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".

Known For: Acting

Born: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1891-03-20

Died: 1966-02-28

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Housewife	Doctor	77
2	1934	The Case of the Howling Dog	Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)	65
3	1934	A Lost Lady	(uncredited)	61
4	1934	Gentlemen Are Born	Second Broker	65
5	1934	Lightning Strikes Twice	Capt. Nelson	47
6	1935	One New York Night	Mr. Stokes	0
7	1935	A Night at the Ritz	Director (uncredited)	30
8	1935	'G' Men	Congressman (uncredited)	65
9	1935	Let 'em Have It	Microscopic Expert	70
10	1935	Public Hero Number 1	Prison Board Member (uncredited)	62
11	1935	The Raven	Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)	66
12	1935	Alice Adams	Mr. Palmer	67
13	1935	Page Miss Glory	Husband at Train Station (uncredited)	63
14	1935	Navy Wife	Norton	50
15	1935	3 Kids and a Queen	Gangster	60
16	1935	A Night at the Opera	The Stage Manager (uncredited)	74
17	1935	The Calling of Dan Matthews	Club Owner (uncredited)	30
18	1935	Too Tough to Kill	Chairman of the Board	0
19	1935	Hit-and-Run Driver	Captain James (uncredited)	60
20	1935	If You Could Only Cook	Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)	74
21	1936	Charlie Chan's Secret	Warren T. Phelps	68
22	1936	Three Live Ghosts	Detective Bolton	50
23	1936	You May Be Next!	Army Officer (uncredited)	25
24	1936	The Voice of Bugle Ann	District Attorney	58
25	1936	Sutter's Gold	Prosecuting Attorney	0
26	1936	Too Many Parents	Judge	50
27	1936	The Singing Kid	Dr. Brown (uncredited)	40
28	1936	Panic on the Air	Johnson	55
29	1936	The Case Against Mrs. Ames	First trial judge	40
30	1936	Educating Father	Fred Humphrey	0
31	1936	Fury	Defense Attorney	74
32	1936	Spendthrift	Attorney	50
33	1936	36 Hours to Kill	Mac - Train Conductor	53
34	1936	Charlie Chan at the Race Track	Warren Fenton	71
35	1936	China Clipper	State Department Official (uncredited)	56
36	1936	The Devil Is a Sissy	Judge Holmes	69
37	1936	The Accusing Finger	Special Prosecutor	47
38	1936	Flying Hostess	Kendall	0
39	1936	Happy Go Lucky	J. Lansing Bennett	50
40	1936	Sinner Take All	Dr. Harrison (uncredited)	48
41	1937	You Only Live Once	District Attorney (uncredited)	71
42	1937	She's Dangerous	Charles Fitzgerald	50
43	1937	Man Of The People	Carter Spetner	70
44	1937	Outcast		0
45	1937	Sea Devils	Court-Martial President (uncredited)	57
46	1937	John Meade's Woman	Mr. Melton	0
47	1937	Racketeers in Exile	Alden Parker	60
48	1937	The Man Who Found Himself	Dr. Tom Smythe	70
49	1937	A Star Is Born	Judge George J. Parris (uncredited)	71
50	1937	You Can't Buy Luck	Prosecutor (uncredited)	45
51	1937	Wings Over Honolulu	Judge Advocate	55
52	1937	Charlie Chan at the Olympics	Mr. Hopkins	67
53	1937	The League of Frightened Men	Alexander Drummond	60
54	1937	This Is My Affair	Judge	73
55	1937	Midnight Madonna	Stuart Kirkland	0
56	1937	Saratoga	Frank Clayton	62
57	1937	Danger – Love at Work	Parsons, an attorney	73
58	1937	Madame X	Hugh Fariman Sr.	62
59	1937	Big Town Girl	Hershell	60
60	1937	Exiled to Shanghai	J.B. Willet	49
61	1938	Arsène Lupin Returns	F.B.I. Special Agent	58
62	1938	The First Hundred Years	Judge Parker	60
63	1938	Judge Hardy's Children	John Lee	65
64	1938	Over the Wall	Governor James McDonald	50
65	1938	Her Jungle Love	J.C. Martin	62
66	1938	Yellow Jack	Major General Leonard Wood	56
67	1938	Gangs of New York	Warden	49
68	1938	The Saint in New York	Inspector Henry Fernack	62
69	1938	Wives Under Suspicion	Allison	54
70	1938	Crime Ring	Bank President	47
71	1938	Men with Wings	Long	50
72	1938	Letter of Introduction	Lou Woodstock (uncredited)	57
73	1938	Boys Town	John Hargraves	67
74	1938	Breaking the Ice	Mr. Kane	54
75	1938	Fugitives for a Night	Police Captain	60
76	1938	Tarnished Angel	Detective Sgt. Cramer	53
77	1938	Blondie	Mr. Dithers	71
78	1938	Road Demon	Anderson	0
79	1938	There's That Woman Again	Rolfe Davis	65
80	1938	The Duke of West Point	Steven's Father	38
81	1939	Stand Up and Fight	Colonel Webb	58
82	1939	Wings of the Navy	Commandant	60
83	1939	Tail Spin	Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)	58
84	1939	Blondie Meets the Boss	J.C. Dithars	58
85	1939	The Saint Strikes Back	Inspector Henry Fernack	56
86	1939	The Story of Alexander Graham Bell	President of Western Union	60
87	1939	In Old Monterey	Stevenson	53
88	1939	In Name Only	Dr. Gateson	70
89	1939	One Against the World	Dr. Ephraim McDowell	0
90	1939	Thunder Afloat	Admiral Girard	59
91	1939	Blondie Brings Up Baby	J.C. Dithers	65
92	1939	The Amazing Mr. Williams	Mayor	58
93	1939	Barricade	Assistant Secretary of State	50
94	1939	The Big Guy	Jack Lane	0
95	1940	The Saint's Double Trouble	Inspector Henry Fernack	56
96	1940	Johnny Apollo	Dr. Brown	68
97	1940	The Saint Takes Over	Inspector Henry Fernack	63
98	1940	Private Affairs	George Gilkin	0
99	1940	We Who Are Young	Braddock	58
100	1940	Blondie Has Servant Trouble	J.C. Dithers	72
101	1940	Dulcy	Homer Patterson	58
102	1940	Melody and Moonlight	Otis Barnett	50
103	1940	Blondie Plays Cupid	J.C. Dithers	67
104	1941	The Saint In Palm Springs	Inspector Henry Fernack	57
105	1941	Flight from Destiny	Dist. Atty. Johnson	52
106	1941	Blondie Goes Latin	J.C. Dithers	62
107	1941	The Great Swindle	Swann	0
108	1941	Strange Alibi	Police Chief Sprague	66
109	1941	Her First Beau	Mr. Harris	50
110	1941	Blondie in Society	J.C. Dithers	74
111	1941	Ringside Maisie	Dr. Kramer	70
112	1941	The Pittsburgh Kid	Max Ellison	0
113	1942	Blondie Goes to College	J.C. Dithers	64
114	1942	The Bugle Sounds	Brigadier-General	60
115	1942	Joe Smith, American	Blake McKettrick	58
116	1942	Lone Star Ranger	Judge Longstreth	30
117	1942	Blondie's Blessed Event	J.C. Dithers	73
118	1942	Miss Annie Rooney	Mr. Martin White	63
119	1942	Flight Lieutenant	Joseph Sanford	60
120	1942	Calling Dr. Gillespie	Frank M. Todwell	65
121	1942	Blondie for Victory	J.C. Dithers	73
122	1943	The Amazing Mrs. Holliday		64
123	1943	The Rear Gunner	Commanding Officer	52
124	1943	Hangmen Also Die!	Dedic	69
125	1943	It's a Great Life	J.C. Dithers	75
126	1943	Nobody's Darling	Jason Rhodes	0
127	1943	Footlight Glamour	J.C. Dithers	77
128	1943	Sweet Rosie O'Grady	Mr. Fox	60
129	1943	There's Something About a Soldier	Gen. Sommerton	48
130	1943	Jack London	Kerwin Maxwell	59
131	1944	The Black Parachute	King Stephen	55
132	1944	This Is the Life	Dr. Plum	50
133	1944	My Buddy	Senator Henry	0
134	1944	End of the Road	Gregory McCune	52
135	1944	Dead Man's Eyes	Dr. Sam Welles	65
136	1944	Hollywood Canteen	Mr. Brodel (uncredited)	73
137	1945	The Strange Mr. Gregory	Defense Attorney Blair	51
138	1945	Leave It to Blondie	J.C. Dithers	60
139	1945	Watchtower Over Tomorrow	Security Council Chair	50
140	1945	G.I. Honeymoon	Colonel Hammerhead Smith	0
141	1945	The Phantom Speaks	Owen McAllister	54
142	1945	Divorce	Judge	50
143	1945	Allotment Wives	Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert	60
144	1945	Man Alive	Osborne	51
145	1945	Life with Blondie	J.C. Dithers	60
146	1945	Dakota	Col. Wordin	51
147	1946	Gay Blades	Whittlesey	0
148	1946	Riverboat Rhythm	Col. Edward Beeler	50
149	1946	Blondie's Lucky Day	J.C. Dithers	64
150	1946	The Cat Creeps	Walter Elliott	48
151	1946	The Walls Came Tumbling Down	Captain Griffin	59
152	1946	Easy to Wed	Hector Boswell	62
153	1946	Angel on My Shoulder	Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)	64
154	1946	Blondie Knows Best	J.C. Dithers	64
155	1946	Rolling Home	Henry Kane	50
156	1946	Wife Wanted	Philip Conway	65
157	1947	The Beginning or the End	Dr. Vannevar Bush	65
158	1947	The Vigilantes Return	Judge Holden	22
159	1947	The Ghost Goes Wild	Max Atterbury	50
160	1947	Black Gold	Senator Watkins	60
161	1947	Her Husband's Affairs	Gov. Fox	54
162	1947	High Wall	Emory Garrison	62
163	1948	Rocky	Kenneth Forrester	0
164	1948	Call Northside 777	Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)	66
165	1948	Silver River	Major Spencer	59
166	1948	Tap Roots	Gen. Johnston (uncredited)	64
167	1948	Johnny Belinda	Dr. Horace M. Gray (uncredited)	68
168	1948	Disaster	Police Commissioner Jerome	50
169	1949	Rose of the Yukon	Gen. Butler	0
170	1949	The Judge	Judge Allan J. Brooks	57
171	1949	State Department: File 649	Director-General	43
172	1949	Stampede	Varick	55
173	1949	The Fountainhead	Guy Francon (uncredited)	69
174	1949	A Dangerous Profession		56
175	1950	The Baron of Arizona	Governor	67
176	1950	Federal Agent at Large	James Goodwin	48
177	1950	Triple Trouble	The Judge	62
178	1950	Three Husbands	Edward Wurdeman - Attorney at Law	50
179	1950	Short Grass	Charlie Bissel	60
180	1951	Insurance Investigator	Russell James	50
181	1951	Strangers on a Train	Mr. Antony	77
182	1951	Rodeo King and the Senorita	Dr. Sands	0
183	1951	Let's Go Navy!	Captain	70
184	1951	The Tall Target	Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)	68
185	1951	Sunny Side of the Street	Cyrus Pelley	60
186	1952	Scandal Sheet	Frank Madison	70
187	1952	Young Man with Ideas	Stanley Rickson (uncredited)	47
188	1952	Son of Paleface	Governor Freeman (uncredited)	63
189	1952	Behind Southern Lines	General	0
190	1952	The Steel Trap	Tom Bowers	64
191	1953	Taxi	Mr. Barker (uncredited)	64
192	1953	Kansas Pacific	Sherman Johnson	48
193	1953	The Flaming Urge	Mr. Chalmers	0
194	1954	She Couldn't Say No	John Bentley	56
195	1954	Duffy of San Quentin	Boyd	60
196	1954	Cattle Queen of Montana	Politician (uncredited)	56
197	1955	The Night Holds Terror	Bob Henderson	55
198	1956	Jaguar	Dr. Powell	70
199	1956	The Three Outlaws	Pinkerton	55

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	The Cisco Kid	Barry Owens	59
2	1950	The Cisco Kid	Barry Owen aka Bill Stevens	59
3	1951	The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok	General	45
4	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		73
5	1952	Adventures of Superman	Professor Roberts	67
6	1952	Cavalcade of America		35
7	1952	Mr. & Mrs. North		43
8	1953	City Detective		70
9	1954	The Whistler		0
10	1954	Lassie		61
11	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Mayor	65
12	1955	Crossroads	Governor	50

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