Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-02-09 (58 years old)
Deathday
1950-01-22
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also known As
Allan Hale
Alan Hale Sr.
Rufus Edward MacKahan
Rufus Alan MacKahan
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 ...
1915
as Sir Francis Levinson
1934
as Danker
1940
as Tex Bell
1938
as Little John
1916
as Halsey Brent
1943
as 'Cookie' Wainwright
1943
as Boats O'Hara
1941
as Jumbo Wells
1921
as Karl von Hartrott
1938
as Grandpere
1923
as Miles Bjornstam
1939
as Michael 'Mike' Leonard
1946
as Riley
1942
as Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy (bush pilot)
1947
as Jake Dingle
1940
as Carl Pitt
1949
as J.B. Grennell
1948
as Leporello
1923
as Alan Hale
1949
as Kovatch
1937
as Captain of the Guard
1946
as Leon Dowling
1943
as Self
1942
as Pat Corbett
1943
as Sergeant McGee
1939
as Porthos
1934
as Bartholomew Hockings
1937
as Ed Munn
1937
as Baron
1934
as Rob Daw
1934
as Emil Miller
1921
as Rufus B. Coulter
1923
as Ferrago
1941
as Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
1944
as Self
1936
as Joe Grogan
1939
as The Prince of Tyrone
1940
as Ed Carlsen
1934
as Martin the Furniture Man
1939
as Rusty Hart
1934
as Cook
1935
as Maurice Schlapkohl
1982
as (archive footage)
1932
as Mr Simpson
1940
as Big Mike Wynn
1938
as J.J. Slattery
1942
as Sgt. Kirk Edwards
1948
as Terrance O'Leary
1950
as Sheriff Harris
1941
as Norton
1944
as Walter Whirtle
1915
as Madison - The Americano
1941
as Old Man Grimes
1934
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
1921
as Dr. Hugh Sainsbury
1921
as George Masson
1945
as Big Mike Harrigan
1942
as Yippee 'Yip'
1949
as Sam Washburn
1932
as Klass Pool
1944
as Steve Gillis
1939
as Sergei Alexandrovitch
1950
as Little John
2005
as Various Roles (archive footage)
1932
as The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan
1950
as Jed Isbell
1925
as Tom King
1937
as Bjorn Skalka
1931
as Jeb Mondstrum
1932
as Borglund
1949
as Sheriff Knudson
1936
as Dr. Ivan Krug
1945
as Lew Morton
1938
as Kaidu
1947
as Herman Brinker
1933
as Lundstrom
1937
as Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'
1941
as 'Skipper' Martin
1914
as John Tressider
1928
as Mather
1940
as Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren
1914
as Sam Freeborn
1915
as Hugh Fernely
1945
as Dr. Orville Tedder
1945
as Herman Plottke
1949
as Jake Evarts
1936
as Inspector Florio
1935
as Burbix
1934
as Joe Gargery
1914
as Ralph Thorne
1928
as Captain Erickson
1935
as Click Dade
1938
as 'Ox' Smith
1947
as Fred Durkin
1934
as Henry
1936
as John Alexander Hardigan
1934
as Von Luden
1933
as Max Stager
1940
as Capt. Bullwinkle
1944
as Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon
1947
as John Donovan
1941
as Robert Barnes
1918
as 'Lucky' Travers
1916
as Cowboy
1934
1935
as Charles L. Kellar
1934
as Holgar Jachman
1928
as Flash
1931
as Capt. Greg Winters
1923
as Prince Rohenhauer
1923
as Sam Woodhull
1913
as Brother Owner
1921
as Gustave Seimann
1916
as Captain Arthur Boyce
1917
as Count Rudolph Frizel
1923
as Colonel Moreau
1916
as John Huntington
1940
as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
1927
as 'Happy' Dan Morgan
1927
as Singapore Jack
1936
as Jim Alison
1928
as Slim Strede
1938
as Furnoy
1937
as Walt Brennan
1924
as Duke Mareno
1922
as Torvald Helmer
1929
as Adam Pike
1940
as Gallagher
1931
as Hubert
1929
as Jim Belden
1934
as Chief O'Malley
1928
as Caesar
1940
as Olaf Swenson
1939
as Gallagher
1923
as Prince Stefan de Bernie
1935
as Blondel
1922
as Little John
1917
as Dr. Henry Grey
1938
as Sam Johnson
1936
as John Borchard
1922
as Benson
1931
as Stevens
1946
as Dr. Lilley
1921
as Mark Grant
1916
1933
as Klaus van Leyden
1968
as Joe Grogan (archive footage)
1914
1946
as John Braden
1934
as Charlie McKelvey
1937
as Detective Flugelman
1937
as Self
1948
as Dugan
1928
as Hanson
1929
as Walter
1928
as Jansen
1923
as King Karl
1931
as Biezel
1929
as Otto Schmidt
1935
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
1914
as Frank Mansfield
1913
as The Rich Boy's Father
1922
as Sabos
1922
as Ben Wadley
1916
as Tom Driscoll
1922
as Max
1917
as G.D. Stanley
1925
as Director
1927
as Director
1926
as Director
1925
as Director
1926
as Director
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