Skipper's Dad Alan Hale Sr - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

CosmicCharlie · 10-21-2023, 11:07 AM

early 40's
Spitting Image

Alan Brady's Hair · 10-21-2023, 12:06 PM

Yeah, it's like father and son shared one career that lasted 60 years.

TMC · 11-02-2023, 02:18 AM

Forget the Professor, Alan Hale Jr.'s father definitely could have invented something to get them off of that island

The Skipper's dad was more than just an actor.

CosmicCharlie · 11-02-2023, 09:25 AM

The magazine stated, "Perfected by Alan Hale, veteran screen actor, a sliding theater chair allows spectators to push their seats backward instead of rising when latecomers arrive." According to Old Familiar Faces: The Great Character Actors and Actresses of Hollywood's Golden Era, written by Robert A. Juran, Hale was listed as a "successful inventor."

A 1950 Variety article also lists Hale's accomplishments after his death. It reads, "He [Hale] was also an inventor and promoter of inventions, in addition to acting chores. Among products he invented or financed were folding theatre seats, improved auto breaks [sic], hand fire extinguishers, and a formula for greaseless potato chips."

CosmicCharlie · 01-14-2025, 11:59 PM

Check out the George Raft/ Humphrey Bogart movie The Drive By Night where Alan Hake stars as well - he Looks & Speaks EXACTLY like his son Jr

BTW Ida Lupino kills him in the movie !

10-21-2023, 11:07 AM	#1
CosmicCharlie Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2019 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,419	Skipper's Dad Alan Hale Sr early 40's Spitting Image Attached Images

10-21-2023, 12:06 PM	#2
Alan Brady's Hair Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 30, 2014 Posts: 1,822	Yeah, it's like father and son shared one career that lasted 60 years.

11-02-2023, 02:18 AM	#3
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,545	Forget the Professor, Alan Hale Jr.'s father definitely could have invented something to get them off of that island The Skipper's dad was more than just an actor.

11-02-2023, 09:25 AM	#4
CosmicCharlie Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2019 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,419	The magazine stated, "Perfected by Alan Hale, veteran screen actor, a sliding theater chair allows spectators to push their seats backward instead of rising when latecomers arrive." According to Old Familiar Faces: The Great Character Actors and Actresses of Hollywood's Golden Era, written by Robert A. Juran, Hale was listed as a "successful inventor." A 1950 Variety article also lists Hale's accomplishments after his death. It reads, "He [Hale] was also an inventor and promoter of inventions, in addition to acting chores. Among products he invented or financed were folding theatre seats, improved auto breaks [sic], hand fire extinguishers, and a formula for greaseless potato chips."

01-14-2025, 11:59 PM	#5
CosmicCharlie Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2019 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,419	Check out the George Raft/ Humphrey Bogart movie The Drive By Night where Alan Hake stars as well - he Looks & Speaks EXACTLY like his son Jr BTW Ida Lupino kills him in the movie !