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Hal Roach Jr. was born on 15 June 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a producer and director, known for One Million B.C. (1940), The Fabulous Joe (1947) and Captain Scarface (1953). He died on 29 March 1972 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Mar 30, 1972 · Roach, Hal E Jr. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996.
It was also about this time that Roach turned the operation of the studio over to his son, Hal Roach, Jr., whose ill-advised business dealings caused the studio to go bankrupt by 1959. Although Hal Roach Studios’ facilities were demolished in 1963, the company continued for several years as a film distributorship.
Hal Roach Jr. died of pneumonia in 1972. Hal Sr. sold his interest in Hal Roach Studios to a Canadian investment group in 1971; he died in 1992. [ 10 ] As a corporate entity, Hal Roach Studios survived into the 1980s, managing the rights to its catalog, primarily the Laurel and Hardy films, and sporadic new productions such as Kids Incorporated .
Nov 2, 1992 · In April of 1959 while he was in retirement, the Hal Roach Studios was closed due to bankruptcy under the management of his son Hal Roach, Jr. His son had purchased the studios in 1955. Although Roach, Sr. attempted to revive the studio, all attempts failed and the studio closed. The Hal Roach Studios' facilities were demolished in 1963.
Hal Roach, Jr. is known as an Producer, Executive Producer, Director, Story, and Associate Producer. Some of his work includes Block-Heads, The Groundstar Conspiracy, Captain Scarface, Who Killed Doc Robbin?, Here Comes Trouble, Curley, The Devil with Hitler, and The Veil.
Nov 2, 1992 · In 1964, his daughter Margaret Roach died, while son Hal, Jr. passed in 1972, leaving Roach to outlive both his children and his first wife by decades. In 1984, he received an Honorary Oscar from the Academy, and the following year Roach appeared as one of the interviewees in the documentary, "George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey" (1985).
