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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 20, 1891
Died
February 28, 1966
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Also Known As
- Jonathan Hale Jr.
- John Hale
- Jonathan Hatley
Jonathan Hale
0.5 Popularity
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".
Known For
5.5
Pinkerton
The Three Outlaws
1956
7.0
Dr. Powell
Jaguar
1956
5.7
Governor
Crossroads
1955
6.5
Mayor
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
5.5
Bob Henderson
The Night Holds Terror
1955
5.6
Politician (uncredited)
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
6.1
Lassie
1954
🎬
0.0
The Whistler
1954
6.0
Boyd
Duffy of San Quentin
1954
5.6
John Bentley
She Couldn't Say No
1954
Credits
The Three Outlaws
as Pinkerton
1956
5.5
Jaguar
as Dr. Powell
1956
7.0
Crossroads
as Governor
1955
5.7
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Mayor
1955
6.5
The Night Holds Terror
as Bob Henderson
1955
5.5
Cattle Queen of Montana
as Politician (uncredited)
1954
5.6
Lassie
1954
6.1
🎬
The Whistler
1954
0.0
Duffy of San Quentin
as Boyd
1954
6.0
She Couldn't Say No
as John Bentley
1954
5.6
The Flaming Urge
as Mr. Chalmers
1953
0.0
City Detective
1953
7.0
Kansas Pacific
as Sherman Johnson
1953
4.8
Taxi
as Mr. Barker (uncredited)
1953
6.4
The Steel Trap
as Tom Bowers
1952
6.4
Behind Southern Lines
as General
1952
0.0
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
4.3
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
Adventures of Superman
as Professor Roberts
1952
6.6
Son of Paleface
as Governor Freeman (uncredited)
1952
6.3
Young Man with Ideas
as Stanley Rickson (uncredited)
1952
4.7
Scandal Sheet
as Frank Madison
1952
6.9
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Sunny Side of the Street
as Cyrus Pelley
1951
6.0
The Tall Target
as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
1951
6.8
Let's Go Navy!
as Captain
1951
7.0
Rodeo King and the Senorita
as Dr. Sands
1951
0.0
Strangers on a Train
as Mr. Antony
1951
7.7
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as General
1951
4.5
Insurance Investigator
as Russell James
1951
5.0
Short Grass
as Charlie Bissel
1950
6.0
Three Husbands
as Edward Wurdeman - Attorney at Law
1950
5.0
🎬
The Cisco Kid
as Barry Owens
1950
5.9
🎬
The Cisco Kid
as Barry Owen aka Bill Stevens
1950
5.9
Triple Trouble
as The Judge
1950
6.2
Federal Agent at Large
as James Goodwin
1950
4.8
The Baron of Arizona
as Governor
1950
6.6
A Dangerous Profession
1949
5.6
The Fountainhead
as Guy Francon (uncredited)
1949
6.8
Stampede
as Varick
1949
5.5
State Department: File 649
as Director-General
1949
4.3
The Judge
as Judge Allan J. Brooks
1949
5.3
Rose of the Yukon
as Gen. Butler
1949
0.0
Disaster
as Police Commissioner Jerome
1948
5.0
Johnny Belinda
as Dr. Horace M. Gray (uncredited)
1948
6.8
Tap Roots
as Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
1948
6.7
Silver River
as Major Spencer
1948
5.9
Call Northside 777
as Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
1948
6.7
Rocky
as Kenneth Forrester
1948
0.0
High Wall
as Emory Garrison
1947
6.3
Her Husband's Affairs
as Gov. Fox
1947
4.7
Black Gold
as Senator Watkins
1947
6.0
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Max Atterbury
1947
5.0
The Vigilantes Return
as Judge Holden
1947
2.2
The Beginning or the End
as Dr. Vannevar Bush
1947
6.1
Wife Wanted
as Philip Conway
1946
6.5
Rolling Home
as Henry Kane
1946
5.0
Blondie Knows Best
as J.C. Dithers
1946
6.4
Angel on My Shoulder
as Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)
1946
6.4
Easy to Wed
as Hector Boswell
1946
6.2
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Captain Griffin
1946
5.9
The Cat Creeps
as Walter Elliott
1946
4.8
Blondie's Lucky Day
as J.C. Dithers
1946
6.4
Riverboat Rhythm
as Col. Edward Beeler
1946
5.0
Gay Blades
as Whittlesey
1946
0.0
Dakota
as Colonel Wordin
1945
5.1
Life with Blondie
as J.C. Dithers
1945
6.0
Man Alive
as Osborne
1945
5.1
Allotment Wives
as Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert
1945
6.0
Divorce
as Judge
1945
5.0
The Phantom Speaks
as Owen McAllister
1945
5.4
G.I. Honeymoon
as Colonel Hammerhead Smith
1945
0.0
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
as Security Council Chair
1945
5.0
Leave It to Blondie
as J.C. Dithers
1945
6.0
The Strange Mr. Gregory
as Defense Attorney Blair
1945
5.1
Hollywood Canteen
as Mr. Brodel (uncredited)
1944
7.3
End of the Road
as Gregory McCune
1944
5.2
Dead Man's Eyes
as Dr. Sam Welles
1944
6.6
My Buddy
as Senator Henry
1944
0.0
This Is the Life
as Dr. Plum
1944
5.0
The Black Parachute
as King Stephen
1944
5.5
Jack London
as Kerwin Maxwell
1943
5.6
There's Something About a Soldier
as Gen. Sommerton
1943
4.8
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Mr. Fox
1943
6.0
Footlight Glamour
as J.C. Dithers
1943
7.7
Nobody's Darling
as Jason Rhodes
1943
0.0
It's a Great Life
as J.C. Dithers
1943
7.5
Hangmen Also Die!
as Dedic
1943
6.9
The Rear Gunner
as Commanding Officer
1943
5.8
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
6.7
Blondie for Victory
as J.C. Dithers
1942
7.3
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Frank M. Todwell
1942
6.5
Flight Lieutenant
as Joseph Sanford
1942
6.0
Miss Annie Rooney
as Mr. Martin White
1942
6.3
Blondie's Blessed Event
as J.C. Dithers
1942
7.3
Lone Star Ranger
as Judge Longstreth
1942
3.0
Joe Smith, American
as Blake McKettrick
1942
5.8
The Bugle Sounds
as Brigadier-General
1942
6.0
Blondie Goes to College
as J.C. Dithers
1942
6.4
The Pittsburgh Kid
as Max Ellison
1941
0.0
Ringside Maisie
as Dr. Kramer
1941
4.5
Blondie in Society
as J.C. Dithers
1941
7.4
Her First Beau
as Mr. Harris
1941
5.0
Strange Alibi
as Police Chief Sprague
1941
6.6
The Great Swindle
as Swann
1941
0.0
Blondie Goes Latin
as J.C. Dithers
1941
6.2
Flight from Destiny
as Dist. Atty. Johnson
1941
4.7
The Saint In Palm Springs
as Inspector Henry Fernack
1941
5.8
Blondie Plays Cupid
as J.C. Dithers
1940
6.7
Melody and Moonlight
as Otis Barnett
1940
5.0
Dulcy
as Homer Patterson
1940
5.8
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
as J.C. Dithers
1940
7.2
We Who Are Young
as Braddock
1940
5.8
Private Affairs
as George Gilkin
1940
0.0
The Saint Takes Over
as Inspector Henry Fernack
1940
6.4
Johnny Apollo
as Dr. Brown
1940
6.8
The Saint's Double Trouble
as Inspector Henry Fernack
1940
5.7
The Big Guy
as Jack Lane
1939
0.0
Barricade
as Assistant Secretary of State
1939
5.3
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Mayor
1939
5.8
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as J.C. Dithers
1939
6.5
Thunder Afloat
as Admiral Girard
1939
5.9
One Against the World
as Dr. Ephraim McDowell
1939
0.0
In Name Only
as Dr. Gateson
1939
7.0
In Old Monterey
as Stevenson
1939
5.3
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as President of Western Union
1939
6.0
The Saint Strikes Back
as Inspector Henry Fernack
1939
5.6
Blondie Meets the Boss
as J.C. Dithars
1939
5.8
Tail Spin
as Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
1939
5.8
Wings of the Navy
as Commandant
1939
6.0
Stand Up and Fight
as Colonel Webb
1939
5.8
The Duke of West Point
as Steven's Father
1938
4.0
There's That Woman Again
as Rolfe Davis
1938
5.8
🎬
Road Demon
as Anderson
1938
0.0
Blondie
as Mr. Dithers
1938
7.1
Tarnished Angel
as Detective Sgt. Cramer
1938
5.0
Fugitives for a Night
as Police Captain
1938
6.0
Breaking the Ice
as Mr. Kane
1938
5.4
Boys Town
as John Hargraves
1938
6.8
Letter of Introduction
as Lou Woodstock (uncredited)
1938
5.7
Men with Wings
as Long
1938
5.0
Crime Ring
as Bank President
1938
4.7
Wives Under Suspicion
as Allison
1938
5.0
The Saint in New York
as Inspector Henry Fernack
1938
6.4
Gangs of New York
as Warden
1938
4.9
Yellow Jack
as Major General Leonard Wood
1938
5.6
Her Jungle Love
as J.C. Martin
1938
6.2
Over the Wall
as Governor James McDonald
1938
5.0
Judge Hardy's Children
as John Lee
1938
6.5
The First Hundred Years
as Judge Parker
1938
6.0
Arsène Lupin Returns
as F.B.I. Special Agent
1938
5.8
Exiled to Shanghai
as J.B. Willet
1937
4.9
Big Town Girl
as Hershell
1937
6.0
Madame X
as Hugh Fariman Sr.
1937
5.8
Danger – Love at Work
as Parsons, an attorney
1937
7.3
Saratoga
as Frank Clayton
1937
6.2
🎬
Midnight Madonna
as Stuart Kirkland
1937
0.0
This Is My Affair
as Judge
1937
7.3
The League of Frightened Men
as Alexander Drummond
1937
6.0
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
as Mr. Hopkins
1937
6.7
Wings Over Honolulu
as Judge Advocate
1937
5.5
You Can't Buy Luck
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
1937
4.0
A Star Is Born
as Judge George J. Parris (uncredited)
1937
7.2
The Man Who Found Himself
as Dr. Tom Smythe
1937
7.0
Racketeers in Exile
as Alden Parker
1937
6.0
John Meade's Woman
as Mr. Melton
1937
0.0
Sea Devils
as Court-Martial President (uncredited)
1937
5.7
Outcast
1937
0.0
Man Of The People
as Carter Spetner
1937
7.0
She's Dangerous
as Charles Fitzgerald
1937
5.0
You Only Live Once
as District Attorney (uncredited)
1937
7.1
Sinner Take All
as Dr. Harrison (uncredited)
1936
4.3
Happy Go Lucky
as J. Lansing Bennett
1936
5.0
Flying Hostess
as Kendall
1936
0.0
The Accusing Finger
as Special Prosecutor
1936
4.7
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Judge Holmes
1936
6.9
China Clipper
as State Department Official (uncredited)
1936
5.6
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Warren Fenton
1936
7.1
36 Hours to Kill
as Mac - Train Conductor
1936
5.3
Spendthrift
as Attorney
1936
5.0
Fury
as Defense Attorney
1936
7.4
Educating Father
as Fred Humphrey
1936
0.0
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
as First trial judge
1936
3.0
Panic on the Air
as Johnson
1936
5.3
The Singing Kid
as Dr. Brown (uncredited)
1936
4.0
Too Many Parents
as Judge
1936
4.5
Sutter's Gold
as Prosecuting Attorney
1936
0.0
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as District Attorney
1936
5.0
You May Be Next!
as Army Officer (uncredited)
1936
2.5
Three Live Ghosts
as Detective Bolton
1936
5.0
Charlie Chan's Secret
as Warren T. Phelps
1936
6.9
If You Could Only Cook
as Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
1935
7.4
Hit-and-Run Driver
as Captain James (uncredited)
1935
6.0
Too Tough to Kill
as Chairman of the Board
1935
0.0
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Club Owner (uncredited)
1935
3.0
A Night at the Opera
as The Stage Manager (uncredited)
1935
7.4
3 Kids and a Queen
as Gangster
1935
6.0
Navy Wife
as Norton
1935
5.0
Page Miss Glory
as Husband at Train Station (uncredited)
1935
6.3
Alice Adams
as Mr. Palmer
1935
6.6
The Raven
as Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
1935
6.6
Public Hero Number 1
as Prison Board Member (uncredited)
1935
6.2
Let 'em Have It
as Microscopic Expert
1935
7.0
'G' Men
as Congressman (uncredited)
1935
6.6
A Night at the Ritz
as Director (uncredited)
1935
3.0
One New York Night
as Mr. Stokes
1935
0.0
Lightning Strikes Twice
as Capt. Nelson
1934
4.7
Gentlemen Are Born
as Second Broker
1934
6.5
A Lost Lady
as (uncredited)
1934
5.6
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1934
6.2
Housewife
as Doctor
1934
7.7