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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Character:Various Roles (archive footage)
Release Date:05/04/2005
Showbiz Goes to War
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:31/12/1982
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Character:Joe Grogan (archive footage)
Release Date:14/12/1968
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Character:Little John
Release Date:21/06/1950
Colt .45
Character:Sheriff Harris
Release Date:27/05/1950
Stars in My Crown
Character:Jed Isbell
Release Date:11/05/1950
The Inspector General
Character:Kovatch
Release Date:31/12/1949
Always Leave Them Laughing
Character:Sam Washburn
Release Date:26/11/1949
The House Across the Street
Character:J.B. Grennell
Release Date:10/09/1949
The Younger Brothers
Character:Sheriff Knudson
Release Date:03/05/1949
South of St. Louis
Character:Jake Evarts
Release Date:06/03/1949
Adventures of Don Juan
Character:Leporello
Release Date:24/12/1948
Whiplash
Character:Terrance O'Leary
Release Date:24/12/1948
My Girl Tisa
Character:Dugan
Release Date:07/02/1948
My Wild Irish Rose
Character:John Donovan
Release Date:24/12/1947
Cheyenne
Character:Fred Durkin
Release Date:06/06/1947
Pursued
Character:Jake Dingle
Release Date:05/03/1947
That Way with Women
Character:Herman Brinker
Release Date:14/02/1947
The Man I Love
Character:Riley
Release Date:26/12/1946
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Character:John Braden
Release Date:26/12/1946
Night and Day
Character:Leon Dowling
Release Date:02/07/1946
Perilous Holiday
Character:Dr. Lilley
Release Date:20/03/1946
Escape in the Desert
Character:Dr. Orville Tedder
Release Date:01/05/1945
God Is My Co-Pilot
Character:Big Mike Harrigan
Release Date:07/04/1945
Hotel Berlin
Character:Herman Plottke
Release Date:02/03/1945
Roughly Speaking
Character:Lew Morton
Release Date:31/01/1945
Hollywood Canteen
Character:Self
Release Date:15/12/1944
Janie
Character:Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon
Release Date:02/09/1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Character:Steve Gillis
Release Date:20/07/1944
Make Your Own Bed
Character:Walter Whirtle
Release Date:10/06/1944
Destination Tokyo
Character:'Cookie' Wainwright
Release Date:31/12/1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:25/09/1943
This Is the Army
Character:Sergeant McGee
Release Date:14/08/1943
Action in the North Atlantic
Character:Boats O'Hara
Release Date:12/06/1943
Gentleman Jim
Character:Pat Corbett
Release Date:14/11/1942
Desperate Journey
Character:Sgt. Kirk Edwards
Release Date:26/09/1942
Juke Girl
Character:Yippee 'Yip'
Release Date:30/05/1942
Captains of the Clouds
Character:Tiny Murphy
Release Date:12/02/1942
The Smiling Ghost
Character:Norton
Release Date:06/09/1941
Manpower
Character:Jumbo Wells
Release Date:09/08/1941
Thieves Fall Out
Character:Robert Barnes
Release Date:03/05/1941
Footsteps in the Dark
Character:Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
Release Date:08/03/1941
The Strawberry Blonde
Character:Old Man Grimes
Release Date:21/02/1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
Character:'Skipper' Martin
Release Date:15/02/1941
Santa Fe Trail
Character:Tex Bell
Release Date:20/12/1940
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Character:Capt. Bullwinkle
Release Date:26/10/1940
The Sea Hawk
Character:Carl Pitt
Release Date:10/08/1940
They Drive by Night
Character:Ed Carlsen
Release Date:26/07/1940
Virginia City
Character:Olaf Swenson
Release Date:23/03/1940
Three Cheers for the Irish
Character:Gallagher
Release Date:16/03/1940
Alice in Movieland
Character:Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
Release Date:03/03/1940
The Fighting 69th
Character:Big Mike Wynn
Release Date:27/01/1940
Green Hell
Character:Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren
Release Date:26/01/1940
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Character:The Prince of Tyrone
Release Date:11/11/1939
On Your Toes
Character:Sergei Alexandrovitch
Release Date:14/10/1939
Dust Be My Destiny
Character:Michael 'Mike' Leonard
Release Date:16/09/1939
The Man in the Iron Mask
Character:Porthos
Release Date:13/07/1939
Dodge City
Character:Rusty Hart
Release Date:08/04/1939
Pacific Liner
Character:Gallagher
Release Date:06/01/1939
Listen, Darling
Character:J.J. Slattery
Release Date:21/10/1938
The Sisters
Character:Sam Johnson
Release Date:14/10/1938
Valley of the Giants
Character:'Ox' Smith
Release Date:17/09/1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Character:Little John
Release Date:13/05/1938
Four Men and a Prayer
Character:Furnoy
Release Date:29/04/1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Character:Kaidu
Release Date:07/04/1938
Algiers
Character:Grandpere
Release Date:16/01/1938
Breakdowns of 1937
Character:Self
Release Date:31/12/1937
Music for Madame
Character:Detective Flugelman
Release Date:08/10/1937
Thin Ice
Character:Baron
Release Date:03/09/1937
Stella Dallas
Character:Ed Munn
Release Date:06/08/1937
High, Wide and Handsome
Character:Walt Brennan
Release Date:21/07/1937
The Prince and the Pauper
Character:Captain of the Guard
Release Date:30/04/1937
God's Country and the Woman
Character:Bjorn Skalka
Release Date:16/01/1937
Jump for Glory
Character:Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'
Release Date:01/01/1937
Our Relations
Character:Joe Grogan
Release Date:15/09/1936
Yellowstone
Character:John Alexander Hardigan
Release Date:01/09/1936
Parole!
Character:John Borchard
Release Date:14/06/1936
The Country Beyond
Character:Jim Alison
Release Date:24/04/1936
A Message to Garcia
Character:Dr. Ivan Krug
Release Date:10/04/1936
Two in the Dark
Character:Inspector Florio
Release Date:10/01/1936
Another Face
Character:Charles L. Kellar
Release Date:20/12/1935
The Last Days of Pompeii
Character:Burbix
Release Date:18/10/1935
Hollywood Extra Girl
Character:Crusades Actor (uncredited)
Release Date:22/08/1935
The Crusades
Character:Blondel
Release Date:21/08/1935
The Good Fairy
Character:Maurice Schlapkohl
Release Date:18/02/1935
Grand Old Girl
Character:Click Dade
Release Date:15/01/1935
The Little Minister
Character:Rob Daw
Release Date:28/12/1934
Babbitt
Character:Charlie McKelvey
Release Date:08/12/1934
Broadway Bill
Character:Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Release Date:30/11/1934
Imitation of Life
Character:Martin the Furniture Man
Release Date:23/11/1934
There's Always Tomorrow
Character:Henry
Release Date:01/11/1934
Great Expectations
Character:Joe Gargery
Release Date:22/10/1934
The Scarlet Letter
Character:Bartholomew Hockings
Release Date:18/09/1934
Of Human Bondage
Character:Emil Miller
Release Date:20/07/1934
Little Man, What Now?
Character:Holgar Jachman
Release Date:04/06/1934
Fog Over Frisco
Character:Chief O'Malley
Release Date:02/06/1934
Picture Brides
Character:Von Luden
Release Date:23/04/1934
It Happened One Night
Character:Danker
Release Date:22/02/1934
The Lost Patrol
Character:Cook
Release Date:16/02/1934
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Character:Sam
Release Date:12/01/1934
Destination Unknown
Character:Lundstrom
Release Date:01/04/1933
The Eleventh Commandment
Character:Max Stager
Release Date:25/03/1933
What Price Decency
Character:Klaus van Leyden
Release Date:07/03/1933
The Match King
Character:Borglund
Release Date:31/12/1932
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Character:Mr Simpson
Release Date:03/07/1932
So Big!
Character:Klass Pool
Release Date:30/04/1932
Union Depot
Character:The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan
Release Date:14/01/1932
The Sea Ghost
Character:Capt. Greg Winters
Release Date:28/11/1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Character:Hubert
Release Date:23/10/1931
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
Character:Jeb Mondstrum
Release Date:10/10/1931
The Night Angel
Character:Biezel
Release Date:18/07/1931
Aloha
Character:Stevens
Release Date:26/04/1931
She Got What She Wanted
Character:
Release Date:09/11/1930
Red Hot Rhythm
Character:Walter
Release Date:23/11/1929
The Sap
Character:Jim Belden
Release Date:09/11/1929
Sailor's Holiday
Character:Adam Pike
Release Date:14/09/1929
The Leatherneck
Character:Otto Schmidt
Release Date:24/02/1929
The Spieler
Character:Flash
Release Date:20/12/1928
Sal of Singapore
Character:Captain Erickson
Release Date:04/11/1928
Power
Character:Hanson
Release Date:23/09/1928
The Cop
Character:Mather
Release Date:28/08/1928
Oh Kay!
Character:Jansen
Release Date:26/08/1928
Skyscraper
Character:Slim Strede
Release Date:08/04/1928
The Leopard Lady
Character:Caesar
Release Date:22/02/1928
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Character:Singapore Jack
Release Date:31/10/1927
Vanity
Character:'Happy' Dan Morgan
Release Date:09/05/1927
Dick Turpin
Character:Tom King
Release Date:01/02/1925
Troubles of a Bride
Character:Gordon Blake
Release Date:30/11/1924
For Another Woman
Character:
Release Date:01/11/1924
One Night in Rome
Character:Duke Mareno
Release Date:29/09/1924
Black Oxen
Character:Prince Rohenhauer
Release Date:29/12/1923
Long Live the King
Character:King Karl
Release Date:26/11/1923
Cameo Kirby
Character:Colonel Moreau
Release Date:20/10/1923
Hollywood
Character:Alan Hale
Release Date:19/08/1923
The Eleventh Hour
Character:Prince Stefan de Bernie
Release Date:19/07/1923
Main Street
Character:Miles Bjornstam
Release Date:25/04/1923
The Covered Wagon
Character:Sam Woodhull
Release Date:15/03/1923
Quicksands
Character:Ferrago
Release Date:28/02/1923
Shirley of the Circus
Character:Max
Release Date:12/11/1922
Robin Hood
Character:Little John
Release Date:18/10/1922
The Dictator
Character:Sabos
Release Date:25/06/1922
The Trap
Character:Benson
Release Date:08/05/1922
A Doll's House
Character:Torvald Helmer
Release Date:12/02/1922
One Glorious Day
Character:Ben Wadley
Release Date:29/01/1922
The Great Impersonation
Character:Gustave Seimann
Release Date:09/10/1921
The Fox
Character:Rufus B. Coulter
Release Date:24/07/1921
A Wise Fool
Character:George Masson
Release Date:26/06/1921
A Voice in the Dark
Character:Dr. Hugh Sainsbury
Release Date:05/06/1921
The Barbarian
Character:Mark Grant
Release Date:29/04/1921
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Character:Karl von Hartrott
Release Date:06/03/1921
Moral Suicide
Character:'Lucky' Travers
Release Date:12/03/1918
The Eternal Temptress
Character:Count Rudolph Frizel
Release Date:09/12/1917
Life's Whirlpool
Character:Dr. Henry Grey
Release Date:08/11/1917
One Hour
Character:G.D. Stanley
Release Date:29/09/1917
The Price She Paid
Character:Stanley Baird
Release Date:12/02/1917
The Americano
Character:
Release Date:23/12/1916
The Love Thief
Character:Captain Arthur Boyce
Release Date:17/12/1916
The Scarlet Oath
Character:John Huntington
Release Date:23/10/1916
Rolling Stones
Character:Jerry Braden
Release Date:21/08/1916
The Beast
Character:Cowboy
Release Date:24/07/1916
Sold Out
Character:Halsey Brent
Release Date:05/06/1916
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Character:Tom Driscoll
Release Date:31/01/1916
Dora Thorne
Character:Hugh Fernely
Release Date:03/11/1915
East Lynne
Character:Sir Francis Levinson
Release Date:18/08/1915
The Americano
Character:Madison - The Americano
Release Date:30/03/1915
The Woman in Black
Character:Frank Mansfield
Release Date:30/11/1914
The Power of the Press
Character:Sam Freeborn
Release Date:01/10/1914
The Little Widow
Character:
Release Date:24/07/1914
Woman Against Woman
Character:John Tressider
Release Date:27/06/1914
Strongheart
Character:Ralph Thorne
Release Date:08/03/1914
By Man's Law
Character:Brother Owner
Release Date:22/11/1913
Dick's Turning
Character:The Rich Boy's Father
Release Date:02/07/1913
Glued
Character:
Release Date:27/09/1912
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