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Jonathan Hale

20th March 1891 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Acting

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".

198 Movies 13 TV Shows 213 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Jaguar 19th January 1956 as Dr. Powell
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Taxi 21st January 1953 as Mr. Barker (uncredited)
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The Judge 31st January 1949 as Judge Allan J. Brooks
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Disaster 3rd December 1948 as Police Commissioner Jerome
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Tap Roots 25th August 1948 as Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
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Rocky 17th January 1948 as Kenneth Forrester
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Dakota 15th December 1945 as Colonel Wordin
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My Buddy 12th October 1944 as Senator Henry
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Dulcy 4th October 1940 as Homer Patterson
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Barricade 8th December 1939 as Assistant Secretary of State
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Tail Spin 19th February 1939 as Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
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Blondie 30th November 1938 as Mr. Dithers
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Madame X 1st October 1937 as Hugh Fariman Sr.
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Sea Devils 19th February 1937 as Court-Martial President (uncredited)
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China Clipper 11th August 1936 as State Department Official (uncredited)
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Fury 5th June 1936 as Defense Attorney
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The Raven 8th July 1935 as Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
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'G' Men 4th May 1935 as Congressman (uncredited)