Creighton Hale
Born May 24, 1888 (Age: 137)
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County Cork, Ireland
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.
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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Filmography
Westbound
1959
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as Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
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Age: 70
Serenade
1956
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as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
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Age: 67
Strange Lady in Town
1955
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as Card Player (uncredited)
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Age: 66
No Image
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954
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as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
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Age: 66
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
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as Concierge's Husband (uncredited)
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Age: 65
Take the High Ground!
1953
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as Army Doctor (uncredited)
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Age: 65
No Image
So You Want to Learn to Dance
1953
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as Barber
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Age: 64
Sunset Boulevard
1950
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as Creighton Hale (uncredited)
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Age: 62
The Great Jewel Robber
1950
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as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
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Age: 62
Backfire
1950
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as Cab Driver (uncredited)
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Age: 61
Gentleman Jim
1942
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as Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
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Age: 54
The Hidden Hand
1942
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as The Coroner (uncredited)
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Age: 54
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
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as Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)
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Age: 54
Spy Ship
1942
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as Reporter
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Age: 54
Winning Your Wings
1942
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as Uncle Ed (uncredited)
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Age: 54
Larceny, Inc.
1942
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as Mr. Carmichael
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Age: 53
Murder in the Big House
1942
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as Ritter - Warden's Secretary
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Age: 53
The Male Animal
1942
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as Reporter (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Bullet Scars
1942
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as Judd, the druggist
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Age: 53
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
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as Radio Man (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Steel Against the Sky
1941
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as Jim (uncredited)
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Age: 53
One Foot in Heaven
1941
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as Church Usher (uncredited)
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Age: 53
The Maltese Falcon
1941
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as Stenographer (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Sergeant York
1941
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as Associated Press Man (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941
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as Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Highway West
1941
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as Waiter (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
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as Bank Representative
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Age: 53
Out of the Fog
1941
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as
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Age: 53
Here Comes Happiness
1941
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as Headline Printer (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
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as Mr. Harlan (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
1941
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as Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)
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Age: 52
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
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as Secretary (uncredited)
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Age: 52
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
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as Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
1941
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as Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Free Wheeling
1932
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as Dickie's Father
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Age: 44
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
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as Wedding Supervisor
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Age: 43
Grief Street
1931
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as Play Co-star
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Age: 43
Big Ears
1931
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as Wheezer's father
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Age: 43
School's Out
1930
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as Jack Crabtree
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Age: 42
Holiday
1930
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as Pete Hedges
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Age: 42
Her Majesty
1922
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as Ted Harper
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Age: 34
Forbidden Love
1921
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as Harold Van Zandt
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Age: 33
The Woman the Germans Shot
1918
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as Frank Brooks
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Age: 30
No Image
His Bonded Wife
1918
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as Philip Hazard
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Age: 30
Mrs. Slacker
1918
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as Robert Gibbs
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Age: 29