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.
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005·7.7
Showbiz Goes to War
1982·10.0
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968·8.0
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950·5.3
Colt .45
1950·6.6
Stars in My Crown
1950·7.0
The Inspector General
1949·6.6
Always Leave Them Laughing
1949·4.4
The House Across the Street
1949·4.8
The Younger Brothers
1949·7.5
South of St. Louis
1949·5.8
Adventures of Don Juan
1948·6.8
Whiplash
1948·5.0
My Girl Tisa
1948·9.0
My Wild Irish Rose
1947·6.0
Cheyenne
1947·7.0
Pursued
1947·6.5
That Way with Women
1947·6.7
The Man I Love
1946·6.1
The Time, The Place and The Girl
1946·5.7
Night and Day
1946·6.1
Perilous Holiday
1946·8.0
Escape in the Desert
1945·9.0
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945·7.1
Hotel Berlin
1945·6.2
Roughly Speaking
1945·6.8
Hollywood Canteen
1944·7.3
Janie
1944·6.0
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944·7.0
Make Your Own Bed
1944·6.0
Destination Tokyo
1943·6.9
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943·6.2
This Is the Army
1943·5.7
Action in the North Atlantic
1943·7.1
Gentleman Jim
1942·7.2
Desperate Journey
1942·6.1
Juke Girl
1942·7.2
Captains of the Clouds
1942·6.4
The Smiling Ghost
1941·6.7
Manpower
1941·6.5
Thieves Fall Out
1941·6.0
Footsteps in the Dark
1941·7.0
The Strawberry Blonde
1941·7.0
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941·6.0
Santa Fe Trail
1940·5.8
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940·6.0
The Sea Hawk
1940·7.2
They Drive by Night
1940·6.9
Virginia City
1940·6.3
Three Cheers for the Irish
1940·7.0
Alice in Movieland
1940·6.4
The Fighting 69th
1940·5.8
Green Hell
1940·4.5
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939·6.3
On Your Toes
1939·4.5
Dust Be My Destiny
1939·6.5
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939·7.1
Dodge City
1939·6.9
Pacific Liner
1939·5.5
Listen, Darling
1938·6.7
The Sisters
1938·6.0
Valley of the Giants
1938·6.7
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938·7.5
Four Men and a Prayer
1938·6.5
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938·6.2
Algiers
1938·6.4
Breakdowns of 1937
1937·6.0
Music for Madame
1937·6.3
Thin Ice
1937·6.8
Stella Dallas
1937·6.8
High, Wide and Handsome
1937·6.2
The Prince and the Pauper
1937·6.8
Jump for Glory
1937·5.7
God's Country and the Woman
1937·5.2
Our Relations
1936·7.0
Yellowstone
1936·5.3
Parole!
1936·7.0
The Country Beyond
1936·7.0
A Message to Garcia
1936·5.0
Two in the Dark
1936·6.1
Another Face
1935·4.8
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935·5.8
Hollywood Extra Girl
1935·7.5
The Crusades
1935·6.4
The Good Fairy
1935·7.1
Grand Old Girl
1935·7.0
The Little Minister
1934·5.8
Babbitt
1934·6.3
Broadway Bill
1934·6.0
Imitation of Life
1934·7.0
There's Always Tomorrow
1934·8.0
Great Expectations
1934·7.0
The Scarlet Letter
1934·5.1
Of Human Bondage
1934·6.5
Little Man, What Now?
1934·6.3
Fog Over Frisco
1934·6.4
Picture Brides
1934·5.1
It Happened One Night
1934·7.8
The Lost Patrol
1934·6.5
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934·6.0
Destination Unknown
1933·7.0
The Eleventh Commandment
1933·8.0
What Price Decency
1933·3.0
The Match King
1932·6.7
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1932·10.0
So Big!
1932·5.7
Union Depot
1932·6.1
The Sea Ghost
1931·5.7
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931·5.9
Susan Lenox
1931·6.1
The Night Angel
1931·4.9
Aloha
1931·8.0
She Got What She Wanted
1930·10.0
Red Hot Rhythm
1929·9.0
The Sap
1929·10.0
Sailor's Holiday
1929·6.1
The Leatherneck
1929·5.7
The Spieler
1928·7.8
Sal of Singapore
1928·5.7
Power
1928·8.0
The Cop
1928·6.7
Oh Kay!
1928·7.0
Skyscraper
1928·5.8
The Leopard Lady
1928·7.0
The Wreck of the Hesperus
1927·10.0
Vanity
1927·10.0
Dick Turpin
1925·5.8
Troubles of a Bride
1924·8.0
For Another Woman
1924·7.0
One Night in Rome
1924·6.0
Black Oxen
1923·5.8
Long Live the King
1923·7.0
Cameo Kirby
1923·6.0
Hollywood
1923·9.0
The Eleventh Hour
1923·7.0
Main Street
1923·6.0
The Covered Wagon
1923·6.4
Quicksands
1923·7.0
Shirley of the Circus
1922·9.0
Robin Hood
1922·6.4
The Dictator
1922·8.0
The Trap
1922·5.8
A Doll's House
1922·10.0
One Glorious Day
1922·9.0
The Great Impersonation
1921·7.0
The Fox
1921·9.0
Over the Wire
1921·0.0
A Wise Fool
1921·9.0
A Voice in the Dark
1921·8.0
The Barbarian
1921·10.0
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921·6.6
Moral Suicide
1918·1.0
The Eternal Temptress
1917·0.0
Life's Whirlpool
1917·0.0
One Hour
1917·2.0
The Price She Paid
1917·0.0
The Americano
1916·5.8
The Love Thief
1916·0.0
The Scarlet Oath
1916·0.0
Rolling Stones
1916·0.0
The Beast
1916·0.0
Sold Out
1916·8.0
Pudd'nhead Wilson
1916·0.0
Dora Thorne
1915·0.0
East Lynne
1915·0.0
The Americano
1915·8.0
The Woman in Black
1914·5.0
The Power of the Press
1914·0.0
The Little Widow
1914·0.0
Woman Against Woman
1914·10.0
Strongheart
1914·5.0
By Man's Law
1913·0.0
Dick's Turning
1913·9.0
Glued
1912·0.0