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Alan Hale

Actor / Character Actor / Film Director | * 02/10/1892 († 57, 01/22/1950) | Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA))
Alan Hale Sr. (born Rufus Edward Mackahan; February 10, 1892 – January 22, 1950) was an American actor and director. He is best remembered for his many character roles, in particular as a frequent sidekick of Errol Flynn, as well as films supporting Lon Chaney, Wallace Beery, Douglas Fairbanks, James Cagney, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, and Ronald Reagan. Hale was usually billed as Alan Hale and his career in film lasted 40 years. His son, Alan Hale Jr., also became an actor and remains most famous for playing "the Skipper" on the television series Gilligan's Island. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying t ...

They Drive by Night

Certification unknown

1940 | 3.5/5 | 1h 35min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures. ...

The Sea Hawk

Certification unknown

1940 | 3.7/5 | 2h 7min
Action, Adventure, Romance / Love, History
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Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian. ...

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Certification unknown

1938 | 3.8/5 | 1h 42min
Adventure, Romance / Love, History
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The adventures of the notorious Spanish Lothario Don Juan highlights Errol Flynn's swashbuckling and romantic antics. ...

Adventures of Don Juan

NR

1948 | 3.3/5 | 1h 50min
Action, Adventure, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Alan Hale

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Alan Hale as Actor(163)

as Various Roles (archive footage)2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as (archive footage)1982 Showbiz Goes to War
as himself1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up
as Little John1950 Rogues Of Sherwood Forest
as Sheriff Harris1950 Colt .45
as Jed Isbell1950 Stars in My Crown
as Kovatch1949 The Inspector General
as Jake Evarts1949 South of St. Louis
as J.B. Grennell1949 The House Across the Street
as Sam Washburn1949 Always Leave Them Laughing
as Sheriff Knudson1949 The Younger Brothers
as Terrance O'Leary1948 Whiplash
as Dugan1948 My Girl Tisa
as Leporello1948 Adventures of Don Juan
as Fred Durkin1947 Cheyenne
as Jake Dingle1947 Pursued
as John Donovan1947 My Wild Irish Rose
as Herman Brinker1947 That Way with Women
as Leon Dowling1946 Night and Day
as Dr. Lilley1946 Perilous Holiday
as John Braden1946 The Time, The Place and The Girl
as Riley1946 The Man I Love
as Big Mike Harrigan1945 God Is My Co-Pilot
as Dr. Orville Tedder1945 Escape in the Desert
as Herman Plottke1945 Hotel Berlin
as Lew Morton1945 Roughly Speaking
as Walter Whirtle1944 Make Your Own Bed
as Steve Gillis1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain
as rof. Matthew Q. Reardon1944 Janie
as himself1944 Hollywood Canteen
as 'Cookie' Wainwright1943 Destination Tokyo
as himself1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Sergeant McGee1943 This Is the Army
as Boats O'Hara1943 Action in the North Atlantic
as Yippee 'Yip'1942 Juke Girl
as Kirk Edwards1942 Desperate Journey
as Pat Corbett1942 Gentleman Jim
as Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy (bush pilot)1942 Captains of the Clouds
as Old Man Grimes1941 The Strawberry Blonde
as Police Insp. Charles M. Mason1941 Footsteps in the Dark
as Robert Barnes1941 Thieves Fall Out
as Norton1941 The Smiling Ghost
as 'Skipper' Martin1941 The Great Mr. Nobody
as Jumbo Wells1941 Manpower
as Carl Pitt1940 The Sea Hawk
as Gallagher1940 Three Cheers for the Irish
as Ed Carlsen1940 They Drive by Night
as Big Mike Wynn1940 The Fighting 69th
as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)1940 Alice in Movieland
as Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren1940 Green Hell
as Olaf Swenson1940 Virginia City
as Tex Bell1940 Santa Fe Trail
as Capt. Bullwinkle1940 Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as Rusty Hart1939 Dodge City
as Michael 'Mike' Leonard1939 Dust Be My Destiny
as Sergei Alexandrovitch1939 On Your Toes
as Porthos1939 The Man in the Iron Mask
as The Prince of Tyrone1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Gallagher1939 Pacific Liner
as Sam Johnson1938 The Sisters
as 'Ox' Smith1938 Valley of the Giants
as J.J. Slattery1938 Listen, Darling
as Grandpere1938 Algiers
as Little John1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Furnoy1938 Four Men and a Prayer
as Kaidu1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Bjorn Skalka1937 God's Country and the Woman
as Walt Brennan1937 High, Wide and Handsome
as Ed Munn1937 Stella Dallas
as Captain of the Guard1937 The Prince and the Pauper
as Baron1937 Thin Ice
as Detective Flugelman1937 Music for Madame
as Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'1937 Jump for Glory
as himself1937 Breakdowns of 1937
as Jim Alison1936 The Country Beyond
as Dr. Ivan Krug1936 A Message to Garcia
as Joe Grogan1936 Our Relations
as John Alexander Hardigan1936 Yellowstone
as Inspector Florio1936 Two in the Dark
as John Borchard1936 Parole!
as Blondel1935 The Crusades
as Burbix1935 The Last Days of Pompeii
as Click Dade1935 Grand Old Girl
as Maurice Schlapkohl1935 The Good Fairy
as Crusades Actor1935 Hollywood Extra Girl
as Charles L. Kellar1935 Another Face
as Chief O'Malley1934 Fog Over Frisco
as Joe Gargery1934 Great Expectations
as Danker1934 It Happened One Night
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)1934 Broadway Bill
as Cook1934 The Lost Patrol
as Bartholomew Hockings1934 The Scarlet Letter
as Sam1934 Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
as Rob Daw1934 The Little Minister
as Henry1934 There's Always Tomorrow
as Emil Miller1934 Of Human Bondage
as Holgar Jachman1934 Little Man, What Now?
as Charlie McKelvey1934 Babbitt
as Von Luden1934 Picture Brides
as Martin the Furniture Man1934 Imitation of Life
as Max Stager1933 The Eleventh Commandment
as Lundstrom1933 Destination Unknown
as The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan1932 Union Depot
as Klass Pool1932 So Big!
as Mr Simpson1932 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Borglund1932 The Match King
as Hubert1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Capt. Greg Winters1931 The Sea Ghost
as Biezel1931 The Night Angel
as Jeb Mondstrum1931 Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
as Stevens1931 Aloha
1930 She Got What She Wanted
as Walter1929 Red Hot Rhythm
as Adam Pike1929 Sailor's Holiday
as Otto Schmidt1929 The Leatherneck
as Slim Strede1928 Skyscraper
as Mather1928 The Cop
as Jansen1928 Oh Kay!
as Captain Erickson1928 Sal of Singapore
as Caesar1928 The Leopard Lady
as Hanson1928 Power
as Flash1928 The Spieler
as Singapore Jack1927 The Wreck of the Hesperus
as 'Happy' Dan Morgan1927 Vanity
as Tom King1925 Dick Turpin
as Duke Mareno1924 One Night in Rome
as Prince Stefan de Bernie1923 The Eleventh Hour
as Miles Bjornstam1923 Main Street
as himself1923 Hollywood
as Prince Rohenhauer1923 Black Oxen
as Ferrago1923 Quicksands
as King Karl1923 Long Live the King
as Sam Woodhull1923 The Covered Wagon
as Colonel Moreau1923 Cameo Kirby
as Sabos1922 The Dictator
as Torvald Helmer1922 A Doll's House
as Benson1922 The Trap
as Little John1922 Robin Hood
as Ben Wadley1922 One Glorious Day
as Mark Grant1921 The Barbarian
as Rufus B. Coulter1921 The Fox
as Karl von Hartrott1921 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Dr. Hugh Sainsbury1921 A Voice in the Dark
as Gustave Seimann1921 The Great Impersonation
as George Masson1921 A Wise Fool
as 'Lucky' Travers1918 Moral Suicide
as Dr. Henry Grey1917 Life's Whirlpool
as Count Rudolph Frizel1917 The Eternal Temptress
as Cowboy1916 The Beast
as Halsey Brent1916 Sold Out
as Captain Arthur Boyce1916 The Love Thief
as John Huntington1916 The Scarlet Oath
1916 The Americano
as Madison - The Americano1915 The Americano
as Sir Francis Levinson1915 East Lynne
as Hugh Fernely1915 Dora Thorne
as Ralph Thorne1914 Strongheart
as Frank Mansfield1914 The Woman in Black
as John Tressider1914 Woman Against Woman
as Sam Freeborn1914 The Power of the Press
1914 The Little Widow
as Brother Owner1913 By Man's Law
1913 Dick's Turning

TV Shows/Series with Alan Hale as Actor(1)

as Miguel2008 The Londoners

Movies with Alan Hale as Crew(5)

Directing/Director1927 Rubber Tires
Directing/Director1926 The Sporting Lover
Directing/Director1926 Risky Business
Directing/Director1925 Braveheart
Directing/Director1925 The Wedding Song

Full Name: Alan Hale
Born: Wednesday, 02/10 1892 (February) in Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 01/22 1950 (January) in Hollywood (aged: 57)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Employer: Warner Bros.
Spouses (current/former): Gretchen Hartman
Children: Alan Hale, Jr.
Other names for Alan Hale (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Allan Hale"
"Alan Hale Sr."
"Rufus Edward MacKahan"
"Rufus Edward Mackahan"
"Alan Hale senior"
Alan Hale frequently works together with these people:
Perc Westmore (36x, Crew)
Leo F. Forbstein (23x, Crew)
Jack L. Warner (23x, Crew)
Max Steiner (20x, Crew)
Hal B. Wallis (18x, Crew)
Milo Anderson (17x, Crew)
Errol Flynn (16x, Actor)
Ward Bond (14x, Actor)
Jack Mower (14x, Actor)
Michael Curtiz (12x, Crew)
Sol Polito (12x, Crew)
Marieta Żukowska (2x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:26336, Added: 05/08/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024