Creighton Hale
Acting • Born 1888-05-24 – Died 1965-08-09
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.
Filmography
204 credits
The Male Animal
Movie • 1942
Reporter (uncredited)
The Romance of Elaine
Movie • 1915
Walter Jameson
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Movie • 1947
Second Tout (uncredited)
The Hidden Hand
Movie • 1942
The Coroner (uncredited)
Seven Footprints to Satan
Movie • 1929
Jim
Hollywood Trouble
Movie • 1935
The Mine with the Iron Door
Movie • 1924
St. Jimmy
Step Lively, Jeeves!
Movie • 1937
Reporter (uncredited)
Mary of the Movies
Movie • 1923
The Boy
A Fool There Was
Movie • 1915
Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Movie • 1939
Reporter
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Movie • 1932
Wedding Supervisor
Becky Sharp
Movie • 1935
British Officer (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc.
Movie • 1942
Mr. Carmichael
Seven Days
Movie • 1925
Jim Wilson
Take the High Ground!
Movie • 1953
Army Doctor (uncredited)
The Cat and the Canary
Movie • 1927
Paul Jones
Helldorado
Movie • 1935
Newspaper Reporter
The Marriage Circle
Movie • 1924
Dr. Gustav Mueller
Strange Lady in Town
Movie • 1955
Card Player (uncredited)
Les Miserables
Movie • 1952
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Movie • 1941
Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)
Under Your Spell
Movie • 1936
Bailiff (uncredited)
The Great Divide
Movie • 1929
Edgar Blossom
Winning Your Wings
Movie • 1942
Uncle Ed (uncredited)
Should Men Walk Home?
Movie • 1927
The Gentleman Crook
Humoresque
Movie • 1947
Concert Spectator (uncredited)
The Millionaire Kid
Movie • 1936
Thomas Neville
Bullet Scars
Movie • 1942
Judd, the druggist
Cry Wolf
Movie • 1947
Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)
The Masquerader
Movie • 1933
Bobby Blessington
Why Girls Say No
Movie • 1927
Becky's Boyfriend
The Iron Claw
Movie • 1916
Davey
Name the Man
Movie • 1924
Alick Gell
Grief Street
Movie • 1931
Play Co-star
Casablanca
Movie • 1943
Customer (uncredited)
Westbound
Movie • 1959
Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
The Old Homestead
Movie • 1915
Reuben Whitcomb
Riley of the Rainbow Division
Movie • 1928
Riley
The Taint
Movie • 1914
Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son
One Last Fling
Movie • 1949
Gus
Fascination
Movie • 1922
Carlos de Lisa (her brother)
The Woman the Germans Shot
Movie • 1918
Frank Brooks
Orphans of the Storm
Movie • 1921
Picard
How to Educate a Wife
Movie • 1924
Billy Breese
My Love Came Back
Movie • 1940
Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited)
Broken Hearts of Broadway
Movie • 1923
An Outcast
The Shadow on the Wall
Movie • 1925
George Walters
Uncertain Glory
Movie • 1944
Way Down East
Movie • 1920
Professor Sterling
The Circle
Movie • 1925
Arnold Cheney
Backfire
Movie • 1950
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Wine of Youth
Movie • 1924
Richard (1897 prologue
Midnight Taxi
Movie • 1937
G-Man
One More Spring
Movie • 1935
36 Hours to Kill
Movie • 1936
Ticket Agent
Custer's Last Stand
Movie • 1936
Hank
The Enforcer
Movie • 1951
George White's Scandals
Movie • 1934
Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)
Men Without Names
Movie • 1935
Groom
On Your Toes
Movie • 1939
First Stage Manager
Life with Father
Movie • 1947
Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Movie • 1939
Draftsman (uncredited)
A Child is Born
Movie • 1939
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
Movie • 1939
Man in Sheriff's Office
Indianapolis Speedway
Movie • 1939
Racetrack Official
Kid Nightingale
Movie • 1939
Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited)
The Return of Doctor X
Movie • 1939
Hotel Manager
Dust Be My Destiny
Movie • 1939
Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
Movie • 1939
Customer (uncredited)
Johnny Belinda
Movie • 1948
Bailiff (uncredited)
A Child for Sale
Movie • 1920
Charles Stoddard
School's Out
Movie • 1930
Jack Crabtree
The Idol Dancer
Movie • 1920
Walter Kincaid
The Maltese Falcon
Movie • 1941
Stenographer (uncredited)
Hollywood Boulevard
Movie • 1936
Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar
International Settlement
Movie • 1938
Clerk
Big Ears
Movie • 1931
Wheezer's father
One Wild Night
Movie • 1938
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Crime by Night
Movie • 1944
Horace Grayson (uncredited)
Calling Philo Vance
Movie • 1940
Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Movie • 1939
Hotel Desk Clerk
Brother Orchid
Movie • 1940
Reporter #3 (uncredited)
The Thirteenth Chair
Movie • 1919
Willy Grosby
Sensation Hunters
Movie • 1933
Fred Barrett
Just a Cute Kid
Movie • 1940
Desk Clerk
The Thin Man
Movie • 1934
Reporter (uncredited)
Million Dollar Haul
Movie • 1935
Curley Chandler
King of the Lumberjacks
Movie • 1940
Cashier (uncredited)
Annie Laurie
Movie • 1927
Donald
Santa Fe Trail
Movie • 1940
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Sergeant York
Movie • 1941
Associated Press Man (uncredited)
Beyond the Forest
Movie • 1949
Townsman with Glasses
Sunset Boulevard
Movie • 1950
Creighton Hale (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
Movie • 1940
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Saturday's Children
Movie • 1940
Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
Movie • 1942
Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
One Million B.C.
Movie • 1940
Shell Person
East of the River
Movie • 1940
Casino Floor Man (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American
Movie • 1940
Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair
Movie • 1940
Reporter Eddie (uncredited)
Father Is A Prince
Movie • 1940
Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited)
The Spirit of St. Louis
Movie • 1957
Man Driving Car (uncredited)
The Great Mr. Nobody
Movie • 1941
Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
Movie • 1944
Casey (uncredited)
Gambling Lady
Movie • 1934
Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Life Begins at Forty
Movie • 1935
Drug Clerk
Love and Learn
Movie • 1947
Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)
The Cowboy Quarterback
Movie • 1939
Broadcaster
Bad Men of Missouri
Movie • 1941
Bank Representative
Free Wheeling
Movie • 1932
Dickie's Father
The Verdict
Movie • 1946
Reporter
The Mysterious Doctor
Movie • 1943
Luke
Humoresque
Movie • 1947
Professor (uncredited)
Big Town Girl
Movie • 1937
Desk Man
Spy Ship
Movie • 1942
Reporter
Steel Against the Sky
Movie • 1941
Jim (uncredited)
Tear Gas Squad
Movie • 1940
Announcer
The Screen Director
Movie • 1951
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
Movie • 1941
Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)
The Bill of Rights
Movie • 1939
New York Congressman
The Midnight Message
Movie • 1926
Billy Dodd
Action in the North Atlantic
Movie • 1943
Sparks (uncredited)
Murder in the Big House
Movie • 1942
Ritter - Warden's Secretary
A Fugitive from Justice
Movie • 1940
Reporter at Train Station (uncredited)
On Dress Parade
Movie • 1939
Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Movie • 1943
Dr. Carter
Slapsie Maxie's
Movie • 1939
Reporter (uncredited)
Three Strangers
Movie • 1946
Man in Pub (uncredited)
Snow White
Movie • 1916
Prince Florimon
So You Want to Play the Horses
Movie • 1946
Cashier (uncredited)
Beverly of Graustark
Movie • 1926
Prince Oscar
A Damsel in Distress
Movie • 1919
George Bevan
Mrs. Slacker
Movie • 1918
Robert Gibbs
Sisters of Eve
Movie • 1928
Leonard Tavernake
The House of Shame
Movie • 1928
Harvey Baremore
The Bridge of Sighs
Movie • 1925
Billy Craig
This Woman
Movie • 1924
Bobby Bleedon
Homicide
Movie • 1949
Glorietta Desk Clerk
The Fountainhead
Movie • 1949
Court Clerk (uncredited)
The Great Jewel Robber
Movie • 1950
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Always Together
Movie • 1947
Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)
Highway West
Movie • 1941
Waiter (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Movie • 1934
Wedding Guest
Money and the Woman
Movie • 1940
Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited)
Trilby
Movie • 1923
Little Billee
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Movie • 1941
Radio Man (uncredited)
Tea- With a Kick!
Movie • 1923
Art Binger
Serenade
Movie • 1956
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
Movie • 1941
Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)
Rose-Marie
Movie • 1928
Etienne Doray
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Movie • 1954
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
The Seven Pearls
Movie • 1917
Harry Drake
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
Movie • 1947
Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)
The Stain
Movie • 1914
Office Clerk
The Exploits of Elaine
Movie • 1914
Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6)
Goodbye, My Fancy
Movie • 1951
Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)
The Million Dollar Mystery
Movie • 1914
Gang Member
So You're Going to Be a Father
Movie • 1947
Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)
Here Comes Happiness
Movie • 1941
Headline Printer (uncredited)
Hollywood Wonderland
Movie • 1947
Man Taking Tour (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Gambler
Movie • 1948
Blackjack Player (uncredited)
So You Want an Apartment
Movie • 1948
Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Movie • 1943
Engineer (uncredited)
The New Exploits of Elaine
Movie • 1915
Walter Jameson
The Story of Mankind
Movie • 1957
Heavenly Judge
Exchange of Wives
Movie • 1925
Victor Moran
Footsteps in the Dark
Movie • 1941
Mr. Harlan (uncredited)
Oh Boy!
Movie • 1919
George Budd
Oh, Baby!
Movie • 1926
You Can't Escape Forever
Movie • 1942
Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)
Holiday
Movie • 1930
Pete Hedges
One Hour Married
Movie • 1927
Fighter Squadron
Movie • 1948
Cockney (uncredited)
Night Unto Night
Movie • 1949
Out of the Fog
Movie • 1941
The Perils of Pauline
Movie • 1947
Marcelled Leading Man
The Gorilla Man
Movie • 1943
Constable Fletcher
One Foot in Heaven
Movie • 1941
Church Usher (uncredited)
Fort Worth
Movie • 1951
Railroad Backer (uncredited)
The Love Cheat
Movie • 1919
Henry Calvin
Wages for Wives
Movie • 1925
Danny Kester
Her Majesty
Movie • 1922
Ted Harper
Charity
Movie • 1916
Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother)
Nora Prentiss
Movie • 1947
Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)
Forbidden Love
Movie • 1921
Harold Van Zandt
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
Movie • 1919
Conrad Le Brett
The Black Circle
Movie • 1919
Andrew MacTavish Ferguson
So You Want to Be Popular
Movie • 1949
Waiter at Party
So You Want to Be a Cowboy
Movie • 1951
Movie Patron
So You Want to Learn to Dance
Movie • 1953
Barber
His Bonded Wife
Movie • 1918
Philip Hazard
Possessed
Movie • 1947
Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)
Come Fill the Cup
Movie • 1951
Newspaperman (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
Movie • 1957
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
On Moonlight Bay
Movie • 1951
Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)
The Strawberry Blonde
Movie • 1941
Secretary (uncredited)
A Poor Girl's Romance
Movie • 1926
Wellington Kingston
Riders Up
Movie • 1924
Johnny aka Information Kid
What's Your Racket
Movie • 1934
Chief
Find the Witness
Movie • 1937
Bell Captain
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Movie • 1954
Concierge's Husband (uncredited)
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV • 1952
Carson
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Townsman (uncredited)