Our Gang personnel
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 theatre's from 1922 to 1944.
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
- The series franchise having been produced in various formats, is in general depicted by 3 different eras, The Hal Roach Silent Film era, The Hal Roach Sound era and the MGM produced era
Hal Roach Silent Film period
1922-1926
- Ernie Morrison as Sunshine Sammy
- Jackie Condon
- Mickey Daniels
- Allen Hoskins as Farina
- Peggy Cartwright
- Jack Davis
- Mary Kornman
- Andy Samuel
- Joe Cobb as the fat kid
- Jannie "Mango" Hoskins
- Sonny Boy "Sing Joy" Warde
- Eugene Jackson as Pineapple
- Johnny Downs
- Pal the Dog
- Dinah the Mule
(1926-1929)
- Allen Hoskins
- Jackie Condon
- Joe Cobb
- Mickey Daniels
- Mary Kornman
- Johnny Downs
- Jannie Hoskins as Mango
- Jay R. Smith
- Clifton Young as Bonedust
- Elmer Lowry as Scooter
- Mildred Kornman
- Jean Darling
- Bobby Hutchins as Weezer
- Harry Spear
- Mary Ann Jackson
- Pete the Pup
- Dinah the Mule
Hal Roach Sound era
(1929-1931)
- Allen Hoskins
- Mary Ann Jackson
- Joe Cobb
- Harry Spear
- Jean Darling
- Bobby Hutchins
- Clifton Young
- Norman Chaney as Chubby
- Jackie Cooper
- Donald Haines
- Dorothy DeBorba
- Buddy McDonald
- Matthew "Stymie" Beard
- Shirley Jean Rickert
- Pete the Pup
- Dinah the Mule
1931–1933
- Matthew Beard as Stymie
- Bobby Hutchins
- Dorothy DeBorba
- Donald Haines
- Sherwood Bailey
- Kendall McComas as Breezy Brisbane
- Jerry Tucker
- George McFarland as Spanky
- Dickie Moore
- Jacquie Lyn
- John Collum as Uh Huh
- Tommy Bond
- Pete the Pup
1934–1935
- Matthew Beard
- Jerry Tucker
- George McFarland
- Tommy Bond
- Wally Albright
- Scotty Beckett
- Jackie Lynn Taylor
- Marianne Edwards
- Leonard Kibrick
- Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
- Philbrook Lyons
- Alvin Buckelew
- Pete the Pup
1935
- George McFarland
- Scotty Beckett
- Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
- Jerry Tucker
- Leonard Kibrick
- Marianne Edwards
- Alvin Buckelew
- Sidney Kibrick
- Carl Switzer as Alfalfa
- Harold Switzer as Slim
- Darla Hood
- Eugene Gordon Lee as Porky
- Patsy May
- Pete the Pup
MGM Period
- Late Roach/Early MGM period
- George McFarland
- Carl Switzer
- Billie Thomas
- Darla Hood
- Eugene Gordon Lee
- Tommy Bond as Butch
- Leonard Kibrick
- Sidney Kibrick as Woim
- Darwood Kaye as Waldo
- Gary Jasgur as Junior
- Henry "Spike" Lee
- Leonard Landy
- Shirley "Muggsy" Coates
- Patsy May
- Harold Switzer
- Pete the Pup
1939–1942
- George McFarland
- Billie Thomas
- Carl Switzer
- Darla Hood
- Shirley Coates as Muggsey
- Leonard Landy
- Harold Switzer
- Mickey Gubitosi
- Billy Laughlin as Froggy
- Janet Burston
1942–1944
- Billie Thomas
- Billy Laughlin
- Robert Blake as Mickey
- Janet Burston
- Mickey Laughlin as Happy Laughlin
- Violet the Goat
Notable ''Our Gang'' cast
- Sonny Bupp, a successful child actor; played bit roles in several late-1930s Our Gang shorts, including a prominent role in Men in Fright
- Dorothy Dandridge, the first African-American actress to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress; made her film debut as an extra in Teacher's Beau
- Darryl Hickman, a successful child actor; made a featured guest appearance in Going to Press
- Dwayne Hickman, later famous as the star of TV's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, had a bit part in the short, Melodies Old and New
- Philip Hurlic, a successful child actor; had small parts in several late-1930s Our Gang shorts, and temporarily took Buckwheat's place as a member of the main cast for Feed 'em and Weep
- Leon Janney, a successful actor and radio personality; had a prominent role in Bear Shooters
- Annabella Logan, later famous as jazz singer Annie Ross, sings one of the musical numbers in Our Gang Follies of 1938
- Juanita Quigley, a successful child actress; appeared in two MGM Our Gang shorts as "Sally": The New Pupil and Going to Press
Recurring ''Our Gang'' cast
Recurring adult actors
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:- William Gillespie as various characters
- Helen Gilmore as various characters
- Charles Stevenson as various characters
- Dick Gilbert as various characters, notably the kind man at the dog pound in The Pooch
- Florence Hoskins as various characters, usually Farina's mother
- Joseph Morrison as various characters, usually Ernie and Farina's father
- Katherine Grant as various characters
- Richard Daniels as various characters, usually Mickey Daniels' father
- George B. French as various characters, notably Professor Clements in Thundering Fleas and Professor Fleece in Shivering Spooks
- Lyle Tayo as various characters, usually one of the kids' mothers
- Gus Leonard as various characters, notably Old Cap in Mush and Milk and Grandpa Gus in The Lucky Corner
- Jimmy Finlayson as various characters, most notably the schoolteacher in Seeing the World and Mr. Brown in Mush and Milk
- Martha Sleeper as various characters
- Charlie Hall as various characters
- Charles McAvoy as various characters, notably Jackie Cooper's father in When the Wind Blows
- Louise Emmons as the headmistress in Bring Home the Turkey and Mush and Milk
- as various characters, notably the dog catcher in The Pooch
- Otto Fries as various characters, notably the orphan asylum agent in Little Daddy, the blacksmith in Readin' and Writin', and Spanky's father in The Kid from Borneo
- Edgar Kennedy as Kennedy the cop
- June Marlowe as Miss Crabtree, the schoolteacher
- Creighton Hale as various characters, notably Miss Crabtree's brother in School's Out
- Margaret Mann as the kids' adopted Grandma in Helping Grandma and Fly My Kite
- May Wallace as various characters, usually one of the kids' mothers
- Harry Bernard as various characters
- James Mason as Dan, Grandma's son-in-law in Fly My Kite
- Mae Busch as Dan's new wife in Fly My Kite
- Johnnie Mae Beard as Stymie's mother in Big Ears and Free Wheeling
- Billy Gilbert as various characters, notably the sea captain in Shiver My Timbers and Spanky's father in Spanky
- Estelle Ettere as various characters, notably Dickie Moore's nurse in Free Wheeling
- Lillian Rich as Dickie Moore's mother in Free Wheeling and Birthday Blues
- James C. Morton as various characters, notably Mr. Morton in Mike Fright and the piano player in Beginner's Luck
- Emerson Treacy and Gay Seabrook as Spanky's parents in Bedtime Worries and Wild Poses
- Billy Bletcher as various characters, notably Bill the golfer in Divot Diggers, the voice of the giant in Mama's Little Pirate, and Froggy's father in Robot Wrecks
- William Wagner as various characters, notably Leonard Kibrick's father in For Pete's Sake! and The Lucky Corner
- Clarence Wilson as various grouchy characters, most notably Mr. Crutch in Shrimps for a Day.
- George and Olive Brasno
- Johnny Arthur as Spanky's father in Anniversary Trouble and Darla's father in Night 'n' Gales and Feed 'em and Weep
- Claudia Dell as Spanky's mother in Mama's Little Pirate and Anniversary Trouble
- Hattie McDaniel as Buckwheat's mother in Anniversary Trouble and Arbor Day
- Rosina Lawrence as Miss Lawrence, the schoolteacher
- Wilma Cox as various characters, usually as a mother to one of the kids
- William Newell and Barbara Bedford as Alfalfa's parents
- Louis Jean Heydt and Peggy Shannon as Mickey Gubitosi's parents in Dad for a Day and All About Hash
- Walter Wills as Froggy's Uncle Walt in
Other notable adult actors
- Will Rogers as Himself/Jubilo in Jubilo, Jr.
- Charley Chase as various characters
- Oliver Hardy as various characters
- Stan Laurel as an Englishman in Seeing the World and a baby in Wild Poses
- Stepin Fetchit as Himself in A Tough Winter
- Blanche Payson as Wheezer and Dorothy's step-mother in Dogs is Dogs
- Tiny Lawrence and Major Mite as the "fidgets" in Free Eats
- Hooper Atchley as Dickie Moore's father in Birthday Blues
- John Lester Johnson as "Bumbo," the Wild Man in The Kid from Borneo
- Franklin Pangborn as Otto Phocus the photographer in Wild Poses
- Don Barclay as Barclay in Honky Donkey
- Kitty Kelly as Spanky's mother in Beginner's Luck
- Hattie McDaniels The Little Rascals 1936 and
- Tom Dugan as the aggravated golfer in Divot Diggers
- Thomas Pogue as Mr. Jackson in Divot Diggers
- Zeffie Tilbury as the kids' adopted Grandma in Second Childhood
- Marie Blake as Aunt Penelope in Alfalfa's Aunt
- Gerard Marenghi as Light-Fingered Lester in "Tiny Troubles"
- Paul Hurst as the bus conductor in Goin' Fishin'
- Thurston Hall as Mr. Morton in Kiddie Kure
- Christian Rub as Mr. Swenson, the janitor in Come Back, Miss Pipps
- Stephen McNally as Bill Patterson in Rover's Big Chance
Crew members
Directors
- James W. Horne
- Ray McCarey
- Robert A. McGowan
- Robert F. McGowan
- Gus Meins
- Fred Newmeyer
- James Parrott
- Nate Watt
- Gordon Douglas and General Spanky
- Sam Baerwitz
- Edward L. Cahn
- Gordon Douglas
- Cy Endfield
- Herbert Glazer
- George Sidney
Cinemaphotographers
- Norbert Brodine
- Francis Corby
- Ernest "Hap" Depew
- Harry Forbes
- Harry W. Gerstand
- F.E. Hershey
- Milton Krasner
- Art Lloyd
- Walter Lundin
- Kenneth Peach
- Len Powers
Film Editors
- Robert Crandall
- Richard Currier
- T.J. Crizer
- Bert Jordan
- Louis McManus
- Jack Ogilive
- Ray Snyder
- William Turhune
- William Zeigler
Recording Engineers/Sound
- Harry Baker
- W.B. Delaplain
- James Greene
- Elmer Raguse
- Oscar Lagerstrom
- William Randall
- Eral Sitar
Key writers
- Frank Capra
- Charley Chase
- Walter Lantz
- Hal Law
- Leo McCarey
- Robert A. McGowan
- Robert F. McGowan
- Hal Roach
- Frank Tashlin
- H. M. Walker
Musicians
- Marvin Hatley
- Leroy Shield
Surviving cast members as of 2020
Actor/Actress |
Mildred Kornman |
Margaret Kerry |
Betta St. John |
Sidney Kibrick |
Annie Ross |
Robert Blake |
Darryl Hickman |
Dwayne Hickman'' |
- Diane Elizabeth East
- Dix Davis Shirley Coates Georgia Jean La Rue Betsy Gay Priscilla Montgomery Payne Johnson Patsy Currier Billy Mindy
- Laura Jane Williams Valerie Lee Jo Jo La Salvio Leon Taylor Clyde Dembeck as Fatty 2 Richard "Dickie" Hall as Happy Hall Clyde Willson (born Omaha, Nebraska