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