Creighton Hale
From Wikipedia Creighton Hale (24 May 1882 — 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 at age 83 and was buried at Duncans Mills Cemetery in Northern California
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- Born:
- May 24, 1882 In County Cork, Ireland
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 176
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Million Dollar Mystery 1914-01-02
- Latest Project:
- Movie Westbound 1959-04-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Westbound | Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited) | 1959-04-25 |
| Movie | The Spirit of St. Louis | Man Driving Car (uncredited) | 1957-04-01 |
| Movie | The Helen Morgan Story | Speakeasy Patron (uncredited) | 1957-10-02 |
| Movie | The Story of Mankind | Heavenly Judge | 1957-11-08 |
| Movie | Serenade | Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited) | 1956-03-23 |
| Movie | Strange Lady in Town | Card Player (uncredited) | 1955-04-12 |
| Movie | So You Want to Know Your Relatives | Audience Spectator (uncredited) | 1954-12-18 |
| Movie | Take the High Ground! | Army Doctor (uncredited) | 1953-10-30 |
| Movie | Les Miserables | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | 1952-08-14 |
| Movie | The Screen Director | Theatre Manager (uncredited) | 1951-03-12 |
| Movie | The Enforcer | 1951-02-24 | |
| Movie | Goodbye, My Fancy | Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited) | 1951-05-19 |
| Movie | On Moonlight Bay | Father in Silent Movie (uncredited) | 1951-07-26 |
| Movie | Fort Worth | Railroad Backer (uncredited) | 1951-07-14 |
| Movie | Come Fill the Cup | Newspaperman (uncredited) | 1951-10-24 |
| Movie | Backfire | Cab Driver (uncredited) | 1950-01-26 |
| Movie | Francis | Francis the Talking Mule (voice) (uncredited) | 1950-02-08 |
| Movie | The Great Jewel Robber | Hotel Clerk (uncredited) | 1950-07-15 |
| Movie | Sunset Boulevard | Creighton Hale (uncredited) | 1950-08-10 |
| Movie | The Younger Brothers | Hotel Clerk | 1949-05-03 |
| Movie | Night Unto Night | 1949-06-10 | |
| Movie | Homicide | Glorietta Desk Clerk | 1949-04-02 |
| Movie | One Last Fling | Gus | 1949-06-30 |
| Movie | The Fountainhead | Court Clerk (uncredited) | 1949-06-25 |
| Movie | Beyond the Forest | Townsman with Glasses | 1949-10-21 |
| Movie | So You Want to Be a Gambler | Blackjack Player (uncredited) | 1948-02-14 |
| Movie | So You Want an Apartment | Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited) | 1948-01-03 |
| Movie | Fighter Squadron | Cockney (uncredited) | 1948-11-27 |
| Movie | Johnny Belinda | Bailiff (uncredited) | 1948-09-14 |
| Movie | Love and Learn | Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited) | 1947-05-02 |
| Movie | The Two Mrs. Carrolls | Second Tout (uncredited) | 1947-03-04 |
| Movie | Stan Kenton and His Orchestra | Supper Club Waiter (uncredited) | 1947-02-06 |
| Movie | So You're Going to Be a Father | Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited) | 1947-05-10 |
| Movie | Humoresque | Concert Spectator (uncredited) | 1947-01-25 |
| Movie | Nora Prentiss | Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited) | 1947-02-22 |
| Movie | Hollywood Wonderland | Man Taking Tour (uncredited) | 1947-08-09 |
| Movie | Always Together | Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited) | 1947-12-10 |
| Movie | Life with Father | Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited) | 1947-09-13 |
| Movie | Cry Wolf | Dr. Reynolds (uncredited) | 1947-08-19 |
| Movie | Possessed | Secretary at Inquest (uncredited) | 1947-05-29 |
| Movie | The Perils of Pauline | Marcelled Leading Man | 1947-07-04 |
| Movie | Three Strangers | Man in Pub (uncredited) | 1946-01-28 |
| Movie | The Verdict | Reporter | 1946-11-23 |
| Movie | So You Want to Play the Horses | Cashier (uncredited) | 1946-10-05 |
| Movie | Mr. Skeffington | Casey (uncredited) | 1944-05-25 |
| Movie | Uncertain Glory | 1944-04-07 | |
| Movie | Crime by Night | Horace Grayson (uncredited) | 1944-09-09 |
| Movie | The Gorilla Man | Constable Fletcher | 1943-01-16 |
| Movie | Casablanca | Customer (uncredited) | 1943-01-15 |
| Movie | The Mysterious Doctor | Luke | 1943-03-03 |
| Movie | Action in the North Atlantic | Sparks (uncredited) | 1943-06-12 |
| Movie | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Engineer (uncredited) | 1943-09-25 |
| Movie | The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case | Dr. Carter | 1943-12-09 |
| Movie | Murder in the Big House | Ritter - Warden's Secretary | 1942-04-11 |
| Movie | The Male Animal | Reporter (uncredited) | 1942-03-12 |
| Movie | Bullet Scars | Judd, the druggist | 1942-03-07 |
| Movie | Larceny, Inc. | Mr. Carmichael | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | You Can't Escape Forever | Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited) | 1942-10-10 |
| Movie | Winning Your Wings | Uncle Ed (uncredited) | 1942-05-28 |
| Movie | The Hidden Hand | The Coroner (uncredited) | 1942-11-07 |
| Movie | Gentleman Jim | Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited) | 1942-11-14 |
| Movie | Spy Ship | Reporter | 1942-06-06 |
| Movie | Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos | Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited) | 1941-03-08 |
| Movie | Here Comes Happiness | Headline Printer (uncredited) | 1941-03-15 |
| Movie | Footsteps in the Dark | Mr. Harlan (uncredited) | 1941-03-08 |
| Movie | The Great Mr. Nobody | Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited) | 1941-02-15 |
| Movie | Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra | Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited) | 1941-01-04 |
| Movie | Out of the Fog | 1941-06-14 | |
| Movie | The Strawberry Blonde | Secretary (uncredited) | 1941-02-21 |
| Movie | Steel Against the Sky | Jim (uncredited) | 1941-12-13 |
| Movie | One Foot in Heaven | Church Usher (uncredited) | 1941-11-01 |
| Movie | Bad Men of Missouri | Bank Representative | 1941-07-26 |
| Movie | The Maltese Falcon | Stenographer (uncredited) | 1941-10-18 |
| Movie | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Radio Man (uncredited) | 1941-12-24 |
| Movie | Sergeant York | Associated Press Man (uncredited) | 1941-09-27 |
| Movie | Highway West | Waiter (uncredited) | 1941-08-07 |
| Movie | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited) | 1941-09-20 |
| Movie | All This, and Heaven Too | Ship's Officer (uncredited) | 1940-07-05 |
| Movie | A Fugitive from Justice | Reporter at Train Station (uncredited) | 1940-06-15 |
| Movie | Saturday's Children | Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited) | 1940-05-04 |
| Movie | One Million B.C. | Shell Person | 1940-04-05 |
| Movie | Calling Philo Vance | Du Bois - Fingerprint Man | 1940-02-03 |
| Movie | King of the Lumberjacks | Cashier (uncredited) | 1940-04-13 |
| Movie | Tear Gas Squad | Announcer | 1940-05-04 |
| Movie | Brother Orchid | Reporter #3 (uncredited) | 1940-06-07 |
| Movie | Father Is A Prince | Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited) | 1940-11-18 |
| Movie | Lady with Red Hair | Reporter Eddie (uncredited) | 1940-11-30 |
| Movie | My Love Came Back | Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited) | 1940-07-13 |
| Movie | East of the River | Casino Floor Man (uncredited) | 1940-11-09 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Telegraph Operator (uncredited) | 1940-12-20 |
| Movie | Money and the Woman | Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited) | 1940-08-17 |
| Movie | Knute Rockne All American | Callahan's Secretary (uncredited) | 1940-10-05 |
| Movie | Just a Cute Kid | Desk Clerk | 1940-10-05 |
| Movie | The Bill of Rights | New York Congressman | 1939-08-19 |
| Movie | Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase | Reporter | 1939-09-09 |
| Movie | Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1939-08-12 |
| Movie | Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter | Man in Sheriff's Office | 1939-06-17 |
| Movie | Slapsie Maxie's | Reporter (uncredited) | 1939-09-16 |
| Movie | The Cowboy Quarterback | Broadcaster | 1939-07-29 |
| Movie | Indianapolis Speedway | Racetrack Official | 1939-08-05 |
| Movie | Confessions of a Nazi Spy | Draftsman (uncredited) | 1939-05-06 |
| Movie | The Return of Doctor X | Hotel Manager | 1939-11-23 |
| Movie | Dust Be My Destiny | Nick's Second Customer (uncredited) | 1939-09-16 |
| Movie | On Dress Parade | Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited) | 1939-11-18 |
| Movie | A Child Is Born | Elevator Operator (uncredited) | 1939-12-07 |
| Movie | On Your Toes | First Stage Manager | 1939-10-14 |
| Movie | The Roaring Twenties | Customer (uncredited) | 1939-10-28 |
| Movie | Kid Nightingale | Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited) | 1939-11-04 |
| Movie | International Settlement | Clerk | 1938-02-04 |
| Movie | One Wild Night | Bank Teller (uncredited) | 1938-06-02 |
| Movie | Midnight Taxi | G-Man | 1937-04-04 |
| Movie | Step Lively, Jeeves! | Reporter (uncredited) | 1937-06-30 |
| Movie | Big Town Girl | Desk Man | 1937-12-03 |
| Movie | The Millionaire Kid | Thomas Neville | 1936-03-13 |
| Movie | Custer's Last Stand | Hank | 1936-01-02 |
| Movie | 36 Hours to Kill | Ticket Agent | 1936-07-24 |
| Movie | Hollywood Boulevard | Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar | 1936-08-20 |
| Movie | Under Your Spell | Bailiff (uncredited) | 1936-11-06 |
| Movie | One More Spring | 1935-02-15 | |
| Movie | Life Begins at Forty | Drug Clerk | 1935-03-22 |
| Movie | Hollywood Trouble | 1935-01-01 | |
| Movie | Million Dollar Haul | Curley Chandler | 1935-04-02 |
| Movie | Men Without Names | Groom | 1935-06-29 |
| Movie | Becky Sharp | British Officer (uncredited) | 1935-06-28 |
| Movie | Gambling Lady | Funeral Attendee (uncredited) | 1934-03-08 |
| Movie | George White's Scandals | Theatre Treasurer (uncredited) | 1934-03-15 |
| Movie | The Thin Man | Reporter (uncredited) | 1934-05-25 |
| Movie | Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | Wedding Guest | 1934-08-15 |
| Movie | Sensation Hunters | Fred Barrett | 1933-08-30 |
| Movie | The Masquerader | Bobby Blessington | 1933-09-03 |
| Movie | The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Wedding Supervisor | 1932-02-03 |
| Movie | Free Wheeling | Dickie's Father | 1932-09-30 |
| Movie | Grief Street | Play Co-star | 1931-10-01 |
| Movie | Holiday | Pete Hedges | 1930-07-03 |
| Movie | School's Out | Jack Crabtree | 1930-11-21 |
| Movie | Seven Footprints to Satan | Jim | 1929-01-27 |
| Movie | The Great Divide | Edgar Blossom | 1929-09-15 |
| Movie | Rose-Marie | Etienne Doray | 1928-02-11 |
| Movie | Riley of the Rainbow Division | Riley | 1928-07-15 |
| Movie | The House of Shame | Harvey Baremore | 1928-10-01 |
| Movie | Should Men Walk Home? | The Gentleman Crook | 1927-01-29 |
| Movie | Why Girls Say No | Becky's Boyfriend | 1927-02-21 |
| Movie | Annie Laurie | Donald | 1927-05-10 |
| Movie | The Cat and the Canary | Paul Jones | 1927-08-20 |
| Movie | Beverly of Graustark | Prince Oscar | 1926-04-18 |
| Movie | The Midnight Message | Billy Dodd | 1926-07-19 |
| Movie | The Circle | Arnold Cheney | 1925-09-22 |
| Movie | Name the Man | Alick Gell | 1924-01-27 |
| Movie | The Marriage Circle | Dr. Gustav Mueller | 1924-02-10 |
| Movie | Wine of Youth | Richard (1897 prologue | 1924-09-15 |
| Movie | How to Educate a Wife | Billy Breese | 1924-05-01 |
| Movie | Mary of the Movies | The Boy | 1923-05-27 |
| Movie | Broken Hearts of Broadway | An Outcast | 1923-07-01 |
| Movie | Trilby | Little Billee | 1923-07-29 |
| Movie | Tea- With a Kick! | Art Binger | 1923-08-26 |
| Movie | Fascination | Carlos de Lisa (her brother) | 1922-04-09 |
| Movie | Forbidden Love | Harold Van Zandt | 1921-07-17 |
| Movie | Orphans of the Storm | Picard | 1921-12-28 |
| Movie | The Idol Dancer | Walter Kincaid | 1920-03-21 |
| Movie | A Child for Sale | Charles Stoddard | 1920-04-01 |
| Movie | Way Down East | Professor Sterling | 1920-09-03 |
| Movie | The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns | Conrad Le Brett | 1919-01-01 |
| Movie | The Thirteenth Chair | Willy Grosby | 1919-08-23 |
| Movie | Oh Boy! | George Budd | 1919-06-22 |
| Movie | A Damsel in Distress | George Bevan | 1919-10-12 |
| Movie | The Black Circle | Andrew MacTavish Ferguson | 1919-10-20 |
| Movie | The Woman the Germans Shot | Frank Brooks | 1918-10-27 |
| Movie | Charity | Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother) | 1916-10-01 |
| Movie | The Iron Claw | Davey | 1916-02-28 |
| Movie | Snow White | Prince Florimon | 1916-12-24 |
| Movie | The New Exploits of Elaine | Walter Jameson | 1915-04-05 |
| Movie | A Fool There Was | Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited) | 1915-01-12 |
| Movie | The Romance of Elaine | Walter Jameson | 1915-06-14 |
| Movie | The Million Dollar Mystery | Gang Member | 1914-01-02 |
| Movie | The Exploits of Elaine | Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6) | 1914-12-29 |
| Movie | The Taint | Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son | 1914-11-01 |