Birth name:Harold Eugene Roach Birth: 14 January 1892 Died: 2 November 1992 Nationality: Hollywood Walk Star: Yes
Career / Biography
Over his career Hal Roach directed and produced about 2000 films, mostly comedies from 1914 to the 1960's. He early met up with Harold Lloyd and with some investment starts the Roland FIlm Company in 1914. His early films were made with Harold Lloyd but then Harold Lloyd spit with him to create his own company. a He is also known for his series of short films Our Gang about a group of children which were made between 1922 and 1944. He then worked with Snub Pollard and then paired Laurel and Hardy together. It had plenty of slapstick and also the Hardy look to the camera when things went wrong. He embraced sound and then introduced women (Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts) into their films. In the 1930's and 1940's he made feature films and second features after Laurel and Hardy left and the film market changed. He married and served during World War 2. After 1948 Hal Roach moved into television production when the film side of the business was not making money and this revived the company. He passeses the studio over to his sun, but he brings backruptcy and demolition of the studio.
Won - Honory Award - 1984
Won - Best Short - Bored Of Education (1932)
Nomination - Best Short - Tit For Tat (1935)
Won - Best Short - The Music Box (1932)
