Former vaudevillian. Directed Harold Lloyd comedies for Hal Roach. In the early 20's, joined Mack Sennett, then turned out two-reel comedies at RKO and Columbia, sometimes featuring Edgar Kennedy. In England after World War II, directing 'quota quickies'. Close friend of Stan Laurel.
Known For
Utopia
(1951)
Co-Director
Full Filmography
Directing
All Aboard
(1917)
Director
By the Sad Sea Waves
(1917)
Director
Bashful
(1917)
Director
Bliss
(1917)
Director
Step Lively
(1917)
Director
Take a Chance
(1918)
Director
Somewhere in Turkey
(1918)
Director
Swing Your Partners
(1918)
Director
Kicking the Germ Out of Germany
(1918)
Director
Two-Gun Gussie
(1918)
Director
Pipe the Whiskers
(1918)
Director
Hey There
(1918)
Director
Fireman Save My Child
(1918)
Director
An Ozark Romance
(1918)
Director
Look Pleasant, Please
(1918)
Director
On the Jump
(1918)
Director
A Gasoline Wedding
(1918)
Director
Kicked Out
(1918)
Director
Let's Go
(1918)
Director
Follow the Crowd
(1918)
Director
Bride and Gloom
(1918)
Director
From Hand to Mouth
(1919)
Director
Si, Senor
(1919)
Director
Ring Up the Curtain
(1919)
Director
Never Touched Me
(1919)
Director
The Floor Below
(1919)
Director
Don't Shove
(1919)
Director
Count Your Change
(1919)
Director
The Marathon
(1919)
Director
Call for Mr. Caveman
(1919)
Director
The Dutiful Dub
(1919)
Director
Pistols for Breakfast
(1919)
Director
Off the Trolley
(1919)
Director
Crack Your Heels
(1919)
Director
Heap Big Chief
(1919)
Director
All at Sea
(1919)
Director
Start Something
(1919)
Director
Tough Luck
(1919)
Director
Haunted Spooks
(1920)
Director
The Dippy Dentist
(1920)
Director
Fresh Paint
(1920)
Director
Run 'Em Ragged
(1920)
Director
Park Your Car
(1920)
Director
Any Old Port
(1920)
Director
Cash Customers
(1920)
Director
Grab the Ghost
(1920)
Director
Drink Hearty
(1920)
Director
Get-Rich-Quick Peggy
(1921)
Director
Trolley Troubles
(1921)
Director
Big Game
(1921)
Director
High Rollers
(1921)
Director
Sea Shore Shapes
(1921)
Director
Carmen, Jr.
(1923)
Director
Sweetie
(1923)
Director
The Kid Reporter
(1923)
Director
Miles of Smiles
(1923)
Director
Hansel and Gretel
(1923)
Director
Such Is Life
(1924)
Director
Peg o' the Mounted
(1924)
Director
Horace Greeley, Jr.
(1925)
Director
Excuse Me
(1925)
Director
Don't
(1925)
Director
Smith's Picnic
(1926)
Director
Hot Cakes for Two
(1926)
Director
Musclebound Music
(1926)
Director
The Pride of Pikeville
(1927)
Director
Smith's Pony
(1927)
Director
Smith's New Home
(1927)
Director
Smith's Cook
(1927)
Director
Smith's Fishing Trip
(1927)
Director
Smith's Candy Shop
(1927)
Director
The Campus Carmen
(1928)
Director
Run, Girl, Run
(1928)
Director
Smith's Army Life
(1928)
Director
The Swim Princess
(1928)
Director
The Rodeo
(1929)
Director
All at Sea
(1929)
Director
Toot Sweet!
(1929)
Director
Prize Puppies
(1930)
Director
Big Money
(1930)
Director
The Eyes Have It
(1931)
Director
Hot News Margie
(1931)
Director
Success
(1931)
Director
Hot Sands
(1931)
Director
The Naggers' Day of Rest
(1931)
Director
On Edge
(1931)
Director
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #1
(1932)
Director
Hey, Pop!
(1932)
Director
Tip Tap Toe
(1932)
Director
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #7
(1932)
Director
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #8
(1932)
Director
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #9
(1932)
Director
Believe It or Not (Second Series) #10
(1932)
Director
Bye-Gones
(1933)
Director
Buzzin' Around
(1933)
Director
Wrongorilla
(1933)
Director
How've You Bean?
(1933)
Director
A Blasted Event
(1934)
Director
Wrong Direction
(1934)
Director
Poisoned Ivory
(1934)
Director
When Do We Eat?
(1934)
Director
Gentlemen of Polish
(1934)
Director
His Bridal Sweet
(1935)
Director
An Old Spanish Onion
(1935)
Director
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
(1935)
Director
It Never Rains
(1935)
Director
Everything Is Rhythm
(1936)
Director
One Good Turn
(1936)
Director
Splinters in the Air
(1937)
Director
A Chump at Oxford
(1940)
Director
Olympic Honeymoon
(1940)
Director
Dick Barton: Special Agent
(1948)
Director
The Dark Road
(1948)
Director
The Adventures of Jane
(1949)
Director
Utopia
(1951)
Co-Director
The Devil’s Jest
(1954)
Director
Acting
Love's Young Scream
(1919)
The Lady
(1925)
Tom Robinson (as Alf Goulding)
Learning to Love
(1925)
John the Barber (as Alf Goulding)
Writing
Carmen, Jr.
(1923)
Story
The Kid Reporter
(1923)
Story
Miles of Smiles
(1923)
Writer
Hotsy-Totsy
(1925)
Story
Should Men Walk Home?
(1927)
Screenplay
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
(1927)
Writer
Dick Barton: Special Agent
(1948)
Writer
The Adventures of Jane
(1949)
Writer
Production