What is the fine-grained topic of the following text: It's his father, Alan Hale Sr., a character actor who appeared in at least 75 films (perhaps as many as 235) from 1911 until his death in 1950 including "It Happened One Night" with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert (Columbia, 1934) and "The Fighting 69th" with James Cagney (Warner Bros., 1940). Only return the topic.
Alan Hale Sr.'s acting career and filmography