

Cast & creator
Best known for Cheyenne, The Abbott and Costello Show, Sunset Boulevard
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.
Also known as: Patrick C. Fitzgerald, Patrick Fitzgerald, Patrick Wills Fitzgerald
205
film credits
2
television credits
207
1914–1959 · acting roles
6.7
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Signature credits
Across film & television
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Townsman (uncredited)
1955
Carson
1952
Creighton Hale (uncredited)
1950
Customer (uncredited)
1943
Stenographer (uncredited)
1941
Associated Press Man (uncredited)
1941
Reporter (uncredited)
1934
Man Driving Car (uncredited)
1957
Casey (uncredited)
1944
Court Clerk (uncredited)
1949
Customer (uncredited)
1939
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
1940
Sparks (uncredited)
1943
Dr. Carter
1943
Draftsman (uncredited)
1939
Concierge's Husband (uncredited)
1954

Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)
1957
Radio Man (uncredited)
1941

Hotel Manager
1939
Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)
1940
Chauffeur (uncredited)
1943
Shell Person
1940
Heavenly Judge
1957
Reporter (uncredited)
1946
Card Player (uncredited)
1955

Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)
1942
Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited)
1940
Reporter Eddie (uncredited)
1940
Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)
1947
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
1940
Jim (uncredited)
1941
Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother)
1916
Army Doctor (uncredited)
1953
Ritter - Warden's Secretary
1942
Bank Representative
1941
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1939
Engineer (uncredited)
1943
Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)
1941
Cashier (uncredited)
1940
Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited)
1940
Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)
1951
Second Tout (uncredited)
1947
Man in Pub (uncredited)
1946
Paul Jones
1927
Church Usher (uncredited)
1941
Fred Barrett
1933
Newspaperman (uncredited)
1951
Casino Floor Man (uncredited)
1940
Johnny aka Information Kid
1924
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1952
Wedding Guest
1934
Picard
1921
Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)
1939
Concert Spectator (uncredited)
1947
Professor (uncredited)
1947
Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)
1915
Bailiff (uncredited)
1948
Railroad Backer (uncredited)
1951
British Officer (uncredited)
1935
Drug Clerk
1935
Mr. Harlan (uncredited)
1941
Hotel Desk Clerk
1939
Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)
1947
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1950
Reporter (uncredited)
1942
Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited)
1940
Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)
1947
Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)
1941
Man in Sheriff's Office
1939
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1950
Secretary (uncredited)
1941
Becky's Boyfriend
1927
Blackjack Player (uncredited)
1948
Wedding Supervisor
1932
Carlos de Lisa (her brother)
1922
Secretary at Inquest (uncredited)
1947
Announcer
1940
Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
1959
Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)
1942
Captain
1938
Marcelled Leading Man
1947
Little Billee
1923
Ticket Agent
1936
An Outcast
1923
Jim
1929

Reporter
1939Cashier (uncredited)
1946
Dickie's Father
1932
Mr. Carmichael
1942
New York Congressman
1939
Wellington Kingston
1926
George Bevan
1919
Du Bois - Fingerprint Man
1940
Reporter at Train Station (uncredited)
1940
Desk Man
1937
Bobby Bleedon
1924
Horace Grayson (uncredited)
1944
Reporter #3 (uncredited)
1940
Chief
1934
Hank
1936
Townsman with Glasses
1949
Professor Sterling
1920
Cockney (uncredited)
1948
Desk Clerk
1940
Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar
1936
Clerk
1938
Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)
1947
Uncle Ed (uncredited)
1942
Gang Member
1914
Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)
1934
Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)
1941

Art Binger
1923
The Coroner (uncredited)
1942
Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
1934
Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)
1951
Bank Teller (uncredited)
1938Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son
1914Movie Patron
1951
Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6)
1914
Willy Grosby
1919Barber
1953
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
1956
Billy Breese
1924
Walter Jameson
1915
The Gentleman Crook
1927
Racetrack Official
1939Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)
1948Audience Spectator (uncredited)
1954
Billy Dodd
1926
Charles Stoddard
1920
Bell Captain
1937
Waiter (uncredited)
1941
Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited)
1939
Billy Craig
1925
St. Jimmy
1924
The Boy
1923
Riley
1928
Glorietta Desk Clerk
1949
Luke
1943
First Stage Manager
1939
Broadcaster
1939
George Walters
1925
Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited)
1939Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)
1947
Bailiff (uncredited)
1936
Conrad Le Brett
1919
Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)
1947
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1951
Reporter (uncredited)
1939
Dr. Gustav Mueller
1924
G-Man
1937
Walter Jameson
1915
Thomas Neville
1936Waiter at Party
1949
Newspaper Reporter
1935
Constable Fletcher
1943
Alick Gell
1924
Frank Brooks
1918
Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)
1947
Arnold Cheney
1925
Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)
1940
Groom
1935
Judd, the druggist
1942
Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)
1941
Pete Hedges
1930
Harvey Baremore
1928
Richard (1897 prologue
1924
Play Co-star
1931Victor Moran
1925
Henry Calvin
1919
Gus
1949
Jack Crabtree
1930
Man Taking Tour (uncredited)
1947
Reporter (uncredited)
1937
Etienne Doray
1928
Reporter
1942
Ted Harper
1922
Curley Chandler
1935
Donald
1927
Tom Cautley
1925
Bobby Blessington
1933
Office Clerk
1914
Edgar Blossom
1929
Prince Oscar
1926Philip Hazard
1918Jim Wilson
1925
Headline Printer (uncredited)
1941Leonard Tavernake
1928
Walter Kincaid
1920
Danny Kester
1925
Harry Drake
1917


George Budd
1919
Davey
1916Reuben Whitcomb
1915
Prince Florimon
1916
Harold Van Zandt
1921
Wheezer's father
1931
Robert Gibbs
1918
Andrew MacTavish Ferguson
1919