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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:
161
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 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 Enforcer 1951-02-24
Movie The Screen Director Theatre Manager (uncredited) 1951-03-12
Movie Goodbye, My Fancy Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited) 1951-05-19
Movie On Moonlight Bay 1951-07-26
Movie Backfire 1950-01-26
Movie Francis Francis the Talking Mule (voice) (uncredited) 1950-02-08
Movie Sunset Boulevard Creighton Hale (uncredited) 1950-08-10
Movie The Great Jewel Robber Hotel Clerk (uncredited) 1950-07-15
Movie Homicide Glorietta Desk Clerk 1949-04-02
Movie The Younger Brothers Hotel Clerk 1949-05-03
Movie Night Unto Night 1949-06-10
Movie Beyond the Forest Townsman with Glasses 1949-10-21
Movie One Last Fling Gus 1949-06-30
Movie The Fountainhead Court Clerk (uncredited) 1949-06-25
Movie So You Want an Apartment Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited) 1948-01-03
Movie So You Want to Be a Gambler Blackjack Player (uncredited) 1948-02-14
Movie Johnny Belinda Bailiff (uncredited) 1948-09-14
Movie Fighter Squadron Cockney (uncredited) 1948-11-27
Movie Love and Learn Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited) 1947-05-02
Movie The Two Mrs. Carrolls Second Tout (uncredited) 1947-03-04
Movie Humoresque Concert Spectator (uncredited) 1947-01-25
Movie So You're Going to Be a Father Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited) 1947-05-10
Movie Cry Wolf Dr. Reynolds (uncredited) 1947-08-19
Movie Always Together Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited) 1947-12-10
Movie The Perils of Pauline Marcelled Leading Man 1947-07-04
Movie Life with Father Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited) 1947-09-13
Movie Hollywood Wonderland Man Taking Tour (uncredited) 1947-08-09
Movie Three Strangers Man in Pub 1946-01-28
Movie So You Want to Play the Horses Cashier (uncredited) 1946-10-05
Movie The Verdict Reporter 1946-11-23
Movie Uncertain Glory 1944-04-07
Movie Crime by Night Horace Grayson (uncredited) 1944-09-09
Movie Mr. Skeffington Casey (uncredited) 1944-05-25
Movie Casablanca Customer (uncredited) 1943-01-15
Movie The Mysterious Doctor Luke 1943-03-03
Movie The Gorilla Man Constable Fletcher 1943-01-16
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 Winning Your Wings Uncle Ed (uncredited) 1942-05-28
Movie Gentleman Jim Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited) 1942-11-14
Movie You Can't Escape Forever Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited) 1942-10-10
Movie The Hidden Hand The Coroner (uncredited) 1942-11-07
Movie Spy Ship Reporter 1942-06-06
Movie Here Comes Happiness Headline Printer (uncredited) 1941-03-15
Movie Out of the Fog 1941-06-14
Movie Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited) 1941-03-08
Movie The Strawberry Blonde Secretary (uncredited) 1941-02-21
Movie The Great Mr. Nobody Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited) 1941-02-15
Movie Bad Men of Missouri Bank Representative 1941-07-26
Movie Footsteps in the Dark Mr. Harlan (uncredited) 1941-03-08
Movie One Foot in Heaven Church Usher (uncredited) 1941-11-01
Movie The Man Who Came to Dinner Radio Man (uncredited) 1941-12-24
Movie Highway West Waiter (uncredited) 1941-08-07
Movie The Maltese Falcon Stenographer (uncredited) 1941-10-18
Movie Steel Against the Sky Jim (uncredited) 1941-12-13
Movie Sergeant York Associated Press Man (uncredited) 1941-09-27
Movie Nine Lives Are Not Enough Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited) 1941-09-20
Movie Brother Orchid Reporter #3 (uncredited) 1940-06-07
Movie A Fugitive from Justice Reporter at Train Station (uncredited) 1940-06-15
Movie All This, and Heaven Too Ship's Officer (uncredited) 1940-07-05
Movie Calling Philo Vance Du Bois - Fingerprint Man 1940-02-03
Movie One Million B.C. Shell Person 1940-04-05
Movie King of the Lumberjacks Cashier (uncredited) 1940-04-13
Movie Tear Gas Squad Announcer 1940-05-04
Movie Saturday's Children Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited) 1940-05-04
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 Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite Hotel Desk Clerk 1939-08-12
Movie Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase Reporter 1939-09-09
Movie The Bill of Rights New York Congressman 1939-08-19
Movie Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter Man in Sheriff's Office 1939-06-17
Movie Slapsie Maxie's Reporter (uncredited) 1939-09-16
Movie Confessions of a Nazi Spy Draftsman (uncredited) 1939-05-06
Movie The Cowboy Quarterback Broadcaster 1939-07-29
Movie Indianapolis Speedway Racetrack Official 1939-08-05
Movie A Child Is Born Elevator Operator (uncredited) 1939-12-07
Movie Dust Be My Destiny Nick's Second Customer (uncredited) 1939-09-16
Movie The Return of Doctor X Hotel Manager 1939-11-23
Movie On Dress Parade Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited) 1939-11-18
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 Step Lively, Jeeves! Reporter (uncredited) 1937-06-30
Movie Midnight Taxi G-Man 1937-04-04
Movie Big Town Girl Desk Man 1937-12-03
Movie Custer's Last Stand Hank 1936-01-02
Movie 36 Hours to Kill Ticket Agent 1936-07-24
Movie The Millionaire Kid Thomas Neville 1936-03-13
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 Hollywood Trouble 1935-01-01
Movie Life Begins at Forty Drug Clerk 1935-03-22
Movie Men Without Names Groom 1935-06-29
Movie Million Dollar Haul Curley Chandler 1935-04-02
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 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 1927-09-09
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 The Marriage Circle Dr. Gustav Mueller 1924-02-10
Movie Name the Man Alick Gell 1924-01-27
Movie How to Educate a Wife Billy Breese 1924-05-01
Movie Wine of Youth Richard (1897 prologue 1924-09-15
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 Eduardo de Lisa (her father) 1922-04-09
Movie Orphans of the Storm Picard 1921-12-28
Movie A Child for Sale Charles Stoddard 1920-04-01
Movie The Idol Dancer Walter Kincaid 1920-03-21
Movie Way Down East Professor Sterling 1920-09-03
Movie Oh Boy! George Budd 1919-06-22
Movie The Thirteenth Chair Willy Grosby 1919-08-23
Movie A Damsel in Distress 1919-10-12
Movie The Woman the Germans Shot Frank Brooks 1918-10-27
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 Million Dollar Mystery Gang Member 1914-01-02
Movie The Taint Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son 1914-11-01