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Alan Hale Jr.

Born: 1921-03-08 in Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: 1990-01-02

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2022

The Unknown Story as Self - archive footage

1989

Terror Night as Jake Nelson

1987

Back to the Beach as Bartender’s Buddy

1986

ALF as Skipper Jonas Grumby
Blacke's Magic as Vern Keppler

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Fenton Harris
Crazy like a Fox
Johnny Dangerously as Desk Sergeant
The Red Fury as Doc Kaminsky

1983

Hambone and Hillie as McVickers

1982

Gilligan's Planet as Captain Jonas "The Skipper" Grumby (voice)

1981

Simon & Simon as Bartender
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island as Skipper

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Russell Tate

1979

The Littlest Hobo as Harry (as Alan Hale)
The North Avenue Irregulars as Harry, the Hat (as Alan Hale)
The Fifth Musketeer as Porthos
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island as Skipper
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self
Angels' Brigade as Manny
Evidence of Power

1978

Fantasy Island as Corky
Rescue from Gilligan's Island as Skipper Jonas Grumby

1977

The Love Boat as Jack McTigue
Sammy as Mike (as Alan Hale)

1975

The Giant Spider Invasion as Sheriff
The Sky's the Limit as Cholly

1974

The New Adventures of Gilligan as Captain Skipper Jonas Grumby (voice)
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love as Walter

1972

The Curse of a Faithful Wife as Jack Shimmering

1970

There Was a Crooked Man... as Tobaccy
Tiger by the Tail as Billy Jack Whitehorn
The Andersonville Trial as Board of Military Judges

1968

Here's Lucy as Moose Manley
Land of the Giants as O'Reilly
Hang 'em High as Matt Stone

1967

Ironside as Laurence Drescher

1966

Batman as Gilligan (uncredited)

1965

The Wild Wild West as Ned Brown

1964

Gilligan's Island as Jonas "The Skipper" Grumby
Bullet for a Badman as Leach
Advance to the Rear as Sgt. Beauregard Davis

1963

My Favorite Martian as Omar M. Keck
The Iron Maiden as Paul Fisher
The Crawling Hand as Sheriff Townsend

1962

The Virginian as Sam Donner
The Lucy Show as Captain Burke

1961

The Mike Douglas Show as Self
Hazel as Coach Murphy
The Long Rope as Sheriff John Millard

1960

The Andy Griffith Show as Jeff Pruitt
Route 66 as Mr. Nickerson
Mission of Danger as Sam Beal
Moochie of Pop Warner Football as Fred Preston
Thunder in Carolina as Buddy Schaeffer

1959

Bonanza as Swede Lundberg
The Untouchables as 'Big' Bill Phillips
Rawhide as Wagon Master
Hawaiian Eye as Big Mac
Johnny Ringo as Coffin Sam Sabine
Up Periscope as Lt. Pat Malone
Moochie of the Little League as Fred Preston

1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive as Dan Poe
The Texan as Jake Bricker
The Lady Takes a Flyer as Frank Henshaw

1957

Perry Mason as Lon Snyder
Maverick as Big Jim Watson
Wagon Train as Kirby
Alcoa Theatre as Sven Svenson
Casey Jones as Casey Jones
The True Story of Jesse James as Cole Younger
Battle Hymn as Mess Sergeant
Affair in Reno as Deke (as Alan Hale)
All Mine to Give as Tom Cullen

1956

The Killer Is Loose as Detective Denny
Canyon River as George Lynch
The Three Outlaws as Sundance Kid (as Alan Hale)
The Cruel Tower as Rocky Milliken (as Alan Hale)

1955

Cheyenne as Les Bridgeman
Gunsmoke as Dave Chaney
The 20th Century Fox Hour as Boyle
Screen Director's Playhouse as Bowen
Frontier as Kane
The Indian Fighter as Will Crabtree
The Sea Chase as Wentz
Many Rivers to Cross as Luke Radford
A Man Alone as Jim Anderson
Man on the Ledge as Boyle

1954

Public Defender as Sparky Albright
The Wonderful World of Disney as Bill Minters
Silver Lode as Kirk
Young at Heart as Robert Neary
Destry as Jack Larson
Rogue Cop as Johnny Stark
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake as Crew Foreman
The Law vs. Billy the Kid as Bob Ollinger
Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl as Jay Simpson
The Iron Glove as Patrick Gaydon

1953

General Electric Theater as Anthony Mullins
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas as Fleming
The Man Behind The Gun as Cpl. Olaf Swenson

1952

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Harry
Biff Baker U.S.A. as Biff Baker
Chevron Theatre as Biff Baker
Springfield Rifle as Mizzell
The Big Trees as Tiny
At Sword's Point as Porthos Jr.
Lady in the Iron Mask as Porthos
Arctic Flight as John W. Wetherby
Ellis in Freedomland as Male Model
Mr. Walkie Talkie as Tiny
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie as George Oliphant

1951

Home Town Story as Slim Haskins
Honeychile as Joe Boyd

1950

The Jack Benny Program as McGuire
The Gene Autry Show as Mort Craig
The Gunfighter as First Brother (uncredited)
When Willie Comes Marching Home as Laughing Sergeant at Dance (uncredited)
The Underworld Story as Shaeffer
Sierra Passage as Yance Carter
Short Grass as Chris Christofferson
The Blazing Sun as Ben Luber
The West Point Story as Bull Gilbert
Kill the Umpire as Harry Shea (uncredited)

1949

Riders in the Sky as Marshal Riggs
It Happens Every Spring as Schmidt
Swiss Tour as Joe
Rim of the Canyon as Matt Kimbrough

1948

Homecoming as Military Policeman (uncredited)
One Sunday Afternoon as Marty
Music Man as Joe

1947

It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Whitey Temple
Sarge Goes to College as Sarge
The Spirit of West Point as Oklahoma Cutter

1946

Monsieur Beaucaire as Courtier (uncredited)
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi as Mike Mitchell

1943

No Time for Love as Union Checker (uncredited)
Yanks Ahoy as Colonel's Orderly (uncredited)

1942

1941

All-American Co-Ed as Tiny
Military Training as Poor Instructor

1933

Wild Boys of the Road as Boy (uncredited)