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

Cheyenne

Casablanca

Sunset Boulevard

The Abbott and Costello Show

The Maltese Falcon

Sergeant York

Mr. Skeffington

The Fountainhead

All Movies (203)

• Westbound1959 · as Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
• The Story of Mankind1957 · as Heavenly Judge
• The Helen Morgan Story1957 · as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
• The Spirit of St. Louis1957 · as Man Driving Car (uncredited)
• Serenade1956 · as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
• Strange Lady in Town1955 · as Card Player (uncredited)
• So You Want to Know Your Relatives1954 · as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
• Phantom of the Rue Morgue1954 · as Concierge's Husband (uncredited)
• Take the High Ground!1953 · as Army Doctor (uncredited)
• So You Want to Learn to Dance1953 · as Barber
• Les Miserables1952 · as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
• Come Fill the Cup1951 · as Newspaperman (uncredited)
• On Moonlight Bay1951 · as Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)
• Fort Worth1951 · as Railroad Backer (uncredited)
• Goodbye, My Fancy1951 · as Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)
• So You Want to Be a Cowboy1951 · as Movie Patron
• The Screen Director1951 · as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
• The Enforcer1951
• Sunset Boulevard1950 · as Creighton Hale (uncredited)
• The Great Jewel Robber1950 · as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• Backfire1950 · as Cab Driver (uncredited)
• Beyond the Forest1949 · as Townsman with Glasses
• One Last Fling1949 · as Gus
• The Fountainhead1949 · as Court Clerk (uncredited)
• Night Unto Night1949
• Homicide1949 · as Glorietta Desk Clerk
• So You Want to Be Popular1949 · as Waiter at Party
• Fighter Squadron1948 · as Cockney (uncredited)
• Johnny Belinda1948 · as Bailiff (uncredited)
• So You Want to Be a Gambler1948 · as Blackjack Player (uncredited)
• So You Want an Apartment1948 · as Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
• Always Together1947 · as Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)
• Life with Father1947 · as Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)
• Cry Wolf1947 · as Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)
• Hollywood Wonderland1947 · as Man Taking Tour (uncredited)
• The Perils of Pauline1947 · as Marcelled Leading Man
• Possessed1947 · as Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)
• So You're Going to Be a Father1947 · as Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)
• Love and Learn1947 · as Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)
• The Two Mrs. Carrolls1947 · as Second Tout (uncredited)
• Nora Prentiss1947 · as Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)
• Stan Kenton and His Orchestra1947 · as Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)
• Humoresque1947 · as Concert Spectator (uncredited)
• Humoresque1947 · as Professor (uncredited)
• The Verdict1946 · as Reporter
• So You Want to Play the Horses1946 · as Cashier (uncredited)
• Three Strangers1946 · as Man in Pub (uncredited)
• Crime by Night1944 · as Horace Grayson (uncredited)
• Mr. Skeffington1944 · as Casey (uncredited)
• Uncertain Glory1944
• The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case1943 · as Dr. Carter
• Thank Your Lucky Stars1943 · as Engineer (uncredited)
• Action in the North Atlantic1943 · as Sparks (uncredited)
• The Mysterious Doctor1943 · as Luke
• The Gorilla Man1943 · as Constable Fletcher
• Casablanca1943 · as Customer (uncredited)
• Gentleman Jim1942 · as Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
• The Hidden Hand1942 · as The Coroner (uncredited)
• You Can't Escape Forever1942 · as Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)
• Spy Ship1942 · as Reporter
• Winning Your Wings1942 · as Uncle Ed (uncredited)
• Larceny, Inc.1942 · as Mr. Carmichael
• Murder in the Big House1942 · as Ritter - Warden's Secretary
• The Male Animal1942 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• Bullet Scars1942 · as Judd, the druggist
• The Man Who Came to Dinner1941 · as Radio Man (uncredited)
• Steel Against the Sky1941 · as Jim (uncredited)
• One Foot in Heaven1941 · as Church Usher (uncredited)
• The Maltese Falcon1941 · as Stenographer (uncredited)
• Sergeant York1941 · as Associated Press Man (uncredited)
• Nine Lives Are Not Enough1941 · as Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)
• Highway West1941 · as Waiter (uncredited)
• Bad Men of Missouri1941 · as Bank Representative
• Out of the Fog1941
• Here Comes Happiness1941 · as Headline Printer (uncredited)
• Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos1941 · as Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)
• Footsteps in the Dark1941 · as Mr. Harlan (uncredited)
• The Strawberry Blonde1941 · as Secretary (uncredited)
• The Great Mr. Nobody1941 · as Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
• Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra1941 · as Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)
• Santa Fe Trail1940 · as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
• Lady with Red Hair1940 · as Reporter Eddie (uncredited)
• Father Is A Prince1940 · as Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited)
• East of the River1940 · as Casino Floor Man (uncredited)
• Just a Cute Kid1940 · as Desk Clerk
• Knute Rockne All American1940 · as Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)
• Money and the Woman1940 · as Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited)
• My Love Came Back1940 · as Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited)
• All This, and Heaven Too1940 · as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
• A Fugitive from Justice1940 · as Reporter at Train Station (uncredited)
• Brother Orchid1940 · as Reporter #3 (uncredited)
• Saturday's Children1940 · as Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)
• Tear Gas Squad1940 · as Announcer
• King of the Lumberjacks1940 · as Cashier (uncredited)
• One Million B.C.1940 · as Shell Person
• Calling Philo Vance1940 · as Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
• A Child is Born1939 · as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• The Return of Doctor X1939 · as Hotel Manager
• On Dress Parade1939 · as Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited)
• Kid Nightingale1939 · as Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited)
• The Roaring Twenties1939 · as Customer (uncredited)
• On Your Toes1939 · as First Stage Manager
• Dust Be My Destiny1939 · as Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)
• Slapsie Maxie's1939 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase1939 · as Reporter
• The Bill of Rights1939 · as New York Congressman
• Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite1939 · as Hotel Desk Clerk
• Indianapolis Speedway1939 · as Racetrack Official
• The Cowboy Quarterback1939 · as Broadcaster
• Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter1939 · as Man in Sheriff's Office
• Confessions of a Nazi Spy1939 · as Draftsman (uncredited)
• One Wild Night1938 · as Bank Teller (uncredited)
• International Settlement1938 · as Clerk
• Big Town Girl1937 · as Desk Man
• Step Lively, Jeeves!1937 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• Midnight Taxi1937 · as G-Man
• Find the Witness1937 · as Bell Captain
• Under Your Spell1936 · as Bailiff (uncredited)
• Hollywood Boulevard1936 · as Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar
• 36 Hours to Kill1936 · as Ticket Agent
• The Millionaire Kid1936 · as Thomas Neville
• Custer's Last Stand1936 · as Hank
• Men Without Names1935 · as Groom
• Becky Sharp1935 · as British Officer (uncredited)
• Million Dollar Haul1935 · as Curley Chandler
• Life Begins at Forty1935 · as Drug Clerk
• One More Spring1935
• Helldorado1935 · as Newspaper Reporter
• Hollywood Trouble1935
• Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back1934 · as Wedding Guest
• The Thin Man1934 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• George White's Scandals1934 · as Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)
• Gambling Lady1934 · as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
• What's Your Racket1934 · as Chief
• The Masquerader1933 · as Bobby Blessington
• Sensation Hunters1933 · as Fred Barrett
• Free Wheeling1932 · as Dickie's Father
• The Greeks Had a Word for Them1932 · as Wedding Supervisor
• Grief Street1931 · as Play Co-star
• Big Ears1931 · as Wheezer's father
• School's Out1930 · as Jack Crabtree
• Holiday1930 · as Pete Hedges
• The Great Divide1929 · as Edgar Blossom
• Seven Footprints to Satan1929 · as Jim
• The House of Shame1928 · as Harvey Baremore
• Sisters of Eve1928 · as Leonard Tavernake
• Riley of the Rainbow Division1928 · as Riley
• Rose-Marie1928 · as Etienne Doray
• The Cat and the Canary1927 · as Paul Jones
• Annie Laurie1927 · as Donald
• One Hour Married1927
• Why Girls Say No1927 · as Becky's Boyfriend
• Should Men Walk Home?1927 · as The Gentleman Crook
• Oh, Baby!1926
• The Midnight Message1926 · as Billy Dodd
• A Poor Girl's Romance1926 · as Wellington Kingston
• Beverly of Graustark1926 · as Prince Oscar
• Wages for Wives1925 · as Danny Kester
• Time, the Comedian1925 · as Tom Cautley
• Exchange of Wives1925 · as Victor Moran
• The Circle1925 · as Arnold Cheney
• Seven Days1925 · as Jim Wilson
• The Shadow on the Wall1925 · as George Walters
• The Bridge of Sighs1925 · as Billy Craig
• This Woman1924 · as Bobby Bleedon
• The Mine with the Iron Door1924 · as St. Jimmy
• Wine of Youth1924 · as Richard (1897 prologue
• Riders Up1924 · as Johnny aka Information Kid
• How to Educate a Wife1924 · as Billy Breese
• The Marriage Circle1924 · as Dr. Gustav Mueller
• Name the Man1924 · as Alick Gell
• Tea- With a Kick!1923 · as Art Binger
• Trilby1923 · as Little Billee
• Broken Hearts of Broadway1923 · as An Outcast
• Mary of the Movies1923 · as The Boy
• Her Majesty1922 · as Ted Harper
• Fascination1922 · as Carlos de Lisa (her brother)
• Orphans of the Storm1921 · as Picard
• Forbidden Love1921 · as Harold Van Zandt
• Way Down East1920 · as Professor Sterling
• A Child for Sale1920 · as Charles Stoddard
• The Idol Dancer1920 · as Walter Kincaid
• The Black Circle1919 · as Andrew MacTavish Ferguson
• A Damsel in Distress1919 · as George Bevan
• The Love Cheat1919 · as Henry Calvin
• The Thirteenth Chair1919 · as Willy Grosby
• Oh Boy!1919 · as George Budd
• The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns1919 · as Conrad Le Brett
• The Woman the Germans Shot1918 · as Frank Brooks
• His Bonded Wife1918 · as Philip Hazard
• Mrs. Slacker1918 · as Robert Gibbs
• The Seven Pearls1917 · as Harry Drake
• Snow White1916 · as Prince Florimon
• Charity1916 · as Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother)
• The Iron Claw1916 · as Davey
• The Old Homestead1915 · as Reuben Whitcomb
• The Romance of Elaine1915 · as Walter Jameson
• The New Exploits of Elaine1915 · as Walter Jameson
• A Fool There Was1915 · as Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)
• The Exploits of Elaine1914 · as Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6)
• The Taint1914 · as Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son
• The Stain1914 · as Office Clerk
• The Million Dollar Mystery1914 · as Gang Member

All TV Shows (2)

• Cheyenne1955 · as Townsman (uncredited)
• The Abbott and Costello Show1952 · as Carson