Jonathan Hale

Acting · 1.0 popularity

Age

135

Movies

200

Born: March 20, 1891 – February 28, 1966
From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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".

Works

200 films

Strangers on a Train

19517.7

A Lost Lady

19345.8

There's That Woman Again

19386.2

A Star Is Born

19377.2

Tap Roots

19486.9

The Fountainhead

19496.8

Blondie

19387.0

The Raven

19356.6

Fury

19367.5

A Night at the Opera

19357.4

Boys Town

19386.8

You Only Live Once

19377.1

'G' Men

19356.6

Hangmen Also Die!

19436.9

Call Northside 777

19486.7

Housewife

19347.3

In Name Only

19397.0

Scandal Sheet

19527.0

Silver River

19486.2

A Dangerous Profession

19495.7

Blondie Has Servant Trouble

19407.0

Dakota

19455.2

If You Could Only Cook

19357.5

Her Husband's Affairs

19475.6

Johnny Belinda

19486.9

Let's Go Navy!

19518.0

Cattle Queen of Montana

19545.7

Madame X

19376.1

Ringside Maisie

19415.6

Gentlemen Are Born

19347.3

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

19396.3

Hollywood Canteen

19447.3

Blondie for Victory

19427.6

Angel on My Shoulder

19466.5

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

19436.5

The Baron of Arizona

19506.7

Tarnished Angel

19385.3

High Wall

19476.4

Son of Paleface

19526.4

Alice Adams

19356.7

Gay Blades

19468.0

Flight Lieutenant

19426.3

Wives Under Suspicion

19385.3

The Man Who Found Himself

19378.5

Triple Trouble

19507.0

The Tall Target

19516.9

The Beginning or the End

19476.4

Saratoga

19376.5

The Amazing Mr. Williams

19396.0

Tail Spin

19396.3

Wings Over Honolulu

19376.4

The Accusing Finger

19365.8

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

19436.7

Kansas Pacific

19535.0

Young Man with Ideas

19525.2

Watchtower Over Tomorrow

19455.4

Stand Up and Fight

19396.0

The Devil Is a Sissy

19367.0

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

19466.2

36 Hours to Kill

19366.1

Blondie Meets the Boss

19395.8

You Can't Buy Luck

19374.7

She's Dangerous

19377.0

Johnny Apollo

19406.8

The League of Frightened Men

19376.2

Letter of Introduction

19386.0

The Saint In Palm Springs

19416.1

Fugitives for a Night

19387.3

Outcast

19378.0

Rocky

19488.0

The Saint Takes Over

19406.7

The Flaming Urge

19537.0

This Is the Life

19446.0

Men with Wings

19385.4

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

19367.1

The Duke of West Point

19384.5

Sutter's Gold

19367.0

China Clipper

19365.9

She Couldn't Say No

19545.7

Dead Man's Eyes

19446.6

State Department: File 649

19495.0

Thunder Afloat

19396.1

The Case of the Howling Dog

19346.3

Short Grass

19506.5

Easy to Wed

19466.4

Arsène Lupin Returns

19386.3

Breaking the Ice

19386.1

Her First Beau

19416.5

The Bugle Sounds

19426.8

Joe Smith, American

19426.5

Black Gold

19477.0

The Steel Trap

19526.6

Her Jungle Love

19387.5

Navy Wife

19356.0

Calling Dr. Gillespie

19427.0

Wife Wanted

19467.8

Nobody's Darling

19438.0

3 Kids and a Queen

19356.8

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

19365.0

Blondie Goes Latin

19416.6

Big Town Girl

19377.0

One New York Night

19357.5

Melody and Moonlight

19407.5

Strange Alibi

19417.2

We Who Are Young

19406.3

Judge Hardy's Children

19386.8

The Singing Kid

19367.0

It's a Great Life

19437.7

Blondie Brings Up Baby

19396.9

This Is My Affair

19377.3

Spendthrift

19366.0

Sinner Take All

19364.9

Happy Go Lucky

19367.0

The Saint Strikes Back

19395.8

Jaguar

19567.5

Let 'em Have It

19357.6

Wings of the Navy

19396.2

The Night Holds Terror

19555.5

Page Miss Glory

19356.7

The First Hundred Years

19387.3

Racketeers in Exile

19377.5

Danger – Love at Work

19377.0

Blondie Knows Best

19466.9

Blondie in Society

19416.4

Blondie Goes to College

19426.6

Man Of The People

19377.0

End of the Road

19445.8

The Big Guy

19398.0

Insurance Investigator

19515.7

Educating Father

19369.0

Flight from Destiny

19415.8

Miss Annie Rooney

19426.3

Life with Blondie

19456.7

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

19376.8

Yellow Jack

19385.9

Road Demon

193810.0

Over the Wall

19385.7

A Night at the Ritz

19356.5

Blondie's Lucky Day

19466.4

Sunny Side of the Street

19518.0

The Saint's Double Trouble

19406.0

The Saint in New York

19386.6

The Judge

19495.5

My Buddy

19449.0

The Voice of Bugle Ann

19365.5

Duffy of San Quentin

19546.6

Crime Ring

19385.8

Divorce

19456.0

Private Affairs

19407.0

Taxi

19536.8

Hit-and-Run Driver

19356.2

Three Husbands

19505.4

Jack London

19436.1

The Strange Mr. Gregory

19455.5

The Calling of Dan Matthews

19354.7

Blondie Plays Cupid

19406.8

In Old Monterey

19396.3

The Great Swindle

19418.0

Flying Hostess

193610.0

Sea Devils

19376.0

There's Something About a Soldier

19435.4

The Vigilantes Return

19473.8

Blondie's Blessed Event

19427.0

Riverboat Rhythm

19466.3

Charlie Chan's Secret

19367.0

One Against the World

19398.0

You May Be Next!

19364.8

The Cat Creeps

19465.0

The Ghost Goes Wild

19476.0

The Rear Gunner

19436.4

Public Hero Number 1

19356.3

Man Alive

19455.6

Stampede

19496.3

Dulcy

19406.4

Too Many Parents

19365.2

Exiled to Shanghai

19375.5

Barricade

19396.5

King of the Gamblers

19487.0

The Three Outlaws

19566.0

John Meade's Woman

19377.0

Gangs of New York

19385.3

Behind Southern Lines

19528.0

Rolling Home

19465.7

Three Live Ghosts

19366.0

The Black Parachute

19446.8

Leave It to Blondie

19456.8

Disaster

19486.0

The Pittsburgh Kid

19417.0

Rodeo King and the Senorita

19517.0

Allotment Wives

19456.7

Federal Agent at Large

19505.8

Lone Star Ranger

19425.3

Lightning Strikes Twice

19345.3

Footlight Glamour

19438.0

Midnight Madonna

19378.0

The Phantom Speaks

19455.7

Panic on the Air

19365.8

G.I. Honeymoon

19458.0

Too Tough to Kill

19357.5

Rose of the Yukon

19497.0