Alan Hale

Alan Hale

actor, film director (1892-1950)

Alan Hale Sr., typically credited as Alan Hale, was an American actor and film director. He is best known for his many character roles during the Golden Age of Hollywood, in particular as a frequent sidekick of Errol Flynn. He also played in films supporting Lon Chaney, Wallace Beery, Douglas Fairbanks, James Cagney, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, and Ronald Reagan. In total, his career in film lasted 40 years.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 84 films (1915–1975) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 26 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1938 ALGIERS DeVry Films and Laboratories 10min 16mm B&W Sound
1938 FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER. Fox Film Corp 85 min B&W
1938 LISTEN, DARLING. Loew's Inc. 8 reels B&W
1939 ON YOUR TOES. First National. 11 reels. B&W
1940 Santa Fe Trail Michael Curtiz 110 min Color & B&W
1941 MANPOWER Raoul Walsh 103 min B&W
1941 The Strawberry Blonde. Raoul Walsh 11 reels. B&W
1942 The Mcguerins From Brooklyn. Kurt Neumann 5 reels B&W
1942 WAKE ISLAND John Farrow 87 min B&W
1942 Yanks Ahoy. Kurt Neumann 6 reels B&W
1943 Action In The North Atlantic. Lloyd Bacon, Raoul Walsh 127 min 16mm B&W sound
1943 WAKE ISLAND Paramount 90min 16mm B&W Sound
1944 Destination Tokyo. Delmer Daves 135 min B&W
1947 It Happened On Fifth Avenue. Roy Del Ruth 115 min 35mm B&W sound
1947 Pursued. Raoul Walsh 101 min 35mm B&W sound
1949 One Sunday Afternoon. Raoul Walsh 90 min. 35mm Color
1949 SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS. Ray Enright 88 min. 35mm Color sound
1949 The Inspector general Films inc. 102 mi 16mm Color sound
1950 Short Grass. Allied Artists Productions Inc. 82 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 The Gunfighter Henry King 85 min 16mm B&W
1950 When Willie Comes Marching Home. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 82 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Lady In The Iron Mask. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 78 min. 35mm Color sound
1952 WAIT TILL THE SUN SHINES, NELLIE. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 108 min 35mm Color sound
1953 Captain John Smith And Pocahontas. Eclipse Films Inc. 76 min. 35mm Color sound
1956 The Killer Is Loose. Crown Productions 73 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 Battle Hymn. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 108 min 35mm Color sound
1957 The Lady Takes A Flyer. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 94 min. 35mm Color sound
1957 The True Story Of Jesse James. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 92 min. 35mm Color sound
1959 Up Periscope. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. & Lakeside Pictures Inc. 112 min 35mm Color sound
1960 Thunder In Carolina. Darlington Films Inc. 92 min 35mm Color sound
1963 The Crawling Hand Herbert L. Strock 89 min B&W
1964 Bullet For A Badman. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 79 min 35mm Color sound
1968 Hang Em High Collectors Book Store 1:08 16mm Color
1975 The Giant Spider Invasion Bill Rebane