Hale Hamilton

Hale Hamilton
File:Johnny on the Spot 1919.jpg Hale Hamilton and Louise Lovely in Johnny-on-the-Spot (1919)
Born	(1880-02-28)February 28, 1880 Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Died	Hollywood, California, U.S.
Cause of death	cerebral hemorrhage
Occupation	actor
Years active	1901-1940
Spouse(s)	Jane Oaker (1901-1912) Myrtle Tannehill (1912-1920) Grace La Rue (1920–1942; his death)

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

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.

He died in 1942 of a cerebral hemorrhage in Hollywood, California.

Partial filmography

• Her Painted Hero (1915)
• The Winning of Beatrice (1918)
• Five Thousand an Hour (1918)
• After His Own Heart (1919)
• Johnny-on-the-Spot (1919)
• That's Good (1919) - with Grace La Rue
• After His Own Heart (1919)
• Full of Pep (1919)
• In His Brother's Place (1919)
• The Four-Flusher (1919)
• His Children's Children (1923)
• The Manicure Girl (1925)
• The Greater Glory (1926)
• The Great Gatsby (1926)
• Tin Gods (1926)
• Summer Bachelors (1926)
• The Telephone Girl (1927)
• Girl in the Rain (1927)
• Common Clay (1930)
• Paid (1930)
• Beau Ideal (1931)
• Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
• The Drums of Jeopardy (1931)
• Strangers May Kiss (1931)
• Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931)
• Rebound (1931)
• Murder at Midnight (1931)
• New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931)
• Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) (1931)
• The Champ (1931)
• The Cuban Love Song (1931)
• A Fool's Advice (1932)
• Love Affair (1932)
• Those We Love (1932)
• Three on a Match (1932)
• I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
• Call Her Savage (1932)
• Manhattan Tower (1932)
• The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933)
• Employee's Entrance (1933)
• Parole Girl (1933)
• The Wolf Dog (1933 serial)
• Curtain at Eight (1933)
• Twin Husbands (1933)
• Dr. Monica (1934)
• The Girl from Missouri (1934)
• Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
• The Marines Are Coming (1934)
• The Woman in Red (1935)
• After Office Hours (1935)
• Hold 'Em Yale (1935)
• Let 'Em Have It (1935)
• The Nitwits (1935)
• Calm Yourself (1935)
• I Live My Life (1935)
• Three Kids and a Queen (1935)

External links

• Hale Hamilton at the Internet Movie Database
• Hale Hamilton at the Internet Broadway Database
• Portrait 1930 (University of Washington, Sayre)