
Jonathan Hale
Born March 20, 1891 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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".
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Fury

A Dangerous Profession

Hangmen Also Die!

The Raven

Young Man with Ideas

Call Northside 777

Boys Town

The Tall Target

Cattle Queen of Montana

Tap Roots

The Beginning or the End

This Is My Affair

Letter of Introduction

Wings of the Navy

Panic on the Air

Johnny Apollo

The First Hundred Years

'G' Men

Housewife

Charlie Chan at the Race Track

The Saint Strikes Back

Tarnished Angel

Gentlemen Are Born

The Saint in New York

The Baron of Arizona

Let's Go Navy!

If You Could Only Cook

Hollywood Canteen

We Who Are Young

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

Ringside Maisie

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

The Night Holds Terror

Miss Annie Rooney

The Saint Takes Over

Arsène Lupin Returns

Blondie

She Couldn't Say No

Johnny Belinda

In Name Only

Fugitives for a Night

Danger – Love at Work

The Steel Trap

High Wall

Blondie Has Servant Trouble

Her Husband's Affairs

The Devil Is a Sissy

Son of Paleface

Angel on My Shoulder

Blondie Brings Up Baby

The Case of the Howling Dog

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

Man Alive

Blondie Meets the Boss

Blondie Goes to College

One New York Night

The Amazing Mr. Williams

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

3 Kids and a Queen

Stand Up and Fight

Charlie Chan's Secret

36 Hours to Kill

Federal Agent at Large

Scandal Sheet

Duffy of San Quentin

Judge Hardy's Children

Thunder Afloat

Dakota

There's That Woman Again

Gangs of New York

Blondie's Blessed Event

This Is the Life

The Voice of Bugle Ann

John Meade's Woman

Public Hero Number 1

Calling Dr. Gillespie

Silver River

Kansas Pacific

State Department: File 649

The Saint In Palm Springs

The Cat Creeps

Blondie's Lucky Day

Gay Blades

There's Something About a Soldier

The Ghost Goes Wild

Triple Trouble

King of the Gamblers

Sunny Side of the Street

Let 'em Have It

Her Jungle Love

You May Be Next!

The Duke of West Point

Madame X

Rodeo King and the Senorita

Over the Wall

The Calling of Dan Matthews

Dead Man's Eyes

The Saint's Double Trouble

Men with Wings

You Can't Buy Luck

End of the Road

The League of Frightened Men

Too Tough to Kill

Big Town Girl

Rose of the Yukon

Wife Wanted

Alice Adams

China Clipper

Outcast

A Night at the Ritz

Leave It to Blondie

Rocky

The Accusing Finger

Tail Spin

Saratoga

One Against the World

Joe Smith, American

Wings Over Honolulu

Taxi

Page Miss Glory

The Judge

A Lost Lady

The Strange Mr. Gregory

Life with Blondie

Three Husbands

Jaguar

Navy Wife

Flight from Destiny

Hit-and-Run Driver

Sea Devils

The Rear Gunner

The Singing Kid

The Phantom Speaks

Blondie Knows Best

Sinner Take All

Breaking the Ice

Flight Lieutenant

Divorce

Spendthrift

Easy to Wed

G.I. Honeymoon

Rolling Home

Strange Alibi

Happy Go Lucky

Private Affairs

Short Grass

Jack London

Dulcy

The Flaming Urge

Blondie in Society

In Old Monterey

Lightning Strikes Twice

Blondie Goes Latin

The Great Swindle

Black Gold

The Three Outlaws

Nobody's Darling

Wives Under Suspicion

Blondie for Victory

Stampede

Her First Beau

Watchtower Over Tomorrow

Allotment Wives

Barricade

The Bugle Sounds

The Vigilantes Return

My Buddy

Three Live Ghosts

Educating Father

Lone Star Ranger

She's Dangerous

Sutter's Gold

The Pittsburgh Kid

Racketeers in Exile

It's a Great Life

Behind Southern Lines

Yellow Jack

Blondie Plays Cupid

Insurance Investigator

The Big Guy

Flying Hostess

Exiled to Shanghai

Crime Ring

Disaster

Footlight Glamour

Riverboat Rhythm

Melody and Moonlight

The Black Parachute




















