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.
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Movies (48)
Westbound
as Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
1959
The Story of Mankind
as Heavenly Judge
1957
The Helen Morgan Story
as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Man Driving Car (uncredited)
1957
Serenade
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
1956
Strange Lady in Town
as Card Player (uncredited)
1955
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
1954
Take the High Ground!
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
1953
So You Want to Learn to Dance
as Barber
1953
Les Miserables
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1952
Come Fill the Cup
as Newspaperman (uncredited)
1951
On Moonlight Bay
as Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)
1951
Fort Worth
as Railroad Backer (uncredited)
1951
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)
1951
So You Want to Be a Cowboy
as Movie Patron
1951
The Screen Director
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1951
The Enforcer
1951
Sunset Boulevard
as Creighton Hale (uncredited)
1950
The Great Jewel Robber
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1950
Backfire
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1950
Beyond the Forest
as Townsman with Glasses
1949
One Last Fling
as Gus
1949
The Fountainhead
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
1949
Night Unto Night
1949
Homicide
as Glorietta Desk Clerk
1949
So You Want to Be Popular
as Waiter at Party
1949
Fighter Squadron
as Cockney (uncredited)
1948
Johnny Belinda
as Bailiff (uncredited)
1948
So You Want to Be a Gambler
as Blackjack Player (uncredited)
1948
So You Want an Apartment
as Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
1948
Always Together
as Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)
1947
Life with Father
as Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)
1947
Cry Wolf
as Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)
1947
Hollywood Wonderland
as Man Taking Tour (uncredited)
1947
The Perils of Pauline
as Marcelled Leading Man
1947
Possessed
as Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)
1947
So You're Going to Be a Father
as Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)
1947
Love and Learn
as Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)
1947
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
as Second Tout (uncredited)
1947
Nora Prentiss
as Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)
1947
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
as Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)
1947
Humoresque
as Concert Spectator (uncredited)
1947
The Verdict
as Reporter
1946
So You Want to Play the Horses
as Cashier (uncredited)
1946
Three Strangers
as Man in Pub (uncredited)
1946
Crime by Night
as Horace Grayson (uncredited)
1944
Mr. Skeffington
as Casey (uncredited)
1944
Uncertain Glory
1944
