
Alan Hale Jr.
Actor · Died January 2, 1990, aged 68 · Los Angeles, California, United States
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.
Biography from TMDB.
- March 8, 1921
- January 2, 1990 (aged 68)
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Actor
- 77 on MovieCove · 147 credits in all
What are Alan Hale Jr.'s films like?
Across their 46 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 40
Light 25 · Serious 12 · Dark 5
A split, not a type: Grounded 24 · Stylized 18 · Heightened 0
Gentle 12 · Charged 26 · Intense 4
Steady 27 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 21 · Some laughs 14 · Funny 7
Slow burn 20 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 1
Casual 30 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 30 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 5
Resolved 38 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 10 of 19 analyzed roles.
Show the 19 rolesHide the roles
- Allyas Tiny in All-American Co-Ed (1941)
- Allyas Whitey Temple in It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
- Tricksteras Ben Luder in The Blazing Sun (1950)
- Allyas Porthos Jr. in At Sword's Point (1952)
- Allyas George Oliphant in Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
- Allyas Fleming in Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)
- Allyas Jay Simpson in Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)
- Shadowas Luke Radford in Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
- Threshold guardianas George Lynch in Canyon River (1956)
- Mentoras George Lynch in Canyon River (1956)
- Allyas Sheriff Townsend in The Crawling Hand (1963)
- Heroas Jonas 'The Skipper' Grumby in Gilligan's Island (1964)
- Allyas Sergeant Davis in Advance to the Rear (1964)
- Mentoras Skipper Jonas Grumby in The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974)
- Threshold guardianas Sheriff Jones in The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
- Heroas Skipper Jonas Grumby in Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)
- Allyas Porthos in The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
- Allyas Skipper Jonas Grumby in The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)
- Heroas Skipper in Gilligan's Planet (1982)
Moods and endings
- Happy24
- Bittersweet13
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous5
- Cyclical3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Alan Hale Jr.'s films?
As of October 24, 2026, 39 of their 77 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (27).
- The Gunfighter (1950) · actor · free
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) · actor · free
- There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) · actor · free
- Silver Lode (1954) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- ALF (1986) · actor · free
- The Lucy Show (1962) · actor · free
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952) · actor · free
- Hazel (1961) · actor · free
- Many Rivers to Cross (1955) · actor · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor
- Sammy (1977) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor
- The Texan (1958) · actor
- ALF (1986) · actor
- The Lucy Show (1962) · actor
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952) · actor
- Hazel (1961) · actor
- Many Rivers to Cross (1955) · actor · free
- Riders in the Sky (1949) · actor
- My Favorite Martian (1963) · actor
- The Indian Fighter (1955) · actor
- +8 more
- The Gunfighter (1950) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- ALF (1986) · actor · free
- The Lucy Show (1962) · actor · free
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952) · actor · free
- Hazel (1961) · actor · free
- Riders in the Sky (1949) · actor · free
- The True Story of Jesse James (1957) · actor · free
- The Gene Autry Show (1950) · actor · free
- Rim of the Canyon (1949) · actor · free
- +5 more
- The Gunfighter (1950) · actor · free
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor · free
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) · actor · free
- Route 66 (1960) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- The Lucy Show (1962) · actor · free
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952) · actor · free
- Riders in the Sky (1949) · actor · free
- My Favorite Martian (1963) · actor · free
- The Gene Autry Show (1950) · actor · free
- Rim of the Canyon (1949) · actor · free
- The Blazing Sun (1950) · actor · free
- +2 more
- Shout! TV, show their 9 titles on Shout! TV
- Best Westerns Ever, show their 3 titles on Best Westerns Ever
- Cineverse, show their 3 titles on Cineverse
- ScreenPix, show their 3 titles on ScreenPix
- Great American Pure Flix, show their 2 titles on Great American Pure Flix
- IndieFlix, show their 2 titles on IndieFlix
- Best TV Ever, show their title on Best TV Ever
- Dove Channel, show their title on Dove Channel
- Full Moon, show their title on Full Moon
- Midnight Pulp, show their title on Midnight Pulp
Subscription and free streaming for Alan Hale Jr.'s titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
147 credits, 77 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

The Gilligan Manifesto(2018)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Terror Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Back to the Beach(1987)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
ALF(1986)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Blacke's Magic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

Crazy like a Fox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Johnny Dangerously(1984)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
The Red Fury (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Hambone and Hillie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Gilligan's Planet(1982)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Simon & Simon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
The Littlest Hobo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

The Castaways on Gilligan's Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

The Fifth Musketeer(1979)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Angels' Brigade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Evidence of Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Fantasy Island(1977)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
Sammy(1977)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Love Boat(1977)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
The Sky's the Limit(1975)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all filmsThe Curse of a Faithful Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
The Andersonville Trial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Tiger by the Tail(1970)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Here's Lucy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Land of the Giants(1968)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Hang 'Em High(1968)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Batman(1966)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
The Wild Wild West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Gilligan's Island(1964)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
Bullet for a Badman(1964)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Advance to the Rear(1964)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
My Favorite Martian(1963)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
The Crawling Hand(1963)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
The Iron Maiden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Lucy Show(1962)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Hazel(1961)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
The Long Rope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

Moochie of Pop Warner Football (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Route 66(1960)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
The Andy Griffith Show(1960)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Thunder in Carolina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Mission of Danger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Untouchables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Hawaiian Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Johnny Ringo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Moochie of the Little League (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Bonanza(1959)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Up Periscope(1959)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

The Texan(1958)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Wanted: Dead or Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

The Lady Takes a Flyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

All Mine to Give(1957)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Casey Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Alcoa Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Maverick(1957)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Wagon Train(1957)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Affair in Reno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Battle Hymn(1957)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Cruel Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Canyon River(1956)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
The Three Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

The Killer Is Loose(1956)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Man on the Ledge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Indian Fighter(1955)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
A Man Alone(1955)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Screen Director's Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The 20th Century Fox Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Frontier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Cheyenne(1955)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Sea Chase(1955)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Many Rivers to Cross(1955)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Destry(1954)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Young at Heart(1954)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Rogue Cop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

The Law vs. Billy the Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Silver Lode(1954)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
The Iron Glove (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Public Defender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

The Man Behind the Gun(1953)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Mr. Walkie Talkie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Biff Baker U.S.A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Springfield Rifle(1952)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Arctic Flight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Lady in the Iron Mask (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Ellis in Freedomland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

At Sword's Point(1952)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
The Big Trees(1952)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all filmsChevron Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

Honeychile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Home Town Story(1951)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Sierra Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Short Grass(1950)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The West Point Story(1950)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Blazing Sun(1950)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
The Jack Benny Program (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

The Underworld Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

The Gene Autry Show(1950)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
The Gunfighter(1950)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Kill the Umpire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Riders in the Sky(1949)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Swiss Tour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Rim of the Canyon(1949)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
It Happens Every Spring(1949)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
One Sunday Afternoon(1948)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Music Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Homecoming(1948)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Spirit of West Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

Sarge Goes to College (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

Monsieur Beaucaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

Watch on the Rhine(1943)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Yanks Ahoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

No Time for Love(1943)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The McGuerins from Brooklyn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Wake Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Rubber Racketeers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Eagle Squadron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Top Sergeant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Victory Quiz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

To the Shores of Tripoli(1942)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all filmsMilitary Training (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

All-American Co-Ed(1941)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
Wild Boys of the Road(1933)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 146 titles from 1933 to 1989; peak year 1969.

Biggest box office
Hang 'Em High (1968)

Highest rated
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

Most popular right now
Gilligan's Island (1964)
Film career
Peak 1969 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1933Screen debut· Wild Boys of the Road
- 1964Career best· Gilligan's Island
- 1968Career best· Hang 'em High
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Alan Hale Jr.'s films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 54; across their 42 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up15
- 50th to 74th36
- 25th to 49th13
- Below 25th13
Shape of the crowd
44 of their 77 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser44
- Broadly Agreed9
- Mixed18
Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 38 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Alan Hale Jr.'s work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Alan Hale Jr. work with?
People who share at least 2 of Alan Hale Jr.'s MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jim Backus shares the most, 7.
Directors
- John EnglishShared titles: The Blazing Sun (1950), Riders in the Sky (1949), Rim of the Canyon (1949)See all 3 shared titles with John English

- George MarshallShared titles: Advance to the Rear (1964), Destry (1954)See all 2 shared titles with George Marshall

- Gordon DouglasShared titles: Up Periscope (1959), Young at Heart (1954)See all 2 shared titles with Gordon Douglas

- André De TothShared titles: The Indian Fighter (1955), Springfield Rifle (1952)See all 2 shared titles with André De Toth

Writers
- Sherwood SchwartzShared titles: Gilligan's Planet (1982), The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981), Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)See all 3 shared titles with Sherwood Schwartz

- John TwistShared titles: The Sea Chase (1955), The Man Behind the Gun (1953), The Big Trees (1952)See all 3 shared titles with John Twist

- Aubrey WisbergShared titles: Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954), Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953), At Sword's Point (1952)See all 3 shared titles with Aubrey Wisberg
- Jack PollexfenShared titles: Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954), Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953), At Sword's Point (1952)See all 3 shared titles with Jack Pollexfen
Actors
- Jim BackusShared titles: The Gilligan Manifesto (2018), Gilligan's Planet (1982), The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981), Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978), The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974), Advance to the Rear (1964), Gilligan's Island (1964)See all 7 shared titles with Jim Backus

- Bob DenverShared titles: The Gilligan Manifesto (2018), Gilligan's Planet (1982), The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981), Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978), The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974), Gilligan's Island (1964)See all 6 shared titles with Bob Denver

- Natalie SchaferShared titles: The Gilligan Manifesto (2018), Gilligan's Planet (1982), The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981), Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978), The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974), Gilligan's Island (1964)See all 6 shared titles with Natalie Schafer

- Russell JohnsonShared titles: Gilligan's Planet (1982), The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981), Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978), The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974), Gilligan's Island (1964)See all 5 shared titles with Russell Johnson

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Frank SkinnerShared titles: Bullet for a Badman (1964), Battle Hymn (1957), Destry (1954)See all 3 shared titles with Frank Skinner

- Owen MarksShared titles: The Sea Chase (1955), The Man Behind the Gun (1953), The West Point Story (1950)See all 3 shared titles with Owen Marks
- William BradfordShared titles: The Blazing Sun (1950), Riders in the Sky (1949), Rim of the Canyon (1949)See all 3 shared titles with William Bradford
- Ray EllisShared titles: Gilligan's Planet (1982), The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Ray Ellis
Producers
- Louis F. EdelmanShared titles: Springfield Rifle (1952), The Big Trees (1952), The West Point Story (1950)See all 3 shared titles with Louis F. Edelman
- Armand SchaeferShared titles: The Blazing Sun (1950), Riders in the Sky (1949), Rim of the Canyon (1949)See all 3 shared titles with Armand Schaefer
- Lou ScheimerShared titles: Gilligan's Planet (1982), The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974)See all 2 shared titles with Lou Scheimer

- Lloyd J. SchwartzShared titles: The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981), Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Lloyd J. Schwartz

Mixed roles
- Richard V. HeermanceShared titles: Canyon River (1956), It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)See all 2 shared titles with Richard V. Heermance




