Jonathan Hale
200 movies · 12 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 20, 1891
- Died
- Feb 28, 1966 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as
- Jonathan Hale Jr. · John Hale · Jonathan Hatley
Biography
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Jonathan Hale (born Jonathan Hatley, March 21, 1891 – February 28, 1966) was a Canadian-born film and television actor.
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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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Known for
Jonathan Hale: movies and TV shows
Acting (212)
- 1956 The Three Outlaws
as Pinkerton
- 1956 Jaguar
as Dr. Powell
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 The Night Holds Terror
as Bob Henderson
- 1954 Cattle Queen of Montana
as Politician (uncredited)
- 1954
- 1954
- 1954 Duffy of San Quentin
as Boyd
- 1954 She Couldn't Say No
as John Bentley
- 1953 The Flaming Urge
as Mr. Chalmers
- 1953
- 1953 Kansas Pacific
as Sherman Johnson
- 1953 Taxi
as Mr. Barker (uncredited)
- 1952 The Steel Trap
as Tom Bowers
- 1952 Behind Southern Lines
as General
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Son of Paleface
as Governor Freeman (uncredited)
- 1952 Young Man with Ideas
as Stanley Rickson (uncredited)
- 1952 Scandal Sheet
as Frank Madison
- 1951
- 1951 Sunny Side of the Street
as Cyrus Pelley
- 1951 The Tall Target
as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
- 1951 Let's Go Navy!
as Captain
- 1951 Rodeo King and the Senorita
as Dr. Sands
- 1951 Strangers on a Train
as Mr. Antony
- 1951
- 1951 Insurance Investigator
as Russell James
- 1950 Short Grass
as Charlie Bissel
- 1950 Three Husbands
as Edward Wurdeman
- 1950
- 1950 Triple Trouble
as The Judge
- 1950 Federal Agent at Large
as James Goodwin
- 1950 The Baron of Arizona
as Governor
- 1949
- 1949 The Fountainhead
as Guy Francon (uncredited)
- 1949 Stampede
as Varick
- 1949 State Department: File 649
as Director-General
- 1949 The Judge
as Judge Allan J. Brooks
- 1949 Rose of the Yukon
as Gen. Butler
- 1948 Disaster
as Police Commissioner Jerome
- 1948 Johnny Belinda
as Dr. Gray (uncredited)
- 1948 Tap Roots
as Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
- 1948 Silver River
as Major Spencer
- 1948 King of the Gamblers
as Sam Hyland
- 1948 Call Northside 777
as Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
- 1948 Rocky
as Kenneth Forrester
- 1947 High Wall
as Emory Garrison
- 1947 Her Husband's Affairs
as Gov. Fox
- 1947 Black Gold
as Senator Watkins
- 1947 The Ghost Goes Wild
as Max Atterbury
- 1947 The Vigilantes Return
as Judge Holden
- 1947 The Beginning or the End
as Dr. Vannevar Bush
- 1946 Wife Wanted
as Philip Conway
- 1946 Rolling Home
as Henry Kane
- 1946 Blondie Knows Best
as J.C. Dithers
- 1946 Angel on My Shoulder
as Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)
- 1946 Easy to Wed
as Hector Boswell
- 1946 The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Captain Griffin
- 1946 The Cat Creeps
as Walter Elliott
- 1946 Blondie's Lucky Day
as J.C. Dithers
- 1946 Riverboat Rhythm
as Col. Edward Beeler
- 1946 Gay Blades
as Whittlesey
- 1945 Dakota
as Colonel Wordin
- 1945 Life with Blondie
as J.C. Dithers
- 1945 Man Alive
as Osborne
- 1945 Allotment Wives
as Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert
- 1945 Divorce
as Judge
- 1945 The Phantom Speaks
as Owen McAllister
- 1945 G.I. Honeymoon
as Colonel Hammerhead Smith
- 1945 Watchtower Over Tomorrow
as Security Council Chair
- 1945 Leave It to Blondie
as J.C. Dithers
- 1945 The Strange Mr. Gregory
as Defense Attorney Blair
- 1944 Hollywood Canteen
as Mr. Brodel (uncredited)
- 1944 End of the Road
as Gregory McCune
- 1944 Dead Man's Eyes
as Dr. Sam Welles
- 1944 My Buddy
as Senator Henry
- 1944 This Is the Life
as Dr. Plum
- 1944 The Black Parachute
as King Stephen
- 1943 Jack London
as Kerwin Maxwell
- 1943 There's Something About a Soldier
as Gen. Sommerton
- 1943 Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Mr. Fox
- 1943 Footlight Glamour
as J.C. Dithers
- 1943 Nobody's Darling
as Jason Rhodes
- 1943 It's a Great Life
as J.C. Dithers
- 1943 The Rear Gunner
as Commanding Officer
- 1943 Hangmen Also Die!
as Dedic
- 1943
- 1942 Blondie for Victory
as J.C. Dithers
- 1942 Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Frank M. Todwell
- 1942 Flight Lieutenant
as Joseph Sanford
- 1942 Miss Annie Rooney
as Mr. Martin White
- 1942 Blondie's Blessed Event
as J.C. Dithers
- 1942 Lone Star Ranger
as Judge Longstreth
- 1942 Joe Smith, American
as Blake McKettrick
- 1942 The Bugle Sounds
as Brigadier-General
- 1942 Blondie Goes to College
as J.C. Dithers
- 1941 The Pittsburgh Kid
as Max Ellison
- 1941 Ringside Maisie
as Dr. Kramer
- 1941 Blondie in Society
as J.C. Dithers
- 1941 Her First Beau
as Mr. Harris
- 1941 Strange Alibi
as Police Chief Sprague
- 1941 The Great Swindle
as Swann
- 1941 Blondie Goes Latin
as J.C. Dithers
- 1941 Flight from Destiny
as Dist. Atty. Johnson
- 1941 The Saint In Palm Springs
as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1940 Blondie Plays Cupid
as J.C. Dithers
- 1940 Melody and Moonlight
as Otis Barnett
- 1940 Dulcy
as Homer Patterson
- 1940 Blondie Has Servant Trouble
as J.C. Dithers
- 1940 We Who Are Young
as Braddock
- 1940 Private Affairs
as George Gilkin
- 1940 The Saint Takes Over
as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1940 Johnny Apollo
as Dr. Brown
- 1940 The Saint's Double Trouble
as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1939 The Big Guy
as Jack Lane
- 1939 Barricade
as Assistant Secretary of State
- 1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Mayor
- 1939 Blondie Brings Up Baby
as J.C. Dithers
- 1939 Thunder Afloat
as Admiral Girard
- 1939 One Against the World
as Dr. Ephraim McDowell
- 1939 In Name Only
as Dr. Gateson
- 1939 In Old Monterey
as Stevenson
- 1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as President of Western Union
- 1939 Blondie Meets the Boss
as J.C. Dithars
- 1939 The Saint Strikes Back
as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1939 Tail Spin
as Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
- 1939 Wings of the Navy
as Commandant
- 1939 Stand Up and Fight
as Colonel Webb
- 1938 The Duke of West Point
as Colonel Early
- 1938 There's That Woman Again
as Rolfe Davis
- 1938 Road Demon
as Anderson
- 1938 Blondie
as Mr. Dithers
- 1938 Tarnished Angel
as Detective Sgt. Cramer
- 1938 Fugitives for a Night
as Police Captain
- 1938 Breaking the Ice
as Mr. Kane
- 1938 Boys Town
as John Hargraves
- 1938 Letter of Introduction
as Lou Woodstock (uncredited)
- 1938 Men with Wings
as Long
- 1938 Crime Ring
as Bank President
- 1938 Wives Under Suspicion
as Allison
- 1938 The Saint in New York
as Inspector Henry Fernack
- 1938 Gangs of New York
as Warden
- 1938 Yellow Jack
as Major General Leonard Wood
- 1938 Her Jungle Love
as J.C. Martin
- 1938 Over the Wall
as Governor James McDonald
- 1938 Judge Hardy's Children
as John Lee
- 1938 The First Hundred Years
as Judge Parker
- 1938 Arsène Lupin Returns
as F.B.I. Special Agent
- 1937 Exiled to Shanghai
as J.B. Willet
- 1937 Big Town Girl
as Hershell
- 1937 Madame X
as Hugh Fariman Sr.
- 1937 Danger – Love at Work
as Parsons, an attorney
- 1937 Saratoga
as Frank Clayton
- 1937 Midnight Madonna
as Stuart Kirkland
- 1937 This Is My Affair
as Judge
- 1937 The League of Frightened Men
as Alexander Drummond
- 1937 Charlie Chan at the Olympics
as Mr. Hopkins
- 1937 Wings Over Honolulu
as Judge Advocate
- 1937 You Can't Buy Luck
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
- 1937 A Star Is Born
as Judge Parris (uncredited)
- 1937 The Man Who Found Himself
as Dr. Tom Smythe
- 1937 Racketeers in Exile
as Alden Parker
- 1937 John Meade's Woman
as Mr. Melton
- 1937 Sea Devils
as Court-Martial President (uncredited)
- 1937
- 1937 Man Of The People
as Carter Spetner
- 1937 She's Dangerous
as Charles Fitzgerald
- 1937 You Only Live Once
as District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1936 Sinner Take All
as Dr. Harrison (uncredited)
- 1936 Happy Go Lucky
as J. Lansing Bennett
- 1936 Flying Hostess
as Kendall
- 1936 The Accusing Finger
as Special Prosecutor
- 1936 The Devil Is a Sissy
as Judge Holmes
- 1936 China Clipper
as State Department Official (uncredited)
- 1936 Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Warren Fenton
- 1936 36 Hours to Kill
as Mac - Train Conductor
- 1936 Spendthrift
as Attorney
- 1936 Fury
as Defense Attorney
- 1936 Educating Father
as Fred Humphrey
- 1936 The Case Against Mrs. Ames
as First trial judge
- 1936 The Singing Kid
as Dr. Brown (uncredited)
- 1936 Panic on the Air
as Johnson (uncredited)
- 1936 Too Many Parents
as Judge
- 1936 Sutter's Gold
as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1936 The Voice of Bugle Ann
as District Attorney
- 1936 You May Be Next!
as Army Officer (uncredited)
- 1936 Charlie Chan's Secret
as Warren T. Phelps
- 1936 Three Live Ghosts
as Detective Bolton
- 1935 If You Could Only Cook
as Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
- 1935 Hit-and-Run Driver
as Captain James (uncredited)
- 1935 Too Tough to Kill
as Chairman of the Board
- 1935 The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Club Owner (uncredited)
- 1935 A Night at the Opera
as The Stage Manager (uncredited)
- 1935 3 Kids and a Queen
as Gangster
- 1935 Navy Wife
as Norton
- 1935 Page Miss Glory
as Husband at Train Station (uncredited)
+ 12 more credits