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

Tap Roots

19486.9

The Fountainhead

19496.8

There's That Woman Again

19386.2

A Star Is Born

19377.2

The Raven

19356.6

Housewife

19347.3

A Night at the Opera

19357.4

Fury

19367.5

Hangmen Also Die!

19436.9

Boys Town

19386.8

Call Northside 777

19486.7

'G' Men

19356.6

You Only Live Once

19377.1

Blondie

19387.0

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

19396.3

In Name Only

19397.0

Johnny Belinda

19486.9

A Dangerous Profession

19495.7

Silver River

19486.2

Let's Go Navy!

19518.0

Ringside Maisie

19415.6

Dakota

19455.2

Tarnished Angel

19385.3

If You Could Only Cook

19357.5

Angel on My Shoulder

19466.5

Madame X

19376.1

Wives Under Suspicion

19385.3

The Baron of Arizona

19506.7

Triple Trouble

19507.0

Cattle Queen of Montana

19545.7

Scandal Sheet

19527.0

Son of Paleface

19526.4

Flight Lieutenant

19426.3

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

19436.5

Young Man with Ideas

19525.2

Johnny Apollo

19406.8

Her Husband's Affairs

19475.6

The Tall Target

19516.9

Gentlemen Are Born

19347.3

The Accusing Finger

19365.8

Gay Blades

19468.0

Blondie for Victory

19427.6

Alice Adams

19356.7

The Beginning or the End

19476.4

Hollywood Canteen

19447.3

High Wall

19476.4

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

19436.7

She's Dangerous

19377.0

Saratoga

19376.5

The Devil Is a Sissy

19367.0

Blondie Has Servant Trouble

19407.0

Rocky

19488.0

Tail Spin

19396.3

The Steel Trap

19526.6

Men with Wings

19385.4

Letter of Introduction

19386.0

3 Kids and a Queen

19356.8

The Singing Kid

19367.0

The Man Who Found Himself

19378.5

Wings Over Honolulu

19376.4

The Saint Takes Over

19406.7

Calling Dr. Gillespie

19427.0

She Couldn't Say No

19545.7

Watchtower Over Tomorrow

19455.4

Strange Alibi

19417.2

The Saint Strikes Back

19395.8

Stand Up and Fight

19396.0

Wings of the Navy

19396.2

Sinner Take All

19364.9

Blondie's Lucky Day

19466.4

China Clipper

19365.9

Joe Smith, American

19426.5

Fugitives for a Night

19387.3

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

19466.2

Let 'em Have It

19357.6

Dead Man's Eyes

19446.6

Outcast

19378.0

We Who Are Young

19406.3

Sutter's Gold

19367.0

The Flaming Urge

19537.0

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

19376.8

Kansas Pacific

19535.0

Thunder Afloat

19396.1

You Can't Buy Luck

19374.7

Judge Hardy's Children

19386.8

Easy to Wed

19466.4

Her Jungle Love

19387.5

Short Grass

19506.5

Private Affairs

19407.0

Her First Beau

19416.5

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

19365.0

The Case of the Howling Dog

19346.3

Black Gold

19477.0

Over the Wall

19385.7

Life with Blondie

19456.7

Page Miss Glory

19356.7

This Is the Life

19446.0

Racketeers in Exile

19377.5

The Saint In Palm Springs

19416.1

The Amazing Mr. Williams

19396.0

Blondie in Society

19416.4

Blondie Meets the Boss

19395.8

Spendthrift

19366.0

The Bugle Sounds

19426.8

Danger – Love at Work

19377.0

Breaking the Ice

19386.1

Jaguar

19567.5

Melody and Moonlight

19407.5

The Saint's Double Trouble

19406.0

The Duke of West Point

19384.5

The League of Frightened Men

19376.2

Divorce

19456.0

Crime Ring

19385.8

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

19367.1

Duffy of San Quentin

19546.6

36 Hours to Kill

19366.1

Blondie Knows Best

19466.9

One New York Night

19357.5

Blondie's Blessed Event

19427.0

Disaster

19486.0

Miss Annie Rooney

19426.3

Arsène Lupin Returns

19386.3

Blondie Goes Latin

19416.6

Nobody's Darling

19438.0

Blondie Brings Up Baby

19396.9

Happy Go Lucky

19367.0

The Night Holds Terror

19555.5

Rolling Home

19465.7

Three Husbands

19505.4

Public Hero Number 1

19356.3

Blondie Goes to College

19426.6

The Voice of Bugle Ann

19365.5

You May Be Next!

19364.8

Exiled to Shanghai

19375.5

Charlie Chan's Secret

19367.0

A Night at the Ritz

19356.5

This Is My Affair

19377.3

State Department: File 649

19495.0

Flight from Destiny

19415.8

The Ghost Goes Wild

19476.0

Jack London

19436.1

There's Something About a Soldier

19435.4

Wife Wanted

19467.8

The Saint in New York

19386.6

Big Town Girl

19377.0

Three Live Ghosts

19366.0

Sunny Side of the Street

19518.0

It's a Great Life

19437.7

The Great Swindle

19418.0

The Judge

19495.5

The Three Outlaws

19566.0

Taxi

19536.8

The Big Guy

19398.0

End of the Road

19445.8

Barricade

19396.5

Navy Wife

19356.0

Dulcy

19406.4

Leave It to Blondie

19456.8

The Rear Gunner

19436.4

Sea Devils

19376.0

Man Of The People

19377.0

Educating Father

19369.0

Road Demon

193810.0

Gangs of New York

19385.3

The First Hundred Years

19387.3

Rodeo King and the Senorita

19517.0

The Strange Mr. Gregory

19455.5

My Buddy

19449.0

Man Alive

19455.6

One Against the World

19398.0

The Pittsburgh Kid

19417.0

G.I. Honeymoon

19458.0

Yellow Jack

19385.9

The Calling of Dan Matthews

19354.7

The Vigilantes Return

19473.8

Flying Hostess

193610.0

Too Tough to Kill

19357.5

Footlight Glamour

19438.0

In Old Monterey

19396.3

Panic on the Air

19365.8

Lightning Strikes Twice

19345.3

King of the Gamblers

19487.0

John Meade's Woman

19377.0

Riverboat Rhythm

19466.3

The Cat Creeps

19465.0

Midnight Madonna

19378.0

The Phantom Speaks

19455.7

Allotment Wives

19456.7

Blondie Plays Cupid

19406.8

Insurance Investigator

19515.7

Too Many Parents

19365.2

Lone Star Ranger

19425.3

Federal Agent at Large

19505.8

Hit-and-Run Driver

19356.2

Stampede

19496.3

Rose of the Yukon

19497.0

The Black Parachute

19446.8

Behind Southern Lines

19528.0