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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.
Filmography
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Westbound (1959)
The Story of Mankind (1957)
Serenade (1956)
Strange Lady in Town (1955)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954)
Take the High Ground! (1953)
Les Miserables (1952)
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
The Screen Director (1951)
The Enforcer (1951)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
Backfire (1950)
Beyond the Forest (1949)
One Last Fling (1949)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Night Unto Night (1949)
Homicide (1949)
Fighter Squadron (1948)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
So You Want to Be a Gambler (1948)
So You Want an Apartment (1948)
Always Together (1947)
Life with Father (1947)
Cry Wolf (1947)
Hollywood Wonderland (1947)
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
So You're Going to Be a Father (1947)
Love and Learn (1947)
The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
Stan Kenton and His Orchestra (1947)
Humoresque (1947)
The Verdict (1946)
So You Want to Play the Horses (1946)
Three Strangers (1946)
Crime by Night (1944)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Uncertain Glory (1944)
The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case (1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
The Mysterious Doctor (1943)
The Gorilla Man (1943)
Casablanca (1943)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Hidden Hand (1942)
You Can't Escape Forever (1942)
Spy Ship (1942)
Winning Your Wings (1942)
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
Murder in the Big House (1942)
The Male Animal (1942)
Bullet Scars (1942)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
Steel Against the Sky (1941)
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Sergeant York (1941)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
Highway West (1941)
Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
Out of the Fog (1941)
Here Comes Happiness (1941)
Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos (1941)
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra (1941)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
Lady with Red Hair (1940)
Father Is A Prince (1940)
East of the River (1940)
Just a Cute Kid (1940)
Knute Rockne All American (1940)
Money and the Woman (1940)
My Love Came Back (1940)
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
A Fugitive from Justice (1940)
Brother Orchid (1940)
Tear Gas Squad (1940)
Saturday's Children (1940)
King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
One Million B.C. (1940)
Calling Philo Vance (1940)
A Child Is Born (1939)
The Return of Doctor X (1939)
On Dress Parade (1939)
Kid Nightingale (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
On Your Toes (1939)
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
Slapsie Maxie's (1939)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
The Bill of Rights (1939)
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939)
Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
The Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
One Wild Night (1938)
International Settlement (1938)
Big Town Girl (1937)
Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937)
Midnight Taxi (1937)
Under Your Spell (1936)
Hollywood Boulevard (1936)
36 Hours to Kill (1936)
The Millionaire Kid (1936)
Custer's Last Stand (1936)
Men Without Names (1935)
Becky Sharp (1935)
Million Dollar Haul (1935)
Life Begins at Forty (1935)
One More Spring (1935)
Helldorado (1935)
Hollywood Trouble (1935)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
The Thin Man (1934)
George White's Scandals (1934)
Gambling Lady (1934)
The Masquerader (1933)
Sensation Hunters (1933)
Free Wheeling (1932)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
Grief Street (1931)
School's Out (1930)
Holiday (1930)
The Great Divide (1929)
Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)
The House of Shame (1928)
Sisters of Eve (1928)
Riley of the Rainbow Division (1928)
Rose-Marie (1928)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Life in Hollywood No. 1 (1927)
Annie Laurie (1927)
One Hour Married (1927)
Why Girls Say No (1927)
Should Men Walk Home? (1927)
Oh, Baby! (1926)
The Midnight Message (1926)
Beverly of Graustark (1926)
Exchange of Wives (1925)
The Circle (1925)
Seven Days (1925)
The Bridge of Sighs (1925)
The Shadow on the Wall (1925)
This Woman (1924)
The Mine with the Iron Door (1924)
Wine of Youth (1924)
How to Educate a Wife (1924)
The Marriage Circle (1924)
Name the Man (1924)
Tea- With a Kick! (1923)
Trilby (1923)
Broken Hearts of Broadway (1923)
Mary of the Movies (1923)
Fascination (1922)
Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Way Down East (1920)
A Child for Sale (1920)
The Idol Dancer (1920)
A Damsel in Distress (1919)
The Thirteenth Chair (1919)
Oh Boy! (1919)
The Woman the Germans Shot (1918)
Mrs. Slacker (1918)
The Seven Pearls (1917)
Snow White (1916)
The Iron Claw (1916)
The Old Homestead (1915)
The Romance of Elaine (1915)
The New Exploits of Elaine (1915)
A Fool There Was (1915)
The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
The Taint (1914)
The Stain (1914)
The Million Dollar Mystery (1914)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1882-05-24
Deathday1965-08-09 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceCounty Cork, Republic of Ireland
CitizenshipsUnited States of America, Republic of Ireland
Also Known AsPatrick C. Fitzgerald, Patrick Fitzgerald
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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