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