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A Native American boy is a victim of turn-of-the-century bigotry. William Jordan, Juan Gonzales, Alan Hale Jr.
1984
English
Drama
Western
Animals
Cast & Crew
William Jordan
(Actor)
Juan Gonzales
(Actor)
Alan Hale Jr.
(Actor)
Alan Hale Jr.
(Actor)
Calvin Bartlett
(Actor)
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William Jordan
(Actor)
Born:
October 13, 1937
Trivia:
Supporting actor, onscreen from 1970.
Juan Gonzales
(Actor)
Alan Hale Jr.
(Actor)
Born:
March 08, 1921
Died: January 02, 1990
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: January 02, 1990
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Trivia:
The son of a patent medicine manufacturer, American actor Alan Hale chose a theatrical career at a time when, according to his son Alan Hale Jr., boarding houses would post signs reading "No Dogs or Actors Allowed." Undaunted, Hale spent several years on stage after graduating from Philadelphia University, entering films as a slapstick comedian for Philly's Lubin Co. in 1911. Bolstering his acting income with odd jobs as a newspaperman and itinerant inventor (at one point he considered becoming an osteopath!), Hale finally enjoyed a measure of security as a much-in-demand character actor in the 1920s, usually as hard-hearted villains. One of his more benign roles was as Little John in Douglas Fairbanks' Robin Hood (1922), a role he would repeat opposite Errol Flynn in 1938 and John Derek in 1950. Talkies made Hale more popular than ever, especially in his many roles as Irishmen, blusterers and "best pals" for Warner Bros. Throughout his career, Hale never lost his love for inventing things, and reportedly patented or financed items as commonplace as auto brakes and as esoteric as greaseless potato chips. Alan Hale contracted pneumonia and died while working on the Warner Bros. western Montana (1950), which starred Hale's perennial screen cohort Errol Flynn.
Alan Hale Jr.
(Actor)
Born:
March 08, 1918
Died: January 02, 1990
Died: January 02, 1990
Trivia:
One look at Alan Hale Jr. and no one could ever assume he was adopted; Hale Jr. so closely resembled his father, veteran character actor Alan Hale Sr., that at times it appeared that the older fellow had returned to the land of the living. In films from 1933, Alan Jr. was originally cast in beefy, athletic good-guy roles (at 6'3", he could hardly play hen-pecked husbands). After the death of his father in 1950, Alan dropped the "Junior" from his professional name. He starred in a brace of TV action series, Biff Baker USA (1953) and Casey Jones (1957), before his he-man image melted into comedy parts. From 1964 through 1967, Hale played The Skipper (aka Jonas Grumby) on the low-brow but high-rated Gilligan's Island. Though he worked steadily after Gilligan's cancellation, he found that the blustery, slow-burning Skipper had typed him to the extent that he lost more roles than he won. In his last two decades, Alan Hale supplemented his acting income as the owner of a successful West Hollywood restaurant, the Lobster Barrel.
Calvin Bartlett
(Actor)
