
Creighton Hale
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 24 May 1888 · County Cork, Ireland
- Died
- 9 August 1965
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
Acting 204
- 1959Westbound as Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
- 1957The Story of Mankind as Heavenly Judge
- 1957The Helen Morgan Story as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
- 1957The Spirit of St. Louis as Man Driving Car (uncredited)
- 1956Serenade as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 1955Strange Lady in Town as Card Player (uncredited)
- 1954So You Want to Know Your Relatives as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
- 1954Phantom of the Rue Morgue as Concierge's Husband (uncredited)
- 1953Take the High Ground! as Army Doctor (uncredited)
- 1953So You Want to Learn to Dance as Barber
- 1952Les Miserables as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1951Come Fill the Cup as Newspaperman (uncredited)
- 1951On Moonlight Bay as Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)
- 1951Fort Worth as Railroad Backer (uncredited)
- 1951Goodbye, My Fancy as Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)
- 1951So You Want to Be a Cowboy as Movie Patron
- 1951The Screen Director as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
- 1951The Enforcer
- 1950Sunset Boulevard as Creighton Hale (uncredited)
- 1950The Great Jewel Robber as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1950Backfire as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1949Beyond the Forest as Townsman with Glasses
- 1949One Last Fling as Gus
- 1949The Fountainhead as Court Clerk (uncredited)
- 1949Night Unto Night
- 1949Homicide as Glorietta Desk Clerk
- 1949So You Want to Be Popular as Waiter at Party
- 1948Fighter Squadron as Cockney (uncredited)
- 1948Johnny Belinda as Bailiff (uncredited)
- 1948So You Want to Be a Gambler as Blackjack Player (uncredited)
- 1948So You Want an Apartment as Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
- 1947Always Together as Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)
- 1947Life with Father as Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)
- 1947Cry Wolf as Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)
- 1947Hollywood Wonderland as Man Taking Tour (uncredited)
- 1947The Perils of Pauline as Marcelled Leading Man
- 1947Possessed as Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)
- 1947So You're Going to Be a Father as Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)
- 1947Love and Learn as Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)
- 1947The Two Mrs. Carrolls as Second Tout (uncredited)
- 1947Nora Prentiss as Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)
- 1947Stan Kenton and His Orchestra as Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)
- 1947Humoresque as Concert Spectator (uncredited)
- 1946The Verdict as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1946So You Want to Play the Horses as Cashier (uncredited)
- 1946Three Strangers as Man in Pub (uncredited)
- 1944Crime by Night as Horace Grayson (uncredited)
- 1944Mr. Skeffington as Casey (uncredited)
- 1944Uncertain Glory
- 1943The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case as Dr. Carter
- 1943Thank Your Lucky Stars as Engineer (uncredited)
- 1943Watch on the Rhine as Chauffeur (uncredited)
- 1943Action in the North Atlantic as Sparks (uncredited)
- 1943The Mysterious Doctor as Luke
- 1943The Gorilla Man as Constable Fletcher
- 1943Casablanca as Customer (uncredited)
- 1942Gentleman Jim as Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- 1942The Hidden Hand as The Coroner (uncredited)
- 1942You Can't Escape Forever as Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)
- 1942Spy Ship as Reporter
- 1942Winning Your Wings as Uncle Ed (uncredited)
- 1942Larceny, Inc. as Mr. Carmichael
- 1942Murder in the Big House as Ritter - Warden's Secretary
- 1942The Male Animal as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1942Bullet Scars as Judd, the druggist
- 1941The Man Who Came to Dinner as Radio Man (uncredited)
- 1941Steel Against the Sky as Jim (uncredited)
- 1941One Foot in Heaven as Church Usher (uncredited)
- 1941The Maltese Falcon as Stenographer (uncredited)
- 1941Sergeant York as Associated Press Man (uncredited)
- 1941Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)
- 1941Highway West as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1941Bad Men of Missouri as Bank Representative
- 1941Out of the Fog
- 1941Here Comes Happiness as Headline Printer (uncredited)
- 1941Footsteps in the Dark as Mr. Harlan (uncredited)
- 1941Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos as Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)
- 1941The Strawberry Blonde as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1941The Great Mr. Nobody as Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
- 1941Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra as Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)
- 1940Santa Fe Trail as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
- 1940Lady with Red Hair as Reporter Eddie (uncredited)
- 1940Father Is A Prince as Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited)
- 1940East of the River as Casino Floor Man (uncredited)
- 1940Knute Rockne All American as Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)
- 1940Just a Cute Kid as Desk Clerk
- 1940Money and the Woman as Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited)
- 1940My Love Came Back as Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited)
- 1940All This, and Heaven Too as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
- 1940A Fugitive from Justice as Reporter at Train Station (uncredited)
- 1940Brother Orchid as Reporter #3 (uncredited)
- 1940Tear Gas Squad as Announcer
- 1940Saturday's Children as Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)
- 1940King of the Lumberjacks as Cashier (uncredited)
- 1940One Million B.C. as Shell Person
- 1940Calling Philo Vance as Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
- 1939A Child is Born as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- 1939The Return of Doctor X as Hotel Manager
- 1939On Dress Parade as Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited)
- 1939Kid Nightingale as Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited)
- 1939The Roaring Twenties as Customer (uncredited)
- 1939On Your Toes as First Stage Manager
- 1939Slapsie Maxie's as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1939Dust Be My Destiny as Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)
- 1939Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase as Reporter
- 1939The Bill of Rights as New York Congressman
- 1939Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite as Hotel Desk Clerk
- 1939Indianapolis Speedway as Racetrack Official
- 1939The Cowboy Quarterback as Broadcaster
- 1939Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter as Man in Sheriff's Office
- 1939Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Draftsman (uncredited)
- 1938The Duke of West Point as Captain
- 1938One Wild Night as Bank Teller (uncredited)
- 1938International Settlement as Clerk
- 1937Big Town Girl as Desk Man
- 1937Step Lively, Jeeves! as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1937Midnight Taxi as G-Man
- 1937Find the Witness as Bell Captain
- 1936Under Your Spell as Bailiff (uncredited)
- 1936Hollywood Boulevard as Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar
- 193636 Hours to Kill as Ticket Agent
- 1936The Millionaire Kid as Thomas Neville
- 1936Custer's Last Stand as Hank
- 1935Men Without Names as Groom
- 1935Becky Sharp as British Officer (uncredited)
- 1935Million Dollar Haul as Curley Chandler
- 1935Life Begins at Forty as Drug Clerk
- 1935One More Spring
- 1935Helldorado as Newspaper Reporter
- 1935Hollywood Trouble
- 1934Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as Wedding Guest
- 1934The Thin Man as Reporter (uncredited)
- 1934George White's Scandals as Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)
- 1934Gambling Lady as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
- 1934What's Your Racket as Chief
- 1933The Masquerader as Bobby Blessington
- 1933Sensation Hunters as Fred Barrett
- 1932Free Wheeling as Dickie's Father
- 1932The Greeks Had a Word for Them as Wedding Supervisor
- 1931Grief Street as Play Co-star
- 1931Big Ears as Wheezer's father
- 1930School's Out as Jack Crabtree
- 1930Holiday as Pete Hedges
- 1929The Great Divide as Edgar Blossom
- 1929Seven Footprints to Satan as Jim
- 1928The House of Shame as Harvey Baremore
- 1928Sisters of Eve as Leonard Tavernake
- 1928Riley of the Rainbow Division as Riley
- 1928Rose-Marie as Etienne Doray
- 1927The Cat and the Canary as Paul Jones
- 1927Annie Laurie as Donald
- 1927One Hour Married
- 1927Why Girls Say No as Becky's Boyfriend
- 1927Should Men Walk Home? as The Gentleman Crook
- 1926Oh, Baby!
- 1926The Midnight Message as Billy Dodd
- 1926A Poor Girl's Romance as Wellington Kingston
- 1926Beverly of Graustark as Prince Oscar
- 1925Wages for Wives as Danny Kester
- 1925Time, the Comedian as Tom Cautley
- 1925Exchange of Wives as Victor Moran
- 1925The Circle as Arnold Cheney
- 1925Seven Days as Jim Wilson
- 1925The Bridge of Sighs as Billy Craig
- 1925The Shadow on the Wall as George Walters
- 1924This Woman as Bobby Bleedon
- 1924The Mine with the Iron Door as St. Jimmy
- 1924Wine of Youth as Richard (1897 prologue
- 1924Riders Up as Johnny aka Information Kid
- 1924How to Educate a Wife as Billy Breese
- 1924The Marriage Circle as Dr. Gustav Mueller
- 1924Name the Man as Alick Gell
- 1923Tea- With a Kick! as Art Binger
- 1923Trilby as Little Billee
- 1923Broken Hearts of Broadway as An Outcast
- 1923Mary of the Movies as The Boy
- 1922Her Majesty as Ted Harper
- 1922Fascination as Carlos de Lisa (her brother)
- 1921Orphans of the Storm as Picard
- 1921Forbidden Love as Harold Van Zandt
- 1920Way Down East as Professor Sterling
- 1920A Child for Sale as Charles Stoddard
- 1920The Idol Dancer as Walter Kincaid
- 1919The Black Circle as Andrew MacTavish Ferguson
- 1919A Damsel in Distress as George Bevan
- 1919The Love Cheat as Henry Calvin
- 1919The Thirteenth Chair as Willy Grosby
- 1919Oh Boy! as George Budd
- 1919The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns as Conrad Le Brett
- 1918The Woman the Germans Shot as Frank Brooks
- 1918His Bonded Wife as Philip Hazard
- 1918Mrs. Slacker as Robert Gibbs
- 1917The Seven Pearls as Harry Drake
- 1916Snow White as Prince Florimon
- 1916Charity as Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother)
- 1916The Iron Claw as Davey
- 1915The Old Homestead as Reuben Whitcomb
- 1915The Romance of Elaine as Walter Jameson
- 1915The New Exploits of Elaine as Walter Jameson
- 1915A Fool There Was as Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)
- 1914The Exploits of Elaine as Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6)
- 1914The Taint as Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son
- 1914The Stain as Office Clerk
- 1914The Million Dollar Mystery as Gang Member





