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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 …
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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 Three Outlaws
as Pinkerton
Jaguar
as Dr. Powell
The Night Holds Terror
as Bob Henderson
Cattle Queen of Montana
as Politician (uncredited)
Duffy of San Quentin
as Boyd
She Couldn't Say No
as John Bentley
The Flaming Urge
as Mr. Chalmers
Kansas Pacific
as Sherman Johnson
Taxi
as Mr. Barker (uncredited)
The Steel Trap
as Tom Bowers
Behind Southern Lines
as General
Son of Paleface
as Governor Freeman (uncredited)
Young Man with Ideas
as Stanley Rickson (uncredited)
Scandal Sheet
as Frank Madison
Sunny Side of the Street
as Cyrus Pelley
The Tall Target
as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Let's Go Navy!
as Captain
Rodeo King and the Senorita
as Dr. Sands
Strangers on a Train
as Mr. Antony
Insurance Investigator
as Russell James
Short Grass
as Charlie Bissel
Three Husbands
as Edward Wurdeman
Triple Trouble
as The Judge
Federal Agent at Large
as James Goodwin
The Baron of Arizona
as Governor
A Dangerous Profession
The Fountainhead
as Guy Francon (uncredited)
Stampede
as Varick
State Department: File 649
as Director-General
The Judge
as Judge Allan J. Brooks
Rose of the Yukon
as Gen. Butler
Disaster
as Police Commissioner Jerome
Johnny Belinda
as Dr. Gray (uncredited)
Tap Roots
as Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
Silver River
as Major Spencer
King of the Gamblers
as Sam Hyland
Call Northside 777
as Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
Rocky
as Kenneth Forrester
High Wall
as Emory Garrison
Her Husband's Affairs
as Gov. Fox
Black Gold
as Senator Watkins
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Max Atterbury
The Vigilantes Return
as Judge Holden
The Beginning or the End
as Dr. Vannevar Bush
Wife Wanted
as Philip Conway
Rolling Home
as Henry Kane
Blondie Knows Best
as J.C. Dithers
Angel on My Shoulder
as Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)
Easy to Wed
as Hector Boswell
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Captain Griffin
The Cat Creeps
as Walter Elliott
Blondie's Lucky Day
as J.C. Dithers
Riverboat Rhythm
as Col. Edward Beeler
Gay Blades
as Whittlesey
Dakota
as Colonel Wordin
Life with Blondie
as J.C. Dithers
Man Alive
as Osborne
Allotment Wives
as Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert
Divorce
as Judge
The Phantom Speaks
as Owen McAllister
G.I. Honeymoon
as Colonel Hammerhead Smith
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
as Security Council Chair
Leave It to Blondie
as J.C. Dithers
The Strange Mr. Gregory
as Defense Attorney Blair
Hollywood Canteen
as Mr. Brodel (uncredited)
Dead Man's Eyes
as Dr. Sam Welles
End of the Road
as Gregory McCune
My Buddy
as Senator Henry
This Is the Life
as Dr. Plum
The Black Parachute
as King Stephen
Jack London
as Kerwin Maxwell
There's Something About a Soldier
as Gen. Sommerton
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Mr. Fox
Footlight Glamour
as J.C. Dithers
Nobody's Darling
as Jason Rhodes
It's a Great Life
as J.C. Dithers
The Rear Gunner
as Commanding Officer
Hangmen Also Die!
as Dedic
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Blondie for Victory
as J.C. Dithers
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Frank M. Todwell
Flight Lieutenant
as Joseph Sanford
Miss Annie Rooney
as Mr. Martin White
Blondie's Blessed Event
as J.C. Dithers
Lone Star Ranger
as Judge Longstreth
Joe Smith, American
as Blake McKettrick
The Bugle Sounds
as Brigadier-General
Blondie Goes to College
as J.C. Dithers
The Pittsburgh Kid
as Max Ellison
Ringside Maisie
as Dr. Kramer
Blondie in Society
as J.C. Dithers
Her First Beau
as Mr. Harris
Strange Alibi
as Police Chief Sprague
The Great Swindle
as Swann
Blondie Goes Latin
as J.C. Dithers
Flight from Destiny
as Dist. Atty. Johnson
The Saint In Palm Springs
as Inspector Henry Fernack
Blondie Plays Cupid
as J.C. Dithers
Melody and Moonlight
as Otis Barnett
Dulcy
as Homer Patterson
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
as J.C. Dithers
We Who Are Young
as Braddock
Private Affairs
as George Gilkin
The Saint Takes Over
as Inspector Henry Fernack
Johnny Apollo
as Dr. Brown
The Saint's Double Trouble
as Inspector Henry Fernack
The Big Guy
as Jack Lane
Barricade
as Assistant Secretary of State
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Mayor
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as J.C. Dithers
Thunder Afloat
as Admiral Girard
One Against the World
as Dr. Ephraim McDowell
In Name Only
as Dr. Gateson
In Old Monterey
as Stevenson
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as President of Western Union
Blondie Meets the Boss
as J.C. Dithars
The Saint Strikes Back
as Inspector Henry Fernack
Tail Spin
as Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
Wings of the Navy
as Commandant
Stand Up and Fight
as Colonel Webb
The Duke of West Point
as Colonel Early
There's That Woman Again
as Rolfe Davis
No Poster
Road Demon
as Anderson
Blondie
as Mr. Dithers
Tarnished Angel
as Detective Sgt. Cramer
Fugitives for a Night
as Police Captain
Breaking the Ice
as Mr. Kane
Boys Town
as John Hargraves
Letter of Introduction
as Lou Woodstock (uncredited)
Men with Wings
as Long
Crime Ring
as Bank President
Wives Under Suspicion
as Allison
The Saint in New York
as Inspector Henry Fernack
Gangs of New York
as Warden
Yellow Jack
as Major General Leonard Wood
Her Jungle Love
as J.C. Martin
Over the Wall
as Governor James McDonald
Judge Hardy's Children
as John Lee
The First Hundred Years
as Judge Parker
Arsène Lupin Returns
as F.B.I. Special Agent
Exiled to Shanghai
as J.B. Willet
Big Town Girl
as Hershell
Madame X
as Hugh Fariman Sr.
Danger – Love at Work
as Parsons, an attorney
Saratoga
as Frank Clayton
Midnight Madonna
as Stuart Kirkland
This Is My Affair
as Judge
The League of Frightened Men
as Alexander Drummond
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
as Mr. Hopkins
Wings Over Honolulu
as Judge Advocate
You Can't Buy Luck
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
as Judge Parris (uncredited)
The Man Who Found Himself
as Dr. Tom Smythe
Racketeers in Exile
as Alden Parker
John Meade's Woman
as Mr. Melton
Sea Devils
as Court-Martial President (uncredited)
Outcast
Man Of The People
as Carter Spetner
She's Dangerous
as Charles Fitzgerald
You Only Live Once
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Sinner Take All
as Dr. Harrison (uncredited)
Happy Go Lucky
as J. Lansing Bennett
Flying Hostess
as Kendall
The Accusing Finger
as Special Prosecutor
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Judge Holmes
China Clipper
as State Department Official (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Warren Fenton
36 Hours to Kill
as Mac - Train Conductor
Spendthrift
as Attorney
Fury
as Defense Attorney
Educating Father
as Fred Humphrey
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
as First trial judge
Panic on the Air
as Johnson (uncredited)
The Singing Kid
as Dr. Brown (uncredited)
No Poster
Too Many Parents
as Judge
Sutter's Gold
as Prosecuting Attorney
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as District Attorney
You May Be Next!
as Army Officer (uncredited)
Charlie Chan's Secret
as Warren T. Phelps
Three Live Ghosts
as Detective Bolton
If You Could Only Cook
as Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
Hit-and-Run Driver
as Captain James (uncredited)
Too Tough to Kill
as Chairman of the Board
The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Club Owner (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera
as The Stage Manager (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen
as Gangster
Navy Wife
as Norton
Page Miss Glory
as Husband at Train Station (uncredited)
Alice Adams
as Mr. Palmer
The Raven
as Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
Public Hero Number 1
as Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Let 'em Have It
as Microscopic Expert
'G' Men
as Congressman (uncredited)
A Night at the Ritz
as Director (uncredited)
One New York Night
as Mr. Stokes
Lightning Strikes Twice
as Capt. Nelson
Gentlemen Are Born
as Second Broker
A Lost Lady
as (uncredited)
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Housewife
as Doctor