
Creighton Hale
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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
Credits

Casablanca (1943)
as Customer (uncredited)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)
as Creighton Hale (uncredited)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)
as Stenographer (uncredited)

The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
as Man Driving Car (uncredited)

Sergeant York (1941)
as Associated Press Man (uncredited)

The Thin Man (1934)
as Reporter (uncredited)

The Fountainhead (1949)
as Court Clerk (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington (1944)
as Casey (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
as Radio Man (uncredited)

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case (1943)
as Dr. Carter

Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
as Concierge's Husband (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
as Sparks (uncredited)

All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties (1939)
as Customer (uncredited)

Take the High Ground! (1953)
as Army Doctor (uncredited)

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)

The Enforcer (1951)
Actor

A Child is Born (1939)
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Knute Rockne All American (1940)
as Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)

The Story of Mankind (1957)
as Heavenly Judge

My Love Came Back (1940)
as Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited)

The Return of Doctor X (1939)
as Hotel Manager

Out of the Fog (1941)
Actor

One Million B.C. (1940)
as Shell Person

Life with Father (1947)
as Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)

Steel Against the Sky (1941)
as Jim (uncredited)

Watch on the Rhine (1943)
as Chauffeur (uncredited)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
as Draftsman (uncredited)

Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
as Engineer (uncredited)

Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
as Bank Representative

The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
as Second Tout (uncredited)

East of the River (1940)
as Casino Floor Man (uncredited)

Come Fill the Cup (1951)
as Newspaperman (uncredited)

The Cat and the Canary (1927)
as Paul Jones

King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
as Cashier (uncredited)

The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
as Wedding Supervisor

Strange Lady in Town (1955)
as Card Player (uncredited)

The Perils of Pauline (1947)
as Marcelled Leading Man

Life Begins at Forty (1935)
as Drug Clerk

Orphans of the Storm (1921)
as Picard

Fascination (1922)
as Carlos de Lisa (her brother)

Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
as Mr. Harlan (uncredited)

The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Three Strangers (1946)
as Man in Pub (uncredited)

Sensation Hunters (1933)
as Fred Barrett

Murder in the Big House (1942)
as Ritter - Warden's Secretary

Lady with Red Hair (1940)
as Reporter Eddie (uncredited)

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
as Wedding Guest

Why Girls Say No (1927)
as Becky's Boyfriend

Charity (1916)
as Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother)

The Verdict (1946)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Johnny Belinda (1948)
as Bailiff (uncredited)

On Moonlight Bay (1951)
as Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)

So You Want to Be a Gambler (1948)
as Blackjack Player (uncredited)

Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
as Jim

Fort Worth (1951)
as Railroad Backer (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses (1946)
as Cashier (uncredited)

Father Is A Prince (1940)
as Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited)

You Can't Escape Forever (1942)
as Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)

Westbound (1959)
as Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)

Les Miserables (1952)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
as Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)

Gentleman Jim (1942)
as Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)

Money and the Woman (1940)
as Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited)

Becky Sharp (1935)
as British Officer (uncredited)

A Fool There Was (1915)
as Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)
as Man in Sheriff's Office

One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Church Usher (uncredited)

Night Unto Night (1949)
Actor

36 Hours to Kill (1936)
as Ticket Agent

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite (1939)
as Hotel Desk Clerk

The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
as Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)

Free Wheeling (1932)
as Dickie's Father

Humoresque (1947)
as Concert Spectator (uncredited)

Cry Wolf (1947)
as Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)

The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
as Secretary (uncredited)

Nora Prentiss (1947)
as Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)

Tear Gas Squad (1940)
as Announcer

Uncertain Glory (1944)
Actor

Backfire (1950)
as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Brother Orchid (1940)
as Reporter #3 (uncredited)

Mary of the Movies (1923)
as The Boy

Custer's Last Stand (1936)
as Hank

The Bill of Rights (1939)
as New York Congressman

Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923)
as An Outcast

A Fugitive from Justice (1940)
as Reporter at Train Station (uncredited)

George White's Scandals (1934)
as Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)

Possessed (1947)
as Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)

Should Men Walk Home? (1927)
as The Gentleman Crook

The Male Animal (1942)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Calling Philo Vance (1940)
as Du Bois - Fingerprint Man

Larceny, Inc. (1942)
as Mr. Carmichael

Winning Your Wings (1942)
as Uncle Ed (uncredited)

The Thirteenth Chair (1919)
as Willy Grosby

Beyond the Forest (1949)
as Townsman with Glasses

Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
as Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar

Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos (1941)
as Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)

The Duke of West Point (1938)
as Captain

Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
as Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
as Reporter
So You Want to Be a Cowboy (1951)
as Movie Patron

Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
as Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)

Just a Cute Kid (1940)
as Desk Clerk

This Woman (1924)
as Bobby Bleedon

Tea- With a Kick! (1923)
as Art Binger

What's Your Racket (1934)
as Chief

How to Educate a Wife (1924)
as Billy Breese

Trilby (1923)
as Little Billee

Crime by Night (1944)
as Horace Grayson (uncredited)

Midnight Taxi (1937)
as G-Man

Gambling Lady (1934)
as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)

The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
as Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954)
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)

International Settlement (1938)
as Clerk

A Poor Girl's Romance (1926)
as Wellington Kingston

Way Down East (1920)
as Professor Sterling

Fighter Squadron (1948)
as Cockney (uncredited)

The Marriage Circle (1924)
as Dr. Gustav Mueller

The Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
as Broadcaster
So You Want to Learn to Dance (1953)
as Barber

Serenade (1956)
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

So You're Going to Be a Father (1947)
as Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)

On Dress Parade (1939)
as Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited)

Highway West (1941)
as Waiter (uncredited)

The Hidden Hand (1942)
as The Coroner (uncredited)

The Shadow on the Wall (1925)
as George Walters
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (1947)
as Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)

Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
as Racetrack Official

The Mysterious Doctor (1943)
as Luke

The Million Dollar Mystery (1914)
as Gang Member

The Bridge of Sighs (1925)
as Billy Craig

Homicide (1949)
as Glorietta Desk Clerk

The Romance of Elaine (1915)
as Walter Jameson
So You Want an Apartment (1948)
as Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)

Love and Learn (1947)
as Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)

The Mine with the Iron Door (1924)
as St. Jimmy

A Damsel in Distress (1919)
as George Bevan

The Screen Director (1951)
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Name the Man (1924)
as Alick Gell

Big Town Girl (1937)
as Desk Man

Find the Witness (1937)
as Bell Captain

Spy Ship (1942)
as Reporter

Here Comes Happiness (1941)
as Headline Printer (uncredited)

Under Your Spell (1936)
as Bailiff (uncredited)

One Wild Night (1938)
as Bank Teller (uncredited)

Riders Up (1924)
as Johnny aka Information Kid

The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns (1919)
as Conrad Le Brett

The Midnight Message (1926)
as Billy Dodd

Riley of the Rainbow Division (1928)
as Riley

One More Spring (1935)
Actor
So You Want to Be Popular (1949)
as Waiter at Party

On Your Toes (1939)
as First Stage Manager

Always Together (1947)
as Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)
The Taint (1914)
as Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son

A Child for Sale (1920)
as Charles Stoddard

Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra (1941)
as Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)

Kid Nightingale (1939)
as Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited)

Saturday's Children (1940)
as Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)

The New Exploits of Elaine (1915)
as Walter Jameson

Slapsie Maxie's (1939)
as Reporter (uncredited)

The Woman the Germans Shot (1918)
as Frank Brooks

Annie Laurie (1927)
as Donald

Wine of Youth (1924)
as Richard (1897 prologue

Bullet Scars (1942)
as Judd, the druggist

Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937)
as Reporter (uncredited)

The House of Shame (1928)
as Harvey Baremore

Holiday (1930)
as Pete Hedges

The Great Divide (1929)
as Edgar Blossom

Men Without Names (1935)
as Groom

Her Majesty (1922)
as Ted Harper

Million Dollar Haul (1935)
as Curley Chandler

School's Out (1930)
as Jack Crabtree

The Gorilla Man (1943)
as Constable Fletcher

One Last Fling (1949)
as Gus

Hollywood Wonderland (1947)
as Man Taking Tour (uncredited)

The Idol Dancer (1920)
as Walter Kincaid

The Millionaire Kid (1936)
as Thomas Neville

Time, the Comedian (1925)
as Tom Cautley
Hollywood Trouble (1935)
Actor

The Circle (1925)
as Arnold Cheney
Exchange of Wives (1925)
as Victor Moran

Beverly of Graustark (1926)
as Prince Oscar

Helldorado (1935)
as Newspaper Reporter

Rose-Marie (1928)
as Etienne Doray

Grief Street (1931)
as Play Co-star

The Love Cheat (1919)
as Henry Calvin

Wages for Wives (1925)
as Danny Kester
His Bonded Wife (1918)
as Philip Hazard

The Masquerader (1933)
as Bobby Blessington

The Seven Pearls (1917)
as Harry Drake

The Iron Claw (1916)
as Davey
Sisters of Eve (1928)
as Leonard Tavernake
The Old Homestead (1915)
as Reuben Whitcomb

Big Ears (1931)
as Wheezer's father

Mrs. Slacker (1918)
as Robert Gibbs

Snow White (1916)
as Prince Florimon

The Stain (1914)
as Office Clerk

Oh Boy! (1919)
as George Budd
Seven Days (1925)
as Jim Wilson

One Hour Married (1927)
Actor

The Black Circle (1919)
as Andrew MacTavish Ferguson

Oh, Baby! (1926)
Actor

Forbidden Love (1921)
as Harold Van Zandt





