Alan Hale Biography

Alan Hale decided on a film career after his attempt at becoming an opera singer didn't pan out. He quickly became much in demand as a supporting actor, starred in several films for Cecil B. DeMille and directed others for him. With the advent of sound Hale played leads in a few films, but soon settled down into a career as one of the busiest character actors in the business. He was one of the featured members of what became known as the "Warner Brothers Stock Co.", a corps of character actors and actresses who appeared in scores of Warner Bros. films of the 1930s and 1940s. Hale's best known role is probably in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), one of several films he made with his friend Errol Flynn, in which he played Little John, a role he played in two other films - Robin Hood (1922) and Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950).Date of Death22 January 1950, Hollywood, California, USA (liver ailment and viral infection)

• 1. Tiny Murphy: You're muscling in on Emily,.
  2. Emily Foster: Just because I'll marry Johnny,what's that got to do with you and me?
  3. Brian MacLean: answer: just about everything.
  4. Brian MacLean: The sight of money always makes me feel good.
  From Captains of the Clouds. Submitted by rick b (47 days ago)

• 1. Johnny Dutton: The guy is nuts!
  2. Brian MacLean: You're all wet in case you didn't know it.
  3. Tiny Murphy: All he did is nick his gourd.
  4. Brian MacLean: Get this straight, he's no friend of mine!
  From Captains of the Clouds. Submitted by rick b (47 days ago)

• 1. Brian MacLean: I guess its all right if you don't mind wearing a chute. [a parachute]
  2. Brian MacLean: Take a good hold, he's coming straight at us. [fellow bush pilots try to ground Brian from the air]
  3. Brian MacLean: OH you don't know me, I have a whim of iron. [he came back to Emily on a 'whim']
  4. Tiny Murphy: I hate to lose that propeller, I just paid it off.
  5. Johnny Dutton: He won't get away this time. [after Brian]
  6. Emily Foster: HEY, you're a sick man! [after Brian grabbed at her]
  From Captains of the Clouds. Submitted by rick b (47 days ago)

• 1. Blimp Lebec: I do not wish to meet the price of a burgler [cagney flew for 25 dollars less]
  2. Johnny Dutton: He won't be hauling cheaper after I catch up to him [cagney stole his customer]
  3. Tiny Murphy: He's all over the place and we can't catch up with him.
  4. Brian MacLean: The name is not Johnny, never was Johnny.
  5. Brian MacLean: I always seem like somebody else.
  6. Brian MacLean: Lets see if you are as practical as beautiful.
  7. Emily Foster: The pleasures all yours.
  From Captains of the Clouds. Submitted by rick b (47 days ago)