![]() ![]() Many who were very close to him didn’t know he was sick until the end. “He was such a big man and his energy was always up. ![]() “Nobody ever saw any change in Alan,” Stevens said. The actor then opened Alan Hale’s Quality and Leisure Travel office, where, among other things, he arranged for travelers to take boat cruises. Hale helped run the business until 1982, when he was “phased out” of the operation, Stevens said. In the mid-’70s, Hale became co-owner of Alan Hale’s Lobster Barrel on La Cienega Boulevard on Los Angeles’ Restaurant Row. That was the first time he ever made any kind of statement like that.” “Then, about five weeks ago, he called and told me he was a very sick man. “We were going along like he was going to beat this,” Stevens said of his friend’s death. His most recent appearances include cameos on “Alf,” “Growing Pains,” “Murder She Wrote” and “The New Gidget,” said his agent, Steve Stevens. “Doing physical comedy with some one that secure was great.”Īfter the series, Hale continued to act in movies and on television. “He broke his wrist once and didn’t tell anyone on the set until a year later because he didn’t want to shut down production,” Denver said. Since the original series ended, the cast has been reunited for three TV movie reunions in 1978, ’79 and ’81.īob Denver, who played the title role on “Gilligan’s Island,” said he and Hale performed together four times last year at promotional appearances.ĭenver remembered Hale as the lovable, strong man who served as a safety net for the cast’s pratfalls. In the plot, the tour was waylaid by a storm and the Minnow swept away to an uncharted South Pacific Island.įor three full seasons of television production and now nearly three decades of syndicated reruns, Hale’s bellowing belly laughs created a lasting impression on two generations of TV viewers. played supporting roles in more than 70 films, beginning as a youth in 1933 with “Wild Boys of the Road.” Before “Gilligan’s Island,” which ran from 1964 to 1967, he appeared in two other television series-”Casey Jones” and “Biff Baker, U.S.A.”īut it was the ill-fated “three-hour tour” on the SS Minnow that launched Hale’s most notable character. ![]()
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