Alan Hale
1892-02-09 ( 133 years old ) in Washington, District of Columbia, USA

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.

Movies

The Adventures of Errol Flynn 2005-04-05
Showbiz Goes to War 1982-12-31
The Best of Laurel and Hardy 1968-12-14
Rogues of Sherwood Forest 1950-06-21
Colt .45 1950-05-27
Stars in My Crown 1950-05-11
The Inspector General 1949-12-31
Always Leave Them Laughing 1949-11-26
The House Across the Street 1949-09-10
The Younger Brothers 1949-05-03
South of St. Louis 1949-03-06
Adventures of Don Juan 1948-12-24
Whiplash 1948-12-24
My Girl Tisa 1948-02-07
My Wild Irish Rose 1947-12-24
Cheyenne 1947-06-06
Pursued 1947-03-05
That Way with Women 1947-02-14
The Man I Love 1946-12-26
The Time, The Place and The Girl 1946-12-26
Night and Day 1946-07-02
Perilous Holiday 1946-03-20
Escape in the Desert 1945-05-01
God Is My Co-Pilot 1945-04-07
Hotel Berlin 1945-03-02
Roughly Speaking 1945-01-31
Hollywood Canteen 1944-12-15
Janie 1944-09-02
The Adventures of Mark Twain 1944-07-20
Make Your Own Bed 1944-06-10
Destination Tokyo 1943-12-31
Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943-09-25
This Is the Army 1943-08-14
Action in the North Atlantic 1943-06-12
Gentleman Jim 1942-11-14
Desperate Journey 1942-09-26
Juke Girl 1942-05-30
Captains of the Clouds 1942-02-12
The Smiling Ghost 1941-09-06
Manpower 1941-08-09
Thieves Fall Out 1941-05-03
Footsteps in the Dark 1941-03-08
The Strawberry Blonde 1941-02-21
The Great Mr. Nobody 1941-02-15
Santa Fe Trail 1940-12-20
Tugboat Annie Sails Again 1940-10-26
The Sea Hawk 1940-08-10
They Drive by Night 1940-07-26
Virginia City 1940-03-23
Three Cheers for the Irish 1940-03-16
Alice in Movieland 1940-03-03
The Fighting 69th 1940-01-27
Green Hell 1940-01-26
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939-11-11
On Your Toes 1939-10-14
Dust Be My Destiny 1939-09-16
The Man in the Iron Mask 1939-07-13
Dodge City 1939-04-08
Pacific Liner 1939-01-06
Listen, Darling 1938-10-21
The Sisters 1938-10-14
Valley of the Giants 1938-09-17
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938-05-13
Four Men and a Prayer 1938-04-29
The Adventures of Marco Polo 1938-04-07
Algiers 1938-01-16
Breakdowns of 1937 1937-12-31
Music for Madame 1937-10-08
Thin Ice 1937-09-03
Stella Dallas 1937-08-06
High, Wide and Handsome 1937-07-21
The Prince and the Pauper 1937-04-30
God's Country and the Woman 1937-01-16
When Thief Meets Thief 1937-01-01
Our Relations 1936-09-15
Yellowstone 1936-09-01
Parole! 1936-06-14
The Country Beyond 1936-04-24
A Message to Garcia 1936-04-10
Two in the Dark 1936-01-10
Another Face 1935-12-20
The Last Days of Pompeii 1935-10-18
Hollywood Extra Girl 1935-08-22
The Crusades 1935-08-21
The Good Fairy 1935-02-18
Grand Old Girl 1935-01-15
The Little Minister 1934-12-28
Babbitt 1934-12-08
Broadway Bill 1934-11-30
Imitation of Life 1934-11-23
There's Always Tomorrow 1934-11-01
Great Expectations 1934-10-22
The Scarlet Letter 1934-09-18
Of Human Bondage 1934-07-20
Little Man, What Now? 1934-06-04
Fog Over Frisco 1934-06-02
Picture Brides 1934-04-23
It Happened One Night 1934-02-22
The Lost Patrol 1934-02-16
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen 1934-01-12
Destination Unknown 1933-04-01
The Eleventh Commandment 1933-03-25
What Price Decency 1933-03-07
The Match King 1932-12-31
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1932-07-03
So Big! 1932-04-30
Union Depot 1932-01-14
The Sea Ghost 1931-11-28
The Sin of Madelon Claudet 1931-10-23
Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) 1931-10-10
The Night Angel 1931-07-18
Aloha 1931-04-26
She Got What She Wanted 1930-11-09
Red Hot Rhythm 1929-11-23
The Sap 1929-11-09
Sailor's Holiday 1929-09-14
The Leatherneck 1929-02-24
The Spieler 1928-12-20
Sal of Singapore 1928-11-04
Power 1928-09-23
The Cop 1928-08-28
Oh Kay! 1928-08-26
Skyscraper 1928-04-08
The Leopard Lady 1928-02-22
The Wreck of the Hesperus 1927-10-31
Vanity 1927-05-09
Dick Turpin 1925-02-01
For Another Woman 1924-11-01
One Night in Rome 1924-09-29
Black Oxen 1923-12-29
Long Live the King 1923-11-26
Cameo Kirby 1923-10-20
Hollywood 1923-08-19
The Eleventh Hour 1923-07-19
Main Street 1923-04-25
The Covered Wagon 1923-03-15
Quicksands 1923-02-28
Shirley of the Circus 1922-11-12
Robin Hood 1922-10-18
The Dictator 1922-06-25
The Trap 1922-05-08
A Doll's House 1922-02-12
One Glorious Day 1922-01-29
The Great Impersonation 1921-10-09
The Fox 1921-07-24
A Wise Fool 1921-06-26
A Voice in the Dark 1921-06-05
The Barbarian 1921-04-29
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1921-03-06
Moral Suicide 1918-03-12
The Eternal Temptress 1917-12-09
Life's Whirlpool 1917-11-08
One Hour 1917-09-29
The Americano 1916-12-23
The Love Thief 1916-12-17
The Scarlet Oath 1916-10-23
The Beast 1916-07-24
Sold Out 1916-06-05
Pudd'nhead Wilson 1916-01-31
Dora Thorne 1915-11-03
East Lynne 1915-08-18
The Americano 1915-03-30
The Woman in Black 1914-11-30
The Power of the Press 1914-10-01
The Little Widow 1914-07-24
Woman Against Woman 1914-06-27
Strongheart 1914-03-08
By Man's Law 1913-11-22
Dick's Turning 1913-07-02

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