Alan Hale

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

171

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-02-09

Day of death

1950-01-22 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Alan Hale

Biography

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

  • Little Man, What Now?

    Little Man, What Now?

  • The Great Impersonation

    The Great Impersonation

  • Santa Fe Trail

    Santa Fe Trail

  • Skyscraper

    Skyscraper

  • Cameo Kirby

    Cameo Kirby

  • Yellowstone

    Yellowstone

  • Our Relations

    Our Relations

  • My Wild Irish Rose

    My Wild Irish Rose

  • The Prince and the Pauper

    The Prince and the Pauper

  • Destination Tokyo

    Destination Tokyo

  • The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

  • Showbiz Goes to War

    Showbiz Goes to War

  • A Message to Garcia

    A Message to Garcia

  • Hollywood

    Hollywood

  • Robin Hood

    Robin Hood

  • The Crusades

    The Crusades

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

  • The Covered Wagon

    The Covered Wagon

  • Black Oxen

    Black Oxen

  • Always Leave Them Laughing

    Always Leave Them Laughing

  • The Great Mr. Nobody

    The Great Mr. Nobody

  • Broadway Bill

    Broadway Bill

  • Dodge City

    Dodge City

  • Life's Whirlpool

    Life's Whirlpool

  • Virginia City

    Virginia City

  • Whiplash

    Whiplash

  • Of Human Bondage

    Of Human Bondage

  • Hollywood Canteen

    Hollywood Canteen

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • Four Men and a Prayer

    Four Men and a Prayer

  • The Americano

    The Americano

  • The Dictator

    The Dictator

  • Make Your Own Bed

    Make Your Own Bed

  • Quicksands

    Quicksands

  • Thieves Fall Out

    Thieves Fall Out

  • The Londoners

    The Londoners

  • Sold Out

    Sold Out

  • South of St. Louis

    South of St. Louis

  • Rogues of Sherwood Forest

    Rogues of Sherwood Forest

  • The Sin of Madelon Claudet

    The Sin of Madelon Claudet

  • Breakdowns of 1937

    Breakdowns of 1937

  • Sailor's Holiday

    Sailor's Holiday

  • By Man's Law

    By Man's Law

  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

  • Tugboat Annie Sails Again

    Tugboat Annie Sails Again

  • Colt .45

    Colt .45

  • The Sea Ghost

    The Sea Ghost

  • Fog Over Frisco

    Fog Over Frisco

  • The Sea Hawk

    The Sea Hawk

  • Desperate Journey

    Desperate Journey

  • The Last Days of Pompeii

    The Last Days of Pompeii

  • Union Depot

    Union Depot

  • The Scarlet Letter

    The Scarlet Letter

  • Escape in the Desert

    Escape in the Desert

  • The Inspector General

    The Inspector General

  • The Eleventh Commandment

    The Eleventh Commandment

  • The Eternal Temptress

    The Eternal Temptress

  • Shirley of the Circus

    Shirley of the Circus

  • The Good Fairy

    The Good Fairy

  • The Country Beyond

    The Country Beyond

  • The Adventures of Mark Twain

    The Adventures of Mark Twain

  • Another Face

    Another Face

  • Pacific Liner

    Pacific Liner

  • Parole!

    Parole!

  • Listen, Darling

    Listen, Darling

  • This Is the Army

    This Is the Army

  • Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Thank Your Lucky Stars

  • Two in the Dark

    Two in the Dark

  • Main Street

    Main Street

  • The House Across the Street

    The House Across the Street

  • Imitation of Life

    Imitation of Life

  • The Little Minister

    The Little Minister

  • Pursued

    Pursued

  • Night and Day

    Night and Day

  • The Adventures of Errol Flynn

    The Adventures of Errol Flynn

  • A Wise Fool

    A Wise Fool

  • It Happened One Night

    It Happened One Night

  • The Fox

    The Fox

  • The Younger Brothers

    The Younger Brothers

  • The Night Angel

    The Night Angel

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Destination Unknown

    Destination Unknown

  • God's Country and the Woman

    God's Country and the Woman

  • Stars in My Crown

    Stars in My Crown

  • Manpower

    Manpower

  • The Smiling Ghost

    The Smiling Ghost

  • Valley of the Giants

    Valley of the Giants

  • For Another Woman

    For Another Woman

  • Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

    Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

  • Gentleman Jim

    Gentleman Jim

  • Aloha

    Aloha

  • The Match King

    The Match King

  • The Leatherneck

    The Leatherneck

  • What Price Decency

    What Price Decency

  • The Man I Love

    The Man I Love

  • Alice in Movieland

    Alice in Movieland

  • The Love Thief

    The Love Thief

  • Janie

    Janie

  • Algiers

    Algiers

  • Action in the North Atlantic

    Action in the North Atlantic

  • Music for Madame

    Music for Madame

  • Woman Against Woman

    Woman Against Woman

  • Adventures of Don Juan

    Adventures of Don Juan

  • That Way with Women

    That Way with Women

  • The Sisters

    The Sisters

  • The Adventures of Marco Polo

    The Adventures of Marco Polo

  • Green Hell

    Green Hell

  • On Your Toes

    On Your Toes

  • God Is My Co-Pilot

    God Is My Co-Pilot

  • The Fighting 69th

    The Fighting 69th

  • The Eleventh Hour

    The Eleventh Hour

  • Vanity

    Vanity

  • Pudd'nhead Wilson

    Pudd'nhead Wilson

  • So Big!

    So Big!

  • Perilous Holiday

    Perilous Holiday

  • Dust Be My Destiny

    Dust Be My Destiny

  • There's Always Tomorrow

    There's Always Tomorrow

  • The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

    The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

  • They Drive by Night

    They Drive by Night

  • One Glorious Day

    One Glorious Day

  • The Barbarian

    The Barbarian

  • Dick Turpin

    Dick Turpin

  • The Trap

    The Trap

  • Thin Ice

    Thin Ice

  • The Sap

    The Sap

  • Captains of the Clouds

    Captains of the Clouds

  • The Lost Patrol

    The Lost Patrol

  • Stella Dallas

    Stella Dallas

  • The Strawberry Blonde

    The Strawberry Blonde

  • The Best of Laurel and Hardy

    The Best of Laurel and Hardy

  • Grand Old Girl

    Grand Old Girl

  • A Voice in the Dark

    A Voice in the Dark

  • Roughly Speaking

    Roughly Speaking

  • Oh Kay!

    Oh Kay!

  • Picture Brides

    Picture Brides

  • Power

    Power

  • Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

    Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

  • Jump for Glory

    Jump for Glory

  • The Time, The Place and The Girl

    The Time, The Place and The Girl

  • Strongheart

    Strongheart

  • The Cop

    The Cop

  • My Girl Tisa

    My Girl Tisa

  • Hotel Berlin

    Hotel Berlin

  • High, Wide and Handsome

    High, Wide and Handsome

  • One Night in Rome

    One Night in Rome

  • Babbitt

    Babbitt

  • The Leopard Lady

    The Leopard Lady

  • A Doll's House

    A Doll's House

  • Red Hot Rhythm

    Red Hot Rhythm

  • She Got What She Wanted

    She Got What She Wanted

  • Juke Girl

    Juke Girl

  • Footsteps in the Dark

    Footsteps in the Dark

  • Three Cheers for the Irish

    Three Cheers for the Irish

  • The Wreck of the Hesperus

    The Wreck of the Hesperus

  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

  • The Scarlet Oath

    The Scarlet Oath

  • Moral Suicide

    Moral Suicide

  • Hollywood Extra Girl

    Hollywood Extra Girl

  • The Woman in Black

    The Woman in Black

  • The Spieler

    The Spieler

  • Sal of Singapore

    Sal of Singapore

  • The Americano

    The Americano

  • Long Live the King

    Long Live the King

  • Dora Thorne

    Dora Thorne

  • One Hour

    One Hour

  • The Power of the Press

    The Power of the Press

  • The Beast

    The Beast

  • East Lynne

    East Lynne

  • The Little Widow

    The Little Widow

  • Dick's Turning

    Dick's Turning

  • Glued

    Glued