Gordon Douglas
Gordon Douglas. Director: Formicula. Starting out as a child actor, Gordon Douglas was eventually hired by Hal Roach as a gag writer. His first directorial assignments were for Roach's "Our Gang" series. Graduating to features, Douglas stayed with comedies, directing Oliver Hardy in Zenobia, der Jahrmarktselefant (1939) and both Hardy and Stan Laurel in Laurel & Hardy: Auf hoher See (1940). Douglas left Roach for RKO, for which he directed...
Gordon Douglas. Director: Formicula. Starting out as a child actor, Gordon Douglas was eventually hired by Hal Roach as a gag writer. His first directorial assignments were for Roach's "Our Gang" series. Graduating to features, Douglas stayed with comedies, directing Oliver Hardy in Zenobia, der Jahrmarktselefant (1939) and both Hardy and Stan Laurel in Laurel & Hardy: Auf hoher See (1940). Douglas left Roach for RKO, for which he directed...
