Creighton Hale
- Acting
- May 24, 1888 · County Cork, Ireland
- August 9, 1965
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Filmography
- 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)
- Cheyenne · Townsman (uncredited)
- Strange Lady in Town · Card Player (uncredited)
- So You Want to Know Your Relatives · Audience Spectator (uncredited)
- Phantom of the Rue Morgue · Concierge's Husband (uncredited)
- Take the High Ground! · Army Doctor (uncredited)
- So You Want to Learn to Dance · Barber
- The Abbott and Costello Show · Carson
- 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), Professor (uncredited)
- The Verdict · Reporter (uncredited)
- 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)
- Watch on the Rhine · Chauffeur (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)