Acting
Creighton Hale
EN, XX cinema · 204 credits
Born
24 May 1888
Died
9 August 1965 (aged 77)
Birthplace
County Cork, Ireland
Also known as Patrick C. Fitzgerald · Patrick Fitzgerald · Patrick Wills Fitzgerald
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
Filmography
Westbound
as Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Man Driving Car (uncredited)
The Story of Mankind
as Heavenly Judge
The Helen Morgan Story
as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
Serenade
as Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
Strange Lady in Town
as Card Player (uncredited)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Concierge's Husband (uncredited)
Take the High Ground!
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
Les Miserables
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Screen Director
as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)
Fort Worth
as Railroad Backer (uncredited)
Come Fill the Cup
as Newspaperman (uncredited)
On Moonlight Bay
as Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)
Backfire
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Sunset Boulevard
as Creighton Hale (uncredited)
The Great Jewel Robber
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Beyond the Forest
as Townsman with Glasses
Homicide
as Glorietta Desk Clerk
The Fountainhead
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
So You Want to Be Popular
1949
So You Want to Be Popular
as Waiter at Party
Johnny Belinda
as Bailiff (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Gambler
as Blackjack Player (uncredited)
So You Want an Apartment
1948
So You Want an Apartment
as Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
Fighter Squadron
as Cockney (uncredited)
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
as Second Tout (uncredited)
Humoresque
as Concert Spectator (uncredited), as Professor (uncredited)
Cry Wolf
as Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)
Life with Father
as Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)
Love and Learn
as Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)
Always Together
as Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
1947
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra
as Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)
So You're Going to Be a Father
as Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)
Hollywood Wonderland
as Man Taking Tour (uncredited)
The Perils of Pauline
as Marcelled Leading Man
Nora Prentiss
as Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)
Possessed
as Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)
The Verdict
as Reporter (uncredited)
Three Strangers
as Man in Pub (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
So You Want to Play the Horses
as Cashier (uncredited)
Crime by Night
as Horace Grayson (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
as Casey (uncredited)
Casablanca
as Customer (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
as Sparks (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case
as Dr. Carter
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Engineer (uncredited)
The Gorilla Man
as Constable Fletcher
Watch on the Rhine
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
The Male Animal
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Hidden Hand
as The Coroner (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc.
as Mr. Carmichael
Winning Your Wings
as Uncle Ed (uncredited)
Bullet Scars
as Judd, the druggist
Gentleman Jim
as Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Spy Ship
as Reporter
Murder in the Big House
as Ritter - Warden's Secretary
You Can't Escape Forever
as Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)
The Maltese Falcon
as Stenographer (uncredited)
Sergeant York
as Associated Press Man (uncredited)
The Great Mr. Nobody
as Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
Bad Men of Missouri
as Bank Representative
Steel Against the Sky
as Jim (uncredited)
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos
as Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)
Highway West
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Radio Man (uncredited)
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
as Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)
Here Comes Happiness
as Headline Printer (uncredited)
Footsteps in the Dark
as Mr. Harlan (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
as Church Usher (uncredited)
The Strawberry Blonde
as Secretary (uncredited)
My Love Came Back
as Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited)
Calling Philo Vance
as Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
Brother Orchid
as Reporter #3 (uncredited)
Just a Cute Kid
as Desk Clerk
King of the Lumberjacks
as Cashier (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Saturday's Children
as Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)
One Million B.C.
as Shell Person
East of the River
as Casino Floor Man (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American
as Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair
as Reporter Eddie (uncredited)
Father Is A Prince
as Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited)
Tear Gas Squad
as Announcer
A Fugitive from Justice
as Reporter at Train Station (uncredited)
Money and the Woman
as Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited)
On Your Toes
as First Stage Manager
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Draftsman (uncredited)
A Child is Born
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
as Man in Sheriff's Office
Indianapolis Speedway
as Racetrack Official
Kid Nightingale
as Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited)
The Return of Doctor X
as Hotel Manager
Dust Be My Destiny
as Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
as Customer (uncredited)
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
as Hotel Desk Clerk
The Cowboy Quarterback
as Broadcaster
The Bill of Rights
as New York Congressman
On Dress Parade
as Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited)
Slapsie Maxie's
as Reporter (uncredited)
One Wild Night
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
The Duke of West Point
as Captain
Step Lively, Jeeves!
as Reporter (uncredited)
Midnight Taxi
as G-Man
Big Town Girl
as Desk Man
Find the Witness
as Bell Captain
Under Your Spell
as Bailiff (uncredited)
The Millionaire Kid
as Thomas Neville
36 Hours to Kill
as Ticket Agent
Hollywood Boulevard
as Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar
Becky Sharp
as British Officer (uncredited)
Helldorado
as Newspaper Reporter
Men Without Names
as Groom
Million Dollar Haul
as Curley Chandler
Life Begins at Forty
as Drug Clerk
George White's Scandals
as Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)
The Thin Man
as Reporter (uncredited)
Gambling Lady
as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Wedding Guest
What's Your Racket
as Chief
The Masquerader
as Bobby Blessington
Sensation Hunters
as Fred Barrett
The Greeks Had a Word for Them
as Wedding Supervisor
Free Wheeling
as Dickie's Father
Grief Street
as Play Co-star
Big Ears
as Wheezer's father
School's Out
as Jack Crabtree
Holiday
as Pete Hedges
Seven Footprints to Satan
as Jim Kirkham
The Great Divide
as Edgar Blossom
Sisters of Eve
1928
Sisters of Eve
as Leonard Tavernake
The House of Shame
as Harvey Baremore
Rose-Marie
as Etienne Doray
The Cat and the Canary
as Paul Jones
Should Men Walk Home?
as The Gentleman Crook
Why Girls Say No
as Becky's Boyfriend
Annie Laurie
as Donald
The Midnight Message
as Billy Dodd
Beverly of Graustark
as Prince Oscar
A Poor Girl's Romance
as Wellington Kingston
Seven Days
1925
Seven Days
as Jim Wilson
The Shadow on the Wall
as George Walters
The Circle
as Arnold Cheney
The Bridge of Sighs
as Billy Craig
Exchange of Wives
1925
Exchange of Wives
as Victor Moran
Wages for Wives
as Danny Kester
Time, the Comedian
as Tom Cautley
The Mine with the Iron Door
as St. Jimmy
The Marriage Circle
as Dr. Gustav Mueller
Name the Man
as Alick Gell
How to Educate a Wife
as Billy Breese
Wine of Youth
as Richard (1897 prologue
This Woman
as Bobby Bleedon
Riders Up
as Johnny aka Information Kid
Mary of the Movies
as The Boy
Broken Hearts of Broadway
as An Outcast
Trilby
as Little Billee
Tea- With a Kick!
as Art Binger
Fascination
as Carlos de Lisa (her brother)
Her Majesty
as Ted Harper
Orphans of the Storm
as Picard
Forbidden Love
as Harold Van Zandt
Way Down East
as Professor Sterling
A Child for Sale
as Charles Stoddard
The Idol Dancer
as Walter Kincaid
The Thirteenth Chair
as Willy Grosby
A Damsel in Distress
as George Bevan
Oh Boy!
as George Budd
The Love Cheat
as Henry Calvin
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
as Conrad Le Brett
The Black Circle
as Andrew MacTavish Ferguson
The Woman the Germans Shot
as Frank Brooks
Mrs. Slacker
as Robert Gibbs
His Bonded Wife
1918
His Bonded Wife
as Philip Hazard
The Seven Pearls
as Harry Drake
The Iron Claw
as Davey
Snow White
as Prince Florimon
Charity
as Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother)
The Romance of Elaine
as Walter Jameson
A Fool There Was
as Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)
The Old Homestead
1915
The Old Homestead
as Reuben Whitcomb
The New Exploits of Elaine
as Walter Jameson
The Taint
1914
The Taint
as Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son
The Stain
as Office Clerk
The Exploits of Elaine
as Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6)
The Million Dollar Mystery
as Gang Member