Acting
Alan Hale
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.
Filmography
The Londoners
Series · 2008
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Film · 2005
Showbiz Goes to War
Film · 1982
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Film · 1968
Colt .45
Film · 1950
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Film · 1950
Stars in My Crown
Film · 1950
The House Across the Street
Film · 1949
The Inspector General
Film · 1949
Always Leave Them Laughing
Film · 1949
The Younger Brothers
Film · 1949
South of St. Louis
Film · 1949
Adventures of Don Juan
Film · 1948
Whiplash
Film · 1948
My Girl Tisa
Film · 1948
Pursued
Film · 1947
That Way with Women
Film · 1947
Cheyenne
Film · 1947
My Wild Irish Rose
Film · 1947
The Man I Love
Film · 1946
Night and Day
Film · 1946
Perilous Holiday
Film · 1946
The Time, The Place and The Girl
Film · 1946
God Is My Co-Pilot
Film · 1945
Roughly Speaking
Film · 1945
Escape in the Desert
Film · 1945
Hotel Berlin
Film · 1945
Hollywood Canteen
Film · 1944
Make Your Own Bed
Film · 1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Film · 1944
Janie
Film · 1944
Destination Tokyo
Film · 1943
Action in the North Atlantic
Film · 1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Film · 1943
This Is the Army
Film · 1943
Captains of the Clouds
Film · 1942
Gentleman Jim
Film · 1942
Desperate Journey
Film · 1942
Juke Girl
Film · 1942
Manpower
Film · 1941
Footsteps in the Dark
Film · 1941
The Smiling Ghost
Film · 1941
The Strawberry Blonde
Film · 1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
Film · 1941
Thieves Fall Out
Film · 1941
Santa Fe Trail
Film · 1940
The Sea Hawk
Film · 1940
They Drive by Night
Film · 1940
The Fighting 69th
Film · 1940
Green Hell
Film · 1940
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Film · 1940
Alice in Movieland
Film · 1940
Three Cheers for the Irish
Film · 1940
Virginia City
Film · 1940
Dust Be My Destiny
Film · 1939
The Man in the Iron Mask
Film · 1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Film · 1939
Dodge City
Film · 1939
On Your Toes
Film · 1939
Pacific Liner
Film · 1939
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Film · 1938
Algiers
Film · 1938
Listen, Darling
Film · 1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
Film · 1938
Valley of the Giants
Film · 1938
Four Men and a Prayer
Film · 1938
The Sisters
Film · 1938
The Prince and the Pauper
Film · 1937
Stella Dallas
Film · 1937
Thin Ice
Film · 1937
God's Country and the Woman
Film · 1937
Jump for Glory
Film · 1937
High, Wide and Handsome
Film · 1937
Music for Madame
Film · 1937
Breakdowns of 1937
Film · 1937
Our Relations
Film · 1936
A Message to Garcia
Film · 1936
Two in the Dark
Film · 1936
Yellowstone
Film · 1936
The Country Beyond
Film · 1936
Parole!
Film · 1936
The Good Fairy
Film · 1935
The Last Days of Pompeii
Film · 1935
Grand Old Girl
Film · 1935
Another Face
Film · 1935
The Crusades
Film · 1935
Hollywood Extra Girl
Film · 1935
It Happened One Night
Film · 1934
The Scarlet Letter
Film · 1934
The Little Minister
Film · 1934
Of Human Bondage
Film · 1934
Imitation of Life
Film · 1934
The Lost Patrol
Film · 1934
Broadway Bill
Film · 1934
Great Expectations
Film · 1934
There's Always Tomorrow
Film · 1934
Picture Brides
Film · 1934
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Film · 1934
Little Man, What Now?
Film · 1934
Fog Over Frisco
Film · 1934
Babbitt
Film · 1934
Destination Unknown
Film · 1933
The Eleventh Commandment
Film · 1933
What Price Decency
Film · 1933
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Film · 1932
So Big!
Film · 1932
Union Depot
Film · 1932
The Match King
Film · 1932
Susan Lenox
Film · 1931
The Sea Ghost
Film · 1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Film · 1931
Aloha
Film · 1931
The Night Angel
Film · 1931
She Got What She Wanted
Film · 1930
Sailor's Holiday
Film · 1929
The Sap
Film · 1929
Red Hot Rhythm
Film · 1929
The Leatherneck
Film · 1929
The Cop
Film · 1928
Sal of Singapore
Film · 1928
The Spieler
Film · 1928
Skyscraper
Film · 1928
The Leopard Lady
Film · 1928
Power
Film · 1928
Oh Kay!
Film · 1928
Vanity
Film · 1927
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Film · 1927
Dick Turpin
Film · 1925
One Night in Rome
Film · 1924
For Another Woman
Film · 1924
Troubles of a Bride
Film · 1924
Main Street
Film · 1923
Hollywood
Film · 1923
Quicksands
Film · 1923
Black Oxen
Film · 1923
The Covered Wagon
Film · 1923
Cameo Kirby
Film · 1923
The Eleventh Hour
Film · 1923
Long Live the King
Film · 1923
A Doll's House
Film · 1922
Robin Hood
Film · 1922
The Trap
Film · 1922
The Dictator
Film · 1922
One Glorious Day
Film · 1922
Shirley of the Circus
Film · 1922
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Film · 1921
The Fox
Film · 1921
A Voice in the Dark
Film · 1921
A Wise Fool
Film · 1921
The Great Impersonation
Film · 1921
The Barbarian
Film · 1921
Over the Wire
Film · 1921
Moral Suicide
Film · 1918
The Eternal Temptress
Film · 1917
Life's Whirlpool
Film · 1917
One Hour
Film · 1917
The Price She Paid
Film · 1917
Sold Out
Film · 1916
The Beast
Film · 1916
The Love Thief
Film · 1916
The Scarlet Oath
Film · 1916
The Americano
Film · 1916
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Film · 1916
Rolling Stones
Film · 1916
East Lynne
Film · 1915
The Americano
Film · 1915
Dora Thorne
Film · 1915
Cupid Entangled
Film · 1915
Woman Against Woman
Film · 1914
The Power of the Press
Film · 1914
Strongheart
Film · 1914
The Little Widow
Film · 1914
The Woman in Black
Film · 1914
By Man's Law
Film · 1913
Dick's Turning
Film · 1913
Glued
Film · 1912