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person_profile-Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale Died at age: 74

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jonathan Hale

Date of Birth:

Mar 20, 1891

Country of birth:

Canada

Died:

Feb 28, 1966

Biography of

Jonathan Hale

    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".

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Filmography of

Jonathan Hale

Found 191 Movies in total

The Three Outlaws

Pinkerton ( Actor )

... 1956

Jaguar

Dr. Powell ( Actor )

... 1956

The Night Holds Terror

Bob Henderson ( Actor )

... 1955

Cattle Queen of Montana

Politician (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1954

Duffy of San Quentin

Boyd ( Actor )

... 1954

She Couldn't Say No

John Bentley ( Actor )

... 1954

The Flaming Urge

Mr. Chalmers ( Actor )

... 1953

Kansas Pacific

Sherman Johnson ( Actor )

... 1953

Taxi

Mr. Barker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

The Steel Trap

Tom Bowers ( Actor )

... 1952

Behind Southern Lines

General ( Actor )

... 1952

Son of Paleface

Governor Freeman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

Young Man with Ideas

Stanley Rickson (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1952

Scandal Sheet

Frank Madison ( Actor )

... 1952

Sunny Side of the Street

Cyrus Pelley ( Actor )

... 1951

The Tall Target

Passenger from Carolina (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1951

Let's Go Navy!

Captain ( Actor )

... 1951

Rodeo King and the Senorita

Dr. Sands ( Actor )

... 1951

Strangers on a Train

Mr. Antony ( Actor )

... 1951

Insurance Investigator

Russell James ( Actor )

... 1951

Short Grass

Charlie Bissel ( Actor )

... 1950

Three Husbands

Edward Wurdeman - Attorney at Law ( Actor )

... 1950

Triple Trouble

The Judge ( Actor )

... 1950

Federal Agent at Large

James Goodwin ( Actor )

... 1950

The Baron of Arizona

Governor ( Actor )

... 1950

The Fountainhead

Guy Francon (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Stampede

Varick ( Actor )

... 1949

State Department: File 649

Director-General ( Actor )

... 1949

The Judge

Judge Allan J. Brooks ( Actor )

... 1949

Rose of the Yukon

Gen. Butler ( Actor )

... 1949

Disaster

Police Commissioner Jerome ( Actor )

... 1948

Johnny Belinda

Dr. Horace M. Gray (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Tap Roots

Gen. Johnston (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Silver River

Major Spencer ( Actor )

... 1948

Call Northside 777

Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

Rocky

Kenneth Forrester ( Actor )

... 1948

High Wall

Emory Garrison ( Actor )

... 1947

Her Husband's Affairs

Gov. Fox ( Actor )

... 1947

Black Gold

Senator Watkins ( Actor )

... 1947

The Ghost Goes Wild

Max Atterbury ( Actor )

... 1947

The Vigilantes Return

Judge Holden ( Actor )

... 1947

The Beginning or the End

Dr. Vannevar Bush ( Actor )

... 1947

Wife Wanted

Philip Conway ( Actor )

... 1946

Rolling Home

Henry Kane ( Actor )

... 1946

Blondie Knows Best

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1946

Angel on My Shoulder

Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Easy to Wed

Hector Boswell ( Actor )

... 1946

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Captain Griffin ( Actor )

... 1946

The Cat Creeps

Walter Elliott ( Actor )

... 1946

Blondie's Lucky Day

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1946

Riverboat Rhythm

Col. Edward Beeler ( Actor )

... 1946

Gay Blades

Whittlesey ( Actor )

... 1946

Dakota

Col. Wordin ( Actor )

... 1945

Life with Blondie

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1945

Man Alive

Osborne ( Actor )

... 1945

Allotment Wives

Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert ( Actor )

... 1945

Divorce

Judge ( Actor )

... 1945

The Phantom Speaks

Owen McAllister ( Actor )

... 1945

G.I. Honeymoon

Colonel Hammerhead Smith ( Actor )

... 1945

Leave It to Blondie

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1945

The Strange Mr. Gregory

Defense Attorney Blair ( Actor )

... 1945

Hollywood Canteen

Mr. Brodel (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

End of the Road

Gregory McCune ( Actor )

... 1944

Dead Man's Eyes

Dr. Sam Welles ( Actor )

... 1944

My Buddy

Senator Henry ( Actor )

... 1944

This Is the Life

Dr. Plum ( Actor )

... 1944

The Black Parachute

King Stephen ( Actor )

... 1944

Jack London

Kerwin Maxwell ( Actor )

... 1943

There's Something About a Soldier

Gen. Sommerton ( Actor )

... 1943

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

Mr. Fox ( Actor )

... 1943

Footlight Glamour

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1943

Nobody's Darling

Jason Rhodes ( Actor )

... 1943

It's a Great Life

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1943

Hangmen Also Die!

Dedic ( Actor )

... 1943

Blondie for Victory

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1942

Calling Dr. Gillespie

Frank M. Todwell ( Actor )

... 1942

Flight Lieutenant

Joseph Sanford ( Actor )

... 1942

Miss Annie Rooney

Mr. Martin White ( Actor )

... 1942

Blondie's Blessed Event

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1942

Lone Star Ranger

Judge Longstreth ( Actor )

... 1942

Joe Smith, American

Blake McKettrick ( Actor )

... 1942

The Bugle Sounds

Brigadier-General ( Actor )

... 1942

Blondie Goes to College

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1942

The Pittsburgh Kid

Max Ellison ( Actor )

... 1941

Ringside Maisie

Dr. Kramer ( Actor )

... 1941

Blondie in Society

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1941

Her First Beau

Mr. Harris ( Actor )

... 1941

Strange Alibi

Police Chief Sprague ( Actor )

... 1941

The Great Swindle

Swann ( Actor )

... 1941

Blondie Goes Latin

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1941

Flight from Destiny

Dist. Atty. Johnson ( Actor )

... 1941

The Saint In Palm Springs

Insp. Henry Fernack ( Actor )

... 1941

Blondie Plays Cupid

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1940

Melody and Moonlight

Otis Barnett ( Actor )

... 1940

Dulcy

Homer Patterson ( Actor )

... 1940

Blondie Has Servant Trouble

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1940

We Who Are Young

Braddock ( Actor )

... 1940

Private Affairs

George Gilkin ( Actor )

... 1940

The Saint Takes Over

Inspector Henry Fernack ( Actor )

... 1940

Johnny Apollo

Dr. Brown ( Actor )

... 1940

The Saint's Double Trouble

Inspector Henry Fernack ( Actor )

... 1940

The Big Guy

Jack Lane ( Actor )

... 1939

Barricade

Assistant Secretary of State ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1939

Blondie Brings Up Baby

J.C. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1939

Thunder Afloat

Admiral Girard ( Actor )

... 1939

In Name Only

Dr. Gateson ( Actor )

... 1939

In Old Monterey

Stevenson ( Actor )

... 1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

President of Western Union ( Actor )

... 1939

Blondie Meets the Boss

J.C. Dithars ( Actor )

... 1939

The Saint Strikes Back

Inspector Henry Fernack ( Actor )

... 1939

Tail Spin

Racing Official Starter (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Wings of the Navy

Commandant ( Actor )

... 1939

Stand Up and Fight

Colonel Webb ( Actor )

... 1939

The Duke of West Point

Steven's Father ( Actor )

... 1938

There's That Woman Again

Rolfe Davis ( Actor )

... 1938

Blondie

Mr. Dithers ( Actor )

... 1938

Tarnished Angel

Detective Sgt. Cramer ( Actor )

... 1938

Fugitives for a Night

Police Captain ( Actor )

... 1938

Breaking the Ice

Mr. Kane ( Actor )

... 1938

Boys Town

John Hargraves ( Actor )

... 1938

Letter of Introduction

Lou Woodstock (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Men with Wings

Long ( Actor )

... 1938

Crime Ring

Bank President ( Actor )

... 1938

Wives Under Suspicion

Allison ( Actor )

... 1938

The Saint in New York

Inspector Henry Fernack ( Actor )

... 1938

Gangs of New York

Warden ( Actor )

... 1938

Yellow Jack

Major General Leonard Wood ( Actor )

... 1938

Her Jungle Love

J.C. Martin ( Actor )

... 1938

Over the Wall

Governor James McDonald ( Actor )

... 1938

Judge Hardy's Children

John Lee ( Actor )

... 1938

The First Hundred Years

Judge Parker ( Actor )

... 1938

Arsène Lupin Returns

F.B.I. Special Agent ( Actor )

... 1938

Big Town Girl

Hershell ( Actor )

... 1937

Madame X

Hugh Fariman Sr. ( Actor )

... 1937

Danger – Love at Work

Parsons, an attorney ( Actor )

... 1937

Saratoga

Frank Clayton ( Actor )

... 1937

This Is My Affair

Judge ( Actor )

... 1937

The League of Frightened Men

Alexander Drummond ( Actor )

... 1937

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

Mr. Hopkins ( Actor )

... 1937

Wings Over Honolulu

Judge Advocate ( Actor )

... 1937

You Can't Buy Luck

Prosecutor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

A Star Is Born

Judge George J. Parris (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

The Man Who Found Himself

Dr. Tom Smythe ( Actor )

... 1937

Racketeers in Exile

Alden Parker ( Actor )

... 1937

John Meade's Woman

Mr. Melton ( Actor )

... 1937

Sea Devils

Court-Martial President (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Outcast

Actor

... 1937

Man Of The People

Carter Spetner ( Actor )

... 1937

She's Dangerous

Charles Fitzgerald ( Actor )

... 1937

You Only Live Once

District Attorney (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Sinner Take All

Dr. Harrison (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Happy Go Lucky

J. Lansing Bennett ( Actor )

... 1936

Flying Hostess

Kendall ( Actor )

... 1936

The Accusing Finger

Special Prosecutor ( Actor )

... 1936

The Devil Is a Sissy

Judge Holmes ( Actor )

... 1936

China Clipper

State Department Official (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

Warren Fenton ( Actor )

... 1936

36 Hours to Kill

Mac - Train Conductor ( Actor )

... 1936

Spendthrift

Attorney ( Actor )

... 1936

Fury

Defense Attorney ( Actor )

... 1936

Educating Father

Fred Humphrey ( Actor )

... 1936

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

First trial judge ( Actor )

... 1936

The Singing Kid

Dr. Brown (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Panic on the Air

Johnson ( Actor )

... 1936

Sutter's Gold

Prosecuting Attorney ( Actor )

... 1936

The Voice of Bugle Ann

District Attorney ( Actor )

... 1936

You May Be Next!

Army Officer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Three Live Ghosts

Detective Bolton ( Actor )

... 1936

Charlie Chan's Secret

Warren T. Phelps ( Actor )

... 1936

If You Could Only Cook

Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Too Tough to Kill

Chairman of the Board ( Actor )

... 1935

The Calling of Dan Matthews

Club Owner (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

A Night at the Opera

The Stage Manager (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

3 Kids and a Queen

Gangster ( Actor )

... 1935

Navy Wife

Norton ( Actor )

... 1935

Page Miss Glory

Husband at Train Station (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Alice Adams

Mr. Palmer ( Actor )

... 1935

The Raven

Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Public Hero Number 1

Prison Board Member (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Let 'em Have It

Microscopic Expert ( Actor )

... 1935

'G' Men

Congressman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

A Night at the Ritz

Director (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

One New York Night

Mr. Stokes ( Actor )

... 1935

Lightning Strikes Twice

Capt. Nelson ( Actor )

... 1934

Gentlemen Are Born

Second Broker ( Actor )

... 1934

A Lost Lady

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

The Case of the Howling Dog

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

Housewife

Doctor ( Actor )

... 1934