Alan Hale
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 9, 1892
- Died
- Jan 22, 1950 (aged 57)
- Place of birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Credits
- 176
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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
It Happened One Night
1934Movie
Danker
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938Movie
Little John
The Sea Hawk
1940Movie
Carl Pitt
Of Human Bondage
1934Movie
Emil Miller
They Drive by Night
1940Movie
Ed Carlsen
Our Relations
1936Movie
Joe Grogan
Filmography
The Londoners
2008TV
Miguel
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005Movie
Various Roles (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982Movie
(archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968Movie
Joe Grogan (archive footage)
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950Movie
Little John
Colt .45
1950Movie
Sheriff Harris
Stars in My Crown
1950Movie
Jed Isbell
The Inspector General
1949Movie
Kovatch
Always Leave Them Laughing
1949Movie
Sam Washburn
The House Across the Street
1949Movie
J.B. Grennell
The Younger Brothers
1949Movie
Sheriff Knudson
South of St. Louis
1949Movie
Jake Evarts
Adventures of Don Juan
1948Movie
Leporello
Whiplash
1948Movie
Terrance O'Leary
My Girl Tisa
1948Movie
Dugan
My Wild Irish Rose
1947Movie
John Donovan
Cheyenne
1947Movie
Fred Durkin
Pursued
1947Movie
Jake Dingle
That Way with Women
1947Movie
Herman Brinker
The Man I Love
1946Movie
Riley
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946Movie
John Braden
Night and Day
1946Movie
Leon Dowling
Perilous Holiday
1946Movie
Dr. Lilley
Escape in the Desert
1945Movie
Dr. Orville Tedder
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945Movie
Big Mike Harrigan
Hotel Berlin
1945Movie
Herman Plottke
Roughly Speaking
1945Movie
Lew Morton
Hollywood Canteen
1944Movie
Self
Janie
1944Movie
Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944Movie
Steve Gillis
Make Your Own Bed
1944Movie
Walter Whirtle
Destination Tokyo
1943Movie
'Cookie' Wainwright
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943Movie
Self
This Is the Army
1943Movie
Sergeant McGee
Action in the North Atlantic
1943Movie
Boats O'Hara
Gentleman Jim
1942Movie
Pat Corbett
Desperate Journey
1942Movie
Sgt. Kirk Edwards
Juke Girl
1942Movie
Yippee 'Yip'
Captains of the Clouds
1942Movie
Tiny Murphy
The Smiling Ghost
1941Movie
Norton
Manpower
1941Movie
Jumbo Wells
Thieves Fall Out
1941Movie
Robert Barnes
Footsteps in the Dark
1941Movie
Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
The Strawberry Blonde
1941Movie
Old Man Grimes
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941Movie
'Skipper' Martin
Santa Fe Trail
1940Movie
Tex Bell
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940Movie
Capt. Bullwinkle
The Sea Hawk
1940Movie
Carl Pitt
They Drive by Night
1940Movie
Ed Carlsen
Virginia City
1940Movie
Olaf Swenson
Three Cheers for the Irish
1940Movie
Gallagher
Alice in Movieland
1940Movie
Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
The Fighting 69th
1940Movie
Big Mike Wynn
Green Hell
1940Movie
Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939Movie
The Prince of Tyrone
On Your Toes
1939Movie
Sergei Alexandrovitch
Dust Be My Destiny
1939Movie
Michael 'Mike' Leonard
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939Movie
Porthos
Dodge City
1939Movie
Rusty Hart
Pacific Liner
1939Movie
Gallagher
Listen, Darling
1938Movie
J.J. Slattery
The Sisters
1938Movie
Sam Johnson
Valley of the Giants
1938Movie
'Ox' Smith
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938Movie
Little John
Four Men and a Prayer
1938Movie
Furnoy
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938Movie
Kaidu
Algiers
1938Movie
Grandpere
Breakdowns of 1937
1937Movie
Self
Music for Madame
1937Movie
Detective Flugelman
Thin Ice
1937Movie
Baron
Stella Dallas
1937Movie
Ed Munn
High, Wide and Handsome
1937Movie
Walt Brennan
The Prince and the Pauper
1937Movie
Captain of the Guard
Jump for Glory
1937Movie
Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'
God's Country and the Woman
1937Movie
Bjorn Skalka
Our Relations
1936Movie
Joe Grogan
Yellowstone
1936Movie
John Alexander Hardigan
Parole!
1936Movie
John Borchard
The Country Beyond
1936Movie
Jim Alison
A Message to Garcia
1936Movie
Dr. Ivan Krug
Two in the Dark
1936Movie
Inspector Florio
Another Face
1935Movie
Charles L. Kellar
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935Movie
Burbix
Hollywood Extra Girl
1935Movie
Crusades Actor (uncredited)
The Crusades
1935Movie
Blondel
The Good Fairy
1935Movie
Maurice Schlapkohl
Grand Old Girl
1935Movie
Click Dade
The Little Minister
1934Movie
Rob Daw
Babbitt
1934Movie
Charlie McKelvey
Broadway Bill
1934Movie
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
1934Movie
Martin the Furniture Man
There's Always Tomorrow
1934Movie
Henry
Great Expectations
1934Movie
Joe Gargery
The Scarlet Letter
1934Movie
Bartholomew Hockings
Of Human Bondage
1934Movie
Emil Miller
Little Man, What Now?
1934Movie
Holgar Jachman
Fog Over Frisco
1934Movie
Chief O'Malley
Picture Brides
1934Movie
Von Luden
It Happened One Night
1934Movie
Danker
The Lost Patrol
1934Movie
Cook
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934Movie
Sam
Destination Unknown
1933Movie
Lundstrom
The Eleventh Commandment
1933Movie
Max Stager
What Price Decency
1933Movie
Klaus van Leyden
The Match King
1932Movie
Borglund
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1932Movie
Mr Simpson
So Big!
1932Movie
Klass Pool
Union Depot
1932Movie
The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan
The Sea Ghost
1931Movie
Capt. Greg Winters
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931Movie
Hubert
Susan Lenox
1931Movie
Jeb Mondstrum
The Night Angel
1931Movie
Biezel
Aloha
1931Movie
Stevens
She Got What She Wanted
1930Movie
Red Hot Rhythm
1929Movie
Walter
The Sap
1929Movie
Jim Belden
Sailor's Holiday
1929Movie
Adam Pike
The Leatherneck
1929Movie
Otto Schmidt
The Spieler
1928Movie
Flash
Sal of Singapore
1928Movie
Captain Erickson
Power
1928Movie
Hanson
The Cop
1928Movie
Mather
Oh Kay!
1928Movie
Jansen
Skyscraper
1928Movie
Slim Strede
The Leopard Lady
1928Movie
Caesar
The Wreck of the Hesperus
1927Movie
Singapore Jack
Vanity
1927Movie
'Happy' Dan Morgan
Dick Turpin
1925Movie
Tom King
Troubles of a Bride
1924Movie
Gordon Blake
For Another Woman
1924Movie
One Night in Rome
1924Movie
Duke Mareno
Black Oxen
1923Movie
Prince Rohenhauer
Long Live the King
1923Movie
King Karl
Cameo Kirby
1923Movie
Colonel Moreau
Hollywood
1923Movie
Alan Hale
The Eleventh Hour
1923Movie
Prince Stefan de Bernie
Main Street
1923Movie
Miles Bjornstam
The Covered Wagon
1923Movie
Sam Woodhull
Quicksands
1923Movie
Ferrago
Shirley of the Circus
1922Movie
Max
Robin Hood
1922Movie
Little John
The Dictator
1922Movie
Sabos
The Trap
1922Movie
Benson
A Doll's House
1922Movie
Torvald Helmer
One Glorious Day
1922Movie
Ben Wadley
The Great Impersonation
1921Movie
Gustave Seimann
The Fox
1921Movie
Rufus B. Coulter
Over the Wire
1921Movie
James Twyford
A Wise Fool
1921Movie
George Masson
A Voice in the Dark
1921Movie
Dr. Hugh Sainsbury
The Barbarian
1921Movie
Mark Grant
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921Movie
Karl von Hartrott
Moral Suicide
1918Movie
'Lucky' Travers
The Eternal Temptress
1917Movie
Count Rudolph Frizel
Life's Whirlpool
1917Movie
Dr. Henry Grey
One Hour
1917Movie
G.D. Stanley
The Price She Paid
1917Movie
Stanley Baird
The Americano
1916Movie
The Love Thief
1916Movie
Captain Arthur Boyce
The Scarlet Oath
1916Movie
John Huntington
Rolling Stones
1916Movie
Jerry Braden
The Beast
1916Movie
Cowboy
Sold Out
1916Movie
Halsey Brent
Pudd'nhead Wilson
1916Movie
Tom Driscoll
Cupid Entangled
1915Movie
The Sweetheart
Dora Thorne
1915Movie
Hugh Fernely
East Lynne
1915Movie
Sir Francis Levinson
The Americano
1915Movie
Madison - The Americano
The Woman in Black
1914Movie
Frank Mansfield
The Power of the Press
1914Movie
Sam Freeborn
The Little Widow
1914Movie
Woman Against Woman
1914Movie
John Tressider
Strongheart
1914Movie
Ralph Thorne
By Man's Law
1913Movie
Brother Owner
Dick's Turning
1913Movie
The Rich Boy's Father
Glued
1912Movie