Alan Hale
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Delmer Daves
Writers: Albert Maltz,
Cast: Alan Hale, Cary Grant, Dane Clark, Faye Emerson, John Garfield, John Ridgely, Robert Hutton, Tom Tully, Warner Anderson, William Prince,
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Writers: John Howard Lawson,
Cast: Alan Hale, Dane Clark, Dick Hogan, Humphrey Bogart, Julie Bishop, Louis Adlon, Peter Whitney, Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon, Sam Levene,
Director: Raoul Walsh
Writers: Horace McCoy,
Cast: Alan Hale, Alexis Smith, Errol Flynn, Jack Carson, John Loder, Madeleine Lebeau, Minor Watson, Rhys Williams, Ward Bond, William Frawley,
Director: Raoul Walsh
Writers: Philip G. Epstein,
Cast: Alan Hale, Edward McNamara, George Reeves, George Tobias, Jack Carson, James Cagney, Lucile Fairbanks, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Una O'Connor,
Director: Michael Curtiz
Writers: Robert Buckner,
Cast: Alan Hale, Errol Flynn, Gene Reynolds, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Henry O'Neill, Olivia de Havilland, Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan, Van Heflin, William Lundigan,
Director: Michael Curtiz
Writers: Howard W. Koch,
Cast: Alan Hale, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, Errol Flynn, Flora Robson, Gilbert Roland, Henry Daniell, James Stephenson, Una O'Connor,
Director: Raoul Walsh
Writers: Richard Macaulay,
Cast: Alan Hale, Ann Sheridan, Gale Page, George Raft, George Tobias, Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, John Litel, Joyce Compton, Roscoe Karns,
Director: Michael Curtiz
Writers: Robert Buckner,
Cast: Alan Hale, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot, Errol Flynn, Frank McHugh, Henry O'Neill, Henry Travers, John Litel, Olivia de Havilland, Victor Jory,
Director: John M. Stahl
Writers: William Hurlbut,
Cast: Alan Hale, Claudette Colbert, Fredi Washington, Henry Armetta, Juanita Quigley, Louise Beavers, Ned Sparks, Rochelle Hudson, Warren William, Wyndham Standing,
Director: John Cromwell
Writers: Lester Cohen,
Cast: Alan Hale, Bette Davis, Desmond Roberts, Frances Dee, Harry Allen, Kay Johnson, Leslie Howard, Reginald Denny, Reginald Owen, Reginald Sheffield,
Director: Frank Capra
Writers: Robert Riskin,
Cast: Alan Hale, Arthur Hoyt, Blanche Friderici, Charles C. Wilson, Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Ernie Adams, Jameson Thomas, Roscoe Karns, Walter Connolly,
Director: Allan Dwan
Writers: Lotta Woods,
Cast: Alan Hale, Bud Geary, Douglas Fairbanks, Enid Bennett, Lloyd Talman, Paul Dickey, Sam De Grasse, Wallace Beery, Willard Louis, William Lowery,
