Creighton Hale

About

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...

Known for

CheyenneSeries • 1955The Abbott and Costello ShowSeries • 1952CasablancaMovie • 1943Sunset BoulevardMovie • 1950The Maltese FalconMovie • 1941Sergeant YorkMovie • 1941The Spirit of St. LouisMovie • 1957The Thin ManMovie • 1934One Million B.C.Movie • 1940Mr. SkeffingtonMovie • 1944The FountainheadMovie • 1949All This, and Heaven TooMovie • 1940Action in the North AtlanticMovie • 1943The Roaring TwentiesMovie • 1939Santa Fe TrailMovie • 1940WestboundMovie • 1959The EnforcerMovie • 1951The Two Mrs. CarrollsMovie • 1947Life with FatherMovie • 1947HumoresqueMovie • 1947The Man Who Came to DinnerMovie • 1941Confessions of a Nazi SpyMovie • 1939Phantom of the Rue MorgueMovie • 1954Gentleman JimMovie • 1942