in 1918 he starred with oliver hardy, in the short silent movie "the lucky dog". that was the beginning of the famous duo, together again years later to form laurel and hardy. his first hal roach short with hardy was "duck soup" (1927), followed by "slipping wives" (1927), "love 'em and weep" (1927), "why girls love sailors" (1927), "the second 100 years" (1927), "call of the cuckoo" (1927), "the battle of the century" (1927). short were a great success and catapulted the duo to stardom. they continued in short movies until 1931, his first feature film "pardon us", by james parrott. his biggest movies were "the devil's brother" (1933), "sons of the desert" (1934), "way out west" (1937), "the flying deuces" (1939).