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Alan Hale Sr. 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.
Birth Name
Rufus Edward MacKahan
Born
Wednesday, 10 February 1892
Died
Sunday, 22 January 1950
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| History of the Sitcom | The Skipper | 2021 |
| Food(ography) | Tex Bell in 'Santa Fe Trail' | 2010 |
| The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Various Roles (archive footage) / Various Roles | 2005 |
| Robin Hood: The First Outlaw Hero | Little John | 2004 |
| Bloopermania | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler | Self | 1983 |
| Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982 |
| The Best of Laurel and Hardy | Joe Grogan | 1968 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Little John (clip from The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)) | 1963 |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Himself | 1963 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| History of the Sitcom | The Skipper | 2021 |
| Food(ography) | Tex Bell in 'Santa Fe Trail' | 2010 |
| The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Various Roles (archive footage) / Various Roles | 2005 |
| Robin Hood: The First Outlaw Hero | Little John | 2004 |
| Bloopermania | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler | Self | 1983 |
| Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982 |
| The Best of Laurel and Hardy | Joe Grogan | 1968 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | Little John (clip from The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)) | 1963 |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up | Self / Himself | 1963 |
| Rogues of Sherwood Forest | Little John | 1950 |
| Colt .45 | Sheriff Harris | 1950 |
| Stars in My Crown | Jed Isbell | 1950 |
| The Inspector General | Kovatch | 1949 |
| Always Leave Them Laughing | Sam Washburn | 1949 |
| The House Across the Street | J.B. Grennell | 1949 |
| The Younger Brothers | Sheriff Knudson | 1949 |
| South of St. Louis | Jake Evarts | 1949 |
| Whiplash | Terrance O'Leary | 1948 |
| Adventures of Don Juan | Leporello | 1948 |
| My Girl Tisa | Dugan | 1948 |
| My Wild Irish Rose | John Donovan | 1947 |
| Cheyenne | Fred Durkin | 1947 |
| Pursued | Jake Dingle | 1947 |
| That Way with Women | Herman Brinker | 1947 |
| The Time, the Place and the Girl | John Braden | 1946 |
| The Man I Love | Riley | 1946 |
| Night and Day | Leon Dowling | 1946 |
| Perilous Holiday | Dr. Lilley | 1946 |
| Escape in the Desert | Dr. Orville Tedder | 1945 |
| God Is My Co-Pilot | Big Mike Harrigan | 1945 |
| Hotel Berlin | Herman Plottke | 1945 |
| Roughly Speaking | Lew Morton | 1945 |
| Hollywood Canteen | Alan Hale / Self | 1944 |
| Janie | Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon | 1944 |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain | Steve Gillis | 1944 |
| Make Your Own Bed | Walter Whirtle | 1944 |
| Destination Tokyo | 'Cookie' Wainwright | 1943 |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars | Alan Hale / Himself | 1943 |
| This Is the Army | Sgt. McGee / Sergeant McGee | 1943 |
| Action in the North Atlantic | Boats O'Hara | 1943 |
| Gentleman Jim | Pat Corbett | 1942 |
| Desperate Journey | Flight Sergeant Kirk Edwards / Kirk Edwards | 1942 |
| Juke Girl | Yippee / Yippee 'Yip' | 1942 |
| Captains of the Clouds | Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy / Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy (bush pilot) | 1942 |
| The Smiling Ghost | Norton - the Butler / Norton | 1941 |
| Manpower | Jumbo Wells | 1941 |
| Thieves Fall Out | Rodney Barnes / Robert Barnes | 1941 |
| Footsteps in the Dark | Police Insp. Charles M. Mason / Police Inspector Charles M. Mason | 1941 |
| The Strawberry Blonde | Old Man Grimes | 1941 |
| The Great Mr. Nobody | 'Skipper' Martin | 1941 |
| Santa Fe Trail | Tex Bell | 1940 |
| Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Capt. Bullwinkle | 1940 |
| The Sea Hawk | Carl Pitt | 1940 |
| They Drive by Night | Ed Carlsen | 1940 |
| Virginia City | Olaf Swenson / Olaf 'Moosehead' Swenson | 1940 |
| 3 Cheers for the Irish | Gallagher | 1940 |
| Alice in Movieland | Carlo's Guest | 1940 |
| Green Hell | Doctor Loren / Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren | 1940 |
| The Fighting 69th | Sgt. 'Big Mike' Wynn / Big Mike Wynn | 1940 |
| The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | Earl of Tyrone / The Prince of Tyrone | 1939 |
| On Your Toes | Sergei Alexandrovitch | 1939 |
| Dust Be My Destiny | Mike Leonard / Michael 'Mike' Leonard | 1939 |
| The Man in the Iron Mask | Porthos | 1939 |
| Dodge City | Algernon 'Rusty' Hart / Rusty Hart | 1939 |
| Pacific Liner | Gallagher | 1939 |
| Listen, Darling | J.J. Slattery | 1938 |
| The Sisters | Sam Johnson | 1938 |
| Valley of the Giants | 'Ox' Smith | 1938 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Little John | 1938 |
| Four Men and a Prayer | Mr. Furnoy / Furnoy | 1938 |
| The Adventures of Marco Polo | Kaidu | 1938 |
| Algiers | Grandpere | 1938 |
| Music for Madame | Detective Flugelman | 1937 |
| Stella Dallas | Ed Munn | 1937 |
| High, Wide and Handsome | Walt Brennan | 1937 |
| The Prince and the Pauper | Captain of the Guard | 1937 |
| Thin Ice | Baron | 1937 |
| Breakdowns of 1937 | Himself / Self | 1937 |
| God's Country and the Woman | Bjorn Skalka | 1937 |
| When Thief Meets Thief | Jim Dial aka 'Col. Fane' / Jim Diall 'Col. Fane' | 1937 |
| Our Relations | Joe Grogan / Joe Grogan -Denker's Waiter | 1936 |
| Yellowstone | John Alexander Hardigan | 1936 |
| Parole! | John Borchard | 1936 |
| The Country Beyond | Jim Alison | 1936 |
| A Message to Garcia | Dr. Ivan Krug | 1936 |
| Two in the Dark | Police Inspector Florio / Inspector Florio | 1936 |
| Another Face | Charles L. Kellar - Studio Head / Charles L. Kellar | 1935 |
| The Last Days of Pompeii | Burbix | 1935 |
| The Crusades | Blondel | 1935 |
| Hollywood Extra Girl | Crusades Actor | 1935 |
| The Good Fairy | Maurice Schlapkohl | 1935 |
| Grand Old Girl | Click Dade | 1935 |
| The Little Minister | Rob Dow / Rob Daw | 1934 |
| Babbitt | Charlie McKelvey | 1934 |
| Broadway Bill | Orchestra Leader | 1934 |
| Imitation of Life | Martin the Furniture Man | 1934 |
| There's Always Tomorrow | Henry | 1934 |
| Great Expectations | Joe Gargery | 1934 |
| The Scarlet Letter | Bartholomew Hockings | 1934 |
| Of Human Bondage | Emil Miller / Miller | 1934 |
| Little Man, What Now? | Holger Jachman | 1934 |
| Fog Over Frisco | Chief O'Malley / Police Chief O'Malley | 1934 |
| Picture Brides | Von Luden | 1934 |
| It Happened One Night | Danker | 1934 |
| The Lost Patrol | Cook | 1934 |
| Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen | Sam | 1934 |
| March of the Movies | Self - film clip | 1933 |
| Destination Unknown | Lundstrom | 1933 |
| The Eleventh Commandment | Max Stager / Max Stäger | 1933 |
| The Match King | Borglund | 1932 |
| Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Mr. Simpson / Mr Simpson | 1932 |
| So Big! | Klass Poole / Klass Pool | 1932 |
| Union Depot | The Baron - aka Bushy Sloan / The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan | 1932 |
| The Sea Ghost | Capt. Greg Winters | 1931 |
| The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Hubert | 1931 |
| Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Jeb Mondstrum | 1931 |
| The Night Angel | Biezel | 1931 |
| Aloha | Stevens | 1931 |
| She Got What She Wanted | Dave | 1930 |
| Red Hot Rhythm | Walter | 1929 |
| The Leatherneck | Otto Schmidt | 1929 |
| The Spieler | Flash | 1928 |
| Sal of Singapore | Captain Erickson | 1928 |
| Power | Hanson | 1928 |
| The Cop | Mather | 1928 |
| Skyscraper | Slim Strede | 1928 |
| The Leopard Lady | Caesar | 1928 |
| The Wreck of the Hesperus | Singapore Jack | 1927 |
| Life in Hollywood No. 4 | Self | 1927 |
| Vanity | 'Happy' Dan Morgan | 1927 |
| Ranger of the Big Pines | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1925 |
| Flattery | Arthur Barrington | 1925 |
| Dick Turpin | Tom King | 1925 |
| Troubles of a Bride | Gordon Blake | 1924 |
| For Another Woman | 1924 | |
| One Night in Rome | Duke Mareno | 1924 |
| Girls Men Forget | Jimmy Masson | 1924 |
| Code of the Wilderness | Willard Masten | 1924 |
| Black Oxen | Prince Rohenhauer | 1923 |
| Cameo Kirby | Colonel Moreau | 1923 |
| Hollywood | Alan Hale | 1923 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Prince Stefan de Bernie | 1923 |
| The Covered Wagon | Sam Woodhull | 1923 |
| Quicksands | Ferrago | 1923 |
| Shirley of the Circus | Max | 1922 |
| Robin Hood | Little John | 1922 |
| The Trap | Benson | 1922 |
| A Doll's House | Torvald Helmer | 1922 |
| One Glorious Day | Ben Wadley | 1922 |
| The Great Impersonation | Gustave Seimann | 1921 |
| The Barbarian | Mark Grant | 1921 |
| The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Karl von Hartrott | 1921 |
| Moral Suicide | 'Lucky' Travers | 1919 |
| The Eternal Temptress | Count Rudolph Frizel | 1917 |
| Life's Whirlpool | Dr. Henry Grey | 1917 |
| One Hour | G.D. Stanley | 1917 |
| The Americano | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1916 |
| The Scarlet Oath | John Huntington | 1916 |
| Rolling Stones | Jerry Braden | 1916 |
| The Beast | Cowboy | 1916 |
| The Purple Lady | Count Louis Petelier | 1916 |
| Pudd'nhead Wilson | Tom Driscoll | 1916 |
| The Little Widow | 1914 | |
| Strongheart | Ralph Thorne | 1914 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Neighborhood House | 1936 |
| Rubber Tires | 1927 |
| Risky Business | 1926 |
| The Sporting Lover | 1926 |
| Forbidden Waters | 1926 |
| Braveheart | 1925 |
| The Scarlet Honeymoon | 1925 |
