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 | Rogues of Sherwood Forest | Little John | 1950-06-21 |
Movie | Colt .45 | Sheriff Harris | 1950-05-27 |
Movie | Stars in My Crown | Jed Isbell | 1950-05-11 |
Movie | The Inspector General | Kovatch | 1949-12-31 |
Movie | Always Leave Them Laughing | Sam Washburn | 1949-11-26 |
Movie | The House Across the Street | J.B. Grennell | 1949-09-10 |
Movie | The Younger Brothers | Sheriff Knudson | 1949-05-03 |
Movie | South of St. Louis | Jake Evarts | 1949-03-06 |
Movie | Whiplash | Terrance O'Leary | 1948-12-24 |
Movie | Adventures of Don Juan | Leporello | 1948-12-24 |
Movie | My Girl Tisa | Dugan | 1948-02-07 |
Movie | My Wild Irish Rose | John Donovan | 1947-12-24 |
Movie | Cheyenne | Fred Durkin | 1947-06-06 |
Movie | Pursued | Jake Dingle | 1947-03-02 |
Movie | That Way with Women | Herman Brinker | 1947-02-14 |
Movie | Perilous Holiday | Dr. Lilley | 1946-03-20 |
Movie | Night and Day | Leon Dowling | 1946-07-02 |
Movie | The Time, The Place and The Girl | John Braden | 1946-12-26 |
Movie | The Man I Love | Riley | 1946-12-26 |
Movie | Escape in the Desert | Dr. Orville Tedder | 1945-05-01 |
Movie | God Is My Co-Pilot | Big Mike Harrigan | 1945-04-07 |
Movie | Hotel Berlin | Herman Plottke | 1945-03-02 |
Movie | Roughly Speaking | Lew Morton | 1945-01-31 |
Movie | Make Your Own Bed | Walter Whirtle | 1944-06-10 |
Movie | Hollywood Canteen | Himself | 1944-12-15 |
Movie | Janie | rof. Matthew Q. Reardon | 1944-09-02 |
Movie | The Adventures of Mark Twain | Steve Gillis | 1944-07-20 |
Movie | Action in the North Atlantic | Boats O'Hara | 1943-06-12 |
Movie | Destination Tokyo | 'Cookie' Wainwright | 1943-12-31 |
Movie | This Is the Army | Sergeant McGee | 1943-08-14 |
Movie | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Himself | 1943-09-25 |
Movie | Gentleman Jim | Pat Corbett | 1942-11-14 |
Movie | Desperate Journey | Kirk Edwards | 1942-09-26 |
Movie | Juke Girl | Yippee 'Yip' | 1942-05-30 |
Movie | Captains of the Clouds | Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy (bush pilot) | 1942-02-12 |
Movie | The Strawberry Blonde | Old Man Grimes | 1941-02-21 |
Movie | The Great Mr. Nobody | 'Skipper' Martin | 1941-02-15 |
Movie | The Smiling Ghost | Norton | 1941-09-06 |
Movie | Footsteps in the Dark | Police Insp. Charles M. Mason | 1941-03-08 |
Movie | Manpower | Jumbo Wells | 1941-08-09 |
Movie | Thieves Fall Out | Robert Barnes | 1941-05-03 |
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 | Virginia City | Olaf Swenson | 1940-03-23 |
Movie | Three Cheers for the Irish | Gallagher | 1940-03-16 |
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 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Porthos | 1939-07-13 |
Movie | Dodge City | Rusty Hart | 1939-04-08 |
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 | Listen, Darling | J.J. Slattery | 1938-10-21 |
Movie | The Sisters | Sam Johnson | 1938-10-14 |
Movie | Valley of the Giants | 'Ox' Smith | 1938-09-17 |
Movie | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Little John | 1938-05-13 |
Movie | Four Men and a Prayer | Furnoy | 1938-04-29 |
Movie | The Adventures of Marco Polo | Kaidu | 1938-04-07 |
Movie | Algiers | Grandpere | 1938-01-16 |
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 | God's Country and the Woman | Bjorn Skalka | 1937-01-16 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1937 | Himself | 1937-12-31 |
Movie | High, Wide and Handsome | Walt Brennan | 1937-07-21 |
Movie | Stella Dallas | Ed Munn | 1937-08-06 |
Movie | Thin Ice | Baron | 1937-09-03 |
Movie | Music for Madame | Detective Flugelman | 1937-10-08 |
Movie | Two in the Dark | Inspector Florio | 1936-01-10 |
Movie | A Message to Garcia | Dr. Ivan Krug | 1936-04-10 |
Movie | The Country Beyond | Jim Alison | 1936-04-24 |
Movie | Parole! | John Borchard | 1936-06-14 |
Movie | Our Relations | Joe Grogan | 1936-09-15 |
Movie | Yellowstone | John Alexander Hardigan | 1936-09-01 |
Movie | Another Face | Charles L. Kellar | 1935-12-20 |
Movie | The Last Days of Pompeii | Burbix | 1935-10-18 |
Movie | Hollywood Extra Girl | Crusades Actor | 1935-08-22 |
Movie | The Crusades | Blondel | 1935-08-21 |
Movie | The Good Fairy | Maurice Schlapkohl | 1935-02-18 |
Movie | Grand Old Girl | Click Dade | 1935-01-15 |
Movie | Of Human Bondage | Emil Miller | 1934-07-20 |
Movie | Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen | Sam | 1934-01-12 |
Movie | The Lost Patrol | Cook | 1934-02-16 |
Movie | Picture Brides | Von Luden | 1934-04-23 |
Movie | Fog Over Frisco | Chief O'Malley | 1934-06-02 |
Movie | Little Man, What Now? | Holger Jachman | 1934-06-04 |
Movie | It Happened One Night | Danker | 1934-02-22 |
Movie | The Scarlet Letter | Bartholomew Hockings | 1934-09-18 |
Movie | There's Always Tomorrow | Henry | 1934-11-01 |
Movie | Imitation of Life | Martin the Furniture Man | 1934-11-23 |
Movie | The Little Minister | Rob Daw | 1934-12-28 |
Movie | Broadway Bill | Orchestra Leader (uncredited) | 1934-11-30 |
Movie | Babbitt | Charlie McKelvey | 1934-12-08 |
Movie | Great Expectations | Joe Gargery | 1934-10-22 |
Movie | Destination Unknown | Lundstrom | 1933-04-01 |
Movie | The Eleventh Commandment | Max Stager | 1933-03-25 |
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 Sea Ghost | Capt. Greg Winters | 1931-11-28 |
Movie | The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Hubert | 1931-10-23 |
Movie | Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Jeb Mondstrum | 1931-10-10 |
Movie | The Night Angel | Biezel | 1931-07-18 |
Movie | Aloha | Stevens | 1931-04-26 |
Movie | Red Hot Rhythm | Walter | 1929-11-23 |
Movie | Sailor's Holiday | Adam Pike | 1929-09-14 |
Movie | The Leatherneck | Unknown | 1929-02-24 |
Movie | The Leopard Lady | Caesar | 1928-02-22 |
Movie | Oh Kay! | Jansen | 1928-08-26 |
Movie | Skyscraper | Slim Strede | 1928-04-08 |
Movie | Sal of Singapore | Captain Erickson | 1928-11-04 |
Movie | The Cop | Mather | 1928-08-28 |
Movie | Power | Hanson | 1928-09-23 |
Movie | The Spieler | Flash | 1928-12-20 |
Movie | The Wreck of the Hesperus | Singapore Jack | 1927-10-31 |
Movie | Vanity | 'Happy' Dan Morgan | 1927-05-09 |
Movie | Dick Turpin | Tom King | 1925-02-01 |
Movie | Quicksands | Ferrago | 1923-02-28 |
Movie | The Covered Wagon | Sam Woodhull | 1923-03-15 |
Movie | The Eleventh Hour | Prince Stefan de Bernie | 1923-07-19 |
Movie | Cameo Kirby | Colonel Moreau | 1923-10-20 |
Movie | Long Live the King | King Karl | 1923-11-26 |
Movie | Black Oxen | Prince Rohenhauer | 1923-12-29 |
Movie | Hollywood | Alan Hale | 1923-08-19 |
Movie | Robin Hood | Little John | 1922-10-18 |
Movie | The Dictator | Sabos | 1922-06-25 |
Movie | The Trap | Benson | 1922-05-08 |
Movie | A Doll's House | Torvald Helmer | 1922-02-12 |
Movie | The Barbarian | Mark Grant | 1921-04-29 |
Movie | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Karl von Hartrott | 1921-03-06 |
Movie | The Fox | Rufus B. Coulter | 1921-07-24 |
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 | Moral Suicide | 'Lucky' Travers | 1918-03-12 |
Movie | Life's Whirlpool | Dr. Henry Grey | 1917-11-08 |
Movie | The Americano | Unknown | 1916-12-23 |
Movie | The Love Thief | Captain Arthur Boyce | 1916-12-17 |
Movie | The Beast | Cowboy | 1916-07-24 |
Movie | Sold Out | 1916-06-05 | |
Movie | East Lynne | Sir Francis Levinson | 1915-08-18 |
Movie | The Americano | Madison - The Americano | 1915-03-30 |
Movie | The Woman in Black | Frank Mansfield | 1914-11-30 |
Movie | The Power of the Press | Sam Freeborn | 1914-10-01 |
Movie | The Little Widow | Unknown | 1914-07-24 |
Movie | Strongheart | Ralph Thorne | 1914-03-08 |
Movie | Dick's Turning | 1913-07-02 |