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
Credits
- 1956 · The Three Outlaws as Pinkerton
- 1956 · Jaguar as Dr. Powell
- 1955 · Crossroads as Governor
- 1955 · Screen Director's Playhouse as Mayor
- 1955 · The Night Holds Terror as Bob Henderson
- 1954 · Cattle Queen of Montana as Politician (uncredited)
- 1954 · Lassie as
- 1954 · The Whistler as
- 1954 · Duffy of San Quentin as Boyd
- 1954 · She Couldn't Say No as John Bentley
- 1953 · The Flaming Urge as Mr. Chalmers
- 1953 · City Detective as
- 1953 · Kansas Pacific as Sherman Johnson
- 1953 · Taxi as Mr. Barker (uncredited)
- 1952 · The Steel Trap as Tom Bowers
- 1952 · Behind Southern Lines as General
- 1952 · Mr. & Mrs. North as
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as
- 1952 · Adventures of Superman as Professor Roberts
- 1952 · Son of Paleface as Governor Freeman (uncredited)
- 1952 · Young Man with Ideas as Stanley Rickson (uncredited)
- 1952 · Scandal Sheet as Frank Madison
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as
- 1951 · Sunny Side of the Street as Cyrus Pelley
- 1951 · The Tall Target as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
- 1951 · Let's Go Navy! as Captain
- 1951 · Rodeo King and the Senorita as Dr. Sands
- 1951 · Strangers on a Train as Mr. Antony
- 1951 · The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as
- 1951 · Insurance Investigator as Russell James
- 1950 · Short Grass as Charlie Bissel
- 1950 · Three Husbands as Edward Wurdeman - Attorney at Law
- 1950 · The Cisco Kid as Barry Owens
- 1950 · The Cisco Kid as Barry Owen aka Bill Stevens
- 1950 · Triple Trouble as The Judge
- 1950 · Federal Agent at Large as James Goodwin
- 1950 · The Baron of Arizona as Governor
- 1949 · A Dangerous Profession as
- 1949 · The Fountainhead as Guy Francon (uncredited)
- 1949 · Stampede as Varick
- 1949 · State Department: File 649 as Director-General
- 1949 · The Judge as Judge Allan J. Brooks
- 1949 · Rose of the Yukon as Gen. Butler
- 1948 · Disaster as Police Commissioner Jerome
- 1948 · Johnny Belinda as Dr. Horace M. Gray (uncredited)
- 1948 · Tap Roots as Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
- 1948 · Silver River as Major Spencer
- 1948 · Call Northside 777 as Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
- 1948 · Rocky as Kenneth Forrester
- 1947 · High Wall as Emory Garrison
- 1947 · Her Husband's Affairs as Gov. Fox
- 1947 · Black Gold as Senator Watkins
- 1947 · The Ghost Goes Wild as Max Atterbury
- 1947 · The Vigilantes Return as Judge Holden
- 1947 · The Beginning or the End as Dr. Vannevar Bush
- 1946 · Wife Wanted as Philip Conway
- 1946 · Rolling Home as Henry Kane
- 1946 · Blondie Knows Best as J.C. Dithers
- 1946 · Angel on My Shoulder as Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)
- 1946 · Easy to Wed as Hector Boswell
- 1946 · The Walls Came Tumbling Down as Captain Griffin
- 1946 · The Cat Creeps as Walter Elliott
- 1946 · Blondie's Lucky Day as J.C. Dithers
- 1946 · Riverboat Rhythm as Col. Edward Beeler
- 1946 · Gay Blades as Whittlesey
- 1945 · Dakota as Col. Wordin
- 1945 · Life with Blondie as J.C. Dithers
- 1945 · Man Alive as Osborne
- 1945 · Allotment Wives as Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert
- 1945 · Divorce as Judge
- 1945 · The Phantom Speaks as Owen McAllister
- 1945 · G.I. Honeymoon as Colonel Hammerhead Smith
- 1945 · Watchtower Over Tomorrow as Security Council Chair
- 1945 · Leave It to Blondie as J.C. Dithers
- 1945 · The Strange Mr. Gregory as Defense Attorney Blair
- 1944 · Hollywood Canteen as Mr. Brodel (uncredited)
- 1944 · Dead Man's Eyes as Dr. Sam Welles
- 1944 · End of the Road as Gregory McCune
- 1944 · My Buddy as Senator Henry
- 1944 · This Is the Life as Dr. Plum
- 1944 · The Black Parachute as King Stephen
- 1943 · Jack London as Kerwin Maxwell
- 1943 · There's Something About a Soldier as Gen. Sommerton
- 1943 · Sweet Rosie O'Grady as Mr. Fox
- 1943 · Footlight Glamour as J.C. Dithers
- 1943 · Nobody's Darling as Jason Rhodes
- 1943 · It's a Great Life as J.C. Dithers
- 1943 · Hangmen Also Die! as Dedic
- 1943 · The Rear Gunner as Commanding Officer
- 1943 · The Amazing Mrs. Holliday as
- 1942 · Blondie for Victory as J.C. Dithers
- 1942 · Calling Dr. Gillespie as Frank M. Todwell
- 1942 · Flight Lieutenant as Joseph Sanford
- 1942 · Miss Annie Rooney as Mr. Martin White
- 1942 · Blondie's Blessed Event as J.C. Dithers
- 1942 · Lone Star Ranger as Judge Longstreth
- 1942 · Joe Smith, American as Blake McKettrick
- 1942 · The Bugle Sounds as Brigadier-General
- 1942 · Blondie Goes to College as J.C. Dithers
- 1941 · The Pittsburgh Kid as Max Ellison
- 1941 · Ringside Maisie as Dr. Kramer
- 1941 · Blondie in Society as J.C. Dithers
- 1941 · Her First Beau as Mr. Harris
- 1941 · Strange Alibi as Police Chief Sprague
- 1941 · The Great Swindle as Swann
- 1941 · Blondie Goes Latin as J.C. Dithers
- 1941 · Flight from Destiny as Dist. Atty. Johnson
- 1941 · The Saint In Palm Springs as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1940 · Blondie Plays Cupid as J.C. Dithers
- 1940 · Melody and Moonlight as Otis Barnett
- 1940 · Dulcy as Homer Patterson
- 1940 · Blondie Has Servant Trouble as J.C. Dithers
- 1940 · We Who Are Young as Braddock
- 1940 · Private Affairs as George Gilkin
- 1940 · The Saint Takes Over as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1940 · Johnny Apollo as Dr. Brown
- 1940 · The Saint's Double Trouble as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1939 · The Big Guy as Jack Lane
- 1939 · Barricade as Assistant Secretary of State
- 1939 · The Amazing Mr. Williams as Mayor
- 1939 · Blondie Brings Up Baby as J.C. Dithers
- 1939 · Thunder Afloat as Admiral Girard
- 1939 · One Against the World as Dr. Ephraim McDowell
- 1939 · In Name Only as Dr. Gateson
- 1939 · In Old Monterey as Stevenson
- 1939 · The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as President of Western Union
- 1939 · Blondie Meets the Boss as J.C. Dithars
- 1939 · The Saint Strikes Back as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1939 · Tail Spin as Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
- 1939 · Wings of the Navy as Commandant
- 1939 · Stand Up and Fight as Colonel Webb
- 1938 · The Duke of West Point as Steven's Father
- 1938 · There's That Woman Again as Rolfe Davis
- 1938 · Road Demon as Anderson
- 1938 · Blondie as Mr. Dithers
- 1938 · Tarnished Angel as Detective Sgt. Cramer
- 1938 · Fugitives for a Night as Police Captain
- 1938 · Breaking the Ice as Mr. Kane
- 1938 · Boys Town as John Hargraves
- 1938 · Letter of Introduction as Lou Woodstock (uncredited)
- 1938 · Men with Wings as Long
- 1938 · Crime Ring as Bank President
- 1938 · Wives Under Suspicion as Allison
- 1938 · The Saint in New York as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1938 · Gangs of New York as Warden
- 1938 · Yellow Jack as Major General Leonard Wood
- 1938 · Her Jungle Love as J.C. Martin
- 1938 · Over the Wall as Governor James McDonald
- 1938 · Judge Hardy's Children as John Lee
- 1938 · The First Hundred Years as Judge Parker
- 1938 · Arsène Lupin Returns as F.B.I. Special Agent
- 1937 · Exiled to Shanghai as J.B. Willet
- 1937 · Big Town Girl as Hershell
- 1937 · Madame X as Hugh Fariman Sr.
- 1937 · Danger – Love at Work as Parsons, an attorney
- 1937 · Saratoga as Frank Clayton
- 1937 · Midnight Madonna as Stuart Kirkland
- 1937 · This Is My Affair as Judge
- 1937 · The League of Frightened Men as Alexander Drummond
- 1937 · Charlie Chan at the Olympics as Mr. Hopkins
- 1937 · Wings Over Honolulu as Judge Advocate
- 1937 · You Can't Buy Luck as Prosecutor (uncredited)
- 1937 · A Star Is Born as Judge George J. Parris (uncredited)
- 1937 · The Man Who Found Himself as Dr. Tom Smythe
- 1937 · Racketeers in Exile as Alden Parker
- 1937 · John Meade's Woman as Mr. Melton
- 1937 · Sea Devils as Court-Martial President (uncredited)
- 1937 · Outcast as
- 1937 · Man Of The People as Carter Spetner
- 1937 · She's Dangerous as Charles Fitzgerald
- 1937 · You Only Live Once as District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1936 · Sinner Take All as Dr. Harrison (uncredited)
- 1936 · Happy Go Lucky as J. Lansing Bennett
- 1936 · Flying Hostess as Kendall
- 1936 · The Accusing Finger as Special Prosecutor
- 1936 · The Devil Is a Sissy as Judge Holmes
- 1936 · China Clipper as State Department Official (uncredited)
- 1936 · Charlie Chan at the Race Track as Warren Fenton
- 1936 · 36 Hours to Kill as Mac - Train Conductor
- 1936 · Spendthrift as Attorney
- 1936 · Fury as Defense Attorney
- 1936 · Educating Father as Fred Humphrey
- 1936 · The Case Against Mrs. Ames as First trial judge
- 1936 · Panic on the Air as Johnson
- 1936 · The Singing Kid as Dr. Brown (uncredited)
- 1936 · Too Many Parents as Judge
- 1936 · Sutter's Gold as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1936 · The Voice of Bugle Ann as District Attorney
- 1936 · You May Be Next! as Army Officer (uncredited)
- 1936 · Charlie Chan's Secret as Warren T. Phelps
- 1936 · Three Live Ghosts as Detective Bolton
- 1935 · If You Could Only Cook as Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
- 1935 · Hit-and-Run Driver as Captain James (uncredited)
- 1935 · Too Tough to Kill as Chairman of the Board
- 1935 · The Calling of Dan Matthews as Club Owner (uncredited)
- 1935 · A Night at the Opera as The Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 1935 · 3 Kids and a Queen as Gangster
- 1935 · Navy Wife as Norton
- 1935 · Page Miss Glory as Husband at Train Station (uncredited)
- 1935 · Alice Adams as Mr. Palmer
- 1935 · The Raven as Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
- 1935 · Public Hero Number 1 as Prison Board Member (uncredited)
- 1935 · Let 'em Have It as Microscopic Expert
- 1935 · 'G' Men as Congressman (uncredited)
- 1935 · A Night at the Ritz as Director (uncredited)
- 1935 · One New York Night as Mr. Stokes
- 1934 · Lightning Strikes Twice as Capt. Nelson
- 1934 · Gentlemen Are Born as Second Broker
- 1934 · A Lost Lady as (uncredited)
- 1934 · The Case of the Howling Dog as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1934 · Housewife as Doctor