Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale

Known for
Acting
Born
May 24, 1888
Died
August 9, 1965 (aged 77)
Birthplace
County Cork, Ireland

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

Filmography

1959
Westbound poster

Westbound

Movie · as Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)

1957
The Spirit of St. Louis poster

The Spirit of St. Louis

Movie · as Man Driving Car (uncredited)

1957
The Story of Mankind poster

The Story of Mankind

Movie · as Heavenly Judge

1957
The Helen Morgan Story poster

The Helen Morgan Story

Movie · as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)

1956
Serenade poster

Serenade

Movie · as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

1955
Strange Lady in Town poster

Strange Lady in Town

Movie · as Card Player (uncredited)

1955
Cheyenne poster

Cheyenne

TV · as Townsman (uncredited) · 1 ep

1954
So You Want to Know Your Relatives

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

Movie · as Audience Spectator (uncredited)

1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue poster

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

Movie · as Concierge's Husband (uncredited)

1953
Take the High Ground! poster

Take the High Ground!

Movie · as Army Doctor (uncredited)

1953
So You Want to Learn to Dance

So You Want to Learn to Dance

Movie · as Barber

1952
Les Miserables poster

Les Miserables

Movie · as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1952
The Abbott and Costello Show poster

The Abbott and Costello Show

TV · as Carson · 1 ep

1951
The Enforcer poster

The Enforcer

Movie

1951
The Screen Director poster

The Screen Director

Movie · as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

1951
Goodbye, My Fancy poster

Goodbye, My Fancy

Movie · as Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)

1951
Fort Worth poster

Fort Worth

Movie · as Railroad Backer (uncredited)

1951
So You Want to Be a Cowboy

So You Want to Be a Cowboy

Movie · as Movie Patron

1951
Come Fill the Cup poster

Come Fill the Cup

Movie · as Newspaperman (uncredited)

1951
On Moonlight Bay poster

On Moonlight Bay

Movie · as Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)

1950
Backfire poster

Backfire

Movie · as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1950
Sunset Boulevard poster

Sunset Boulevard

Movie · as Creighton Hale (uncredited)

1950
The Great Jewel Robber poster

The Great Jewel Robber

Movie · as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

1949
One Last Fling poster

One Last Fling

Movie · as Gus

1949
Beyond the Forest poster

Beyond the Forest

Movie · as Townsman with Glasses

1949
Homicide poster

Homicide

Movie · as Glorietta Desk Clerk

1949
The Fountainhead poster

The Fountainhead

Movie · as Court Clerk (uncredited)

1949
Night Unto Night poster

Night Unto Night

Movie

1949
So You Want to Be Popular

So You Want to Be Popular

Movie · as Waiter at Party

1948
Johnny Belinda poster

Johnny Belinda

Movie · as Bailiff (uncredited)

1948
So You Want to Be a Gambler poster

So You Want to Be a Gambler

Movie · as Blackjack Player (uncredited)

1948
So You Want an Apartment

So You Want an Apartment

Movie · as Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)

1948
Fighter Squadron poster

Fighter Squadron

Movie · as Cockney (uncredited)

1947
The Two Mrs. Carrolls poster

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

Movie · as Second Tout (uncredited)

1947
Humoresque poster

Humoresque

Movie · as Concert Spectator (uncredited), Professor (uncredited)

1947
Cry Wolf poster

Cry Wolf

Movie · as Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)

1947
Life with Father poster

Life with Father

Movie · as Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)

1947
Love and Learn poster

Love and Learn

Movie · as Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)

1947
Always Together poster

Always Together

Movie · as Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)

1947
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

Movie · as Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)

1947
So You're Going to Be a Father poster

So You're Going to Be a Father

Movie · as Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)

1947
Hollywood Wonderland poster

Hollywood Wonderland

Movie · as Man Taking Tour (uncredited)

1947
The Perils of Pauline poster

The Perils of Pauline

Movie · as Marcelled Leading Man

1947
Nora Prentiss poster

Nora Prentiss

Movie · as Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)

1947
Possessed poster

Possessed

Movie · as Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)

1946
The Verdict poster

The Verdict

Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

1946
Three Strangers poster

Three Strangers

Movie · as Man in Pub (uncredited)

1946
So You Want to Play the Horses

So You Want to Play the Horses

Movie · as Cashier (uncredited)

1944
Uncertain Glory poster

Uncertain Glory

Movie

1944
Crime by Night poster

Crime by Night

Movie · as Horace Grayson (uncredited)

1944
Mr. Skeffington poster

Mr. Skeffington

Movie · as Casey (uncredited)

1943
Casablanca poster

Casablanca

Movie · as Customer (uncredited)

1943
The Mysterious Doctor poster

The Mysterious Doctor

Movie · as Luke

1943
Action in the North Atlantic poster

Action in the North Atlantic

Movie · as Sparks (uncredited)

1943
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case poster

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

Movie · as Dr. Carter

1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars poster

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Movie · as Engineer (uncredited)

1943
The Gorilla Man poster

The Gorilla Man

Movie · as Constable Fletcher

1943
Watch on the Rhine poster

Watch on the Rhine

Movie · as Chauffeur (uncredited)

1942
The Male Animal poster

The Male Animal

Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

1942
The Hidden Hand poster

The Hidden Hand

Movie · as The Coroner (uncredited)

1942
Larceny, Inc. poster

Larceny, Inc.

Movie · as Mr. Carmichael

1942
Winning Your Wings poster

Winning Your Wings

Movie · as Uncle Ed (uncredited)

1942
Bullet Scars poster

Bullet Scars

Movie · as Judd, the druggist

1942
Gentleman Jim poster

Gentleman Jim

Movie · as Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)

1942
Spy Ship poster

Spy Ship

Movie · as Reporter

1942
Murder in the Big House poster

Murder in the Big House

Movie · as Ritter - Warden's Secretary

1942
You Can't Escape Forever poster

You Can't Escape Forever

Movie · as Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)

1942
The Gay Sisters poster

The Gay Sisters

Movie · as Mourner/Courtroom Sketch Artist (uncredited)

1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough poster

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

Movie · as Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)

1941
The Maltese Falcon poster

The Maltese Falcon

Movie · as Stenographer (uncredited)

1941
Sergeant York poster

Sergeant York

Movie · as Associated Press Man (uncredited)

1941
The Great Mr. Nobody poster

The Great Mr. Nobody

Movie · as Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)

1941
Bad Men of Missouri poster

Bad Men of Missouri

Movie · as Bank Representative

1941
Steel Against the Sky poster

Steel Against the Sky

Movie · as Jim (uncredited)

1941
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos poster

Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos

Movie · as Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)

1941
Highway West poster

Highway West

Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner poster

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Movie · as Radio Man (uncredited)

1941
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra poster

Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra

Movie · as Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)

1941
Here Comes Happiness poster

Here Comes Happiness

Movie · as Headline Printer (uncredited)

1941
Footsteps in the Dark poster

Footsteps in the Dark

Movie · as Mr. Harlan (uncredited)

1941
Out of the Fog poster

Out of the Fog

Movie

1941
One Foot in Heaven poster

One Foot in Heaven

Movie · as Church Usher (uncredited)

1941
The Strawberry Blonde poster

The Strawberry Blonde

Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)

1940
My Love Came Back poster

My Love Came Back

Movie · as Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited)

1940
Calling Philo Vance poster

Calling Philo Vance

Movie · as Du Bois - Fingerprint Man

1940
Brother Orchid poster

Brother Orchid

Movie · as Reporter #3 (uncredited)

1940
Just a Cute Kid poster

Just a Cute Kid

Movie · as Desk Clerk

1940
King of the Lumberjacks poster

King of the Lumberjacks

Movie · as Cashier (uncredited)

1940
Santa Fe Trail poster

Santa Fe Trail

Movie · as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

1940
All This, and Heaven Too poster

All This, and Heaven Too

Movie · as Ship's Officer (uncredited)

1940
Saturday's Children poster

Saturday's Children

Movie · as Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)

1940
One Million B.C. poster

One Million B.C.

Movie · as Shell Person

1940
East of the River poster

East of the River

Movie · as Casino Floor Man (uncredited)

1940
Knute Rockne All American poster

Knute Rockne All American

Movie · as Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)

1940
Lady with Red Hair poster

Lady with Red Hair

Movie · as Reporter Eddie (uncredited)

1940
Father Is A Prince poster

Father Is A Prince

Movie · as Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited)

1940
Tear Gas Squad poster

Tear Gas Squad

Movie · as Announcer

1940
A Fugitive from Justice poster

A Fugitive from Justice

Movie · as Reporter at Train Station (uncredited)

1940
Money and the Woman poster

Money and the Woman

Movie · as Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited)

1939
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase poster

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

Movie · as Reporter

1939
On Your Toes poster

On Your Toes

Movie · as First Stage Manager

1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy poster

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Movie · as Draftsman (uncredited)

1939
A Child is Born poster

A Child is Born

Movie · as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1939
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter poster

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter

Movie · as Man in Sheriff's Office

1939
Indianapolis Speedway poster

Indianapolis Speedway

Movie · as Racetrack Official

1939
Kid Nightingale poster

Kid Nightingale

Movie · as Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited)

1939
The Return of Doctor X poster

The Return of Doctor X

Movie · as Hotel Manager

1939
Dust Be My Destiny poster

Dust Be My Destiny

Movie · as Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)

1939
The Roaring Twenties poster

The Roaring Twenties

Movie · as Customer (uncredited)

1939
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite poster

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

Movie · as Hotel Desk Clerk

1939
The Cowboy Quarterback poster

The Cowboy Quarterback

Movie · as Broadcaster

1939
The Bill of Rights poster

The Bill of Rights

Movie · as New York Congressman

1939
On Dress Parade poster

On Dress Parade

Movie · as Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited)

1939
Slapsie Maxie's poster

Slapsie Maxie's

Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

1938
International Settlement poster

International Settlement

Movie · as Clerk

1938
One Wild Night poster

One Wild Night

Movie · as Bank Teller (uncredited)

1938
The Duke of West Point poster

The Duke of West Point

Movie · as Captain

1937
Step Lively, Jeeves! poster

Step Lively, Jeeves!

Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

1937
Midnight Taxi poster

Midnight Taxi

Movie · as G-Man

1937
Big Town Girl poster

Big Town Girl

Movie · as Desk Man

1937
Find the Witness poster

Find the Witness

Movie · as Bell Captain

1936
Under Your Spell poster

Under Your Spell

Movie · as Bailiff (uncredited)

1936
The Millionaire Kid poster

The Millionaire Kid

Movie · as Thomas Neville

1936
36 Hours to Kill poster

36 Hours to Kill

Movie · as Ticket Agent

1936
Custer's Last Stand poster

Custer's Last Stand

Movie · as Hank

1936
Hollywood Boulevard poster

Hollywood Boulevard

Movie · as Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar

1935
Hollywood Trouble

Hollywood Trouble

Movie

1935
Becky Sharp poster

Becky Sharp

Movie · as British Officer (uncredited)

1935
Helldorado poster

Helldorado

Movie · as Newspaper Reporter

1935
One More Spring poster

One More Spring

Movie

1935
Men Without Names poster

Men Without Names

Movie · as Groom

1935
Million Dollar Haul poster

Million Dollar Haul

Movie · as Curley Chandler

1935
Life Begins at Forty poster

Life Begins at Forty

Movie · as Drug Clerk

1934
George White's Scandals poster

George White's Scandals

Movie · as Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)

1934
The Thin Man poster

The Thin Man

Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

1934
Gambling Lady poster

Gambling Lady

Movie · as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)

1934
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back poster

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Movie · as Wedding Guest

1934
What's Your Racket poster

What's Your Racket

Movie · as Chief

1933
The Masquerader poster

The Masquerader

Movie · as Bobby Blessington

1933
Sensation Hunters poster

Sensation Hunters

Movie · as Fred Barrett

1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them poster

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

Movie · as Wedding Supervisor

1932
Free Wheeling poster

Free Wheeling

Movie · as Dickie's Father

1931
Grief Street poster

Grief Street

Movie · as Play Co-star

1931
Big Ears poster

Big Ears

Movie · as Wheezer's father

1930
School's Out poster

School's Out

Movie · as Jack Crabtree

1930
Holiday poster

Holiday

Movie · as Pete Hedges

1929
Seven Footprints to Satan poster

Seven Footprints to Satan

Movie · as Jim Kirkham

1929
The Great Divide poster

The Great Divide

Movie · as Edgar Blossom

1928
Riley of the Rainbow Division poster

Riley of the Rainbow Division

Movie · as Riley

1928
Sisters of Eve

Sisters of Eve

Movie · as Leonard Tavernake

1928
The House of Shame poster

The House of Shame

Movie · as Harvey Baremore

1928
Rose-Marie poster

Rose-Marie

Movie · as Etienne Doray

1927
The Cat and the Canary poster

The Cat and the Canary

Movie · as Paul Jones

1927
Should Men Walk Home? poster

Should Men Walk Home?

Movie · as The Gentleman Crook

1927
Why Girls Say No poster

Why Girls Say No

Movie · as Becky's Boyfriend

1927
Annie Laurie poster

Annie Laurie

Movie · as Donald

1927
One Hour Married poster

One Hour Married

Movie

1926
The Midnight Message poster

The Midnight Message

Movie · as Billy Dodd

1926
Beverly of Graustark poster

Beverly of Graustark

Movie · as Prince Oscar

1926
Oh, Baby! poster

Oh, Baby!

Movie

1926
A Poor Girl's Romance poster

A Poor Girl's Romance

Movie · as Wellington Kingston

1925
Seven Days

Seven Days

Movie · as Jim Wilson

1925
The Shadow on the Wall poster

The Shadow on the Wall

Movie · as George Walters

1925
The Circle poster

The Circle

Movie · as Arnold Cheney

1925
The Bridge of Sighs poster

The Bridge of Sighs

Movie · as Billy Craig

1925
Exchange of Wives

Exchange of Wives

Movie · as Victor Moran

1925
Wages for Wives poster

Wages for Wives

Movie · as Danny Kester

1925
Time, the Comedian poster

Time, the Comedian

Movie · as Tom Cautley

1924
The Mine with the Iron Door poster

The Mine with the Iron Door

Movie · as St. Jimmy

1924
The Marriage Circle poster

The Marriage Circle

Movie · as Dr. Gustav Mueller

1924
Name the Man poster

Name the Man

Movie · as Alick Gell

1924
How to Educate a Wife poster

How to Educate a Wife

Movie · as Billy Breese

1924
Wine of Youth poster

Wine of Youth

Movie · as Richard (1897 prologue

1924
This Woman poster

This Woman

Movie · as Bobby Bleedon

1924
Riders Up poster

Riders Up

Movie · as Johnny aka Information Kid

1923
Mary of the Movies poster

Mary of the Movies

Movie · as The Boy

1923
Broken Hearts of Broadway poster

Broken Hearts of Broadway

Movie · as An Outcast

1923
Trilby poster

Trilby

Movie · as Little Billee

1923
Tea- With a Kick! poster

Tea- With a Kick!

Movie · as Art Binger

1922
Fascination poster

Fascination

Movie · as Carlos de Lisa (her brother)

1922
Her Majesty poster

Her Majesty

Movie · as Ted Harper

1921
Orphans of the Storm poster

Orphans of the Storm

Movie · as Picard

1921
Forbidden Love poster

Forbidden Love

Movie · as Harold Van Zandt

1920
Way Down East poster

Way Down East

Movie · as Professor Sterling

1920
A Child for Sale poster

A Child for Sale

Movie · as Charles Stoddard

1920
The Idol Dancer poster

The Idol Dancer

Movie · as Walter Kincaid

1919
The Thirteenth Chair poster

The Thirteenth Chair

Movie · as Willy Grosby

1919
A Damsel in Distress poster

A Damsel in Distress

Movie · as George Bevan

1919
Oh Boy! poster

Oh Boy!

Movie · as George Budd

1919
The Love Cheat poster

The Love Cheat

Movie · as Henry Calvin

1919
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns poster

The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns

Movie · as Conrad Le Brett

1919
The Black Circle poster

The Black Circle

Movie · as Andrew MacTavish Ferguson

1918
The Woman the Germans Shot poster

The Woman the Germans Shot

Movie · as Frank Brooks

1918
Mrs. Slacker poster

Mrs. Slacker

Movie · as Robert Gibbs

1918
His Bonded Wife

His Bonded Wife

Movie · as Philip Hazard

1917
The Seven Pearls poster

The Seven Pearls

Movie · as Harry Drake

1916
The Iron Claw poster

The Iron Claw

Movie · as Davey

1916
Snow White poster

Snow White

Movie · as Prince Florimon

1916
Charity poster

Charity

Movie · as Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother)

1915
The Romance of Elaine poster

The Romance of Elaine

Movie · as Walter Jameson

1915
A Fool There Was poster

A Fool There Was

Movie · as Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)

1915
The Old Homestead

The Old Homestead

Movie · as Reuben Whitcomb

1915
The New Exploits of Elaine poster

The New Exploits of Elaine

Movie · as Walter Jameson

1914
The Taint

The Taint

Movie · as Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son

1914
The Stain poster

The Stain

Movie · as Office Clerk

1914
The Exploits of Elaine poster

The Exploits of Elaine

Movie · as Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6)

1914
The Million Dollar Mystery poster

The Million Dollar Mystery

Movie · as Gang Member