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