Acting
Alan Hale
EN, ES cinema · 181 credits
Born
9 February 1892
Died
22 January 1950 (aged 57)
Birthplace
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also known as Allan Hale · Alan Hale Sr. · Rufus Edward MacKahan · Rufus Alan MacKahan
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 Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Joe Grogan (archive footage)
Colt .45
as Sheriff Harris
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
as Little John
Stars in My Crown
as Jed Isbell
The House Across the Street
as J.B. Grennell
The Inspector General
as Kovatch
Always Leave Them Laughing
as Sam Washburn
The Younger Brothers
as Sheriff Knudson
South of St. Louis
as Jake Evarts
Adventures of Don Juan
as Leporello
Whiplash
as Terrance O'Leary
My Girl Tisa
as Dugan
Pursued
as Jake Dingle
That Way with Women
as Herman Brinker
Cheyenne
as Fred Durkin
My Wild Irish Rose
as John Donovan
The Man I Love
as Riley
Night and Day
as Leon Dowling
Perilous Holiday
as Dr. Lilley
The Time, The Place and The Girl
as John Braden
God Is My Co-Pilot
as Big Mike Harrigan
Roughly Speaking
as Lew Morton
Escape in the Desert
as Dr. Orville Tedder
Hotel Berlin
as Herman Plottke
Make Your Own Bed
as Walter Whirtle
The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Steve Gillis
Janie
as Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon
Destination Tokyo
as 'Cookie' Wainwright
Action in the North Atlantic
as Boats O'Hara
This Is the Army
as Sergeant McGee
Captains of the Clouds
as Tiny Murphy
Gentleman Jim
as Pat Corbett
Desperate Journey
as Sgt. Kirk Edwards
Juke Girl
as Yippee 'Yip'
Manpower
as Jumbo Wells
Footsteps in the Dark
as Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
The Smiling Ghost
as Norton
The Strawberry Blonde
as Old Man Grimes
The Great Mr. Nobody
as 'Skipper' Martin
Thieves Fall Out
as Robert Barnes
Santa Fe Trail
as Tex Bell
The Sea Hawk
as Carl Pitt
They Drive by Night
as Ed Carlsen
The Fighting 69th
as Big Mike Wynn
Green Hell
as Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as Capt. Bullwinkle
Alice in Movieland
as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
Three Cheers for the Irish
as Gallagher
Virginia City
as Olaf Swenson
Dust Be My Destiny
as Michael 'Mike' Leonard
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Porthos
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as The Prince of Tyrone
Dodge City
as Rusty Hart
On Your Toes
as Sergei Alexandrovitch
Pacific Liner
as Gallagher
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Little John
Algiers
as Grandpere
Listen, Darling
as J.J. Slattery
Valley of the Giants
as 'Ox' Smith
Four Men and a Prayer
as Furnoy
The Sisters
as Sam Johnson
The Prince and the Pauper
as Captain of the Guard
Stella Dallas
as Ed Munn
Thin Ice
as Baron
God's Country and the Woman
as Bjorn Skalka
Jump for Glory
as Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'
High, Wide and Handsome
as Walt Brennan
Music for Madame
as Detective Flugelman
Our Relations
as Joe Grogan
A Message to Garcia
as Dr. Ivan Krug
Two in the Dark
as Inspector Florio
Yellowstone
as John Alexander Hardigan
The Country Beyond
as Jim Alison
Parole!
as John Borchard
The Good Fairy
as Maurice Schlapkohl
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Burbix
Grand Old Girl
as Click Dade
Another Face
as Charles L. Kellar
The Crusades
as Blondel
Hollywood Extra Girl
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
as Danker
The Scarlet Letter
as Bartholomew Hockings
The Little Minister
as Rob Daw
Of Human Bondage
as Emil Miller
Imitation of Life
as Martin the Furniture Man
The Lost Patrol
as Cook
Broadway Bill
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Great Expectations
as Joe Gargery
Picture Brides
as Von Luden
Little Man, What Now?
as Holgar Jachman
Fog Over Frisco
as Chief O'Malley
Babbitt
as Charlie McKelvey
Destination Unknown
as Lundstrom
The Eleventh Commandment
as Max Stager
What Price Decency
as Klaus van Leyden
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Mr Simpson
So Big!
as Klass Pool
Union Depot
as The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan
The Match King
as Borglund
Susan Lenox
as Jeb Mondstrum
The Sea Ghost
as Capt. Greg Winters
Aloha
as Stevens
The Night Angel
as Biezel
Sailor's Holiday
as Adam Pike
The Sap
as Jim Belden
Red Hot Rhythm
as Walter
The Leatherneck
as Otto Schmidt
The Cop
as Mather
Sal of Singapore
as Captain Erickson
The Spieler
as Flash
Skyscraper
as Slim Strede
Power
as Hanson
Oh Kay!
as Jansen
Vanity
as 'Happy' Dan Morgan
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Singapore Jack
Rubber Tires
Director
Risky Business
Director
The Sporting Lover
Director
Forbidden Waters
Director
Dick Turpin
as Tom King
The Wedding Song
Director
Braveheart
Director
One Night in Rome
1924
One Night in Rome
as Duke Mareno
Troubles of a Bride
as Gordon Blake
Main Street
as Miles Bjornstam
Hollywood
as Alan Hale
Quicksands
as Ferrago
Black Oxen
as Prince Rohenhauer
The Covered Wagon
as Sam Woodhull
Cameo Kirby
as Colonel Moreau
The Eleventh Hour
as Prince Stefan de Bernie
Long Live the King
as King Karl
A Doll's House
as Torvald Helmer
Robin Hood
as Little John
The Trap
as Benson
The Dictator
as Sabos
One Glorious Day
as Ben Wadley
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Karl von Hartrott
The Fox
as Rufus B. Coulter
A Voice in the Dark
as Dr. Hugh Sainsbury
A Wise Fool
as George Masson
The Great Impersonation
as Gustave Seimann
The Barbarian
as Mark Grant
Over the Wire
as James Twyford
Moral Suicide
as 'Lucky' Travers
The Eternal Temptress
as Count Rudolph Frizel
Life's Whirlpool
as Dr. Henry Grey
One Hour
as G.D. Stanley
The Price She Paid
as Stanley Baird
Sold Out
as Halsey Brent
The Beast
as Cowboy
The Love Thief
as Captain Arthur Boyce
The Scarlet Oath
as John Huntington
Pudd'nhead Wilson
1916
Pudd'nhead Wilson
as Tom Driscoll
Rolling Stones
as Jerry Braden
East Lynne
as Sir Francis Levinson
The Americano
1915
The Americano
as Madison - The Americano
Dora Thorne
as Hugh Fernely
Cupid Entangled
1915
Cupid Entangled
as The Sweetheart
Woman Against Woman
1914
Woman Against Woman
as John Tressider
The Power of the Press
as Sam Freeborn
Strongheart
as Ralph Thorne
The Woman in Black
as Frank Mansfield
By Man's Law
1913
By Man's Law
as Brother Owner
Dick's Turning
1913
Dick's Turning
as The Rich Boy's Father