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Alan Hale (1892–1950)

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Alan Hale decided on a film career after his attempt at becoming an opera singer didn't pan out. He quickly became much in demand as a supporting actor, starred in several films for Cecil B. DeMille and directed others for him. With the advent of sound Hale played leads in a few films, but soon settled down into a career as one of the busiest character actors in the business... See full bio »

Born:

Rufus Edward MacKahan
in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Died:

(age 57) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1950 Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Little John
 
1950 Colt .45
Sheriff Harris
 
1950 Stars in My Crown
Jed Isbell
 
1949 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
 
1948 Whiplash
Terrance O'Leary
 
1948 Adventures of Don Juan
Leporello
 
1948 My Girl Tisa
Dugan
 
1947 My Wild Irish Rose
John Donovan
 
1947 Circus Horse (short)
Young prospector
 
1947 Cheyenne
Fred Durkin
 
1947 Pursued
Jake Dingle
 
1947 That Way with Women
Herman Brinker
 
1947 The Man I Love
Riley
 
1946 The Time, the Place and the Girl
John Braden
 
1946 Night and Day
Leon Dowling
 
1946 Perilous Holiday
Dr. Lilley
 
1945 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
 
1944 Hollywood Canteen
Alan Hale
 
1944 Janie
Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon
 
1944 Make Your Own Bed
Walter Whirtle
 
1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain
Steve Gillis
 
1943 Destination Tokyo
'Cookie' Wainwright
 
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
Alan Hale
 
1943 This Is the Army
Sgt. McGee
 
1943 Action in the North Atlantic
Boats O'Hara
 
1942 Gentleman Jim
Pat Corbett
 
1942 Desperate Journey
Flight Sergeant Kirk Edwards
 
1942 Juke Girl
Yippee 'Yip'
 
1942 Captains of the Clouds
'Tiny' Murphy
 
1941 The Smiling Ghost
Norton
 
1941 Manpower
Jumbo Wells
 
1941 Thieves Fall Out
Robert Barnes
 
1941 Footsteps in the Dark
Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
 
1941 The Great Mr. Nobody
'Skipper' Martin
 
1941 The Strawberry Blonde
Old Man Grimes
 
1940 Santa Fe Trail
Tex Bell
 
1940 Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Capt. Bullwinkle
 
1940 They Drive by Night
Ed Carlsen
 
1940 The Sea Hawk
Carl Pitt
 
1940 Virginia City
Olaf Swenson
 
1940 Three Cheers for the Irish
Gallagher
 
1940 Green Hell
Doctor Loren
 
1940 The Fighting 69th
Sgt. 'Big Mike' Wynn
 
1940 Alice in Movieland (short)
Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
 
1939 On Your Toes
Sergei Alexandrovitch
 
1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Earl of Tyrone
 
1939 Dust Be My Destiny
Mike Leonard
 
1939 The Man in the Iron Mask
Porthos
 
1939 Dodge City
Rusty Hart
 
1939 Pacific Liner
Gallagher
 
1939 Phantom Submarine U67
 
1938 Listen, Darling
J.J. Slattery
 
1938 The Sisters
Sam Johnson
 
1938 Valley of the Giants
'Ox' Smith
 
1938 Algiers
Grandpere
 
1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Little John
 
1938 Four Men and a Prayer
Mr. Furnoy
 
1938 The Adventures of Marco Polo
Kaidu
 
1937 Music for Madame
Detective Flugelman
 
1937 Thin Ice
Baron
 
1937 Stella Dallas
Ed Munn
 
1937 High, Wide, and Handsome
Walt Brennan
 
1937 The Prince and the Pauper
Captain of the Guard
 
1937 When Thief Meets Thief
Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'
 
1937 God's Country and the Woman
Bjorn Skalka (as Allan Hale)
 
1936 Our Relations
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
 
1935 Another Face
Charles L. Kellar, Studio Head
 
1935 The Last Days of Pompeii
Burbix
 
1935 Hollywood Extra Girl (documentary short)
Crusades Actor (uncredited)
 
1935 The Crusades
Blondel
 
1935 The Good Fairy
Maurice Schlapkohl
 
1935 Grand Old Girl
Click Dade
 
1934 The Little Minister
Rob Dow
 
1934 Babbitt
Charlie McKelvey
 
1934 Broadway Bill
Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
 
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
Miller
 
1934 Fog Over Frisco
Chief O'Malley
 
1934 Little Man, What Now?
Holger Jachman
 
1934 Picture Brides
Von Luden
 
1934 It Happened One Night
Danker
 
1934 The Lost Patrol
Cook
 
1934 Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
Sam
 
1933 Destination Unknown
Lundstrom
 
1933 The Eleventh Commandment
Max Stäger
 
1933 What Price Decency
Klaus van Leyden
 
1932 The Match King
Borglund
 
1932 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Mr. Simpson
 
1932 So Big!
Klass Poole
 
1932 Union Depot
The Baron - aka Bushy Sloan
 
1931 The Sea Ghost
Capt. Greg Winters
 
1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Hubert
 
1931 Susan Lenox <Her Fall and Rise>
Jeb Mondstrum
 
1931 Night Angel
Biezel
 
1931 Aloha
Stevens
 
1930 She Got What She Wanted
Dave
 
1929 Red Hot Rhythm
Walter
 
1929 The Sap
Jim Belden
 
1929 Sailor's Holiday
Adam Pike
 
1929 The Leatherneck
Otto Schmidt
 
1928 The Spieler
Flash
 
1928 Sal of Singapore
Captain Erickson
 
1928 Power
Hanson
 
1928 Oh Kay!
Jansen
 
1928 The Cop
Mather
 
1928 Skyscraper
Slim Strede
 
1928 The Leopard Lady
Caesar
 
1927 The Wreck of the Hesperus
Singapore Jack
 
1927 Vanity
'Happy' Dan Morgan
 
1926 Hearts and Fists
Preston Tolley
 
1925 Ranger of the Big Pines
 
1925 The Crimson Runner
Gregory
 
1925 Flattery
Arthur Barrington
 
1925 Dick Turpin
Tom King
 
1924 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
 
1923 Black Oxen
Prince Rohenhauer
 
1923 Long Live the King
King Karl
 
1923 Cameo Kirby
Colonel Moreau
 
1923 The Eleventh Hour
Prince Stefan de Bernie
 
1923 Main Street
Miles Bjornstam
 
1923 The Covered Wagon
Sam Woodhull
 
1923 Quicksands
Ferrago
 
1923 The Cricket
 
1922 Shirley of the Circus
Max
 
1922 Robin Hood
Little John
 
1922 The Dictator
Sabos
 
1922 The Trap
Benson
 
1922 A Doll's House
Torvald Helmer
 
1922 One Glorious Day
Ben Wadley
 
1921 The Great Impersonation
Gustave Seimann
 
1921/I The Fox
Rufus B. Coulter
 
1921 Over the Wire
James Twyford
 
1921 A Wise Fool
George Masson
 
1921 A Voice in the Dark
Dr. Hugh Sainsbury
 
1921 The Barbarian
Mark Grant
 
1921 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Karl von Hartrott
 
1918 Moral Suicide
'Lucky' Travers
 
1917 The Eternal Temptress
Count Rudolph Frizel
 
1917 Life's Whirlpool
Dr. Henry Grey
 
1917 One Hour
G.D. Stanley
 
1917 The Woman in the Case (short)
 
1917 The Price She Paid
Stanley Baird
 
1916 The Americano
 
1916 The Love Thief
Captain Arthur Boyce
 
1916 The Scarlet Oath
John Huntington
 
1916 Rolling Stones
Jerry Braden
 
1916 The Beast
 
1916/I The Woman in the Case
Julian Rolfe
 
1916 The Purple Lady
Count Louis Petelier
 
1916 Madelaine Morel (short)
Julian Dalberg
 
1916 Pudd'nhead Wilson
Tom Driscoll
 
1915 Cupid Entangled (short)
The Sweetheart
 
1915 His Emergency Wife (short)
 
1915 The Man from Town (short)
 
1915 Love's Enduring Flame (short)
 
1915 Dora Thorne (short)
Hugh Fernely
 
1915 Bad Money (short)
 
1915 The Inevitable (short)
 
1915 Bob's Love Affairs (short)
Bob
 
1915 Winning the Widow (short)
The Bachelor
 
1915 The Girl Who Didn't Forget (short)
The Grocery Clerk's Rival
 
1915 Heart Trouble (short)
The Young Novelist
 
1915 A Lasting Lesson (short)
 
1915 Among Those Killed (short)
 
1915 East Lynne (short)
Sir Francis Levinson
 
1915 Mrs. Randolph's New Secretary (short)
Mrs. Randolph's Nephew
 
1915 Frederick Holmes' Ward (short)
Frederick Holmes
 
1915 Jane Eyre (short)
Secondary Supporting Role
 
1915 His Singular Lesson (short)
Smith - the Husband
 
1915 Under Two Flags (short)
Undetermined Secondary Role (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
 
1915 A Daughter of Earth (short)
Keene
 
1915 The Smuggler's Ward (short)
Jack Hardy
 
1915 The Wives of Men (short)
The Chief Engineer
 
1915 Captain Fracasse (short)
Baron de Sigognac
 
1915 Adam Bede (short)
Arthur Donnithorne
 
1915 The Quicksands of Society (short)
The Thorpe Son - as an adult
 
1915/I The Americano (short)
Madison - The Americano
 
1915/I After the Storm (short)
Elmer Hilton
 
1915 Aurora Floyd (short)
John Mellish
 
1915 His Romany Wife (short)
Travers
 
1915 Three Hats (short)
Fred Bellamy
 
1915 File No. 113 (short)
Prosper
 
1915/I Money (short)
Alfred Evelyn
 
1915 The Lone Cowboy (short)
 
1914 On the Heights (short)
Col. Brennan
 
1914 A Scrap of Paper (short)
Prosper
 
1914 The Closing Web (short)
Bruce
 
1914/I The Woman in Black (short)
Frank Mansfield
 
1914 Ernest Maltravers (short)
Castruccio
 
1914 Life's Stream (short)
The Young Man
 
1914 Masks and Faces (short)
Ernest Vane
 
1914 The Power of the Press (short)
Sam
 
1914 Martin Chuzzlewit (short)
Young Martin Chuzzlewit
 
1914 Gwendolin (short)
Daniel Deronda
 
1914 Who's Looney Now? (short)
 
1914 The Ring and the Book (short)
A Priest
 
1914/I The Cricket on the Hearth (short)
Edward Plummer
 
1914 Men and Women (short)
One of Kirke's Creditors
 
1914 The Man Who Paid (short)
 
1914 The Little Widow (short)
 
1914/II Jane Eyre
 
1914 Woman Against Woman (short)
 
1914 The Ragamuffin (short)
The Minister
 
1914 By the Old Dead Tree (short)
 
1914 The Opal's Curse (short)
The Jeweler
 
1914 A Daring Getaway (short)
The Cashier
 
1914 Strongheart (short)
Ralph Thorne
 
1913 The Capturing of David Dunne (short)
David Dunne
 
1913 By Man's Law (short)
Brother Owner
 
1913 His Inspiration (short)
The Artist
 
1913 The Stolen Woman (short)
Lewis Granton
 
1913 The Glow Worm (short)
 
1913 The Smuggler's Sister (short)
Jim Stewart, N.W.M.P.
 
1913 Runa Plays Cupid (short)
Dr. Hale
 
1913 Kentucky Foes (short)
Fred Nelson
 
1913 The Silly Sex (short)
John Duncan
 
1913 Maria Roma (short)
Maria's Husband
 
1913 A Hospital Romance (short)
The Doctor
 
1913/I The Wager (short)
Mr. Ellis
 
1913 Dick's Turning (short)
The Rich Boy's Father
 
1913 The House of Pretense (short)
Deacon - the Husband
 
1913 His Uncle's Heir (short)
 
1913 The Madcap of the Hills (short)
Kingston Ford - the City Slicker
 
1913 The Master Cracksman (short)
Parr - the Detective
 
1913 Hearth Lights (short)
Kent Rankin
 
1913 The Eternal Sacrifice (short)
Arthur Ellis
 
1913 The Children of St. Anne (short)
The Artist
 
1912 Once Was Enough (short)
Uncle Tom
 
1912 The Drummer (short)
Anthony Brown
 
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1984 Before Stonewall (documentary) (performer: "Ladies of the Chorus" - uncredited)
 
1949 Always Leave Them Laughing ("Carolina in the Morning" 1922 - uncredited)
 
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars (performer: "Way Up North" 1943 - uncredited)
 
1943 This Is the Army (performer: "Ladies of the Chorus")
 
1942 Gentleman Jim (performer: "Dear Old Donegal" - uncredited)
 
1942 Captains of the Clouds (performer: "Bless 'em All" - uncredited / "Bless 'em All" - uncredited)
 
1941 The Great Mr. Nobody (performer: "A Life on the Ocean Wave" 1838 - uncredited, "Jingle Bells" 1857 - uncredited)
 
1940 Santa Fe Trail (performer: "The Holliday Wagon Song" - uncredited)
 
1940 Tugboat Annie Sails Again (performer: "Gentle Annie" 1856 - uncredited)
 
1939 On Your Toes ("Song of the Volga Boatman" - uncredited)
 
1939 Dodge City (performer: "Nelly Was a Lady" 1849 - uncredited)
 
1937 Stella Dallas (performer: "Jingle Bells" 1857)
 
1935 The Crusades (performer: "Richard Ruled in England" 1935 - uncredited, "Blondel's Love Song" 1935 - uncredited)
 
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1936 Neighborhood House (short) (uncredited)
 
1927 Rubber Tires
 
1926 Risky Business
 
1926 The Sporting Lover
 
1926 Forbidden Waters
 
1925 Braveheart
 
1925 The Wedding Song
 
1925 The Scarlet Honeymoon
 
1915 The Passing Storm (short)
 
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1927 Life in Hollywood No. 4 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1923 Hollywood
Himself
 
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2005 Dodge City: Go West, Errol Flynn (video documentary short)
Rusty Hart
 
2005 The Sea Hawk: Flynn in Action (video documentary short)
Carl Pitt
 
2005 The Adventures of Errol Flynn (TV documentary)
Various Roles
 
1983 Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler (video documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Showbiz Goes to War (TV movie)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1953 Double Trouble (short)
A Waiter
 
1933 March of the Movies
Himself, film clip (uncredited)
 

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(1919). Stage Play: A Lonely Romeo. Musical comedy. Music by Malvin M. Franklin and Robert Hood Bowers. Book by Harry B. Smith and Lew Fields. Lyrics by Robert B. Smith and Lorenz Hart. Additional music by Otis Spencer and Richard Rodgers. Musical Director: Robert Hood Bowers. Orchestrations for Malvin Franklin's... See more »

Alternate Names:

Alan Hale Sr. | Allan Hale

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Father of Alan Hale Jr., who became known as 'Alan Hale' after his father's death. See more »

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