Creighton Hale
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Creighton Hale (24 May 1888 — 9 August 1965) was an Irish-American theatre, film, and television actor whose career extended more than a half-century, from the early 1900s to the end of the 1950s.
Born Patrick Fitzgerald in County Cork, Ireland, he was educated in Dublin and London, and later attended Ardingly College in Sussex. He immigrated to America in his early twenties, traveling with a troupe of actors. While starring in Charles Frohman's Broadway production of Indian Summer, Hale was spotted by a representative of the Pathe Film Company. He eventually became known professionally as Creighton Hale, although the derivation of those names remains unknown. His first movie was The Exploits of Elaine in 1914. He starred in hit films such as Way Down East, Orphans of the Storm, and The Cat and the Canary.
When talkies came about, his career declined. He made several appearances in Hal Roach's Our Gang series (School's Out, Big Ears, Free Wheeling), and also played unbilled bits in major talking films such as Larceny, Inc., The Maltese Falcon, and Casablanca.
He died in the Los Angeles County city of South Pasadena and was buried at Duncans Mills Cemetery in Northern California.
Movies
Westbound
Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
The Story of Mankind
Heavenly Judge
The Helen Morgan Story
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
The Spirit of St. Louis
Man Driving Car (uncredited)
Serenade
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
Strange Lady in Town
Card Player (uncredited)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Take the High Ground!
Army Doctor (uncredited)
So You Want to Learn to Dance
Barber
Les Miserables
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Come Fill the Cup
Newspaperman (uncredited)
On Moonlight Bay
Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)
Fort Worth
Railroad Backer (uncredited)
Goodbye, My Fancy
Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Cowboy
Movie Patron
The Screen Director
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
The Enforcer
Sunset Boulevard
Creighton Hale (uncredited)
The Great Jewel Robber
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Backfire
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Beyond the Forest
Townsman with Glasses
One Last Fling
Gus
The Fountainhead
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Night Unto Night
Homicide
Glorietta Desk Clerk
So You Want to Be Popular
Waiter at Party
Fighter Squadron
Cockney (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
Bailiff (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Gambler
Blackjack Player (uncredited)
So You Want an Apartment
Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
Always Together
Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)
Life with Father
Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)
Cry Wolf
Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)
Hollywood Wonderland
Man Taking Tour (uncredited)
The Perils of Pauline
Marcelled Leading Man
Possessed
Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)
So You're Going to Be a Father
Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)
Love and Learn
Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Second Tout (uncredited)
Nora Prentiss
Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)
Humoresque
Concert Spectator (uncredited)
The Verdict
Reporter
So You Want to Play the Horses
Cashier (uncredited)
Three Strangers
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Crime by Night
Horace Grayson (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
Casey (uncredited)
Uncertain Glory
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Dr. Carter
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Engineer (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
Sparks (uncredited)
The Mysterious Doctor
Luke
The Gorilla Man
Constable Fletcher
Casablanca
Customer (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
The Hidden Hand
The Coroner (uncredited)
You Can't Escape Forever
Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)
Spy Ship
Reporter
Winning Your Wings
Uncle Ed (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc.
Mr. Carmichael
Murder in the Big House
Ritter - Warden's Secretary
The Male Animal
Reporter (uncredited)
Bullet Scars
Judd, the druggist
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Radio Man (uncredited)
Steel Against the Sky
Jim (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
Church Usher (uncredited)
The Maltese Falcon
Stenographer (uncredited)
Sergeant York
Associated Press Man (uncredited)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)
Highway West
Waiter (uncredited)
Bad Men of Missouri
Bank Representative
Out of the Fog
Here Comes Happiness
Headline Printer (uncredited)
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)
Footsteps in the Dark
Mr. Harlan (uncredited)
The Strawberry Blonde
Secretary (uncredited)
The Great Mr. Nobody
Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair
Reporter Eddie (uncredited)
Father Is A Prince
Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited)
East of the River
Casino Floor Man (uncredited)
Just a Cute Kid
Desk Clerk
Knute Rockne All American
Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)
Money and the Woman
Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited)
My Love Came Back
Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
A Fugitive from Justice
Reporter at Train Station (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
Reporter #3 (uncredited)
Saturday's Children
Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)
Tear Gas Squad
Announcer
King of the Lumberjacks
Cashier (uncredited)
One Million B.C.
Shell Person
Calling Philo Vance
Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
A Child Is Born
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
The Return of Doctor X
Hotel Manager
On Dress Parade
Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited)
Kid Nightingale
Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
Customer (uncredited)
On Your Toes
First Stage Manager
Dust Be My Destiny
Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)
Slapsie Maxie's
Reporter (uncredited)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Reporter
The Bill of Rights
New York Congressman
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Hotel Desk Clerk
Indianapolis Speedway
Racetrack Official
The Cowboy Quarterback
Broadcaster
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
Man in Sheriff's Office
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Draftsman (uncredited)
One Wild Night
Bank Teller (uncredited)
International Settlement
Clerk
Big Town Girl
Desk Man
Step Lively, Jeeves!
Reporter (uncredited)
Midnight Taxi
G-Man
Under Your Spell
Bailiff (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar
36 Hours to Kill
Ticket Agent
The Millionaire Kid
Thomas Neville
Custer's Last Stand
Hank
Men Without Names
Groom
Becky Sharp
British Officer (uncredited)
Million Dollar Haul
Curley Chandler
Life Begins at Forty
Drug Clerk
One More Spring
Helldorado
Newspaper Reporter
Hollywood Trouble
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Wedding Guest
The Thin Man
Reporter (uncredited)
George White's Scandals
Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)
Gambling Lady
Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
The Masquerader
Bobby Blessington
Sensation Hunters
Fred Barrett
Free Wheeling
Dickie's Father
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Wedding Supervisor
Grief Street
Play Co-star
Big Ears
Wheezer's father
School's Out
Jack Crabtree
Holiday
Pete Hedges
The Great Divide
Edgar Blossom
Seven Footprints to Satan
Jim
The House of Shame
Harvey Baremore
Sisters of Eve
Leonard Tavernake
Riley of the Rainbow Division
Riley
Rose-Marie
Etienne Doray
The Cat and the Canary
Paul Jones
Annie Laurie
Donald
One Hour Married
Why Girls Say No
Becky's Boyfriend
Should Men Walk Home?
The Gentleman Crook
Oh, Baby!
The Midnight Message
Billy Dodd
A Poor Girl's Romance
Wellington Kingston
Beverly of Graustark
Prince Oscar
Wages for Wives
Danny Kester
Exchange of Wives
Victor Moran
The Circle
Arnold Cheney
Seven Days
Jim Wilson
The Shadow on the Wall
George Walters
The Bridge of Sighs
Billy Craig
This Woman
Bobby Bleedon
The Mine with the Iron Door
St. Jimmy
Wine of Youth
Richard (1897 prologue
Riders Up
Johnny aka Information Kid
How to Educate a Wife
Billy Breese
The Marriage Circle
Dr. Gustav Mueller
Name the Man
Alick Gell
Tea- With a Kick!
Art Binger
Trilby
Little Billee
Broken Hearts of Broadway
An Outcast
Mary of the Movies
The Boy
Her Majesty
Ted Harper
Fascination
Carlos de Lisa (her brother)
Orphans of the Storm
Picard
Forbidden Love
Harold Van Zandt
Way Down East
Professor Sterling
A Child for Sale
Charles Stoddard
The Idol Dancer
Walter Kincaid
The Black Circle
Andrew MacTavish Ferguson
A Damsel in Distress
George Bevan
The Love Cheat
Henry Calvin
The Thirteenth Chair
Willy Grosby
Oh Boy!
George Budd
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
Conrad Le Brett
The Woman the Germans Shot
Frank Brooks
His Bonded Wife
Philip Hazard
Mrs. Slacker
Robert Gibbs
The Seven Pearls
Harry Drake
Snow White
Prince Florimon
Charity
Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother)
The Iron Claw
Davey
The Old Homestead
Reuben Whitcomb
The Romance of Elaine
Walter Jameson
The New Exploits of Elaine
Walter Jameson
A Fool There Was
Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)
The Exploits of Elaine
Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6)
The Taint
Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son
The Stain
Office Clerk
The Million Dollar Mystery
Gang Member
