This page is a listing of the significant cast and crew for Hal Roach's Our Gang short subjects series, which ran in movie theatres from 1922 to 1944.
Our Gang kids (and pets)
Our Gang's lineup changed frequently; as kids left the series or outgrew their roles, new kids were recruited to join the cast. Some of the cast additions were direct changings-of-the-guard, and those are annotated accordingly. The groupings are not meant to represent a cast lineup for a particular Our Gang short from the period it represents, but rather a more general listing of the main members of the cast during the period.
Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" MorrisonJackie CondonMickey DanielsAllen "Farina" HoskinsPeggy CartwrightJack DavisMary KornmanAndy SamuelJoe CobbJannie "Mango" HoskinsSonny Boy "Sing Joy" WardeEugene "Pineapple" Jackson (replaced Ernie in 1924)Johnny DownsPal the DogDinah the MuleLate silents period
Allen "Farina" HoskinsJackie CondonJoe CobbJannie "Mango" HoskinsJay R. Smith (replaced Mickey in 1926)Bobby "Bonedust" YoungElmer "Scooter" LowryMildred KornmanJean Darling (replaced Mary in 1926)Bobby "Wheezer" HutchinsHarry Spear (replaced Scooter in 1927)Mary Ann JacksonDinah the MulePete the Pup (called Minnie in at least one film, and Pansy in a handful of other films)Early sound period
Allen "Farina" HoskinsMary Ann JacksonBobby "Wheezer" HutchinsBobby "Bonedust" YoungNorman "Chubby" Chaney (replaced Joe Cobb in 1929)Jackie CooperDonald HainesDorothy DeBorbaBuddy McDonaldMatthew "Stymie" Beard (joined in 1930, became Farina's replacement in 1931)Shirley Jean RickertPete 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 MuleEarly transitional period
Matthew "Stymie" BeardBobby "Wheezer" HutchinsDorothy DeBorbaDonald HainesSherwood BaileyKendall "Breezy Brisbane" McComas (Was Jackie Cooper's replacement until Dickie Moore took over)Jerry TuckerGeorge "Spanky" McFarlandDickie Moore (Became Jackie Cooper's replacement)Jacquie LynJohn "Uh-huh" CollumTommy BondPete the Pup (Lucenay left the Roach studio in 1932; unrelated, dissimilar bulldogs played Pete in subsequent films)Mid-transitional period
Matthew "Stymie" BeardJerry TuckerGeorge "Spanky" McFarlandTommy Bond (left in 1934, would return in 1937 as "Butch")Wally AlbrightScotty BeckettJackie Lynn TaylorMarianne EdwardsLeonard KibrickBillie "Buckwheat" Thomas (joined in 1934, became Stymie's replacement in 1935)Philbrook LyonsAlvin BuckelewPete the PupLate transitional period
George "Spanky" McFarlandScotty BeckettBillie "Buckwheat" ThomasJerry TuckerLeonard KibrickMarianne EdwardsAlvin BuckelewSidney KibrickCarl "Alfalfa" Switzer (joined in 1935, became Scotty Beckett's replacement in 1936)Harold "Slim" SwitzerDarla HoodEugene "Porky" LeePatsy MayPete the PupLate Roach/Early MGM period
George "Spanky" McFarlandCarl "Alfalfa" SwitzerBillie "Buckwheat" ThomasDarla HoodEugene "Porky" LeeTommy "Butch" Bond (replaced Leonard in 1937)Sidney "The Woim" KibrickDarwood "Waldo" KayeGary "Junior" JasgurHenry "Spike" LeeLeonard LandyShirley "Muggsy" CoatesPatsy MayHarold SwitzerPete the PupTransitional MGM period
George "Spanky" McFarlandBillie "Buckwheat" ThomasCarl "Alfalfa" SwitzerDarla HoodLeonard LandyHarold SwitzerMickey Gubitosi (replaced first Junior, and then Porky, in 1939)Billy "Froggy" Laughlin (joined in 1940, replaced Alfalfa in 1941)Janet Burston (made guest appearances from 1940 until she replaced Darla in 1942)Late MGM period
Billie "Buckwheat" ThomasBilly "Froggy" LaughlinBobby "Mickey" Blake (Gubitosi changed his name in 1942)Janet BurstonMickey "Happy" LaughlinViolet the GoatSonny 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 1938Juanita Quigley, a successful child actress; appeared in two MGM Our Gang shorts as "Sally": The New Pupil (1940) and Going to Press (1942)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 fatherKatherine 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 MilkBudd 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 KiteMae 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 WheelingLillian 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 WrecksWilliam 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 WeepClaudia 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)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)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)Hal Roach Studio
Gordon Douglas (1936–1938 and General Spanky)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)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)Norbert BrodineFrancis CorbyErnest "Hap" DepewHarry ForbesHarry W. GerstandF.E. HersheyMilton KrasnerArt LloydWalter LundinKenneth PeachLen PowersRobert CrandallRichard CurrierT.J. CrizerBert JordanLouis McManusJack OgiliveRay SnyderWilliam TurhuneWilliam ZeiglerHarry BakerW.B. DelaplainJames GreeneElmer RaguseOscar LagerstromWilliam RandallEral SitarFrank 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)Marvin HatleyLeroy ShieldAs of November 2016, the following Our Gang kids are believed to be alive. Note that for several of the people listed below, information is insufficient:
