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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 24, 1888
Died
August 9, 1965
Place of Birth
County Cork, Ireland
Also Known As
- Patrick C. Fitzgerald
- Patrick Fitzgerald
- Patrick Wills Fitzgerald
Creighton Hale
0.3 Popularity
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
6.2
Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
Westbound
1959
4.3
Heavenly Judge
The Story of Mankind
1957
5.0
Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
6.7
Man Driving Car (uncredited)
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
5.4
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
Serenade
1956
6.0
Townsman (uncredited)
Cheyenne
1955
4.5
Card Player (uncredited)
Strange Lady in Town
1955
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0.0
Audience Spectator (uncredited)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954
5.9
Army Doctor (uncredited)
Take the High Ground!
1953
🎬
0.0
Barber
So You Want to Learn to Dance
1953
Credits
Westbound
as Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
1959
6.2
The Story of Mankind
as Heavenly Judge
1957
4.3
The Helen Morgan Story
as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
1957
5.0
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Man Driving Car (uncredited)
1957
6.7
Serenade
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
1956
5.4
Cheyenne
as Townsman (uncredited)
1955
6.0
Strange Lady in Town
as Card Player (uncredited)
1955
4.5
🎬
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
1954
0.0
Take the High Ground!
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
1953
5.9
🎬
So You Want to Learn to Dance
as Barber
1953
0.0
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Carson
1952
7.2
Les Miserables
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1952
5.2
Come Fill the Cup
as Newspaperman (uncredited)
1951
7.0
On Moonlight Bay
as Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)
1951
6.3
Fort Worth
as Railroad Backer (uncredited)
1951
6.7
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)
1951
5.9
🎬
So You Want to Be a Cowboy
as Movie Patron
1951
0.0
🎬
The Screen Director
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1951
6.0
The Enforcer
1951
7.1
Sunset Boulevard
as Creighton Hale (uncredited)
1950
8.3
The Great Jewel Robber
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1950
6.8
Backfire
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1950
5.8
Beyond the Forest
as Townsman with Glasses
1949
6.7
One Last Fling
as Gus
1949
3.8
The Fountainhead
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
1949
6.8
Night Unto Night
1949
5.1
Homicide
as Glorietta Desk Clerk
1949
5.3
🎬
So You Want to Be Popular
as Waiter at Party
1949
0.0
Fighter Squadron
as Cockney (uncredited)
1948
5.9
Johnny Belinda
as Bailiff (uncredited)
1948
6.8
So You Want to Be a Gambler
as Blackjack Player (uncredited)
1948
4.7
🎬
So You Want an Apartment
as Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
1948
5.0
Always Together
as Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)
1947
6.7
Life with Father
as Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)
1947
6.7
Cry Wolf
as Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)
1947
5.9
Hollywood Wonderland
as Man Taking Tour (uncredited)
1947
6.7
The Perils of Pauline
as Marcelled Leading Man
1947
6.2
Possessed
as Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)
1947
6.9
🎬
So You're Going to Be a Father
as Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)
1947
4.3
Love and Learn
as Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)
1947
5.5
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
as Second Tout (uncredited)
1947
6.4
Nora Prentiss
as Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)
1947
6.1
🎬
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
as Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)
1947
1.0
Humoresque
as Concert Spectator (uncredited)
1947
7.0
Humoresque
as Professor (uncredited)
1947
7.0
The Verdict
as Reporter
1946
6.5
🎬
So You Want to Play the Horses
as Cashier (uncredited)
1946
6.0
Three Strangers
as Man in Pub (uncredited)
1946
6.4
Crime by Night
as Horace Grayson (uncredited)
1944
6.0
Mr. Skeffington
as Casey (uncredited)
1944
6.7
Uncertain Glory
1944
6.8
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
as Dr. Carter
1943
4.8
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Engineer (uncredited)
1943
6.0
Action in the North Atlantic
as Sparks (uncredited)
1943
7.1
The Mysterious Doctor
as Luke
1943
5.7
The Gorilla Man
as Constable Fletcher
1943
5.0
Casablanca
as Customer (uncredited)
1943
8.1
Gentleman Jim
as Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
1942
7.1
The Hidden Hand
as The Coroner (uncredited)
1942
6.5
You Can't Escape Forever
as Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)
1942
5.4
Spy Ship
as Reporter
1942
6.0
Winning Your Wings
as Uncle Ed (uncredited)
1942
5.8
Larceny, Inc.
as Mr. Carmichael
1942
7.0
Murder in the Big House
as Ritter - Warden's Secretary
1942
6.5
The Male Animal
as Reporter (uncredited)
1942
3.9
Bullet Scars
as Judd, the druggist
1942
6.2
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Radio Man (uncredited)
1941
6.9
Steel Against the Sky
as Jim (uncredited)
1941
5.0
One Foot in Heaven
as Church Usher (uncredited)
1941
6.6
The Maltese Falcon
as Stenographer (uncredited)
1941
7.7
Sergeant York
as Associated Press Man (uncredited)
1941
7.2
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)
1941
5.0
Highway West
as Waiter (uncredited)
1941
5.8
Bad Men of Missouri
as Bank Representative
1941
5.6
Out of the Fog
1941
6.2
Here Comes Happiness
as Headline Printer (uncredited)
1941
5.0
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
as Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)
1941
1.0
Footsteps in the Dark
as Mr. Harlan (uncredited)
1941
6.9
The Strawberry Blonde
as Secretary (uncredited)
1941
6.9
The Great Mr. Nobody
as Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
1941
5.3
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
as Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)
1941
3.5
Santa Fe Trail
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
1940
5.7
Lady with Red Hair
as Reporter Eddie (uncredited)
1940
6.5
Father Is A Prince
as Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited)
1940
5.0
East of the River
as Casino Floor Man (uncredited)
1940
5.7
Knute Rockne All American
as Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)
1940
6.1
Just a Cute Kid
as Desk Clerk
1940
0.0
Money and the Woman
as Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited)
1940
3.5
My Love Came Back
as Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited)
1940
4.6
All This, and Heaven Too
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
1940
7.2
A Fugitive from Justice
as Reporter at Train Station (uncredited)
1940
3.5
Brother Orchid
as Reporter #3 (uncredited)
1940
6.5
Saturday's Children
as Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)
1940
6.3
Tear Gas Squad
as Announcer
1940
4.8
King of the Lumberjacks
as Cashier (uncredited)
1940
2.7
One Million B.C.
as Shell Person
1940
5.9
Calling Philo Vance
as Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
1940
5.9
A Child Is Born
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1939
6.5
The Return of Doctor X
as Hotel Manager
1939
5.9
On Dress Parade
as Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited)
1939
6.5
Kid Nightingale
as Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited)
1939
5.5
The Roaring Twenties
as Customer (uncredited)
1939
7.5
On Your Toes
as First Stage Manager
1939
3.9
Slapsie Maxie's
as Reporter (uncredited)
1939
5.0
Dust Be My Destiny
as Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)
1939
6.2
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
as Reporter
1939
6.8
The Bill of Rights
as New York Congressman
1939
6.0
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
as Hotel Desk Clerk
1939
6.0
Indianapolis Speedway
as Racetrack Official
1939
5.0
The Cowboy Quarterback
as Broadcaster
1939
5.5
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
as Man in Sheriff's Office
1939
6.0
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Draftsman (uncredited)
1939
6.0
One Wild Night
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
1938
5.5
International Settlement
as Clerk
1938
5.6
Big Town Girl
as Desk Man
1937
6.0
Step Lively, Jeeves!
as Reporter (uncredited)
1937
4.7
Midnight Taxi
as G-Man
1937
5.0
Under Your Spell
as Bailiff (uncredited)
1936
7.0
Hollywood Boulevard
as Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar
1936
2.7
36 Hours to Kill
as Ticket Agent
1936
5.3
The Millionaire Kid
as Thomas Neville
1936
5.0
Custer's Last Stand
as Hank
1936
4.5
Men Without Names
as Groom
1935
6.0
Becky Sharp
as British Officer (uncredited)
1935
5.7
Million Dollar Haul
as Curley Chandler
1935
5.0
Life Begins at Forty
as Drug Clerk
1935
0.0
One More Spring
1935
5.8
Helldorado
as Newspaper Reporter
1935
0.0
🎬
Hollywood Trouble
1935
0.0
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Wedding Guest
1934
5.3
The Thin Man
as Reporter (uncredited)
1934
7.5
George White's Scandals
as Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)
1934
5.0
Gambling Lady
as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
1934
6.2
The Masquerader
as Bobby Blessington
1933
4.4
Sensation Hunters
as Fred Barrett
1933
2.0
Free Wheeling
as Dickie's Father
1932
7.8
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Wedding Supervisor
1932
5.2
Grief Street
as Play Co-star
1931
3.9
Big Ears
as Wheezer's father
1931
4.5
School's Out
as Jack Crabtree
1930
6.8
Holiday
as Pete Hedges
1930
6.2
The Great Divide
as Edgar Blossom
1929
4.8
Seven Footprints to Satan
as Jim
1929
6.1
The House of Shame
as Harvey Baremore
1928
6.0
🎬
Sisters of Eve
as Leonard Tavernake
1928
0.0
Riley of the Rainbow Division
as Riley
1928
0.0
Rose-Marie
as Etienne Doray
1928
5.0
The Cat and the Canary
as Paul Jones
1927
6.9
Annie Laurie
as Donald
1927
6.7
One Hour Married
1927
6.0
Why Girls Say No
as Becky's Boyfriend
1927
6.3
Should Men Walk Home?
as The Gentleman Crook
1927
7.0
Oh, Baby!
1926
0.0
The Midnight Message
as Billy Dodd
1926
6.0
A Poor Girl's Romance
as Wellington Kingston
1926
0.0
Beverly of Graustark
as Prince Oscar
1926
5.3
Wages for Wives
as Danny Kester
1925
0.0
🎬
Exchange of Wives
as Victor Moran
1925
0.0
The Circle
as Arnold Cheney
1925
5.1
🎬
Seven Days
as Jim Wilson
1925
0.0
The Bridge of Sighs
as Billy Craig
1925
0.0
The Shadow on the Wall
as George Walters
1925
0.0
This Woman
as Bobby Bleedon
1924
0.0
The Mine with the Iron Door
as St. Jimmy
1924
0.0
Wine of Youth
as Richard (1897 prologue
1924
8.0
Riders Up
as Johnny aka Information Kid
1924
0.0
How to Educate a Wife
as Billy Breese
1924
0.0
The Marriage Circle
as Dr. Gustav Mueller
1924
6.3
Name the Man
as Alick Gell
1924
0.0
Tea- With a Kick!
as Art Binger
1923
0.0
Trilby
as Little Billee
1923
0.0
Broken Hearts of Broadway
as An Outcast
1923
5.8
Mary of the Movies
as The Boy
1923
0.0
Her Majesty
as Ted Harper
1922
0.0
Fascination
as Carlos de Lisa (her brother)
1922
0.0
Orphans of the Storm
as Picard
1921
6.8
Forbidden Love
as Harold Van Zandt
1921
0.0
Way Down East
as Professor Sterling
1920
7.0
A Child for Sale
as Charles Stoddard
1920
0.0
The Idol Dancer
as Walter Kincaid
1920
5.2
The Black Circle
as Andrew MacTavish Ferguson
1919
0.0
A Damsel in Distress
as George Bevan
1919
0.0
The Love Cheat
as Henry Calvin
1919
0.0
The Thirteenth Chair
as Willy Grosby
1919
0.0
Oh Boy!
as George Budd
1919
0.0
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
as Conrad Le Brett
1919
0.0
The Woman the Germans Shot
as Frank Brooks
1918
0.0
🎬
His Bonded Wife
as Philip Hazard
1918
0.0
Mrs. Slacker
as Robert Gibbs
1918
0.0
The Seven Pearls
as Harry Drake
1917
0.0
Snow White
as Prince Florimon
1916
5.8
Charity
as Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother)
1916
0.0
The Iron Claw
as Davey
1916
0.0
🎬
The Old Homestead
as Reuben Whitcomb
1915
0.0
The Romance of Elaine
as Walter Jameson
1915
0.0
The New Exploits of Elaine
as Walter Jameson
1915
0.0
A Fool There Was
as Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)
1915
5.0
The Exploits of Elaine
as Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6)
1914
6.0
🎬
The Taint
as Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son
1914
0.0
The Stain
as Office Clerk
1914
0.0
The Million Dollar Mystery
as Gang Member
1914
0.0