Alan Hale
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 9, 1892
- Died
- January 22, 1950
- Birthplace
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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.
Filmography
The Adventures of Errol Flynn 2005
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War 1982
as (archive footage)
- The Best of Laurel and Hardy
The Best of Laurel and Hardy 1968
as Joe Grogan (archive footage)
Rogues of Sherwood Forest 1950
as Little John
Colt .45 1950
as Sheriff Harris
Stars in My Crown 1950
as Jed Isbell
The Inspector General 1949
as Kovatch
Always Leave Them Laughing 1949
as Sam Washburn
The House Across the Street 1949
as J.B. Grennell
The Younger Brothers 1949
as Sheriff Knudson
South of St. Louis 1949
as Jake Evarts
Whiplash 1948
as Terrance O'Leary
Adventures of Don Juan 1948
as Leporello
My Girl Tisa 1948
as Dugan
My Wild Irish Rose 1947
as John Donovan
Cheyenne 1947
as Fred Durkin
Pursued 1947
as Jake Dingle
That Way with Women 1947
as Herman Brinker
The Time, The Place and The Girl 1946
as John Braden
The Man I Love 1946
as Riley
Night and Day 1946
as Leon Dowling
Perilous Holiday 1946
as Dr. Lilley
Escape in the Desert 1945
as Dr. Orville Tedder
God Is My Co-Pilot 1945
as Big Mike Harrigan
Hotel Berlin 1945
as Herman Plottke
Roughly Speaking 1945
as Lew Morton
Hollywood Canteen 1944
as Self
Janie 1944
as Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon
The Adventures of Mark Twain 1944
as Steve Gillis
Make Your Own Bed 1944
as Walter Whirtle
Destination Tokyo 1943
as 'Cookie' Wainwright
Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943
as Self
This Is the Army 1943
as Sergeant McGee
Action in the North Atlantic 1943
as Boats O'Hara
Gentleman Jim 1942
as Pat Corbett
Desperate Journey 1942
as Sgt. Kirk Edwards
Juke Girl 1942
as Yippee 'Yip'
Captains of the Clouds 1942
as Tiny Murphy
The Smiling Ghost 1941
as Norton
Manpower 1941
as Jumbo Wells
Thieves Fall Out 1941
as Robert Barnes
Footsteps in the Dark 1941
as Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
The Strawberry Blonde 1941
as Old Man Grimes
The Great Mr. Nobody 1941
as 'Skipper' Martin
Santa Fe Trail 1940
as Tex Bell
Tugboat Annie Sails Again 1940
as Capt. Bullwinkle
The Sea Hawk 1940
as Carl Pitt
They Drive by Night 1940
as Ed Carlsen
Virginia City 1940
as Olaf Swenson
Three Cheers for the Irish 1940
as Gallagher
Alice in Movieland 1940
as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th 1940
as Big Mike Wynn
Green Hell 1940
as Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939
as The Prince of Tyrone
On Your Toes 1939
as Sergei Alexandrovitch
Dust Be My Destiny 1939
as Michael 'Mike' Leonard
The Man in the Iron Mask 1939
as Porthos
Dodge City 1939
as Rusty Hart
Pacific Liner 1939
as Gallagher
Listen, Darling 1938
as J.J. Slattery
The Sisters 1938
as Sam Johnson
Valley of the Giants 1938
as 'Ox' Smith
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938
as Little John
Four Men and a Prayer 1938
as Furnoy
The Adventures of Marco Polo 1938
as Kaidu
Algiers 1938
as Grandpere
Breakdowns of 1937 1937
as Self
Music for Madame 1937
as Detective Flugelman
Thin Ice 1937
as Baron
Stella Dallas 1937
as Ed Munn
High, Wide and Handsome 1937
as Walt Brennan
The Prince and the Pauper 1937
as Captain of the Guard
Jump for Glory 1937
as Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'
God's Country and the Woman 1937
as Bjorn Skalka
Our Relations 1936
as Joe Grogan
Yellowstone 1936
as John Alexander Hardigan
Parole! 1936
as John Borchard
The Country Beyond 1936
as Jim Alison
A Message to Garcia 1936
as Dr. Ivan Krug
Two in the Dark 1936
as Inspector Florio
Another Face 1935
as Charles L. Kellar
The Last Days of Pompeii 1935
as Burbix
Hollywood Extra Girl 1935
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
The Crusades 1935
as Blondel
The Good Fairy 1935
as Maurice Schlapkohl
Grand Old Girl 1935
as Click Dade
The Little Minister 1934
as Rob Daw
Babbitt 1934
as Charlie McKelvey
Broadway Bill 1934
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Imitation of Life 1934
as Martin the Furniture Man
There's Always Tomorrow 1934
as Henry
Great Expectations 1934
as Joe Gargery
The Scarlet Letter 1934
as Bartholomew Hockings
Of Human Bondage 1934
as Emil Miller
Little Man, What Now? 1934
as Holgar Jachman
Fog Over Frisco 1934
as Chief O'Malley
Picture Brides 1934
as Von Luden
It Happened One Night 1934
as Danker
The Lost Patrol 1934
as Cook
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen 1934
as Sam
Destination Unknown 1933
as Lundstrom
The Eleventh Commandment 1933
as Max Stager
What Price Decency 1933
as Klaus van Leyden
The Match King 1932
as Borglund
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1932
as Mr Simpson
So Big! 1932
as Klass Pool
Union Depot 1932
as The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan
The Sea Ghost 1931
as Capt. Greg Winters
The Sin of Madelon Claudet 1931
as Hubert
Susan Lenox 1931
as Jeb Mondstrum
The Night Angel 1931
as Biezel
Aloha 1931
as Stevens
- She Got What She Wanted
She Got What She Wanted 1930
Actor
Red Hot Rhythm 1929
as Walter
The Sap 1929
as Jim Belden
Sailor's Holiday 1929
as Adam Pike
The Leatherneck 1929
as Otto Schmidt
The Spieler 1928
as Flash
Sal of Singapore 1928
as Captain Erickson
Power 1928
as Hanson
The Cop 1928
as Mather
Oh Kay! 1928
as Jansen
Skyscraper 1928
as Slim Strede
- The Leopard Lady
The Leopard Lady 1928
as Caesar
The Wreck of the Hesperus 1927
as Singapore Jack
Vanity 1927
as 'Happy' Dan Morgan
Rubber Tires 1927
Director
Risky Business 1926
Director
The Sporting Lover 1926
Director
Forbidden Waters 1926
Director
Braveheart 1925
Director
The Wedding Song 1925
Director
Dick Turpin 1925
as Tom King
Troubles of a Bride 1924
as Gordon Blake
For Another Woman 1924
Actor
- One Night in Rome
One Night in Rome 1924
as Duke Mareno
Black Oxen 1923
as Prince Rohenhauer
Long Live the King 1923
as King Karl
Cameo Kirby 1923
as Colonel Moreau
Hollywood 1923
as Alan Hale
The Eleventh Hour 1923
as Prince Stefan de Bernie
Main Street 1923
as Miles Bjornstam
The Covered Wagon 1923
as Sam Woodhull
Quicksands 1923
as Ferrago
Shirley of the Circus 1922
as Max
Robin Hood 1922
as Little John
The Dictator 1922
as Sabos
The Trap 1922
as Benson
A Doll's House 1922
as Torvald Helmer
One Glorious Day 1922
as Ben Wadley
The Great Impersonation 1921
as Gustave Seimann
The Fox 1921
as Rufus B. Coulter
Over the Wire 1921
as James Twyford
A Wise Fool 1921
as George Masson
The Barbarian 1921
as Mark Grant
A Voice in the Dark 1921
as Dr. Hugh Sainsbury
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1921
as Karl von Hartrott
Moral Suicide 1918
as 'Lucky' Travers
The Eternal Temptress 1917
as Count Rudolph Frizel
Life's Whirlpool 1917
as Dr. Henry Grey
One Hour 1917
as G.D. Stanley
The Price She Paid 1917
as Stanley Baird
The Americano 1916
Actor
The Love Thief 1916
as Captain Arthur Boyce
The Scarlet Oath 1916
as John Huntington
Rolling Stones 1916
as Jerry Braden
The Beast 1916
as Cowboy
Sold Out 1916
as Halsey Brent
- Pudd'nhead Wilson
Pudd'nhead Wilson 1916
as Tom Driscoll
- Cupid Entangled
Cupid Entangled 1915
as The Sweetheart
Dora Thorne 1915
as Hugh Fernely
East Lynne 1915
as Sir Francis Levinson
- The Americano
The Americano 1915
as Madison - The Americano
The Woman in Black 1914
as Frank Mansfield
The Power of the Press 1914
as Sam Freeborn
The Little Widow 1914
Actor
- Woman Against Woman
Woman Against Woman 1914
as John Tressider
Strongheart 1914
as Ralph Thorne
- By Man's Law
By Man's Law 1913
as Brother Owner
- Dick's Turning
Dick's Turning 1913
as The Rich Boy's Father
- Glued
Glued 1912
Actor
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