Alan Hale, Jr.

Gender: Male
Born: 8th March 1921
Died: 2nd January 1990
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: Gilligan's Island, Gilligan's Planet, The New Adventures Of Gilligan, Casey Jones, The Texan - Western Television series, Biff Baker, U.S.A.
Movies: It Happened on 5th Avenue, Johnny Dangerously, The Giant Spider Invasion, The Iron Maiden, The Crawling Hand, The Fifth Musketeer, Home Town Story, Under Two Flags, Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl, Up Periscope, The North Avenue Irregulars, The Spirit of West Point, Thunder in Carolina, A Man Alone, Rogue Cop, The Big Trees, Young at Heart, The Sea Chase, The West Point Story, Many Rivers to Cross, Terror Night, Wake Island, Rim of the Canyon, To the Shores of Tripoli, The Indian Fighter, Battle Hymn, The Blazing Sun, Springfield Rifle, Captain John Smith and Pocahontas, The Andersonville Trial, Red Fury, Rescue From Gilligan's Island, The Killer Is Loose, The Cruel Tower, The Law vs. Billy the Kid, It Happens Every Spring, The Castaways on Gilligan's Island, The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island, , Destry, Bullet for a Badman

Alan Hale, Jr. (March 8, 1921 – January 2, 1990) was an American film 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, Sr.

Hale was born Alan Hale Mackahan in Los Angeles, California. His father was character actor, Alan Hale, Sr. (1892‒1950), and his mother was silent film actress, Gretchen Hartman (1897‒1979). Appearing in over 235 films, his father had a successful screen career both as a leading man in silent films and as a supporting actor in sound movies. While his father was adapting to sound films, Hale, Jr., began his career while still a baby.

During the Second World War, Hale, Jr. enlisted in the United States Coast Guard.

After the death of his father in 1950, Alan stopped using "Junior".

Hale's first important roles were as a member of Gene Autry's recurring cast of players. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, he frequently appeared in Autry movies and The Gene Autry Show on television. He starred in television series, such as the CBS Cold War espionage program from 1952–1953, Biff Baker, U.S.A., with co-star Randy Stuart, as his

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