🎬Creighton Hale

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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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Westbound (1959)	Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)		6
2	The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)	Man Driving Car (uncredited)		6
3	Les Miserables (1952)	Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)	-	-
4	The Enforcer (1951)	-	-	-
5	Sunset Boulevard (1950)	Creighton Hale (uncredited)		8.5
6	Backfire (1950)	Cab Driver (uncredited)		2
7	Beyond the Forest (1949)	Townsman with Glasses		6
8	The Fountainhead (1949)	Court Clerk (uncredited)		4.5
9	Johnny Belinda (1948)	Bailiff (uncredited)		5
10	Possessed (1947)	Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)		6
11	Cry Wolf (1947)	Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)		6.5
12	Nora Prentiss (1947)	Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)		5
13	Humoresque (1947)	Professor (uncredited)		5
14	Life with Father (1947)	Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)		5.5
15	The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)	Second Tout (uncredited)		4.7
16	The Verdict (1946)	Reporter		6
17	Three Strangers (1946)	Man in Pub (uncredited)		4
18	Mr. Skeffington (1944)	Casey (uncredited)		6
19	Casablanca (1943)	Customer (uncredited)		8.1
20	Action in the North Atlantic (1943)	Sparks (uncredited)		3
21	Gentleman Jim (1942)	Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)		5
22	One Foot in Heaven (1941)	Church Usher (uncredited)		1
23	The Strawberry Blonde (1941)	Secretary (uncredited)		5
24	Sergeant York (1941)	Associated Press Man (uncredited)		4
25	Out of the Fog (1941)	-		5
26	The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)	Radio Man (uncredited)		6
27	The Maltese Falcon (1941)	Stenographer (uncredited)		8.1
28	Knute Rockne All American (1940)	Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)		3
29	All This, and Heaven Too (1940)	Ship's Officer (uncredited)		3
30	Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)	Draftsman (uncredited)		4
31	The Return of Doctor X (1939)	Hotel Manager		2
32	The Roaring Twenties (1939)	Customer (uncredited)		6
33	Becky Sharp (1935)	British Officer (uncredited)		5
34	Gambling Lady (1934)	Funeral Attendee (uncredited)		5
35	The Thin Man (1934)	Reporter (uncredited)		8.5
36	The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)	Wedding Supervisor		5
37	Seven Footprints to Satan (1929)	Jim		6
38	The Cat and the Canary (1927)	Paul Jones		4
39	The Marriage Circle (1924)	Dr. Gustav Mueller		4
40	Orphans of the Storm (1921)	Picard		5
41	Way Down East (1920)	Professor Sterling		7
42	A Fool There Was (1915)	Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)		3.5