8.2
8.2
The Spieler
1928
as Flash
Alan Hale
Also known as: Rufus Edward Mackahan
Acting
Born:February 9, 1892
Died:January 22, 1950(aged 57)
Birthplace:Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Nationality:United States
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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 (173 movies)
8.0
8.0
There's Always Tomorrow
1934
as Henry
7.8
7.8
It Happened One Night
1934
as Danker
7.5
7.5
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
as Little John
7.3
7.3
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Self
7.1
7.1
Gentleman Jim
1942
as Pat Corbett
7.1
7.1
The Sea Hawk
1940
as Carl Pitt
7.1
7.1
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Boats O'Hara
7.1
7.1
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939
as Porthos
7.0
7.0
Imitation of Life
1934
as Martin the Furniture Man
7.0
7.0
Our Relations
1936
as Joe Grogan
6.9
6.9
They Drive by Night
1940
as Ed Carlsen
6.9
6.9
Stella Dallas
1937
as Ed Munn
6.9
6.9
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
as Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
6.9
6.9
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945
as Big Mike Harrigan
6.9
6.9
Stars in My Crown
1950
as Jed Isbell
6.9
6.9
The Good Fairy
1935
as Maurice Schlapkohl
6.9
6.9
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
as Old Man Grimes
6.9
6.9
Dodge City
1939
as Rusty Hart
6.8
6.8
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
as Captain of the Guard
6.8
6.8
Cheyenne
1947
as Fred Durkin
6.8
6.8
Destination Tokyo
1943
as 'Cookie' Wainwright
6.8
6.8
Roughly Speaking
1945
as Lew Morton
6.7
6.7
Manpower
1941
as Jumbo Wells
6.6
6.6
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
as Karl von Hartrott
6.6
6.6
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
as Steve Gillis
6.6
6.6
The Match King
1932
as Borglund
6.6
6.6
Thin Ice
1937
as Baron
6.6
6.6
Pursued
1947
as Jake Dingle
6.5
6.5
The Smiling Ghost
1941
as Norton
6.5
6.5
Grand Old Girl
1935
as Click Dade
6.5
6.5
Adventures of Don Juan
1948
as Leporello
6.5
6.5
Juke Girl
1942
as Yippee 'Yip'
6.5
6.5
The Inspector General
1949
as Kovatch
6.5
6.5
Of Human Bondage
1934
as Emil Miller
6.5
6.5
The Lost Patrol
1934
as Cook
6.4
6.4
Robin Hood
1922
as Little John
6.4
6.4
Captains of the Clouds
1942
as Tiny Murphy
6.3
6.3
Listen, Darling
1938
as J.J. Slattery
6.3
6.3
Three Cheers for the Irish
1940
as Gallagher
6.3
6.3
Four Men and a Prayer
1938
as Furnoy
6.3
6.3
High, Wide and Handsome
1937
as Walt Brennan
6.3
6.3
Alice in Movieland
1940
as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
as The Prince of Tyrone
6.2
6.2
Algiers
1938
as Grandpere
6.2
6.2
Colt .45
1950
as Sheriff Harris
6.2
6.2
The Crusades
1935
as Blondel
6.2
6.2
Fog Over Frisco
1934
as Chief O'Malley
6.2
6.2
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
as Michael 'Mike' Leonard
6.2
6.2
That Way with Women
1947
as Herman Brinker
6.2
6.2
Great Expectations
1934
as Joe Gargery
6.1
6.1
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
1931
as Jeb Mondstrum
6.1
6.1
The Covered Wagon
1923
as Sam Woodhull
6.1
6.1
Virginia City
1940
as Olaf Swenson
6.1
6.1
The Man I Love
1946
as Riley
6.0
6.0
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938
as Kaidu
6.0
6.0
Little Man, What Now?
1934
as Holgar Jachman
6.0
6.0
Hollywood Extra Girl
1935
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Desperate Journey
1942
as Sgt. Kirk Edwards
6.0
6.0
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
as John Donovan
6.0
6.0
Valley of the Giants
1938
as 'Ox' Smith
6.0
6.0
The Cop
1928
as Mather
6.0
6.0
Power
1928
as Hanson
6.0
6.0
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Self
6.0
6.0
Babbitt
1934
as Charlie McKelvey
6.0
6.0
Parole!
1936
as John Borchard
6.0
6.0
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
as Self
6.0
6.0
Risky Business
1926
Director
6.0
6.0
Rubber Tires
1927
Director
5.9
5.9
Two in the Dark
1936
as Inspector Florio
5.9
5.9
Night and Day
1946
as Leon Dowling
5.8
5.8
Hotel Berlin
1945
as Herman Plottke
5.8
5.8
The Sisters
1938
as Sam Johnson
5.8
5.8
Cameo Kirby
1923
as Colonel Moreau
5.8
5.8
The Americano
1916
5.8
5.8
Make Your Own Bed
1944
as Walter Whirtle
5.8
5.8
Union Depot
1932
as The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan
5.7
5.7
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Hubert
5.7
5.7
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Tex Bell
5.6
5.6
This Is the Army
1943
as Sergeant McGee
5.6
5.6
So Big!
1932
as Klass Pool
5.6
5.6
Skyscraper
1928
as Slim Strede
5.6
5.6
South of St. Louis
1949
as Jake Evarts
5.6
5.6
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
as Burbix
5.5
5.5
The Little Minister
1934
as Rob Daw
5.5
5.5
Thieves Fall Out
1941
as Robert Barnes
5.5
5.5
The Fighting 69th
1940
as Big Mike Wynn
5.5
5.5
Janie
1944
as Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon
5.5
5.5
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940
as Capt. Bullwinkle
5.4
5.4
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946
as John Braden
5.3
5.3
The Leatherneck
1929
as Otto Schmidt
5.3
5.3
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
as 'Skipper' Martin
5.3
5.3
Dick Turpin
1925
as Tom King
5.2
5.2
Pacific Liner
1939
as Gallagher
5.2
5.2
The Trap
1922
as Benson
5.2
5.2
Sailor's Holiday
1929
as Adam Pike
5.2
5.2
The Sea Ghost
1931
as Capt. Greg Winters
5.2
5.2
Black Oxen
1923
as Prince Rohenhauer
5.0
5.0
Music for Madame
1937
as Detective Flugelman
5.0
5.0
Sal of Singapore
1928
as Captain Erickson
5.0
5.0
Jump for Glory
1937
as Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'
5.0
5.0
Quicksands
1923
as Ferrago
5.0
5.0
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934
as Sam
5.0
5.0
One Night in Rome
1924
as Duke Mareno
5.0
5.0
The Woman in Black
1914
as Frank Mansfield
5.0
5.0
Strongheart
1914
as Ralph Thorne
5.0
5.0
The Younger Brothers
1949
as Sheriff Knudson
4.9
4.9
Whiplash
1948
as Terrance O'Leary
4.8
4.8
A Message to Garcia
1936
as Dr. Ivan Krug
4.8
4.8
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950
as Little John
4.6
4.6
The Scarlet Letter
1934
as Bartholomew Hockings
4.5
4.5
Picture Brides
1934
as Von Luden
4.4
4.4
Yellowstone
1936
as John Alexander Hardigan
4.2
4.2
Another Face
1935
as Charles L. Kellar
4.2
4.2
God's Country and the Woman
1937
as Bjorn Skalka
4.0
4.0
The House Across the Street
1949
as J.B. Grennell
4.0
4.0
Main Street
1923
as Miles Bjornstam
4.0
4.0
The Night Angel
1931
as Biezel
3.9
3.9
Green Hell
1940
as Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren
3.9
3.9
On Your Toes
1939
as Sergei Alexandrovitch
3.5
3.5
Always Leave Them Laughing
1949
as Sam Washburn
2.0
2.0
One Hour
1917
as G.D. Stanley
1.0
1.0
What Price Decency
1933
as Klaus van Leyden
1.0
1.0
Moral Suicide
1918
as 'Lucky' Travers
The Leopard Lady
1928
as Caesar
The Eleventh Hour
1923
as Prince Stefan de Bernie
Life's Whirlpool
1917
as Dr. Henry Grey
Destination Unknown
1933
as Lundstrom
Aloha
1931
as Stevens
Perilous Holiday
1946
as Dr. Lilley
The Barbarian
1921
as Mark Grant
The Little Widow
1914
My Girl Tisa
1948
as Dugan
The Sap
1929
as Jim Belden
Red Hot Rhythm
1929
as Walter
One Glorious Day
1922
as Ben Wadley
Oh Kay!
1928
as Jansen
Pudd'nhead Wilson
1916
as Tom Driscoll
Long Live the King
1923
as King Karl
The Fox
1921
as Rufus B. Coulter
Escape in the Desert
1945
as Dr. Orville Tedder
Dick's Turning
1913
as The Rich Boy's Father
The Dictator
1922
as Sabos
East Lynne
1915
as Sir Francis Levinson
Sold Out
1916
as Halsey Brent
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1932
as Mr Simpson
The Americano
1915
as Madison - The Americano
A Voice in the Dark
1921
as Dr. Hugh Sainsbury
A Wise Fool
1921
as George Masson
Woman Against Woman
1914
as John Tressider
The Power of the Press
1914
as Sam Freeborn
Dora Thorne
1915
as Hugh Fernely
The Beast
1916
as Cowboy
The Great Impersonation
1921
as Gustave Seimann
The Eternal Temptress
1917
as Count Rudolph Frizel
The Love Thief
1916
as Captain Arthur Boyce
By Man's Law
1913
as Brother Owner
The Scarlet Oath
1916
as John Huntington
She Got What She Wanted
1930
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
as Joe Grogan (archive footage)
For Another Woman
1924
Shirley of the Circus
1922
as Max
Glued
1912
The Country Beyond
1936
as Jim Alison
Rolling Stones
1916
as Jerry Braden
The Wreck of the Hesperus
1927
as Singapore Jack
Vanity
1927
as 'Happy' Dan Morgan
A Doll's House
1922
as Torvald Helmer
The Eleventh Commandment
1933
as Max Stager
Braveheart
1925
Director
The Sporting Lover
1926
Director
The Wedding Song
1925
Director
Forbidden Waters
1926
Director
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