story

5.8
Writing

This one has to be seen to be believed. Apparently the gang has witnessed a Ku Klux Klan meeting. They decide to form their own lodge. They call thems...

Gas and Air

1923

Producer

5.5
Producing

Stan is Phillip McCann, a gas station attendant who arrives at his job by chauffeur and donning a fur coat over his work clothes. After being dropped...

Dogs of War!

Dogs of War!

1923

Story, Writer

5.5
Writing

The gang wages war using old vegetables as munitions. Later, they ruin a movie in progress when they double-expose the film.

Collars and Cuffs

Collars and Cuffs

1923

Producer

5.6
Producing

Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

Courtship of Miles Sandwich

1923

Producer

Producing

The story of the first Thanksgiving is re-imagined as a father tells it to his son.

Pick and Shovel

Pick and Shovel

1923

Producer

6.0
Producing

Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

The Watch Dog

1923

Producer

Producing

Entry in Hal Roach's "Dippy Doo Dads' series of comedy shorts. All roles are played by animals. Partially lost.

Back Stage

Back Stage

1923

Story

6.5
Writing

The gang operates a donkey-propelled tour bus. Later, a cut-rate vaudeville producer hires them to help out with his show, which they wreck.

Sold at Auction

Sold at Auction

1923

Producer

4.5
Producing

This Hal Roach comedy short I found on the "American Slapstick" DVD collection of rare silent comedies starts bizarre and has an anything goes-quality...

White Wings

White Wings

1923

Producer

6.7
Producing

Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.

Boys to Board

Boys to Board

1923

Story

5.0
Writing

A kindly old schoolteacher helps the gang escape from a cruel boarding school, but they wind up in a bootlegger's booby-trapped house.

Safety Last!

Safety Last!

1923

Producer, Writer

7.7
Producing Writing

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

A Pleasant Journey

A Pleasant Journey

1923

Story

5.9
Writing

Ernie and Farina anger the police force with their shoeshine scheme. Later, the gang switches places with some runaways about to board a train.

The Big Show

The Big Show

1923

Writer

5.8
Writing

The gang creates its own makeshift county fair, highlighted by a "movie," which is really a clever stage performance.

The Cobbler

The Cobbler

1923

Story

6.0
Writing

A cobbler receives his back pension and invites the gang to celebrate with a picnic, but his car stalls along the way.

A Tough Winter

A Tough Winter

1923

Executive Producer

Producing

An ice-cold Snub adopts a gamin and her brother; A mean landlord seeking rent complicates matters and the trio take a train to Florida. But by mistake...

The Champeen

The Champeen

1923

Story

6.3
Writing

Mickey and Jackie feud over Mary, so Sammy schedules a championship bout between the two rivals.

A Quiet Street

A Quiet Street

1922

Story

6.2
Writing

The gang mistakenly believes a police patrol is after them for beating up a cop's boy; they wind up encountering the police's real quarry: Red Mike.

Saturday Morning

Saturday Morning

1922

Story

6.2
Writing

The Rascals, feeling unloved at home, decide to become pirates. Meanwhile, a mother, an aunt and a valet join the cops in searching for the runaways.

Dr. Jack

Dr. Jack

1922

Story, Producer

6.8
Writing Producing

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 yea...

Young Sherlocks

Young Sherlocks

1922

Story

7.1
Writing

The Mystic J.J.J.'s challenge Ernie's bravery; he spins a tale of saving a rich young girl from kidnappers and of creating a utopia called Freetown.

Shine 'Em Up

Shine 'Em Up

1922

Producer

5.0
Producing

Paul's career as a shoeshine man is interrupted when he is mistaken for an escaped convict, but after the Station Master gives him a job at the train ...

Our Gang

Our Gang

1922

Producer, Story

6.3
Producing Writing

An unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established store; the gang steps in to help.

Shiver and Shake

1922

Producer

Producing

A landlord is attending his new tenants' rollicking and well-attended housewarming party. As midnight arrives, a ghostly apparition appears outside th...

Fire Fighters

Fire Fighters

1922

Producer

5.7
Producing

The gang forms a fire department; they end up thwarting a bootlegger, but not before their pet animals get drunk on his moonshine.

Bone Dry

1922

Producer

Producing

Paul plays at being a detective until dad, who is a revenue officer, sends him out to prove his worth by rounding up some desperate moonshiners.

One Terrible Day

One Terrible Day

1922

Producer

4.5
Producing

Mrs. Pennington Van Renssalaer, a publicity-minded society matron, sponsors a children's outing, much to her and her chauffeur's eventual regret.

Grandma's Boy

Grandma's Boy

1922

Story, Producer

6.4
Writing Producing

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

Touch all the Bases

1922

Producer

Producing

After many difficulties getting into a baseball game with his girl, Paul is pressed into service as a pinch hitter.

The Timber Queen

The Timber Queen

1922

Producer

Producing

The Timber Queen follows Ruth Rowland as the inheritor of a wealthy timber business who tries to stay independent of a cruel man who wants to marry h...

The Non-Skid Kid

1922

Producer

5.0
Producing
Do Me a Favor

Do Me a Favor

1922

Producer

5.0
Producing

Marie's inebriated husband refuses to go to bed, so she asks Snub, a homeless man she finds sleeping in the park, to assist.

Years to Come

1922

Producer

3.5
Producing

Like many a Snub Pollard comedy, "Years to Come" is a complete flight of fancy. In this one, it is the year 2000, and the roles of women and men have ...

Barnyard Flappers

Barnyard Flappers

1922

Producer

Producing

A comedy short subject featuring trained, costumed ducks.

A Sailor-Made Man

A Sailor-Made Man

1921

Story, Writer, Producer

6.3
Writing Producing

An idle, wealthy playboy foolishly joins the Navy when the father of the girl he wants to marry tells him to get a job to prove himself worthy.

Trolley Troubles

Trolley Troubles

1921

Producer, Story

Producing Writing

A guy has troubles on a trolley

Never Weaken

Never Weaken

1921

Story, Producer

6.7
Writing Producing

Our hero is infatuated with a girl in the next office. In order to drum up business for her boss, an osteopath, he gets an actor friend to pretend inj...

Dodge Your Debts

Dodge Your Debts

1921

Producer

7.5
Producing

A top-hatted bill collector is given the unenviable assignment of collecting the debts of a bad-tempered innkeeper.

I Do

I Do

1921

Director, Writer

5.8
Directing Writing

Comic adventures of newlyweds and children.

Name the Day

1921

Story

Writing

Snub Pollard and Marie Mosquini are to be married, with Ernie Morrison as their best man. It's the usual gag-filled Pollard one-reeler, with William G...

Among Those Present

Among Those Present

1921

Producer, Writer

5.8
Producing Writing

An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.

Catching a Coon

1921

Writer

Writing

Catching a Coon

Now or Never

Now or Never

1921

Director, Producer

6.1
Directing Producing

A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.

Whirl o' the West

Whirl o' the West

1921

Producer

Producing

A tenderfoot arrives in a western town and the inhabitants give him a rough time.

Number, Please?

Number, Please?

1920

as Sailor (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets loose in...

Number, Please?

Number, Please?

1920

Director, Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets loose in...

Alias Aladdin

1920

Director, Writer, Producer

Directing Writing Producing
Get Out and Get Under

Get Out and Get Under

1920

Director, Producer

6.3
Directing Producing

The comic adventures of a new car owner.

Nomads of the North

Nomads of the North

1920

Producer

5.5
Producing

A Canadian Mountie allows an innocent fugitive to escape with the women he loves.

Run 'Em Ragged

Run 'Em Ragged

1920

Producer

5.0
Producing

Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s E...

High and Dizzy

High and Dizzy

1920

Director, Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.

An Eastern Westerner

An Eastern Westerner

1920

Director, Producer

6.9
Directing Producing

A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranc...

Haunted Spooks

Haunted Spooks

1920

Director, Producer

6.3
Directing Producing

After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to s...

Fresh Paint

Fresh Paint

1920

Producer

5.0
Producing

A bicycle messenger is sent to make a posh delivery to a wealthy artist's estate-- populated with attractive models.

Raise the Rent

1920

Producer

5.0
Producing

Snub and his wife give up their bungalow and allow another couple to move in. Then it develops that they can't find another home, and must live in an ...

His Royal Slyness

His Royal Slyness

1920

Director, Producer

5.8
Directing Producing

A young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station.

The Dippy Dentist

The Dippy Dentist

1920

Producer

5.2
Producing

The film begins with a girl who is supposedly irresistible to all men. Several guys all come to her to pledge their undying love--including Harold Llo...

Why Go Home?

1920

Producer

Producing

'Snub' Pollard and Mildred Davis star in this 1920 comedy short.

From Hand to Mouth

From Hand to Mouth

1919

Director, Producer

6.5
Directing Producing

As a penniless man worries about how he will manage to eat, he is joined by a young waif and her dog, who are in the same predicament. Meanwhile, acro...

Looking for Trouble

1919

Director, Producer

5.2
Directing Producing

Snub plays a rich guy who wants to impress the ladies with his virility. So he pays a tough boxer to take a dive in a staged fight, though the fight d...

How Dry I Am

1919

Producer

Producing
Captain Kidd's Kids

Captain Kidd's Kids

1919

Director, Producer

6.3
Directing Producing

After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures. In a dream sequence, he fantasize...

It's a Hard Life

1919

Producer

Producing

A henpecked husband goes out on a series of adventures. He is pursued by cops and detectives and joins the Salvation Army in an effort to escape.

Order in the Court

1919

Producer

Producing

Snub is confronted by his creditors who have joined the profiteers. He then escapes from them only to be pressed into jury service, which has its brig...

Call for Mr. Caveman

Call for Mr. Caveman

1919

Producer

4.5
Producing

A giant cave man kidnaps beautiful Adorable from the cave clan and the man who rescues her can have her hand and a new suit of clothes.

Giving the Bride Away

1919

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

A comedy short starring Mildred Davis & 'Snub' Pollard

Bumping Into Broadway

Bumping Into Broadway

1919

Director, Producer

6.9
Directing Producing

A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he win...

His Only Father

His Only Father

1919

Director

Directing

An American short comedy film.

Pay Your Dues

Pay Your Dues

1919

Director

5.0
Directing

While blindfolded and playing pin the tail on the donkey with some lady friends, our hero is mistaken for an escaped initiate of a kooky fraternal ord...

Count the Votes

1919

Director

Directing

Count the Votes is a 1919 American short comedy film. It is considered to be lost.

Soft Money

Soft Money

1919

Director

Directing

Soft Money is a 1919 American short comedy film. The film is considered to be lost.

He Leads, Others Follow

He Leads, Others Follow

1919

Director

Directing

He Leads, Others Follow is a 1919 American short comedy film. It is presumed to be lost.

The Rajah

The Rajah

1919

Director, Producer

5.0
Directing Producing

A Harold Lloyd short featuring a young Snooky the chimp

Be My Wife

1919

Producer, Director

Producing Directing

Harold and his boss get in a lively rivalry over the new stenographer.

Don't Shove

Don't Shove

1919

Producer

5.5
Producing

Harold and his rival fight over Bebe on her birthday, first at her home and then at a nearby skating rink.

Heap Big Chief

Heap Big Chief

1919

Producer

5.0
Producing

Harold and Snub, camping in the wilds, prove too much for the Indians that take them captive.

Chop Suey & Co.

Chop Suey & Co.

1919

Director, Producer

4.8
Directing Producing

Chop Suey & Co. is a 1919 American short comedy film

Count Your Change

Count Your Change

1919

Producer

5.0
Producing

Harold becomes the victim of a clever bulldog pup who chases him in and out of various places.

A Jazzed Honeymoon

A Jazzed Honeymoon

1919

Director

5.1
Directing

This time, Harold's the skinny sap who married the hottie, and he doesn't quite have the spine to tell her ex-beaus to blow. The honeymoon finds him m...

At the Old Stage Door

At the Old Stage Door

1919

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Our hero visits the opera, is mistaken for the manager and is treated like royalty until the deception is uncovered.

Just Neighbors

Just Neighbors

1919

Producer

6.4
Producing

Suburban neighbors join together to build a garden shed, but through carelessness, wind up ruining the garden, as well as the laundry, which is drying...

Billy Blazes, Esq.

Billy Blazes, Esq.

1919

Director

5.9
Directing

Billy Blazes confronts Crooked Charley, who has been ruling the town of Peaceful Vale through fear and violence.

Spring Fever

Spring Fever

1919

Director

5.6
Directing

Harold is a bookkeeper who works in an office but can't keep his mind on his job -- the spring weather is too nice to stay indoors. After escaping fro...

Off the Trolley

Off the Trolley

1919

Producer

5.8
Producing

Harold Lloyd plays a troublemaker who messes up with strangers and cops along the way. During the confusion he takes a trolley to escape, falling in l...

Swat the Crook

Swat the Crook

1919

Producer

Producing

The adventures of a penniless young man, who finds himself in a house full of crooks.

Pistols for Breakfast

Pistols for Breakfast

1919

Producer

8.0
Producing

A young man goes out to eat breakfast with his friend. As a restaurant "regular" with a pistol threatens to eat everyone's bacon, the two friends flee...

Back to the Woods

Back to the Woods

1919

Director

4.1
Directing

Harold and Snub are self-proclaimed big-game hunters who stop at a remote outpost. They hire two native guides to lead them into the woods, but the gu...

Before Breakfast

Before Breakfast

1919

Director

Directing

A young man's dreams are shaken by his father's insistence that he get a job and go to work. He becomes a waiter in a restaurant, and has some funny a...

Young Mr. Jazz

Young Mr. Jazz

1919

Director

5.8
Directing

While running away from his girl's father, Harold's car breaks down in front of a dance hall run by crooks. Harold has to not only stay one step ahead...

Crack Your Heels

Crack Your Heels

1919

Producer

Producing

A short film starring Harold Lloyd.

Just Dropped In

Just Dropped In

1919

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Harold and Snub take a trip on a runaway airplane and drop off on a native island. Here they have some amusing adventures with the fierce men and beau...

A Sammy in Siberia

A Sammy in Siberia

1919

Director

5.2
Directing

A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks.

Next Aisle Over

Next Aisle Over

1919

Producer, Director

5.4
Producing Directing

A salesman takes a job at a department store to impress a girl and winds up stopping a kidnapping.

The Dutiful Dub

The Dutiful Dub

1919

Producer

Producing

Harold is a henpecked husband who suddenly makes a change of front and asserts himself, much to his wife's astonishment.

Look Out Below

Look Out Below

1919

Producer, Director

5.4
Producing Directing

A story of a love sick youth and a pretty maiden and their adventure, which includes riding around on pieces of steel to the top of a skyscraper overl...

I'm on My Way

I'm on My Way

1919

Director, Producer

5.8
Directing Producing

Harold Lloyd's character loves Bebe Daniels' character and is about to marry her. But then he meets the clan of Snub Pollard where it's a riot all the...

On the Fire

On the Fire

1919

Director

5.0
Directing

Harold is a chef with certain devices for labor saving.

Ask Father

Ask Father

1919

Director

6.5
Directing

Lloyd is a serious young middle-class guy on the make who wants to marry the boss’ daughter. The problem is getting in to see the boss so that he can ...

Hustling for Health

Hustling for Health

1919

Producer

5.1
Producing

Stan Laurel is picked up at the train depot and brought back by the husband to the family home where the wife is having a suffragette meeting. None to...

Do You Love Your Wife?

Do You Love Your Wife?

1919

Director

5.7
Directing

Stan plays a janitor at a hotel dropping letters and trying to retrieve them with a vacuum, getting wet, helping a lady shoot her cheating husband and...

She Loves Me Not

She Loves Me Not

1918

Producer

Producing

A short film starring Harold Lloyd.

Take a Chance

Take a Chance

1918

Producer

6.0
Producing

It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ruthlessly chased by armies of cops across the count...

Just Rambling Along

Just Rambling Along

1918

Director, Producer

5.2
Directing Producing

A nervy young man follows a pretty lady into a diner to flirt with her, but winds up getting stuck with the tab.

Nothing But Trouble

Nothing But Trouble

1918

Producer

Producing

Harold appears as an active young man who gets a job as waiter in a restaurant. Disaster overtakes him and he is hurried off to jail at the close.

Bride and Gloom

Bride and Gloom

1918

Producer

Producing

A short film starring Harold Lloyd.

Sic 'Em, Towser

Sic 'Em, Towser

1918

Producer

Producing

At a masquerade ball, our hero, in a tramp costume, is arrested when they think he is a real hobo. In the meantime, an actual hobo, at the party, is t...

The City Slicker

The City Slicker

1918

Producer

5.0
Producing

Our hero gets a job at a hotel in the country and proceeds to introduce some changes, installing gadgets and time-saving devices.

Fireman Save My Child

Fireman Save My Child

1918

Producer

5.5
Producing

In this popular two reeler where Harold runs to the rescue of a woman on a fire engine, he is seen hanging on the moving vehicle by the released water...

Two-Gun Gussie

Two-Gun Gussie

1918

Producer

5.3
Producing

A mild-mannered young man has left home, and is now playing the piano in a bar in the west. The dangerous criminal Dagger-Tooth Dan enters the bar whe...

The Non-Stop Kid

The Non-Stop Kid

1918

Producer

5.1
Producing

Bebe is surrounded by suitors, but her father wants her to marry Professor M. T. Noodle. Harold makes his move by impersonating the professor.

Kicked Out

1918

Producer

Producing

Harold has trouble with his father and is ordered out of the house. He becomes a waiter and pulls off some highly amusing stunts at a swell dinner par...

Hey There

Hey There

1918

Producer

6.9
Producing

In this early short Harold Lloyd sneaks into a movie studio in order to locate an attractive young lady he's just met at a snack bar. He's retrieved a...

His Busy Day

His Busy Day

1918

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

A two-reel comic number featuring Toto the clown in his usual knockabout tricks. He is first seen flirting in a park, but later appears at a moving pi...

It's a Wild Life

It's a Wild Life

1918

Producer

5.0
Producing

Harold invades the "Gilded Guzzle" café, where he appropriates a lady's roll of money, hides under a table and impersonates a cigar store Indian.

Pipe the Whiskers

Pipe the Whiskers

1918

Producer

5.0
Producing

Our hero is a janitor in a old age rest home who actually runs the place.

Follow the Crowd

Follow the Crowd

1918

Producer

5.5
Producing

A clueless man finds a bomb on the street and keeps throwing it to the crowd around him. The sketch then moves with the clueless nerd getting involved...

On the Jump

1918

Producer

Producing

On the Jump is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.

Let's Go

1918

Producer

Producing

A short film starring Harold Lloyd.

Here Come the Girls

Here Come the Girls

1918

Producer

2.0
Producing

Bebe and girlfriend go shopping for new corsets. Harold sneaks into the corset shop and a customer asks him to take her measurements - a ticklish task...

Look Pleasant, Please

Look Pleasant, Please

1918

Producer

5.0
Producing

A photo studio operator seems only interested in flirting with women. Hilarity ensues.

A Gasoline Wedding

A Gasoline Wedding

1918

Producer

5.3
Producing

A rich man's daughter has more suitors than she's interested in, and he's going to marry her off -- even if she doesn't know about it.

Beat It

Beat It

1918

Producer

Producing

Harold Lloyd starred in the successful Lonesome Luke series. However, he soon grew tired of the obvious Charlie Chaplin imitation. In an attempt to re...

Hit Him Again

Hit Him Again

1918

Producer

Producing

A short film starring Harold Lloyd.

The Lamb

The Lamb

1918

Producer

Producing

The Lamb is a 1918 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It is believed to be lost.

The Tip

1918

Producer

Producing

A short film starring Harold Lloyd.

Step Lively

Step Lively

1917

Producer

4.6
Producing

Snub Pollard plays a drunken man-about-town who believes Harold has robbed him. Meanwhile, Bebe has her hands full with a lounge lizard who won't take...

The Big Idea

The Big Idea

1917

Producer

4.5
Producing

A clerk in a failing antiques store gets a big idea on how to move the merchandise so that he can save the store and possibly win the girl.

Bashful

Bashful

1917

Producer

6.9
Producing

In order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family.

Move On

Move On

1917

Producer

4.5
Producing

Our hero is a police officer who gets involved in a crap game, flirting with a nurse and other amusements.

All Aboard

All Aboard

1917

Producer

4.9
Producing

In order to get his daughter away from her suitors, her father decides to spirit her away to Bermuda. Our hero, however, stows away on the ship. When ...

Clubs Are Trump

Clubs Are Trump

1917

Director, Producer

5.2
Directing Producing

In pre-historic times (dream sequence), our hero, in a loin cloth, battles other cavemen over the opposite sex.

The Flirt

The Flirt

1917

Producer

4.2
Producing

A man takes a job in a café, hoping to get to know the pretty waitress working there.

Love, Laughs and Lather

Love, Laughs and Lather

1917

Producer

Producing

An Englishman and his valet have adventures in the American West.

Rainbow Island

Rainbow Island

1917

Producer

5.0
Producing

After finding a note in a floating bottle, our hero is off to resue the heroine. He runs into a tribe of cannibals.

Bliss

Bliss

1917

Producer

4.3
Producing

A counterfeit count is aided in his courtship of the heroine by her father who is overwhelmed by his "title."

Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather

1917

Producer

Producing

Luke, running a chili parlor, inherits a million dollars and joins high society.

By the Sad Sea Waves

By the Sad Sea Waves

1917

Producer

5.8
Producing

Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!

Pinched

Pinched

1917

Producer

5.0
Producing

Harold's checked cap, blown from his head by a freakish wind, gets him into trouble. First he comes into conflict with the police as a highwayman, the...

Lonesome Luke Loses Patients

Lonesome Luke Loses Patients

1917

Producer

Producing

Luke operates a sanatarium, which he has naturally staffed with a bevy of attractive nurses.

Over the Fence

Over the Fence

1917

Producer

5.9
Producing

Snitch steals Ginger's (stolen) baseball tickets and takes Ginger's girl to the game. Finding himself without tickets, Ginger dresses as a baseball pl...

Lonesome Luke's Wild Women

Lonesome Luke's Wild Women

1917

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

A Harold Lloyd short in the 'Lonesome Luke' series.

Lonesome Luke, Mechanic

Lonesome Luke, Mechanic

1917

Director

Directing

Lonesome Luke, Mechanic is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.

Lonesome Luke, Messenger

Lonesome Luke, Messenger

1917

Director, Producer

4.5
Directing Producing

While on the job, delivering a message, Luke finds himself in a girl's seminary.

Stop! Luke! Listen!

Stop! Luke! Listen!

1917

Director

Directing

Stop! Luke! Listen! is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.

Lonesome Luke, Plumber

Lonesome Luke, Plumber

1917

Director

Directing

Lonesome Luke, Plumber is a 1917 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.

Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon

Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon

1917

Director

Directing

Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon is a 1917 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.

Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley

Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley

1917

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Luke is a pickpocket, hiding out from the cops in a dive in the slum part of town. He later winds up in a boxing match which again brings the law on h...

Lonesome Luke's Lively Life

Lonesome Luke's Lively Life

1917

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Luke runs the coat-check concession at the White Light Cafe.

Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire

Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire

1917

Director

Directing

Directed by Hal Roach. With Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Bud Jamison.

Lonesome Luke, Lawyer

Lonesome Luke, Lawyer

1917

Director

Directing

Lonesome Luke, Lawyer is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.

Luke's Trolley Troubles

Luke's Trolley Troubles

1917

Director

Directing

Luke and his sidekick steal a trolley car and create havoc for passengers.

Luke's Busy Day

Luke's Busy Day

1917

Director

Directing

Luke's Busy Day is a 1917 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.

Luke's Lost Liberty

Luke's Lost Liberty

1917

Director

Directing

Luke and his pal find existence in prison so amusing that they depart with regrets.

Luke's Shattered Sleep

Luke's Shattered Sleep

1916

Director

Directing

Audiences may think Luke with his St. Vitus movement never sleeps, but they are dead wrong. Like Bill Shakespeare Luke "blesses the man who first inve...

Luke Locates the Loot

Luke Locates the Loot

1916

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

As a detective, Luke is after a gang of crooks who are robbing party guests of their jewels.

Luke's Fireworks Fizzle

Luke's Fireworks Fizzle

1916

Director

Directing

Luke, working in a fireworks factory.

Luke, Rank Impersonator

Luke, Rank Impersonator

1916

Director

Directing

Luke crashes a society affair, thereby livening things up.

Luke's Movie Muddle

Luke's Movie Muddle

1916

Director, Producer

5.0
Directing Producing

Lonesome Luke has a movie theater and also works the box office and as an usher. He has to put up with, among other things, an incompetent projectioni...

Luke's Newsie Knockout

Luke's Newsie Knockout

1916

Director

Directing

Luke's Newsie Knockout is a 1916 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.

Luke, Patient Provider

Luke, Patient Provider

1916

Director

Directing

When a doctor is forced, because of a lack of patients, to dismiss his pretty nurse, Luke comes to the rescue and uses his flivver to supply a ready s...

Luke, the Gladiator

Luke, the Gladiator

1916

Director

Directing

Luke, the Gladiator is a 1916 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.

Luke's Preparedness Preparations

Luke's Preparedness Preparations

1916

Director

Directing

Luke's Preparedness Preparations is a 1916 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.

Luke, the Chauffeur

Luke, the Chauffeur

1916

Director

Directing

A fortune hunter marries a widow, believing her to be an heiress, but she isn't.

Luke and the Bang-Tails

Luke and the Bang-Tails

1916

Director

Directing

Lonesome Luke at the Tijuana Races.

Luke's Speedy Club Life

Luke's Speedy Club Life

1916

Director

Directing

Luke is a bellboy at a fancy club.

Luke and the Mermaids

Luke and the Mermaids

1916

Director

Directing

Lonesome Luke asleep in the briny deep.

Luke Joins the Navy

Luke Joins the Navy

1916

Director, Producer

5.0
Directing Producing

The beginning of the film you find Harold Lloyd playing his "Lonesome Luke" character. Out of the blue, Lloyd decides he's going to join the navy and ...

Luke Does the Midway

Luke Does the Midway

1916

Director

Directing

Lonesome Luke at the San Diego Exposition.

Luke's Lost Lamb

Luke's Lost Lamb

1916

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

A day at the seaside chasing a lost child.

Luke, Crystal Gazer

Luke, Crystal Gazer

1916

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Luke happens into a spiritualist's shop where he is smitten by her daughter. He decides to stick around and take a job there.

Luke Rides Roughshod

Luke Rides Roughshod

1916

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Out west, Luke changes clothes with an outlaw and proceeds into town. Of course, he is mistaken for the wanted man and a chase ensues.

Luke's Washful Waiting

Luke's Washful Waiting

1916

Producer, Director

Producing Directing

Hi-jinx at a fire in a Chinese laundry.

Luke's Society Mixup

Luke's Society Mixup

1916

Director

Directing

Luke, a mechanic, stands in for a famous violinist. At first, his bad manners and rough behavior are accepted as the eccentricities of genius. Then ma...

Luke's Fatal Flivver

Luke's Fatal Flivver

1916

Director

Directing

Luke and friends are crowded into his two-seater, out for a ride in the country. Hayhem ensues when his party of fifteen encounters some 'fashionable ...

Luke Laughs Last

Luke Laughs Last

1916

Director

Directing

Unhappy in his job as a butler (although he likes wearing a dress suit), Luke gets involved with burglars and the law.

Luke's Late Lunchers

Luke's Late Lunchers

1916

Director

Directing

Luke runs a beanery, in which the bad service, terrible food and filthy conditions lead to hi-jinx.

Luke and the Bomb Throwers

Luke and the Bomb Throwers

1916

Director

Directing

Luke is trapped and bound by a group of terrorists.

Them Was the Happy Days!

Them Was the Happy Days!

1916

Director

Directing

Luke is a movie actor who falls asleep and dreams that he and his fellow actors are school children again.

Luke's Double

Luke's Double

1916

Director

Directing

Luke dreams that he has a double. One 'Luke' gets in all kinds of trouble, while the other pays the consequences.

Lonesome Luke, Circus King

Lonesome Luke, Circus King

1916

Director

Directing

Luke opens a circus, but when local officials discover that his side-show attractions are fakes, trouble ensues.

Luke Pipes the Pippins

Luke Pipes the Pippins

1916

Director

Directing

Luke runs a bunco booking agency.

Luke and the Rural Roughnecks

Luke and the Rural Roughnecks

1916

Producer, Director

Producing Directing

Blacksmith Luke and his boss pursue their rival who has taken away the girl. Antics in a mud puddle follow.

Luke Foils the Villain

Luke Foils the Villain

1916

Director

Directing

Luke's courting of Maizie Nut is interrupted by a villain.

Luke, the Candy Cut-Up

Luke, the Candy Cut-Up

1916

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Working as a pastry chef, Luke steals a watch from a customer, which results in a wild police chase throughout the store.

Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury

Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury

1916

Director

Directing

Luke, stranded on a desert island, becomes chief of the natives. When he pursues the affections of a pretty white girl, he runs afoul of her sweethear...

Luke Lugs Luggage

Luke Lugs Luggage

1916

Director

Directing

As a baggage handler at a terminal, Luke is led on a merry chase by a billy goat.

Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary

Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary

1916

Director

Directing

Luke attempts to sell books to a businessman and his wife.

Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster

Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster

1915

Director

Directing

Luke, a street tramp, is taken to a dance contest by a pretty millionairess, but when he is ejected, he returns with a gun and wreaks havoc.

Peculiar Patients' Pranks

Peculiar Patients' Pranks

1915

Producer, Director

Producing Directing

In pursuit of a pretty miss, Luke gets admitted to a hospital.

Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks

Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks

1915

Director

Directing

This offering tells the tale of one, Oscar Weeban, a fellow deeply in love with a certain Maisie. He has promised to take her to the Garbage Gentlemen...

A Foozle at the Tee Party

A Foozle at the Tee Party

1915

Director

Directing

Luke lifts a wallet from a golfer and thereby gains entry to a golf course. Mayhem ensues.

Ragtime Snap Shots

Ragtime Snap Shots

1915

Director

Directing

Lucas and Larkin, his running mate, after looking for a job for some time, finally land one in a photographer's shop and immediately start to take pos...

Great While It Lasted

Great While It Lasted

1915

Director

Directing

Luke lives the life of a millionaire until it is discovered that a mistake has been made and his inheritance belongs to someone else.

Tinkering with Trouble

Tinkering with Trouble

1915

Director

Directing

Sourball Joe gets the "can" for sassing the tenants, and Easy Otis supplants him. But the latter does not know an awful lot of the art of "janitoring"...

Bughouse Bellhops

Bughouse Bellhops

1915

Director

Directing

Lonesome Luke and his accessory, Moke Morpheus, are discovered in bellhop uniform, blissfully dozing on a bench in the lobby of the Bughouse Hotel. Co...

Giving Them Fits

Giving Them Fits

1915

Producer, Director

Producing Directing

Lonesome Luke, working in a shoe store, has difficulty keeping his mind on business whenever a pretty girl is on the scene.

Fresh from the Farm

1915

Director

Directing

Farm youth goes to college, pursues the pretty co-eds and joins a fraternity.

Some Baby

Some Baby

1915

Director

Directing

Luke dreams of the good times that he will have with a young girl with the expense money he his given.

A Mixup for Mazie

A Mixup for Mazie

1915

Director

Directing

Maisie Orpe is a dispenser of victuals in a second rate "beanery," and is the light of the lives of several of the town "swells". But Luke de Fluke, a...

Spit-ball Sadie

Spit-ball Sadie

1915

Director

Directing

A young man promises his girl that he will get Spitball Sadie, a renowned female pitcher, for her all-girl baseball team. When he is unable to get Sad...

The Hungry Actors

The Hungry Actors

1915

Director

Directing

The Hungry Actors is a 1915 Comedy short.

Just Nuts

1915

Director, Producer

Directing Producing

Just Nuts is a 1915 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd playing the character that preceded his glasses character. It is also the only surviving ...

Close-Cropped Clippings

Close-Cropped Clippings

1915

Director

Directing

Punctual Pete prepares the "Shaved in Silence" shop for the day's business. He is as handy as a man with five thumbs. Gertie, almost a soubrette, look...

Beyond His Fondest Hopes

1915

Director

Directing

Tony, a little newsboy, witnesses the advent of a dainty Miss, who disturbs his otherwise carefree and happy-go-lucky existence.

Pete, the Pedal Polisher

1915

Director

Directing

Pete is a discontented hostler. Hostlers are always discontented but Pete is a little more so. In fact, he is so sick and tired of his job as the mule...

Willie Runs the Park

1915

Director

Directing

Willie Runs the Park is a 1915 Comedy short.

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

1914

as Cowardly Lion / Tottenhot

5.0
Acting

Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve. Along the way, they meet Mewel, a waif...

The Magic Cloak of Oz

The Magic Cloak of Oz

1914

as The Cowardly Lion (uncredited)

4.4
Acting

The fairies of Oz gather in the forest of Burzee one evening and weave a magic cloak that gives the wearer one wish, so long as it has not been stolen...

Samson

Samson

1914

as Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)

10.0
Acting

Samson, an Israelite whose enormous strength is legendary, falls in love with Zorah, a Philistine, and marries her, overcoming his father Manoah's obj...

The Squaw Man

The Squaw Man

1914

as Townsman (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Blamed for the theft of an orphans fund, Captain James Wynnegate flees to the West where he makes a new life with the Indian woman Nat-U-Rich.