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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 9, 1892
Died
January 22, 1950
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also Known As
- Allan Hale
- Alan Hale Sr.
- Rufus Edward MacKahan
- Rufus Alan MacKahan
Alan Hale
2.4 Popularity
Biography
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
5.4
Miguel
The Londoners
2008
7.8
Various Roles (archive footage)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
10.0
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
🎬
0.0
Joe Grogan (archive footage)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
4.8
Little John
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950
6.2
Sheriff Harris
Colt .45
1950
6.9
Jed Isbell
Stars in My Crown
1950
6.5
Kovatch
The Inspector General
1949
3.5
Sam Washburn
Always Leave Them Laughing
1949
4.0
J.B. Grennell
The House Across the Street
1949
Credits
The Londoners
as Miguel
2008
5.4
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2005
7.8
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
🎬
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Joe Grogan (archive footage)
1968
0.0
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
as Little John
1950
4.8
Colt .45
as Sheriff Harris
1950
6.2
Stars in My Crown
as Jed Isbell
1950
6.9
The Inspector General
as Kovatch
1949
6.5
Always Leave Them Laughing
as Sam Washburn
1949
3.5
The House Across the Street
as J.B. Grennell
1949
4.0
The Younger Brothers
as Sheriff Knudson
1949
5.0
South of St. Louis
as Jake Evarts
1949
5.6
Whiplash
as Terrance O'Leary
1948
4.9
Adventures of Don Juan
as Leporello
1948
6.6
My Girl Tisa
as Dugan
1948
0.0
My Wild Irish Rose
as John Donovan
1947
6.0
Cheyenne
as Fred Durkin
1947
6.8
Pursued
as Jake Dingle
1947
6.6
That Way with Women
as Herman Brinker
1947
6.2
The Man I Love
as Riley
1946
6.1
The Time, The Place and The Girl
as John Braden
1946
5.4
Night and Day
as Leon Dowling
1946
5.9
Perilous Holiday
as Dr. Lilley
1946
0.0
Escape in the Desert
as Dr. Orville Tedder
1945
0.0
God Is My Co-Pilot
as Big Mike Harrigan
1945
6.9
Hotel Berlin
as Herman Plottke
1945
5.8
Roughly Speaking
as Lew Morton
1945
6.8
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
1944
7.3
Janie
as Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon
1944
5.5
The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Steve Gillis
1944
6.6
Make Your Own Bed
as Walter Whirtle
1944
5.8
Destination Tokyo
as 'Cookie' Wainwright
1943
6.8
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Self
1943
6.0
This Is the Army
as Sergeant McGee
1943
5.6
Action in the North Atlantic
as Boats O'Hara
1943
7.1
Gentleman Jim
as Pat Corbett
1942
7.1
Desperate Journey
as Sgt. Kirk Edwards
1942
6.0
Juke Girl
as Yippee 'Yip'
1942
6.5
Captains of the Clouds
as Tiny Murphy
1942
6.4
The Smiling Ghost
as Norton
1941
6.5
Manpower
as Jumbo Wells
1941
6.7
Thieves Fall Out
as Robert Barnes
1941
5.5
Footsteps in the Dark
as Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
1941
6.9
The Strawberry Blonde
as Old Man Grimes
1941
6.9
The Great Mr. Nobody
as 'Skipper' Martin
1941
5.3
Santa Fe Trail
as Tex Bell
1940
5.7
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as Capt. Bullwinkle
1940
5.5
The Sea Hawk
as Carl Pitt
1940
7.2
They Drive by Night
as Ed Carlsen
1940
6.9
Virginia City
as Olaf Swenson
1940
6.1
Three Cheers for the Irish
as Gallagher
1940
6.3
Alice in Movieland
as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
1940
6.3
The Fighting 69th
as Big Mike Wynn
1940
5.5
Green Hell
as Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren
1940
3.9
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as The Prince of Tyrone
1939
6.3
On Your Toes
as Sergei Alexandrovitch
1939
3.9
Dust Be My Destiny
as Michael 'Mike' Leonard
1939
6.2
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Porthos
1939
7.1
Dodge City
as Rusty Hart
1939
6.9
Pacific Liner
as Gallagher
1939
5.2
Listen, Darling
as J.J. Slattery
1938
6.3
The Sisters
as Sam Johnson
1938
5.8
Valley of the Giants
as 'Ox' Smith
1938
6.0
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Little John
1938
7.5
Four Men and a Prayer
as Furnoy
1938
6.3
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Kaidu
1938
6.0
Algiers
as Grandpere
1938
6.2
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
1937
6.0
Music for Madame
as Detective Flugelman
1937
5.0
Thin Ice
as Baron
1937
6.6
Stella Dallas
as Ed Munn
1937
6.9
High, Wide and Handsome
as Walt Brennan
1937
6.3
The Prince and the Pauper
as Captain of the Guard
1937
6.8
God's Country and the Woman
as Bjorn Skalka
1937
4.2
Jump for Glory
as Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'
1937
5.0
Our Relations
as Joe Grogan
1936
7.0
Yellowstone
as John Alexander Hardigan
1936
4.4
Parole!
as John Borchard
1936
6.0
The Country Beyond
as Jim Alison
1936
0.0
A Message to Garcia
as Dr. Ivan Krug
1936
4.8
Two in the Dark
as Inspector Florio
1936
5.9
Another Face
as Charles L. Kellar
1935
4.2
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Burbix
1935
5.6
Hollywood Extra Girl
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
1935
6.0
The Crusades
as Blondel
1935
6.2
The Good Fairy
as Maurice Schlapkohl
1935
6.9
Grand Old Girl
as Click Dade
1935
6.5
The Little Minister
as Rob Daw
1934
5.5
Babbitt
as Charlie McKelvey
1934
6.0
Broadway Bill
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
1934
6.0
Imitation of Life
as Martin the Furniture Man
1934
7.0
There's Always Tomorrow
as Henry
1934
8.0
Great Expectations
as Joe Gargery
1934
6.2
The Scarlet Letter
as Bartholomew Hockings
1934
4.6
Of Human Bondage
as Emil Miller
1934
6.5
Little Man, What Now?
as Holgar Jachman
1934
6.0
Fog Over Frisco
as Chief O'Malley
1934
6.2
Picture Brides
as Von Luden
1934
4.5
It Happened One Night
as Danker
1934
7.8
The Lost Patrol
as Cook
1934
6.5
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
as Sam
1934
5.0
Destination Unknown
as Lundstrom
1933
0.0
The Eleventh Commandment
as Max Stager
1933
0.0
What Price Decency
as Klaus van Leyden
1933
1.0
The Match King
as Borglund
1932
6.2
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Mr Simpson
1932
0.0
So Big!
as Klass Pool
1932
5.6
Union Depot
as The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan
1932
5.8
The Sea Ghost
as Capt. Greg Winters
1931
5.4
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Hubert
1931
5.7
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
as Jeb Mondstrum
1931
6.1
The Night Angel
as Biezel
1931
4.0
Aloha
as Stevens
1931
0.0
🎬
She Got What She Wanted
1930
0.0
Red Hot Rhythm
as Walter
1929
0.0
The Sap
as Jim Belden
1929
0.0
Sailor's Holiday
as Adam Pike
1929
5.2
The Leatherneck
as Otto Schmidt
1929
5.3
The Spieler
as Flash
1928
8.2
Sal of Singapore
as Captain Erickson
1928
5.0
Power
as Hanson
1928
6.0
The Cop
as Mather
1928
6.0
Oh Kay!
as Jansen
1928
0.0
Skyscraper
as Slim Strede
1928
5.6
🎬
The Leopard Lady
as Caesar
1928
0.0
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Singapore Jack
1927
0.0
Vanity
as 'Happy' Dan Morgan
1927
0.0
Dick Turpin
as Tom King
1925
5.3
Troubles of a Bride
as Gordon Blake
1924
0.0
For Another Woman
1924
0.0
🎬
One Night in Rome
as Duke Mareno
1924
5.0
Black Oxen
as Prince Rohenhauer
1923
5.2
Long Live the King
as King Karl
1923
0.0
Cameo Kirby
as Colonel Moreau
1923
5.8
Hollywood
as Alan Hale
1923
8.5
The Eleventh Hour
as Prince Stefan de Bernie
1923
0.0
Main Street
as Miles Bjornstam
1923
4.0
The Covered Wagon
as Sam Woodhull
1923
6.1
Quicksands
as Ferrago
1923
5.0
Shirley of the Circus
as Max
1922
0.0
Robin Hood
as Little John
1922
6.4
The Dictator
as Sabos
1922
0.0
The Trap
as Benson
1922
5.2
A Doll's House
as Torvald Helmer
1922
0.0
One Glorious Day
as Ben Wadley
1922
0.0
The Great Impersonation
as Gustave Seimann
1921
0.0
The Fox
as Rufus B. Coulter
1921
0.0
A Wise Fool
as George Masson
1921
0.0
A Voice in the Dark
as Dr. Hugh Sainsbury
1921
0.0
The Barbarian
as Mark Grant
1921
0.0
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Karl von Hartrott
1921
6.6
Moral Suicide
as 'Lucky' Travers
1918
1.0
The Eternal Temptress
as Count Rudolph Frizel
1917
0.0
Life's Whirlpool
as Dr. Henry Grey
1917
0.0
One Hour
as G.D. Stanley
1917
2.0
The Price She Paid
as Stanley Baird
1917
0.0
The Americano
1916
5.8
The Love Thief
as Captain Arthur Boyce
1916
0.0
The Scarlet Oath
as John Huntington
1916
0.0
Rolling Stones
as Jerry Braden
1916
0.0
The Beast
as Cowboy
1916
0.0
Sold Out
as Halsey Brent
1916
0.0
🎬
Pudd'nhead Wilson
as Tom Driscoll
1916
0.0
Dora Thorne
as Hugh Fernely
1915
0.0
East Lynne
as Sir Francis Levinson
1915
0.0
🎬
The Americano
as Madison - The Americano
1915
0.0
The Woman in Black
as Frank Mansfield
1914
5.0
The Power of the Press
as Sam Freeborn
1914
0.0
The Little Widow
1914
0.0
🎬
Woman Against Woman
as John Tressider
1914
0.0
Strongheart
as Ralph Thorne
1914
5.0
🎬
By Man's Law
as Brother Owner
1913
0.0
🎬
Dick's Turning
as The Rich Boy's Father
1913
0.0
🎬
Glued
1912
0.0