Alan Hale, Jr.

Birth Name Alan Hale MacKahan
Born 8 March 1921
Died 2 January 1990

MSTied Movies

The Giant Spider Invasion (Sheriff)
The Crawling Hand (Sheriff Townsend)
Angels Revenge (Manny)

Additionally, Project Moon Base featured a dedication to Hale in the closing credits.

Gallery

Appearing in The Giant Spider Invasion

Appearing (on the left) in The Crawling Hand

Appearing in Angels' Revenge

Biography

In films from 1933, Alan Jr. was originally cast in beefy, athletic good-guy roles (at 6'3", he could hardly play hen-pecked husbands). After the death of his father in 1950, Alan dropped the "Junior" from his professional name. He starred in a brace of TV action series, "Biff Baker USA" (1953) and "Casey Jones" (1957), before his he-man image melted into comedy parts.

From 1964 through 1967, Hale played The Skipper (aka Jonas Grumby) on the low-brow but high-rated "Gilligan's Island" along with Jim Backus. Though he worked steadily after "Gilligan's" cancellation, he found that the blustery, slow-burning Skipper had typed him to the extent that he lost more roles than he won.

In his last two decades, Hale supplemented his acting income as the owner of a successful West Hollywood restaurant, "The Lobster Barrel."

Filmography

• Golden TV Memories of the '50s, Vol. 3 1987
  
• Back to the Beach (uncredited) 1987
  
• Hambone and Hillie 1984
  
• The Red Fury 1984
  
• Johnny Dangerously 1984
  
• The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island 1981
  
• The Castaways on Gilligan's Island 1979
  
• The North Avenue Irregulars 1979
  
• Evidence of Power 1979
  
• The Great Monkey Rip-Off 1979
  
• Angel's Brigade (aka Angels Revenge) 1979
  
• Rescue From Gilligan's Island 1978
  
• The Ransom of Red Chief 1978
  
• The 5th Musketeer 1977
  
• The Giant Spider Invasion 1975
  
• The Revenge of Red Chief 1975
  
• Tiger by the Tail 1970
  
• There Was a Crooked Man 1970
  
• Hang 'em High 1968
  
• Advance to the Rear 1964
  
• Bullet for a Badman 1964
  
• The Swingin' Maiden 1963
  
• The Crawling Hand 1963
  
• The Iron Maiden 1962
  
• The Long Rope 1961
  
• Thunder in Carolina 1960
  
• Moochie of Pop Warner Football 1960
  
• Moochie of the Little League 1960
  
• Up Periscope 1959
  
• The Lady Takes a Flyer 1958
  
• The True Story of Jesse James 1957
  
• Affair in Reno 1957
  
• Casey Jones and Fury 1957
  
• The Three Outlaws 1956
  
• Battle Hymn 1956
  
• Canyon River 1956
  
• The Cruel Tower 1956
  
• The Killer is Loose 1956
  
• All Mine to Give 1956
  
• Many Rivers to Cross 1955
  
• A Man Alone 1955
  
• The Sea Chase 1955
  
• The Indian Fighter 1955
  
• Rogue House 1954
  
• Rogue Cop 1954
  
• The Slave Girl 1954
  
• Young at Heart 1954
  
• Silver Lode 1954
  
• Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl 1954
  
• Destry 1954
  
• The Iron Glove 1954
  
• The Law vs. Billy the Kid 1954
  
• Trail Blazers 1953
  
• Captain John Smith and Pocahontas 1953
  
• The Man Behind the Gun 1952
  
• Springfield Rifle 1952
  
• Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie 1952
  
• The Yellow Haired Kid 1952
  
• Mr. Walkie Talkie 1952
  
• Arctic Flight 1952
  
• Lady in the Iron Mask 1952
  
• The Big Trees 1952
  
• Home Town Story 1951
  
• Honeychile 1951
  
• At Sword's Point 1951
  
• Sierra Passage 1950
  
• Four Days Leave 1950
  
• Short Grass 1950
  
• The Gunfighter 1950
  
• The Underworld Story 1950
  
• The West Point Story 1950
  
• The Blazing Sun 1950
  
• Kill the Umpire 1950
  
• Riders in the Sky 1949
  
• Rim of the Canyon 1949
  
• The Blazing Trail 1949
  
• It Happens Every Spring 1949
  
• Music Man 1948
  
• One Sunday Afternoon 1948
  
• My Girl Tisa 1948
  
• Homecoming 1948
  
• Sarge Goes to College 1947
  
• The Spirit of West Point 1947
  
• It Happened on Fifth Avenue 1947
  
• Sweetheart of Sigma Chi 1946
  
• Monsieur Beaucaire 1946
  
• Watch on the Rhine 1943
  
• No Time for Love 1943
  
• Top Sergeant 1942
  
• Rubber Racketeers 1942
  
• To the Shores of Tripoli 1942
  
• Wake Island 1942
  
• Eagle Squadron 1942
  
• Dive Bomber 1941
  
• All-American Coed 1941
  
• I Wanted Wings 1941