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