Hal Yates

Biography

Career Overview

Hal Yates has 91 screen credits in a career dating back to 1924. Signature works include Let's Go Stepping, Pardon My Wrench, Lost in a Turkish Bath. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

91

Birth Date

1899-07-26 00:00:00

Birth Place

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known For

• Let's Go Stepping
• Pardon My Wrench
• Lost in a Turkish Bath
• Newlyweds' House Guest
• 

  Ghost Buster
• Fast and Foolish

Frequent Collaborators

• Gil Lamb (4 collaborations)
• Carol Hughes (3 collaborations)
• George D. Wallace (2 collaborations)
• Donald MacBride (2 collaborations)
• Leon Errol (1 collaborations)
• Dorothy Granger (1 collaborations)
• Maxine Semon (1 collaborations)
• Chester Clute (1 collaborations)
• Harry Harvey (1 collaborations)
• Jason Robards Sr. (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (57 credits)

  • Let's Go Stepping

    director

    directing
    2026
  • Pardon My Wrench

    director

    directing
    1953
  • Lost in a Turkish Bath

    director

    directing
    1953
  • Newlyweds' House Guest

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Ghost Buster

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Fast and Foolish

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Newlyweds Take a Chance

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Footlight Varieties

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Hollywood Honeymoon

    director

    directing
    1951
  • The Newlywed's Boarder

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Spooky Wooky

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Shocking Affair

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Bashful Romeo

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Sweet Cheat

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Oil's Well That Ends Well

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Make Mine Laughs

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Dad Always Pays

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Backstage Follies

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Contest Crazy

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Variety Time

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Dig That Gold

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Secretary Trouble

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Bet Your Life

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Brother Knows Best

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Hired Husband

    director

    directing
    1947
  • In Room 303

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Wife Tames Wolf

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Borrowed Blonde

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Do or Diet

    director

    directing
    1947
  • I'll Build It Myself

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Follow That Blonde

    director

    directing
    1946
  • I'll Take Milk

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Twin Husbands

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Oh, Professor Behave!

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Trouble or Nothing

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Beware of Redheads

    director

    directing
    1945
  • You Drive Me Crazy

    director

    directing
    1945
  • It's Your Move

    director

    directing
    1945
  • What, No Cigarettes

    director

    directing
    1945
  • It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Birthday Blues

    director

    directing
    1945
  • He Forgot to Remember

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Feather Your Nest

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Candid Cameramaniacs

    director

    directing
    1937
  • You Bring the Ducks

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Roamin' Vandals

    director

    directing
    1934
  • A Pair of Tights

    director

    directing
    1929
  • The Booster

    director

    directing
    1928
  • All Parts

    director

    directing
    1928
  • Is Everybody Happy?

    director

    directing
    1928
  • Imagine My Embarrassment

    director

    directing
    1928
  • Dumb Daddies

    director

    directing
    1928
  • Hats Off

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Sailors, Beware!

    director

    directing
    1927
  • One Hour Married

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Anything Once!

    director

    directing
    1927
  • The Nickel-Hopper

    director

    directing
    1926

• writing (32 credits)

  • Newlyweds Take a Chance

    screenplay

    writing
    1951
  • Footlight Varieties

    writer

    writing
    1951
  • Hollywood Honeymoon

    screenplay

    writing
    1951
  • Make Mine Laughs

    writer

    writing
    1949
  • Variety Time

    writer

    writing
    1948
  • Wife Tames Wolf

    writer

    writing
    1947
  • Do or Diet

    screenplay

    writing
    1947
  • Twin Husbands

    screenplay

    writing
    1946
  • It's Your Move

    writer

    writing
    1945
  • Birthday Blues

    screenplay

    writing
    1945
  • Niagara Falls

    screenplay

    writing
    1941
  • Just a Cute Kid

    screenplay

    writing
    1940
  • Mama Runs Wild

    writer

    writing
    1937
  • Nobody's Baby

    screenplay

    writing
    1937
  • General Spanky

    writer

    writing
    1936
  • Beginner's Luck

    writer

    writing
    1935
  • Get 'Em Young

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • Merry Widower

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • Along Came Auntie

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • Thundering Fleas

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • Don Key (Son of Burro)

    story

    writing
    1926
  • Say It with Babies

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • Wife Tamers

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • Madame Mystery

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • Wandering Papas

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • What's the World Coming To?

    writer

    writing
    1926
  • The Lion's Whiskers

    writer

    writing
    1925
  • The Raspberry Romance

    story

    writing
    1925
  • Water Wagons

    scenario writer

    writing
    1925
  • Laughing Ladies

    writer

    writing
    1925
  • Bull and Sand

    story

    writing
    1924

• crew (2 credits)

  • The Perfect Snob

    dialogue coach

    crew
    1941
  • The Mad Miss Manton

    additional writing

    crew
    1938