Alan Hale Jr. height - How tall is Alan Hale Jr.?

His widow, Naomi Hale, died on April 5, 2008 at the age of 85.

His ex-wife, Bettina Reed Doerr, died on December 7, 2000, just 13 days before her 80th birthday.

His sister, Karen Hale Wookey, died on September 4, 1998, who lived to be 74.

Was not related to Barbara Hale, though they had both appeared in The Giant Spider Invasion (1975).

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.

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 (1964) theme song.

Played a character called "Gilligan" on an episode of Batman (1966).

He did a lot of television guest appearances as well before getting his role as The Skipper on the cult comedy Gilligan's Island (1964).

Knew Bettina Reed Doerr since childhood who would become his wife for 20 years until their divorce in 1963.

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.

The son of the great character actor (and Errol Flynn sidekick) Alan Hale, Alan Hale Jr. (he dropped the Jr. after his father passed away) was literally born into the movies. Hale did his first movie as a baby and continued to act until his death. Unlike other child actors, Hale made a smooth transition in the movies and starred in several classics like Up Periscope (1959), The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958) and The West Point Story (1950), as well as many westerns.

One of a handful of actors to work on two series at the same time (Casey Jones (1957) and The Texan (1958)).

Began his career as a contract player for Monogram in 1946.

Worked with Harry Morgan, twice, in the movie To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) and on an episode of the short-lived series Blacke's Magic (1986).

Attended and graduated from Hollywood High School, in Hollywood, California in 1938.

His father Alan Hale married Gretchen Hartman, in 1914, at the beginning of World War I. The couple had Alan Jr. seven years later.