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Our Gang personnel

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The Our Gang personnel page is a listing of the significant cast and crew from the Our Gang short subjects film series, originally created and produced by Hal Roach which ran in movie theaters from 1922 to 1944.[1]

The series was produced by Hal Roach Studio's from 1922 until 1938, and from 1938 and 1944 by MGM pictures After being purchased by MGM studios, the title was changed to The Little Rascals, for subsequent theatrical re-releases from the Roach-produced era, as well as for syndicated television broadcasts starting from 1955.

Our Gang cast

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  • The series franchise having been produced in various formats, is in general depicted by 3 different eras , The Hal Roach Silent Film era (1922–1929), The Hal Roach Sound era (1929–1938) and the MGM produced era (1938–1944)

Hal Roach silent film period

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1922–1926

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(1926–1929)

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Hal Roach sound era

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(1929–1931)

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1931–1933

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1934–1935

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1935

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1936–1938

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MGM period

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1938–1939

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  • George McFarland
  • Carl Switzer
  • Billie Thomas
  • Darla Hood
  • Eugene Gordon Lee
  • Tommy Bond
  • Sidney Kibrick
  • Darwood Kaye
  • Gary Jasgur
  • Leonard Landy
  • Shirley Coates as Muggsy
  • Harold Switzer

1939–1942

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1942–1944

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  • Billie Thomas
  • Billy Laughlin
  • Robert Blake as Mickey (actor Gubitosi changed his name in 1942)
  • Janet Burston
  • Mickey Laughlin as Happy Laughlin
  • Violet the Goat

Additional notable Our Gang cast

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[citation needed]

Arthur William Anderson Jr. is in a picture as part of the cast from about 1941. He is not listed in the book about The Little Rascals, but he is in the picture I have.

Recurring Our Gang cast

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  • John Hatton (1922)
  • Anna Mae Bilson (1922)
  • Richard Billings (1922–1923)
  • Elmo Billings (1922–1925)
  • George Ward as Freckles (1922–1923)
  • Kenneth Johnson (1922)
  • Betsy Ann Hisle as Mabel (1922)
  • Gabe Saienz (1922–1926)
  • Walter Wilkinson (1922–1924)
  • Winston and Weston Doty (1922)
  • Dorothy Morrison (1923–1925)
  • Doris "Imogene" Oelze (1923, 1927)
  • Ivadell Carter (1923–1925)
  • Peggy Ahern (1923–1927)
  • Lassie Lou Ahern (1923–1926)
  • Julia Brown (1923)
  • Leona Levin (1923)
  • Dick Henchen (1924)
  • "Powder-Puff" (actor unidentified) (1924)
  • David Durand (1925–1926)
  • Jackie Hanes as Husky (1925–1926)
  • Nancy McKee (1926)
  • Billy Naylor (1926)
  • Peggy Eames (1926–1927)
  • Johnny Aber (1927–1930)
  • Buddy McNeal (1927-1929)
  • Andy Shuford (1927–1929)
  • Jimsy Boudwin (1927)
  • Bret Black as Buck (1927)
  • Bobby Mallon (1927–1932)
  • Davey Monahan (1927)
  • Richard "Coolidge" Smith and Robert "Tunney" Smith (1927)
  • Paul Toien (1927–1928)
  • Jack Hanlon (1927)
  • Annette De Kirby (1927)
  • Bobby Dean (1928)
  • Donnie Smith as Beezer (1928–1929)
  • Jimmy Farren (1928)
  • Warren Mills (1929)
  • Gordon Thorpe (1929–1930)
  • George Dunning (1929)
  • Fletcher Tolbert as Rusty (1930)
  • Jerry McGowan (1930)
  • Beverly Parrish (1930)
  • Edith Fellows (1930–1933)
  • Jack McHugh (1930)
  • Georgie Billings (1930–1933)
  • Douglas Greer (1930–1932)
  • Warner and Wolfgang Weidler (1930)
  • Allen Tong (1930)
  • Artye Folz (1930, 1932)
  • Dickie Jackson (1931–1933)
  • George Ernest (1931)
  • Jackie Williams (1931)
  • Charles "Chic" Sale Jr. (1931)
  • Carlena Beard (1931–1932)
  • Patsy Britten (1932)
  • Harold Wertz as Bouncey(1932)
  • Marcia Mae Jones (1932–1933)
  • Bobby De War (1932–1933)
  • Henry Hanna (1932–1933)
  • David Holt (1933)
  • Tommy McFarland (1933–1943)
  • Dickie Hutchins (1933)
  • Bill Farnum (1933)
  • Olga Therkow (1933)
  • Tommy Bupp (1934
  • Marvin Strin as Bubbles (1934–1937)
  • Donald Proffitt (1934–1937)
  • Edmund Corthell (1934)
  • Barbara Goodrich (1934–1937)
  • Cullen Johnson (1934, 1937)
  • Billy Lee Wolfstone (1934–1935)
  • Jackie Wilson (1934)
  • Billy Lee (1934)
  • Leona McDowell (1934–1935)
  • Joy Wurgaft (1934–1935)
  • Laura June Williams (1934–1938)
  • Dickie Jones (1934–1937)
  • Gene Reynolds (1934)
  • Joe Levine (1934–1939)
  • Jackie White (1934–1935)
  • Harry Lowe Jr. (1934)
  • Marilyn Bourne (1934)
  • Gilbert Hullett (1934)
  • Paul Rodriguez (1934)
  • Tony Kales (1934)
  • Gordon Evans (1934)
  • Harry Harvey Jr. (1934–1935)
  • Eileen Bernstein (1934–1935)
  • Merrill Strong (1935–1936)
  • Cecilia Murray (1935)
  • The Cabin Kids (1935)
  • The Meglin Kiddies (1935)
  • Bonnie Lynn (1935)
  • Fred Walburn as Slicker (1935, 1940–1942)
  • Rex Downing (1935–1937)
  • Margaret Kerry (1935–1938)
  • Robert Lentz as Spiky (1935)
  • Dickie De Nuet (1935–1937)
  • Paul Hilton (1935–1939)
  • The Brian Sisters (1935)
  • The Bud Murray Dancers (1935–1942)
  • Gloria Brown (1936–1939)
  • Billy Minderhout (1936–1938)
  • Betsy Gay as Effie (1936–1938)
  • Joe "Tubby" Straunch Jr. (1936–1941)
  • Flaette Roberts (1936)
  • Georgie Jean LaRue (1937)
  • Yoshi Nistu (1937)
  • Yoko Kawachichi (1937)
  • Delmar Watson (1937)
  • Payne Johnson (1937-1939)
  • Vincent Graeff as Boxcar (1937–1944)
  • Hugh Chapman (1937–1940)
  • Barry Downing (1937-1943)
  • Dorothy "Jackie" Horner (1937–1943)
  • Philip MacMahon (later known as Tommy Ryan) (1937)
  • Cordell Hickman as Big Shot (1937, 1944)
  • Clifford "Richard" Severn Jr. (1937)
  • James Gubitosi (1939–1943)
  • Freddie Chapman (1939–1943)
  • Clyde Willson (1939–1940)
  • Valerie "Marilyn" Lee (1939–1944)
  • Giovanna Gubitosi (later known as Joan Blake) (1940–1943)
  • Edward "Lee Wong" Soo Hoo (1941–1942)
  • Bobby "Gerald" Browning (1941, 1944)
  • "Big Shot" (actor unknown) (1941–1943)
  • Harvard Peck (1941)
  • Leon Tyler (1941–1942)
  • Clyde Demback as Fatty (1942)
  • Tommy Tucker as Spud (1942–1943)
  • Frank Lester Ward (1942–1944)
  • Dickie Hall (1943–1944)
  • Marlene Kinghorn (1943)
  • Marlene Mains (1943)
  • David Polonsky (1943)

Recurring adult actors

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Many of the regular adult actors in Our Gang also frequently appeared in other Hal Roach comedies, including the Charley Chase and Laurel and Hardy series:

Other notable adult actors

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Crew members

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References

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  1. ^ Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1977). Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals. Crown Publishers. pp. 260–288. Retrieved 3 March 2024.