Alan Hale
Known for Acting · 175 credits
- Born
- 1892-02-09
- Died
- 1950-01-22
- Place of birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Also known as
- Allan Hale · Alan Hale Sr. · Rufus Edward MacKahan · Rufus Alan MacKahan
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
TV Shows (1)
Movies (174)
It Happened One Night
1934
as Danker
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
as Little John
Robin Hood
1922
as Little John
The Cop
1928
as Mather
One Hour
1917
as G.D. Stanley
Adventures of Don Juan
1948
as Leporello
The Lost Patrol
1934
as Cook
Susan Lenox
1931
as Jeb Mondstrum
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945
as Big Mike Harrigan
The Beast
1916
as Cowboy
Rolling Stones
1916
as Jerry Braden
Green Hell
1940
as Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren
Power
1928
as Hanson
Dodge City
1939
as Rusty Hart
Vanity
1927
as 'Happy' Dan Morgan
Juke Girl
1942
as Yippee 'Yip'
Parole!
1936
as John Borchard
They Drive by Night
1940
as Ed Carlsen
The Sea Hawk
1940
as Carl Pitt
The Americano
1915
as Madison - The Americano
Sal of Singapore
1928
as Captain Erickson
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939
as Porthos
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Tex Bell
The Good Fairy
1935
as Maurice Schlapkohl
This Is the Army
1943
as Sergeant McGee
Night and Day
1946
as Leon Dowling
The Inspector General
1949
as Kovatch
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
as The Prince of Tyrone
Stella Dallas
1937
as Ed Munn
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Self
Dora Thorne
1915
as Hugh Fernely
Shirley of the Circus
1922
as Max
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
as Old Man Grimes
Stars in My Crown
1950
as Jed Isbell
Over the Wire
1921
as James Twyford
Destination Tokyo
1943
as 'Cookie' Wainwright
Valley of the Giants
1938
as 'Ox' Smith
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
as Furnoy
Strongheart
1914
as Ralph Thorne
The Trap
1922
as Benson
For Another Woman
1924
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Boats O'Hara
The Leopard Lady
1928
as Caesar
Of Human Bondage
1934
as Emil Miller
Pursued
1947
as Jake Dingle
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
as Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
The Man I Love
1946
as Riley
Virginia City
1940
as Olaf Swenson
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
as Karl von Hartrott
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
as Captain of the Guard
Imitation of Life
1934
as Martin the Furniture Man
Little Man, What Now?
1934
as Holgar Jachman
Hollywood Extra Girl
1935
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
Alice in Movieland
1940
as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
Troubles of a Bride
1924
as Gordon Blake
The Woman in Black
1914
as Frank Mansfield
Jump for Glory
1937
as Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'
One Night in Rome
1924
as Duke Mareno
The Crusades
1935
as Blondel
Desperate Journey
1942
as Sgt. Kirk Edwards
Colt .45
1950
as Sheriff Harris
The Spieler
1928
as Flash
The Fighting 69th
1940
as Big Mike Wynn
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
as 'Skipper' Martin
Our Relations
1936
as Joe Grogan
Gentleman Jim
1942
as Pat Corbett
Red Hot Rhythm
1929
as Walter
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
as Kaidu
Glued
1912
A Doll's House
1922
as Torvald Helmer
Broadway Bill
1934
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
The Little Widow
1914
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
as Steve Gillis
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
as Self
Oh Kay!
1928
as Jansen
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
as Michael 'Mike' Leonard
So Big!
1932
as Klass Pool
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
as Various Roles (archive footage)
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
as Burbix
The Sisters
1938
as Sam Johnson
High, Wide and Handsome
1937
as Walt Brennan
That Way with Women
1947
as Herman Brinker
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Self
Captains of the Clouds
1942
as Tiny Murphy
The Younger Brothers
1949
as Sheriff Knudson
The Price She Paid
1917
as Stanley Baird
Great Expectations
1934
as Joe Gargery
Union Depot
1932
as The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan
The Scarlet Oath
1916
as John Huntington
Algiers
1938
as Grandpere
Listen, Darling
1938
as J.J. Slattery
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950
as Little John
On Your Toes
1939
as Sergei Alexandrovitch
The Covered Wagon
1923
as Sam Woodhull
South of St. Louis
1949
as Jake Evarts
Whiplash
1948
as Terrance O'Leary
Roughly Speaking
1945
as Lew Morton
Fog Over Frisco
1934
as Chief O'Malley
Destination Unknown
1933
as Lundstrom
Manpower
1941
as Jumbo Wells
Dick Turpin
1925
as Tom King
The Little Minister
1934
as Rob Daw
Dick's Turning
1913
as The Rich Boy's Father
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
as John Donovan
Two in the Dark
1936
as Inspector Florio
Make Your Own Bed
1944
as Walter Whirtle
The Scarlet Letter
1934
as Bartholomew Hockings
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Hubert
Long Live the King
1923
as King Karl
Hollywood
1923
as Alan Hale
Thieves Fall Out
1941
as Robert Barnes
Always Leave Them Laughing
1949
as Sam Washburn
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as John Braden
My Girl Tisa
1948
as Dugan
Thin Ice
1937
as Baron
Picture Brides
1934
as Von Luden
Music for Madame
1937
as Detective Flugelman
Hotel Berlin
1945
as Herman Plottke
God's Country and the Woman
1937
as Bjorn Skalka
About Alan Hale
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 h… With 175 credits spanning from 1912 to 2008, Alan Hale has appeared in 174 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Alan Hale Movies
- It Happened One Night (1934) — as Danker
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) — as Little John
- Robin Hood (1922) — as Little John
- The Cop (1928) — as Mather
- One Hour (1917) — as G.D. Stanley
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