Alan Hale Jr.

Alan Hale Jr.

March 8, 1921 · 105 years old

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.

Known For

22 titles
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Hang 'Em High

Hang 'Em High

1968 · 1h 54m · Movie

When an innocent man barely survives being lynched by a mob of vigilantes seeking justice for a rancher who was murdered, he returns as a lawman determined to bring the errant vigilantes to justice.

7.0
2
Gilligan's Island

Gilligan's Island

1964 · 31m · TV Show

Four men and three women are stranded on an uncharted island following a torrential storm.

7.4
3
It Happened on Fifth Avenue

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947 · 1h 56m · Movie

Two homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.

7.6
4
There Was a Crooked Man...

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970 · 2h 6m · Movie

A charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.

6.8
5
The Giant Spider Invasion

The Giant Spider Invasion

1975 · 1h 20m · Movie

Giant spiders from another dimension invade Wisconsin.

3.3
6
The Sea Chase

The Sea Chase

1955 · 1h 57m · Movie

As World War II begins, German freighter Captain Karl Ehrlich tries to get his ship back to Germany through a gauntlet of Allied warships.

6.4
7
Young at Heart

Young at Heart

1954 · 1h 57m · Movie

The life of the youngest of three sisters in a musical family is complicated by the separate arrivals of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.

6.7
8
The Indian Fighter

The Indian Fighter

1955 · 1h 28m · Movie

A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country unwittingly gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.

6.3
9
Silver Lode

Silver Lode

1954 · 1h 21m · Movie

In the western town of Silver Lode, Dan Ballard is arrested for murder and theft by marshals, but he denies the charges and searches for the real culprit as the townsfolk gradually turn against him.

6.8
10
Springfield Rifle

Springfield Rifle

1952 · 1h 33m · Movie

Major Lex Kearney becomes the North's first counterespionage agent as he tries to discover who's behind the theft of Union cavalry horses in Colorado during the Civil War.

6.6
11
The True Story of Jesse James

The True Story of Jesse James

1957 · 1h 32m · Movie

Biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James' life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James.

6.2
12
Destry

Destry

1954 · 1h 35m · Movie

A dishonest mayor and powerful criminal dominate a small western town. But when the town's sheriff dies under mysterious circumstances, Tom Destry, son of a famed gunman, is called in to put an end to the corruption.

6.6
13
Battle Hymn

Battle Hymn

1957 · 1h 48m · Movie

A remorseful bomber pilot-turned-minister rejoins for the Korean War.

6.3
14
The North Avenue Irregulars

The North Avenue Irregulars

1979 · 1h 40m · Movie

A new preacher in town joins forces with an unlikely group of crimefighters: six dedicated church ladies who are ready, but not necessarily equipped--to help.

6.7
15
Many Rivers to Cross

Many Rivers to Cross

1955 · 1h 34m · Movie

Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this humorous romantic adventure through the American Frontier of 1798.

6.2
16
A Man Alone

A Man Alone

1955 · 1h 36m · Movie

A gunfighter's main hope lies in the trust of a beautiful woman who hides him out when he is wrongly suspected of a stagecoach massacre.

6.4
17
Bullet for a Badman

Bullet for a Badman

1964 · 1h 20m · Movie

Former Texas Rangers Sam Ward and Logan Keliher become enemies when Sam turns bank robber and Logan marries Sam's ex-wife.

6.4
18
Home Town Story

Home Town Story

1951 · 1h 1m · Movie

After failing to be re-elected, politician Blake Washburn returns home and becomes editor of the local newspaper. When he notices the influence the paper has on the public, he uses it to appeal to potential voters in the next elec...

5.0
19
To the Shores of Tripoli

To the Shores of Tripoli

1942 · 1h 26m · Movie

Life at the Marine Training Base in San Diego on the eve of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

6.0
20
The Fifth Musketeer

The Fifth Musketeer

1979 · 1h 44m · Movie

When French King Louis XIV (Beau Bridges) learns that his twin brother, Philippe (Beau Bridges), could usurp his crown, he sets out to imprison him in the Bastille prison but four loyal musketeers are protecting Philippe.

5.3
21
Monsieur Beaucaire

Monsieur Beaucaire

1946 · 1h 33m · Movie

A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the princess of Spain.

6.7
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Short Grass

Short Grass

1950 · 1h 22m · Movie

After accidentally happening upon some loot money, a New Mexico drifter starts a ranching business with a partner but runs into a ruthless land-grabbing clan of neighboring cattlemen.

6.8