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