Jonathan Hale
Biography
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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".
Acting (197 movies)
Blondie
1938
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
Blondie in Society
1941
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
Blondie Goes to College
1942
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
Blondie for Victory
1942
Blondie Goes Latin
1941
Blondie Knows Best
1946
Footlight Glamour
1943
It's a Great Life
1943
Life with Blondie
1945
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
Leave It to Blondie
1945
Blondie's Lucky Day
1946
Strangers on a Train
1951
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
Jack London
1943
The Steel Trap
1952
Nobody's Darling
1943
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937
Scandal Sheet
1952
Charlie Chan's Secret
1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
High Wall
1947
Triple Trouble
1950
The Great Swindle
1941
Boys Town
1938
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
The Baron of Arizona
1950
End of the Road
1944
The Night Holds Terror
1955
36 Hours to Kill
1936
Alice Adams
1935
Dead Man's Eyes
1944
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
Saratoga
1937
Disaster
1948
The Judge
1949
The Saint in New York
1938
The Saint Strikes Back
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947
Strange Alibi
1941
The Saint Takes Over
1940
The Saint In Palm Springs
1941
The Beginning or the End
1947
Flight Lieutenant
1942
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954
The Rear Gunner
1943
Wife Wanted
1946
Sea Devils
1937
State Department: File 649
1949
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
The Accusing Finger
1936
Hit-and-Run Driver
1935
Over the Wall
1938
Insurance Investigator
1951
Danger – Love at Work
1937
Let's Go Navy!
1951
Racketeers in Exile
1937
Flight from Destiny
1941
Divorce
1945
The Duke of West Point
1938
Miss Annie Rooney
1942
Too Many Parents
1936
Lightning Strikes Twice
1934
Duffy of San Quentin
1954
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
The Flaming Urge
1953
Happy Go Lucky
1936
Tarnished Angel
1938
A Lost Lady
1934
In Old Monterey
1939
Man Alive
1945
She's Dangerous
1937
Barricade
1939
Rolling Home
1946
John Meade's Woman
1937
Her Jungle Love
1938
There's Something About a Soldier
1943
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
Exiled to Shanghai
1937
Son of Paleface
1952
Letter of Introduction
1938
Breaking the Ice
1938
Let 'em Have It
1935
Gangs of New York
1938
The First Hundred Years
1938
Wives Under Suspicion
1938
Riverboat Rhythm
1946
Rose of the Yukon
1949
Fugitives for a Night
1938
The Phantom Speaks
1945
Sunny Side of the Street
1951
Madame X
1937
Taxi
1953
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