Hollywood was the new frontier in 1914. With the film industry in its growing stages, even a former mule skinner by the name of Hal Roach could quickly become a major player. Roach arrived in ...

HOLLYWOOD — Movie producer Hal Roach, who teamed Laurel with Hardy and turned a talented yet unaffected group of child actors into “Our Gang” during a career that spanned silent one-reelers ...

For nearly 100 years, children have grown up with Hal Roach’s “Our Gang” series (aka the “Little Rascals”), little movies that—in the most endearing and funny way imaginable—capture ...

Harold “Hal” Roach was an Elmira boy, born the son of Charles and Mabel Roach, of Columbia Street, on Jan. 14, 1892. Although others called him “Hal,” his mother called him “Harry.” ...

The King of Blarney” is dead. Irish comic Hal Roach, who entertained audiences for more than 60 years, died on Feb. 28 at the age of 84, according to Irish Central, the online home of Irish ...

Richard DeNeut, who appeared in Hal Roach’s “Our Gang” comedies but eventually became West Coast bureau chief for Globe Photos, died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday ...

No matter where he was, he was never there. It turned out that little Hal Roach was one of the finest potential world champions this country ever produced. What finished his career was his eyesight.