Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale (74)

1891-03-20 - 1966-02-28 | 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".

On Movies

  • The Three Outlaws
  • Jaguar
  • The Night Holds Terror
  • Cattle Queen of Montana
  • Duffy of San Quentin
  • She Couldn't Say No
  • The Flaming Urge
  • Kansas Pacific
  • Taxi
  • The Steel Trap
  • Behind Southern Lines
  • Son of Paleface
  • Young Man with Ideas
  • Scandal Sheet
  • Sunny Side of the Street
  • The Tall Target
  • Let's Go Navy!
  • Rodeo King and the Senorita
  • Strangers on a Train
  • Insurance Investigator
  • Short Grass
  • Three Husbands
  • Triple Trouble
  • Federal Agent at Large
  • The Baron of Arizona
  • A Dangerous Profession
  • The Fountainhead
  • Stampede
  • State Department: File 649
  • The Judge
  • Rose of the Yukon
  • Disaster
  • Johnny Belinda
  • Tap Roots
  • Silver River
  • Call Northside 777
  • Rocky
  • High Wall
  • Her Husband's Affairs
  • Black Gold
  • The Ghost Goes Wild
  • The Vigilantes Return
  • Wife Wanted
  • Rolling Home
  • Blondie Knows Best
  • Angel on My Shoulder
  • Easy to Wed
  • The Walls Came Tumbling Down
  • The Cat Creeps
  • Blondie's Lucky Day
  • Riverboat Rhythm
  • Gay Blades
  • Dakota
  • Life with Blondie
  • Man Alive
  • Allotment Wives
  • Divorce
  • The Phantom Speaks
  • G.I. Honeymoon
  • Leave It to Blondie
  • The Strange Mr. Gregory
  • Hollywood Canteen
  • End of the Road
  • Dead Man's Eyes
  • My Buddy
  • This Is the Life
  • The Black Parachute
  • Jack London
  • There's Something About a Soldier
  • Sweet Rosie O'Grady
  • Footlight Glamour
  • Nobody's Darling
  • It's a Great Life
  • Hangmen Also Die!
  • The Rear Gunner
  • The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
  • Blondie for Victory
  • Calling Dr. Gillespie
  • Flight Lieutenant
  • Miss Annie Rooney
  • Blondie's Blessed Event
  • Lone Star Ranger
  • Joe Smith, American
  • The Bugle Sounds
  • Blondie Goes to College
  • The Pittsburgh Kid
  • Ringside Maisie
  • Blondie in Society
  • Her First Beau
  • Strange Alibi
  • The Great Swindle
  • Blondie Goes Latin
  • Flight from Destiny
  • The Saint In Palm Springs
  • Blondie Plays Cupid
  • Melody and Moonlight
  • Dulcy
  • Blondie Has Servant Trouble
  • We Who Are Young
  • Private Affairs
  • The Saint Takes Over
  • Johnny Apollo
  • The Saint's Double Trouble
  • The Big Guy
  • Barricade
  • The Amazing Mr. Williams
  • Blondie Brings Up Baby
  • Thunder Afloat
  • One Against the World
  • In Name Only
  • In Old Monterey
  • The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
  • Blondie Meets the Boss
  • The Saint Strikes Back
  • Tail Spin
  • Wings of the Navy
  • Stand Up and Fight
  • The Duke of West Point
  • There's That Woman Again
  • Road Demon
  • Blondie
  • Tarnished Angel
  • Fugitives for a Night
  • Breaking the Ice
  • Boys Town
  • Letter of Introduction
  • Men with Wings
  • Crime Ring
  • Wives Under Suspicion
  • The Saint in New York
  • Gangs of New York
  • Yellow Jack
  • Her Jungle Love
  • Over the Wall
  • Judge Hardy's Children
  • The First Hundred Years
  • Arsène Lupin Returns
  • Exiled to Shanghai
  • Big Town Girl
  • Madame X
  • Danger – Love at Work
  • Saratoga
  • Midnight Madonna
  • This Is My Affair
  • The League of Frightened Men
  • Charlie Chan at the Olympics
  • Wings Over Honolulu
  • You Can't Buy Luck
  • A Star Is Born
  • The Man Who Found Himself
  • Racketeers in Exile
  • John Meade's Woman
  • Sea Devils
  • Outcast
  • Man Of The People
  • She's Dangerous
  • You Only Live Once
  • Sinner Take All
  • Happy Go Lucky
  • Flying Hostess
  • The Accusing Finger
  • The Devil Is a Sissy
  • China Clipper
  • Charlie Chan at the Race Track
  • 36 Hours to Kill
  • Spendthrift
  • Fury
  • Educating Father
  • The Case Against Mrs. Ames
  • The Singing Kid
  • Panic on the Air
  • Too Many Parents
  • Sutter's Gold
  • The Voice of Bugle Ann
  • You May Be Next!
  • Charlie Chan's Secret
  • Three Live Ghosts
  • If You Could Only Cook
  • Hit-and-Run Driver
  • Too Tough to Kill
  • The Calling of Dan Matthews
  • A Night at the Opera
  • 3 Kids and a Queen
  • Navy Wife
  • Page Miss Glory
  • Alice Adams
  • The Raven
  • Public Hero Number 1
  • Let 'em Have It
  • 'G' Men
  • A Night at the Ritz
  • One New York Night
  • Lightning Strikes Twice
  • Gentlemen Are Born
  • A Lost Lady
  • The Case of the Howling Dog
  • Housewife

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