Portrait of Alan Hale Jr.

Alan Hale Jr.

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.

Born: March 8, 1921

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Filmography

1989
Terror Night

as Jake Nelson

1987
Back to the Beach

as Bartender’s Buddy

1986
ALF

as Skipper Jonas Grumby

1984
Johnny Dangerously

as Desk Sergeant

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Fenton Harris

1984
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

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Russell Tate

1979
The Littlest Hobo

as Harry (as Alan Hale)

1979
1979
The North Avenue Irregulars

as Harry, the Hat (as Alan Hale)

1979
1978
Rescue from Gilligan's Island

as Skipper Jonas Grumby

1978
1977
Sammy

as Mike (as Alan Hale)

1977
The Love Boat

as Jack McTigue

1977
The Love Boat

as Gus Dolan

1975
1974
The New Adventures of Gilligan

as Captain Skipper Jonas Grumby (voice)

1970
The Andersonville Trial

as Board of Military Judges

1970
Tiger by the Tail

as Billy Jack Whitehorn

1968
Here's Lucy

as Moose Manley

1968
1968
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

1964
Advance to the Rear

as Sgt. Beauregard Davis

1963
My Favorite Martian

as Omar M. Keck

1963
The Crawling Hand

as Sheriff Townsend

1963
The Iron Maiden

as Paul Fisher

1962
The Lucy Show

as Captain Burke

1962
The Virginian

as Sam Donner

1961
Hazel

as Coach Murphy

1961
The Long Rope

as Sheriff John Millard

1960
Route 66

as Mr. Nickerson

1960
1960
Thunder in Carolina

as Buddy Schaeffer

1960
1959
The Untouchables

as 'Big' Bill Phillips

1959
Hawaiian Eye

as Big Mac

1959
1959
Johnny Ringo

as Coffin Sam Sabine

1959
Bonanza

as Swede Lundberg

1959
Up Periscope

as Lt. Pat Malone

1959
Rawhide

as Wagon Master

1958
The Texan

as Jake Bricker

1958
The Texan

as Sculley

1958
1958
The Lady Takes a Flyer

as Frank Henshaw

1957
All Mine to Give

as Tom Cullen

1957
Casey Jones

as Casey Jones

1957
Alcoa Theatre

as Sven Svenson

1957
Maverick

as Big Jim Watson

1957
Maverick

as Capt. Jim Pattishall

1957
Perry Mason

as Lon Snyder

1957
Wagon Train

as Kirby

1957
Affair in Reno

as Deke (as Alan Hale)

1957
Battle Hymn

as Mess Sergeant

1956
The Cruel Tower

as Rocky Milliken (as Alan Hale)

1956
Canyon River

as George Lynch

1956
The Three Outlaws

as Sundance Kid (as Alan Hale)

1956
The Killer Is Loose

as Detective Denny

1955
1955
The Indian Fighter

as Will Crabtree

1955
A Man Alone

as Jim Anderson

1955
1955
Frontier

as Kane

1955
Cheyenne

as Les Bridgeman

1955
Gunsmoke

as Dave Chaney

1955
1955
Many Rivers to Cross

as Luke Radford

1954
Destry

as Jack Larson

1954
Young at Heart

as Robert Neary

1954
Rogue Cop

as Johnny Stark

1954
1954
1954
The Iron Glove

as Patrick Gaydon

1954
Public Defender

as Sparky Albright

1953
General Electric Theater

as Anthony Mullins

1953
The Man Behind The Gun

as Cpl. Olaf Swenson

1952
Biff Baker U.S.A.

as Biff Baker

1952
1952
Arctic Flight

as John W. Wetherby

1952
1952
1952
1952
At Sword's Point

as Porthos Jr.

1952
1951
Honeychile

as Joe Boyd

1951
Home Town Story

as Slim Haskins

1950
Sierra Passage

as Yance Carter

1950
Short Grass

as Chris Christofferson

1950
The West Point Story

as Bull Gilbert

1950
The Blazing Sun

as Ben Luber

1950
1950
The Gene Autry Show

as Mort Craig

1950
The Gene Autry Show

as Bill Watterson

1950
The Gene Autry Show

as Tiny - Sidekick

1950
The Gene Autry Show

as The Bandit

1950
The Gunfighter

as First Brother (uncredited)

1950
Kill the Umpire

as Harry Shea (uncredited)

1950
When Willie Comes Marching Home

as Laughing Sergeant at Dance (uncredited)

1949
1949
Riders in the Sky

as Marshal Riggs

1949
Rim of the Canyon

as Matt Kimbrough

1948
Homecoming

as Military Policeman (uncredited)

1947
The Spirit of West Point

as Oklahoma Cutter

1947
1946
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

as Mike Mitchell

1946
Monsieur Beaucaire

as Courtier (uncredited)

1943
No Time for Love

as Union Checker (uncredited)

1942
1942
Top Sergeant

as Cruxton

1933
Wild Boys of the Road

as Boy (uncredited)