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| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1914–1959
| years_active = 1914–1959
| birth_name = Patrick Wills Fitzgerald<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117134159/evening-star/ "Actor Named in Will"]. ''[[The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.)|The Evening Star]]''. October 31, 1924. p.&nbsp;10. Retrieved January 24, 2023.</ref><ref name="NYCMR1912">
| birth_name = Patrick Fitzgerald
"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:243N-R8Y : 22 August 2022), Patrick Wills Fitzgerald and Victoria De La Vincendure Hale, 1912.</ref>
| other_names = Pat Creighton Hale
| other_names = Pat Creighton Hale
| spouse = {{marriage|Victoire Lowe|1912|1926|end=divorced}}<br/>{{marriage|Kathleen Bering<br>|1931}}
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* {{marriage|Victoire Lowe|1912|1926|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Kathleen Bering<br>|1931}}
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| children = 2
| children = 2
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'''Creighton Hale''' (born '''Patrick Fitzgerald'''; May 24, 1882 – August 9, 1965<ref>[http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/creighton-hale Hollywood Star Walk], ''Los Angeles Times''</ref>) 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.<ref>[http://silenthollywood.com/creightonhale.html Creighton Hale at ''Silent Hollywood.com'' (includes seven glossy photographs)]</ref>
'''Creighton Hale''' (born '''Patrick Wills Fitzgerald'''; May 24, 1882 – August 9, 1965)<ref>[http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/creighton-hale Hollywood Star Walk], ''Los Angeles Times''</ref> 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.<ref>[http://silenthollywood.com/creightonhale.html Creighton Hale at ''Silent Hollywood.com'' (includes seven glossy photographs)]</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Born in [[County Cork]], Ireland,{{Citation needed |date=October 2019}} Hale was educated in Dublin<ref name=mn/> and London, and later attended [[Ardingly College]] in [[Sussex]]. He emigrated to America in 1910,{{Citation needed |date=October 2019}} with a company headed by [[Gertrude Elliott]]. He was initially billed as '''Pat Creighton Hale''' in the United States. Remaining in the country, he acted in [[Repertory theatre|stock theater]] in Hartford, Indianapolis, and other cities.<ref name="mn">{{cite news |title=Creighton Hale in A Dangerous Maid |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37582318/creighton_hale/ |accessdate=October 21, 2019 |work=The Morning News |date=March 21, 1921 |location=Delaware, Wilmington |page=8|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> While starring in [[Charles Frohman]]'s [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''Indian Summer'', Hale was spotted by a representative of the [[Pathé|Pathe Film Company]].{{Citation needed |date=October 2019}} He eventually became known professionally as Creighton Hale, although the derivation of those names remains unknown. His first movie was ''[[The Exploits of Elaine]]'' (1914).<ref name=mn/> He starred in hit films such as ''[[Way Down East]]'', ''[[Orphans of the Storm]]'', and ''[[The Cat and the Canary (1927 film)|The Cat and the Canary]]''.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}
Born in [[County Cork]], Ireland,<ref>Willis, John, ed. (1966; 1983). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VCQ9AErr-uMC&dq=%22county+Cork%22&pg=PA237 Screen World, 1966]''. Cheshire, CN: Biblo-Moser. p.&nbsp;37. {{ISBN|0-8196-0307-4}}.</ref> Hale was one of two children born to Maud V. Hale and Daniel Fitzgerald.<ref name="NYCMR1912"/><ref name="CCM1931">"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JQ-SKY : 9 March 2021), Creighton Hale and Kathleen E Bering, 01 Aug 1931; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,934.</ref><ref name="NYPAL1910">"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJ81-1PG : 2 March 2021), Patrick Creighton Hale, 1910.</ref> Educated in Dublin<ref name=mn/> and London, he later attended [[Ardingly College]] in [[Sussex]].<ref>''[https://archive.org/details/motionpicturealm00quig_0/page/n173/mode/2up?q=%22hale+creighton%22 The Motion Picture Almanac]''. New York: [[Quigley Publishing Company]]. 1931. p.&nbsp;169.</ref> He emigrated to America in 1910,<ref name="NYPAL1910"/> with a company headed by [[Gertrude Elliott]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=CORSAIR BEATS THE BALTIC: Mr. Morgan Wins Race from Quarantine to Meet Wife and Grandson; Players to support Gertrude Elliott|author=|date=September 26, 1910|work=The New York Times|page=13|quote=The company that will support Gertrude Elliott in 'The Dawn of a Tomorrow' will include Scott Gatti, Fuller Mellish, Sydney Booth, Charles Garry, Arthur Barry, Philip Leslie, Sam Pearce, Creighton Hale, Bennett Kilpack, Ernest C. Joy, Angela Ogden, Anna Waite, Julia Blanc, and Carrie Merrilees. Of these, Messrs. Garry, Leslie, Pearce and Hale were with Miss Elliott in the London run of the piece, and Messrs. Mellish, Barry and Joy and Miss Merrilees have been in the play since it was first produced in America by Eleanor Robson.|id={{ProQuest|97064432}}}}</ref> Remaining in the country, he acted in [[Repertory theatre|stock theater]] in Hartford, Indianapolis, and other cities, billed initially as '''Pat Creighton Hale'''.<ref name="mn">{{cite news |title=Creighton Hale in A Dangerous Maid |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37582318/creighton_hale/ |accessdate=October 21, 2019 |work=The Morning News |date=March 21, 1921 |location=Delaware, Wilmington |page=8|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> While starring in [[Charles Frohman]]'s [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''Indian Summer'', Hale was spotted by a representative of the [[Pathé|Pathe Film Company]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=AZ0sAAAAYAAJ&dq=creighton+hale&pg=PA289 "Creighton Hale, the Pathe Actor"]. ''The Moving Picture World''. Vol. 25, No. 2; July 10, 1915. p.&nbsp;289. Retrieved January 26, 2023.</ref><ref name="ASreCH">Slide, Anthony (1988). ''[https://archive.org/details/cinemaireland0000slid/page/86/mode/2up?q=%22creighton+hale%22 The Cinema and Ireland]''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company pp.&nbsp;86–87. {{ISBN|0899503225}}.</ref> He eventually became known simply as '''Creighton Hale''', although the derivation of "Creighton" remains unknown. Making his screen debut in ''[[The Exploits of Elaine]]'' (1914),<ref name=mn/> Hale had prominent supporting roles in films like [[D.W. Griffith]]'s ''[[Way Down East]]'', ''[[Orphans of the Storm]]'',<ref name="ASreCH"/> and ''[[The Idol Dancer]]'',<ref>[https://archive.org/details/daily-ontario-december-1921/page/n213/mode/2up?q=%22creighton+hale%22 "News and Views of Stage and Screen; Famous Screen Players Appear in 'The Idol Dancer'"]. ''The Daily Ontario''. p.&nbsp;3. Retrieved January 24, 2023.</ref> and later starred in such films as ''[[The Marriage Circle]]'', ''[[Seven Footprints to Satan]]'' and ''[[The Cat and the Canary (1927 film)|The Cat and the Canary]]''. Regarding the latter, ''[[Picture Show (magazine)|Picture Show]]'' wrote of Hale's performance, "He makes no attempt to be impressive. He is just natural."<ref name="ASreCH"/>


It was thought that in 1923 Hale starred in an early [[Pornographic film|pornographic "stag" film]] ''On the Beach'' (a.k.a. ''Getting His Goat'' and ''The Goat Man''). In the film, three nude women agree to have sex with him, but only through a hole in a fence. Photographs of the scene clearly show that the man in the film is not Hale, but is another actor who also wore glasses.<ref>[http://morethanyouneededtoknow.typepad.com/the_unsung_joe/2009/11/creighton-hale.html Biography with comparison photos of Hale and "The Goat Man"], UnsungJoe website. Retrieved August 16, 2015.</ref>
It was thought that in 1923 Hale starred in an early [[Pornographic film|pornographic "stag" film]] ''On the Beach'' (a.k.a. ''Getting His Goat'' and ''The Goat Man'').<ref>Penley, Constance. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rdWZ8JD5dkkC&dq=%22classic+stag+film%22+%22on+the+beach%22+%22creighton+hale%22&pg=PA314 "Crackers and Whackers: The White Trashing of Porn"] in Williams, Linda, ed. (2004). ''Porn Studies''. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. p.&nbsp;314. {{ISBN|0822333007}}.</ref> In the film, three nude women agree to have sex with him, but only through a hole in a fence. Photographs of the scene clearly show that the man in the film is not Hale, but is another actor who also wore glasses.<ref>[http://morethanyouneededtoknow.typepad.com/the_unsung_joe/2009/11/creighton-hale.html Biography with comparison photos of Hale and "The Goat Man"], UnsungJoe website. Retrieved August 16, 2015.</ref>


When talkies came about, his career declined. He made several appearances in [[Hal Roach]]'s ''[[Our Gang]]'' series (''[[School's Out (1930 film)|School's Out]]'', ''[[Big Ears (film)|Big Ears]]'', ''[[Free Wheeling]]''), and also played uncredited bits in major talking films such as ''[[Larceny, Inc.]]'', ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'', and ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''.
When talkies came about, Hale's career declined. He made several appearances in [[Hal Roach]]'s ''[[Our Gang]]'' series (''[[School's Out (1930 film)|School's Out]]'', ''[[Big Ears (film)|Big Ears]]'', ''[[Free Wheeling]]''), and also played uncredited bits in major talking films such as ''[[Larceny, Inc.]]'', ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'', and ''[[Casablanca (film)|Casablanca]]''.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
His two sons, Creighton Hale Jr. and Robert Lowe Hale, from his first marriage to Victoire Lowe were adopted by Lowe's second husband, actor [[John Miljan]].{{Citation needed |date=October 2019}} After his divorce, Hale married Kathleen Bering in Los Angeles in 1931.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actor accused of deserting young sons |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37584448/creighton_hale/ |accessdate=October 21, 2019 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=July 13, 1932 |location=California, Oakland |page=4|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He died in [[South Pasadena, California|South Pasadena]] at age 83 and was buried at [[Duncans Mills, California|Duncans Mills]] Cemetery in [[Northern California]].
Hale's two sons, Creighton Hale Jr. and Robert Lowe Hale, from his first marriage to Victoire Lowe, were adopted by Lowe's second husband, actor [[John Miljan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Salute to Legal Godfather; Formal Adoption |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/689135409/?clipping_id=117128999 |accessdate=January 24, 2023 |work=New York Daily News |date=July 27, 1932 |location=New York, New York |page=3|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> After his divorce, Hale married Kathleen Bering in Los Angeles in 1931.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actor accused of deserting young sons |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37584448/creighton_hale/ |accessdate=October 21, 2019 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=July 13, 1932 |location=California, Oakland |page=4|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Hale's sister-in-law, Isabelle Lowe,<ref>Patterson, Ada (December 20, 1919). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/325940185/?clipping_id=117216203 "The Love Romance That Began With a Bet; A Challenge to Cupid"]. ''The Tampa Tribune''. p.&nbsp;19. Retrieved January 25, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/89243736/?clipping_id=117283362 "Isabelle Lowe Lauds Creighton Hale"]. ''The Courier'' (Harrisburg, PA). p.&nbsp;6. Retrieved January 26, 2023.</ref> was both an accomplished stage actress and a published author and aspiring playwright.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=s49PAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22isabelle+lowe%22&pg=PA68 "The Dancer"]. ''Cosmopolitan''. p.&nbsp;68. Retrieved January 25, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/isabelle-lowe-68137 Isabelle Lowe: Credits]. [[IBDb]].</ref><ref>Lowe, Isabelle (1907). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=9EhFAAAAIAAJ Lillian, the Beautiful Typewriter: A Thrilling Tale of Modern City Life]''. Baltimore, MD: I. Ottenheimer Publishers.</ref><ref>Library of Congress Copyright Office (1918). [https://books.google.com/books?id=IGYcAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22isabelle+lowe%22&pg=PA1801 Dramatic Compositions Copyrighted in the United States, 1870 to 1916, Volume 1]. U.S. Government Printing Office.</ref> She and Hale performed together at least twice during the early 1920s—co-starring in revivals of [[Rida Johnson Young]]'s ''Little Old New York'' and A.E. Thomas's ''Just Suppose''<ref>[https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_1922-07-01_71_23534/page/n15/mode/2up?q=%22theatrical+notes%22+%22isabelle+lowe%22+%22creighton+hale%22 "Theatrical Notes"]. ''The New York Times''. July 1, 1922. p.&nbsp;16. Retrieved January 29, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117495146/the-san-francisco-examiner/ "Isabelle Lowe in the character of Patricia O'Day and Creighton Hale in the role of Larry Delvan in 'Little Old New York'"]. ''The San Francisco Examiner''. p.&nbsp;11. Retrieved January 29, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=i2YvAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22creighton+hale%22+%22isabelle+lowe%22&pg=RA1-PA32 "Isabelle Lowe and Creighton Hale in 'Just Suppose'"]. ''Los Angeles School Journal''. February 16 1923. p.&nbsp;32. Retrieved January 25, 2023.</ref>—and co-authored two never-produced plays.<ref>Library of Congress Copyright Office (February 1, 1921). [https://books.google.com/books?id=xDXQAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22creighton+hale%22+%22isabelle+lowe%22&pg=PA304 "Catalogue of Copyright Entries; Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to newspapers or Periodicals, Etc.; Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery; Dramatic Compositions; Maps; Motion Pictures; 1921: New series, Volume 18, No. 1]. U.S. Government Printing Office.</ref><ref>Library of Congress Copyright Office (1921). [https://books.google.com/books?id=IGYcAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22isabelle+lowe%22&pg=PA1801 "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series"]. U.S. Government Printing Office.</ref>

Hale died at the [[Motion Picture Country Home]] on August 9, 1965, at age 83. In accordance with his wishes, no funeral service was held, his remains were cremated at [[Chapel of the Pines Crematory|Chapel of the Pines]], and his ashes were brought to rest at [[Duncans Mills, California|Duncans Mills]] Cemetery in [[Northern California]].<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/32802980/?clipping_id=117126536 "Creighton Hale, Pioneer Motion Picture Actor, Dies"]. ''[[Los Angeles Daily News|The Valley News]]''. August 12, 1965. p.&nbsp;38. Retrieved January 24, 2022.</ref><ref>Wilson, Scott (2016). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA307 Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.]''. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p.&nbsp;307. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-7992-4}}.</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[The Seven Pearls]]'' (1917) – Harry Drake
* ''[[The Seven Pearls]]'' (1917) – Harry Drake
* ''Mrs. Slacker'' (1918) – Robert Gibbs
* ''Mrs. Slacker'' (1918) – Robert Gibbs
* ''For Sale'' (1918) – Waverly Hamilton
* ''[[For Sale (1918 film)|For Sale]]'' (1918) – Waverly Hamilton
* ''[[Annexing Bill]]'' (1918) – Billy
* ''[[Annexing Bill]]'' (1918) – Billy
* ''[[Waifs (film)|Waifs]]'' (1918) – Fitzjames Powers
* ''[[Waifs (film)|Waifs]]'' (1918) – Fitzjames Powers
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* ''[[The Love Cheat]]'' (1919) – Henry Calvin
* ''[[The Love Cheat]]'' (1919) – Henry Calvin
* ''[[A Damsel in Distress (1919 film)|A Damsel in Distress]]'' (1919) – George Bevan
* ''[[A Damsel in Distress (1919 film)|A Damsel in Distress]]'' (1919) – George Bevan
* ''The Black Circle'' (1919) – Andrew MacTavish Ferguson
* ''[[The Black Circle (film)|The Black Circle]]'' (1919) – Andrew MacTavish Ferguson
* ''[[The Idol Dancer]]'' (1920) – Walter Kincaid
* ''[[The Idol Dancer]]'' (1920) – Walter Kincaid
* ''[[A Child for Sale]]'' (1920) – Charles Stoddard
* ''[[A Child for Sale]]'' (1920) – Charles Stoddard
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* ''A Poor Girl's Romance'' (1926) – Wellington Kingston
* ''A Poor Girl's Romance'' (1926) – Wellington Kingston
* ''[[The Midnight Message]]'' (1926) – Billy Dodd
* ''[[The Midnight Message]]'' (1926) – Billy Dodd
* ''[[Oh, Baby! (film)|Oh, Baby!]]'' (1926) – Arthur Graham
* ''[[Oh, Baby! (1926 film)|Oh, Baby!]]'' (1926) – Arthur Graham
* ''Speeding Through'' (1926)
* ''Speeding Through'' (1926)
* ''[[Should Men Walk Home?]]'' (1927, Short) – The Gentleman Crook
* ''[[Should Men Walk Home?]]'' (1927, Short) – The Gentleman Crook
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* ''[[Perfect Strangers (1950 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'' (1950) – Reporter (uncredited)
* ''[[Perfect Strangers (1950 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'' (1950) – Reporter (uncredited)
* ''[[The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady]]'' (1950) – Well-Wisher at Dressing Room Party (uncredited)
* ''[[The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady]]'' (1950) – Well-Wisher at Dressing Room Party (uncredited)
* ''[[The Flame and the Arrow]]'' (1950) – Undetermined role (uncredited)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/568380085/?clipping_id=117500627 "This Changing World"]. ''The Spokesman-Review''. March 12, 1950. pt.&nbsp;III, p.&nbsp;22. Retrieved January 29, 2023.</ref><ref>Ayer, Belle (February 21, 1950). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/568507504/?clipping_id=117501060 "Film Fanfare: Odds and Ends from the Cutting Room Floor"]. ''The Rock Island Argus''. p.&nbsp;22. Retrieved January 29, 2023.</ref>
* ''[[The Great Jewel Robber]]'' (1950) – Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
* ''[[The Great Jewel Robber]]'' (1950) – Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
* ''[[Atom Man vs. Superman]]'' (1950, Serial) – Observer [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
* ''[[Atom Man vs. Superman]]'' (1950, Serial) – Observer [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
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* ''[[Fort Worth (film)|Fort Worth]]'' (1951) – Railroad Backer (uncredited)
* ''[[Fort Worth (film)|Fort Worth]]'' (1951) – Railroad Backer (uncredited)
* ''[[On Moonlight Bay (film)|On Moonlight Bay]]'' (1951) – Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)
* ''[[On Moonlight Bay (film)|On Moonlight Bay]]'' (1951) – Father in Silent Movie (uncredited)
* ''[[Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (film)|Painting the Clouds with Sunshine]]'' (1951) – Undetermined role (uncredited)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Rx8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22leah+baird%22+%22gertrude+astor+and+creighton+hale%22&pg=PA20 "Music as Written"]. ''Billboard''. March 31, 1951. p.&nbsp;20. Retrieved January 29, 2023.</ref>
* ''[[Come Fill the Cup]]'' (1951) – Newspaperman (uncredited)
* ''[[Come Fill the Cup]]'' (1951) – Newspaperman (uncredited)
* ''[[Starlift]]'' (1951) – Theatre Manager (uncredited)
* ''[[Starlift]]'' (1951) – Theatre Manager (uncredited)
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* ''[[So You Want to Learn to Dance]]'' (1953, Short) – Barber (uncredited)
* ''[[So You Want to Learn to Dance]]'' (1953, Short) – Barber (uncredited)
* ''[[The System (1953 film)|The System]]'' (1953) – Reporter at Senate Investigation Hearing (uncredited)
* ''[[The System (1953 film)|The System]]'' (1953) – Reporter at Senate Investigation Hearing (uncredited)
* ''[[Sangaree (film)|Sangaree]]'' (1953) – Mr. Hale, plantation owner (uncredited)<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A8dRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2797%2C4060854 "Actor Uses Own Name in Film"]. ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. April 15, 1953. p.&nbsp;8. Retrieved January 29, 2023.</ref>
* ''[[So This Is Love (film)|So This Is Love]]'' (1953) – Passerby (uncredited)
* ''[[So This Is Love (film)|So This Is Love]]'' (1953) – Passerby (uncredited)
* ''[[Take the High Ground!]]'' (1953) – Army Doctor (uncredited)
* ''[[Take the High Ground!]]'' (1953) – Army Doctor (uncredited)
* ''[[Walking My Baby Back Home (film)|Walking My Baby Back Home]]'' (1953) – Edwards (uncredited)
* ''[[Walking My Baby Back Home (film)|Walking My Baby Back Home]]'' (1953) – Edwards (uncredited)
* ''[[Phantom of the Rue Morgue]]'' (1954) – Concierge's Husband (uncredited)
* ''[[Phantom of the Rue Morgue]]'' (1954) – Concierge's Husband (uncredited)
* ''[[A Star Is Born (1954 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' (1954) – Undetermined role, crowd scene (uncredited)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48866486/the-los-angeles-times/ "Old-Timers in Roles of 'A Star Is Born'"]. ''Los Angeles Times''. February 28, 1954. pt.&nbsp;IV, pg.&nbsp;3. Retrieved January 29, 2023.</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XaokAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2895%2C514124 "Down Memory Lane"]. ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. September 23, 1954. p.&nbsp;18. Retrieved January 29, 2023.</ref>
* ''[[Strange Lady in Town]]'' (1955) – Card Player (uncredited)
* ''[[Strange Lady in Town]]'' (1955) – Card Player (uncredited)
* ''[[The McConnell Story]]'' (1955) – Fight Fan (uncredited)
* ''[[The McConnell Story]]'' (1955) – Fight Fan (uncredited)
* ''[[Illegal (1955 film)|Illegal]]'' (1955) – Undetermined role, courtroom scene<ref>{{Cite news|title=Seasoned Septet|author=|date=February 18, 1955|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=6|quote=Seven Hollywood veterans, with a combined total of more than 200 years' experience in films, were at work at Warners yesterday in a courtroom scene for 'Illegal.' The seasoned troupers included Kit Gerard, Leah Baird, Gertrude Keeler, Creighton Hales, Jack Mower, Fred Kelsey and Tom Wilson.|id={{ProQuest|2338269604}}}}</ref>
* ''[[The Steel Jungle]]'' (1956) – Clerk
* ''[[The Steel Jungle]]'' (1956) – Clerk
* ''[[Serenade (1956 film)|Serenade]]'' (1956) – Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
* ''[[Serenade (1956 film)|Serenade]]'' (1956) – Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
* ''[[Our Miss Brooks (film)|Our Miss Brooks]]'' (1956) – Faculty Member (uncredited)
* ''[[Our Miss Brooks (film)|Our Miss Brooks]]'' (1956) – Faculty Member (uncredited)
* ''[[The She-Creature]]'' (1956) – Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[The She-Creature]]'' (1956) – Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''[[Sneak Preview (TV series)|Sneak Preview]]'' (TV series, 1956) – episode "One Minute from Broadway"
* ''[[Top Secret Affair]]'' (1957) – Clerk at Senate Hearing (uncredited)
* ''[[Top Secret Affair]]'' (1957) – Clerk at Senate Hearing (uncredited)
* ''[[The Spirit of St. Louis (film)|The Spirit of St. Louis]]'' (1957) – Man Driving Car (uncredited)
* ''[[The Spirit of St. Louis (film)|The Spirit of St. Louis]]'' (1957) – Man Driving Car (uncredited)
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==Further reading==
* [https://archive.org/details/PhotoplayMagazineJan.1916/page/n165/mode/2up?q=%22creighton+hale%22 "Questions and Answers"]. ''Photoplay Magazine''. January 1916. p. 167
* [https://archive.org/details/PhotoplayMagazineFeb.1916/page/n159/mode/2up?q=%22creighton+hale%22 "Questions and Answers"]. ''Photoplay Magazine''. February 1916. p. 161
* [https://archive.org/details/Clipper64-1916-07/page/n57/mode/2up?q=%22creighton+hale%22 "Frank Powell Productions Organized"]. ''The New York Clipper''. July 8, 1916. p. 19
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=1qEbAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22creighton+hale%22&pg=PA892 "Hale an Aviator"]. ''Moving Picture World''. Vol. 29, No. 5. July 29, 1916. p. 772
* Sayford, I.S. (November 1916). [https://books.google.com/books?id=6v1LAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA135 "C. Hale, Human U-Boat"]. ''Photoplay Magazine''. p. 135
* [https://archive.org/details/Film-Fun-1918-01-No-346/page/n21/mode/2up?q=%22creighton+hale%22 "Creighton Hale"]. ''Film Fun''. January 1918. p. 22
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=fhpSAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22creighton+hale%22+%22isabelle+lowe%22&pg=RA26-PA45 "Creighton Hale in Hollywood"]. ''Holly Leaves''. December 22, 1922. p. 45
* [https://archive.org/details/closeup19201921100clos/page/n349/mode/2up?q=%22creighton+Hale%22 "A Clever Actor Indeed"]. ''Close-Up''. July 20, 1923. p. 9
* [https://archive.org/details/cgl_002223/page/n11/mode/2up?q=%22creighton+hale%22 "'Trilby' Opens at the T. D. & L. Theater Today"]. ''Glendale Daily Press''. September 28, 1923. p. 12
* [https://archive.org/details/camera06unse/page/n805/mode/2up?q=%22creighton+hale+says%22 "Creighton Hale in Vaudeville"]. ''Camera!''. December 1, 1923. p. 13
* [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68910157/the-los-angeles-times/ "Hollywood Has Film Orchestra"]. ''The Los Angeles Times''. February 24, 1924.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/678182674/?clipping_id=68910563 "Starts Actors' Orchestra"]. ''Los Angeles Evening Post-Record''. March 3, 1924. p. 3
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/313973737/?clipping_id=68907800 "Creighton Hale Domestic"]. ''The Nebraska State Journal''. May 25, 1924. p. 25
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/678206228/?clipping_id=68909482 "Creighton Hale in Cross Suit"]. ''Los Angeles Evening Post-Record''. October 23, 1924. p. 2
* Marshall, Marian (December 2, 1924). [https://archive.org/details/cgl_005481/page/n7/mode/2up?q=%22creighton+hale%22 "What Film Folk Are Now Doing; Hoot Gibson Makes Winter Scenes, Lytell Has Owl, Hale Sick"]. ''The Glendale Evening News''. p. 8
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=IUnZAAAAMAAJ&dq=musician+saxophone+%22creighton+hale%22&pg=RA6-PA27 "Play a Conn Saxophone"]. ''Life''. February 12, 1925. p. 27
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=b9ccAQAAMAAJ&dq=musician+saxophone+%22creighton+hale%22&pg=RA10-PA49 "Play a Conn Saxophone"]. ''Collier's''. March 14, 1925. p. 49
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/566637053/?clipping_id=117153212 "Meet Creighton Hale, Pied Piper of Movies"]. ''[[Sunday News (Lancaster)|Sunday News]]''. October 25, 1925. p. 16
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=bXQQAacef6sC&dq=musician+saxophone+%22creighton+hale%22&pg=PA869 "Play a Conn Saxophone"]. ''Science and Invention''. January 1926. Volume XIII, No. 9. p. 869
* [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63151670/1931-the-los-angeles-times-02-08-31-ch/ "Actor Cast in Romance Role"]. ''The Los Angeles Times''. August 2, 1931. p. 32
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/380389750/?clipping_id=69096290 "Actor Refuses to Give Up Sons; Ceighton Hale Denies He Deserted Two Boys"]. ''The Los Angeles Times''. July 13, 1932. p. 18
* Pooler, James S. (August 9, 1938). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/97557587/?clipping_id=63444346 "Serial Heroine and Villain Leave Successful Careers; What About Hero? Creighton Hale Is Still Seen on the Camera's Very Edge"]. ''Detroit Free Press''. p. 16
* [https://archive.org/details/boxofficeoctdec13536unse/page/n417/mode/2up?q=%22creighton+hale%22 "Options"]. ''Boxoffice''. October 28, 1939. p. 43


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Creighton Hale
Hale in 1916
Born
Patrick Wills Fitzgerald[1][2]

(1882-05-24)May 24, 1882
County Cork, Ireland
DiedAugust 9, 1965(1965-08-09) (aged 83)
South Pasadena, California, U.S.
Other namesPat Creighton Hale
OccupationActor
Years active1914–1959
Spouses
Victoire Lowe
​
​
(m. 1912; div. 1926)​
Kathleen Bering
​
​
(m. 1931)​
Children2

Creighton Hale (born Patrick Wills Fitzgerald; May 24, 1882 – August 9, 1965)[3] 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.[4]

Career

Born in County Cork, Ireland,[5] Hale was one of two children born to Maud V. Hale and Daniel Fitzgerald.[2][6][7] Educated in Dublin[8] and London, he later attended Ardingly College in Sussex.[9] He emigrated to America in 1910,[7] with a company headed by Gertrude Elliott.[10] Remaining in the country, he acted in stock theater in Hartford, Indianapolis, and other cities, billed initially as Pat Creighton Hale.[8] While starring in Charles Frohman's Broadway production of Indian Summer, Hale was spotted by a representative of the Pathe Film Company.[11][12] He eventually became known simply as Creighton Hale, although the derivation of "Creighton" remains unknown. Making his screen debut in The Exploits of Elaine (1914),[8] Hale had prominent supporting roles in films like D.W. Griffith's Way Down East, Orphans of the Storm,[12] and The Idol Dancer,[13] and later starred in such films as The Marriage Circle, Seven Footprints to Satan and The Cat and the Canary. Regarding the latter, Picture Show wrote of Hale's performance, "He makes no attempt to be impressive. He is just natural."[12]

It was thought that in 1923 Hale starred in an early pornographic "stag" film On the Beach (a.k.a. Getting His Goat and The Goat Man).[14] In the film, three nude women agree to have sex with him, but only through a hole in a fence. Photographs of the scene clearly show that the man in the film is not Hale, but is another actor who also wore glasses.[15]

When talkies came about, Hale's career declined. He made several appearances in Hal Roach's Our Gang series (School's Out, Big Ears, Free Wheeling), and also played uncredited bits in major talking films such as Larceny, Inc., The Maltese Falcon, and Casablanca.

Personal life

Hale's two sons, Creighton Hale Jr. and Robert Lowe Hale, from his first marriage to Victoire Lowe, were adopted by Lowe's second husband, actor John Miljan.[16] After his divorce, Hale married Kathleen Bering in Los Angeles in 1931.[17]

Hale's sister-in-law, Isabelle Lowe,[18][19] was both an accomplished stage actress and a published author and aspiring playwright.[20][21][22][23] She and Hale performed together at least twice during the early 1920s—co-starring in revivals of Rida Johnson Young's Little Old New York and A.E. Thomas's Just Suppose[24][25][26]—and co-authored two never-produced plays.[27][28]

Hale died at the Motion Picture Country Home on August 9, 1965, at age 83. In accordance with his wishes, no funeral service was held, his remains were cremated at Chapel of the Pines, and his ashes were brought to rest at Duncans Mills Cemetery in Northern California.[29][30]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Actor Named in Will". The Evening Star. October 31, 1924. p. 10. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:243N-R8Y : 22 August 2022), Patrick Wills Fitzgerald and Victoria De La Vincendure Hale, 1912.
  3. ^ Hollywood Star Walk, Los Angeles Times
  4. ^ Creighton Hale at Silent Hollywood.com (includes seven glossy photographs)
  5. ^ Willis, John, ed. (1966; 1983). Screen World, 1966. Cheshire, CN: Biblo-Moser. p. 37. ISBN 0-8196-0307-4.
  6. ^ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JQ-SKY : 9 March 2021), Creighton Hale and Kathleen E Bering, 01 Aug 1931; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,934.
  7. ^ a b "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJ81-1PG : 2 March 2021), Patrick Creighton Hale, 1910.
  8. ^ a b c "Creighton Hale in A Dangerous Maid". The Morning News. Delaware, Wilmington. March 21, 1921. p. 8. Retrieved October 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ The Motion Picture Almanac. New York: Quigley Publishing Company. 1931. p. 169.
  10. ^ "CORSAIR BEATS THE BALTIC: Mr. Morgan Wins Race from Quarantine to Meet Wife and Grandson; Players to support Gertrude Elliott". The New York Times. September 26, 1910. p. 13. ProQuest 97064432. The company that will support Gertrude Elliott in 'The Dawn of a Tomorrow' will include Scott Gatti, Fuller Mellish, Sydney Booth, Charles Garry, Arthur Barry, Philip Leslie, Sam Pearce, Creighton Hale, Bennett Kilpack, Ernest C. Joy, Angela Ogden, Anna Waite, Julia Blanc, and Carrie Merrilees. Of these, Messrs. Garry, Leslie, Pearce and Hale were with Miss Elliott in the London run of the piece, and Messrs. Mellish, Barry and Joy and Miss Merrilees have been in the play since it was first produced in America by Eleanor Robson.
  11. ^ "Creighton Hale, the Pathe Actor". The Moving Picture World. Vol. 25, No. 2; July 10, 1915. p. 289. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  12. ^ a b c Slide, Anthony (1988). The Cinema and Ireland. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company pp. 86–87. ISBN 0899503225.
  13. ^ "News and Views of Stage and Screen; Famous Screen Players Appear in 'The Idol Dancer'". The Daily Ontario. p. 3. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  14. ^ Penley, Constance. "Crackers and Whackers: The White Trashing of Porn" in Williams, Linda, ed. (2004). Porn Studies. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. p. 314. ISBN 0822333007.
  15. ^ Biography with comparison photos of Hale and "The Goat Man", UnsungJoe website. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  16. ^ "Salute to Legal Godfather; Formal Adoption". New York Daily News. New York, New York. July 27, 1932. p. 3. Retrieved January 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Actor accused of deserting young sons". Oakland Tribune. California, Oakland. July 13, 1932. p. 4. Retrieved October 21, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ Patterson, Ada (December 20, 1919). "The Love Romance That Began With a Bet; A Challenge to Cupid". The Tampa Tribune. p. 19. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  19. ^ "Isabelle Lowe Lauds Creighton Hale". The Courier (Harrisburg, PA). p. 6. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
  20. ^ "The Dancer". Cosmopolitan. p. 68. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  21. ^ Isabelle Lowe: Credits. IBDb.
  22. ^ Lowe, Isabelle (1907). Lillian, the Beautiful Typewriter: A Thrilling Tale of Modern City Life. Baltimore, MD: I. Ottenheimer Publishers.
  23. ^ Library of Congress Copyright Office (1918). Dramatic Compositions Copyrighted in the United States, 1870 to 1916, Volume 1. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  24. ^ "Theatrical Notes". The New York Times. July 1, 1922. p. 16. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  25. ^ "Isabelle Lowe in the character of Patricia O'Day and Creighton Hale in the role of Larry Delvan in 'Little Old New York'". The San Francisco Examiner. p. 11. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  26. ^ "Isabelle Lowe and Creighton Hale in 'Just Suppose'". Los Angeles School Journal. February 16 1923. p. 32. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  27. ^ Library of Congress Copyright Office (February 1, 1921). "Catalogue of Copyright Entries; Part 1, Group 2: Pamphlets, Leaflets, Contributions to newspapers or Periodicals, Etc.; Lectures, Sermons, Addresses for Oral Delivery; Dramatic Compositions; Maps; Motion Pictures; 1921: New series, Volume 18, No. 1. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  28. ^ Library of Congress Copyright Office (1921). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series"]. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  29. ^ "Creighton Hale, Pioneer Motion Picture Actor, Dies". The Valley News. August 12, 1965. p. 38. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  30. ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-7864-7992-4.
  31. ^ "This Changing World". The Spokesman-Review. March 12, 1950. pt. III, p. 22. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  32. ^ Ayer, Belle (February 21, 1950). "Film Fanfare: Odds and Ends from the Cutting Room Floor". The Rock Island Argus. p. 22. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  33. ^ "Music as Written". Billboard. March 31, 1951. p. 20. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  34. ^ "Actor Uses Own Name in Film". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. April 15, 1953. p. 8. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  35. ^ "Old-Timers in Roles of 'A Star Is Born'". Los Angeles Times. February 28, 1954. pt. IV, pg. 3. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  36. ^ "Down Memory Lane". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 23, 1954. p. 18. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  37. ^ "Seasoned Septet". The Hollywood Reporter. February 18, 1955. p. 6. ProQuest 2338269604. Seven Hollywood veterans, with a combined total of more than 200 years' experience in films, were at work at Warners yesterday in a courtroom scene for 'Illegal.' The seasoned troupers included Kit Gerard, Leah Baird, Gertrude Keeler, Creighton Hales, Jack Mower, Fred Kelsey and Tom Wilson.

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