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Jan 4, 1990 · Died Jan. 2, 1990 of cancer in St. Vincent's Medical Center, CA. A lan Hale Jr. was 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 Island." Portly and gregarious, the 6-foot, 2-inch Hale was often mistaken for his ...
Jan 4, 1990 · Died Jan. 2, 1990 of cancer in St. Vincent's Medical Center, CA. A lan Hale Jr. was 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 Island." Portly and gregarious, the 6-foot, 2-inch Hale was often mistaken for his ...
Jan 4, 1990 · LOS ANGELES -- Alan Hale Jr., 68, an actor best known for his role as the jovial skipper who led a zany band of castaways on television's "Gilligan's Island," died of cancer Jan. 2 at St. Vincent ...
Read all about Alan Hale Jr. with TV Guide's exclusive biography including their list of awards, celeb facts and more at TV Guide. ... Co-owned Alan Hale's Lobster Barrel, a restaurant that was ...
Alan Hale Jr.. Actor: Gilligan's Island. The son of the great character actor (and Errol Flynn sidekick) Alan Hale, Alan Hale Jr. (he dropped the Jr. after his father passed away) was literally born into the movies. Hale did his first movie as a baby and continued to act until his death. Unlike other child actors, Hale made a smooth transition in the movies and starred in several classics like...
Ida Lupino, who played Hale's wife in They Drive by Night (1940), would go on to direct his son Alan Hale Jr. in four episodes of Hale's series Gilligan's Island (1964) 25 years later. In addition to acting and directing Alan Hale was a successful inventor.
The son of a patent medicine manufacturer, American actor Alan Hale chose a theatrical career at a time when, according to his son Alan Hale Jr., boarding houses would post signs reading "No Dogs or Actors Allowed." Undaunted, Hale spent several years on stage after graduating from Philadelphia University, entering films as a slapstick comedian ...
