Alan Hale
Acting
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
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tvThe Londoners
2008
Miguel
movieThe Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
Various Roles (archive footage)
movieShowbiz Goes to War
1982
(archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
Joe Grogan (archive footage)
movieRogues of Sherwood Forest
1950
Little John
movieColt .45
1950
Sheriff Harris
movieStars in My Crown
1950
Jed Isbell
movieAlways Leave Them Laughing
1949
Sam Washburn
movieThe House Across the Street
1949
J.B. Grennell
movieThe Younger Brothers
1949
Sheriff Knudson
movieSouth of St. Louis
1949
Jake Evarts
movieAdventures of Don Juan
1948
Leporello
movieWhiplash
1948
Terrance O'Leary
movieMy Wild Irish Rose
1947
John Donovan
movieCheyenne
1947
Fred Durkin
moviePursued
1947
Jake Dingle
movieThat Way with Women
1947
Herman Brinker
movieThe Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
John Braden
movieNight and Day
1946
Leon Dowling
moviePerilous Holiday
1946
Dr. Lilley
movieEscape in the Desert
1945
Dr. Orville Tedder
movieGod Is My Co-Pilot
1945
Big Mike Harrigan
movieHotel Berlin
1945
Herman Plottke
movieRoughly Speaking
1945
Lew Morton
movieJanie
1944
Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon
movieThe Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
Steve Gillis
movieMake Your Own Bed
1944
Walter Whirtle
movieDestination Tokyo
1943
'Cookie' Wainwright
movieThis Is the Army
1943
Sergeant McGee
movieAction in the North Atlantic
1943
Boats O'Hara
movieGentleman Jim
1942
Pat Corbett
movieDesperate Journey
1942
Sgt. Kirk Edwards
movieJuke Girl
1942
Yippee 'Yip'
movieCaptains of the Clouds
1942
Tiny Murphy
movieManpower
1941
Jumbo Wells
movieThieves Fall Out
1941
Robert Barnes
movieFootsteps in the Dark
1941
Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
movieThe Strawberry Blonde
1941
Old Man Grimes
movieThe Great Mr. Nobody
1941
'Skipper' Martin
movieSanta Fe Trail
1940
Tex Bell
movieTugboat Annie Sails Again
1940
Capt. Bullwinkle
movieThe Sea Hawk
1940
Carl Pitt
movieThey Drive by Night
1940
Ed Carlsen
movieVirginia City
1940
Olaf Swenson
movieThree Cheers for the Irish
1940
Gallagher
movieAlice in Movieland
1940
Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
movieThe Fighting 69th
1940
Big Mike Wynn
movieGreen Hell
1940
Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren
movieThe Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
The Prince of Tyrone
movieOn Your Toes
1939
Sergei Alexandrovitch
movieDust Be My Destiny
1939
Michael 'Mike' Leonard
movieDodge City
1939
Rusty Hart
moviePacific Liner
1939
Gallagher
movieListen, Darling
1938
J.J. Slattery
movieThe Sisters
1938
Sam Johnson
movieValley of the Giants
1938
'Ox' Smith
movieThe Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
Little John
movieAlgiers
1938
Grandpere
movieMusic for Madame
1937
Detective Flugelman
movieThin Ice
1937
Baron
movieStella Dallas
1937
Ed Munn
movieHigh, Wide and Handsome
1937
Walt Brennan
movieThe Prince and the Pauper
1937
Captain of the Guard
movieJump for Glory
1937
Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'
movieGod's Country and the Woman
1937
Bjorn Skalka
movieOur Relations
1936
Joe Grogan
movieYellowstone
1936
John Alexander Hardigan
movieParole!
1936
John Borchard
movieThe Country Beyond
1936
Jim Alison
movieA Message to Garcia
1936
Dr. Ivan Krug
movieTwo in the Dark
1936
Inspector Florio
movieAnother Face
1935
Charles L. Kellar
movieHollywood Extra Girl
1935
Crusades Actor (uncredited)
movieThe Crusades
1935
Blondel
movieThe Good Fairy
1935
Maurice Schlapkohl
movieGrand Old Girl
1935
Click Dade
movieThe Little Minister
1934
Rob Daw
movieBabbitt
1934
Charlie McKelvey
movieBroadway Bill
1934
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
movieImitation of Life
1934
Martin the Furniture Man
movieGreat Expectations
1934
Joe Gargery
movieThe Scarlet Letter
1934
Bartholomew Hockings
movieOf Human Bondage
1934
Emil Miller
movieLittle Man, What Now?
1934
Holgar Jachman
movieFog Over Frisco
1934
Chief O'Malley
moviePicture Brides
1934
Von Luden
movieDestination Unknown
1933
Lundstrom
movieThe Eleventh Commandment
1933
Max Stager
movieWhat Price Decency
1933
Klaus van Leyden
movieThe Match King
1932
Borglund
movieRebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1932
Mr Simpson
movieSo Big!
1932
Klass Pool
movieUnion Depot
1932
The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan
movieThe Sea Ghost
1931
Capt. Greg Winters
movieSusan Lenox
1931
Jeb Mondstrum
movieThe Night Angel
1931
Biezel
movieAloha
1931
Stevens
movieRed Hot Rhythm
1929
Walter
movieThe Sap
1929
Jim Belden
movieSailor's Holiday
1929
Adam Pike
movieThe Leatherneck
1929
Otto Schmidt
movieThe Spieler
1928
Flash
movieSal of Singapore
1928
Captain Erickson
moviePower
1928
Hanson
movieThe Cop
1928
Mather
movieOh Kay!
1928
Jansen
movieSkyscraper
1928
Slim Strede
movieThe Wreck of the Hesperus
1927
Singapore Jack
movieVanity
1927
'Happy' Dan Morgan
movieDick Turpin
1925
Tom King
movieTroubles of a Bride
1924
Gordon Blake
One Night in Rome
1924
Duke Mareno
movieBlack Oxen
1923
Prince Rohenhauer
movieLong Live the King
1923
King Karl
movieCameo Kirby
1923
Colonel Moreau
movieHollywood
1923
Alan Hale
movieThe Eleventh Hour
1923
Prince Stefan de Bernie
movieMain Street
1923
Miles Bjornstam
movieThe Covered Wagon
1923
Sam Woodhull
movieQuicksands
1923
Ferrago
movieRobin Hood
1922
Little John
movieThe Trap
1922
Benson
movieA Doll's House
1922
Torvald Helmer
movieOne Glorious Day
1922
Ben Wadley
movieThe Great Impersonation
1921
Gustave Seimann
movieThe Fox
1921
Rufus B. Coulter
movieOver the Wire
1921
James Twyford
movieA Wise Fool
1921
George Masson
movieA Voice in the Dark
1921
Dr. Hugh Sainsbury
movieThe Barbarian
1921
Mark Grant
movieThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
Karl von Hartrott
movieMoral Suicide
1918
'Lucky' Travers
movieThe Eternal Temptress
1917
Count Rudolph Frizel
movieLife's Whirlpool
1917
Dr. Henry Grey
movieOne Hour
1917
G.D. Stanley
movieThe Price She Paid
1917
Stanley Baird
movieThe Love Thief
1916
Captain Arthur Boyce
movieThe Scarlet Oath
1916
John Huntington
movieRolling Stones
1916
Jerry Braden
movieThe Beast
1916
Cowboy
movieSold Out
1916
Halsey Brent
Pudd'nhead Wilson
1916
Tom Driscoll
movieDora Thorne
1915
Hugh Fernely
movieEast Lynne
1915
Sir Francis Levinson
The Americano
1915
Madison - The Americano
movieThe Woman in Black
1914
Frank Mansfield
movieThe Power of the Press
1914
Sam Freeborn
Woman Against Woman
1914
John Tressider
movieStrongheart
1914
Ralph Thorne
By Man's Law
1913
Brother Owner
Dick's Turning
1913
The Rich Boy's Father
Directing6
movieRubber Tires
1927
Director
movieRisky Business
1926
Director
movieThe Sporting Lover
1926
Director
movieForbidden Waters
1926
Director
movieBraveheart
1925
Director
movieThe Wedding Song
1925
Director