Researching Gareth Hale
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 10746 people with the Hale surname? In that year Hale was ranked number 383 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Gareth means "one of King Arthur's knights" and is of Welsh origin.
Records of Gareth Hale on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gareth Hale and the Hale Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hale Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Hale family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 13288 people with the Hale surname in the UK? Hale is now ranked number 433 for popularity in the UK. |
Hale Family Tree Databases
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Find Gareth Hale from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Hale Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 112415 people with the Hale surname in the USA? Hale is ranked number 120 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hale Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Gareth Hale. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Gareth Hale
Gareth Hale
Gareth Irvin Hale (born 15 January 1953 in Hull) is an English comedian and actor, who is best known as one half of the comedy duo Hale and Pace, with his friend and comic partner Norman Pace.
Both former teachers, their comedy partnership has fronted several television programmes, most notably Hale and Pace, Pushing Up Daisies, h&p@bbc and Jobs for the Boys. As straight actors they played the title roles in the 1993 ITV dramatisation of Dalziel and Pascoe and made a guest appearance together in Survival, a 1989 Doctor Who serial.
Hale was a regular on the Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs, playing Doug MacKenzie (2003–2005) and appeared in the 2004 "Parenthood" episode of the medical drama series Casualty as a parent of a child with Down syndrome. In 2007 Hale and Pace appeared in the Christmas special of Extras, called "The Extra Special Series Finale", playing themselves. In 2008, Hale joined the cast of The Royal in the role of the head porter, and in late 2009 he played Scrooge in an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
In 2015 Hale appeared as Commissioner Busby in the BBC TV series Father Brown (episode 3.15 "The Owl of Minerva"). In April 2015 Hale became the station voice of Sam FM, a music based radio station covering Southern England. In 2015 he made a guest appearance as Teddy Arseholes in an episode of the BBC comedy series Cradle to Grave based on the autobiography of Danny Baker, Going to Sea in a Sieve. In 2018 Hale appeared in the comedy TV series Benidorm with Norman Pace. In 2021, Hale plays Grandpa Maury in Nickelodeon series Goldies Oldies.
Source: Gareth Hale, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hale
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