Alan Hale Jr.

TV Actor

Alan Hale Jr. was born in Los Angeles, California, United States on March 8th, 1921 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 68, Alan Hale Jr. biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Alan Hale MacKahan, Jr.
Date of Birth
March 8, 1921
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, United States
Death Date
Jan 2, 1990 (age 68)
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Networth
$6 Million
Profession
Character Actor, Film Actor, Restaurateur, Stage Actor, Television Actor
Alan Hale Jr. Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 68 years old, Alan Hale Jr. has this physical status:

Height
188cm
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Not Available
Eye Color
Not Available
Build
Large
Measurements
Not Available
Alan Hale Jr. Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Hollywood High School, Hollywood, CA
Alan Hale Jr. Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Bettina Reed Doerr ​ ​(m. 1943; div. 1963)​, Naomi Grace Ingram ​(m. 1964)​
Children
4
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
Gretchen Hartman, Alan Hale Sr
Alan Hale Jr. Life

Alan Hale, Jr. (born Alan Hale MacKahan, 1921 – January 2, 1990) was an American actor and restaurateur.

He was the son of character actor Alan Hale Sr., but his television career was best known for his role on Gilligan's Island in 1960s.

He has appeared on several talk and variety shows. Hale appeared in more than 200 films and television roles.

In 1941, his long acting career began in films, including appearances in Westerns and in The Real Story of Jesse James (1954), and Sheriff Jones in The Giant Spider Invasion (1975).

In It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947), James Cagney in The West Point Story (1950) and Judy Canova in Honeychile (1951).

He gained fame on Gilligan's Island (1964–1967), playing the Skipper's secondary lead role.

Hale starred in three Gilligan's Island television films and two spin-off cartoon series.

Early life

Alan Hale MacKahan was born in Los Angeles, California, on March 8, 1921. Rufus Edward MacKahan, who performed as Alan Hale, was his father, and Gretchen Hartman, a silent film actor, was his mother. His father appeared in more than 235 films and had a fruitful screen career, both as a leading man in silent films and as a supporting actor in sound films. Hale Jr. appeared in the silent films as a child.

Hale served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. After his father died in 1950, he stripped the word "jounior" from his name.

Personal life

Hale was married twice; his first marriage was in Hollywood to Bettina Reed Doerr, with whom he had four children: Alan Brian, Chris, Lana, and Dorian. The couple divorced later. Hale married Naomi Grace Ingram, who died before he died.

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Alan Hale Jr. Career

Career

Hale made his Broadway debut in Caught Wet in 1931. The performance opened on November 4 and ended later that month. He made his screen debut in Wild Boys of the Road, which was released in 1933. Despite the fact that his role was cut from the film's final release, he received screen credit for his performance. He appeared in To the Shores of Tripoli (1942), Yanks Ahoy (1943), Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1946), and When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950). He appeared in Gene Autry films frequently during the 1950s and early 1950s, as well as on The Gene Autry Show in 1950 to 1952.

Hale began to work in television by the early 1950s. In 1952, he earned his first appearance in CBS' Biff Baker, the United States' Biff Baker. In 1954, the series was cancelled. He continued his career on small screen by appearing in guest appearances on a number of other series, including The Range Rider (five times), Fireside Theater, Frontier, Matinee Theater, Fury, Northwest Passage, and The Man from Blackhawk.

Hale's television series made a tumultuous year in 1957. In addition to playing Shawnee Bill on "The Western Wanted Dead or Alive," Les Bridgeman played a folksy rancher in "Hired Gun," an ABC/Warner Brothers episode Cheyenne. Hale reprised his role in the syndicated television series Casey Jones, which lasted for thirty-two half hours before its cancellation in 1958. He appeared on Rory Calhoun's CBS Western The Texan from 1958 to 1960. In the episode "Road to Three Graves," Hale appeared in Cheyenne in 1960 to portray Tuk.

Hale appeared on episodes of Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Rawhide, The Real McCoys, Mister Ed, Green Acres, Mister Ed, Adventures in Paradise, Lock Up, The Andy Griffith Show, Lassie, Tales of Wells Fargo, Route 66, and Hazel. He appeared in two episodes of Perry Mason, first as murderer Lon Snyder in 1961's "The Case of the Bouncing Boomerang" as Nelson Barclift in 1963.

Hale continued his film work throughout the 1950s and 1960s, despite his growing commitment to television appearances. Many of them include: The Gunfighter (1950) with Gregory Peck, At Sword's Point (1954) with Randolph Scott, Black Lives (1960) with Jesse James and Robert Griffin, As the Sundance Kid (1957) with John Garner and Stephen Ferguson (1958) with Russell Bennett and Jennifer Hamilton, The Man Behind the Gun (1956) with Jesse James and Jeffrey Watson, The Man Behind the Gun (1954) with Bernard Payne (1954) with Stephen Burke and Robert Gibson

Hale appeared on CBS sitcom Gilligan's Island in 1964 as the Skipper. There have been 98 episodes on the program from 1964 to 1967. As Hale's career continued in reruns, his character was the most prominent part of his career. The show typecasts its actors, making it impossible for them to pursue different careers. Hale did not bother being closely identified with the Skipper. Sherwood Schwartz said he often visited children in hospitals disguised as the Skipper.

Hale appeared in three television films, Rescue From Gilligan's Island (1978), The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (1979), and The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981). In two cartoon versions of Gilligan's The Skipper in 1974 to 1977, and Gilligan's Planet from 1982 to 1983. Hale appeared on television shows The New Gidget in 1987 and ALF in 1989, and he also appeared as the Skipper in two unrelated sitcoms. Hale also performed a Skipper lookalike taxi driver named J. Grumby on Growing Pains. Along Bob Denver, Gilligan's Island reruns on TBS. Both Denver and Hale's characters appeared at several promotional events.

When asked if Alan Hale Jr. was the consummate professional of the Gilligan's Island series, Dawn Wells said in an interview with Larry and Nancy Manetti on CRN.com in 2014: "Well, because you don't know who was who." All the Errol Flynn was his father did, and he did it well. 'How was it growing in a household with all the movie stars?' I used to tell Alan, 'How was it growing?' Alan was unquestionably, a brilliant serviceman, and jovial. He was merely the same as my dad. I was my father every time he picked me up and hugged me. "It was a lobster house on La Cienega Blvd., and he'd welcome you with his sea hat on as you can," Wells said after the show; and he had his buddy, Anthony, with some good food as well. Dawn's last question was whether Gilligan's Island was even better than his (Hale's) version. "No, no," says the actor, who thought the other characters should appear on television. Well, I know Alan was doing a film in Utah and wanted to bring him to audition, but they couldn't get a flight out, so they hitchhiked, hitchhiked on the highway and then came in to audition." Wells, not only stayed in touch with him after the show's cancellation but they were also regular neighbors. Hale's death was also on display. Hale and Wells' friendship became closer as a result of Gretchen's death in 1979.

Hale's career began in television after Gilligan's Island's ending. Several other series, including The Wild West, Here Come the Brides, Land of the Giants, The Virginian, Marcus Welby, M.D., The Paul Lynde Show, Crazy Like a Fox, and Crazy Like a Fox.

Hale appeared in several feature films from the 1970s to the 1980s. He appeared in The Giant Spider Invasion (1975) and The Angels Revenge (1978). Hale co-starred in the comedy-drama film Hambone and Hillie, starring Lillian Gish in 1983. In the ensuing year, he appeared in Johnny Dangerously and became a spokesperson for a car dealership in Victoria, British Columbia. Hale appeared in the horror film Terror Night in 1987. In Back to the Beach, he made his last film appearance in a cameo role with Bob Denver. On an episode of ALF, he reprised his role as the Skipper on The New Gidget with his childhood friend and classmate William Schallert and Bob Denver.

Hale co-owned Alan Hale's Lobster Barrel, a restaurant he opened in the mid-1970s, in addition to acting. On Los Angeles's Restaurant Row, the Lobster Barrel was located on La Cienega Boulevard. Hale was "phased out" of the company in 1982, according to Hale's agent. Alan Hale's Quality and Leisure Travel company was founded later this year.

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