Richard Hale


Biography

Richard Hale was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Hale's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as the drama "None Shall Escape" (1944) with Marsha Hunt, the Nelson Eddy adaptation "Knickerbocker Holiday" (1944) and "Counter-Attack" (1945). He also appeared in the Cornel Wilde adventure "A Thousand and One Nights" (1945), the western "Abilene Tow...

Biography

Richard Hale was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Hale's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as the drama "None Shall Escape" (1944) with Marsha Hunt, the Nelson Eddy adaptation "Knickerbocker Holiday" (1944) and "Counter-Attack" (1945). He also appeared in the Cornel Wilde adventure "A Thousand and One Nights" (1945), the western "Abilene Town" (1946) with Randolph Scott and the Randolph Scott western "Badman's Territory" (1946). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like "The Man With a Cloak" (1951), the Maureen O'Hara adventure "Flame of Araby" (1952) and the drama "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima" (1952) with Gilbert Roland. He also appeared in the Gary Cooper western "Springfield Rifle" (1952). In the latter half of his career, he continued to act in the Frank Sinatra comedy "Sergeants 3" (1962), "Tower of London" (1962) with Vincent Price and the dramatic adaptation "To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962) with Gregory Peck. He also appeared in "Scandalous John" (1971) and "Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins" (1975). Hale was most recently credited in "Warm Summer Rain" (1989) with Kelly Lynch. Hale passed away in May 1981 at the age of 89.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Late Great Planet Earth (1978)
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)
Jesus Freak
Brock's Last Case (1973)
The Limit (1972)
Man in park
Scandalous John (1971)
Old Indian
Tower of London (1962)
Tyrus
Sergeants 3 (1962)
White Eagle
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Mr. Radley
Ben-Hur (1959)
Gaspar
Voice in the Mirror (1958)
Gaunt man
Short Cut to Hell (1957)
A. T.
Pillars of the Sky (1956)
Isaiah
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Elder Purdy
Jupiter's Darling (1955)
Auctioneer
Moonfleet (1955)
Starkill
Canyon Crossroads (1955)
Joe Rivers
A Man Alone (1955)
Judge Wortham
Drum Beat (1954)
General Sherman
Sea of Lost Ships (1954)
Capt. Welch
Passion (1954)
Don Domingo
Red Garters (1954)
Dr. J. Pott Troy
The Diamond Queen (1953)
Gabriel Tavernier
Julius Caesar (1953)
A soothsayer
San Antone (1953)
Abraham Lincoln
Rogue's March (1953)
Emissary
Springfield Rifle (1952)
General Halleck
When in Rome (1952)
Professor Homer Sandway
Scaramouche (1952)
Perigore
Flame of Araby (1952)
King Chanda
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Father Ferreira
Young Man With Ideas (1952)
Vishto
Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Dr. Blane
The Law and the Lady (1951)
Sheriff
Kim (1951)
Hassan Bey
Night into Morning (1951)
Judge
The Unknown Man (1951)
Eddie Caraway
Inside Straight (1951)
Mr. Deering
The Man with a Cloak (1951)
Durand
Inside Straight (1951)
Undertaker
Soldiers Three (1951)
Govind-Lal
Convicted (1950)
Judge
All the King's Men (1950)
Hale
The Desert Hawk (1950)
Iman
The Pilgrimage Play (1949)
Pontius Pilate
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
Gus Basserman
Port Said (1948)
Mario Guistano
The Other Love (1947)
Prof. Linnaker
Badman's Territory (1946)
Ben Wade
The Devil's Mask (1946)
Raymond Halliday
Abilene Town (1946)
Charlie Fair
The Man Who Dared (1946)
Reginald Fogg
A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
Kofir, the sorcerer
Counter-Attack (1945)
General Kalinev
Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
Tammany
None Shall Escape (1944)
Rabbi David Levin
Girl in the Case (1944)
John Heyser
Caprice of the Mountains (1916)
Tim Baker

Art Director (Feature Film)

Stardumb (1989)
Art Direction

Production Designer (Feature Film)

Warm Summer Rain (1989)
Production Designer

Life Events

Videos

Movie Clip

Julius Caesar (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Beware The Ides Of March Caesar (Louis Calhern) returns to Rome, checks in with wife Calpurnia (Greer Garson) and under-dressed Antony (Marlon Brando), then a blind soothsayer (Richard Hale) with famous words of warning, also getting a reading off Brutus (James Mason) in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, 1953.
Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Miracles Are A Crime The priest (Richard Hale) conducting mass in rural Portugal, ca. 1917, stopped by a government man (Frank Silvera) who’s after Lucia (Susan Whitney), the girl who saw the vision, rescued by her friend Hugo (Gilbert Roland), the smooth-talking irreligious peddler, in The Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima, 1952.
Convicted (1950) -- (Movie Clip) Murder Was Not Your Intent Glenn Ford as Joe who accidentally killed a big-shot’s son in a bar fight, gets sentenced as his lame employer-hired lawyer (Roland Winters) gets chewed out by the compassionate D-A Knowland (Broderick Crawford), Griff Barnett his sad father, Dorothy Malone, 13 years Crawford’s junior, as his daughter, Millard Mitchell the other convict on the train, in Convicted, 1950.
Friendly Persuasion (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Considerable Violence Union Major Harvey (Theodore Newton) recruiting at the Quaker meeting, approaching Caleb (John Smith), Josh (Anthony Perkins), his father Jess (Gary Cooper) and Elder Purdy (Richard Hale), in William Wyler's Friendly Persuasion, 1956.

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