The Directors


This page is primarily dedicated to the DIRECTORS of Hal Roach-produced films. Where a photo/screenshot is available I have included these, along with their dates of birth and death. Some have their own separate page on this site (these are underlined with their links). Each director is listed in alphabetical order by surname, and shows the total number of films they directed for Roach.

Special thanks to Craig Calman for his assistance and help with putting this page together.



Nicholas T. Barrows
(1894-1957)
1920: The Man Haters (Vanity Fair Girls)
1920: Greek Meets Greek (Vanity Fair Girls)
1920: The Sleepy Head (Vanity Fair Girls/Eddie Boland)
1921: Burglars Bold (Vanity Fair Girls/Eddie Boland)
1921: Whirl O' The West (Vanity Fair Girls/Eddie Boland)
1921: Pinning It On (Vanity Fair Girls/Eddie Boland)
1921: Oh, Promise Me (Vanity Fair Girls/Eddie Boland)
1921: Prince Pistachio (Vanity Fair Girls/Eddie Boland)
1921: Running Wild (Vanity Fair Girls/Eddie Boland)
1921: The Love Lesson (Eddie Boland)
1921: Hurry West (Eddie Boland)
1921: Stop Kidding (Eddie Boland)
1921: On Their Way (Eddie Boland)
1922: High Tide (George Rowe)
1922: Good Morning, Judge (Eddie Boland)
1924: Should Landlords Live? (Arthur Stone)
1924: Are Blonde Men Bashful? (Arthur Stone)
1925: Are Husbands Human? (James Finlayson)
1925: Wild Papa (The Spat Family)
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John G. Blystone
(1891-1938)
1938: Swiss Miss (Laurel & Hardy)
1938: Block-Heads (Laurel & Hardy)
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Clyde Bruckman
(1894-1955)
1927: Call Of The Cuckoo (Max Davidson)
1927: Love 'Em And Feed 'Em (Max Davidson)
1927: Putting Pants On Philip (All Star/Laurel & Hardy)
1927: The Battle Of The Century (All Star/Laurel & Hardy)
1928: Should Tall Men Marry? (All Star/Stan Laurel)
1928: Leave 'Em Laughing (All Star/Laurel & Hardy)
1928: The Finishing Touch (All Star/Laurel & Hardy)
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Frank Butler
(1889-1967)
1928: Flying Elephants (All Star/Laurel & Hardy) [retakes] 1
Bernard Carr
(1911-2005)
1939: The Housekeeper's Daughter (Feature) [assistant director]
1940: One Million BC (Feature) [assistant director]
1940: Turnabout (Feature) [assistant director]
1941: Road Show (Feature) [assistant director]
1941: Topper Returns (Feature) [assistant director]
1947: Curley (Streamliner)
1948: Who Killed Doc Robbin? (Streamliner)
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Ralph Cedar
(1898-1951)
1922: Down And Out (Snub Pollard)
1922: Pardon Us (Snub Pollard)
1922: The Bow-Wows (Snub Pollard)
1922; Hot Off The Press (Snub Pollard)
1922: The Anvil Chorus (Snub Pollard)
1922: Jump Your Job (Snub Pollard)
1922: Kill The Nerve (Snub Pollard)
1922: Some Baby (Snub Pollard)
1923: Post No Bills (Paul Parrott)
1923: Short Orders (Stan Laurel)
1923: Take The Air (Stan Laurel)
1923: Finger Prints (Paul Parrott)
1923: Roughest Africa (Stan Laurel)
1923: The Whole Truth (Stan Laurel)
1923: The Soilers (Stan Laurel)
1923: Mother's Joy (Stan Laurel)
1924: Zeb vs. Paprika (Stan Laurel)
1924: Brothers Under The Chin (Stan Laurel)
1924: One At A Time (Earl Mohan)
1924: Near Dublin (Stan Laurel)
1924: April Fool (Charley Chase)
1924: Position Wanted (Charley Chase)
1925: Sherlock Sleuth (Arthur Stone)
1925: The Bouncer (Earl Mohan)
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Roy Clements
(1877-1948)
1923: Her Dangerous Path (Edna Murphy)
1923: Uncensored Movies (Will Rogers)
1923: Big Moments From Little Pictures (Will Rogers)
1924: Meet The Missus (Glenn Tryon)
1925: Wages Of Tin (Glenn Tryon)
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Roy Del Ruth
(1893-1961)
1941: Topper Returns (Feature) 1

Warren Doane
(1890-1964)
1929: The Big Squawk (Charley Chase)
1929: Leaping Love (Charley Chase)
1929: Snappy Sneezer (Charley Chase)
1929: Crazy Feet (Charley Chase)
1929: Stepping Out (Charley Chase)
1929: Great Gobs (Charley Chase)
1930: The Real McCoy (Charley Chase)
1930: The Big Kick (Charley Chase)
1932: The Nickel Nurser (Charley Chase)
1932: In Walked Charley (Charley Chase)
1932: First In War (Charley Chase)
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Gordon Douglas
(1907-1993)
1935: Lucky Beginners (Irvin S. Cobb)
1935: The Infernal Triangle (Irvin S. Cobb)
1936: Bored Of Education (Our Gang)
1936: Two Too Young (Our Gang)
1936: Pay As You Exit (Our Gang)
1936: Spooky Hooky (Our Gang)
1936: General Spanky (Our Gang/Feature)
1937: Reunion In Rhythm (Our Gang)
1937: Glove Taps (Our Gang)
1937: Hearts Are Thumps (Our Gang)
1937: Rushin' Ballet (Our Gang)
1937: Three Smart Boys (Our Gang)
1937: Roamin' Holiday (Our Gang)
1937: Night 'N' Gales (Our Gang)
1937: Fishy Tales (Our Gang)
1937: Framing Youth (Our Gang)
1937: The Pigskin Palooka (Our Gang)
1937: Our Gang Follies Of 1938 (Our Gang)
1938: Canned Fishing (Our Gang)
1938: Bear Facts (Our Gang)
1938: Came The Brawn (Our Gang)
1938: Feed 'Em And Weep (Our Gang)
1938: Hide And Shriek (Our Gang)
1939: Zenobia (Feature)
1940: Saps At Sea (Laurel and Hardy)
1941: Broadway Limited (Feature)
1941: Niagara Falls (Streamliner)
1942: The Devil With Hitler (Streamliner)

NON ROACH FILMS:
1938: The Little Ranger (our Gang MGM)
1938: Aladdin's Lantern (Our Gang MGM)
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Emmet J. Flynn
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Lewis R. Foster
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Billy Gilbert
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Alfred J. Goulding
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Nick Grinde
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Fred L. Guiol
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Ray Grey
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Arch Heath
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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James W. Horne
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Jay A. Howe
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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H. Bruce Humberstone
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Fred C. Jackman
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Leigh Jason
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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George Jeske
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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F. Richard Jones
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Edgar Kennedy
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Harry Lachman
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Stan Laurel
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Del Lord
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Tom McNamara
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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George Marshall
(1891-1975)
1932: Strictly Unreliable (ZaSu Pitts & Thelma Todd)
1932: The Old Bull (ZaSu Pitts & Thelma Todd)
1932: Pack Up Your Troubles (Laurel & Hardy)
1932: Alum And Eve (ZaSu Pitts & Thelma Todd)
1932: The Soilers (ZaSu Pitts & Thelma Todd)
1932: Their First Mistake (Laurel & Hardy)
1932: Towed In A Hole (Laurel & Hardy)
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Leo McCarey
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1922: FILMS (Series)
0
Raymond McCarey
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1922: FILMS (Series)
0
Robert A. McGowan
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1922: FILMS (Series)
0
Robert F. McGowan
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Norman Z. McLeod
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Gus Meins
(1893-1940)
1932: Sneak Easily (ZaSu Pitts & Thelma Todd)
1933: Asleep In The Feet (ZaSu Pitts & Thelma Todd)
1933: Fallen Arches (Charley Chase)
1933: Maids A La Mode (ZaSu Pitts & Thelma Todd)
1933: Call Her Sausage (The Taxi Boys)
1933: One Track Minds (ZaSu Pitts & Thelma Todd)
1933: Beauty And The Bus (Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly)
1933: Backs To Nature (Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly)
1933: Air Fright (Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly)
1934: Babes In The Goods (Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly)
1934: Hi'-Neighbor! (Our Gang)
1934: Soup And Fish (Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly)
1934: For Pete's Sake! (Our Gang)
1934: The First Round Up (Our Gang)
1934: Maid In Hollywood (Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly)
1934: Movie Daze (All Star/Wakefield & Nelson)
1934: Honky Donkey (Our Gang)
1934: I'll Be Suing You (Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly)
1934: Three Chumps Ahead (Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly)
1934: One-Horse Farmers (Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly)
1934: Mike Fright (Our Gang)
1934: Mama's Little Pirate (Our Gang)
1934: Babes In Toyland (Laurel & Hardy)
1934: Done In Oil (Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly)
1934: Shrimps For A Day (Our Gang)
1935: Anniversary Trouble (Our Gang)
1935: Beginner's Luck (Our Gang)
1935: Teacher's Beau (Our Gang)
1935: Sprucin' Up (Our Gang)
1935: Little Papa (Our Gang)
1935: Little Sinner (Our Gang)
1935: Our Gang Follies Of 1936 (Our Gang)
1936: An All-American Toothache (Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly)
1936: The Lucky Corner (Our Gang)
1936: Second Childhood (Our Gang)
1936: Hill-Tillies (Patsy Kelly & Lyda Roberti)
1936: Kelly The Second (All Star feature)
1937: Nobody's Baby (All Star feature)
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Lewis Milestone
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1922: FILMS (Series)
0
Fred C. Newmeyer
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1922: FILMS (Series)
0
Charles Parrott (Charley Chase)
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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James Parrott
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Val Paul
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Scott Pembroke
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Gilbert Pratt
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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LeRoy Prinz
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Hal Roach
(1892-1992)
1922: FILMS (Series)
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Hal Roach Jr.
(1918-1972)
1922: FILMS (Series)
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Charley Rogers
(1918-1972)
1922: FILMS (Series)
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William Seiter
(1890-1964)
1933: Sons Of The Desert (Laurel & Hardy) 1

George Stevens
(1904-1975)
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Sam Taylor
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1922: FILMS (Series)
0
William Terhune
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1922: FILMS (Series)
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Glenn Tryon
(1898-1970)
1943: Nazty Nuisance (Streamliner) 1
Richard Wallace
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1922: FILMS (Series)
0
Walter Weems
(1886-1955)
1934: Something Simple (Charley Chase)
1

Jules White
(1900-1985)
1932: Show Business (ZaSu Pitts & Thelma Todd)
1
Robin Williamson
(1889-1935)
1923: Scorching Sands (Stan Laurel)
1

Hal Yates
(1899-1969)
1926: The Nickel-Hopper (Mabel Normand)
1927: Anything Once! (Mabel Normand)
1927: One Hour Married (Mabel Normand)
1927: What Every Iceman Knows (Max Davidson)
1927: Hats Off! (All Star/Laurel & Hardy)
1928: Dumb Daddies (Max Davidson)
1928: Tell It To The Judge (Max Davidson)
1928: Imagine My Embarrassment (Charley Chase)
1928: Is EVerybody Happy? (Charley Chase)
1928: All Parts (Charley Chase)
1928: The Booster (Charley Chase)
1929: A Pair Of Tights (All Star)
1934: Roamin' Vandals (Musical)
1934: Speaking Of Relations (Irvin S. Cobb)
1934: Nosed Out (Irvin S. Cobb)
1934: You Bring The Ducks (Irvin S. Cobb)
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Acknowledgements:
Craig Calman (research and help, and for the idea)
https://eatdrinkfilms.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/cb-pub-still.jpg (image of Clyde Bruckman)
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/hal-yates-writer-director-5x5-signed-168060910 (image of Hal Yates)

This page was last updated on: 09 November 2017