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