Alan Hale Jr Net Worth

Alan Hale Jr's Quotes

• Of course, I never met a man who didn't like dad.
• [Who said of his long career]: I was making a movie in India and they called me "Skipper Sahib".
• I don't so much enter it, I put it on.
• [As to how he got into show business]: Well, I've got to say, it was certainly, yesteryear, my parents (of course) ... my mother was on the boards, before any of us. She drives the boards, a long time ago; this was way out of yesterday. Henry Dicksey and all, if you recall, the early Motion Picture, and certainly, early stage and all that sort of thing. She was doing 10 shows, one-night stands, as long ago as that. She was probably like the Shirley Temple of her day, her name was: Gretchen Hartman, and (of course), segued a few years, dad (Alan Hale Sr.) came into the business (of course), and a picture, out of yesterday. D.W. Griffith and all that.
• [Who said in 1988 about his best remembered role]: I must say, "The Skipper" has become my alter ego. I'm one and the same now.

Interesting Facts about Alan Hale Jr

1. Son of Alan Hale and Gretchen Hartman.
2. Sometime after his father's death, he dropped the "Jr." and became professionally known as 'Alan Hale'.
3. Best remembered by the public for his co-starring role as Skipper Jonas Grumby on Gilligan's Island (1964).
4. Unlike other cast members of Gilligan's Island (1964), he enjoyed the image that his role on the show gave him. This included usually wearing a skipper's cap at most times, donating his used ones for charity purposes.
5. According to Gilligan's Island (1964) creator Sherwood Schwartz, he was having trouble casting the right actor for the role of the Skipper. Several had auditioned (including Carroll O'Connor) but Schwartz could not find the right guy. While he was having dinner in a Hollywood restaurant, he noticed Hale dressed in a Civil War uniform, having dinner. Schwartz liked what he saw in Hale and began planning on casting him for the Skipper.
6. Owned and operated a popular restaurant, "Alan Hale's Lobster Barrel", on La Cienega Boulevard's "Restaurant Row" in Los Angeles, California. He would often greet guests dressed as "The Skipper".
7. Served the United States Coast Guard during World War II.
8. Used to own a travel agency after he closed his restaurant.
9. Brother of Karen Hale Wookey
10. Had played a character called "Gilligan" on an episode of Batman (1966).
11. He addressed Barney Fife as "Little Buddy" in The Andy Griffith Show: The Farmer Takes a Wife (1962). He used the same nickname for Gilligan two years later.
12. While battling cancer, he lost a great deal of weight. When a child inquired about his weight loss, Hale simply told him that he was going to be playing Gilligan in a new Gilligan's Island show.
13. While playing Ned Brown in The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Sabatini Death (1969), he told a cast member he was going to "relax on my own private desert island", which was followed by a snippet of the Gilligan's Island theme song.
14. It was while filming Bullet for a Badman (1964) that he got his casting call for Gilligan's Island (1964). He had to ride out of Zion National Park in St. George, Utah, on horseback to the highway and hitchhike to Las Vegas, Nevada to fly out to the interview.
15. Had played the same character (Skipper Jonas Grumby) on four different series: Gilligan's Island (1964), The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974), Gilligan's Planet (1982) and ALF (1986).
16. Had not minded being closely identified with his role on Gilligan's Island (1964).
17. Frequently visited children in the hospital dressed as "The Skipper".
18. Attended and graduated from Hollywood High School, in Hollywood, California (1938).
19. He never retired from acting until his death.
20. Had known Bettina Reed Doerr, his first wife, since childhood. They were married for 20 years until their divorce in 1963.