Guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist Andrew “Jr. Boy” Jones started working skillfully at age group 16 with Freddie King’s support music group, the Thunderbirds. He got his initial electric guitar from his uncle, jazz musician Adolphus Sneed. Jones cites an eclectic selection of affects: Freddie Ruler, Cornell Dupree, and Larry Carlton. For quite some time, he’s supported several Dallas-area vocalists on electric guitar, however in the mid-’90s, he arrived to his own being a vocalist with an record for JSP Information, I Need Period (1997), which showcases his crafty songwriting, great electric guitar playing, and effective performing. In 1967, Jones became a member of Dallas-area vocalist Bobby Patterson’s clothing the Mustangs. Through a lot of the ’70s, Jones supported various performers, including Patterson, Johnnie Taylor, and Charlie Robertson. In past due 1987, he visited California and became a member of the Silent Companions with bassist Russell Jackson and drummer Tony Coleman, the last mentioned of whom is most beneficial known for his use B.B. King’s orchestra. Jones documented with Bay-area piano participant and vocalist Katie Webster on her behalf critically praised Alligator Information record, Swamp Boogie Queen. Jones fulfilled harmonica participant Charlie Musselwhite in a Sonny Rhodes documenting program, and Musselwhite persuaded him in which to stay California and sign up for his music group. Jones played acoustic guitar on Musselwhite’s three past due-’80s/early-’90s albums for Alligator Information (Ace of Harps, IN MY OWN Time, and Personal). He also got the opportunity to perform some extensive globe touring using the harmonica get better at. Jones remaining Musselwhite’s music group amicably within the middle-’90s and shifted back again to Dallas, where he followed Dallas-area blues performers like R.L. Griffin, Hal Harris & the Lowlifers, among others. He released MONITOR WHAT You State in 1998.
During his final days of life in the hospital while very sick from cancer, he still took time to visit the children in the cancer ward.
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He was known to be a social butterfly.
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Was a spokesperson for Chrysler Cars in the 1980s.
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Was regarded as one of the busiest actors on television, who had continuing roles in at least 3 series, which, combined with his guest appearances, amounted to hundreds of episodes.
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Had worn a fake mustache during the filming of At Sword's Point (1952).
His family lived across the street from the Garden of Allah, then the home of the Hale Sr.'s friend, Nazimova, named after the exotic hostelry made famous by F. Scott Fitzgerald and his old cronies.
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Prior to selling vacuums, he and his partner would descend on an unwary housewife, get a friendly-but-insistent foot in the door and take over.
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During an episode of Gilligan's Island (1964), Hale accidentally ripped his pants straight down the seat -- into the camera. Co-star Bob Denver wanted the shot to be used, but Hale insisted not, since he wasn't wearing the Skipper's trademark boxer shorts with the hearts on them.
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Much to his character on Gilligan's Island (1964), he even called his second wife, Naomi, "Little Buddy," in real-life.
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Was a Democrat.
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He was never intimidated by his father, or his father's reputation, nor the fact that he resembles him.
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Began acting when he was only 12.
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Of course, he was not the first choice for "The Skipper" on Gilligan's Island (1964). It was producer Sherwood Schwartz who saw him in the movie Bullet for a Badman (1964), that Hale was to audition for a co-starring role in Gilligan's Island (1964), and he couldn't arrange for a flight. He hitchhiked on the highway, auditioned and won the role.
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The catchphrase "Little Buddy," was taken from one of his real-life father's school friends.
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The film The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) in which his father had appeared in it, already premiered in the movies, just 2 days before Hale Jr. was born.
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His former Gilligan's Island (1964) co-star, Dawn Wells, went to one of the restaurants with him, especially the one he owned.
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His former Gilligan's Island (1964) co-star, Dawn Wells, was the only surviving cast member to attend his funeral.
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He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6653 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
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Alan Hale Jr. passed away on January 2, 1990, two months away from what would have been his 69th birthday on March 8.
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Alan Hale Jr. passed away on January 2, 1990, six months after his Gilligan's Island (1964) co-star Jim Backus's death.
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Lived not too far from his former Gilligan's Island (1964) co-star, Dawn Wells. He also played golf and went out to lunch with her.
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Hale Jr. contributed a family recipe ("Kansas Chicken and Dumplings") to former Gilligan's Island (1964) co-star, Dawn Wells's 1993 cookbook, "Mary Ann's Gilligan's Island Cookbook". Hale, whose character was the inspiration behind such included concoctions as, "Skipper's Coconut Pie", "Skipper's Navy Bean Soup" and "Skipper's Goodbye Ribeye", can be seen depicted as Skipper Jonas Grumby, in numerous photographs throughout the book.
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He and his father, Alan Hale, were both scheduled to do an RKO movie together called At Sword's Point (1952), but Alan's father suddenly died just before production began in 1950. Hale Jr. did the movie without his father.
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Was reunited with classmate William Schallert on an episode of The New Gidget (1986), where he reprised his role as "The Skipper".
His granddaughter, Samantha Hale, did not attend his father's funeral, because she was too young.
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Her sister Karen Hale Wookey lived in a Spanish-style mansion behind the Grauman's Chinese Theater, until her passing in 1998. That house was originally his father's, and was actually the main family's house where everyone came together and connected as a family.
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According to former Gilligan's Island (1964) co-star, Bob Denver, he said that Hale broke his wrist and did not tell anyone on the set until the following year, because he did not want to shut down production.
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Attended the funeral of Jim Davis, when the actor passed away in 1981.
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Acting ran in his family.
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Father of Alan Brian Hale, Chris Hale, Lana Hale and Dorian Hale. Grandfather of Samantha Hale.
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In the 1970s, he had suffered and survived a blood clot in his leg. At that time, the doctors ordered him to quit smoking and lose weight.
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Had never worked with his father in any of the films.
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His sister, Karen Hale Wookey, died on September 4, 1998, who lived to be 74.
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His widow, Naomi Hale, died on April 5, 2008, who lived to be 85.
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His father is from Washington, D.C., his mother is from Chicago, Illinois.
His ex-wife, Bettina Reed Doerr, died on December 7, 2000, just 13 days before her 80th birthday.
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He played supporting roles in over 70 films.
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Before he was a successful actor, he used to be a member of Gene Autry's group of actors, whom Hale worked with.
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On an episode of Gilligan's Island (1964), his character said the ring belonged to his "pop" and was over 200 years old, which was exactly the ring he wore in real-life, which belonged to his father.
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Was a member of "Hollywood Hackers", a showbiz group that plays anywhere fancy dictates, the same place where his father was a member of, years earlier.
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Met Raymond Burr on a movie A Man Alone (1955), and became friends for 35 years, until Hale Jr.'s death early in 1990.
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 Zions National Park in St. George, Utah, on horseback to the highway and hitchhike to Las Vegas to fly out to the interview.
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While playing Ned Brown in The Wild Wild West (1965) episode "The Night of the Sabatini Death", 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 (1964) theme song.
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While battling cancer, he lost a lot 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.
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He addressed Barney Fife as "Little Buddy" in January 1962 guest appearance as Jeff Pruitt on The Andy Griffith Show (1960) episode "The Farmer Takes a Wife". He used the same nickname for Gilligan two years later.
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Had played a character called "Gilligan" on an episode of the television series Batman (1966).
Used to own a travel agency after he closed his restaurant.
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Used to own and operate a popular restaurant "Alan Hale's Lobster Barrel" on La Cienega Blvd's "Restaurant Row" in Los Angeles. He would often greet guests dressed as "The Skipper".
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Served in the United States Coast Guard during World War II.
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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 Alan Hale Jr. dressed in a Civil War uniform, having dinner. Schwartz liked what he saw in Hale and began planning on casting him for the Skipper.
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Ashes scattered at sea.
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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.
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Best remembered by the public for his co-starring role as Skipper Jonas Grumby on Gilligan's Island (1964).
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Sometime after his father's death, 'Alan Hale Jr.' dropped the "Jr" and became professionally known as Alan Hale.
Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History
2001
TV Movie
Himself (uncredited)
Entertainment Tonight Presents: Gilligan's Island - The Untold Tales
2000
TV Movie documentary
Himself
TV Guide's Truth Behind the Sitcom Scandals 2
2000
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Mission of Danger
1960
Sam Beal
The Yellow Haired Kid
1952
Johny Deuces
Two Knights from Brooklyn
1949
Gym Man Alan
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My father's real name was Rufus Edward MacKahan. He changed his changed to Alan Hale on the advice of numerologist.
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[In 1978]: Everywhere, we were asked the same question - 'When are you going to get off the island?' It's nice to pick up right where we left off. It's as though we worked last week and not 14 years ago.
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[In 1952]: It's risky and difficulty to try and substitute for a legend, because any star who has passed on is glowingly remembered. If the studios want me for the same type of roles my father did, I'll give it a whirl.
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[In 1979]: I've never enjoyed a picture I didn't enjoy doing. I've worked on big budget and small budget films, and I've liked them all.
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[About the restaurant he once owned]: Through the years, it's been known as 'The Skipper's Restaurant,' so I've been 'The Skipper,' for these many years. All through the years, it [the series] has been my ticket to instant identification. It really pleases me.
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I love the irony - I've spent over 400 hours of my life looking for comets, and haven't found anything, and now, suddenly, when I'm not looking for one, I get one dumped in my lap.
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[on his popularity while playing the forty-something "The Skipper" on Gilligan's Island (1964):] I don't think there was a message at all. I think it was just a misnomer, "deserted island." We were there; it wasn't deserted. And who deserted it? Nobody was there... The big thing about it was nonsense. Everybody has to have nonsense in their lives.
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[Addressing the creator of Gilligan's Island (1964)]: Thank you, Sherwood Schwartz, for our great fun in doing the show, and for giving me the best friend I ever had, the Skipper.
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[Who revealed his injuries on the set of Gilligan's Island (1964)]: There was a branch that was supposed to kind of break a little and throw me in and so forth in song, well, it broke a little, but it broke at the wrong time. And so, I was 12 ft. up in the air and I fell down, fell out of the tree, backwards and of course, broke my right wrist, so to speak and if fractured my wrist ... I finished the season, then, I went to see the Churchill Downs; as it be the Kentucky Derby and I had this big cast on my arm and of course, my dear little lady had to wear a football helmet at night, because everytime it rolled over. So she was doing 'Gilligan,' all over again!
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Our reception has been overwhelming. The Iranian people have been extremely warm.
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[About his character on Gilligan's Island (1964) and the relationship he shared with fellow cast member Bob Denver's character]: The Skipper lent himself to certainly being a nice fellow, a bumbling fellow, of course. He had a perfect foil in Gilligan, but dearly loved Gilligan. They were really good friends. Between the two of them, nothing ever seemed to dovetail. The only thing that did dovetail was their lasting friendship. They really were fond of each other.
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[In 1985]: I'm just delighted to say people all over the world, whether I have my cap or not, 'Hello, Skipper, Hello Skipper,' it's like standing in-front of the fireplace, it's a lot of warmth.
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Reality is determined not by what scientists or anyone else says or believes, but by what the evidence reveals to us.
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[When asked about his success of selling vacuum cleaners]: It's like feeling out an audience. You gotta make 'em feel it's their machine from the moment you walk in.
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[Who said in 1983]: I must say it has been a gratifying thing, and certainly, I'm in the West Coast now and I have a place that I call "Lobster Barrel", and I'm so delighted about it that again it's "The Skipper", every knock is a boost. And the more payroll read about the fact as to how bad it was, the more they liked it.
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I've got to say, my Goodness sakes.
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[Who said in 1988 about his best remembered role]: I must say, "The Skipper" has become my alter ego. I'm one in the same now.
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[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.
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I don't so much enter it, I put it on.
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[Who said of his long career]: I was making a movie in India and they called me "Skipper Sahib".
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[Who said if the cast of Gilligan's Island (1964) will ever get rescued]: I'll go straight to an Italian restaurant and have 8 or 10 pizzas, 6 dozen meatballs, and 2 miles of spaghetti, and then, I'll have dinner.
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