7.7
7.7
Housewife
1934
as Doctor
Jonathan Hale
Acting
Born:March 20, 1891
Died:February 28, 1966(aged 74)
Birthplace:Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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CommunityBiography
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".
Filmography (176 movies)
7.7
7.7
Footlight Glamour
1943
as J.C. Dithers
7.7
7.7
Strangers on a Train
1951
as Mr. Antony
7.5
7.5
It's a Great Life
1943
as J.C. Dithers
7.4
7.4
A Night at the Opera
1935
as The Stage Manager (uncredited)
7.4
7.4
Fury
1936
as Defense Attorney
7.4
7.4
Blondie in Society
1941
as J.C. Dithers
7.3
7.3
Danger – Love at Work
1937
as Parsons, an attorney
7.3
7.3
Blondie for Victory
1942
as J.C. Dithers
7.3
7.3
This Is My Affair
1937
as Judge
7.3
7.3
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
as J.C. Dithers
7.2
7.2
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
as J.C. Dithers
7.1
7.1
You Only Live Once
1937
as District Attorney (uncredited)
7.1
7.1
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
as Warren Fenton
7.1
7.1
Blondie
1938
as Mr. Dithers
7.0
7.0
Let 'em Have It
1935
as Microscopic Expert
7.0
7.0
Man Of The People
1937
as Carter Spetner
7.0
7.0
Let's Go Navy!
1951
as Captain
7.0
7.0
Jaguar
1956
as Dr. Powell
7.0
7.0
In Name Only
1939
as Dr. Gateson
6.9
6.9
Scandal Sheet
1952
as Frank Madison
6.9
6.9
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
as Dedic
6.9
6.9
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
as Judge Holmes
6.8
6.8
Charlie Chan's Secret
1936
as Warren T. Phelps
6.8
6.8
Johnny Apollo
1940
as Dr. Brown
6.8
6.8
Johnny Belinda
1948
as Dr. Horace M. Gray (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
Boys Town
1938
as John Hargraves
6.7
6.7
Call Northside 777
1948
as Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
Tap Roots
1948
as Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
6.7
6.7
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
as J.C. Dithers
6.7
6.7
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937
as Mr. Hopkins
6.7
6.7
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
6.6
6.6
The Baron of Arizona
1950
as Governor
6.6
6.6
Alice Adams
1935
as Mr. Palmer
6.6
6.6
The Raven
1935
as Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
6.6
6.6
Strange Alibi
1941
as Police Chief Sprague
6.5
6.5
Wife Wanted
1946
as Philip Conway
6.5
6.5
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
as Dr. Sam Welles
6.5
6.5
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
as J.C. Dithers
6.5
6.5
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
as John Lee
6.5
6.5
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
as Frank M. Todwell
6.5
6.5
There's That Woman Again
1938
as Rolfe Davis
6.4
6.4
Blondie's Lucky Day
1946
as J.C. Dithers
6.4
6.4
Blondie Knows Best
1946
as J.C. Dithers
6.4
6.4
The Steel Trap
1952
as Tom Bowers
6.4
6.4
Taxi
1953
as Mr. Barker (uncredited)
6.4
6.4
Blondie Goes to College
1942
as J.C. Dithers
6.4
6.4
The Saint Takes Over
1940
as Inspector Henry Fernack
6.3
6.3
Son of Paleface
1952
as Governor Freeman (uncredited)
6.3
6.3
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
as Mr. Martin White
6.3
6.3
High Wall
1947
as Emory Garrison
6.2
6.2
Blondie Goes Latin
1941
as J.C. Dithers
6.2
6.2
Triple Trouble
1950
as The Judge
6.2
6.2
Her Jungle Love
1938
as J.C. Martin
6.2
6.2
The Saint in New York
1938
as Inspector Henry Fernack
6.2
6.2
Easy to Wed
1946
as Hector Boswell
6.2
6.2
Saratoga
1937
as Frank Clayton
6.1
6.1
The Beginning or the End
1947
as Dr. Vannevar Bush
6.0
6.0
The League of Frightened Men
1937
as Alexander Drummond
6.0
6.0
Short Grass
1950
as Charlie Bissel
6.0
6.0
Allotment Wives
1945
as Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert
6.0
6.0
The Bugle Sounds
1942
as Brigadier-General
6.0
6.0
Racketeers in Exile
1937
as Alden Parker
6.0
6.0
Wings of the Navy
1939
as Commandant
6.0
6.0
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
as Mr. Fox
6.0
6.0
Duffy of San Quentin
1954
as Boyd
6.0
6.0
Flight Lieutenant
1942
as Joseph Sanford
6.0
6.0
Fugitives for a Night
1938
as Police Captain
6.0
6.0
Sunny Side of the Street
1951
as Cyrus Pelley
6.0
6.0
Life with Blondie
1945
as J.C. Dithers
6.0
6.0
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as President of Western Union
6.0
6.0
Leave It to Blondie
1945
as J.C. Dithers
6.0
6.0
The First Hundred Years
1938
as Judge Parker
6.0
6.0
Black Gold
1947
as Senator Watkins
6.0
6.0
Hit-and-Run Driver
1935
as Captain James (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Big Town Girl
1937
as Hershell
5.9
5.9
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Admiral Girard
5.9
5.9
Silver River
1948
as Major Spencer
5.9
5.9
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
as Captain Griffin
5.8
5.8
Joe Smith, American
1942
as Blake McKettrick
5.8
5.8
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
as J.C. Dithars
5.8
5.8
Dulcy
1940
as Homer Patterson
5.8
5.8
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Mayor
5.8
5.8
The Saint In Palm Springs
1941
as Inspector Henry Fernack
5.8
5.8
Tail Spin
1939
as Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
5.8
5.8
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
as F.B.I. Special Agent
5.8
5.8
Stand Up and Fight
1939
as Colonel Webb
5.8
5.8
We Who Are Young
1940
as Braddock
5.8
5.8
Madame X
1937
as Hugh Fariman Sr.
5.7
5.7
Letter of Introduction
1938
as Lou Woodstock (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Sea Devils
1937
as Court-Martial President (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
A Lost Lady
1934
as (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
She Couldn't Say No
1954
as John Bentley
5.6
5.6
Yellow Jack
1938
as Major General Leonard Wood
5.6
5.6
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
as Politician (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
Jack London
1943
as Kerwin Maxwell
5.6
5.6
A Dangerous Profession
1949
5.5
5.5
The Night Holds Terror
1955
as Bob Henderson
5.5
5.5
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
as Inspector Henry Fernack
5.5
5.5
Stampede
1949
as Varick
5.5
5.5
The Black Parachute
1944
as King Stephen
5.5
5.5
The Three Outlaws
1956
as Pinkerton
5.4
5.4
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
as Inspector Henry Fernack
5.4
5.4
The Phantom Speaks
1945
as Owen McAllister
5.4
5.4
Breaking the Ice
1938
as Mr. Kane
5.3
5.3
Panic on the Air
1936
as Johnson
5.3
5.3
36 Hours to Kill
1936
as Mac - Train Conductor
5.3
5.3
Barricade
1939
as Assistant Secretary of State
5.3
5.3
In Old Monterey
1939
as Stevenson
5.3
5.3
The Judge
1949
as Judge Allan J. Brooks
5.2
5.2
End of the Road
1944
as Gregory McCune
5.2
5.2
The Rear Gunner
1943
as Commanding Officer
5.1
5.1
Man Alive
1945
as Osborne
5.1
5.1
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
as Defense Attorney Blair
5.1
5.1
Dakota
1945
as Colonel Wordin
5.0
5.0
This Is the Life
1944
as Dr. Plum
5.0
5.0
Three Husbands
1950
as Edward Wurdeman - Attorney at Law
5.0
5.0
Disaster
1948
as Police Commissioner Jerome
5.0
5.0
Navy Wife
1935
as Norton
5.0
5.0
Divorce
1945
as Judge
5.0
5.0
Over the Wall
1938
as Governor James McDonald
5.0
5.0
Insurance Investigator
1951
as Russell James
5.0
5.0
Melody and Moonlight
1940
as Otis Barnett
5.0
5.0
Riverboat Rhythm
1946
as Col. Edward Beeler
5.0
5.0
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
as District Attorney
5.0
5.0
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947
as Max Atterbury
5.0
5.0
Happy Go Lucky
1936
as J. Lansing Bennett
5.0
5.0
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
1945
as Security Council Chair
5.0
5.0
Her First Beau
1941
as Mr. Harris
5.0
5.0
Tarnished Angel
1938
as Detective Sgt. Cramer
5.0
5.0
Wives Under Suspicion
1938
as Allison
5.0
5.0
Spendthrift
1936
as Attorney
5.0
5.0
She's Dangerous
1937
as Charles Fitzgerald
5.0
5.0
Rolling Home
1946
as Henry Kane
5.0
5.0
Three Live Ghosts
1936
as Detective Bolton
4.9
4.9
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
as J.B. Willet
4.9
4.9
Gangs of New York
1938
as Warden
4.8
4.8
Federal Agent at Large
1950
as James Goodwin
4.8
4.8
Kansas Pacific
1953
as Sherman Johnson
4.8
4.8
The Cat Creeps
1946
as Walter Elliott
4.8
4.8
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
as Gen. Sommerton
4.7
4.7
The Accusing Finger
1936
as Special Prosecutor
4.7
4.7
Lightning Strikes Twice
1934
as Capt. Nelson
4.7
4.7
Crime Ring
1938
as Bank President
4.7
4.7
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
as Gov. Fox
4.5
4.5
Too Many Parents
1936
as Judge
4.5
4.5
Flight from Destiny
1941
as Dist. Atty. Johnson
4.5
4.5
Ringside Maisie
1941
as Dr. Kramer
4.3
4.3
State Department: File 649
1949
as Director-General
4.0
4.0
The Duke of West Point
1938
as Steven's Father
3.0
3.0
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
as First trial judge
3.0
3.0
Lone Star Ranger
1942
as Judge Longstreth
2.5
2.5
You May Be Next!
1936
as Army Officer (uncredited)
2.2
2.2
The Vigilantes Return
1947
as Judge Holden
Flying Hostess
1936
as Kendall
Outcast
1937
The Great Swindle
1941
as Swann
Private Affairs
1940
as George Gilkin
One Against the World
1939
as Dr. Ephraim McDowell
The Big Guy
1939
as Jack Lane
Rocky
1948
as Kenneth Forrester
Behind Southern Lines
1952
as General
Rose of the Yukon
1949
as Gen. Butler
John Meade's Woman
1937
as Mr. Melton
One New York Night
1935
as Mr. Stokes
G.I. Honeymoon
1945
as Colonel Hammerhead Smith
Rodeo King and the Senorita
1951
as Dr. Sands
Midnight Madonna
1937
as Stuart Kirkland
Nobody's Darling
1943
as Jason Rhodes
Too Tough to Kill
1935
as Chairman of the Board
Educating Father
1936
as Fred Humphrey
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941
as Max Ellison
Road Demon
1938
as Anderson
My Buddy
1944
as Senator Henry
Gay Blades
1946
as Whittlesey
The Flaming Urge
1953
as Mr. Chalmers
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