Jonathan Hale
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 20 March 1891 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- 28 February 1966
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
Acting 200
- 1956The Three Outlaws as Pinkerton
- 1956Jaguar as Dr. Powell
- 1955The Night Holds Terror as Bob Henderson
- 1954Cattle Queen of Montana as Politician (uncredited)
- 1954Duffy of San Quentin as Boyd
- 1954She Couldn't Say No as John Bentley
- 1953The Flaming Urge as Mr. Chalmers
- 1953Kansas Pacific as Sherman Johnson
- 1953Taxi as Mr. Barker (uncredited)
- 1952The Steel Trap as Tom Bowers
- 1952Behind Southern Lines as General
- 1952Son of Paleface as Governor Freeman (uncredited)
- 1952Young Man with Ideas as Stanley Rickson (uncredited)
- 1952Scandal Sheet as Frank Madison
- 1951Sunny Side of the Street as Cyrus Pelley
- 1951The Tall Target as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
- 1951Let's Go Navy! as Captain
- 1951Rodeo King and the Senorita as Dr. Sands
- 1951Strangers on a Train as Mr. Antony
- 1951Insurance Investigator as Russell James
- 1950Short Grass as Charlie Bissel
- 1950Three Husbands as Edward Wurdeman
- 1950Triple Trouble as The Judge
- 1950Federal Agent at Large as James Goodwin
- 1950The Baron of Arizona as Governor
- 1949A Dangerous Profession
- 1949The Fountainhead as Guy Francon (uncredited)
- 1949Stampede as Varick
- 1949State Department: File 649 as Director-General
- 1949The Judge as Judge Allan J. Brooks
- 1949Rose of the Yukon as Gen. Butler
- 1948Disaster as Police Commissioner Jerome
- 1948Johnny Belinda as Dr. Gray (uncredited)
- 1948Tap Roots as Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
- 1948Silver River as Major Spencer
- 1948King of the Gamblers as Sam Hyland
- 1948Call Northside 777 as Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
- 1948Rocky as Kenneth Forrester
- 1947High Wall as Emory Garrison
- 1947Her Husband's Affairs as Gov. Fox
- 1947Black Gold as Senator Watkins
- 1947The Ghost Goes Wild as Max Atterbury
- 1947The Vigilantes Return as Judge Holden
- 1947The Beginning or the End as Dr. Vannevar Bush
- 1946Wife Wanted as Philip Conway
- 1946Rolling Home as Henry Kane
- 1946Blondie Knows Best as J.C. Dithers
- 1946Angel on My Shoulder as Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)
- 1946Easy to Wed as Hector Boswell
- 1946The Walls Came Tumbling Down as Captain Griffin
- 1946The Cat Creeps as Walter Elliott
- 1946Blondie's Lucky Day as J.C. Dithers
- 1946Riverboat Rhythm as Col. Edward Beeler
- 1946Gay Blades as Whittlesey
- 1945Dakota as Colonel Wordin
- 1945Life with Blondie as J.C. Dithers
- 1945Man Alive as Osborne
- 1945Allotment Wives as Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert
- 1945Divorce as Judge
- 1945The Phantom Speaks as Owen McAllister
- 1945G.I. Honeymoon as Colonel Hammerhead Smith
- 1945Watchtower Over Tomorrow as Security Council Chair
- 1945Leave It to Blondie as J.C. Dithers
- 1945The Strange Mr. Gregory as Defense Attorney Blair
- 1944Hollywood Canteen as Mr. Brodel (uncredited)
- 1944Dead Man's Eyes as Dr. Sam Welles
- 1944End of the Road as Gregory McCune
- 1944My Buddy as Senator Henry
- 1944This Is the Life as Dr. Plum
- 1944The Black Parachute as King Stephen
- 1943Jack London as Kerwin Maxwell
- 1943There's Something About a Soldier as Gen. Sommerton
- 1943Sweet Rosie O'Grady as Mr. Fox
- 1943Footlight Glamour as J.C. Dithers
- 1943Nobody's Darling as Jason Rhodes
- 1943It's a Great Life as J.C. Dithers
- 1943The Rear Gunner as Commanding Officer
- 1943Hangmen Also Die! as Dedic
- 1943The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
- 1942Blondie for Victory as J.C. Dithers
- 1942Calling Dr. Gillespie as Frank M. Todwell
- 1942Flight Lieutenant as Joseph Sanford
- 1942Miss Annie Rooney as Mr. Martin White
- 1942Blondie's Blessed Event as J.C. Dithers
- 1942Lone Star Ranger as Judge Longstreth
- 1942Joe Smith, American as Blake McKettrick
- 1942The Bugle Sounds as Brigadier-General
- 1942Blondie Goes to College as J.C. Dithers
- 1941The Pittsburgh Kid as Max Ellison
- 1941Ringside Maisie as Dr. Kramer
- 1941Blondie in Society as J.C. Dithers
- 1941Her First Beau as Mr. Harris
- 1941Strange Alibi as Police Chief Sprague
- 1941The Great Swindle as Swann
- 1941Blondie Goes Latin as J.C. Dithers
- 1941Flight from Destiny as Dist. Atty. Johnson
- 1941The Saint In Palm Springs as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1940Blondie Plays Cupid as J.C. Dithers
- 1940Melody and Moonlight as Otis Barnett
- 1940Dulcy as Homer Patterson
- 1940Blondie Has Servant Trouble as J.C. Dithers
- 1940We Who Are Young as Braddock
- 1940Private Affairs as George Gilkin
- 1940The Saint Takes Over as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1940Johnny Apollo as Dr. Brown
- 1940The Saint's Double Trouble as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1939The Big Guy as Jack Lane
- 1939Barricade as Assistant Secretary of State
- 1939The Amazing Mr. Williams as Mayor
- 1939Blondie Brings Up Baby as J.C. Dithers
- 1939Thunder Afloat as Admiral Girard
- 1939One Against the World as Dr. Ephraim McDowell
- 1939In Name Only as Dr. Gateson
- 1939In Old Monterey as Stevenson
- 1939The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as President of Western Union
- 1939The Saint Strikes Back as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1939Blondie Meets the Boss as J.C. Dithars
- 1939Tail Spin as Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
- 1939Wings of the Navy as Commandant
- 1939Stand Up and Fight as Colonel Webb
- 1938The Duke of West Point as Colonel Early
- 1938There's That Woman Again as Rolfe Davis
- 1938Road Demon as Anderson
- 1938Blondie as Mr. Dithers
- 1938Tarnished Angel as Detective Sgt. Cramer
- 1938Fugitives for a Night as Police Captain
- 1938Breaking the Ice as Mr. Kane
- 1938Boys Town as John Hargraves
- 1938Letter of Introduction as Lou Woodstock (uncredited)
- 1938Men with Wings as Long
- 1938Crime Ring as Bank President
- 1938Wives Under Suspicion as Allison
- 1938The Saint in New York as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1938Gangs of New York as Warden
- 1938Yellow Jack as Major General Leonard Wood
- 1938Her Jungle Love as J.C. Martin
- 1938Over the Wall as Governor James McDonald
- 1938Judge Hardy's Children as John Lee
- 1938The First Hundred Years as Judge Parker
- 1938Arsène Lupin Returns as F.B.I. Special Agent
- 1937Exiled to Shanghai as J.B. Willet
- 1937Big Town Girl as Hershell
- 1937Madame X as Hugh Fariman Sr.
- 1937Danger – Love at Work as Parsons, an attorney
- 1937Saratoga as Frank Clayton
- 1937Midnight Madonna as Stuart Kirkland
- 1937This Is My Affair as Judge
- 1937The League of Frightened Men as Alexander Drummond
- 1937Charlie Chan at the Olympics as Mr. Hopkins
- 1937Wings Over Honolulu as Judge Advocate
- 1937You Can't Buy Luck as Prosecutor (uncredited)
- 1937A Star Is Born as Judge Parris (uncredited)
- 1937The Man Who Found Himself as Dr. Tom Smythe
- 1937Racketeers in Exile as Alden Parker
- 1937John Meade's Woman as Mr. Melton
- 1937Sea Devils as Court-Martial President (uncredited)
- 1937Outcast
- 1937Man Of The People as Carter Spetner
- 1937She's Dangerous as Charles Fitzgerald
- 1937You Only Live Once as District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1936Sinner Take All as Dr. Harrison (uncredited)
- 1936Happy Go Lucky as J. Lansing Bennett
- 1936Flying Hostess as Kendall
- 1936The Accusing Finger as Special Prosecutor
- 1936The Devil Is a Sissy as Judge Holmes
- 1936China Clipper as State Department Official (uncredited)
- 1936Charlie Chan at the Race Track as Warren Fenton
- 193636 Hours to Kill as Mac - Train Conductor
- 1936Spendthrift as Attorney
- 1936Fury as Defense Attorney
- 1936Educating Father as Fred Humphrey
- 1936The Case Against Mrs. Ames as First trial judge
- 1936The Singing Kid as Dr. Brown (uncredited)
- 1936Panic on the Air as Johnson (uncredited)
- 1936Too Many Parents as Judge
- 1936Sutter's Gold as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1936The Voice of Bugle Ann as District Attorney
- 1936You May Be Next! as Army Officer (uncredited)
- 1936Charlie Chan's Secret as Warren T. Phelps
- 1936Three Live Ghosts as Detective Bolton
- 1935If You Could Only Cook as Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
- 1935Hit-and-Run Driver as Captain James (uncredited)
- 1935Too Tough to Kill as Chairman of the Board
- 1935The Calling of Dan Matthews as Club Owner (uncredited)
- 1935A Night at the Opera as The Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 19353 Kids and a Queen as Gangster
- 1935Navy Wife as Norton
- 1935Page Miss Glory as Husband at Train Station (uncredited)
- 1935Alice Adams as Mr. Palmer
- 1935The Raven as Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
- 1935Public Hero Number 1 as Prison Board Member (uncredited)
- 1935Let 'em Have It as Microscopic Expert
- 1935'G' Men as Congressman (uncredited)
- 1935A Night at the Ritz as Director (uncredited)
- 1935One New York Night as Mr. Stokes
- 1934Lightning Strikes Twice as Capt. Nelson
- 1934Gentlemen Are Born as Second Broker
- 1934A Lost Lady as (uncredited)
- 1934The Case of the Howling Dog as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1934Housewife as Doctor