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Alan Hale, Jr. Biography (1918-1990)

Born March 8, 1918, in Los Angeles, CA; died of cancer of the thymus, January2, 1990, in Los Angeles, CA; cremated; son of Alan Hale (an actor) and an actress; married; wife's name, Naomi; children: three sons, one daughter.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

March 8, 1918

Los Angeles, California, United States

Death Details

January 2, 1990

Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
• (Film debut) Wild Boys of the Road, Warner Brothers/First National, 1933.
• Tiny, All-American Co-ed, United Artists (UA), 1941.
• Pilot, Dive Bomber, Warner Brothers/First National, 1941.
• Cadet, I Wanted Wings, Paramount, 1941.
• Olesen, Eagle Squadron, Universal, 1942.
• Red, Rubber Racketeers, Monogram, 1942.
• Tom Hall, To the Shores of Tripoli, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1942.
• Cruston, Top Sergeant, Universal, 1942.
• Sight setter, Wake Island, Paramount, 1942.
• Union checker, No Time for Love, Paramount, 1943.
• Boy, Watch on the Rhine, Warner Brothers, 1943.
• Courier, Monsieur Beaucaire, Paramount, 1946.
• Mike Mitchell, Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, Monogram, 1946.
• Whitey, It Happened on Fifth Avenue, Monogram, 1947.
• Sarge, Sarge Goes to College, Monogram, 1947.
• Oklahoma Cutter, The Spirit of West Point, Film Classics, 1947.
• M.P., Homecoming, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1948.
• Marty, One Sunday Afternoon, Warner Brothers, 1948.
• The Music Man, Monogram, 1948.
• Marshal Riggs, Riders in the Sky, Columbia, 1949.
• Matt Kimbrough, Rim of the Canyon, Columbia, 1949.
• Ben Luber, The Blazing Sun, Columbia, 1950.
• Joe, Four Days Leave, Film Classics, 1950.
• First brother, The Gunfighter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1950.
• Harry Shay, Kill the Umpire, Columbia, 1950.
• Chris, Short Grass, Monogram, 1950.
• Bull Gilbert, The West Point Story (also known as Fine and Dandy), WarnerBrothers, 1950.
• Schaeffer, The Whipped (also known as The Underworld Story), UA, 1950.
• Porthos, At Sword's Point (also known as Sons of the Musketeers), RKO, 1951.
• Slim Haskins, Home Town Story, MGM, 1951.
• Joe Boyd, Honeychile, Republic, 1951.
• Vance, Sierra Passage, Monogram, 1951.
• Wetherby, Arctic Flight, Monogram, 1952.
• Tiny, The Big Trees, Warner Brothers, 1952.
• Porthos, Lady in the Iron Mask, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1952.
• Olof, The Man behind the Gun, Warner Brothers, 1952.
• Tiny, Mr. Walkie Talkie, Lippert, 1952.
• Mizzell, Springfield Rifle, Warner Brothers, 1952.
• George Oliphant, Wait 'til the Sun Shines, Nellie, Twentieth Century-Fox,1952.
• Fleming, Captain John Smith and Pocahontas, UA, 1953.
• Jack Larson, Destry, Universal, 1954.
• Patrick Gayton, The Iron Glove, Columbia, 1954.
• Bob Ollinger, The Law vs. Billy the Kid, Columbia, 1954.
• Johnny Stark, Rogue Cop, MGM, 1954.
• Kirk, Silver Lode, RKO, 1954.
• Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl, UA, 1954.
• Will Crabtree, The Indian Fighter, UA, 1955.
• Anderson, A Man Alone, Republic, 1955.
• Luke Radford, Many Rivers to Cross, MGM, 1955.
• Wentz, The Sea Chase, Warner Brothers, 1955.
• Robert Neary, Young at Heart, Warner Brothers, 1955.
• Lynch, Canyon River, Allied Artists, 1956.
• Rocky, The Cruel Tower, Allied Artists, 1956.
• Denny, The Killer Is Loose, UA, 1956.
• The Three Outlaws, Associated, 1956.
• Deke, Affair in Reno, Republic, 1957.
• Tom Cullen, All Mine to Give (also known as The Day They Gave Babies Away), Universal, 1957.
• Mess sergeant, Battle Hymn, Universal, 1957.
• Cole Younger, True Story of Jesse James (also known as The James Brothers), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957.
• Frank Henshaw, The Lady Takes a Flyer, Universal, 1958.
• Malone, Up Periscope, Warner Brothers, 1959.
• Buddy Schaeffer, Thunder in Carolina, Howco, 1960.
• Sheriff John Millard, The Long Rope, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961.
• Sheriff, The Crawling Hand, American International, 1963.
• Paul Fisher, The Swingin' Maiden (also known as The Iron Maiden), Anglo-Amalgamated/Columbia, 1963.
• Sergeant Beauregard Davis, Advance to the Rear (also known as Company ofCowards), MGM, 1964.
• Leach, Bullet for a Badman, Universal, 1964.
• Stone, Hang 'em High, UA, 1968.
• Tobaccy, There Was a Crooked Man, Warner Brothers, 1970.
• Billy Jack Whitehorn, Tiger by the Tail, Commonwealth, 1970.
• Sheriff, The Giant Spider Invasion, Group I, 1975.
• Porthos, Behind the Iron Mask (also known as The Fifth Musketeer), Columbia, 1977.
• Harry the Hat, The North Avenue Irregulars, Buena Vista, 1979.
• Desk sergeant, Johnny Dangerously, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984.
• McVicker, Hambone and Hillie, New World, 1984.
• Back to the Beach, Paramount, 1987.
• Also appeared in It Happens Every Spring, 1949; The Yellow-Haired Kid, 1952; Trail Blazers, 1953; Evidence of Power, 1979; The Great Monkey Rip-Off, 1979; Angels' Brigade; and The Red Fury.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Title role, Biff Baker, U.S.A., CBS, 1952-53.
• Title role, Casey Jones, syndicated, 1957.
• Jonas Grumby (The Skipper), Gilligan's Island, CBS, 1964-67.
• Big Tom, The Good Guys, CBS, 1968-70.
• Voice of Jonas Grumby, The New Adventures of Gilligan (animated), ABC, 1974-77.
• Voice of Jonas Grumby, Gilligan's Planet (animated), CBS, 1982-83.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MOVIES
• Jonas Grumby, Rescue from Gilligan's Island, NBC, 1978.
• Jonas Grumby, The Castaways on Gilligan's Island, NBC, 1979.
• Jonas Grumby, The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island, NBC, 1981.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• "Johnny Risk," Alcoa Theatre, NBC, 1958.
• The Loretta Young Theatre, NBC, 1958.
• Jeff Pruitt, The Andy Griffith Show, CBS, 1962.
• Also appeared as Kiley's father, Marcus Welby, M.D., ABC; appeared in Crossroads, ABC, Fireside Theatre, NBC, Matinee Theatre, NBC, The Lucy Show, CBS, Murder, She Wrote, CBS, Green Acres, Hazel, Wagon Train, Cheyenne, Maverick, Route 66, The Jack Benny Show, and The Law and Harry McGraw.
• Credits; OTHER TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• Chief Barney Blaney, Mighty O (pilot), CBS, 1962.
• Ernie Watson, Come a Running (pilot), CBS, 1963.
• Walter, "The Fortunate Painter," Rex Harrison Presents Short Stories of Love, NBC, 1974.
• Guest, When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (special), ABC, 1979.