Creighton Hale
Born
May 24, 1888
Died
August 9, 1965 (77 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
County Cork, Ireland
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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
Westbound
Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
1959
The Story of Mankind
Heavenly Judge
1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
Man Driving Car (uncredited)
1957
Serenade
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
1956
Cheyenne
Townsman (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1955
Strange Lady in Town
Card Player (uncredited)
1955
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
1954
Take the High Ground!
Army Doctor (uncredited)
1953
So You Want to Learn to Dance
Barber
1953
The Abbott and Costello Show
Carson · (1 episode)
1952
Les Miserables
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1952
On Moonlight Bay
1951
Fort Worth
Railroad Backer (uncredited)
1951
Goodbye, My Fancy
Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)
1951
So You Want to Be a Cowboy
Movie Patron
1951
The Screen Director
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1951
The Enforcer
1951
Sunset Boulevard
Creighton Hale (uncredited)
1950
The Great Jewel Robber
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1950
Backfire
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1950
Beyond the Forest
Townsman with Glasses
1949
One Last Fling
Gus
1949
The Fountainhead
Court Clerk (uncredited)
1949
Night Unto Night
1949
Homicide
Glorietta Desk Clerk
1949
So You Want to Be Popular
Waiter at Party
1949
Fighter Squadron
Cockney (uncredited)
1948
Johnny Belinda
Bailiff (uncredited)
1948
So You Want to Be a Gambler
Blackjack Player (uncredited)
1948
So You Want an Apartment
Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
1948
Always Together
Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)
1947
Life with Father
Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)
1947
Cry Wolf
Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)
1947
Hollywood Wonderland
Man Taking Tour (uncredited)
1947
The Perils of Pauline
Marcelled Leading Man
1947
So You're Going to Be a Father
Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)
1947
Love and Learn
Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)
1947
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Second Tout (uncredited)
1947
Nora Prentiss
Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)
1947
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)
1947
Humoresque
Concert Spectator (uncredited)
1947
Humoresque
Professor (uncredited)
1947
The Verdict
Reporter
1946
So You Want to Play the Horses
Cashier (uncredited)
1946
Three Strangers
Man in Pub
1946
Crime by Night
Horace Grayson (uncredited)
1944
Mr. Skeffington
Casey (uncredited)
1944
Uncertain Glory
1944
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
Dr. Carter
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Engineer (uncredited)
1943
Action in the North Atlantic
Sparks (uncredited)
1943
The Mysterious Doctor
Luke
1943
The Gorilla Man
Constable Fletcher
1943
Casablanca
Customer (uncredited)
1943
Gentleman Jim
Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
1942
The Hidden Hand
The Coroner (uncredited)
1942
You Can't Escape Forever
Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)
1942
Spy Ship
Reporter
1942
Winning Your Wings
Uncle Ed (uncredited)
1942
Larceny, Inc.
Mr. Carmichael
1942
Murder in the Big House
Ritter - Warden's Secretary
1942
The Male Animal
Reporter (uncredited)
1942
Bullet Scars
Judd, the druggist
1942
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Radio Man (uncredited)
1941
Steel Against the Sky
Jim (uncredited)
1941
One Foot in Heaven
Church Usher (uncredited)
1941
The Maltese Falcon
Stenographer (uncredited)
1941
Sergeant York
Associated Press Man (uncredited)
1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)
1941
Highway West
Waiter (uncredited)
1941
Bad Men of Missouri
Bank Representative
1941
Out of the Fog
1941
Here Comes Happiness
Headline Printer (uncredited)
1941
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)
1941
Footsteps in the Dark
Mr. Harlan (uncredited)
1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
1941
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)
1941
Santa Fe Trail
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
1940
Lady with Red Hair
Reporter Eddie (uncredited)
1940
Father Is A Prince
Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited)
1940
East of the River
Casino Floor Man (uncredited)
1940
Just a Cute Kid
Desk Clerk
1940
Knute Rockne All American
Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)
1940
Money and the Woman
Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited)
1940
My Love Came Back
Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited)
1940
All This, and Heaven Too
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
1940
A Fugitive from Justice
Reporter at Train Station (uncredited)
1940
Brother Orchid
Reporter #3 (uncredited)
1940
Saturday's Children
Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)
1940
Tear Gas Squad
Announcer
1940
King of the Lumberjacks
Cashier (uncredited)
1940
One Million B.C.
Shell Person
1940
Calling Philo Vance
Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
1940
A Child Is Born
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1939
The Return of Doctor X
Hotel Manager
1939
On Dress Parade
Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited)
1939
Kid Nightingale
Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited)
1939
The Roaring Twenties
Customer (uncredited)
1939
On Your Toes
First Stage Manager
1939
Dust Be My Destiny
Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)
1939
Slapsie Maxie's
Reporter (uncredited)
1939
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Reporter
1939
The Bill of Rights
New York Congressman
1939
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
Hotel Desk Clerk
1939
Indianapolis Speedway
Racetrack Official
1939
The Cowboy Quarterback
Broadcaster
1939
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
Man in Sheriff's Office
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Draftsman (uncredited)
1939
One Wild Night
Bank Teller (uncredited)
1938
International Settlement
Clerk
1938
Big Town Girl
Desk Man
1937
Step Lively, Jeeves!
Reporter (uncredited)
1937
Midnight Taxi
G-Man
1937
Under Your Spell
Bailiff (uncredited)
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar
1936
36 Hours to Kill
Ticket Agent
1936
The Millionaire Kid
Thomas Neville
1936
Custer's Last Stand
Hank
1936
Men Without Names
Groom
1935
Becky Sharp
British Officer (uncredited)
1935
Million Dollar Haul
Curley Chandler
1935
Life Begins at Forty
Drug Clerk
1935
One More Spring
1935
Helldorado
Newspaper Reporter
1935
Hollywood Trouble
1935
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Wedding Guest
1934
The Thin Man
Reporter (uncredited)
1934
George White's Scandals
Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)
1934
Gambling Lady
Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
1934
The Masquerader
Bobby Blessington
1933
Sensation Hunters
Fred Barrett
1933
Free Wheeling
Dickie's Father
1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Wedding Supervisor
1932
Grief Street
Play Co-star
1931
Big Ears
Wheezer's father
1931
School's Out
Jack Crabtree
1930
Holiday
Pete Hedges
1930
The Great Divide
Edgar Blossom
1929
Seven Footprints to Satan
Jim
1929
The House of Shame
Harvey Baremore
1928
Sisters of Eve
Leonard Tavernake
1928
Riley of the Rainbow Division
Riley
1928
Rose-Marie
Etienne Doray
1928
The Cat and the Canary
Paul Jones
1927
Annie Laurie
Donald
1927
One Hour Married
1927
Why Girls Say No
Becky's Boyfriend
1927
Should Men Walk Home?
The Gentleman Crook
1927
Oh, Baby!
1926
The Midnight Message
Billy Dodd
1926
Beverly of Graustark
Prince Oscar
1926
Wages for Wives
Danny Kester
1925
Exchange of Wives
Victor Moran
1925
The Circle
Arnold Cheney
1925
Seven Days
Jim Wilson
1925
The Shadow on the Wall
George Walters
1925
The Bridge of Sighs
Billy Craig
1925
This Woman
Bobby Bleedon
1924
The Mine with the Iron Door
St. Jimmy
1924
Wine of Youth
Richard (1897 prologue
1924
How to Educate a Wife
Billy Breese
1924
The Marriage Circle
Dr. Gustav Mueller
1924
Name the Man
Alick Gell
1924
Tea- With a Kick!
Art Binger
1923
Trilby
Little Billee
1923
Broken Hearts of Broadway
An Outcast
1923
Mary of the Movies
The Boy
1923
Her Majesty
Ted Harper
1922
Fascination
Carlos de Lisa (her brother)
1922
Orphans of the Storm
Picard
1921
Forbidden Love
Harold Van Zandt
1921
Way Down East
Professor Sterling
1920
A Child for Sale
Charles Stoddard
1920
The Idol Dancer
Walter Kincaid
1920
The Black Circle
Andrew MacTavish Ferguson
1919
A Damsel in Distress
George Bevan
1919
The Love Cheat
Henry Calvin
1919
The Thirteenth Chair
Willy Grosby
1919
Oh Boy!
George Budd
1919
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
Conrad Le Brett
1919
The Woman the Germans Shot
Frank Brooks
1918
His Bonded Wife
Philip Hazard
1918
Mrs. Slacker
Robert Gibbs
1918
The Seven Pearls
Harry Drake
1917
Snow White
Prince Florimon
1916
Charity
Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother)
1916
The Iron Claw
Davey
1916
The Old Homestead
Reuben Whitcomb
1915
The Romance of Elaine
Walter Jameson
1915
The New Exploits of Elaine
Walter Jameson
1915
A Fool There Was
Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)
1915
The Exploits of Elaine
Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6)
1914
The Taint
Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son
1914
The Stain
Office Clerk
1914
The Million Dollar Mystery
Gang Member
1914