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.
Movie | The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2005-04-05 |
Movie | Hollywood Without Make-Up | 1963-07-01 | |
Movie | Stars in My Crown | Jed Isbell | 1950-05-11 |
Movie | Colt .45 | Sheriff Harris | 1950-05-27 |
Movie | Rogues of Sherwood Forest | Little John | 1950-06-21 |
Movie | South of St. Louis | Jake Evarts | 1949-03-06 |
Movie | The House Across the Street | J.B. Grennell | 1949-09-10 |
Movie | The Younger Brothers | Sheriff Knudson | 1949-05-03 |
Movie | The Inspector General | Kovatch | 1949-12-31 |
Movie | Always Leave Them Laughing | Sam Washburn | 1949-11-26 |
Movie | Whiplash | Terrance O'Leary | 1948-12-24 |
Movie | My Girl Tisa | Dugan | 1948-02-07 |
Movie | Adventures of Don Juan | Leporello | 1948-12-24 |
Movie | That Way with Women | Herman Brinker | 1947-02-14 |
Movie | Pursued | Jake Dingle | 1947-03-02 |
Movie | Cheyenne | Fred Durkin | 1947-06-06 |
Movie | My Wild Irish Rose | John Donovan | 1947-12-24 |
Movie | Perilous Holiday | Dr. Lilley | 1946-03-20 |
Movie | Night and Day | Leon Dowling | 1946-07-02 |
Movie | The Man I Love | Riley | 1946-12-26 |
Movie | The Time, The Place and The Girl | John Braden | 1946-12-26 |
Movie | Hotel Berlin | Herman Plottke | 1945-03-02 |
Movie | Roughly Speaking | Lew Morton | 1945-01-31 |
Movie | God Is My Co-Pilot | Big Mike Harrigan | 1945-04-07 |
Movie | Escape in the Desert | Dr. Orville Tedder | 1945-05-01 |
Movie | The Adventures of Mark Twain | Steve Gillis | 1944-07-20 |
Movie | Make Your Own Bed | Walter Whirtle | 1944-06-10 |
Movie | Janie | Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon | 1944-09-02 |
Movie | Hollywood Canteen | Self | 1944-12-15 |
Movie | Action in the North Atlantic | Boats O'Hara | 1943-06-12 |
Movie | This Is the Army | Sergeant McGee | 1943-08-14 |
Movie | Destination Tokyo | 'Cookie' Wainwright | 1943-12-31 |
Movie | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Self | 1943-09-25 |
Movie | Captains of the Clouds | Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy (bush pilot) | 1942-02-12 |
Movie | Juke Girl | Yippee 'Yip' | 1942-05-30 |
Movie | Desperate Journey | Sgt. Kirk Edwards | 1942-09-26 |
Movie | Gentleman Jim | Pat Corbett | 1942-11-14 |
Movie | The Strawberry Blonde | Old Man Grimes | 1941-02-21 |
Movie | Footsteps in the Dark | Police Insp. Charles M. Mason | 1941-03-08 |
Movie | The Great Mr. Nobody | 'Skipper' Martin | 1941-02-15 |
Movie | The Smiling Ghost | Norton | 1941-09-06 |
Movie | Manpower | Jumbo Wells | 1941-08-09 |
Movie | Thieves Fall Out | Robert Barnes | 1941-05-03 |
Movie | Alice in Movieland | Carlo's Guest (uncredited) | 1940-03-03 |
Movie | The Fighting 69th | Big Mike Wynn | 1940-01-27 |
Movie | Green Hell | Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren | 1940-01-26 |
Movie | Three Cheers for the Irish | Gallagher | 1940-03-16 |
Movie | Virginia City | Olaf Swenson | 1940-03-23 |
Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Tex Bell | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Capt. Bullwinkle | 1940-10-26 |
Movie | The Sea Hawk | Carl Pitt | 1940-08-10 |
Movie | They Drive by Night | Ed Carlsen | 1940-07-26 |
Movie | Dodge City | Rusty Hart | 1939-04-08 |
Movie | The Man in the Iron Mask | Porthos | 1939-07-13 |
Movie | Pacific Liner | Gallagher | 1939-01-06 |
Movie | Dust Be My Destiny | Michael 'Mike' Leonard | 1939-09-16 |
Movie | The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | The Prince of Tyrone | 1939-11-11 |
Movie | On Your Toes | Sergei Alexandrovitch | 1939-10-14 |
Movie | Four Men and a Prayer | Furnoy | 1938-04-29 |
Movie | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Kaidu | 1938-04-07 |
Movie | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Little John | 1938-05-13 |
Movie | Algiers | Grandpere | 1938-01-16 |
Movie | Valley of the Giants | 'Ox' Smith | 1938-09-17 |
Movie | Listen, Darling | J.J. Slattery | 1938-10-21 |
Movie | The Sisters | Sam Johnson | 1938-10-14 |
Movie | The Prince and the Pauper | Captain of the Guard | 1937-04-30 |
Movie | When Thief Meets Thief | Jim Diall 'Col. Fane' | 1937-01-01 |
Movie | High, Wide and Handsome | Walt Brennan | 1937-07-21 |
Movie | God's Country and the Woman | Bjorn Skalka | 1937-01-16 |
Movie | Stella Dallas | Ed Munn | 1937-08-06 |
Movie | Thin Ice | Baron | 1937-09-03 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self | 1937-12-31 |
Movie | Music for Madame | Detective Flugelman | 1937-10-08 |
Movie | A Message to Garcia | Dr. Ivan Krug | 1936-04-10 |
Movie | The Country Beyond | Jim Alison | 1936-04-24 |
Movie | Two in the Dark | Inspector Florio | 1936-01-10 |
Movie | Parole! | John Borchard | 1936-06-14 |
Movie | Our Relations | Joe Grogan | 1936-09-15 |
Movie | Yellowstone | John Alexander Hardigan | 1936-09-01 |
Movie | Grand Old Girl | Click Dade | 1935-01-15 |
Movie | The Crusades | Blondel | 1935-08-21 |
Movie | The Good Fairy | Maurice Schlapkohl | 1935-02-18 |
Movie | Hollywood Extra Girl | Crusades Actor (uncredited) | 1935-08-22 |
Movie | Another Face | Charles L. Kellar | 1935-12-20 |
Movie | The Last Days of Pompeii | Burbix | 1935-10-18 |
Movie | Fog Over Frisco | Chief O'Malley | 1934-06-02 |
Movie | Little Man, What Now? | Holgar Jachman | 1934-06-04 |
Movie | Picture Brides | Von Luden | 1934-04-23 |
Movie | Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen | Sam | 1934-01-12 |
Movie | Of Human Bondage | Emil Miller | 1934-07-20 |
Movie | The Lost Patrol | Cook | 1934-02-16 |
Movie | It Happened One Night | Danker | 1934-02-22 |
Movie | Babbitt | Charlie McKelvey | 1934-12-08 |
Movie | The Scarlet Letter | Bartholomew Hockings | 1934-09-18 |
Movie | Broadway Bill | Orchestra Leader (uncredited) | 1934-11-30 |
Movie | The Little Minister | Rob Daw | 1934-12-28 |
Movie | Great Expectations | Joe Gargery | 1934-10-22 |
Movie | There's Always Tomorrow | Henry | 1934-11-01 |
Movie | Imitation of Life | Martin the Furniture Man | 1934-11-23 |
Movie | The Eleventh Commandment | Max Stager | 1933-03-25 |
Movie | Destination Unknown | Lundstrom | 1933-04-01 |
Movie | So Big! | Klass Pool | 1932-04-30 |
Movie | Union Depot | The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan | 1932-01-14 |
Movie | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Mr Simpson | 1932-07-03 |
Movie | The Match King | Borglund | 1932-12-31 |
Movie | The Night Angel | Biezel | 1931-07-18 |
Movie | Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Jeb Mondstrum | 1931-10-10 |
Movie | Aloha | Stevens | 1931-04-26 |
Movie | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Hubert | 1931-10-23 |
Movie | The Sea Ghost | Capt. Greg Winters | 1931-11-28 |
Movie | The Leatherneck | Otto Schmidt | 1929-02-24 |
Movie | Sailor's Holiday | Adam Pike | 1929-09-14 |
Movie | The Sap | Jim Belden | 1929-11-09 |
Movie | Red Hot Rhythm | Walter | 1929-11-23 |
Movie | Oh Kay! | Jansen | 1928-08-26 |
Movie | The Leopard Lady | Caesar | 1928-02-22 |
Movie | Skyscraper | Slim Strede | 1928-04-08 |
Movie | Power | Hanson | 1928-09-23 |
Movie | The Spieler | Flash | 1928-12-20 |
Movie | Sal of Singapore | Captain Erickson | 1928-11-04 |
Movie | The Cop | Mather | 1928-08-28 |
Movie | Vanity | 'Happy' Dan Morgan | 1927-05-09 |
Movie | The Wreck of the Hesperus | Singapore Jack | 1927-10-31 |
Movie | Dick Turpin | Tom King | 1925-02-01 |
Movie | The Covered Wagon | Sam Woodhull | 1923-03-15 |
Movie | The Eleventh Hour | Prince Stefan de Bernie | 1923-07-19 |
Movie | Quicksands | Ferrago | 1923-02-28 |
Movie | Hollywood | Alan Hale | 1923-08-19 |
Movie | Black Oxen | Prince Rohenhauer | 1923-12-29 |
Movie | Long Live the King | King Karl | 1923-11-26 |
Movie | Cameo Kirby | Colonel Moreau | 1923-10-20 |
Movie | A Doll's House | Torvald Helmer | 1922-02-12 |
Movie | The Trap | Benson | 1922-05-08 |
Movie | The Dictator | Sabos | 1922-06-25 |
Movie | Robin Hood | Little John | 1922-10-18 |
Movie | The Barbarian | Mark Grant | 1921-04-29 |
Movie | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Karl von Hartrott | 1921-03-06 |
Movie | A Voice in the Dark | Dr. Hugh Sainsbury | 1921-06-05 |
Movie | A Wise Fool | George Masson | 1921-06-26 |
Movie | The Great Impersonation | Gustave Seimann | 1921-10-09 |
Movie | The Fox | Rufus B. Coulter | 1921-07-24 |
Movie | Moral Suicide | 'Lucky' Travers | 1918-03-12 |
Movie | Life's Whirlpool | Dr. Henry Grey | 1917-11-08 |
Movie | Sold Out | Halsey Brent | 1916-06-05 |
Movie | The Beast | Cowboy | 1916-07-24 |
Movie | The Americano | 1916-12-23 | |
Movie | The Scarlet Oath | John Huntington | 1916-10-23 |
Movie | The Love Thief | Captain Arthur Boyce | 1916-12-17 |
Movie | The Americano | Madison - The Americano | 1915-03-30 |
Movie | Dora Thorne | Hugh Fernely | 1915-11-03 |
Movie | East Lynne | Sir Francis Levinson | 1915-08-18 |
Movie | Woman Against Woman | John Tressider | 1914-06-27 |
Movie | Strongheart | Ralph Thorne | 1914-03-08 |
Movie | The Little Widow | 1914-07-24 | |
Movie | The Power of the Press | Sam Freeborn | 1914-10-01 |
Movie | The Woman in Black | Frank Mansfield | 1914-11-30 |
Movie | Dick's Turning | 1913-07-02 | |
Movie | By Man's Law | Brother Owner | 1913-11-22 |