
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.

Showbiz Goes to War

Hollywood

The Spieler

There's Always Tomorrow

或る夜の出来事

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

ロビンフッドの冒険

Hollywood Canteen

The Sea Hawk

Action in the North Atlantic

Gentleman Jim

The Man in the Iron Mask

Imitation of Life

Our Relations

The Good Fairy

Cheyenne

Stars in My Crown

The Strawberry Blonde

Dodge City

God Is My Co-Pilot

They Drive by Night

Stella Dallas

Footsteps in the Dark

Destination Tokyo

The Prince and the Pauper

Roughly Speaking

Manpower

Adventures of Don Juan

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

追跡

The Inspector General

Thin Ice

The Adventures of Mark Twain

The Lost Patrol

Of Human Bondage

Listen, Darling

The Smiling Ghost

Juke Girl

Grand Old Girl

Dust Be My Destiny

Captains of the Clouds

Robin Hood

Colt .45

Algiers

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Alice in Movieland

Four Men and a Prayer

High, Wide and Handsome

Three Cheers for the Irish

That Way with Women

Great Expectations

Fog Over Frisco

The Crusades

Virginia City

The Match King

Thank Your Lucky Stars

The Man I Love

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

Little Man, What Now?

The Covered Wagon

Desperate Journey

Broadway Bill

The Adventures of Marco Polo

The Cop

Valley of the Giants

My Wild Irish Rose

Parole!

Babbitt

Breakdowns of 1937

Power

Hollywood Extra Girl

Hotel Berlin

Night and Day

Two in the Dark

Make Your Own Bed

Cameo Kirby

The Americano

Union Depot

Santa Fe Trail

The Last Days of Pompeii

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

The Sisters

The Fighting 69th

South of St. Louis

This Is the Army

So Big!

Janie

Skyscraper

The Little Minister

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

Thieves Fall Out

The Sea Ghost

The Time, The Place and The Girl

Londyńczycy

Dick Turpin

The Great Mr. Nobody

The Leatherneck

Black Oxen

Sailor's Holiday

Pacific Liner

The Trap

Quicksands

The Younger Brothers

Jump for Glory

Strongheart

Sal of Singapore

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

Music for Madame

The Woman in Black

Whiplash

The Scarlet Letter

A Message to Garcia

Rogues of Sherwood Forest

Picture Brides

Yellowstone

大森林

Another Face

Main Street

The House Across the Street

Green Hell

On Your Toes

The Night Angel

Always Leave Them Laughing

One Hour

Moral Suicide

What Price Decency

East Lynne

Sold Out

The Fox

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

A Voice in the Dark

A Wise Fool

Destination Unknown

The Power of the Press

Dora Thorne

Escape in the Desert

The Eleventh Commandment

The Beast

The Great Impersonation

The Love Thief

The Eternal Temptress

The Scarlet Oath

Vanity

The Wreck of the Hesperus

The Country Beyond

A Doll's House

The Sap

The Eleventh Hour

Life's Whirlpool

Aloha

Perilous Holiday

The Barbarian

The Little Widow

My Girl Tisa

Red Hot Rhythm

Oh Kay!

Long Live the King

The Dictator

One Glorious Day

For Another Woman

Shirley of the Circus

Rolling Stones

Troubles of a Bride

The Price She Paid