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]

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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.

Of the official cast, only Sidney Kibrick is known to still be alive.

Our Gang cast

Hal Roach silent film period

1922–1926

(1926–1929)

Hal Roach sound era

(1929–1931)

1931–1933

1934–1935

1935

1936–1938

MGM period

1938–1939

  • 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

1942–1944

  • 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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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

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:

Other notable adult actors

Crew members

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References

  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.