Alan Hale

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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: February 09, 1892

Deathday: January 22, 1950

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Known For

East Lynne
East Lynne

1915-08-18

It Happened One Night
It Happened One Night

1934-02-22

Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe Trail

1940-12-20

The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938-05-13

She Got What She Wanted
She Got What She Wanted

1930-11-09

Sold Out
Sold Out

1916-06-05

Destination Tokyo
Destination Tokyo

1943-12-31

Action in the North Atlantic
Action in the North Atlantic

1943-06-12

Manpower
Manpower

1941-08-09

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921-03-06

Algiers
Algiers

1938-01-16

Main Street
Main Street

1923-04-25

Dust Be My Destiny
Dust Be My Destiny

1939-09-16

The Man I Love
The Man I Love

1946-12-26

Captains of the Clouds
Captains of the Clouds

1942-02-12

Pursued
Pursued

1947-03-02

The Sea Hawk
The Sea Hawk

1940-08-10

The House Across the Street
The House Across the Street

1949-09-10

Adventures of Don Juan
Adventures of Don Juan

1948-12-24

Hollywood
Hollywood

1923-08-19

The Inspector General
The Inspector General

1949-12-31

The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper

1937-04-30

Night and Day
Night and Day

1946-07-02

Thank Your Lucky Stars
Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943-09-25

This Is the Army
This Is the Army

1943-08-14

Gentleman Jim
Gentleman Jim

1942-11-14

The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask

1939-07-13

The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter

1934-09-18

Stella Dallas
Stella Dallas

1937-08-06

Thin Ice
Thin Ice

1937-09-03

The Little Minister
The Little Minister

1934-12-28

Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage

1934-07-20

The Fox
The Fox

1921-07-24

Quicksands
Quicksands

1923-02-28

Footsteps in the Dark
Footsteps in the Dark

1941-03-08

Hollywood Canteen
Hollywood Canteen

1944-12-15

Our Relations
Our Relations

1936-09-15

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

1939-11-11

They Drive by Night
They Drive by Night

1940-07-26

Imitation of Life
Imitation of Life

1934-11-23

Dodge City
Dodge City

1939-04-08

The Lost Patrol
The Lost Patrol

1934-02-16

The Good Fairy
The Good Fairy

1935-02-18

Showbiz Goes to War
Showbiz Goes to War

1982-12-31

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1932-07-03

The Fighting 69th
The Fighting 69th

1940-01-27

Listen, Darling
Listen, Darling

1938-10-21

Desperate Journey
Desperate Journey

1942-09-26

Whiplash
Whiplash

1948-12-24

Colt .45
Colt .45

1950-05-27

The Smiling Ghost
The Smiling Ghost

1941-09-06

Make Your Own Bed
Make Your Own Bed

1944-06-10

The Americano
The Americano

1915-03-30

The Strawberry Blonde
The Strawberry Blonde

1941-02-21

Broadway Bill
Broadway Bill

1934-11-30

A Voice in the Dark
A Voice in the Dark

1921-06-05

A Wise Fool
A Wise Fool

1921-06-26

God Is My Co-Pilot
God Is My Co-Pilot

1945-04-07

Juke Girl
Juke Girl

1942-05-30

Always Leave Them Laughing
Always Leave Them Laughing

1949-11-26

So Big!
So Big!

1932-04-30

The Adventures of Mark Twain
The Adventures of Mark Twain

1944-07-20

On Your Toes
On Your Toes

1939-10-14

Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Rogues of Sherwood Forest

1950-06-21

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005-04-05

Union Depot
Union Depot

1932-01-14

Stars in My Crown
Stars in My Crown

1950-05-11

Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin

1925-02-01

God's Country and the Woman
God's Country and the Woman

1937-01-16

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

1931-10-10

The Match King
The Match King

1932-12-31

The Younger Brothers
The Younger Brothers

1949-05-03

A Message to Garcia
A Message to Garcia

1936-04-10

Roughly Speaking
Roughly Speaking

1945-01-31

The Adventures of Marco Polo
The Adventures of Marco Polo

1938-04-07

That Way with Women
That Way with Women

1947-02-14

Destination Unknown
Destination Unknown

1933-04-01

When Thief Meets Thief
When Thief Meets Thief

1937-01-01

The Great Mr. Nobody
The Great Mr. Nobody

1941-02-15

Woman Against Woman
Woman Against Woman

1914-06-27

The Cop
The Cop

1928-08-28

Green Hell
Green Hell

1940-01-26

The Power of the Press
The Power of the Press

1914-10-01

Dora Thorne
Dora Thorne

1915-11-03

Escape in the Desert
Escape in the Desert

1945-05-01

Hotel Berlin
Hotel Berlin

1945-03-02

South of St. Louis
South of St. Louis

1949-03-06

Two in the Dark
Two in the Dark

1936-01-10

The Last Days of Pompeii
The Last Days of Pompeii

1935-10-18

Great Expectations
Great Expectations

1934-10-22

Strongheart
Strongheart

1914-03-08

Sal of Singapore
Sal of Singapore

1928-11-04

Grand Old Girl
Grand Old Girl

1935-01-15

Valley of the Giants
Valley of the Giants

1938-09-17

Cheyenne
Cheyenne

1947-06-06

There's Always Tomorrow
There's Always Tomorrow

1934-11-01

Yellowstone
Yellowstone

1936-09-01

Picture Brides
Picture Brides

1934-04-23

The Eleventh Commandment
The Eleventh Commandment

1933-03-25

Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Tugboat Annie Sails Again

1940-10-26

Janie
Janie

1944-09-02

My Wild Irish Rose
My Wild Irish Rose

1947-12-24

Thieves Fall Out
Thieves Fall Out

1941-05-03

Moral Suicide
Moral Suicide

1918-03-12

The Beast
The Beast

1916-07-24

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

1934-01-12

Another Face
Another Face

1935-12-20

Little Man, What Now?
Little Man, What Now?

1934-06-04

The Spieler
The Spieler

1928-12-20

The Sea Ghost
The Sea Ghost

1931-11-28

Black Oxen
Black Oxen

1923-12-29

The Covered Wagon
The Covered Wagon

1923-03-15

By Man's Law
By Man's Law

1913-11-22

The Great Impersonation
The Great Impersonation

1921-10-09

The Love Thief
The Love Thief

1916-12-17

The Eternal Temptress
The Eternal Temptress

1917-12-09

Cameo Kirby
Cameo Kirby

1923-10-20

The Scarlet Oath
The Scarlet Oath

1916-10-23

Alice in Movieland
Alice in Movieland

1940-03-03

Vanity
Vanity

1927-05-09

The Wreck of the Hesperus
The Wreck of the Hesperus

1927-10-31

The Country Beyond
The Country Beyond

1936-04-24

Skyscraper
Skyscraper

1928-04-08

Four Men and a Prayer
Four Men and a Prayer

1938-04-29

High, Wide and Handsome
High, Wide and Handsome

1937-07-21

One Night in Rome
One Night in Rome

1924-09-29

A Doll's House
A Doll's House

1922-02-12

Sailor's Holiday
Sailor's Holiday

1929-09-14

Three Cheers for the Irish
Three Cheers for the Irish

1940-03-16

The Sin of Madelon Claudet
The Sin of Madelon Claudet

1931-10-23

The Sap
The Sap

1929-11-09

Fog Over Frisco
Fog Over Frisco

1934-06-02

The Leopard Lady
The Leopard Lady

1928-02-22

Virginia City
Virginia City

1940-03-23

Pacific Liner
Pacific Liner

1939-01-06

The Eleventh Hour
The Eleventh Hour

1923-07-19

The Crusades
The Crusades

1935-08-21

Robin Hood
Robin Hood

1922-10-18

Life's Whirlpool
Life's Whirlpool

1917-11-08

The Sisters
The Sisters

1938-10-14

Parole!
Parole!

1936-06-14

The Trap
The Trap

1922-05-08

Aloha
Aloha

1931-04-26

Perilous Holiday
Perilous Holiday

1946-03-20

The Barbarian
The Barbarian

1921-04-29

The Americano
The Americano

1916-12-23

What Price Decency
What Price Decency

1933-03-07

The Best of Laurel and Hardy
The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968-12-14

The Little Widow
The Little Widow

1914-07-24

The Time, The Place and The Girl
The Time, The Place and The Girl

1946-12-26

Babbitt
Babbitt

1934-12-08

Music for Madame
Music for Madame

1937-10-08

Breakdowns of 1937
Breakdowns of 1937

1937-12-31

My Girl Tisa
My Girl Tisa

1948-02-07

Power
Power

1928-09-23

Red Hot Rhythm
Red Hot Rhythm

1929-11-23

Oh Kay!
Oh Kay!

1928-08-26

Long Live the King
Long Live the King

1923-11-26

The Night Angel
The Night Angel

1931-07-18

The Leatherneck
The Leatherneck

1929-02-24

Hollywood Extra Girl
Hollywood Extra Girl

1935-08-22

The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black

1914-11-30

Dick's Turning
Dick's Turning

1913-07-02

The Dictator
The Dictator

1922-06-25

One Glorious Day
One Glorious Day

1922-01-29

Pudd'nhead Wilson
Pudd'nhead Wilson

1916-01-31

For Another Woman
For Another Woman

1924-11-01

Shirley of the Circus
Shirley of the Circus

1922-11-12

One Hour
One Hour

1917-09-29

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