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