Jonathan Hale
Born on March 20th, 1891
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died on February 28th, 1966
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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".
Filmography The Three Outlaws
1956
Pinkerton
Details The Night Holds Terror
1955
Bob Henderson
Details Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
Politician (uncredited)
Details Duffy of San Quentin
1954
Boyd
Details She Couldn't Say No
1954
John Bentley
Details The Flaming Urge
1953
Mr. Chalmers
Details Kansas Pacific
1953
Sherman Johnson
Details Taxi
1953
Mr. Barker (uncredited)
Details The Steel Trap
1952
Tom Bowers
Details Behind Southern Lines
1952
General
Details Son of Paleface
1952
Governor Freeman (uncredited)
Details Young Man with Ideas
1952
Stanley Rickson (uncredited)
Details Scandal Sheet
1952
Frank Madison
Details Sunny Side of the Street
1951
Cyrus Pelley
Details The Tall Target
1951
Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Details Rodeo King and the Senorita
1951
Dr. Sands
Details Strangers on a Train
1951
Mr. Antony
Details Insurance Investigator
1951
Russell James
Details Short Grass
1950
Charlie Bissel
Details Three Husbands
1950
Edward Wurdeman - Attorney at Law
Details Triple Trouble
1950
The Judge
Details Federal Agent at Large
1950
James Goodwin
Details The Baron of Arizona
1950
Governor
Details A Dangerous Profession
1949
Character TBA
Details The Fountainhead
1949
Guy Francon (uncredited)
Details State Department: File 649
1949
Director-General
Details The Judge
1949
Judge Allan J. Brooks
Details Rose of the Yukon
1949
Gen. Butler
Details Disaster
1948
Police Commissioner Jerome
Details Johnny Belinda
1948
Dr. Horace M. Gray (uncredited)
Details Tap Roots
1948
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
Details Silver River
1948
Major Spencer
Details Call Northside 777
1948
Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
Details High Wall
1947
Emory Garrison
Details Her Husband's Affairs
1947
Gov. Fox
Details Black Gold
1947
Senator Watkins
Details The Ghost Goes Wild
1947
Max Atterbury
Details The Vigilantes Return
1947
Judge Holden
Details The Beginning or the End
1947
Dr. Vannevar Bush
Details Wife Wanted
1946
Philip Conway
Details Blondie Knows Best
1946
J.C. Dithers
Details Angel on My Shoulder
1946
Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)
Details Easy to Wed
1946
Hector Boswell
Details The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
Captain Griffin
Details The Cat Creeps
1946
Walter Elliott
Details Blondie's Lucky Day
1946
J.C. Dithers
Details Riverboat Rhythm
1946
Col. Edward Beeler
Details Life with Blondie
1945
J.C. Dithers
Details Allotment Wives
1945
Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert
Details The Phantom Speaks
1945
Owen McAllister
Details G.I. Honeymoon
1945
Colonel Hammerhead Smith
Details Watchtower Over Tomorrow
1945
Security Council Chair
Details Leave It to Blondie
1945
J.C. Dithers
Details The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
Defense Attorney Blair
Details Hollywood Canteen
1944
Mr. Brodel (uncredited)
Details End of the Road
1944
Gregory McCune
Details Dead Man's Eyes
1944
Dr. Sam Welles
Details This Is the Life
1944
Dr. Plum
Details The Black Parachute
1944
King Stephen
Details Jack London
1943
Kerwin Maxwell
Details There's Something About a Soldier
1943
Gen. Sommerton
Details Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
Mr. Fox
Details Footlight Glamour
1943
J.C. Dithers
Details Nobody's Darling
1943
Jason Rhodes
Details It's a Great Life
1943
J.C. Dithers
Details The Rear Gunner
1943
Commanding Officer
Details The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Character TBA
Details Blondie for Victory
1942
J.C. Dithers
Details Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
Frank M. Todwell
Details Flight Lieutenant
1942
Joseph Sanford
Details Miss Annie Rooney
1942
Mr. Martin White
Details Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
J.C. Dithers
Details Lone Star Ranger
1942
Judge Longstreth
Details Joe Smith, American
1942
Blake McKettrick
Details The Bugle Sounds
1942
Brigadier-General
Details Blondie Goes to College
1942
J.C. Dithers
Details The Pittsburgh Kid
1941
Max Ellison
Details Ringside Maisie
1941
Dr. Kramer
Details Blondie in Society
1941
J.C. Dithers
Details Her First Beau
1941
Mr. Harris
Details Strange Alibi
1941
Police Chief Sprague
Details Blondie Goes Latin
1941
J.C. Dithers
Details Flight from Destiny
1941
Dist. Atty. Johnson
Details The Saint In Palm Springs
1941
Inspector Henry Fernack
Details Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
J.C. Dithers
Details Melody and Moonlight
1940
Otis Barnett
Details Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
J.C. Dithers
Details We Who Are Young
1940
Braddock
Details Private Affairs
1940
George Gilkin
Details The Saint Takes Over
1940
Inspector Henry Fernack
Details The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
Inspector Henry Fernack
Details Barricade
1939
Assistant Secretary of State
Details The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
Mayor
Details Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
J.C. Dithers
Details Thunder Afloat
1939
Admiral Girard
Details One Against the World
1939
Dr. Ephraim McDowell
Details In Name Only
1939
Dr. Gateson
Details In Old Monterey
1939
Stevenson
Details The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
President of Western Union
Details Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
J.C. Dithars
Details The Saint Strikes Back
1939
Inspector Henry Fernack
Details Tail Spin
1939
Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
Details Wings of the Navy
1939
Commandant
Details Stand Up and Fight
1939
Colonel Webb
Details The Duke of West Point
1938
Steven's Father
Details There's That Woman Again
1938
Rolfe Davis
Details Tarnished Angel
1938
Detective Sgt. Cramer
Details Fugitives for a Night
1938
Police Captain
Details Breaking the Ice
1938
Mr. Kane
Details Boys Town
1938
John Hargraves
Details Letter of Introduction
1938
Lou Woodstock (uncredited)
Details Crime Ring
1938
Bank President
Details Wives Under Suspicion
1938
Allison
Details The Saint in New York
1938
Inspector Henry Fernack
Details Gangs of New York
1938
Warden
Details Yellow Jack
1938
Major General Leonard Wood
Details Her Jungle Love
1938
J.C. Martin
Details Over the Wall
1938
Governor James McDonald
Details Judge Hardy's Children
1938
John Lee
Details The First Hundred Years
1938
Judge Parker
Details Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
F.B.I. Special Agent
Details Exiled to Shanghai
1937
J.B. Willet
Details Madame X
1937
Hugh Fariman Sr.
Details Danger – Love at Work
1937
Parsons, an attorney
Details Midnight Madonna
1937
Stuart Kirkland
Details The League of Frightened Men
1937
Alexander Drummond
Details Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937
Mr. Hopkins
Details Wings Over Honolulu
1937
Judge Advocate
Details You Can't Buy Luck
1937
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Details A Star Is Born
1937
Judge George J. Parris (uncredited)
Details The Man Who Found Himself
1937
Dr. Tom Smythe
Details Racketeers in Exile
1937
Alden Parker
Details John Meade's Woman
1937
Mr. Melton
Details Sea Devils
1937
Court-Martial President (uncredited)
Details Man Of The People
1937
Carter Spetner
Details She's Dangerous
1937
Charles Fitzgerald
Details You Only Live Once
1937
District Attorney (uncredited)
Details Sinner Take All
1936
Dr. Harrison (uncredited)
Details Happy Go Lucky
1936
J. Lansing Bennett
Details The Accusing Finger
1936
Special Prosecutor
Details The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
Judge Holmes
Details China Clipper
1936
State Department Official (uncredited)
Details Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
Warren Fenton
Details 36 Hours to Kill
1936
Mac - Train Conductor
Details Educating Father
1936
Fred Humphrey
Details The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
First trial judge
Details The Singing Kid
1936
Dr. Brown (uncredited)
Details Panic on the Air
1936
Johnson
Details Sutter's Gold
1936
Prosecuting Attorney
Details The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
District Attorney
Details You May Be Next!
1936
Army Officer (uncredited)
Details Charlie Chan's Secret
1936
Warren T. Phelps
Details Three Live Ghosts
1936
Detective Bolton
Details If You Could Only Cook
1935
Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
Details Hit-and-Run Driver
1935
Captain James (uncredited)
Details Too Tough to Kill
1935
Chairman of the Board
Details The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
Club Owner (uncredited)
Details A Night at the Opera
1935
The Stage Manager (uncredited)
Details 3 Kids and a Queen
1935
Gangster
Details Page Miss Glory
1935
Husband at Train Station (uncredited)
Details The Raven
1935
Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
Details Public Hero Number 1
1935
Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Details Let 'em Have It
1935
Microscopic Expert
Details 'G' Men
1935
Congressman (uncredited)
Details A Night at the Ritz
1935
Director (uncredited)
Details One New York Night
1935
Mr. Stokes
Details Lightning Strikes Twice
1934
Capt. Nelson
Details Gentlemen Are Born
1934
Second Broker
Details A Lost Lady
1934
(uncredited)
Details The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Details