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