Alan Hale
Acting
- Born:
- 1892-02-09
- Died:
- 1950-01-22
- Place of birth:
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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
Filmography
The Londoners
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Showbiz Goes to War
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Colt .45
Stars in My Crown
The Inspector General
Always Leave Them Laughing
The House Across the Street
The Younger Brothers
South of St. Louis
Adventures of Don Juan
Whiplash
My Girl Tisa
My Wild Irish Rose
Cheyenne
Pursued
That Way with Women
The Man I Love
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Night and Day
Perilous Holiday
Escape in the Desert
God Is My Co-Pilot
Hotel Berlin
Roughly Speaking
Hollywood Canteen
Janie
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Make Your Own Bed
Destination Tokyo
Thank Your Lucky Stars
This Is the Army
Action in the North Atlantic
Gentleman Jim
Desperate Journey
Juke Girl
Captains of the Clouds
The Smiling Ghost
Manpower
Thieves Fall Out
Footsteps in the Dark
The Strawberry Blonde
The Great Mr. Nobody
Santa Fe Trail
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
The Sea Hawk
They Drive by Night
Virginia City
Three Cheers for the Irish
Alice in Movieland
The Fighting 69th
Green Hell
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
On Your Toes
Dust Be My Destiny
The Man in the Iron Mask
Dodge City
Pacific Liner
Listen, Darling
The Sisters
Valley of the Giants
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Four Men and a Prayer
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Algiers
Breakdowns of 1937
Music for Madame
Thin Ice
Stella Dallas
High, Wide and Handsome
The Prince and the Pauper
Jump for Glory
God's Country and the Woman
Our Relations
Yellowstone
Parole!
The Country Beyond
A Message to Garcia
Two in the Dark
Another Face
The Last Days of Pompeii
Hollywood Extra Girl
The Crusades
The Good Fairy
Grand Old Girl
The Little Minister
Babbitt
Broadway Bill
Imitation of Life
There's Always Tomorrow
Great Expectations
The Scarlet Letter
Of Human Bondage
Little Man, What Now?
Fog Over Frisco
Picture Brides
It Happened One Night
The Lost Patrol
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Destination Unknown
The Eleventh Commandment
What Price Decency
The Match King
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
So Big!
Union Depot
The Sea Ghost
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Susan Lenox
The Night Angel
Aloha
She Got What She Wanted
Red Hot Rhythm
The Sap
Sailor's Holiday
The Leatherneck
The Spieler
Sal of Singapore
Power
The Cop
Oh Kay!
Skyscraper
The Leopard Lady
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Vanity
Dick Turpin
Troubles of a Bride
For Another Woman
One Night in Rome
Black Oxen
Long Live the King
Cameo Kirby
Hollywood
The Eleventh Hour
Main Street
The Covered Wagon
Quicksands
Shirley of the Circus
Robin Hood
The Dictator
The Trap
A Doll's House
One Glorious Day
The Great Impersonation
The Fox
Over the Wire
A Wise Fool
A Voice in the Dark
The Barbarian
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Moral Suicide
The Eternal Temptress
Life's Whirlpool
One Hour
The Price She Paid
The Americano
The Love Thief
The Scarlet Oath
Rolling Stones
The Beast
Sold Out
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Cupid Entangled
Dora Thorne
East Lynne
The Americano
The Woman in Black
The Power of the Press
The Little Widow
Woman Against Woman
Strongheart
By Man's Law
Dick's Turning
Glued