Jonathan Hale
Acting
Born March 20, 1891 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jonathan Hale (born Jonathan Hatley, March 21, 1891 – February 28, 1966) was a Canadian-born film and television actor. Hale was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Before his acting career, Hale worked in the Diplomatic Corps. Hale is most well known as Dagwood Bumstead's boss, Julius Caesar Dithers, in the Blondie film series in the 1940s. He is also notable for playing Inspector Fernack in various The Saint films by RKO Pictures. In 1950 he made two appearances in The Cisco Kid as Barry Owens. He also appeared in two different episodes of Adventures of Superman: "The Evil Three", in which he played a murderous "Southern Colonel"-type character, and "Panic in the Sky", one of the most famous episodes, in which he played the lead astronomer at the Metropolis Observatory, actually a California observatory. Among the relatively few television programs on which Hale appeared are the religion anthology series Crossroads, The Loretta Young Show, Brave Eagle, Schlitz Playhouse, The Joey Bishop Show, and Walt Disney Presents: "A Tribute to Joel Chandler Harris". Hale committed suicide on February 28, 1966. He was found dead that evening in his room at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California. Hale had taken his own life with a .38 caliber pistol, which was found near his body. He was 74. Hale was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California. Sadly, Hale's grave went unmarked for more than four decades, until a proper headstone was erected by donations from the "Dearly Departed" fan-based group in 2013; he is now honored with the inscription, "We Remembered You".
Films (199)
The Three Outlaws
1956
Jaguar
1956
The Night Holds Terror
1955
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
Duffy of San Quentin
1954
She Couldn't Say No
1954
The Flaming Urge
1953
Kansas Pacific
1953
Taxi
1953
The Steel Trap
1952
Behind Southern Lines
1952
Son of Paleface
1952
Young Man with Ideas
1952
Scandal Sheet
1952
Sunny Side of the Street
1951
The Tall Target
1951
Let's Go Navy!
1951
Rodeo King and the Senorita
1951
Strangers on a Train
1951
Insurance Investigator
1951
Short Grass
1950
Three Husbands
1950
Triple Trouble
1950
Federal Agent at Large
1950
The Baron of Arizona
1950
A Dangerous Profession
1949
The Fountainhead
1949
Stampede
1949
State Department: File 649
1949
The Judge
1949
Rose of the Yukon
1949
Disaster
1948
Johnny Belinda
1948
Tap Roots
1948
Silver River
1948
Call Northside 777
1948
Rocky
1948
High Wall
1947
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
Black Gold
1947
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947
The Vigilantes Return
1947
The Beginning or the End
1947
Wife Wanted
1946
Rolling Home
1946
Blondie Knows Best
1946
Angel on My Shoulder
1946
Easy to Wed
1946
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
The Cat Creeps
1946
Blondie's Lucky Day
1946
Riverboat Rhythm
1946
Gay Blades
1946
Dakota
1945
Life with Blondie
1945
Man Alive
1945
Allotment Wives
1945
Divorce
1945
The Phantom Speaks
1945
G.I. Honeymoon
1945
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
1945
Leave It to Blondie
1945
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
Hollywood Canteen
1944
End of the Road
1944
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
My Buddy
1944
This Is the Life
1944
The Black Parachute
1944
Jack London
1943
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
Footlight Glamour
1943
Nobody's Darling
1943
It's a Great Life
1943
The Rear Gunner
1943
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Blondie for Victory
1942
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
Flight Lieutenant
1942
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
Lone Star Ranger
1942
Joe Smith, American
1942
The Bugle Sounds
1942
Blondie Goes to College
1942
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941
Ringside Maisie
1941
Blondie in Society
1941
Her First Beau
1941
Strange Alibi
1941
The Great Swindle
1941
Blondie Goes Latin
1941
Flight from Destiny
1941
The Saint In Palm Springs
1941
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
Melody and Moonlight
1940
Dulcy
1940
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
We Who Are Young
1940
Private Affairs
1940
The Saint Takes Over
1940
Johnny Apollo
1940
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
The Big Guy
1939
Barricade
1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
Thunder Afloat
1939
One Against the World
1939
In Name Only
1939
In Old Monterey
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
Tail Spin
1939
Wings of the Navy
1939
Stand Up and Fight
1939
The Duke of West Point
1938
There's That Woman Again
1938
Road Demon
1938
Blondie
1938
Tarnished Angel
1938
Fugitives for a Night
1938
Breaking the Ice
1938
Boys Town
1938
Letter of Introduction
1938
Men with Wings
1938
Crime Ring
1938
Wives Under Suspicion
1938
The Saint in New York
1938
Gangs of New York
1938
Yellow Jack
1938
Her Jungle Love
1938
Over the Wall
1938
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
The First Hundred Years
1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
Big Town Girl
1937
Madame X
1937
Danger – Love at Work
1937
Saratoga
1937
Midnight Madonna
1937
This Is My Affair
1937
The League of Frightened Men
1937
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
You Can't Buy Luck
1937
A Star Is Born
1937
The Man Who Found Himself
1937
Racketeers in Exile
1937
John Meade's Woman
1937
Sea Devils
1937
Outcast
1937
Man Of The People
1937
She's Dangerous
1937
You Only Live Once
1937
Sinner Take All
1936
Happy Go Lucky
1936
Flying Hostess
1936
The Accusing Finger
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
China Clipper
1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
36 Hours to Kill
1936
Spendthrift
1936
Fury
1936
Educating Father
1936
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
The Singing Kid
1936
Panic on the Air
1936
Too Many Parents
1936
Sutter's Gold
1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
You May Be Next!
1936
Charlie Chan's Secret
1936
Three Live Ghosts
1936
If You Could Only Cook
1935
Hit-and-Run Driver
1935
Too Tough to Kill
1935
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
A Night at the Opera
1935
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
Navy Wife
1935
Page Miss Glory
1935
Alice Adams
1935
The Raven
1935
Public Hero Number 1
1935
Let 'em Have It
1935
'G' Men
1935
A Night at the Ritz
1935
One New York Night
1935
Lightning Strikes Twice
1934
Gentlemen Are Born
1934
A Lost Lady
1934
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
Housewife
1934