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  • Category: Motion pictures
  • Star rank: 1358
  • Address:
    1610 Vine St
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing north
  • GPS location:
    34.101252, -118.326539

Hal Roach

Next star: Jackie Coogan
Previous star: Paulette Goddard

Biography

Harold Eugene “Hal” Roach, Sr. (January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer and director, and actor from the 1910s to the 1990s.

Fact file

  • Born: Harold Eugene Roach January 14, 1892 Elmira, New York, United States
  • Died: November 2, 1992 (aged 100) Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Cause of death: pneumonia
  • Occupation: Director/Producer
  • Years active: 1912–1992
  • Spouse: Marguerite Nichols (1915-1941)

Read more about Hal Roach at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

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Classic Hollywood: Laurel and Hardy fan group keeps laughs alive
LA Times Entertainme, 2011-11-21 00:00:00
The Hollywood branch of Sons of the Desert, named after the comedy duo's 1933 film, exchange stories weekly over lunch near the old Hal Roach Studios site.The Hollywood branch of Sons of the Desert, named after the comedy duo's 1933 film, exchange stories weekly over lunch near the old Hal ...

LAist Film Calendar: Herzog For The Holidays
LAist - News from LA, 2009-12-16 22:00:00
Holiday dinner before the egg nog... | Photo courtesy of Industrial Entertainment Herr Claus may be the most sought-after German this week, but his countryman Herzog is also comin' to town. He'll see you, sleeping or awake, at the Downtown Independent, for a screening of his latest, My Son, My ...

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