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Jan 4, 1990 · Alan Hale Jr., an actor who gained fame as the jolly Skipper in the television series ''Gilligan's Island,'' died of cancer of the thymus on Tuesday at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Los...
Alan Hale Jr. (born Alan Hale MacKahan; March 8, 1921 – January 2, 1990) was an American actor and restaurateur.
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Apr 17, 2024 · Alan Hale Jr appeared in 37 movies between 1947's The Spirit of West Point and opposite Clint Eastwood 1968's Hang 'Em High, but these were not jobs that were paying a lot of money. As a...
- Ed Gross
Jan 2, 2022 · Actor Alan Hale Jr., a 1960s household name known for playing Skipper on Gilligan’s Island, died 32 years ago in Hollywood at 71. Hale had cancer of the thymus, which is a small organ in the front part of the chest behind the breast bone (sternum).
- Marisa Sullivan
- Senior Reporter
Alan Hale Jr., a veteran character actor best remembered as the blundering but likable skipper of a charter boat that for three television seasons during the 1960s was shipwrecked on “Gilligan’s...
June 30, 2021. •. He is often remembered as the unofficial leader of “ Gilligans Island .” Alan Hale Jr.’s character, The Skipper was often stepping in as a father figure for the rest of the group.
Alan Hale Jr., the actor who played Jonas ‘The Skipper’ Grumby, was just as tough as the character he played. During the final weeks of filming season 1 of the show, Hale reportedly broke his arm but didn’t bother to tell anyone.
