Jonathan Hale

Biography

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".

Known For

Mr. Dithers

Blondie

J.C. Dithers

Blondie Brings Up Baby

J.C. Dithers

Blondie Has Servant Trouble

J.C. Dithers

Blondie in Society

J.C. Dithers

Blondie Plays Cupid

J.C. Dithers

Blondie Goes to College

J.C. Dithars

Blondie Meets the Boss

J.C. Dithers

Blondie for Victory

J.C. Dithers

Blondie Goes Latin

J.C. Dithers

Blondie Knows Best

J.C. Dithers

Footlight Glamour

J.C. Dithers

It's a Great Life

J.C. Dithers

Life with Blondie

J.C. Dithers

Blondie's Blessed Event

J.C. Dithers

Leave It to Blondie

J.C. Dithers

Blondie's Lucky Day

Mr. Antony

Strangers on a Train

Dedic

Hangmen Also Die!

Kerwin Maxwell

Jack London

Tom Bowers

The Steel Trap

Jason Rhodes

Nobody's Darling

Mr. Hopkins

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

Frank Madison

Scandal Sheet

Warren T. Phelps

Charlie Chan's Secret

Warren Fenton

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

Emory Garrison

High Wall

The Judge

Triple Trouble

Swann

The Great Swindle

John Hargraves

Boys Town

Defense Attorney Blair

The Strange Mr. Gregory

Governor

The Baron of Arizona

Gregory McCune

End of the Road

Bob Henderson

The Night Holds Terror

Mac - Train Conductor

36 Hours to Kill

Mr. Palmer

Alice Adams

Dr. Sam Welles

Dead Man's Eyes

Inspector Henry Fernack

The Saint's Double Trouble

Frank Clayton

Saratoga

Police Commissioner Jerome

Disaster

Judge Allan J. Brooks

The Judge

Inspector Henry Fernack

The Saint in New York

Inspector Henry Fernack

The Saint Strikes Back

President of Western Union

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

Max Atterbury

The Ghost Goes Wild

Police Chief Sprague

Strange Alibi

Inspector Henry Fernack

The Saint Takes Over

Inspector Henry Fernack

The Saint In Palm Springs

Dr. Vannevar Bush

The Beginning or the End

Joseph Sanford

Flight Lieutenant

Captain Griffin

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Politician (uncredited)

Cattle Queen of Montana

Commanding Officer

The Rear Gunner

Philip Conway

Wife Wanted

Court-Martial President (uncredited)

Sea Devils

Director-General

State Department: File 649

F.B.I. Special Agent

Arsène Lupin Returns

Special Prosecutor

The Accusing Finger

Captain James (uncredited)

Hit-and-Run Driver

Governor James McDonald

Over the Wall

Russell James

Insurance Investigator

Parsons, an attorney

Danger – Love at Work

Captain

Let's Go Navy!

Alden Parker

Racketeers in Exile

Dist. Atty. Johnson

Flight from Destiny

Judge

Divorce

Steven's Father

The Duke of West Point

Mr. Martin White

Miss Annie Rooney

Judge

Too Many Parents

Capt. Nelson

Lightning Strikes Twice

Boyd

Duffy of San Quentin

First trial judge

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

Mr. Chalmers

The Flaming Urge

J. Lansing Bennett

Happy Go Lucky

Detective Sgt. Cramer

Tarnished Angel

(uncredited)

A Lost Lady

Stevenson

In Old Monterey

Osborne

Man Alive

Charles Fitzgerald

She's Dangerous

Assistant Secretary of State

Barricade

Henry Kane

Rolling Home

Mr. Melton

John Meade's Woman

J.C. Martin

Her Jungle Love

Gen. Sommerton

There's Something About a Soldier

John Lee

Judge Hardy's Children

J.B. Willet

Exiled to Shanghai

Governor Freeman (uncredited)

Son of Paleface

Lou Woodstock (uncredited)

Letter of Introduction

Mr. Kane

Breaking the Ice

Microscopic Expert

Let 'em Have It

Warden

Gangs of New York

Judge Parker

The First Hundred Years

Allison

Wives Under Suspicion

Col. Edward Beeler

Riverboat Rhythm

Gen. Butler

Rose of the Yukon

Police Captain

Fugitives for a Night

Owen McAllister

The Phantom Speaks

Cyrus Pelley

Sunny Side of the Street

Hugh Fariman Sr.

Madame X

Mr. Barker (uncredited)

Taxi

Mr. Stokes

One New York Night

Anderson

Road Demon

Mayor

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Carter Spetner

Man Of The People

Dr. Gateson

In Name Only

Dr. Tom Smythe

The Man Who Found Himself

Attorney

Spendthrift

Prosecuting Attorney

Sutter's Gold

Judge Holmes

The Devil Is a Sissy

Rolfe Davis

There's That Woman Again

Kenneth Forrester

Rocky

Second Broker

Gentlemen Are Born

Long

Men with Wings

King Stephen

The Black Parachute

Colonel Webb

Stand Up and Fight

Commandant

Wings of the Navy

Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)

Tail Spin

Admiral Girard

Thunder Afloat

Sherman Johnson

Kansas Pacific

Outcast

Defense Attorney

Fury

Prosecutor (uncredited)

You Can't Buy Luck

General

Behind Southern Lines

Judge Advocate

Wings Over Honolulu

Mr. Fox

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

Dr. Powell

Jaguar

Colonel Wordin

Dakota

Gov. Fox

Her Husband's Affairs

Chairman of the Board

Too Tough to Kill

Hershell

Big Town Girl

Max Ellison

The Pittsburgh Kid

Dr. Brown

Johnny Apollo

Blake McKettrick

Joe Smith, American

Pinkerton

The Three Outlaws

Senator Henry

My Buddy

Colonel Hammerhead Smith

G.I. Honeymoon

Braddock

We Who Are Young

Judge

This Is My Affair

Dr. Sands

Rodeo King and the Senorita

Detective Bolton

Three Live Ghosts

Dr. Brown (uncredited)

The Singing Kid

Varick

Stampede

Senator Watkins

Black Gold

Hector Boswell

Easy to Wed

Whittlesey

Gay Blades

Dr. Harrison (uncredited)

Sinner Take All

Charlie Bissel

Short Grass

Judge Longstreth

Lone Star Ranger

Major Spencer

Silver River

Frank M. Todwell

Calling Dr. Gillespie

Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)

Call Northside 777

Homer Patterson

Dulcy

The Stage Manager (uncredited)

A Night at the Opera

Judge George J. Parris (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

Director (uncredited)

A Night at the Ritz

Security Council Chair

Watchtower Over Tomorrow

Doctor

Housewife

Judge Holden

The Vigilantes Return

Major General Leonard Wood

Yellow Jack

Stuart Kirkland

Midnight Madonna

Norton

Navy Wife

John Bentley

She Couldn't Say No

Dr. Plum

This Is the Life

Kendall

Flying Hostess

Brigadier-General

The Bugle Sounds

Bank President

Crime Ring

Walter Elliott

The Cat Creeps

James Goodwin

Federal Agent at Large

Mr. Harris

Her First Beau

Otis Barnett

Melody and Moonlight

Gangster

3 Kids and a Queen

Johnson

Panic on the Air

District Attorney (uncredited)

You Only Live Once

Dr. Kramer

Ringside Maisie

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

The Case of the Howling Dog

Congressman (uncredited)

'G' Men

Prison Board Member (uncredited)

Public Hero Number 1

Club Owner (uncredited)

The Calling of Dan Matthews

Army Officer (uncredited)

You May Be Next!

Husband at Train Station (uncredited)

Page Miss Glory

Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)

If You Could Only Cook

Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)

The Raven

Fred Humphrey

Educating Father

District Attorney

The Voice of Bugle Ann

Mr. Brodel (uncredited)

Hollywood Canteen

Guy Francon (uncredited)

The Fountainhead

Dr. Horace M. Gray (uncredited)

Johnny Belinda

Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)

Angel on My Shoulder

Stanley Rickson (uncredited)

Young Man with Ideas

Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)

The Tall Target

State Department Official (uncredited)

China Clipper

Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert

Allotment Wives

George Gilkin

Private Affairs

Edward Wurdeman - Attorney at Law

Three Husbands

Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

Tap Roots

Dr. Ephraim McDowell

One Against the World

Jack Lane

The Big Guy

A Dangerous Profession

Alexander Drummond

The League of Frightened Men

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

199

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-03-20

Place of Birth

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Jonathan Hale Jr.