Hal Roach
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- "Party laughs"
- We Irish Laugh at Ourselves [Star of Jury's Irish Cabaret]
- We Irish First Laugh at Ourselves
- Party laughs
- Hal Roach's joke book for men only
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1924-01-10
- Active to
- 2007-08-15
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 200
- Total plays
- 1,119
#1 Harold Eugene Roach Sr. (January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer, director, and actor from the 1910s to the 1990s, best known today for producing the Laurel and Hardy and Our Gang film comedy series. Beginning with When the Wind Blows, background music scores were added to the soundtracks of most of the Our Gang films. Initially, the music consisted of orchestral versions of then popular tunes. Marvin Hatley had served as the music director of Hal Roa
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Bayesian Data Analysis
· 2013 · cited 6,586x
- Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer
· 2015 · cited 5,262x
- The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,684x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,396x
- The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer
· 2020 · cited 3,224x
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Key facts
- Born
- Harold Eugene Roach , ( 1892-01-14 ) January 14, 1892, Elmira, New York , U.S.
- Died
- November 2, 1992 (1992-11-02) (aged 100), Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- Occupations
- Producer director screenwriter
- Years active
- 1912–1992
- Spouses
- Marguerite Nichols ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1915 ; died 1941 ) Lucille Prin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1942 ; died 1981 )
- Children
- 6, including Hal and Margaret
- Relatives
- Robert Livingston (former-son-in-law)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.hal-roach.com
- Image
- WP Hal Roach 1920 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Hal Roach
- date of birth
- 1892-01-14
- date of death
- 1992-11-02
- start of work period
- 1912-00-00
- birth name
- Harry Eugene Roach
- end of work period
- 1992-00-00
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Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr. (January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer, director, and screenwriter, who was the founder of the namesake Hal Roach Studios.
Roach was active in the industry from the 1910s to the 1990s. He is known for producing a number of early media franchise successes, including Laurel and Hardy, Harold Lloyd, Charley Chase, and the Our Gang kids.