Hal Roach

Career timeline

1. 1892 · Born

   Born in Elmira, New York, USA

2. 1916 · Screen debut

   Luke's Movie Muddle (Movie)

3. 1916 · Directing debut

   Luke's Movie Muddle (Movie)

4. 1923 · Breakthrough

   Safety Last! (Movie)

5. 1923 · Writing debut

   Safety Last! (Movie)

6. 1941 · Latest release

   Topper Returns (Movie)

7. 1992 · Died

   November 2, 1992

Career in numbers

2 1910s

21 1920s

46 1930s

2 1940s

• Comedy70
• Fantasy4
• Romance3
• Music3
• Mystery2
• War2

Highest-rated title Safety Last! 1923 7.7 Most popular title Safety Last! 1923 7.7

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Hal Roach in our catalogue.

Billy Gilbert

10 titles together

Oliver Hardy

7 titles together

Stan Laurel

6 titles together

James Parrott

5 titles together

Patsy Kelly

4 titles together

Charley Rogers

3 titles together

Billy Bletcher

3 titles together

James Finlayson

3 titles together

Roland Young

2 titles together

Constance Bennett

2 titles together

1. 1933 Sons of the Desert as Bit Part (uncredited) 7.1 Movie

1. 1941 Topper Returns 6.5 Movie
2. 1940 One Million B.C. 5.8 Movie
3. 1938 Block-Heads 7.0 Movie
4. 1938 Swiss Miss 6.2 Movie
5. 1938 Merrily We Live 7.0 Movie
6. 1937 Topper 6.7 Movie
7. 1937 Way Out West 7.1 Movie
8. 1936 The Bohemian Girl 6.2 Movie
9. 1935 Top Flat Movie
10. 1935 Bonnie Scotland 6.6 Movie
11. 1935 Thicker Than Water 7.4 Movie
12. 1935 Tit for Tat 7.0 Movie
13. 1934 Babes in Toyland 6.3 Movie
14. 1934 Opened by Mistake Movie
15. 1934 Them Thar Hills 7.5 Movie
16. 1934 Going Bye-Bye! 7.4 Movie
17. 1934 Oliver the Eighth 7.1 Movie
18. 1933 Sons of the Desert 7.1 Movie
19. 1933 Dirty Work 6.9 Movie
20. 1933 Busy Bodies 7.3 Movie
21. 1933 The Midnight Patrol 6.6 Movie
22. 1933 The Devil's Brother 6.9 Movie
23. 1933 Me and My Pal 6.5 Movie
24. 1933 Twice Two 6.7 Movie
25. 1932 Towed in a Hole 7.0 Movie
26. 1932 Their First Mistake 6.4 Movie
27. 1932 Pack Up Your Troubles 6.8 Movie
28. 1932 Scram! 7.1 Movie
29. 1932 County Hospital 6.8 Movie
30. 1932 The Chimp 6.5 Movie
31. 1932 The Music Box 7.5 Movie
32. 1932 Any Old Port! 7.0 Movie
33. 1932 Helpmates 7.3 Movie
34. 1931 Beau Hunks 6.9 Movie
35. 1931 One Good Turn 6.9 Movie
36. 1931 Come Clean 7.1 Movie
37. 1931 Pardon Us 6.4 Movie
38. 1931 Our Wife 7.1 Movie
39. 1931 Laughing Gravy 7.3 Movie
40. 1931 Chickens Come Home 6.6 Movie
41. 1931 Be Big! 6.8 Movie
42. 1930 Another Fine Mess 6.9 Movie
43. 1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case 6.9 Movie
44. 1930 Hog Wild 7.0 Movie
45. 1930 Below Zero 6.6 Movie
46. 1930 Brats 6.8 Movie
47. 1930 Blotto 7.3 Movie
48. 1930 Night Owls 7.4 Movie
49. 1929 The Hoose-Gow 6.8 Movie
50. 1929 Bacon Grabbers 6.4 Movie
51. 1929 Perfect Day 7.0 Movie
52. 1929 Men O' War 6.8 Movie
53. 1929 Berth Marks 6.9 Movie
54. 1929 Unaccustomed as We Are 7.0 Movie
55. 1929 Big Business 6.7 Movie
56. 1929 Liberty 6.9 Movie
57. 1928 Two Tars 6.8 Movie
58. 1928 You're Darn Tootin' 5.9 Movie
59. 1928 From Soup to Nuts 6.6 Movie
60. 1928 The Finishing Touch 6.9 Movie
61. 1927 The Battle of the Century 6.9 Movie
62. 1927 Putting Pants on Philip 6.3 Movie
63. 1927 Call of the Cuckoo 5.9 Movie
64. 1927 The Second Hundred Years 6.2 Movie
65. 1926 Thundering Fleas Movie
66. 1923 Why Worry? 6.5 Movie
67. 1923 Safety Last! 7.7 Movie
68. 1922 Grandma's Boy 6.4 Movie
69. 1921 Never Weaken 6.9 Movie
70. 1916 Luke's Movie Muddle 4.9 Movie

1. 1931 Chickens Come Home 6.6 Movie
2. 1930 Brats 6.8 Movie
3. 1926 Thundering Fleas Movie
4. 1922 Grandma's Boy 6.4 Movie
5. 1921 Never Weaken 6.9 Movie

1. 1933 Sons of the Desert 7.1 Movie
2. 1929 Perfect Day 7.0 Movie
3. 1927 The Battle of the Century 6.9 Movie
4. 1923 Safety Last! 7.7 Movie

1. 1940 One Million B.C. 5.8 Movie
2. 1933 The Devil's Brother 6.9 Movie
3. 1929 Unaccustomed as We Are 7.0 Movie
4. 1919 Ask Father 6.6 Movie
5. 1916 Luke's Movie Muddle 4.9 Movie

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