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