Alan Hale
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 9, 1892
- Died
- January 22, 1950 (aged 57)
- Birthplace
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alan Hale Sr. (born Rufus Edward Mackahan; February 10, 1892 – January 22, 1950) was an American movie actor and director, most widely remembered for his many supporting 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, among dozens of others. Hale was born Rufus Edward Mackahan in Washington, D.C. He studied to be an opera singer and also had success as an inventor. Among his innovations were a sliding theater chair (to allow spectators to slide back to admit newcomers rather than standing), the hand fire extinguisher, and greaseless potato chips. His first film role was in the 1911 silent movie The Cowboy and the Lady. He played "Little John" in the 1922 film Robin Hood, with Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, reprised the role 16 years later in The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, then played him yet again in Rogues of Sherwood Forest in 1950 with John Derek as Robin Hood's son, an unprecedented 28-year span of portrayals of the same character in theatrical films. Hale played Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), featuring in a pivotal confrontation with the Earl of Essex, portrayed by Flynn. His other films include the 1922 epic The Trap with Lon Chaney, 1928's Skyscraper; as well as Fog Over Frisco with Bette Davis; Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen with Baby LeRoy and William Frawley; The Little Minister with Katharine Hepburn; and It Happened One Night with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert; all released in 1934; the 1937 film Stella Dallas with Barbara Stanwyck; High, Wide, and Handsome with Irene Dunne and Dorothy Lamour; The Fighting 69th with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien; They Drive By Night with George Raft and Humphrey Bogart; Manpower with Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, and George Raft; Virginia City with Errol Flynn, Randolph Scott, and Humphrey Bogart; and as the cantankerous Sgt. McGee in the 1943 movie This Is the Army with Irving Berlin. He also co-starred with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in the successful western film Dodge City (1939) where he played the slightly dimwitted but likeable and comical Rusty Hart, sidekick to Flynn's character, Sheriff Wade Hatton. Hale co-starred with Errol Flynn in 13 movies. Hale directed eight movies during the 1920s and 1930s and acted in 235 theatrical films.
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Filmography
The Londoners
TV · as Miguel · 1 ep
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Movie · as Various Roles (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Movie · as Joe Grogan (archive footage)
Colt .45
Movie · as Sheriff Harris
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Movie · as Little John
Stars in My Crown
Movie · as Jed Isbell
The House Across the Street
Movie · as J.B. Grennell
The Inspector General
Movie · as Kovatch
Always Leave Them Laughing
Movie · as Sam Washburn
The Younger Brothers
Movie · as Sheriff Knudson
South of St. Louis
Movie · as Jake Evarts
Adventures of Don Juan
Movie · as Leporello
Whiplash
Movie · as Terrance O'Leary
My Girl Tisa
Movie · as Dugan
Pursued
Movie · as Jake Dingle
That Way with Women
Movie · as Herman Brinker
Cheyenne
Movie · as Fred Durkin
My Wild Irish Rose
Movie · as John Donovan
The Man I Love
Movie · as Riley
Night and Day
Movie · as Leon Dowling
Perilous Holiday
Movie · as Dr. Lilley
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Movie · as John Braden
God Is My Co-Pilot
Movie · as Big Mike Harrigan
Roughly Speaking
Movie · as Lew Morton
Escape in the Desert
Movie · as Dr. Orville Tedder
Hotel Berlin
Movie · as Herman Plottke
Hollywood Canteen
Movie · as Self
Make Your Own Bed
Movie · as Walter Whirtle
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Movie · as Steve Gillis
Janie
Movie · as Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon
Destination Tokyo
Movie · as 'Cookie' Wainwright
Action in the North Atlantic
Movie · as Boats O'Hara
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie · as Self
This Is the Army
Movie · as Sergeant McGee
Captains of the Clouds
Movie · as Tiny Murphy
Gentleman Jim
Movie · as Pat Corbett
Desperate Journey
Movie · as Sgt. Kirk Edwards
Juke Girl
Movie · as Yippee 'Yip'
Manpower
Movie · as Jumbo Wells
Footsteps in the Dark
Movie · as Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
The Smiling Ghost
Movie · as Norton
The Strawberry Blonde
Movie · as Old Man Grimes
The Great Mr. Nobody
Movie · as 'Skipper' Martin
Thieves Fall Out
Movie · as Robert Barnes
Santa Fe Trail
Movie · as Tex Bell
The Sea Hawk
Movie · as Carl Pitt
They Drive by Night
Movie · as Ed Carlsen
The Fighting 69th
Movie · as Big Mike Wynn
Green Hell
Movie · as Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Movie · as Capt. Bullwinkle
Alice in Movieland
Movie · as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
Three Cheers for the Irish
Movie · as Gallagher
Virginia City
Movie · as Olaf Swenson
Dust Be My Destiny
Movie · as Michael 'Mike' Leonard
The Man in the Iron Mask
Movie · as Porthos
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Movie · as The Prince of Tyrone
Dodge City
Movie · as Rusty Hart
On Your Toes
Movie · as Sergei Alexandrovitch
Pacific Liner
Movie · as Gallagher
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Movie · as Little John
Algiers
Movie · as Grandpere
Listen, Darling
Movie · as J.J. Slattery
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Movie · as Kaidu
Valley of the Giants
Movie · as 'Ox' Smith
Four Men and a Prayer
Movie · as Furnoy
The Sisters
Movie · as Sam Johnson
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie · as Captain of the Guard
Stella Dallas
Movie · as Ed Munn
Thin Ice
Movie · as Baron
God's Country and the Woman
Movie · as Bjorn Skalka
Jump for Glory
Movie · as Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'
High, Wide and Handsome
Movie · as Walt Brennan
Music for Madame
Movie · as Detective Flugelman
Breakdowns of 1937
Movie · as Self
Our Relations
Movie · as Joe Grogan
A Message to Garcia
Movie · as Dr. Ivan Krug
Two in the Dark
Movie · as Inspector Florio
Yellowstone
Movie · as John Alexander Hardigan
The Country Beyond
Movie · as Jim Alison
Parole!
Movie · as John Borchard
The Good Fairy
Movie · as Maurice Schlapkohl
The Last Days of Pompeii
Movie · as Burbix
Grand Old Girl
Movie · as Click Dade
Another Face
Movie · as Charles L. Kellar
The Crusades
Movie · as Blondel
Hollywood Extra Girl
Movie · as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
Movie · as Danker
The Scarlet Letter
Movie · as Bartholomew Hockings
The Little Minister
Movie · as Rob Daw
Of Human Bondage
Movie · as Emil Miller
Imitation of Life
Movie · as Martin the Furniture Man
The Lost Patrol
Movie · as Cook
Broadway Bill
Movie · as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Great Expectations
Movie · as Joe Gargery
There's Always Tomorrow
Movie · as Henry
Picture Brides
Movie · as Von Luden
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Movie · as Sam
Little Man, What Now?
Movie · as Holgar Jachman
Fog Over Frisco
Movie · as Chief O'Malley
Babbitt
Movie · as Charlie McKelvey
Destination Unknown
Movie · as Lundstrom
The Eleventh Commandment
Movie · as Max Stager
What Price Decency
Movie · as Klaus van Leyden
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Movie · as Mr Simpson
So Big!
Movie · as Klass Pool
Union Depot
Movie · as The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan
The Match King
Movie · as Borglund
Susan Lenox
Movie · as Jeb Mondstrum
The Sea Ghost
Movie · as Capt. Greg Winters
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Movie · as Hubert
Aloha
Movie · as Stevens
The Night Angel
Movie · as Biezel
She Got What She Wanted
Movie
Sailor's Holiday
Movie · as Adam Pike
The Sap
Movie · as Jim Belden
Red Hot Rhythm
Movie · as Walter
The Leatherneck
Movie · as Otto Schmidt
The Cop
Movie · as Mather
Sal of Singapore
Movie · as Captain Erickson
The Spieler
Movie · as Flash
Skyscraper
Movie · as Slim Strede
The Leopard Lady
Movie · as Caesar
Power
Movie · as Hanson
Oh Kay!
Movie · as Jansen
Vanity
Movie · as 'Happy' Dan Morgan
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Movie · as Singapore Jack
Dick Turpin
Movie · as Tom King
One Night in Rome
Movie · as Duke Mareno
For Another Woman
Movie
Troubles of a Bride
Movie · as Gordon Blake
Main Street
Movie · as Miles Bjornstam
Hollywood
Movie · as Alan Hale
Quicksands
Movie · as Ferrago
Black Oxen
Movie · as Prince Rohenhauer
The Covered Wagon
Movie · as Sam Woodhull
Cameo Kirby
Movie · as Colonel Moreau
The Eleventh Hour
Movie · as Prince Stefan de Bernie
Long Live the King
Movie · as King Karl
A Doll's House
Movie · as Torvald Helmer
Robin Hood
Movie · as Little John
The Trap
Movie · as Benson
The Dictator
Movie · as Sabos
One Glorious Day
Movie · as Ben Wadley
Shirley of the Circus
Movie · as Max
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Movie · as Karl von Hartrott
The Fox
Movie · as Rufus B. Coulter
A Voice in the Dark
Movie · as Dr. Hugh Sainsbury
A Wise Fool
Movie · as George Masson
The Great Impersonation
Movie · as Gustave Seimann
The Barbarian
Movie · as Mark Grant
Over the Wire
Movie · as James Twyford
Moral Suicide
Movie · as 'Lucky' Travers
The Eternal Temptress
Movie · as Count Rudolph Frizel
Life's Whirlpool
Movie · as Dr. Henry Grey
One Hour
Movie · as G.D. Stanley
The Price She Paid
Movie · as Stanley Baird
Sold Out
Movie · as Halsey Brent
The Beast
Movie · as Cowboy
The Love Thief
Movie · as Captain Arthur Boyce
The Scarlet Oath
Movie · as John Huntington
The Americano
Movie
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Movie · as Tom Driscoll
Rolling Stones
Movie · as Jerry Braden
East Lynne
Movie · as Sir Francis Levinson
The Americano
Movie · as Madison - The Americano
Dora Thorne
Movie · as Hugh Fernely
Cupid Entangled
Movie · as The Sweetheart
Woman Against Woman
Movie · as John Tressider
The Power of the Press
Movie · as Sam Freeborn
Strongheart
Movie · as Ralph Thorne
The Little Widow
Movie
The Woman in Black
Movie · as Frank Mansfield
By Man's Law
Movie · as Brother Owner
Dick's Turning
Movie · as The Rich Boy's Father
Glued
Movie