Alan Hale
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2008 · The Londoners as Miguel
- 2005 · The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Various Roles (archive footage)
- 1982 · Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
- 1968 · The Best of Laurel and Hardy as Joe Grogan (archive footage)
- 1950 · Rogues of Sherwood Forest as Little John
- 1950 · Colt .45 as Sheriff Harris
- 1950 · Stars in My Crown as Jed Isbell
- 1949 · The Inspector General as Kovatch
- 1949 · Always Leave Them Laughing as Sam Washburn
- 1949 · The House Across the Street as J.B. Grennell
- 1949 · The Younger Brothers as Sheriff Knudson
- 1949 · South of St. Louis as Jake Evarts
- 1948 · Adventures of Don Juan as Leporello
- 1948 · Whiplash as Terrance O'Leary
- 1948 · My Girl Tisa as Dugan
- 1947 · My Wild Irish Rose as John Donovan
- 1947 · Cheyenne as Fred Durkin
- 1947 · Pursued as Jake Dingle
- 1947 · That Way with Women as Herman Brinker
- 1946 · The Man I Love as Riley
- 1946 · The Time, The Place and The Girl as John Braden
- 1946 · Night and Day as Leon Dowling
- 1946 · Perilous Holiday as Dr. Lilley
- 1945 · Escape in the Desert as Dr. Orville Tedder
- 1945 · God Is My Co-Pilot as Big Mike Harrigan
- 1945 · Hotel Berlin as Herman Plottke
- 1945 · Roughly Speaking as Lew Morton
- 1944 · Hollywood Canteen as Self
- 1944 · Janie as Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon
- 1944 · The Adventures of Mark Twain as Steve Gillis
- 1944 · Make Your Own Bed as Walter Whirtle
- 1943 · Destination Tokyo as 'Cookie' Wainwright
- 1943 · Thank Your Lucky Stars as Self
- 1943 · This Is the Army as Sergeant McGee
- 1943 · Action in the North Atlantic as Boats O'Hara
- 1942 · Gentleman Jim as Pat Corbett
- 1942 · Desperate Journey as Sgt. Kirk Edwards
- 1942 · Juke Girl as Yippee 'Yip'
- 1942 · Captains of the Clouds as Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy (bush pilot)
- 1941 · The Smiling Ghost as Norton
- 1941 · Manpower as Jumbo Wells
- 1941 · Thieves Fall Out as Robert Barnes
- 1941 · Footsteps in the Dark as Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
- 1941 · The Strawberry Blonde as Old Man Grimes
- 1941 · The Great Mr. Nobody as 'Skipper' Martin
- 1940 · Santa Fe Trail as Tex Bell
- 1940 · Tugboat Annie Sails Again as Capt. Bullwinkle
- 1940 · The Sea Hawk as Carl Pitt
- 1940 · They Drive by Night as Ed Carlsen
- 1940 · Virginia City as Olaf Swenson
- 1940 · Three Cheers for the Irish as Gallagher
- 1940 · Alice in Movieland as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
- 1940 · The Fighting 69th as Big Mike Wynn
- 1940 · Green Hell as Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren
- 1939 · The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex as The Prince of Tyrone
- 1939 · On Your Toes as Sergei Alexandrovitch
- 1939 · Dust Be My Destiny as Michael 'Mike' Leonard
- 1939 · The Man in the Iron Mask as Porthos
- 1939 · Dodge City as Rusty Hart
- 1939 · Pacific Liner as Gallagher
- 1938 · Listen, Darling as J.J. Slattery
- 1938 · The Sisters as Sam Johnson
- 1938 · Valley of the Giants as 'Ox' Smith
- 1938 · The Adventures of Robin Hood as Little John
- 1938 · Four Men and a Prayer as Furnoy
- 1938 · The Adventures of Marco Polo as Kaidu
- 1938 · Algiers as Grandpere
- 1937 · Breakdowns of 1937 as Self
- 1937 · Music for Madame as Detective Flugelman
- 1937 · Thin Ice as Baron
- 1937 · Stella Dallas as Ed Munn
- 1937 · High, Wide and Handsome as Walt Brennan
- 1937 · The Prince and the Pauper as Captain of the Guard
- 1937 · God's Country and the Woman as Bjorn Skalka
- 1937 · When Thief Meets Thief as Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'
- 1936 · Our Relations as Joe Grogan
- 1936 · Yellowstone as John Alexander Hardigan
- 1936 · Parole! as John Borchard
- 1936 · The Country Beyond as Jim Alison
- 1936 · A Message to Garcia as Dr. Ivan Krug
- 1936 · Two in the Dark as Inspector Florio
- 1935 · Another Face as Charles L. Kellar
- 1935 · The Last Days of Pompeii as Burbix
- 1935 · Hollywood Extra Girl as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
- 1935 · The Crusades as Blondel
- 1935 · The Good Fairy as Maurice Schlapkohl
- 1935 · Grand Old Girl as Click Dade
- 1934 · The Little Minister as Rob Daw
- 1934 · Babbitt as Charlie McKelvey
- 1934 · Broadway Bill as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
- 1934 · Imitation of Life as Martin the Furniture Man
- 1934 · There's Always Tomorrow as Henry
- 1934 · Great Expectations as Joe Gargery
- 1934 · The Scarlet Letter as Bartholomew Hockings
- 1934 · Of Human Bondage as Emil Miller
- 1934 · Little Man, What Now? as Holgar Jachman
- 1934 · Fog Over Frisco as Chief O'Malley
- 1934 · Picture Brides as Von Luden
- 1934 · It Happened One Night as Danker
- 1934 · The Lost Patrol as Cook
- 1934 · Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen as Sam
- 1933 · Destination Unknown as Lundstrom
- 1933 · The Eleventh Commandment as Max Stager
- 1933 · What Price Decency as Klaus van Leyden
- 1932 · The Match King as Borglund
- 1932 · Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Mr Simpson
- 1932 · So Big! as Klass Pool
- 1932 · Union Depot as The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan
- 1931 · The Sea Ghost as Capt. Greg Winters
- 1931 · The Sin of Madelon Claudet as Hubert
- 1931 · Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) as Jeb Mondstrum
- 1931 · The Night Angel as Biezel
- 1931 · Aloha as Stevens
- 1930 · She Got What She Wanted as
- 1929 · Red Hot Rhythm as Walter
- 1929 · The Sap as Jim Belden
- 1929 · Sailor's Holiday as Adam Pike
- 1929 · The Leatherneck as Otto Schmidt
- 1928 · The Spieler as Flash
- 1928 · Sal of Singapore as Captain Erickson
- 1928 · Power as Hanson
- 1928 · The Cop as Mather
- 1928 · Oh Kay! as Jansen
- 1928 · Skyscraper as Slim Strede
- 1928 · The Leopard Lady as Caesar
- 1927 · The Wreck of the Hesperus as Singapore Jack
- 1927 · Vanity as 'Happy' Dan Morgan
- 1925 · Dick Turpin as Tom King
- 1924 · For Another Woman as
- 1924 · One Night in Rome as Duke Mareno
- 1923 · Black Oxen as Prince Rohenhauer
- 1923 · Long Live the King as King Karl
- 1923 · Cameo Kirby as Colonel Moreau
- 1923 · Hollywood as Alan Hale
- 1923 · The Eleventh Hour as Prince Stefan de Bernie
- 1923 · Main Street as Miles Bjornstam
- 1923 · The Covered Wagon as Sam Woodhull
- 1923 · Quicksands as Ferrago
- 1922 · Shirley of the Circus as Max
- 1922 · Robin Hood as Little John
- 1922 · The Dictator as Sabos
- 1922 · The Trap as Benson
- 1922 · A Doll's House as Torvald Helmer
- 1922 · One Glorious Day as Ben Wadley
- 1921 · The Great Impersonation as Gustave Seimann
- 1921 · The Fox as Rufus B. Coulter
- 1921 · A Wise Fool as George Masson
- 1921 · A Voice in the Dark as Dr. Hugh Sainsbury
- 1921 · The Barbarian as Mark Grant
- 1921 · The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as Karl von Hartrott
- 1918 · Moral Suicide as 'Lucky' Travers
- 1917 · The Eternal Temptress as Count Rudolph Frizel
- 1917 · Life's Whirlpool as Dr. Henry Grey
- 1916 · The Americano as
- 1916 · The Love Thief as Captain Arthur Boyce
- 1916 · The Scarlet Oath as John Huntington
- 1916 · The Beast as Cowboy
- 1916 · Sold Out as Halsey Brent
- 1916 · Pudd'nhead Wilson as Tom Driscoll
- 1915 · Dora Thorne as Hugh Fernely
- 1915 · East Lynne as Sir Francis Levinson
- 1915 · The Americano as Madison - The Americano
- 1914 · The Woman in Black as Frank Mansfield
- 1914 · The Power of the Press as Sam Freeborn
- 1914 · The Little Widow as
- 1914 · Woman Against Woman as John Tressider
- 1914 · Strongheart as Ralph Thorne
- 1913 · By Man's Law as Brother Owner
- 1913 · Dick's Turning as