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Creighton Hale
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 hal…
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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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1959
Westbound
Movie Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
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1957
The Story of Mankind
Movie Heavenly Judge
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1957
The Helen Morgan Story
Movie Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
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1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
Movie Man Driving Car (uncredited)
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1956
Serenade
Movie Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
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1955
Cheyenne
TV show Townsman (uncredited)
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1955
Strange Lady in Town
Movie Card Player (uncredited)
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1954
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Movie Audience Spectator (uncredited)
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1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Movie Concierge's Husband (uncredited)
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1953
Take the High Ground!
Movie Army Doctor (uncredited)
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1953
So You Want to Learn to Dance
Movie Barber
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1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV show Carson
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1952
Les Miserables
Movie Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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1951
Come Fill the Cup
Movie Newspaperman (uncredited)
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1951
On Moonlight Bay
Movie Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)
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1951
Fort Worth
Movie Railroad Backer (uncredited)
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1951
Goodbye, My Fancy
Movie Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)
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1951
So You Want to Be a Cowboy
Movie Movie Patron
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1951
The Screen Director
Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
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1951
The Enforcer
Movie
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1950
Sunset Boulevard
Movie Creighton Hale (uncredited)
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1950
The Great Jewel Robber
Movie Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
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1950
Backfire
Movie Cab Driver (uncredited)
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1949
Beyond the Forest
Movie Townsman with Glasses
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1949
One Last Fling
Movie Gus
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1949
The Fountainhead
Movie Court Clerk (uncredited)
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1949
Night Unto Night
Movie
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1949
Homicide
Movie Glorietta Desk Clerk
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1949
So You Want to Be Popular
Movie Waiter at Party
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1948
Fighter Squadron
Movie Cockney (uncredited)
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1948
Johnny Belinda
Movie Bailiff (uncredited)
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1948
So You Want to Be a Gambler
Movie Blackjack Player (uncredited)
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1948
So You Want an Apartment
Movie Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
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1947
Always Together
Movie Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)
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1947
Life with Father
Movie Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)
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1947
Cry Wolf
Movie Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)
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1947
Hollywood Wonderland
Movie Man Taking Tour (uncredited)
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1947
The Perils of Pauline
Movie Marcelled Leading Man
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1947
Possessed
Movie Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)
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1947
So You're Going to Be a Father
Movie Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)
