Jonathan Hale
Acting
Born: March 20, 1891 · Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died: February 28, 1966 (aged 74)
Highest Rated
Biography
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".
Known for
Strangers on a Train
1951
A Night at the Opera
1935
Fury
1936
A Star Is Born
1937
You Only Live Once
1937
Call Northside 777
1948
The Fountainhead
1949
The Raven
1935
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
Boys Town
1938
'G' Men
1935
Johnny Belinda
1948
Photos (2)
Movies (198)
Strangers on a Train
Mr. Antony
A Star Is Born
Judge Parris (uncredited)
The Raven
Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo
Dr. Brown
The Tall Target
Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Call Northside 777
Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
Alice Adams
Mr. Palmer
You Only Live Once
District Attorney (uncredited)
Saratoga
Frank Clayton
The Fountainhead
Guy Francon (uncredited)
The Devil Is a Sissy
Judge Holmes
Johnny Belinda
Dr. Gray (uncredited)
Son of Paleface
Governor Freeman (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Warren Fenton
A Night at the Opera
The Stage Manager (uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
Dedic
'G' Men
Congressman (uncredited)
Wives Under Suspicion
Allison
Fury
Defense Attorney
Gentlemen Are Born
Second Broker
Dakota
Colonel Wordin
Tap Roots
Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
President of Western Union
The Case of the Howling Dog
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder
Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)
The Saint in New York
Inspector Henry Fernack
Cattle Queen of Montana
Politician (uncredited)
The League of Frightened Men
Alexander Drummond
She Couldn't Say No
John Bentley
Madame X
Hugh Fariman Sr.
In Name Only
Dr. Gateson
Black Gold
Senator Watkins
Tail Spin
Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
We Who Are Young
Braddock
Blondie Brings Up Baby
J.C. Dithers
Blondie
Mr. Dithers
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Mayor
Danger – Love at Work
Parsons, an attorney
Outcast
1937
Housewife
Doctor
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Mr. Hopkins
High Wall
Emory Garrison
Triple Trouble
The Judge
Dead Man's Eyes
Dr. Sam Welles
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Mr. Fox
Boys Town
John Hargraves
Blondie Meets the Boss
J.C. Dithars
Short Grass
Charlie Bissel
The Saint's Double Trouble
Inspector Henry Fernack
The Baron of Arizona
Governor
Crime Ring
Bank President
The Night Holds Terror
Bob Henderson
Kansas Pacific
Sherman Johnson
Stampede
Varick
Let's Go Navy!
Captain
Scandal Sheet
Frank Madison
Charlie Chan's Secret
Warren T. Phelps
The Accusing Finger
Special Prosecutor
Strange Alibi
Police Chief Sprague
Wife Wanted
Philip Conway
Silver River
Major Spencer
Young Man with Ideas
Stanley Rickson (uncredited)
The Beginning or the End
Dr. Vannevar Bush
Man Of The People
Carter Spetner
A Dangerous Profession
1949
Dulcy
Homer Patterson
The Steel Trap
Tom Bowers
Letter of Introduction
Lou Woodstock (uncredited)
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
J.C. Dithers
Ringside Maisie
Dr. Kramer
Sunny Side of the Street
Cyrus Pelley
3 Kids and a Queen
Gangster
The Bugle Sounds
Brigadier-General
Riverboat Rhythm
Col. Edward Beeler
Duffy of San Quentin
Boyd
The Ghost Goes Wild
Max Atterbury
This Is My Affair
Judge
Stand Up and Fight
Colonel Webb
Joe Smith, American
Blake McKettrick
Wings Over Honolulu
Judge Advocate
The First Hundred Years
Judge Parker
Blondie's Lucky Day
J.C. Dithers
King of the Gamblers
Sam Hyland
If You Could Only Cook
Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
One New York Night
Mr. Stokes
Thunder Afloat
Admiral Girard
Hollywood Canteen
Mr. Brodel (uncredited)
Blondie's Blessed Event
J.C. Dithers
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
First trial judge
Blondie for Victory
J.C. Dithers
Flying Hostess
Kendall
Rose of the Yukon
Gen. Butler
Her Jungle Love
J.C. Martin
Men with Wings
Long
Public Hero Number 1
Prison Board Member (uncredited)
You May Be Next!
Army Officer (uncredited)
The Duke of West Point
Colonel Early
Allotment Wives
Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert
Gay Blades
Whittlesey
The Three Outlaws
Pinkerton
Fugitives for a Night
Police Captain
The Saint Strikes Back
Inspector Henry Fernack
Her Husband's Affairs
Gov. Fox
Blondie Goes to College
J.C. Dithers
Flight from Destiny
Dist. Atty. Johnson
The Man Who Found Himself
Dr. Tom Smythe
The Saint In Palm Springs
Inspector Henry Fernack
Three Live Ghosts
Detective Bolton
Gangs of New York
Warden
Judge Hardy's Children
John Lee
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Club Owner (uncredited)
Flight Lieutenant
Joseph Sanford
Spendthrift
Attorney
The Strange Mr. Gregory
Defense Attorney Blair
Panic on the Air
Johnson (uncredited)
It's a Great Life
J.C. Dithers
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
Blondie in Society
J.C. Dithers
Federal Agent at Large
James Goodwin
State Department: File 649
Director-General
There's That Woman Again
Rolfe Davis
Life with Blondie
J.C. Dithers
A Lost Lady
(uncredited)
Let 'em Have It
Microscopic Expert
Sea Devils
Court-Martial President (uncredited)
The Voice of Bugle Ann
District Attorney
A Night at the Ritz
Director (uncredited)
Man Alive
Osborne
The Flaming Urge
Mr. Chalmers
One Against the World
Dr. Ephraim McDowell
Wings of the Navy
Commandant
Easy to Wed
Hector Boswell
She's Dangerous
Charles Fitzgerald
Taxi
Mr. Barker (uncredited)
The Black Parachute
King Stephen
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Captain Griffin
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
Security Council Chair
Her First Beau
Mr. Harris
36 Hours to Kill
Mac - Train Conductor
China Clipper
State Department Official (uncredited)
Blondie Knows Best
J.C. Dithers
End of the Road
Gregory McCune
The Singing Kid
Dr. Brown (uncredited)
You Can't Buy Luck
Prosecutor (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Frank M. Todwell
Lightning Strikes Twice
Capt. Nelson
Tarnished Angel
Detective Sgt. Cramer
Nobody's Darling
Jason Rhodes
Divorce
Judge
Big Town Girl
Hershell
Lone Star Ranger
Judge Longstreth
Barricade
Assistant Secretary of State
Exiled to Shanghai
J.B. Willet
Three Husbands
Edward Wurdeman
The Cat Creeps
Walter Elliott
Over the Wall
Governor James McDonald
Breaking the Ice
Mr. Kane
Arsène Lupin Returns
F.B.I. Special Agent
My Buddy
Senator Henry
In Old Monterey
Stevenson
Sutter's Gold
Prosecuting Attorney
The Saint Takes Over
Inspector Henry Fernack
This Is the Life
Dr. Plum
Jaguar
Dr. Powell
G.I. Honeymoon
Colonel Hammerhead Smith
There's Something About a Soldier
Gen. Sommerton
Blondie Goes Latin
J.C. Dithers
Educating Father
Fred Humphrey
The Judge
Judge Allan J. Brooks
Rolling Home
Henry Kane
Too Tough to Kill
Chairman of the Board
Rodeo King and the Senorita
Dr. Sands
Rocky
Kenneth Forrester
Page Miss Glory
Husband at Train Station (uncredited)
Footlight Glamour
J.C. Dithers
Navy Wife
Norton
The Vigilantes Return
Judge Holden
Happy Go Lucky
J. Lansing Bennett
Hit-and-Run Driver
Captain James (uncredited)
Melody and Moonlight
Otis Barnett
Insurance Investigator
Russell James
Leave It to Blondie
J.C. Dithers
The Rear Gunner
Commanding Officer
Miss Annie Rooney
Mr. Martin White
Jack London
Kerwin Maxwell
Racketeers in Exile
Alden Parker
The Phantom Speaks
Owen McAllister
Blondie Plays Cupid
J.C. Dithers
John Meade's Woman
Mr. Melton
Behind Southern Lines
General
Yellow Jack
Major General Leonard Wood
Private Affairs
George Gilkin
The Great Swindle
Swann
The Big Guy
Jack Lane
Sinner Take All
Dr. Harrison (uncredited)
Midnight Madonna
Stuart Kirkland
Disaster
Police Commissioner Jerome
The Pittsburgh Kid
Max Ellison
TV Shows (14)
Lassie
1 eps
Adventures of Superman
Professor Roberts · 2 eps
The Cisco Kid
Barry Owens · 2 eps
The Cisco Kid
Barry Owen aka Bill Stevens · 1 eps
Mr. & Mrs. North
1 eps
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
General · 1 eps
MGM Parade
1 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
Mayor · 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
1 eps
City Detective
1 eps
The Whistler
2 eps
Crossroads
Governor · 1 eps
Crossroads
Judge (uncredited) · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 eps