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{{Short description|American actor (1880–1942)}} |
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| name = Hale Hamilton |
| name = Hale Hamilton |
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| image = Hale Hamilton - Aug 1918 EH.jpg |
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| birth_name = Hale Rice Hamilton |
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| caption = Hale Hamilton and [[Louise Lovely]] in ''Johnny-on-the-Spot'' (1919) |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|2|28}} |
| birth_date = {{birth date|1880|2|28}} |
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| birth_place = [[Topeka, Kansas]], U.S. |
| birth_place = [[Topeka, Kansas]], U.S. |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|5|19|1880|2|28}} |
| death_date = {{death date and age|1942|5|19|1880|2|28}} |
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| death_place = [[Hollywood, California]], U.S. |
| death_place = [[Hollywood, California]], U.S. |
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| death_cause = cerebral hemorrhage |
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| occupation = |
| occupation = Actor |
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| yearsactive = 1901 |
| yearsactive = 1901–1940 |
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| spouse = Jane Oaker ( |
| 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 |
'''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. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Hamilton was born in [[Topeka, Kansas]] in 1880. (His birth year is sometimes listed as either 1879 or 1883.) |
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> |
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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> |
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He died in 1942 of a [[cerebral hemorrhage]] in [[Hollywood, California]]. |
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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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He filed bankruptcy in 1937.<ref name=":0" /> |
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*''[[Her Painted Hero]]'' (1915) |
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[[File:Signed sketch of Grace La Rue and Hale Hamilton by Manuel Rosenberg.jpg|thumb|Signed drawing by [[Manuel Rosenberg]] 1919]] |
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*''[[The Winning of Beatrice]]'' (1918) |
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*''[[After His Own Heart]]'' (1919) |
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* ''[[Johnny-on-the-Spot]]'' (1919) |
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*''[[Her Painted Hero]]'' (1915, Short) - A Matinee Idol |
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*''[[The Winning of Beatrice]]'' (1918) - Robert Howard |
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*''[[Opportunity (film)|Opportunity]]'' (1918) - Anthony Fry |
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*''[[The Return of Mary]]'' (1918, Writer) |
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*''[[Johnny-on-the-Spot]]'' (1919) - Johnny Rutledge |
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*''[[That's Good]]'' (1919) (with Grace La Rue) - Marcellus Starr |
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*''[[After His Own Heart]]'' (1919) - Thomas Wentworth Duncan |
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*''[[The Four-Flusher]]'' (1919) - Lon Withers |
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*''[[His Children's Children]]'' (1923) - Rufus Kayne |
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*''[[The Telephone Girl (1927 film)|The Telephone Girl]]'' (1927) |
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*''[[The Greater Glory]]'' (1926) - Leon Krum |
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*''[[Summer Bachelors]]'' (1926) - Beverly Greenway |
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*''Girl in the Rain'' (1927) |
*''Girl in the Rain'' (1927) |
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*''[[The Telephone Girl (1927 film)|The Telephone Girl]]'' (1927) - Mark |
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*''[[Good Intentions (1930 film)|Good Intentions]]'' (1930) - Franklin Graham |
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*''[[Common Clay (1930 film)|Common Clay]]'' (1930) - Judge Samuel Filson |
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*''[[Paid (1930 film)|Paid]]'' (1930) - District Attorney Demarest |
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*''[[The Drums of Jeopardy (1931 film)|The Drums of Jeopardy]]'' (1931) |
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*''[[Dance, Fools, Dance]]'' (1931) - Mr. Selby |
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*''[[The Drums of Jeopardy (1931 film)|The Drums of Jeopardy]]'' (1931) - Martin Kent |
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*''[[A Tailor Made Man]]'' (1931) - Mr. Stanlaw |
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*''[[Strangers May Kiss]]'' (1931) - Andrew |
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*''[[Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931 film)|Never the Twain Shall Meet]]'' (1931) - Mark Mellenger |
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*''[[The Great Lover (1931 film)|The Great Lover]]'' (1931) - Stapleton |
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*''[[Rebound (1931 film)|Rebound]]'' (1931) - Lyman Patterson |
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*''[[Murder at Midnight (1931 film)|Murder at Midnight]]'' (1931) - Phillip Montrose |
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*''[[A Fool's Advice]]'' (1932) |
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*''[[Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)]]'' (1931) - Mike Kelly |
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*''[[The Champ (1931 film)|The Champ]]'' (1931) - Tony Carleton |
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*''[[The Cuban Love Song]]'' (1931) - John |
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*''[[A Fool's Advice]]'' (1932) - George Diamond |
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*''[[Love Affair (1932 film)|Love Affair]]'' (1932) - Bruce Hardy |
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*''[[Two Against the World (1932 film)|Two Against the World]]'' (1932) - Mr. Gordon Mitchell |
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*''[[Life Begins (1932 film)|Life Begins]]'' (1932) - Dr. Cramm |
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*''[[Those We Love]]'' (1932) - Blake |
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*''[[The Most Dangerous Game (film)|The Most Dangerous Game]]'' (1932) - Bill - Owner of Yacht (uncredited) |
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*''[[A Successful Calamity]]'' (1932) - John Belde -\sWilton's Business Associate |
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*''[[The Wolf Dog]]'' (1933 serial) |
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*''[[Three on a Match]]'' (1932) - Defense Attorney |
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*''[[I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang]]'' (1932) - Rev. Robert Allen |
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*''[[Call Her Savage]]'' (1932) - Cyrus Randall (uncredited) |
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*''[[Manhattan Tower (film)|Manhattan Tower]]'' (1932) - David Witman |
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*''[[The Billion Dollar Scandal]]'' (1933) - Jackson |
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*''[[Employees' Entrance]]'' (1933) - Monroe |
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*''[[Parole Girl]]'' (1933) - Anthony 'Tony' Grattan |
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*''[[Black Beauty (1933 film)|Black Beauty]]'' (1933) - Harlan Bledsoe |
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*''[[Strange People (1933 film)|Strange People]]'' (1933) - J.E.Burton - the Attorney |
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*''[[One Man's Journey]]'' (1933) - Dr. Tillinghast |
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*''[[The Wolf Dog]]'' (1933, Serial) - Norman Bryan |
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*''[[Curtain at Eight]]'' (1933) - Major Manning |
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*''[[Sitting Pretty (1933 film)|Sitting Pretty]]'' (1933) - Vinton (uncredited) |
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* ''[[The Quitter (1934 film)|The Quitter]]'' (1934) - Maj. Stephen Winthrop |
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*''[[City Park (1934 film)|City Park]]'' (1934) - Herbert Ransome |
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*''[[Private Scandal]]'' (1934) - Jim Orrington (uncredited) |
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*''[[Dr. Monica]]'' (1934) - Dr. Brent |
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*''[[The Girl from Missouri]]'' (1934) - Charlie Turner |
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*''[[Big Hearted Herbert]]'' (1934) - Mr. Havens |
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*''[[When Strangers Meet]]'' (1934) - Captain Manning |
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*''[[The Marines Are Coming]]'' (1934) - Colonel Gilroy |
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*''[[Grand Old Girl]]'' (1935) - Killaine |
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*''[[After Office Hours]]'' (1935) - Henry King Patterson |
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*''[[The Nitwits]]'' (1935) - Winfield Lake |
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*''[[Calm Yourself]]'' (1935) - Mr. M.B. Kent |
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*''[[Dante's Inferno (1935 film)|Dante's Inferno]]'' (1935) - Mr. Wallace (uncredited) |
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*''[[I Live My Life]]'' (1935) - Uncle Carl |
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*''[[Three Kids and a Queen]]'' (1935) - Ralph |
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*''[[The Adventures of Marco Polo]]'' (1938) - Maffeo Polo (uncredited) |
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*''[[Edison, the Man]]'' (1940) - Broker (uncredited) (final film role) |
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Latest revision as of 01:04, 29 October 2023
Hale Hamilton | |
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Born | Hale Rice Hamilton February 28, 1880 Topeka, Kansas, U.S. |
Died | May 19, 1942 Hollywood, California, U.S. | (aged 62)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1901–1940 |
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]
Selected filmography[edit]
- Her Painted Hero (1915, Short) - A Matinee Idol
- The Winning of Beatrice (1918) - Robert Howard
- Opportunity (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 (1919) - Thomas Wentworth Duncan
- Full of Pep (1919) - Jimmy Baxter
- In His Brother's Place (1919) - Nelson Drake / J. Barrington Drake
- The Four-Flusher (1919) - Lon Withers
- His Children's Children (1923) - Rufus Kayne
- The Manicure Girl (1925) - James Morgan
- The Greater Glory (1926) - Leon Krum
- The Great Gatsby (1926) - Tom Buchanan
- Tin Gods (1926) - Dr. McCoy
- Summer Bachelors (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 (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 (1931) - Charles Harper
- Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (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 (1932) - Blake
- The Most Dangerous Game (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 (1932) - Rev. Robert Allen
- Call Her Savage (1932) - Cyrus Randall (uncredited)
- Manhattan Tower (1932) - David Witman
- The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933) - Jackson
- Employees' Entrance (1933) - Monroe
- Reform Girl (1933) - Santor Putnam
- Parole Girl (1933) - Anthony 'Tony' Grattan
- Black Beauty (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
- 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
- The Woman in Red (1935) - Wyatt Furness
- Hold 'Em Yale (1935) - Mr. Wilmot
- Let 'Em Have It (1935) - Ex-Senator Reilly
- The Nitwits (1935) - Winfield Lake
- Calm Yourself (1935) - Mr. M.B. Kent
- 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)
References[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "People, Jan. 25, 1937". Time. January 25, 1937. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
- ^ "Hale Hamilton". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
- ^ Silent Film Necrology 2nd edition p. 223 c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hale Hamilton.
- Hale Hamilton at IMDb
- Hale Hamilton at the Internet Broadway Database
- Portrait 1930 (University of Washington, Sayre)