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Alan Hale Jr.

Acting

Born March 8, 1921 · Los Angeles, California, United States

Died January 2, 1990

Also known as Alan Hale · آلن هیل جونیور

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.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

The Blazing Sun

1950as Ben Luber

Sammy

1977as Mike (as Alan Hale)

The Jack Benny Program

1950as Self

Biff Baker U.S.A.

as Biff Baker

Perry Mason

1957as Lon Snyder

ALF

1986as Skipper Jonas Grumby

The Wild Wild West

1965as Ned Brown

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as Jeff Pruitt

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Fenton Harris

Gilligan's Island

1964as Jonas "The Skipper" Grumby

Bonanza

1959as Swede Lundberg

The Gunfighter

1950as First Brother (uncredited)

Magnum, P.I.

1980as Russell Tate

The Littlest Hobo

1979as Harry (as Alan Hale)

Batman

1966as Gilligan (uncredited)

Rawhide

1959as Wagon Master

The Lucy Show

1962as Captain Burke

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947as Whitey Temple

Thunder in Carolina

1960as Buddy Schaeffer

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Dan Poe

Homecoming

1948as Military Policeman (uncredited)

One Sunday Afternoon

1948as Marty

Ironside

1967as Laurence Drescher

Maverick

1957as Capt. Jim Pattishall

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970as Tobaccy

Hang 'Em High

1968as Matt Stone

Land of the Giants

1968as O'Reilly

Wild Boys of the Road

1933as Boy (uncredited)

Simon & Simon

1981as Bartender

Here's Lucy

1968as Moose Manley

Route 66

1960as Mr. Nickerson

The Killer Is Loose

1956as Detective Denny

Gunsmoke

1955as Dave Chaney

Wagon Train

1957as Kirby

The North Avenue Irregulars

1979as Harry, the Hat (as Alan Hale)

Fantasy Island

1978as Corky

The Virginian

1962as Sam Donner

Canyon River

1956as George Lynch

Many Rivers to Cross

1955as Luke Radford

Short Grass

1950as Chris Christofferson

It Happens Every Spring

1949as Schmidt

Up Periscope

1959as Lt. Pat Malone

The Indian Fighter

1955as Will Crabtree

Springfield Rifle

1952as Mizzell

Riders in the Sky

1949as Marshal Riggs

The Red Fury

1984as Doc Kaminsky

The Love Boat

1977as Gus Dolan

Bullet for a Badman

1964as Leach

The True Story of Jesse James

1957as Cole Younger

All Mine to Give

1957as Tom Cullen