Hale Rice Hamilton (February 28, 1880 – May 19, 1942) was an American actor.

Biography

Hamilton was born in

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in 1880. (His birth year is sometimes listed as either 1879 or 1880.) His brother was politician John Daniel Miller Hamilton. Hamilton's Broadway debut was in ''Don Caesar's Return'' (1901). He was married to three actresses, Jane Oaker, Myrtle Tannehill, and Grace La Rue. Tannehill sued Hamilton, accusing him of being lured away from her by La Rue.''Silent Film Necrology'' 2nd edition p. 223 c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana He filed bankruptcy in 1937. Signed sketch of Grace La Rue and Hale Hamilton by Manuel Rosenberg

Signed sketch of Grace La Rue and Hale Hamilton by Manuel Rosenberg

Selected filmography

*'' Her Painted Hero'' (1915, Short) - A Matinee Idol *'' The Winning of Beatrice'' (1918) - Robert Howard *''

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'' (1918) - Anthony Fry *'' Five Thousand an Hour'' (1918) - Johnny Gamble *'' The Return of Mary'' (1918, Writer) *'' Johnny-on-the-Spot'' (1919) - Johnny Rutledge *'' That's Good'' (1919) (with Grace La Rue) - Marcellus Starr *''

After His Own Heart ''After His Own Heart'' is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film based on a 1919 short story of the same name by Ben Ames Williams. It was adapted for the screen by Albert Shelby Le Vino and directed by Harry L. Franklin. The film stars Hal ...

'' (1919) - Thomas Wentworth Duncan *''

Full of Pep ''Full of Pep'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film, directed by Harry L. Franklin. It stars Hale Hamilton, Alice Lake, and Alice Knowland, and was released on May 26, 1919. Plot Jimmy Baxter is a salesman for his father's munitions company ...

'' (1919) - Jimmy Baxter *''In His Brother's Place'' (1919) - Nelson Drake / J. Barrington Drake *'' The Four-Flusher'' (1919) - Lon Withers *''

His Children's Children ''His Children's Children'' is a lost 1923 American silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring the winsome Bebe Daniels. It is based on a novel, ''His Children's Children'' by Arthur Train. Famous Players–Lasky produced and Paramount ...

'' (1923) - Rufus Kayne *'' The Manicure Girl'' (1925) - James Morgan *'' The Greater Glory'' (1926) - Leon Krum *''

The Great Gatsby ''The Great Gatsby'' () is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious mi ...

'' (1926) - Tom Buchanan *'' Tin Gods'' (1926) - Dr. McCoy *''

Summer Bachelors ''Summer Bachelors'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film produced and directed by Allan Dwan. The film is based on the 1926 novel ''Summer Widowers'' by Warner Fabian and stars Madge Bellamy, Matt Moore, Allan Forrest, and Hale H ...

'' (1926) - Beverly Greenway *''Girl in the Rain'' (1927) *'' The Telephone Girl'' (1927) - Mark *'' Good Intentions'' (1930) - Franklin Graham *'' Common Clay'' (1930) - Judge Samuel Filson *'' Paid'' (1930) - District Attorney Demarest *'' Beau Ideal'' (1931) - Maj. LeBaudy *''

Dance, Fools, Dance ''Dance, Fools, Dance'' is a 1931 pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama film starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, and Lester Vail in a story about a reporter investigating the murder of a colleague. Story and dialogue were created by Aurania Rou ...

'' (1931) - Mr. Selby *'' The Drums of Jeopardy'' (1931) - Martin Kent *'' A Tailor Made Man'' (1931) - Mr. Stanlaw *'' Strangers May Kiss'' (1931) - Andrew *'' Never the Twain Shall Meet'' (1931) - Mark Mellenger *'' The Great Lover'' (1931) - Stapleton *'' Rebound'' (1931) - Lyman Patterson *'' Murder at Midnight'' (1931) - Phillip Montrose *''

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford ''New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime / romantic comedy film directed by Sam Wood and starring William Haines as a con artist and Jimmy Durante as his pickpocket buddy. The film is based on a serie ...

'' (1931) - Charles Harper *''

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'' (1931) - Mike Kelly *'' The Champ'' (1931) - Tony Carleton *'' The Cuban Love Song'' (1931) - John *'' A Fool's Advice'' (1932) - George Diamond *'' Love Affair'' (1932) - Bruce Hardy *'' Two Against the World'' (1932) - Mr. Gordon Mitchell *'' Life Begins'' (1932) - Dr. Cramm *''

Those We Love ''Those We Love'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Robert Florey. It was adapted by F. Hugh Herbert from the play by George Abbott George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887January 31, 1995) was an American theatre producer, director, ...

'' (1932) - Blake *''

The Most Dangerous Game "The Most Dangerous Game", also published as "The Hounds of Zaroff", is a short story by Richard Connell, first published in ''Collier's'' on January 19, 1924, with illustrations by Wilmot Emerton Heitland. The story features a big-game hunter ...

'' (1932) - Bill - Owner of Yacht (uncredited) *'' A Successful Calamity'' (1932) - John Belde -\sWilton's Business Associate *'' Three on a Match'' (1932) - Defense Attorney *''

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ''I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime tragedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as a convicted man on a chain gang who escapes to Chicago. It was released on November 10, 1932. The film r ...

'' (1932) - Rev. Robert Allen *'' Call Her Savage'' (1932) - Cyrus Randall (uncredited) *'' Manhattan Tower'' (1932) - David Witman *''

The Billion Dollar Scandal ''The Billion Dollar Scandal'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Beatrice Banyard, Willard Mack and Gene Towne. The film stars Robert Armstrong, Constance Cummings, Olga Baclanova, Frank Morgan ...

'' (1933) - Jackson *''

Employees' Entrance ''Employees' Entrance'' is a 1933 pre-Code film about the devious manager of a New York department store ( Warren William) and his romantic involvement with a reluctant new employee (Loretta Young). It was directed by Roy Del Ruth. In 2019, the ...

'' (1933) - Monroe *'' Reform Girl'' (1933) - Santor Putnam *'' Parole Girl'' (1933) - Anthony 'Tony' Grattan *''

Black Beauty ''Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse'' is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was written from a horse as main character's perspective. She wrote it in the last years of her life, during which s ...

'' (1933) - Harlan Bledsoe *'' Strange People'' (1933) - J.E.Burton - the Attorney *'' One Man's Journey'' (1933) - Dr. Tillinghast *'' The Wolf Dog'' (1933, Serial) - Norman Bryan *'' Curtain at Eight'' (1933) - Major Manning *'' Sitting Pretty'' (1933) - Vinton (uncredited) *'' Twin Husbands'' (1933) - Colonel Gordon Lewis * '' The Quitter'' (1934) - Maj. Stephen Winthrop *''

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'' (1934) - Herbert Ransome *''

Private Scandal ''Private Scandal'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Ralph Murphy and written by Vera Caspary, Garrett Fort and Bruce Manning. The film stars ZaSu Pitts, Phillips Holmes, Mary Brian, Ned Sparks, Lew Cody, June Brewster an ...

'' (1934) - Jim Orrington (uncredited) *''

Dr. Monica ''Dr. Monica'' is a 1934 American pre-Code melodrama film produced by Warner Bros. starring Kay Francis, Warren William, and Jean Muir. An obstetrician, who is unable to have children, discovers that the baby she is about to deliver was fat ...

'' (1934) - Dr. Brent *'' The Girl from Missouri'' (1934) - Charlie Turner *''

Big Hearted Herbert ''Big Hearted Herbert'' is a 1934 domestic comedy film starring Aline MacMahon and Guy Kibbee as a middle-aged couple. It is based on the Broadway play of the same name by Sophie Kerr and Anna Steese Richardson, which was in turn based on the sh ...

'' (1934) - Mr. Havens *''

When Strangers Meet ''When Strangers Meet'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge, and Lucien Littlefield. It was released on July 20, 1934. Plot Cast * Richard Cromwell as Paul Tarman * Arline Judg ...

'' (1934) - Captain Manning *'' The Marines Are Coming'' (1934) - Colonel Gilroy *''

Grand Old Girl ''Grand Old Girl'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by John Robertson from a screenplay by Milton Krims, John Twist, Arthur T. Horman, adapted from a story by Wanda Tuchock. The film stars May Robson, Mary Carlisle, Fred MacMurray, ...

'' (1935) - Killaine *''

After Office Hours ''After Office Hours'' is a 1935 crime drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Clark Gable and Constance Bennett. The screenplay was written by Herman Mankiewicz. Plot Jim Branch (Clark Gable), a newspaper editor, falls for we ...

'' (1935) - Henry King Patterson *'' The Woman in Red'' (1935) - Wyatt Furness *'' Hold 'Em Yale'' (1935) - Mr. Wilmot *''

Let 'Em Have It ''Let 'Em Have It'' is a 1935 American gangster film directed by Sam Wood. The film was also known under the title ''False Faces'' in the United Kingdom and ''The Legion of Valour'' in Australia. Plot An FBI agent tracks down a gang leader. Cast ...

'' (1935) - Ex-Senator Reilly *'' The Nitwits'' (1935) - Winfield Lake *'' Calm Yourself'' (1935) - Mr. M.B. Kent *''

Dante's Inferno ''Inferno'' (; Italian for ' Hell') is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century narrative poem '' The Divine Comedy'', followed by and . The ''Inferno'' describes the journey of a fictionalised version of Dante himsel ...

'' (1935) - Mr. Wallace (uncredited) *''

I Live My Life ''I Live My Life'' is a 1935 American comedy-drama film starring Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne and Frank Morgan. It is based on the story "Claustrophobia" by A. Carter Goodloe. Plot Bored socialite Kay Bentley travels to Greece on her wealthy f ...

'' (1935) - Uncle Carl *''

Three Kids and a Queen ''Three Kids and a Queen'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig, written by Samuel Ornitz and Barry Trivers, and starring May Robson, Henry Armetta, Herman Bing, Frankie Darro, Bill Burrud and William "Billy" Benedict. It was r ...

'' (1935) - Ralph *'' The Adventures of Marco Polo'' (1938) - Maffeo Polo (uncredited) *''

Edison, the Man ''Edison, the Man'' is a 1940 biographical film depicting the life of inventor Thomas Edison, who was portrayed by Spencer Tracy. Hugo Butler and Dore Schary were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story, Academy Award for Best Writing, Ori ...

'' (1940) - Broker (uncredited) (final film role)

References

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External links

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(University of Washington, Sayre) {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Hale 1880 births 1942 deaths American male film actors Male actors from Topeka, Kansas 20th-century American male actors Burials at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park