Creighton Hale

Known For: Acting
Born: May 24, 1888
Place of Birth: County Cork, Ireland
Died: August 9, 1965

Creighton Hale

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 decli…

Filmography

Westbound

1959 · Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)

The Story of Mankind

1957 · Heavenly Judge

The Helen Morgan Story

1957 · Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957 · Man Driving Car (uncredited)

Serenade

1956 · Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

Cheyenne

1955 · Townsman (uncredited)

Strange Lady in Town

1955 · Card Player (uncredited)

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

1954 · Audience Spectator (uncredited)

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

1954 · Concierge's Husband (uncredited)

Take the High Ground!

1953 · Army Doctor (uncredited)

So You Want to Learn to Dance

So You Want to Learn to Dance

1953 · Barber

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 · Carson

Les Miserables

1952 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Come Fill the Cup

1951 · Newspaperman (uncredited)

On Moonlight Bay

1951 · Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)

Fort Worth

1951 · Railroad Backer (uncredited)

Goodbye, My Fancy

1951 · Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)

So You Want to Be a Cowboy

So You Want to Be a Cowboy

1951 · Movie Patron

The Screen Director

The Screen Director

1951 · Theatre Manager (uncredited)

The Enforcer

1951

Sunset Boulevard

1950 · Creighton Hale (uncredited)

The Great Jewel Robber

1950 · Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Backfire

1950 · Cab Driver (uncredited)

Beyond the Forest

1949 · Townsman with Glasses

One Last Fling

1949 · Gus

The Fountainhead

1949 · Court Clerk (uncredited)

Night Unto Night

1949

Homicide

1949 · Glorietta Desk Clerk

So You Want to Be Popular

So You Want to Be Popular

1949 · Waiter at Party

Fighter Squadron

1948 · Cockney (uncredited)

Johnny Belinda

1948 · Bailiff (uncredited)

So You Want to Be a Gambler

1948 · Blackjack Player (uncredited)

So You Want an Apartment

So You Want an Apartment

1948 · Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)

Always Together

1947 · Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)

Life with Father

1947 · Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)

Cry Wolf

1947 · Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)

Hollywood Wonderland

1947 · Man Taking Tour (uncredited)

The Perils of Pauline

1947 · Marcelled Leading Man

Possessed

1947 · Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)

So You're Going to Be a Father

So You're Going to Be a Father

1947 · Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)

Love and Learn

1947 · Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)

The Two Mrs. Carrolls

1947 · Second Tout (uncredited)

Nora Prentiss

1947 · Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

1947 · Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)

Humoresque

1947 · Concert Spectator (uncredited), Professor (uncredited)

The Verdict

1946 · Reporter

So You Want to Play the Horses

So You Want to Play the Horses

1946 · Cashier (uncredited)

Three Strangers

1946 · Man in Pub (uncredited)

Crime by Night

1944 · Horace Grayson (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington

1944 · Casey (uncredited)

Uncertain Glory

1944

The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

1943 · Dr. Carter

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943 · Engineer (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic

1943 · Sparks (uncredited)

The Mysterious Doctor

1943 · Luke

The Gorilla Man

1943 · Constable Fletcher

Casablanca

1943 · Customer (uncredited)

Gentleman Jim

1942 · Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)

The Hidden Hand

1942 · The Coroner (uncredited)

You Can't Escape Forever

1942 · Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)

Spy Ship

1942 · Reporter

Winning Your Wings

1942 · Uncle Ed (uncredited)

Larceny, Inc.

1942 · Mr. Carmichael

Murder in the Big House

1942 · Ritter - Warden's Secretary

The Male Animal

1942 · Reporter (uncredited)

Bullet Scars

1942 · Judd, the druggist

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941 · Radio Man (uncredited)

Steel Against the Sky

1941 · Jim (uncredited)

One Foot in Heaven

1941 · Church Usher (uncredited)

The Maltese Falcon

1941 · Stenographer (uncredited)

Sergeant York

1941 · Associated Press Man (uncredited)

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

1941 · Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)

Highway West

1941 · Waiter (uncredited)

Bad Men of Missouri

1941 · Bank Representative

Out of the Fog

1941

Here Comes Happiness

1941 · Headline Printer (uncredited)

Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos

1941 · Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)

Footsteps in the Dark

1941 · Mr. Harlan (uncredited)

The Strawberry Blonde

1941 · Secretary (uncredited)

The Great Mr. Nobody

1941 · Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)

Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra

1941 · Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail

1940 · Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

Lady with Red Hair

1940 · Reporter Eddie (uncredited)

Father Is A Prince

1940 · Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited)

East of the River

1940 · Casino Floor Man (uncredited)

Just a Cute Kid

1940 · Desk Clerk

Knute Rockne All American

1940 · Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)

Money and the Woman

1940 · Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited)

My Love Came Back

1940 · Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited)

All This, and Heaven Too

1940 · Ship's Officer (uncredited)

A Fugitive from Justice

1940 · Reporter at Train Station (uncredited)

Brother Orchid

1940 · Reporter #3 (uncredited)

Saturday's Children

1940 · Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)

Tear Gas Squad

1940 · Announcer

King of the Lumberjacks

1940 · Cashier (uncredited)

One Million B.C.

1940 · Shell Person

Calling Philo Vance

1940 · Du Bois - Fingerprint Man

A Child is Born

1939 · Elevator Operator (uncredited)

The Return of Doctor X

1939 · Hotel Manager

On Dress Parade

1939 · Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited)

Kid Nightingale

1939 · Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties

1939 · Customer (uncredited)

On Your Toes

1939 · First Stage Manager

Dust Be My Destiny

1939 · Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)

Slapsie Maxie's

1939 · Reporter (uncredited)

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

1939 · Reporter

The Bill of Rights

1939 · New York Congressman

Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

1939 · Hotel Desk Clerk

Indianapolis Speedway

1939 · Racetrack Official

The Cowboy Quarterback

1939 · Broadcaster

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter

1939 · Man in Sheriff's Office

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939 · Draftsman (uncredited)

The Duke of West Point

1938 · Captain

One Wild Night

1938 · Bank Teller (uncredited)

International Settlement

1938 · Clerk

Big Town Girl

1937 · Desk Man

Step Lively, Jeeves!

1937 · Reporter (uncredited)

Midnight Taxi

1937 · G-Man

Find the Witness

1937 · Bell Captain

Under Your Spell

1936 · Bailiff (uncredited)

Hollywood Boulevard

1936 · Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar

36 Hours to Kill

1936 · Ticket Agent

The Millionaire Kid

1936 · Thomas Neville

Custer's Last Stand

1936 · Hank

Men Without Names

1935 · Groom

Becky Sharp

1935 · British Officer (uncredited)

Million Dollar Haul

1935 · Curley Chandler

Life Begins at Forty

1935 · Drug Clerk

One More Spring

1935

Helldorado

1935 · Newspaper Reporter

Hollywood Trouble

Hollywood Trouble

1935

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

1934 · Wedding Guest

The Thin Man

1934 · Reporter (uncredited)

George White's Scandals

1934 · Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)

Gambling Lady

1934 · Funeral Attendee (uncredited)

What's Your Racket

1934 · Chief

The Masquerader

1933 · Bobby Blessington

Sensation Hunters

1933 · Fred Barrett

Free Wheeling

1932 · Dickie's Father

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

1932 · Wedding Supervisor

Grief Street

1931 · Play Co-star

Big Ears

1931 · Wheezer's father

School's Out

1930 · Jack Crabtree

Holiday

1930 · Pete Hedges

The Great Divide

1929 · Edgar Blossom

Seven Footprints to Satan

1929 · Jim

The House of Shame

1928 · Harvey Baremore

Sisters of Eve

1928 · Leonard Tavernake

Riley of the Rainbow Division

1928 · Riley

Rose-Marie

1928 · Etienne Doray

The Cat and the Canary

1927 · Paul Jones

Annie Laurie

1927 · Donald

One Hour Married

1927

Why Girls Say No

1927 · Becky's Boyfriend

Should Men Walk Home?

1927 · The Gentleman Crook

Oh, Baby!

1926

The Midnight Message

1926 · Billy Dodd

A Poor Girl's Romance

1926 · Wellington Kingston

Beverly of Graustark

1926 · Prince Oscar

Wages for Wives

1925 · Danny Kester

Time, the Comedian

1925 · Tom Cautley

Exchange of Wives

Exchange of Wives

1925 · Victor Moran

The Circle

1925 · Arnold Cheney

Seven Days

1925 · Jim Wilson

The Shadow on the Wall

1925 · George Walters

The Bridge of Sighs

1925 · Billy Craig

This Woman

1924 · Bobby Bleedon

The Mine with the Iron Door

1924 · St. Jimmy

Wine of Youth

1924 · Richard (1897 prologue

Riders Up

1924 · Johnny aka Information Kid

How to Educate a Wife

1924 · Billy Breese

The Marriage Circle

1924 · Dr. Gustav Mueller

Name the Man

1924 · Alick Gell

Tea- With a Kick!

1923 · Art Binger

Trilby

1923 · Little Billee

Broken Hearts of Broadway

1923 · An Outcast

Mary of the Movies

1923 · The Boy

Her Majesty

1922 · Ted Harper

Fascination

1922 · Carlos de Lisa (her brother)

Orphans of the Storm

1921 · Picard

Forbidden Love

1921 · Harold Van Zandt

Way Down East

1920 · Professor Sterling

A Child for Sale

1920 · Charles Stoddard

The Idol Dancer

1920 · Walter Kincaid

The Black Circle

1919 · Andrew MacTavish Ferguson

A Damsel in Distress

1919 · George Bevan

The Love Cheat

1919 · Henry Calvin

The Thirteenth Chair

1919 · Willy Grosby

Oh Boy!

1919 · George Budd

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

1919 · Conrad Le Brett

The Woman the Germans Shot

1918 · Frank Brooks

His Bonded Wife

His Bonded Wife

1918 · Philip Hazard

Mrs. Slacker

1918 · Robert Gibbs

The Seven Pearls

1917 · Harry Drake

Snow White

1916 · Prince Florimon

Charity

1916 · Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother)

The Iron Claw

1916 · Davey

The Old Homestead

The Old Homestead

1915 · Reuben Whitcomb

The Romance of Elaine

1915 · Walter Jameson

The New Exploits of Elaine

1915 · Walter Jameson

A Fool There Was

1915 · Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)

The Exploits of Elaine

1914 · Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6)

The Taint

1914 · Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son

The Stain

1914 · Office Clerk

The Million Dollar Mystery

1914 · Gang Member

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