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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

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

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

Hal Roach sound era

(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

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

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

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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)

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

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)

Crew members

Directors

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

MGM

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

References

^ 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.