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