Alan Hale was born on March 8, 1921 and died on January 2, 1990.  Hale served in the Coast Guard during WWII and is best known for appearing on “Gilligan’s Island” as Jonas Grumby, AKA the Skipper. The character was a Navy vet who fought at Guadalcanal and claimed to be the best poker player in the 7th Fleet.

This is a rare photo of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy posing with a fifteen year old boy in 1936. The boy’s father, Alan Hale, was filming a movie with Stan and Ollie at the time.   This is a photo of Alan Hale Jr., who was to become a TV immortal playing “The Skipper” on TV’s beloved series “Gilligan’s Island.”