ACTOR

Alan Hale Jr.

1921 - 1990

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Alan Hale Jr. (born Alan Hale MacKahan; March 8, 1921 – January 2, 1990) was an American actor and restaurateur. He was the son of actor Alan Hale Sr. 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), a role he reprised in three Gilligan's Island television films and two spin-off cartoon series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Hale Jr. has received more than 4,154,535 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Alan Hale Jr. is the 7,624th most popular actor (down from 7,441st in 2019), the 11,236th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,036th in 2019) and the 3,530th most popular American Actor.

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  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alan Hale Jr. ranks 7,624 out of 13,578. Before her are Andrea Riseborough, Rochelle Hudson, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Madeline Zima, Kristin Bauer van Straten, and Sandara Park. After her are Steve-O, Charlbi Dean, Carmen Ejogo, Dustin Farnum, Lea DeLaria, and Tia Mowry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Alan Hale Jr. ranks 437. Before her are Joan Greenwood, Ian Raby, Gilbert Stork, Marilyn Maxwell, Sheb Wooley, and Bobby Wanzer. After her are Wayne C. Booth, Brian Moore, Bill Bright, Muriel Pavlow, Richard Wilbur, and Horace Gould. Among people deceased in 1990, Alan Hale Jr. ranks 297. Before her are June Christy, Ed Czerkiewicz, Ralph Bagnold, Luis Lucchetti, Donald A. Wollheim, and Charles Farrell. After her are Nobuo Arai, Andrew Wood, Madge Bellamy, Adam Papée, Leopold Neumer, and Elizabeth Allan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Hale Jr. ranks 11,236 out of 20,380. Before her are Rochelle Hudson (1916), Madeline Zima (1985), Cary Joji Fukunaga (1977), Ellis Marsalis Jr. (1934), Kristin Bauer van Straten (1966), and Colleen Hoover (1979). After her are Jack Johnson (1975), Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900), Timothy Ray Brown (1966), Devendra Banhart (1981), Angus MacLise (1938), and Rachel Levine (1957).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Alan Hale Jr. ranks 3,530. Before her are Bob Steele (1907), Angela Jones (1968), Hailee Steinfeld (1996), Rochelle Hudson (1916), Madeline Zima (1985), and Kristin Bauer van Straten (1966). After her are Dustin Farnum (1874), Lea DeLaria (1958), Brenda Joyce (1917), Amy Jo Johnson (1970), Lilyan Tashman (1896), and Olivia Munn (1980).

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