Darla Hood

Acting

Darla Hood

Born — Died

1931-11-08 — 1979-06-13

Place of birth

Leedey, Oklahoma, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

63 titles

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster
7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Screen Director's Playhouse poster
7.0

Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

The Little Rascals poster
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The Little Rascals, also known as "Our Gang", was an American comedy series about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they shared together. It began as a series of short films in the 1920s, and was brought to television in the 1950s.

The Little Rascals

1929

The Bohemian Girl poster
6.2

Stan and Ollie travel with a band of 18th-century Gypsies holding a nobleman's daughter.

The Bohemian Girl

1936

The Helen Morgan Story poster
5.3

Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.

The Helen Morgan Story

1957

The Bat poster
5.9

Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but is killed before he can retrieve it.

The Bat

1959

Film credits

1940s · 13 titles

Come Back, Miss Pipps poster
7.7

On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours. Sour old Mr. Pratt, head of the school board, stumbles on the festivities and has Miss Pipps fired. The Our Gang conspire to save her job by inviting all the parents to a special meeting. There the gang stage a melodrama, with Mr. Pratt portrayed as Simon Legree. The parents react by demoting Mr. Pratt to janitor. They appoint kindly Mr. Swanson, the current janitor, to head the school board. And of course they reinstate Miss Pipps as school teacher. Sometime later, in an act of forgiveness, Miss Pipps and the gang hold a birthday party for Pratt who is then humbled by the experience.

Come Back, Miss Pipps

1941

Happy Land poster
7.1

An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.

Happy Land

1943

Born to Sing poster
5.4

A group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real composer of a Broadway show's songs.

Born to Sing

1942

Waldo's Last Stand poster
7.0

The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an elaborate floor show, with Darla Hood as the star vocalist.

Waldo's Last Stand

1940

Wedding Worries poster
6.3

The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.

Wedding Worries

1941

Alfalfa's Double poster
6.7

Our Gang member Alfalfa comes face to face with his wealthy lookalike Cornelius.

Alfalfa's Double

1940

No artwork available
8.0

While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac, Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently breaks one of his windows. This mishap coincides with a plan hatched by Morton's wife to get her husband's mind off his imaginary illnesses by adopting some children.

Kiddie Kure

1940

The Big Premiere poster
6.7

It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe the festivities. But after the Gang causes a disruption, the police send them scurrying home. Not to worry--the Our Gang stage their own premiere night in the clubhouse barn.

The Big Premiere

1940

No artwork available
6.2

Spanky and Alfalfa both try to impress the new girl at school, much to Darla's dismay.

The New Pupil

1940

Robot Wrecks poster
5.8

Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them. As they rush off to get their money, Slicker gets Boxcar Smith to wear the robot's outer body so when he "brings" the robot to life, it will be Boxcar bringing it to life. The gang unsuspectedly gets their robot to mow the lawn at Froggy's house, but with a signal from Slicker, Boxcar runs amok and mows down everything in his path. Froggy gets to explain what happened to his parents who bust up the fraud and get the miscreants to work with the gang to clean up the mess.

Robot Wrecks

1941

No artwork available
7.0

To impress Darla, Alfalfa drinks a concoction of Butch's "dynamite" brew.

Bubbling Troubles

1940

Ye Olde Minstrels poster
7.3

The gang puts on a show to raise money for the Red Cross.

Ye Olde Minstrels

1941

All About Hash poster
6.0

Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The kids decide to put on a radio skit to try to get them to stop fighting.

All About Hash

1940

1930s · 35 titles

The Bohemian Girl poster
6.2

Stan and Ollie travel with a band of 18th-century Gypsies holding a nobleman's daughter.

The Bohemian Girl

1936

The Ice Follies of 1939 poster
5.6

Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work.

The Ice Follies of 1939

1939

Our Gang Follies of 1938 poster
6.4

Alfalfa gives up being "King of the Crooners" to sing opera, but a nightmare of being under the thumb of an evil producer sends him back to his roots.

Our Gang Follies of 1938

1937

Feed 'em and Weep poster
7.4

It's Mr. Hood's birthday and he's looking forward to a quiet celebration with his family. But Darla's friends show up with living presents, eat his dinner, argue about Tarzan and Alfalfa croons a special song for the unhappy man.

Feed 'em and Weep

1938

Rushin' Ballet poster
6.7

While trying to track down Butch, Spanky and Alfalfa get caught up in a dance recital.

Rushin' Ballet

1937

Our Gang Follies of 1936 poster
6.9

The gang puts on a show, everything goes well, except they're missing an act.

Our Gang Follies of 1936

1935

Neighborhood House poster
9.0

Charley, his wife Rosina and their daughter Darla attend "Bank night" at their local movie theater, more eager to win the cash prize than see the picture. When little Darla is selected to choose the winning ticket, she draws her father's number. The crowd reacts angrily, thinking that the drawing is a fraud, forcing the child to choose another number. This one turns out to be her own ticket, after which a third drawing yields her mother's ticket. While pandemonium erupts in the audience, some gangsters arrive and raid the theater. A chase follows, resulting in the eventual capture of the crooks.

Neighborhood House

1936

Pay As You Exit poster
8.0

The "Our Gang" kids stage a production of "Romeo and Juliet," but the show is threatened when leading lady Darla walks out on star Alfalfa.

Pay As You Exit

1936

Bored of Education poster
6.8

Spanky and Alfalfa fake a toothache to get out of school. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2013.

Bored of Education

1936

Captain Spanky's Show Boat poster
7.0

An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. The Our Gang put the old vessel back to use when they stage a show featuring "Darla's Dancin' Dandies" and a "meller dramer" entitled "Out in the Snow You Go." All is not smooth sailing however, as Butch seeks revenge for having been excluded from the cast.

Captain Spanky's Show Boat

1939

No artwork available
7.0

Alfalfa imagines himself being the star football player on a college team. After a big pep rally he ends up letting the team down when his poor grades cause him to be suspended from play.

Time Out for Lessons

1939

Roamin' Holiday poster
7.2

The gang runs away from home, but meet up with a kindly old couple.

Roamin' Holiday

1937

Night 'n' Gales poster
7.0

Because of a storm, the Gang has to stay overnight at Darla's house, and they drive her father crazy.

Night 'n' Gales

1937

Hide and Shriek poster
6.9

Detective Alfalfa and his assistants Buckwheat and Porky try to solve a missing-candy case but find themselves in an amusement park haunted house.

Hide and Shriek

1938

No artwork available
7.5

While under a hypnotic spell, Alfalfa thinks he's one of the Three Musketeers and challenges Butch to a duel.

Duel Personalities

1939

No artwork available
6.2

Spanky and Alfalfa want to do a show based on the "Aladdin's Lamp" story with Darla in the cast, but Darla doesn't want to participate.

Aladdin's Lantern

1938

Arbor Day poster
6.2

Truant officers mistake 2 midgets for members of the gang.

Arbor Day

1936

Divot Diggers poster
6.3

When the caddies at the local golf course go on strike, the gang steps in to earn some money.

Divot Diggers

1936

Hearts Are Thumps poster
7.2

The gang promises to keep away from girls on St. Valentine's Day, but Alfalfa can't resist Darla.

Hearts Are Thumps

1937

Tiny Troubles poster
6.8

Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal.

Tiny Troubles

1939

Bear Facts poster
7.0

In an effort to impress Darla, Alfalfa tells her that he's a famous bear trainer. Little does he know that Darla's father owns a circus - and a bear costume. It's time for everyone to uncover the "bear facts".

Bear Facts

1938

Party Fever poster
6.8

Alfalfa, Butch and Waldo compete for Mayor For A Day. Whoever becomes Mayor gets to take Darla to the Strawberry Festival.

Party Fever

1938

No artwork available
7.7

Alfalfa imagines himself as a western movie hero battling with Butch for Darla's heart.

The Little Ranger

1938

Mail and Female poster
6.9

The Gang's male members, headed by Spanky, decided to create the "He-Man Woman Haters Club" in reaction to not being invited to one of the girl's parties.

Mail and Female

1937

Three Men in a Tub poster
5.6

Alfalfa and the gang build their own "speedboat" powered by ducks, and challenge Waldo to a race for the hand of Darla.

Three Men in a Tub

1938

Reunion in Rhythm poster
6.2

The gang puts on a musical show at a reunion for some of the former Gang kids.

Reunion in Rhythm

1937

The Pigskin Palooka poster
6.6

While Alfalfa was away at military school, his letters to his friends back home bragged about how he was a star football player. Now that he's back home, he has to prove it.

The Pigskin Palooka

1937

The Pinch Singer poster
7.7

Alfalfa and our gang try to win fifty dollars on a radio contest.

The Pinch Singer

1936

Fishy Tales poster
7.7

Alfalfa tries to back out of a fight by pretending to be incapacitated.

Fishy Tales

1937

No artwork available
7.2

The "Our Gang" kids enter the Kidmobile Race Classic and must rescue their dog from the pound.

Auto Antics

1939

No artwork available
6.7

Butch has been playing practical jokes on the gang, but now they get their turn.

Practical Jokers

1938

Second Childhood poster
7.3

A lonely, rich, hypochondriac is celebrating her 65th birthday in the same manner in which she observes the other 364 days of the year by complaining, berating her servants, taking her pills and grumping about everything around her, including the sunshine. A toy airplane comes flying through an open window and breaks a vase, and when its owner, Spanky, comes in search of it he is informed he will have to pay seventy-five cents for the broken vase. Spanly has never seen six-bit, much less having it in his pants, so he offers his and his friend's help in cleaning up the yard in exchange. Before the kids are through, they've given the old lady a new outlook on life.

Second Childhood

1936

Cousin Wilbur poster
6.8

Alfalfa introduces his prissy, snooty cousin Wilbur to the gang. He instantly gets on everyone's bad side. Especially Alfalfa.

Cousin Wilbur

1939

Framing Youth poster
7.3

Alfalfa and Butch are competing in an amateur radio contest, and Butch tries to fix it so that he will win.

Framing Youth

1937

Came the Brawn poster
7.2

Alfalfa enters a rigged wrestling match against the Masked Marvel, unaware that neighborhood bully Butch has secretly donned the disguise of his opponent.

Came the Brawn

1938

Series credits