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Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale

Born on May 24th, 1888

County Cork, Ireland

Died on August 9th, 1965

Biography

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.

Filmography

Westbound

1959

Irritated Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)

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The Story of Mankind

1957

Heavenly Judge

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The Spirit of St. Louis

1957

Man Driving Car (uncredited)

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Serenade

1956

Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

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Strange Lady in Town

1955

Card Player (uncredited)

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So You Want to Know Your Relatives

1954

Audience Spectator (uncredited)

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Take the High Ground!

1953

Army Doctor (uncredited)

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So You Want to Learn to Dance

1953

Barber

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Les Miserables

1952

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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On Moonlight Bay

1951

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Fort Worth

1951

Railroad Backer (uncredited)

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Goodbye, My Fancy

1951

Griswolds' Butler (Uncredited)

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So You Want to Be a Cowboy

1951

Movie Patron

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The Screen Director

1951

Theatre Manager (uncredited)

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The Enforcer

1951

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Sunset Boulevard

1950

Creighton Hale (uncredited)

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The Great Jewel Robber

1950

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Backfire

1950

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Beyond the Forest

1949

Townsman with Glasses

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One Last Fling

1949

Gus

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The Fountainhead

1949

Court Clerk (uncredited)

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Night Unto Night

1949

Character TBA

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Homicide

1949

Glorietta Desk Clerk

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So You Want to Be Popular

1949

Waiter at Party

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Fighter Squadron

1948

Cockney (uncredited)

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Johnny Belinda

1948

Bailiff (uncredited)

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So You Want to Be a Gambler

1948

Blackjack Player (uncredited)

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So You Want an Apartment

1948

Wallpaper Hanger (uncredited)

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Always Together

1947

Eric, Turner's Butler (uncredited)

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Life with Father

1947

Mr. Wickersham the Father of Twin Boys (uncredited)

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Cry Wolf

1947

Dr. Reynolds (uncredited)

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Hollywood Wonderland

1947

Man Taking Tour (uncredited)

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The Perils of Pauline

1947

Marcelled Leading Man

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So You're Going to Be a Father

1947

Psychiatric Ward Doctor (uncredited)

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Love and Learn

1947

Tom - the Wyngate Butler (uncredited)

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The Two Mrs. Carrolls

1947

Second Tout (uncredited)

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Nora Prentiss

1947

Captain of Waiters at The Sea Gull (uncredited)

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Stan Kenton and His Orchestra

1947

Supper Club Waiter (uncredited)

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Humoresque

1947

Concert Spectator (uncredited)

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Humoresque

1947

Professor (uncredited)

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The Verdict

1946

Reporter

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So You Want to Play the Horses

1946

Cashier (uncredited)

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Three Strangers

1946

Man in Pub

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Crime by Night

1944

Horace Grayson (uncredited)

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Mr. Skeffington

1944

Casey (uncredited)

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Uncertain Glory

1944

Character TBA

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The Crime Doctor’s Strangest Case

1943

Dr. Carter

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Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

Engineer (uncredited)

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Action in the North Atlantic

1943

Sparks (uncredited)

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The Mysterious Doctor

1943

Luke

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The Gorilla Man

1943

Constable Fletcher

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Casablanca

1943

Customer (uncredited)

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Gentleman Jim

1942

Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)

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The Hidden Hand

1942

The Coroner (uncredited)

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You Can't Escape Forever

1942

Newspaper Employee Taking Notes (uncredited)

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Spy Ship

1942

Reporter

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Winning Your Wings

1942

Uncle Ed (uncredited)

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Larceny, Inc.

1942

Mr. Carmichael

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Murder in the Big House

1942

Ritter - Warden's Secretary

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The Male Animal

1942

Reporter (uncredited)

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Bullet Scars

1942

Judd, the druggist

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The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941

Radio Man (uncredited)

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Steel Against the Sky

1941

Jim (uncredited)

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One Foot in Heaven

1941

Church Usher (uncredited)

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The Maltese Falcon

1941

Stenographer (uncredited)

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Sergeant York

1941

Associated Press Man (uncredited)

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Nine Lives Are Not Enough

1941

Mahan - Police Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)

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Highway West

1941

Waiter (uncredited)

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Bad Men of Missouri

1941

Bank Representative

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Out of the Fog

1941

Character TBA

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Here Comes Happiness

1941

Headline Printer (uncredited)

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Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos

1941

Rosie's Fiancee (uncredited)

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Footsteps in the Dark

1941

Mr. Harlan (uncredited)

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The Great Mr. Nobody

1941

Man Buying Newspaper (uncredited)

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Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra

1941

Mr. Barnstorm (uncredited)

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Santa Fe Trail

1940

Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

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Lady with Red Hair

1940

Reporter Eddie (uncredited)

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Father Is A Prince

1940

Lawrence - Bower's Accountant (uncredited)

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East of the River

1940

Casino Floor Man (uncredited)

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Just a Cute Kid

1940

Desk Clerk

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Knute Rockne All American

1940

Callahan's Secretary (uncredited)

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Money and the Woman

1940

Mack, Bank Customer (uncredited)

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My Love Came Back

1940

Thompson - Music Co. Clerk (uncredited)

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All This, and Heaven Too

1940

Ship's Officer (uncredited)

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A Fugitive from Justice

1940

Reporter at Train Station (uncredited)

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Brother Orchid

1940

Reporter #3 (uncredited)

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Saturday's Children

1940

Stamp Collecting Mailman (uncredited)

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Tear Gas Squad

1940

Announcer

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King of the Lumberjacks

1940

Cashier (uncredited)

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One Million B.C.

1940

Shell Person

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Calling Philo Vance

1940

Du Bois - Fingerprint Man

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A Child Is Born

1939

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

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The Return of Doctor X

1939

Hotel Manager

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On Dress Parade

1939

Doctor Telling Cadets 'No Visitors' (uncredited)

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Kid Nightingale

1939

Man Answering Telephone at Lessernan's Gymnasium (uncredited)

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The Roaring Twenties

1939

Customer (uncredited)

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On Your Toes

1939

First Stage Manager

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Dust Be My Destiny

1939

Nick's Second Customer (uncredited)

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Slapsie Maxie's

1939

Reporter (uncredited)

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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

1939

Reporter

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The Bill of Rights

1939

New York Congressman

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Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite

1939

Hotel Desk Clerk

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Indianapolis Speedway

1939

Racetrack Official

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The Cowboy Quarterback

1939

Broadcaster

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Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter

1939

Man in Sheriff's Office

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Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939

Draftsman (uncredited)

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One Wild Night

1938

Bank Teller (uncredited)

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International Settlement

1938

Clerk

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Big Town Girl

1937

Desk Man

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Step Lively, Jeeves!

1937

Reporter (uncredited)

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Midnight Taxi

1937

G-Man

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Under Your Spell

1936

Bailiff (uncredited)

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Hollywood Boulevard

1936

Creighton Hale - Actor at Trocadero Bar

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36 Hours to Kill

1936

Ticket Agent

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The Millionaire Kid

1936

Thomas Neville

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Custer's Last Stand

1936

Hank

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Men Without Names

1935

Groom

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Becky Sharp

1935

British Officer (uncredited)

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Million Dollar Haul

1935

Curley Chandler

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Life Begins at Forty

1935

Drug Clerk

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One More Spring

1935

Character TBA

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Helldorado

1935

Newspaper Reporter

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Hollywood Trouble

1935

Character TBA

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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

1934

Wedding Guest

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The Thin Man

1934

Reporter (uncredited)

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George White's Scandals

1934

Theatre Treasurer (uncredited)

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Gambling Lady

1934

Funeral Attendee (uncredited)

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The Masquerader

1933

Bobby Blessington

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Sensation Hunters

1933

Fred Barrett

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Free Wheeling

1932

Dickie's Father

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The Greeks Had a Word for Them

1932

Wedding Supervisor

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Grief Street

1931

Play Co-star

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Big Ears

1931

Wheezer's father

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School's Out

1930

Jack Crabtree

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Holiday

1930

Pete Hedges

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The Great Divide

1929

Edgar Blossom

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Seven Footprints to Satan

1929

Jim

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The House of Shame

1928

Harvey Baremore

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Sisters of Eve

1928

Leonard Tavernake

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Riley of the Rainbow Division

1928

Riley

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Rose-Marie

1928

Etienne Doray

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The Cat and the Canary

1927

Paul Jones

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Annie Laurie

1927

Donald

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One Hour Married

1927

Character TBA

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Why Girls Say No

1927

Becky's Boyfriend

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Should Men Walk Home?

1927

The Gentleman Crook

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Oh, Baby!

1926

Character TBA

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The Midnight Message

1926

Billy Dodd

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Beverly of Graustark

1926

Prince Oscar

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Wages for Wives

1925

Danny Kester

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Exchange of Wives

1925

Victor Moran

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The Circle

1925

Arnold Cheney

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Seven Days

1925

Jim Wilson

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The Shadow on the Wall

1925

George Walters

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The Bridge of Sighs

1925

Billy Craig

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This Woman

1924

Bobby Bleedon

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The Mine with the Iron Door

1924

St. Jimmy

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Wine of Youth

1924

Richard (1897 prologue

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How to Educate a Wife

1924

Billy Breese

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The Marriage Circle

1924

Dr. Gustav Mueller

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Name the Man

1924

Alick Gell

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Tea- With a Kick!

1923

Art Binger

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Trilby

1923

Little Billee

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Broken Hearts of Broadway

1923

An Outcast

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Mary of the Movies

1923

The Boy

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Her Majesty

1922

Ted Harper

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Fascination

1922

Carlos de Lisa (her brother)

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Orphans of the Storm

1921

Picard

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Forbidden Love

1921

Harold Van Zandt

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Way Down East

1920

Professor Sterling

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A Child for Sale

1920

Charles Stoddard

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The Idol Dancer

1920

Walter Kincaid

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The Black Circle

1919

Andrew MacTavish Ferguson

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A Damsel in Distress

1919

George Bevan

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The Love Cheat

1919

Henry Calvin

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The Thirteenth Chair

1919

Willy Grosby

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Oh Boy!

1919

George Budd

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The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns

1919

Conrad Le Brett

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The Woman the Germans Shot

1918

Frank Brooks

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Mrs. Slacker

1918

Robert Gibbs

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The Seven Pearls

1917

Harry Drake

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Snow White

1916

Prince Florimon

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Charity

1916

Jimmie Fleming (Mary's brother)

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The Iron Claw

1916

Davey

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The Old Homestead

1915

Reuben Whitcomb

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The Romance of Elaine

1915

Walter Jameson

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The New Exploits of Elaine

1915

Walter Jameson

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A Fool There Was

1915

Young Man at Wild Party (uncredited)

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The Exploits of Elaine

1914

Walter Jameson (Ep. 1, 2, 3, 6)

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The Taint

1914

Walter, Madame Bartlett's Son

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The Stain

1914

Office Clerk

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The Million Dollar Mystery

1914

Gang Member

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