Creighton Hale
Known for: Acting
Born: May 24, 1888
Died: August 9, 1965
Place of birth: County Cork, Ireland
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
204 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
6.4
Westbound
1959
4.4
The Story of Mankind
1957
5.3
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
6.7
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
5.6
Serenade
1956
6.2
Cheyenne
1955
4.9
Strange Lady in Town
195510.0
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954
6.2
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
6.2
Take the High Ground!
195310.0
So You Want to Learn to Dance
1953
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
5.5
Les Miserables
1952
7.0
Come Fill the Cup
1951
6.5
On Moonlight Bay
1951
7.1
Fort Worth
1951
6.4
Goodbye, My Fancy
19519.0
So You Want to Be a Cowboy
1951
7.0
The Screen Director
1951
7.1
The Enforcer
1951
8.3
Sunset Boulevard
1950
7.6
The Great Jewel Robber
1950
5.9
Backfire
1950
6.7
Beyond the Forest
1949
4.8
One Last Fling
1949
6.8
The Fountainhead
1949
5.4
Night Unto Night
1949
5.7
Homicide
19498.0
So You Want to Be Popular
1949
6.1
Fighter Squadron
1948
6.9
Johnny Belinda
1948
5.6
So You Want to Be a Gambler
19485.9
So You Want an Apartment
1948
7.3
Always Together
1947
6.7
Life with Father
1947
6.1
Cry Wolf
1947
6.8
Hollywood Wonderland
1947
6.7
The Perils of Pauline
1947
6.9
Possessed
19475.8
So You're Going to Be a Father
1947
6.7
Love and Learn
1947
6.4
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1947
6.2
Nora Prentiss
19475.3
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
1947
7.0
Humoresque
1947
6.5
The Verdict
19466.5
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
6.4
Three Strangers
1946
6.4
Crime by Night
1944
6.8
Mr. Skeffington
1944
6.7
Uncertain Glory
1944
5.2
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
1943
6.2
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
6.9
Watch on the Rhine
1943
7.1
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
5.9
The Mysterious Doctor
1943
5.8
The Gorilla Man
1943
8.1
Casablanca
1943
7.2
Gentleman Jim
1942
6.7
The Hidden Hand
1942
6.0
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
7.0
Spy Ship
1942
6.0
Winning Your Wings
1942
7.1
Larceny, Inc.
1942
6.8
Murder in the Big House
1942
4.5
The Male Animal
1942
6.5
Bullet Scars
1942
7.0
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
5.4
Steel Against the Sky
1941
6.9
One Foot in Heaven
1941
7.7
The Maltese Falcon
1941
7.2
Sergeant York
1941
5.4
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941
6.6
Highway West
1941
6.2
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
6.3
Out of the Fog
1941
6.0
Here Comes Happiness
1941
4.3
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
1941
7.0
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
7.0
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
6.0
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
5.0
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
1941
5.8
Santa Fe Trail
1940
6.9
Lady with Red Hair
1940
6.5
Father Is A Prince
1940
6.3
East of the River
1940
7.0
Just a Cute Kid
1940
6.2
Knute Rockne All American
1940
4.4
Money and the Woman
1940
4.9
My Love Came Back
1940
7.2
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
5.7
A Fugitive from Justice
1940
6.6
Brother Orchid
1940
6.9
Saturday's Children
1940
5.3
Tear Gas Squad
1940
3.7
King of the Lumberjacks
1940
5.8
One Million B.C.
1940
6.0
Calling Philo Vance
1940
7.1
A Child is Born
1939
6.0
The Return of Doctor X
1939
6.6
On Dress Parade
1939
6.4
Kid Nightingale
1939
7.5
The Roaring Twenties
1939
4.5
On Your Toes
1939
6.5
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
6.0
Slapsie Maxie's
1939
6.8
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
1939
6.5
The Bill of Rights
1939
6.8
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
1939
5.6
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
6.7
The Cowboy Quarterback
1939
6.2
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
1939
6.1
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
4.5
The Duke of West Point
1938
7.8
One Wild Night
1938
6.0
International Settlement
1938
7.0
Big Town Girl
1937
6.0
Step Lively, Jeeves!
1937
6.2
Midnight Taxi
1937
7.0
Find the Witness
1937
7.3
Under Your Spell
1936
4.5
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
6.1
36 Hours to Kill
1936
6.0
The Millionaire Kid
1936
5.3
Custer's Last Stand
1936
6.3
Men Without Names
1935
5.7
Becky Sharp
1935
6.0
Million Dollar Haul
1935
10.0
Life Begins at Forty
1935
6.2
One More Spring
1935
9.0
Helldorado
193510.0
Hollywood Trouble
1935
5.6
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934
7.5
The Thin Man
1934
5.4
George White's Scandals
1934
6.2
Gambling Lady
1934
8.0
What's Your Racket
1934
5.0
The Masquerader
1933
3.7
Sensation Hunters
1933
7.6
Free Wheeling
1932
5.6
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
1932
4.4
Grief Street
1931
5.4
Big Ears
1931
7.0
School's Out
1930
6.2
Holiday
1930
5.3
The Great Divide
1929
6.2
Seven Footprints to Satan
1929
7.0
The House of Shame
19288.0
Sisters of Eve
1928
8.0
Riley of the Rainbow Division
1928
7.0
Rose-Marie
1928
6.9
The Cat and the Canary
1927
6.8
Annie Laurie
1927
8.0
One Hour Married
1927
7.0
Why Girls Say No
1927
7.1
Should Men Walk Home?
1927
8.0
Oh, Baby!
1926
8.0
The Midnight Message
1926
10.0
A Poor Girl's Romance
1926
5.5
Beverly of Graustark
1926
7.0
Wages for Wives
1925
3.0
Time, the Comedian
19258.0
Exchange of Wives
1925
5.4
The Circle
19258.0
Seven Days
1925
8.0
The Shadow on the Wall
1925
9.0
The Bridge of Sighs
1925
9.0
This Woman
1924
8.0
The Mine with the Iron Door
1924
8.3
Wine of Youth
1924
7.0
Riders Up
1924
9.0
How to Educate a Wife
1924
6.3
The Marriage Circle
1924
9.0
Name the Man
1924
10.0
Tea- With a Kick!
1923
10.0
Trilby
1923
6.6
Broken Hearts of Broadway
1923
8.0
Mary of the Movies
1923
8.0
Her Majesty
1922
8.0
Fascination
1922
6.8
Orphans of the Storm
1921
7.0
Forbidden Love
1921
7.0
Way Down East
1920
9.0
A Child for Sale
1920
5.7
The Idol Dancer
1920
NR
The Black Circle
1919
9.0
A Damsel in Distress
1919
NR
The Love Cheat
1919
9.0
The Thirteenth Chair
1919
8.0
Oh Boy!
1919
7.0
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
1919
NR
The Woman the Germans Shot
1918NR
His Bonded Wife
1918
9.0
Mrs. Slacker
1918
NR
The Seven Pearls
1917
5.9
Snow White
1916
9.0
Charity
1916
NR
The Iron Claw
1916NR
The Old Homestead
1915
NR
The Romance of Elaine
1915
NR
The New Exploits of Elaine
1915
5.0
A Fool There Was
1915
6.0
The Exploits of Elaine
1914NR
The Taint
1914
9.0
The Stain
1914
NR
The Million Dollar Mystery
1914