Acting
Jonathan Hale
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".
Movies with Jonathan Hale
Strangers on a Train
1951
Blondie
1938
Tap Roots
1948
'G' Men
1935
A Night at the Opera
1935
The Fountainhead
1949
Tarnished Angel
1938
Fury
1936
A Star Is Born
1937
Boys Town
1938
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
Call Northside 777
1948
Johnny Belinda
1948
In Name Only
1939
The Raven
1935
Johnny Apollo
1940
The Tall Target
1951
Outcast
1937
Triple Trouble
1950
Housewife
1934
Silver River
1948
You Only Live Once
1937
Rocky
1948
If You Could Only Cook
1935
Ringside Maisie
1941
Jaguar
1956
A Dangerous Profession
1949
Gay Blades
1946
Son of Paleface
1952
Dakota
1945
Scandal Sheet
1952
Hollywood Canteen
1944
Wife Wanted
1946
The Steel Trap
1952
Alice Adams
1935
A Lost Lady
1934
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
The Three Outlaws
1956
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
Yellow Jack
1938
Life with Blondie
1945
Kansas Pacific
1953
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
Sea Devils
1937
We Who Are Young
1940
The Baron of Arizona
1950
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
Angel on My Shoulder
1946
Madame X
1937
Saratoga
1937
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
Over the Wall
1938
The Flaming Urge
1953
Gangs of New York
1938
The Singing Kid
1936
Men with Wings
1938
Blondie Knows Best
1946
Blondie's Lucky Day
1946
The Beginning or the End
1947
Short Grass
1950
She Couldn't Say No
1954
Three Husbands
1950
Her Jungle Love
1938
Public Hero Number 1
1935
Educating Father
1936
Blondie Goes Latin
1941
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
Strange Alibi
1941
High Wall
1947
Sutter's Gold
1936
The Saint Takes Over
1940
The Rear Gunner
1943
Her Husband's Affairs
1947
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
Big Town Girl
1937
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
Blondie for Victory
1942
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
Black Gold
1947
Her First Beau
1941
Easy to Wed
1946
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
Sinner Take All
1936
Wives Under Suspicion
1938
Dulcy
1940
Gentlemen Are Born
1934
The League of Frightened Men
1937
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
The Saint In Palm Springs
1941
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
China Clipper
1936
Joe Smith, American
1942
You Can't Buy Luck
1937
Breaking the Ice
1938
She's Dangerous
1937
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937
Young Man with Ideas
1952
36 Hours to Kill
1936
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
Stand Up and Fight
1939
King of the Gamblers
1948
Duffy of San Quentin
1954
Tail Spin
1939
The Great Swindle
1941
The Bugle Sounds
1942
The Night Holds Terror
1955
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
One Against the World
1939
Wings of the Navy
1939
The Saint in New York
1938
Page Miss Glory
1935
The Man Who Found Himself
1937
Man Of The People
1937
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
Let's Go Navy!
1951
Fugitives for a Night
1938
Private Affairs
1940
The Cat Creeps
1946
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
Flight from Destiny
1941
One New York Night
1935
Thunder Afloat
1939
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
Blondie in Society
1941
It's a Great Life
1943
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947
Rodeo King and the Senorita
1951
The Big Guy
1939
The First Hundred Years
1938
The Judge
1949
There's That Woman Again
1938
Danger – Love at Work
1937
Taxi
1953
Flight Lieutenant
1942
The Accusing Finger
1936
Happy Go Lucky
1936
Melody and Moonlight
1940
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
Let 'em Have It
1935
This Is My Affair
1937
Blondie Goes to College
1942
My Buddy
1944
Divorce
1945
End of the Road
1944
A Night at the Ritz
1935
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
Sunny Side of the Street
1951
Jack London
1943
G.I. Honeymoon
1945
Crime Ring
1938
The Duke of West Point
1938
You May Be Next!
1936
Charlie Chan's Secret
1936
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
The Vigilantes Return
1947
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
State Department: File 649
1949
In Old Monterey
1939
Letter of Introduction
1938
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
Nobody's Darling
1943
Leave It to Blondie
1945
Man Alive
1945
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941
Too Many Parents
1936
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
1945
Midnight Madonna
1937
The Phantom Speaks
1945
Three Live Ghosts
1936
Allotment Wives
1945
Navy Wife
1935
The Black Parachute
1944
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Too Tough to Kill
1935
Rolling Home
1946
Spendthrift
1936
Federal Agent at Large
1950
John Meade's Woman
1937
Rose of the Yukon
1949
Panic on the Air
1936
Stampede
1949
Flying Hostess
1936
Insurance Investigator
1951
This Is the Life
1944
Hit-and-Run Driver
1935
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
Disaster
1948
Riverboat Rhythm
1946
Behind Southern Lines
1952
Racketeers in Exile
1937
Road Demon
1938
Barricade
1939
Lone Star Ranger
1942
Footlight Glamour
1943
Lightning Strikes Twice
1934
TV Shows with Jonathan Hale
Lassie
1954
MGM Parade
1955
The Whistler
1954
Adventures of Superman
1952
City Detective
1953
The Cisco Kid
1950
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
Cavalcade of America
1952
Crossroads
1955
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951