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 theaters 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 (1922–1929), The Hal Roach Sound era (1929–1938) and the MGM produced era (1938–1944)

1922–1926

 * Ernie Morrison as Sunshine Sammy
 * Jackie Condon
 * Mickey Daniels
 * Allen Hoskins as Farina
 * Peggy Cartwright
 * Jack Davis
 * Mary Kornman (replaced Peggy after A Quiet Street)
 * Andy Samuel
 * Joe Cobb as the fat kid
 * Jannie "Mango" Hoskins
 * Sonny Boy "Sing Joy" Warde
 * Eugene Jackson as Pineapple (replaced Ernie Morrison in 1924)
 * 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 (replaced Mickey Daniels in 1926)
 * Clifton Young as Bonedust
 * Scooter Lowry as Skooter
 * Mildred Kornman
 * Jean Darling (replaced Mary Kornman in 1926)
 * Bobby Hutchins as Wheezer
 * Harry Spear (replaced Elmer Lowry (Scooter) in 1927)
 * Mary Ann Jackson
 * Diane East
 * Pete the Pup (called Minnie in at least one film, and Pansy in a handful of other films, offspring of Pal the Pup (above))
 * Dinah the Mule
 * Henry Hill as Henry

(1929–1931)

 * Allen Hoskins
 * Mary Ann Jackson
 * Joe Cobb
 * Harry Spear
 * Jean Darling
 * Bobby Hutchins (replaced Jackie Condon in 1929)
 * Clifton Young
 * Norman Chaney as Chubby (replaced Joe Cobb in 1929)
 * Jackie Cooper (replaced Harry Spear in 1929)
 * Donald Haines (replaced Jay R. Smith in 1929)
 * Dorothy DeBorba
 * Buddy McDonald
 * Matthew "Stymie" Beard (joined in 1930, became Allen Hoskins (Farina)'s replacement in 1931)
 * Shirley Jean Rickert
 * Pete the Pup (the original Pete was poisoned in 1930; trainer Harry Lucenay used Pete's offspring [who all appear in Pups is Pups] in the series after they reached maturity starting in 1931)
 * Dinah the Mule

1931–1933

 * Matthew Beard as Stymie
 * Bobby Hutchins
 * Dorothy DeBorba
 * Donald Haines
 * Sherwood Bailey
 * Kendall McComas as Breezy Brisbane (Was Jackie Cooper's replacement until Dickie Moore took over)
 * Jerry Tucker
 * George McFarland as Spanky
 * Dickie Moore (Became Jackie Cooper's replacement)
 * Jacquie Lyn
 * John Collum as Uh Huh
 * Tommy Bond
 * Pete the Pup (Dog trainer Harry Lucenay left the Roach studio in 1932; unrelated, dissimilar bulldogs played Pete in subsequent films)

1934–1935

 * Matthew Beard
 * Jerry Tucker
 * George McFarland
 * Tommy Bond (left in 1934, would return in 1937 as "Butch")
 * Wally Albright
 * Scotty Beckett
 * Jackie Lynn Taylor
 * Marianne Edwards
 * Leonard Kibrick
 * Billie Thomas as Buckwheat (joined in 1934, became Matthew Beard (Stymie)'s replacement in 1935)
 * Philbrook Lyons
 * Alvin Buckelew (replaced Donald Haines in 1934)
 * Barbara Goodrich
 * 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 (joined in 1935, became Scotty Beckett's replacement in 1936)
 * Harold Switzer as Slim
 * Darla Hood
 * Eugene Gordon Lee as Porky
 * Patsy May
 * Barbara Goodrich
 * Pete the Pup

1936–1938

 * George McFarland
 * Carl Switzer
 * Billie Thomas
 * Darla Hood
 * Eugene Gordon Lee
 * Tommy Bond as Butch (replaced Leonard Kibrick in 1937)
 * Sidney Kibrick as Woim
 * Darwood Kaye as Waldo
 * Gary Jasgur as Junior
 * Henry "Spike" Lee
 * Leonard Landy
 * Shirley Coates
 * Barbara Goodrich
 * Patsy May
 * Harold Switzer
 * Pete the Pup

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

 * George McFarland
 * Billie Thomas
 * Carl Switzer
 * Darla Hood
 * Shirley Coates
 * Leonard Landy
 * Harold Switzer
 * Mickey Gubitosi (replaced first Junior, and then Porky, in 1939)
 * Billy Laughlin as Froggy (joined in 1940, replaced Alfalfa in 1941)
 * Janet Burston (made guest appearances from 1940 until she replaced Darla in 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
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.
 * Sonny Bupp, a successful child actor; played bit roles in several late-1930s Our Gang shorts, including a prominent role in Men in Fright (1938)
 * 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 (1935)
 * Darryl Hickman, a successful child actor; made a featured guest appearance in Going to Press (1942)
 * Dwayne Hickman (Darryl's younger brother), 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 (1942)
 * 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 (1938)
 * Leon Janney, a successful actor and radio personality; had a prominent role in Bear Shooters (1930)
 * Annabella Logan, later famous as jazz singer Annie Ross, sings one of the musical numbers in Our Gang Follies of 1938
 * June Preston, an RKO child actress
 * Juanita Quigley, a successful child actress; appeared in two MGM Our Gang shorts as "Sally": The New Pupil (1940) and Going to Press (1942)

Recurring Our Gang cast
• 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
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 (1922–1931)
 * Helen Gilmore as various characters (1922–1930)
 * Charles Stevenson as various characters (1922–1923)
 * Dick Gilbert as various characters, notably the kind man at the dog pound in The Pooch (1922–1933)
 * Florence Hoskins as various characters, usually Farina's mother (1922–1928)
 * Joseph Morrison (also known as Ernie Morrison, Sr.) as various characters, usually Ernie and Farina's father
 * Katherine Grant as various characters (1922–1925)
 * Richard Daniels as various characters, usually Mickey Daniels' father (1922–1926)
 * George B. French as various characters, notably Professor Clements in Thundering Fleas and Professor Fleece in Shivering Spooks (1923–1928)
 * Lyle Tayo as various characters, usually one of the kids' mothers (1924–1934)
 * Gus Leonard as various characters, notably Old Cap in Mush and Milk and Grandpa Gus in The Lucky Corner (1925–1936)
 * Jimmy Finlayson as various characters, most notably the schoolteacher in Seeing the World and Mr. Brown in Mush and Milk (1925–1933)
 * Martha Sleeper as various characters (1925–1927)
 * Charlie Hall as various characters (1926–1936)
 * Charles McAvoy as various characters, notably Jackie Cooper's father in When the Wind Blows (1926–1934)
 * Louise Emmons as the headmistress in Bring Home the Turkey and Mush and Milk
 * Budd Fine as various characters, notably the dog catcher in The Pooch (1928–1932)
 * 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 (1929–1933)
 * Edgar Kennedy as Kennedy the cop (1929–1930)
 * June Marlowe as Miss Crabtree, the schoolteacher (1930–1932)
 * Creighton Hale as various characters, notably Miss Crabtree's brother in School's Out (1930–1932)
 * Margaret Mann as the kids' adopted Grandma in Helping Grandma and Fly My Kite (1931)
 * May Wallace as various characters, usually one of the kids' mothers (1931–1937)
 * Harry Bernard as various characters (1931–1935)
 * James Mason as Dan, Grandma's son-in-law in Fly My Kite
 * Mae Busch as Dan's new wife in Fly My Kite (1931)
 * Johnnie Mae Beard as Stymie's mother in Big Ears and Free Wheeling (1931–1932)
 * Billy Gilbert as various characters, notably the sea captain in Shiver My Timbers and Spanky's father in Spanky (1931–1933)
 * 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 (1932)
 * James C. Morton as various characters, notably Mr. Morton in Mike Fright and the piano player in Beginner's Luck (1932–1935)
 * Emerson Treacy and Gay Seabrook as Spanky's parents in Bedtime Worries and Wild Poses (1933)
 * 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 (and the voice of his mother) in Robot Wrecks
 * William Wagner as various characters, notably Leonard Kibrick's father in For Pete's Sake! and The Lucky Corner (1934–1936)
 * Clarence Wilson as various grouchy characters, most notably Mr. Crutch in Shrimps for a Day. (1934–1941)
 * George and Olive Brasno (1934's Shrimps for a Day and 1936's Arbor Day)
 * 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 (1935)
 * Hattie McDaniel as Buckwheat's mother in Anniversary Trouble and Arbor Day (1935–1936)
 * Rosina Lawrence as Miss Lawrence, the schoolteacher (1936–1937)
 * Wilma Cox as various characters, usually as a mother to one of the kids (1937–1938)
 * William Newell and Barbara Bedford as Alfalfa's parents (1938–1940)
 * Louis Jean Heydt and Peggy Shannon as Mickey Gubitosi's parents in Dad for a Day and All About Hash (1939–1940)
 * Walter Wills as Froggy's Uncle Walt in (1941–1942)

Other notable adult actors

 * Will Rogers as himself/Jubilo in Jubilo Jr. (1924)
 * Charley Chase as various characters (1924–1931)
 * Oliver Hardy as various characters (1926–1933)
 * Stan Laurel as an Englishman in Seeing the World (1927) and a baby in Wild Poses (1933)
 * Stepin Fetchit as himself in A Tough Winter (1930)
 * Blanche Payson as Wheezer and Dorothy's step-mother in Dogs is Dogs (1931)
 * Tiny Lawrence and Major Mite as the "fidgets" in Free Eats (1932)
 * Hooper Atchley as Dickie Moore's father in Birthday Blues (1932)
 * John Lester Johnson as "Bumbo," the Wild Man in The Kid from Borneo (1933)
 * Franklin Pangborn as Otto Phocus the photographer in Wild Poses (1933)
 * Don Barclay as Barclay in Honky Donkey (1934)
 * Kitty Kelly as Spanky's mother in Beginner's Luck (1935)
 * Tom Dugan as the aggravated golfer in Divot Diggers (1936)
 * Thomas Pogue as Mr. Jackson in Divot Diggers (1936)
 * Zeffie Tilbury as the kids' adopted Grandma in Second Childhood (1936)
 * Marie Blake as Aunt Penelope in Alfalfa's Aunt (1939)
 * Gerard Marenghi (also known as Jerry Maren) as Light-Fingered Lester in "Tiny Troubles" (1939)
 * Paul Hurst as the bus conductor in Goin' Fishin' (1940)
 * Thurston Hall as Mr. Morton in Kiddie Kure (1940)
 * Christian Rub as Mr. Swenson, the janitor in Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941)
 * Stephen McNally as Bill Patterson in Rover's Big Chance (1942)

Directors
MGM
 * James W. Horne (When the Wind Blows)
 * Ray McCarey (Free Eats)
 * Robert A. McGowan (1926–1930) (Robert F.'s nephew, usually credited as "Anthony Mack")
 * Robert F. McGowan (1922–1933; Divot Diggers)
 * Gus Meins (1934–1936)
 * Fred Newmeyer (Our Gang, The Pinch Singer and Arbor Day, 1937 short Mail and Female, and General Spanky)
 * James Parrott (Washee Ironee)
 * Nate Watt (Three Men in a Tub and The Awful Tooth)
 * Gordon Douglas (1936–1938) and General Spanky
 * Sam Baerwitz (Calling All Kids)
 * Edward L. Cahn (1939–1942; Three Smart Guys)
 * Gordon Douglas (The Little Ranger, Aladdin's Lantern)
 * Cy Endfield (Radio Bugs, Dancing Romeo, Tale of a Dog)
 * Herbert Glazer (1942–1943)
 * George Sidney (1938–1939)

Cinematographers

 * Norbert Brodine
 * Francis Corby
 * Ernest "Hap" Depew
 * Harry Forbes
 * Harry W. Gerstad
 * F.E. Hershey
 * Milton Krasner
 * Art Lloyd
 * Walter Lundin
 * Kenneth Peach
 * Len Powers
 * Robert W. Pittack
 * Jackson Rose
 * Charles Salerno Jr.
 * Clyde De Vinna
 * Charles Schoenbaum
 * Paul C. Vogel

Film Editors

 * Robert Crandall
 * Richard Currier
 * T.J. Crizer
 * Bert Jordan
 * Louis McManus
 * Jack Ogilvie
 * Ray Snyder
 * William Terhune
 * William Ziegler
 * Ralph E. Goldstein
 * Leon Bourgeau
 * Albert Akst

Recording Engineers/Sound

 * Harry Baker
 * W.B. Delaplain
 * James Greene
 * Elmer Raguse
 * Oscar Lagerstrom
 * William Randall
 * Earl Sitar

Key writers

 * Frank Capra (mid-1920s)
 * Charley Chase (early 1920s)
 * Walter Lantz (mid-1920s)
 * Hal Law (wrote most of the MGM shorts)
 * Leo McCarey (early to mid-1920s)
 * Robert A. McGowan (wrote most of the MGM shorts)
 * Robert F. McGowan (1922–1933)
 * Hal Roach (1922–mid-1930s)
 * Frank Tashlin (mid-1930s)
 * H. M. Walker (1922–1932)

Musicians

 * Marvin Hatley
 * Leroy Shield
 * Max Terr