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Alan Hale
Actor, Director
Died January 22, 1950 (57 years)
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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.
Filmography
| 2008 | Londyńczycy (TV Series) · as Miguel |
| 2004 | Robin Hood: The First Outlaw Hero · as Little John |
| 1986 | Laurel & Hardy (TV Series) · as Joe Grogan (1986) |
| 1968 | The Best of Laurel and Hardy · as Joe Grogan |
| 1950 | Colt .45 · as Sheriff Harris |
| 1950 | Stars in My Crown · as Jed Isbell |
| 1949 | The Inspector General · as Kovatch |
| 1949 | South of St. Louis · as Jake Evarts |
| 1948 | Adventures of Don Juan · as Leporello |
| 1947 | |
| 1947 | Cheyenne · as Fred Durkin |
| 1946 | The Man I Love · as Riley |
| 1946 | Night and Day · as Leon Dowling |
| 1945 | God Is My Co-Pilot · as Big Mike Harrigan |
| 1944 | The Adventures of Mark Twain · as Steve Gillis |
| 1943 | Destination Tokyo · as 'Cookie' Wainwright |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic · as Boats O'Hara |
| 1943 | This Is the Army · as Sergeant McGee |
| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds · as Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy (bush pilot) |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim · as Pat Corbett |
| 1942 | Desperate Journey · as Kirk Edwards |
| 1941 | The Strawberry Blonde · as Old Man Grimes |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail · as Tex Bell |
| 1940 | Virginia City · as Olaf Swenson |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk · as Carl Pitt |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th · as Big Mike Wynn |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night · as Ed Carlsen |
| 1939 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex · as The Prince of Tyrone |
| 1939 | The Man in the Iron Mask · as Porthos |
| 1939 | Dodge City · as Rusty Hart |
| 1938 | |
| 1938 | Listen, Darling · as J.J. Slattery |
| 1938 | Four Men and a Prayer · as Furnoy |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Marco Polo · as Kaidu |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants · as 'Ox' Smith |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood · as Little John |
| 1937 | Stella Dallas · as Ed Munn |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Woman · as Bjorn Skalka |
| 1937 | The Prince and the Pauper · as Captain of the Guard |
| 1936 | Our Relations · as Joe Grogan |
| 1936 | Yellowstone · as John Alexander Hardigan |
| 1935 | The Last Days of Pompeii · as Burbix |
| 1934 | It Happened One Night · as Danker |
| 1934 | The Scarlet Letter · as Bartholomew Hockings |
| 1934 | Of Human Bondage · as Emil Miller |
| 1934 | The Lost Patrol · as Cook |
| 1934 | Imitation of Life · as Martin the Furniture Man |
| 1934 | Broadway Bill · as Orchestra Leader (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Little Man, What Now? · as Holgar Jachman |
| 1934 | Picture Brides · as Von Luden |
| 1934 | There's Always Tomorrow · as Henry |
| 1933 | The Eleventh Commandment · as Max Stager |
| 1932 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm · as Mr Simpson |
| 1931 | The Sea Ghost · as Capt. Greg Winters |
| 1925 | Dick Turpin · as Tom King |
| 1924 | Girls Men Forget · as Jimmy Masson |
| 1923 | The Covered Wagon · as Sam Woodhull |
| 1923 | Black Oxen · as Prince Rohenhauer |
| 1922 | Robin Hood · as Little John |
| 1922 | The Trap · as Benson |
| 1922 | One Glorious Day · as Ben Wadley |
| 1921 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse · as Karl von Hartrott |
| 1916 | The Purple Lady · as Count Louis Petelier |
| 1914 | Men and Women · as One of Kirke's Creditors |
| 1914 | By the Old Dead Tree · as actor |
| 1914 | A Daring Getaway · as The Cashier |
| 1913 | Dick's Turning · as Unknown |
| 1913 | His Inspiration · as The Artist |
| 1913 | The Capturing of David Dunne · as David Dunne |
| 1913 | Hearth Lights · as Kent Rankin |
| 1913 | A Hospital Romance · as The Doctor |
| 1913 | His Uncle's Heir · as actor |
| 1913 | Runa Plays Cupid · as Dr. Hale |
| 1913 | The Eternal Sacrifice · as Arthur Ellis |
| 1913 | The House of Pretense · as Deacon - the Husband |