Alan Hale Jr.

Actor Mar 8 (died age 68) Los Angeles, California, United States 1933–2022 (89 year career)

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Biography

Alan Hale, Jr. (March 8, 1921– January 2, 1990) was an American movie and television actor, best known for his role as Skipper (Jonas Grumby) on the popular sitcom Gilligan's Island. Hale was the lookalike son of popular supporting film actor Alan Hale.

Known For

Film

Hang 'em High

Matt Stone

Film

Gilligan's Island

Jonas "The Skipper" Grumby

Film

The Gunfighter

First Brother (uncredited)

Film

Johnny Dangerously

Desk Sergeant

Film

There Was a Crooked Man...

Tobaccy

Film

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

Whitey Temple

Film

The Indian Fighter

Will Crabtree

Film

The Killer Is Loose

Detective Denny

Filmography

Acting (147)

Movies (97)

Terror Night

as Jake Nelson

Back to the Beach

as Bartender’s Buddy

Johnny Dangerously

as Desk Sergeant

The Red Fury

as Doc Kaminsky

Hambone and Hillie

as McVickers

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

as Skipper

Angels' Brigade

as Manny

The North Avenue Irregulars

1979

as Harry, the Hat (as Alan Hale)

The Fifth Musketeer

as Porthos

Evidence of Power

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island

1979

as Skipper

6.6

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979

as Self

Rescue from Gilligan's Island

1978

as Skipper Jonas Grumby

4.6

Sammy

1977

as Mike (as Alan Hale)

The Giant Spider Invasion

1975

as Sheriff

4.0

The Sky's the Limit

1975

as Cholly

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

1974

as Walter

The Curse of a Faithful Wife

1972

Tiger by the Tail

1970

as Billy Jack Whitehorn

5.0

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970

as Tobaccy

6.8

The Andersonville Trial

1970

as Board of Military Judges

Hang 'em High

as Matt Stone

Advance to the Rear

as Sgt. Beauregard Davis

Bullet for a Badman

as Leach

The Crawling Hand

as Sheriff Townsend

The Iron Maiden

as Paul Fisher

The Long Rope

as Sheriff John Millard

Mission of Danger

as Sam Beal

Thunder in Carolina

as Buddy Schaeffer

Moochie of Pop Warner Football

as Fred Preston

Up Periscope

as Lt. Pat Malone

Moochie of the Little League

1959

as Fred Preston

6.0

The Lady Takes a Flyer

as Frank Henshaw

Battle Hymn

as Mess Sergeant

The True Story of Jesse James

as Cole Younger

All Mine to Give

as Tom Cullen

Affair in Reno

as Deke (as Alan Hale)

4.3

The Three Outlaws

1956

as Sundance Kid (as Alan Hale)

5.5

The Cruel Tower

1956

as Rocky Milliken (as Alan Hale)

Canyon River

as George Lynch

The Killer Is Loose

as Detective Denny

A Man Alone

as Jim Anderson

The Indian Fighter

as Will Crabtree

The Sea Chase

as Wentz

Many Rivers to Cross

as Luke Radford

Man on the Ledge

as Boyle

Destry

as Jack Larson

Young at Heart

as Robert Neary

The Iron Glove

as Patrick Gaydon

Silver Lode

as Kirk

Rogue Cop

as Johnny Stark

The Law vs. Billy the Kid

1954

as Bob Ollinger

4.0

Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl

1954

as Jay Simpson

5.4

Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake

1954

as Crew Foreman

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas

1953

as Fleming

3.0

The Man Behind The Gun

1953

as Cpl. Olaf Swenson

5.7

Lady in the Iron Mask

1952

as Porthos

Arctic Flight

1952

as John W. Wetherby

6.8

Ellis in Freedomland

1952

as Male Model

Springfield Rifle

as Mizzell

The Big Trees

as Tiny

Mr. Walkie Talkie

as Tiny

At Sword's Point

as Porthos Jr.

Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie

as George Oliphant

Home Town Story

as Slim Haskins

Honeychile

as Joe Boyd

The Underworld Story

as Shaeffer

Short Grass

as Chris Christofferson

6.0

The Gunfighter

1950

as First Brother (uncredited)

7.3

When Willie Comes Marching Home

1950

as Laughing Sergeant at Dance (uncredited)

6.8

The Blazing Sun

1950

as Ben Luber

The West Point Story

1950

as Bull Gilbert

5.5

Kill the Umpire

1950

as Harry Shea (uncredited)

6.3

Sierra Passage

1950

as Yance Carter

6.0

It Happens Every Spring

as Schmidt

Swiss Tour

as Joe

Riders in the Sky

as Marshal Riggs

Rim of the Canyon

as Matt Kimbrough

Homecoming

as Military Policeman (uncredited)

Music Man

as Joe

One Sunday Afternoon

as Marty

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947

as Whitey Temple

7.0

Sarge Goes to College

1947

as Sarge

3.3

The Spirit of West Point

1947

as Oklahoma Cutter

Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

1946

as Mike Mitchell

Monsieur Beaucaire

1946

as Courtier (uncredited)

5.4

No Time for Love

1943

as Union Checker (uncredited)

Eagle Squadron

as Olsen

Wake Island

Victory Quiz

To the Shores of Tripoli

as Tom Hall

Top Sergeant

as Cruxton

Rubber Racketeers

as Red

The McGuerins from Brooklyn

1942

as Alan

5.5

Military Training

1941

as Poor Instructor

All-American Co-Ed

1941

as Tiny

4.2

Wild Boys of the Road

1933

as Boy (uncredited)

6.8

Television (50)

The Unknown Story

2022

as Self - archive footage

ALF

1986

as Skipper Jonas Grumby

Blacke's Magic

as Vern Keppler

Murder, She Wrote

as Fenton Harris

Crazy like a Fox

Gilligan's Planet

as Captain Jonas "The Skipper" Grumby (voice)

Simon & Simon

as Bartender

Magnum, P.I.

as Russell Tate

The Littlest Hobo

as Harry (as Alan Hale)

Fantasy Island

as Corky

The Love Boat

as Jack McTigue

The New Adventures of Gilligan

1974

as Captain Skipper Jonas Grumby (voice)

Here's Lucy

as Moose Manley

Land of the Giants

as O'Reilly

Ironside

as Laurence Drescher

Batman

as Gilligan (uncredited)

The Wild Wild West

as Ned Brown

Gilligan's Island

as Jonas "The Skipper" Grumby

My Favorite Martian

as Omar M. Keck

The Virginian

as Sam Donner

The Lucy Show

as Captain Burke

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Hazel

as Coach Murphy

The Andy Griffith Show

as Jeff Pruitt

Route 66

as Mr. Nickerson

Bonanza

as Swede Lundberg

Rawhide

as Wagon Master

The Untouchables

as 'Big' Bill Phillips

Hawaiian Eye

as Big Mac

Johnny Ringo

as Coffin Sam Sabine

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Dan Poe

The Texan

as Jake Bricker

Perry Mason

as Lon Snyder

Maverick

as Capt. Jim Pattishall

Wagon Train

as Kirby

Alcoa Theatre

as Sven Svenson

Casey Jones

as Casey Jones

Cheyenne

as Les Bridgeman

Gunsmoke

as Dave Chaney

Frontier

as Kane

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

as Boyle

5.4

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

as Bowen

6.5

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Fred Preston

Public Defender

as Sparky Albright

General Electric Theater

1953

as Anthony Mullins

6.4

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

as Harry

Chevron Theatre

as Biff Baker

Biff Baker U.S.A.

as Biff Baker

The Jack Benny Program

as Self

The Gene Autry Show

as Goss