Creighton Hale
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-05-24
Day of Death
1965-08-09 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
County Cork, Ireland
Creighton Hale
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
Acting
(1959)
Westbound
as Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
(1957)
The Story of Mankind
as Heavenly Judge
(1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Man Driving Car (uncredited)
(1956)
Serenade
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
(1955)
Strange Lady in Town
as Card Player (uncredited)
(1954)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
(1953)
Take the High Ground!
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
(1953)
So You Want to Learn to Dance
as Barber
(1952)
Les Miserables
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
(1951)
(1951)
Fort Worth
as Railroad Backer (uncredited)
(1951)
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)
(1951)
(1951)
The Screen Director
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
(1951)
So You Want to Be a Cowboy
as Movie Patron
(1950)
Sunset Boulevard
as Creighton Hale (uncredited)
(1950)
The Great Jewel Robber
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
(1950)
Backfire
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
(1949)
The Fountainhead
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
(1949)
Beyond the Forest
as Townsman with Glasses
(1949)
(1949)
Homicide
as Glorietta Desk Clerk
(1949)
One Last Fling
as Gus
(1949)
So You Want to Be Popular
as Waiter at Party
(1948)
Fighter Squadron
as Cockney (uncredited)
(1948)
Johnny Belinda
as Bailiff (uncredited)
(1948)
So You Want an Apartment
as Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
(1948)
So You Want to Be a Gambler
as Blackjack Player (uncredited)
(1947)
The Perils of Pauline
as Marcelled Leading Man
(1947)
Hollywood Wonderland
as Man Taking Tour (uncredited)
(1947)
Life with Father
as Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)
(1947)
Cry Wolf
as Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)
(1947)
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
as Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)
(1947)
Always Together
as Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)
(1947)
Love and Learn
as Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)
(1947)
Nora Prentiss
as Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)
(1947)
Possessed
as Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)
(1947)
Humoresque
as Concert Spectator (uncredited)
(1947)
Humoresque
as Professor (uncredited)
(1947)
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
as Second Tout (uncredited)
(1947)
So You're Going to Be a Father
as Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)
(1946)
The Verdict
as Reporter
(1946)
Three Strangers
as Man in Pub (uncredited)
(1946)
So You Want to Play the Horses
as Cashier (uncredited)
(1944)
(1944)
Crime by Night
as Horace Grayson (uncredited)
(1944)
Mr. Skeffington
as Casey (uncredited)
(1943)
Casablanca
as Customer (uncredited)
(1943)
The Gorilla Man
as Constable Fletcher
(1943)
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
as Dr. Carter
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Engineer (uncredited)
(1943)
Action in the North Atlantic
as Sparks (uncredited)
(1943)
The Mysterious Doctor
as Luke
(1942)
The Hidden Hand
as The Coroner (uncredited)
(1942)
The Male Animal
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1942)
Gentleman Jim
as Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
(1942)
Murder in the Big House
as Ritter - Warden's Secretary
(1942)
Bullet Scars
as Judd, the druggist
(1942)
Larceny, Inc.
as Mr. Carmichael
(1942)
Winning Your Wings
as Uncle Ed (uncredited)
(1942)
You Can't Escape Forever
as Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)
(1942)
Spy Ship
as Reporter
(1941)
Steel Against the Sky
as Jim (uncredited)
(1941)
The Maltese Falcon
as Stenographer (uncredited)
(1941)
Sergeant York
as Associated Press Man (uncredited)
(1941)
Here Comes Happiness
as Headline Printer (uncredited)
(1941)
The Great Mr. Nobody
as Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Church Usher (uncredited)
(1941)
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
as Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)
(1941)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)
(1941)
(1941)
Highway West
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1941)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Radio Man (uncredited)
(1941)
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
as Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)
(1941)
Bad Men of Missouri
as Bank Representative
(1941)
Footsteps in the Dark
as Mr. Harlan (uncredited)
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
(1940)
East of the River
as Casino Floor Man (uncredited)
(1940)
Saturday's Children
as Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)
(1940)
Calling Philo Vance
as Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
(1940)
One Million B.C.
as Shell Person
(1940)
Lady with Red Hair
as Reporter Eddie (uncredited)
(1940)
Brother Orchid
as Reporter #3 (uncredited)
(1940)
A Fugitive from Justice
as Reporter at Train Station (uncredited)
(1940)
Money and the Woman
as Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited)
(1940)
King of the Lumberjacks
as Cashier (uncredited)
(1940)
My Love Came Back
as Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited)
(1940)
Father Is A Prince
as Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited)
(1940)
All This, and Heaven Too
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
(1940)
Just a Cute Kid
as Desk Clerk
(1940)
Knute Rockne All American
as Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)
(1940)
Tear Gas Squad
as Announcer
(1939)
The Cowboy Quarterback
as Broadcaster
(1939)
The Roaring Twenties
as Customer (uncredited)
(1939)
Indianapolis Speedway
as Racetrack Official
(1939)
The Return of Doctor X
as Hotel Manager
(1939)
Kid Nightingale
as Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited)
(1939)
The Bill of Rights
as New York Congressman
(1939)
Dust Be My Destiny
as Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)
(1939)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
as Reporter
(1939)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Draftsman (uncredited)
(1939)
A Child Is Born
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1939)
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
as Man in Sheriff's Office
(1939)
On Your Toes
as First Stage Manager
(1939)
On Dress Parade
as Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited)
(1939)
Slapsie Maxie's
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1939)
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
as Hotel Desk Clerk
(1938)
International Settlement
as Clerk
(1938)
One Wild Night
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
(1937)
Midnight Taxi
as G-Man
(1937)
Step Lively, Jeeves!
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1937)
Big Town Girl
as Desk Man
(1936)
Custer's Last Stand
as Hank
(1936)
Hollywood Boulevard
as Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar
(1936)
36 Hours to Kill
as Ticket Agent
(1936)
The Millionaire Kid
as Thomas Neville
(1936)
Under Your Spell
as Bailiff (uncredited)
(1935)
Life Begins at Forty
as Drug Clerk
(1935)
Becky Sharp
as British Officer (uncredited)
(1935)
(1935)
Men Without Names
as Groom
(1935)
(1935)
Helldorado
as Newspaper Reporter
(1935)
Million Dollar Haul
as Curley Chandler
(1934)
George White's Scandals
as Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)
(1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Wedding Guest
(1934)
The Thin Man
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1934)
Gambling Lady
as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
(1933)
The Masquerader
as Bobby Blessington
(1933)
Sensation Hunters
as Fred Barrett
(1932)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Wedding Supervisor
(1932)
Free Wheeling
as Dickie's Father
(1931)
Grief Street
as Play Co-star
(1931)
Big Ears
as Wheezer's father
(1930)
Holiday
as Pete Hedges
(1930)
School's Out
as Jack Crabtree
(1929)
The Great Divide
as Edgar Blossom
(1929)
(1928)
The House of Shame
as Harvey Baremore
(1928)
Rose-Marie
as Etienne Doray
(1928)
Riley of the Rainbow Division
as Riley
(1928)
Sisters of Eve
as Leonard Tavernake
(1927)
The Cat and the Canary
as Paul Jones
(1927)
Annie Laurie
as Donald
(1927)
Should Men Walk Home?
as The Gentleman Crook
(1927)
(1927)
Why Girls Say No
as Becky's Boyfriend
(1926)
The Midnight Message
as Billy Dodd
(1926)
Beverly of Graustark
as Prince Oscar
(1926)
(1925)
The Bridge of Sighs
as Billy Craig
(1925)
Seven Days
as Jim Wilson
(1925)
The Circle
as Arnold Cheney
(1925)
Wages for Wives
as Danny Kester
(1925)
Exchange of Wives
as Victor Moran
(1925)
The Shadow on the Wall
as George Walters
(1924)
The Marriage Circle
as Dr. Gustav Mueller
(1924)
Wine of Youth
as Richard (1897 prologue
(1924)
How to Educate a Wife
as Billy Breese
(1924)
The Mine with the Iron Door
as St. Jimmy
(1924)
Name the Man
as Alick Gell
(1924)
This Woman
as Bobby Bleedon
(1923)
Mary of the Movies
as The Boy
(1923)
Tea- With a Kick!
as Art Binger
(1923)
Broken Hearts of Broadway
as An Outcast
(1923)
Trilby
as Little Billee
(1922)
Fascination
as Carlos de Lisa (her brother)
(1922)
Her Majesty
as Ted Harper
(1921)
Orphans of the Storm
as Picard
(1921)
Forbidden Love
as Harold Van Zandt
(1920)
Way Down East
as Professor Sterling
(1920)
The Idol Dancer
as Walter Kincaid
(1920)
A Child for Sale
as Charles Stoddard
(1919)
Oh Boy!
as George Budd
(1919)
The Black Circle
as Andrew MacTavish Ferguson
(1919)
The Love Cheat
as Henry Calvin
(1919)
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
as Conrad Le Brett
(1919)
The Thirteenth Chair
as Willy Grosby
(1919)
A Damsel in Distress
as George Bevan
(1918)
The Woman the Germans Shot
as Frank Brooks
(1918)
His Bonded Wife
as Philip Hazard
(1918)
Mrs. Slacker
as Robert Gibbs
(1917)
The Seven Pearls
as Harry Drake
(1916)
Snow White
as Prince Florimon
(1916)
Charity
as Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother)
(1916)
The Iron Claw
as Davey
(1915)
The New Exploits of Elaine
as Walter Jameson
(1915)
The Old Homestead
as Reuben Whitcomb
(1915)
A Fool There Was
as Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)
(1915)
The Romance of Elaine
as Walter Jameson
(1914)
The Exploits of Elaine
as Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6)
(1914)
The Million Dollar Mystery
as Gang Member
(1914)
The Taint
as Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son
(1914)
The Stain
as Office Clerk