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Date of Birth:
Alan Hale Jr.
8 March 1921
Alan Hale Jr. played in 9 movies in the Drama, Music, Action, War, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Western, Crime genres.
Alan Hale Jr. got succeed with average imdb rating 5.1.
The son of the great character actor (and 'Errol Flynn (I)' (qv) sidekick) 'Alan Hale (I)' (qv), Alan Hale Jr. (he dropped the Jr. after his father passed away) was literally born into the movies. Hale did his first movie as a baby and continued to act until his death. Unlike other child actors, Hale made a smooth transition in the movies and starred in several classics like _Up Periscope (1959)_ (qv), _The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958)_ (qv) and _The West Point Story (1950)_ (qv), as well as many w... esterns. He did a lot of television guest appearances as well before getting his role as The Skipper on the cult comedy _"Gilligan's Island" (1964)_ (qv). After the show went off the air, Hale continued to act and even teamed up with Gilligan co-star 'Bob Denver' (qv) in the _"The Good Guys" (1968)_ (qv), a CBS-TV comedy that lasted only two years. After that ended, Hale kept busy acting in guest shots and maintained his business interests which included a restaurant and travel agency.Read more Less
