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| Born | Alan Hale MacKahan March 8, 1921 Los Angeles, California |
| Died | January 2, 1990 (aged 68) Los Angeles, California |
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| Years active | 1931–1988 |
| Known for | Gilligan's Island as Captain Jonas Grumby (The Skipper) Casey Jones Rescue from Gilligan's Island The Castaways on Gilligan's Island The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island |
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| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | United States Coast Guard |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Seaman |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
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| Children | 4 |
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Alan Hale Jr. (born Alan Hale MacKahan; March 8, 1921 – January 2, 1990) was an American actor and restaurateur.[1] He was the son of actor Alan Hale Sr.[1] His television career spanned four decades, but he was best known for his secondary lead role as Captain Jonas Grumby, better known as The Skipper, on the 1960s CBS comedy series Gilligan's Island (1964–1967),[1] a role he reprised in three Gilligan's Island television films and two spin-off cartoon series.
Hale appeared in more than 200 films and television roles from 1941. He appeared primarily in Westerns, portraying the Sundance Kid in The Three Outlaws (1956) opposite Neville Brand as Butch Cassidy, performing with Kirk Douglas in The Big Trees (1952), Audie Murphy in Destry (1954), Ray Milland in A Man Alone (1955), Robert Wagner in The True Story of Jesse James (1957), and Hugh Marlowe in The Long Rope (1961). He also appeared in musical comedies opposite Don DeFore in It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947), James Cagney in The West Point Story (1950), and Judy Canova in Honeychile (1951). He also appeared on several talk and variety shows.