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{{Short description|American actor (1880–1942)}}
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| name = Hale Hamilton
| name = Hale Hamilton
| image = Johnny on the Spot 1919.jpg
| image = Hale Hamilton - Aug 1918 EH.jpg
| birth_name = Hale Rice Hamilton
| imagesize =
| caption = Hale Hamilton and [[Louise Lovely]] in ''Johnny-on-the-Spot'' (1919)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|2|28}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|2|28}}
| birth_place = [[Topeka, Kansas]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Topeka, Kansas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|5|19|1880|2|28}}<ref>[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GS|n=hamilton&GSfn=hale&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=8035938&df=all& findagrave.com]</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|5|19|1880|2|28}}
| death_place = [[Hollywood, California]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Hollywood, California]], U.S.
| death_cause = cerebral hemorrhage
| restingplace =
| restingplace =
| occupation = actor
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1901-1940
| yearsactive = 1901&ndash;1940
| spouse = Jane Oaker (1901-1912)<br>Myrtle Tannehill (1912-1920)<br>[[Grace La Rue]] (1920–1942; his death)
| spouse = [[Jane Oaker]] (m.1901–div.1912)<br>[[Myrtle Tannehill]] (m.1912–div.1920)<br>[[Grace La Rue]] (m.1920)
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'''Hale Rice Hamilton''' (February 28, 1880 – May 19, 1942)<ref>''Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-1976''; page 1062 compiled from editions originally published annually by John Parker; 1976 edition by Gale Research Company</ref> was an American actor, writer and producer.
'''Hale Rice Hamilton''' (February 28, 1880 – May 19, 1942)<ref>''Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-1976''; page 1062 compiled from editions originally published annually by John Parker; 1976 edition by Gale Research Company</ref> was an American actor.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Hamilton was born in [[Topeka, Kansas]] in 1880. (His birth year is sometimes listed as either 1879 or 1883.) 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.<ref>''Silent Film Necrology'' 2nd edition p. 223 c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana</ref>
Hamilton was born in [[Topeka, Kansas]] in 1880. (His birth year is sometimes listed as either 1879 or 1883.) His brother was politician [[John Hamilton (Kansas politician)|John Daniel Miller Hamilton]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |date=1937-01-25 |title=People, Jan. 25, 1937 |language=en-US |magazine=Time |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,770562,00.html |access-date=2023-02-16 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref>


Hamilton's Broadway debut was in ''Don Caesar's Return'' (1901).<ref>{{cite web |title=Hale Hamilton |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/hale-hamilton-6035 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=September 30, 2020 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20200930160417/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/hale-hamilton-6035 |archivedate=September 30, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
He died in 1942 of a [[cerebral hemorrhage]] in [[Hollywood, California]].


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.<ref>''Silent Film Necrology'' 2nd edition p. 223 c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana</ref>
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==Partial filmography==

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He filed bankruptcy in 1937.<ref name=":0" />
*''[[Her Painted Hero]]'' (1915)
[[File:Signed sketch of Grace La Rue and Hale Hamilton by Manuel Rosenberg.jpg|thumb|Signed drawing by [[Manuel Rosenberg]] 1919]]
*''[[The Winning of Beatrice]]'' (1918)

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*''Five Thousand an Hour'' (1918)
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==Selected filmography==
*''[[After His Own Heart]]'' (1919)
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*''Johnny-on-the-Spot'' (1919)
*''That's Good'' (1919) - with Grace La Rue
*''[[Her Painted Hero]]'' (1915, Short) - A Matinee Idol
*''[[After His Own Heart]]'' (1919)
*''[[The Winning of Beatrice]]'' (1918) - Robert Howard
*''[[Opportunity (film)|Opportunity]]'' (1918) - Anthony Fry
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*''Full of Pep'' (1919)
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*''[[Five Thousand an Hour]]'' (1918) - Johnny Gamble
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*''In His Brother's Place'' (1919)
*''[[The Four-Flusher]]'' (1919)
*''[[The Return of Mary]]'' (1918, Writer)
*''[[His Children's Children]]'' (1923)
*''[[Johnny-on-the-Spot]]'' (1919) - Johnny Rutledge
*''[[That's Good]]'' (1919) (with Grace La Rue) - Marcellus Starr
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*''[[The Manicure Girl]]'' (1925)
*''[[The Greater Glory]]'' (1926)
*''[[After His Own Heart]]'' (1919) - Thomas Wentworth Duncan
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*''[[Full of Pep]]'' (1919) - Jimmy Baxter
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*''[[The Great Gatsby (1926 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' (1926)
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*''In His Brother's Place'' (1919) - Nelson Drake / J. Barrington Drake
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*''[[Tin Gods]]'' (1926)
*''[[Summer Bachelors]]'' (1926)
*''[[The Four-Flusher]]'' (1919) - Lon Withers
*''[[His Children's Children]]'' (1923) - Rufus Kayne
*''[[The Telephone Girl (1927 film)|The Telephone Girl]]'' (1927)
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*''[[The Manicure Girl]]'' (1925) - James Morgan
*''[[The Greater Glory]]'' (1926) - Leon Krum
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*''[[The Great Gatsby (1926 film)|The Great Gatsby]]'' (1926) - Tom Buchanan
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*''[[Tin Gods]]'' (1926) - Dr. McCoy
*''[[Summer Bachelors]]'' (1926) - Beverly Greenway
*''Girl in the Rain'' (1927)
*''Girl in the Rain'' (1927)
*''[[Common Clay (1930 film)|Common Clay]]'' (1930)
*''[[The Telephone Girl (1927 film)|The Telephone Girl]]'' (1927) - Mark
*''[[Paid (1930 film)|Paid]]'' (1930)
*''[[Good Intentions (1930 film)|Good Intentions]]'' (1930) - Franklin Graham
*''[[Common Clay (1930 film)|Common Clay]]'' (1930) - Judge Samuel Filson
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*''[[Beau Ideal]]'' (1931)
*''[[Dance, Fools, Dance]]'' (1931)
*''[[Paid (1930 film)|Paid]]'' (1930) - District Attorney Demarest
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*''[[Beau Ideal]]'' (1931) - Maj. LeBaudy
*''[[The Drums of Jeopardy (1931 film)|The Drums of Jeopardy]]'' (1931)
*''[[Strangers May Kiss]]'' (1931)
*''[[Dance, Fools, Dance]]'' (1931) - Mr. Selby
*''[[Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931 film)|Never the Twain Shall Meet]]'' (1931)
*''[[The Drums of Jeopardy (1931 film)|The Drums of Jeopardy]]'' (1931) - Martin Kent
*''[[Rebound (1931 film)|Rebound]]'' (1931)
*''[[A Tailor Made Man]]'' (1931) - Mr. Stanlaw
*''[[Murder at Midnight (1931 film)|Murder at Midnight]]'' (1931)
*''[[Strangers May Kiss]]'' (1931) - Andrew
*''[[Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931 film)|Never the Twain Shall Meet]]'' (1931) - Mark Mellenger
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*''[[New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford]]'' (1931)
*''[[Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)]]'' (1931)
*''[[The Great Lover (1931 film)|The Great Lover]]'' (1931) - Stapleton
*''[[The Champ (1931 film)|The Champ]]'' (1931)
*''[[Rebound (1931 film)|Rebound]]'' (1931) - Lyman Patterson
*''[[The Cuban Love Song]]'' (1931)
*''[[Murder at Midnight (1931 film)|Murder at Midnight]]'' (1931) - Phillip Montrose
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*''[[New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford]]'' (1931) - Charles Harper
*''[[A Fool's Advice]]'' (1932)
*''[[Love Affair (1932 film)|Love Affair]]'' (1932)
*''[[Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)]]'' (1931) - Mike Kelly
*''[[Those We Love]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Champ (1931 film)|The Champ]]'' (1931) - Tony Carleton
*''[[Three on a Match]]'' (1932)
*''[[The Cuban Love Song]]'' (1931) - John
*''[[I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang]]'' (1932)
*''[[A Fool's Advice]]'' (1932) - George Diamond
*''[[Call Her Savage]]'' (1932)
*''[[Love Affair (1932 film)|Love Affair]]'' (1932) - Bruce Hardy
*''[[Manhattan Tower (film)|Manhattan Tower]]'' (1932)
*''[[Two Against the World (1932 film)|Two Against the World]]'' (1932) - Mr. Gordon Mitchell
*''[[The Billion Dollar Scandal]]'' (1933)
*''[[Life Begins (1932 film)|Life Begins]]'' (1932) - Dr. Cramm
*''[[Employee's Entrance]]'' (1933)
*''[[Those We Love]]'' (1932) - Blake
*''[[The Most Dangerous Game (film)|The Most Dangerous Game]]'' (1932) - Bill - Owner of Yacht (uncredited)
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*''[[Parole Girl]]'' (1933)
*''[[A Successful Calamity]]'' (1932) - John Belde -\sWilton's Business Associate
*''[[The Wolf Dog]]'' (1933 serial)
*''[[Curtain at Eight]]'' (1933)
*''[[Three on a Match]]'' (1932) - Defense Attorney
*''[[I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang]]'' (1932) - Rev. Robert Allen
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*''[[Twin Husbands (1933 film)|Twin Husbands]]'' (1933)
*''[[Dr. Monica]]'' (1934)
*''[[Call Her Savage]]'' (1932) - Cyrus Randall (uncredited)
*''[[The Girl from Missouri]]'' (1934)
*''[[Manhattan Tower (film)|Manhattan Tower]]'' (1932) - David Witman
*''[[Big Hearted Herbert]]'' (1934)
*''[[The Billion Dollar Scandal]]'' (1933) - Jackson
*''[[The Marines Are Coming]]'' (1934)
*''[[Employees' Entrance]]'' (1933) - Monroe
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*''[[Reform Girl]]'' (1933) - Santor Putnam
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*''[[The Woman in Red (1935 film)|The Woman in Red]]'' (1935)
*''[[After Office Hours]]'' (1935)
*''[[Parole Girl]]'' (1933) - Anthony 'Tony' Grattan
*''[[Black Beauty (1933 film)|Black Beauty]]'' (1933) - Harlan Bledsoe
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*''[[Hold 'Em Yale]]'' (1935)
*''[[Strange People (1933 film)|Strange People]]'' (1933) - J.E.Burton - the Attorney
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*''[[Let 'Em Have It]]'' (1935)
*''[[The Nitwits]]'' (1935)
*''[[One Man's Journey]]'' (1933) - Dr. Tillinghast
*''[[Calm Yourself]]'' (1935)
*''[[The Wolf Dog]]'' (1933, Serial) - Norman Bryan
*''[[I Live My Life]]'' (1935)
*''[[Curtain at Eight]]'' (1933) - Major Manning
*''[[Three Kids and a Queen]]'' (1935)
*''[[Sitting Pretty (1933 film)|Sitting Pretty]]'' (1933) - Vinton (uncredited)
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*''[[Twin Husbands (1933 film)|Twin Husbands]]'' (1933) - Colonel Gordon Lewis
* ''[[The Quitter (1934 film)|The Quitter]]'' (1934) - Maj. Stephen Winthrop
*''[[City Park (1934 film)|City Park]]'' (1934) - Herbert Ransome
*''[[Private Scandal]]'' (1934) - Jim Orrington (uncredited)
*''[[Dr. Monica]]'' (1934) - Dr. Brent
*''[[The Girl from Missouri]]'' (1934) - Charlie Turner
*''[[Big Hearted Herbert]]'' (1934) - Mr. Havens
*''[[When Strangers Meet]]'' (1934) - Captain Manning
*''[[The Marines Are Coming]]'' (1934) - Colonel Gilroy
*''[[Grand Old Girl]]'' (1935) - Killaine
*''[[After Office Hours]]'' (1935) - Henry King Patterson
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*''[[The Woman in Red (1935 film)|The Woman in Red]]'' (1935) - Wyatt Furness
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*''[[Hold 'Em Yale]]'' (1935) - Mr. Wilmot
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*''[[Let 'Em Have It]]'' (1935) - Ex-Senator Reilly
*''[[The Nitwits]]'' (1935) - Winfield Lake
*''[[Calm Yourself]]'' (1935) - Mr. M.B. Kent
*''[[Dante's Inferno (1935 film)|Dante's Inferno]]'' (1935) - Mr. Wallace (uncredited)
*''[[I Live My Life]]'' (1935) - Uncle Carl
*''[[Three Kids and a Queen]]'' (1935) - Ralph
*''[[The Adventures of Marco Polo]]'' (1938) - Maffeo Polo (uncredited)
*''[[Edison, the Man]]'' (1940) - Broker (uncredited) (final film role)
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category|Hale Hamilton}}
{{Commons category|Hale Hamilton}}
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* {{IBDB name|6035}}
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*[http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/search/collection/sayre/searchterm/hale%20hamilton/field/all/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/ Portrait 1930] (University of Washington, Sayre)
*[http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/search/collection/sayre/searchterm/hale%20hamilton/field/all/mode/all/conn/and/cosuppress/ Portrait 1930] (University of Washington, Sayre)

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Latest revision as of 01:04, 29 October 2023

Hale Hamilton
Born
Hale Rice Hamilton

(1880-02-28)February 28, 1880
Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
DiedMay 19, 1942(1942-05-19) (aged 62)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1901–1940
Spouse(s)Jane Oaker (m.1901–div.1912)
Myrtle Tannehill (m.1912–div.1920)
Grace La Rue (m.1920)

Hale Rice Hamilton (February 28, 1880 – May 19, 1942)[1] was an American actor.

Biography[edit]

Hamilton was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1880. (His birth year is sometimes listed as either 1879 or 1883.) His brother was politician John Daniel Miller Hamilton.[2]

Hamilton's Broadway debut was in Don Caesar's Return (1901).[3]

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.[4]

He filed bankruptcy in 1937.[2]

Signed drawing by Manuel Rosenberg 1919

Selected filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-1976; page 1062 compiled from editions originally published annually by John Parker; 1976 edition by Gale Research Company
  2. ^ a b "People, Jan. 25, 1937". Time. January 25, 1937. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Hale Hamilton". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  4. ^ Silent Film Necrology 2nd edition p. 223 c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana

External links[edit]

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