Jack Roach

Jack Roach

Birth : 1889-09-15, Elmira, New York, USA

Death : 1979-11-08

History

Hal Roach's older brother, John Bally Roach, known as “Jack,”was a cameraman, location scout, and casting director.

Profile

Jack Roach

Movies

Pardon Us
Casting
It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
Brats
Casting
Stanley and Oliver are trying to spend a relaxing night at home playing checkers, but the antics of their mischievous sons keep interrupting their recreation.
Blotto
Casting
Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
Bacon Grabbers
Director of Photography
Laurel and Hardy are debt collectors trying to repossess a console radio.
Men O'War
Director of Photography
Sailors Stan and Ollie offer to buy sodas for two women they meet in a park, even though they are short on cash. Luckily Stan wins the jackpot on a slot machine and the boys have enough money to rent a boat to cruise on a lake. They soon tangle with other boaters and everyone ends up in the water.
Unaccustomed as We Are
Director of Photography
Laurel and Hardy try to entertain a female neighbor, unbeknown to Hardy’s wife.
Wrong Again
Camera Operator
Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it being the painting, not the horse. They take the horse to the owner's house to claim the reward. The owner instructs them to put "Blue Boy" on the piano and Ollie explains, "these millionaires are peculiar."
Wrong Again
Director of Photography
Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it being the painting, not the horse. They take the horse to the owner's house to claim the reward. The owner instructs them to put "Blue Boy" on the piano and Ollie explains, "these millionaires are peculiar."
Should Married Men Go Home?
Cinematography
Mrs. Hardy throws Ollie and Stan out of the house. They try to impress two young ladies at a golf course and end up fighting with other golfers.
The Desert's Toll
Director of Photography
Frank Darwin needs to convince Muriel he didn't kill her Father, as claimed by Jasper and Oneta.
Along Came Auntie
Cinematography
A divorced couple try to pretend they are still happily married in order to get $100,000 from the woman's divorce-disapproving aunt.