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Hal Roach Jr.(1918-1972)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Hal Roach Jr. was born on 15 June 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a producer and director, known for One Million B.C. (1940), The Fabulous Joe (1947) and Captain Scarface (1953). He died on 29 March 1972 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
BornJune 15, 1918
DiedMarch 29, 1972(53)
BornJune 15, 1918
DiedMarch 29, 1972(53)
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Known for

Victor Mature and Carole Landis in One Million B.C. (1940)
One Million B.C.
5.7
  • Director
  • 1940
Walter Abel and Margot Grahame in The Fabulous Joe (1947)
The Fabulous Joe
6.0
  • Producer
  • 1947
Captain Scarface (1953)
Captain Scarface
4.8
  • Producer
  • 1953
Greer Garson and Florenz Ames in Telephone Time (1956)
Telephone Time
7.0
TV Series
  • Producer

Credits

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Producer

  • The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972)
    The Groundstar Conspiracy
    6.0
    • executive producer (uncredited)
    • 1972
  • Jayne Mansfield and Juliet Prowse in Spree (1967)
    Spree
    7.4
    • producer
    • 1967
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (1966)
    The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
    6.8
    • producer
    • 1966
  • McGarry and His Mouse
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1960
  • Chuck Berry, Jo Ann Campbell, Jimmy Clanton, Eddie Cochran, Alan Freed, Harvey Fuqua, Sandy Stewart, Ritchie Valens, Jackie Wilson, The Flamingos, and The Cadillacs in Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)
    Go, Johnny, Go!
    5.8
    • executive producer
    • 1959
  • Mann of Action (1958)
    Mann of Action
    6.8
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1958
  • The Veil (1958)
    The Veil
    7.2
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1958
  • Boris Karloff in The Veil (1958)
    The Veil
    6.2
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1958
  • The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956)
    The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna
    7.9
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1956–1958
  • Greer Garson and Florenz Ames in Telephone Time (1956)
    Telephone Time
    7.0
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • associate producer
    • 1956–1958
  • Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling in Love That Jill (1958)
    Love That Jill
    6.0
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1958
  • Destination Nightmare (1958)
    Destination Nightmare
    5.0
    TV Movie
    • executive producer
    • 1958
  • Jack the Ripper (1958)
    Jack the Ripper
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • producer
    • 1958
  • Family Theatre (1949)
    Family Theatre
    6.7
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 1957
  • Richard Travis in Code 3 (1957)
    Code 3
    7.0
    TV Series
    • producer
    • executive producer
    • produced by
    • 1957

Director

  • Gigantis: The Fire Monster (1959)
    Gigantis: The Fire Monster
    4.2
    • Director (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Administration of Military Justice and Courts-Marshal
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Noah Beery Jr., Rosemary La Planche, Jimmy Rogers, and Marjorie Woodworth in Prairie Chickens (1943)
    Prairie Chickens
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Noah Beery Jr., Mary Brian, William Henry, and Jimmy Rogers in Calaboose (1943)
    Calaboose
    4.7
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Dudes Are Pretty People (1942)
    Dudes Are Pretty People
    4.5
    Short
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Military Training
    Short
    • Director
    • 1941
  • Victor Mature and Carole Landis in One Million B.C. (1940)
    One Million B.C.
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1940

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Patsy Kelly, Leonid Kinskey, Victor McLaglen, Dennis O'Keefe, Zasu Pitts, and Marjorie Woodworth in Broadway Limited (1941)
    Broadway Limited
    5.8
    • second unit director
    • 1941
  • John Hubbard, Carole Landis, and Adolphe Menjou in Road Show (1941)
    Road Show
    6.0
    • associate director
    • 1941
  • Captain Fury (1939)
    Captain Fury
    6.1
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Oliver Hardy, Felix Adler, Eric Blore, John G. Blystone, Richard Flournoy, Walter Woolf King, Stan Laurel, Charlie Melson, Grete Natzler, Jean Negulesco, James Parrott, Hal Roach, and Charley Rogers in Swiss Miss (1938)
    Swiss Miss
    6.6
    • second second assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1938

Personal details

  • Born
    • June 15, 1918
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • March 29, 1972
    • Santa Monica, California, USA(pneumonia)
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    • 2 Articles

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    Son of Hal Roach.

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