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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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
April 5th, 2005 | The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Various Roles (archive footage) | 7.7 | |
December 31st, 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 10 | |
December 14th, 1968 | The Best of Laurel and Hardy | Joe Grogan (archive footage) | 8 | |
June 21st, 1950 | Rogues of Sherwood Forest | Little John | 5.3 | |
May 27th, 1950 | Colt .45 | Sheriff Harris | 6.6 | |
May 11th, 1950 | Stars in My Crown | Jed Isbell | 7 | |
December 31st, 1949 | The Inspector General | Kovatch | 6.6 | |
November 26th, 1949 | Always Leave Them Laughing | Sam Washburn | 4.4 | |
September 10th, 1949 | The House Across the Street | J.B. Grennell | 4.8 | |
May 3rd, 1949 | The Younger Brothers | Sheriff Knudson | 7.5 | |
March 6th, 1949 | South of St. Louis | Jake Evarts | 5.8 | |
December 24th, 1948 | Adventures of Don Juan | Leporello | 6.8 | |
December 24th, 1948 | Whiplash | Terrance O'Leary | 5 | |
February 7th, 1948 | My Girl Tisa | Dugan | 9 | |
December 24th, 1947 | My Wild Irish Rose | John Donovan | 6 | |
June 6th, 1947 | Cheyenne | Fred Durkin | 7 | |
March 5th, 1947 | Pursued | Jake Dingle | 6.6 | |
February 14th, 1947 | That Way with Women | Herman Brinker | 6.7 | |
December 26th, 1946 | The Man I Love | Riley | 6.1 | |
December 26th, 1946 | The Time, The Place and The Girl | John Braden | 5.7 | |
July 2nd, 1946 | Night and Day | Leon Dowling | 6 | |
March 20th, 1946 | Perilous Holiday | Dr. Lilley | 8 | |
May 1st, 1945 | Escape in the Desert | Dr. Orville Tedder | 9 | |
April 7th, 1945 | God Is My Co-Pilot | Big Mike Harrigan | 7.2 | |
March 2nd, 1945 | Hotel Berlin | Herman Plottke | 6.1 | |
January 31st, 1945 | Roughly Speaking | Lew Morton | 6.8 | |
December 15th, 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Self | 7.3 | |
September 2nd, 1944 | Janie | Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon | 6 | |
July 20th, 1944 | The Adventures of Mark Twain | Steve Gillis | 6.9 | |
June 10th, 1944 | Make Your Own Bed | Walter Whirtle | 6 | |
December 31st, 1943 | Destination Tokyo | 'Cookie' Wainwright | 6.9 | |
September 25th, 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Self | 6.2 | |
August 14th, 1943 | This Is the Army | Sergeant McGee | 5.7 | |
June 12th, 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic | Boats O'Hara | 7.1 | |
November 14th, 1942 | Gentleman Jim | Pat Corbett | 7.2 | |
September 26th, 1942 | Desperate Journey | Sgt. Kirk Edwards | 6.1 | |
May 30th, 1942 | Juke Girl | Yippee 'Yip' | 7.2 | |
February 12th, 1942 | Captains of the Clouds | Tiny Murphy | 6.6 | |
September 6th, 1941 | The Smiling Ghost | Norton | 6.8 | |
August 9th, 1941 | Manpower | Jumbo Wells | 6.8 | |
May 3rd, 1941 | Thieves Fall Out | Robert Barnes | 6 | |
March 8th, 1941 | Footsteps in the Dark | Police Insp. Charles M. Mason | 7 | |
February 21st, 1941 | The Strawberry Blonde | Old Man Grimes | 7 | |
February 15th, 1941 | The Great Mr. Nobody | 'Skipper' Martin | 6 | |
December 20th, 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Tex Bell | 5.8 | |
October 26th, 1940 | Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Capt. Bullwinkle | 6 | |
August 10th, 1940 | The Sea Hawk | Carl Pitt | 7.2 | |
July 26th, 1940 | They Drive by Night | Ed Carlsen | 6.9 | |
March 23rd, 1940 | Virginia City | Olaf Swenson | 6.2 | |
March 16th, 1940 | Three Cheers for the Irish | Gallagher | 7 | |
March 3rd, 1940 | Alice in Movieland | Carlo's Guest (uncredited) | 6.4 | |
January 27th, 1940 | The Fighting 69th | Big Mike Wynn | 5.8 | |
January 26th, 1940 | Green Hell | Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren | 4.5 | |
November 11th, 1939 | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | The Prince of Tyrone | 6.3 | |
October 14th, 1939 | On Your Toes | Sergei Alexandrovitch | 4.5 | |
September 16th, 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | Michael 'Mike' Leonard | 6.5 | |
July 13th, 1939 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Porthos | 7.1 | |
April 8th, 1939 | Dodge City | Rusty Hart | 6.9 | |
January 6th, 1939 | Pacific Liner | Gallagher | 5.5 | |
October 21st, 1938 | Listen, Darling | J.J. Slattery | 6.7 | |
October 14th, 1938 | The Sisters | Sam Johnson | 6.1 | |
September 17th, 1938 | Valley of the Giants | 'Ox' Smith | 6.7 | |
May 13th, 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Little John | 7.5 | |
April 29th, 1938 | Four Men and a Prayer | Furnoy | 6.5 | |
April 7th, 1938 | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Kaidu | 6.3 | |
January 16th, 1938 | Algiers | Grandpere | 6.3 | |
December 31st, 1937 | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self | 6 | |
October 8th, 1937 | Music for Madame | Detective Flugelman | 6.3 | |
September 3rd, 1937 | Thin Ice | Baron | 6.8 | |
August 6th, 1937 | Stella Dallas | Ed Munn | 6.9 | |
July 21st, 1937 | High, Wide and Handsome | Walt Brennan | 6.8 | |
April 30th, 1937 | The Prince and the Pauper | Captain of the Guard | 6.8 | |
March 5th, 1937 | Jump for Glory | Jim Diall 'Col. Fane' | 5.7 | |
January 16th, 1937 | God's Country and the Woman | Bjorn Skalka | 5.2 | |
September 15th, 1936 | Our Relations | Joe Grogan | 7 | |
September 1st, 1936 | Yellowstone | John Alexander Hardigan | 5.1 | |
June 14th, 1936 | Parole! | John Borchard | 7 | |
April 24th, 1936 | The Country Beyond | Jim Alison | 7 | |
April 10th, 1936 | A Message to Garcia | Dr. Ivan Krug | 5 | |
January 10th, 1936 | Two in the Dark | Inspector Florio | 6.1 | |
December 20th, 1935 | Another Face | Charles L. Kellar | 4.8 | |
October 18th, 1935 | The Last Days of Pompeii | Burbix | 5.8 | |
August 22nd, 1935 | Hollywood Extra Girl | Crusades Actor (uncredited) | 7.5 | |
August 21st, 1935 | The Crusades | Blondel | 6.4 | |
February 18th, 1935 | The Good Fairy | Maurice Schlapkohl | 7.1 | |
January 15th, 1935 | Grand Old Girl | Click Dade | 7 | |
December 28th, 1934 | The Little Minister | Rob Daw | 5.8 | |
December 8th, 1934 | Babbitt | Charlie McKelvey | 6.3 | |
November 30th, 1934 | Broadway Bill | Orchestra Leader (uncredited) | 6 | |
November 23rd, 1934 | Imitation of Life | Martin the Furniture Man | 7 | |
November 1st, 1934 | There's Always Tomorrow | Henry | 8 | |
October 22nd, 1934 | Great Expectations | Joe Gargery | 7 | |
September 18th, 1934 | The Scarlet Letter | Bartholomew Hockings | 5.1 | |
July 20th, 1934 | Of Human Bondage | Emil Miller | 6.5 | |
June 4th, 1934 | Little Man, What Now? | Holgar Jachman | 6.3 | |
June 2nd, 1934 | Fog Over Frisco | Chief O'Malley | 6.4 | |
April 23rd, 1934 | Picture Brides | Von Luden | 5.1 | |
February 22nd, 1934 | It Happened One Night | Danker | 7.8 | |
February 16th, 1934 | The Lost Patrol | Cook | 6.6 | |
January 12th, 1934 | Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen | Sam | 6 | |
April 1st, 1933 | Destination Unknown | Lundstrom | 7 | |
March 25th, 1933 | The Eleventh Commandment | Max Stager | 8 | |
March 7th, 1933 | What Price Decency | Klaus van Leyden | 3 | |
December 31st, 1932 | The Match King | Borglund | 6.7 | |
July 3rd, 1932 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Mr Simpson | 10 | |
April 30th, 1932 | So Big! | Klass Pool | 5.7 | |
January 14th, 1932 | Union Depot | The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan | 6 | |
November 28th, 1931 | The Sea Ghost | Capt. Greg Winters | 5.7 | |
October 23rd, 1931 | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Hubert | 5.9 | |
October 10th, 1931 | Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Jeb Mondstrum | 6.1 | |
July 18th, 1931 | The Night Angel | Biezel | 4.9 | |
April 26th, 1931 | Aloha | Stevens | 8 | |
November 9th, 1930 | She Got What She Wanted | TBD | 10 | |
November 23rd, 1929 | Red Hot Rhythm | Walter | 9 | |
November 9th, 1929 | The Sap | Jim Belden | 10 | |
September 14th, 1929 | Sailor's Holiday | Adam Pike | 6.1 | |
February 24th, 1929 | The Leatherneck | Otto Schmidt | 5.7 | |
December 20th, 1928 | The Spieler | Flash | 8.2 | |
November 4th, 1928 | Sal of Singapore | Captain Erickson | 5.7 | |
September 23rd, 1928 | Power | Hanson | 8 | |
August 28th, 1928 | The Cop | Mather | 6.7 | |
August 26th, 1928 | Oh Kay! | Jansen | 7 | |
April 8th, 1928 | Skyscraper | Slim Strede | 5.8 | |
February 22nd, 1928 | The Leopard Lady | Caesar | 7 | |
October 31st, 1927 | The Wreck of the Hesperus | Singapore Jack | 10 | |
May 9th, 1927 | Vanity | 'Happy' Dan Morgan | 10 | |
February 1st, 1925 | Dick Turpin | Tom King | 5.8 | |
November 30th, 1924 | Troubles of a Bride | Gordon Blake | 8 | |
November 1st, 1924 | For Another Woman | TBD | 7 | |
September 29th, 1924 | One Night in Rome | Duke Mareno | 6 | |
December 29th, 1923 | Black Oxen | Prince Rohenhauer | 5.8 | |
November 26th, 1923 | Long Live the King | King Karl | 7 | |
October 20th, 1923 | Cameo Kirby | Colonel Moreau | 6 | |
August 19th, 1923 | Hollywood | Alan Hale | 9 | |
July 19th, 1923 | The Eleventh Hour | Prince Stefan de Bernie | 7 | |
April 25th, 1923 | Main Street | Miles Bjornstam | 6 | |
March 15th, 1923 | The Covered Wagon | Sam Woodhull | 6.4 | |
February 28th, 1923 | Quicksands | Ferrago | 7 | |
November 12th, 1922 | Shirley of the Circus | Max | 9 | |
October 18th, 1922 | Robin Hood | Little John | 6.4 | |
June 25th, 1922 | The Dictator | Sabos | 8 | |
May 8th, 1922 | The Trap | Benson | 5.8 | |
February 12th, 1922 | A Doll's House | Torvald Helmer | 10 | |
January 29th, 1922 | One Glorious Day | Ben Wadley | 9 | |
October 9th, 1921 | The Great Impersonation | Gustave Seimann | 7 | |
July 24th, 1921 | The Fox | Rufus B. Coulter | 9 | |
June 26th, 1921 | A Wise Fool | George Masson | 9 | |
June 5th, 1921 | A Voice in the Dark | Dr. Hugh Sainsbury | 8 | |
April 29th, 1921 | The Barbarian | Mark Grant | 10 | |
March 6th, 1921 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Karl von Hartrott | 6.6 | |
March 12th, 1918 | Moral Suicide | 'Lucky' Travers | 1 | |
December 9th, 1917 | The Eternal Temptress | Count Rudolph Frizel | TBD | |
November 8th, 1917 | Life's Whirlpool | Dr. Henry Grey | TBD | |
September 29th, 1917 | One Hour | G.D. Stanley | 2 | |
February 12th, 1917 | The Price She Paid | Stanley Baird | TBD | |
December 23rd, 1916 | The Americano | TBD | 5.8 | |
December 17th, 1916 | The Love Thief | Captain Arthur Boyce | TBD | |
October 23rd, 1916 | The Scarlet Oath | John Huntington | TBD | |
August 21st, 1916 | Rolling Stones | Jerry Braden | TBD | |
July 24th, 1916 | The Beast | Cowboy | TBD | |
June 5th, 1916 | Sold Out | Halsey Brent | 8 | |
January 31st, 1916 | Pudd'nhead Wilson | Tom Driscoll | TBD | |
November 3rd, 1915 | Dora Thorne | Hugh Fernely | TBD | |
August 18th, 1915 | East Lynne | Sir Francis Levinson | TBD | |
March 30th, 1915 | The Americano | Madison - The Americano | 8 | |
November 30th, 1914 | The Woman in Black | Frank Mansfield | 5 | |
October 1st, 1914 | The Power of the Press | Sam Freeborn | TBD | |
July 24th, 1914 | The Little Widow | TBD | TBD | |
June 27th, 1914 | Woman Against Woman | John Tressider | 10 | |
March 8th, 1914 | Strongheart | Ralph Thorne | 5 | |
November 22nd, 1913 | By Man's Law | Brother Owner | TBD | |
July 2nd, 1913 | Dick's Turning | The Rich Boy's Father | 9 | |
September 27th, 1912 | Glued | TBD | TBD |