Jonathan Hale
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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".
Known for
Credits
Strangers on a Train (1951)
as Mr. Antony
Ringside Maisie (1941)
as Dr. Kramer
If You Could Only Cook (1935)
as Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
Housewife (1934)
as Doctor
A Star Is Born (1937)
as Judge Parris (uncredited)
Tap Roots (1948)
as Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
Boys Town (1938)
as John Hargraves
A Lost Lady (1934)
as (uncredited)
The Fountainhead (1949)
as Guy Francon (uncredited)
Outcast (1937)
Actor
Blondie (1938)
as Mr. Dithers
Wives Under Suspicion (1938)
as Allison
Rocky (1948)
as Kenneth Forrester
'G' Men (1935)
as Congressman (uncredited)
Silver River (1948)
as Major Spencer
Wife Wanted (1946)
as Philip Conway
A Dangerous Profession (1949)
Actor
Tarnished Angel (1938)
as Detective Sgt. Cramer
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
as Dedic
Call Northside 777 (1948)
as Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
as Second Broker
In Name Only (1939)
as Dr. Gateson
Let's Go Navy! (1951)
as Captain
Johnny Belinda (1948)
as Dr. Gray (uncredited)
Dakota (1945)
as Colonel Wordin
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
as President of Western Union
You Only Live Once (1937)
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Triple Trouble (1950)
as The Judge
Letter of Introduction (1938)
as Lou Woodstock (uncredited)
Alice Adams (1935)
as Mr. Palmer
Danger – Love at Work (1937)
as Parsons, an attorney
Jaguar (1956)
as Dr. Powell
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
as Politician (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American (1942)
as Blake McKettrick
Hollywood Canteen (1944)
as Mr. Brodel (uncredited)
Her Husband's Affairs (1947)
as Gov. Fox
Johnny Apollo (1940)
as Dr. Brown
She's Dangerous (1937)
as Charles Fitzgerald
The Baron of Arizona (1950)
as Governor
Blondie's Lucky Day (1946)
as J.C. Dithers
Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
as J.C. Dithers
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
as Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)
Gay Blades (1946)
as Whittlesey
Over the Wall (1938)
as Governor James McDonald
The Tall Target (1951)
as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
as Mr. Fox
Fury (1936)
as Defense Attorney
Blondie in Society (1941)
as J.C. Dithers
Fugitives for a Night (1938)
as Police Captain
Wings of the Navy (1939)
as Commandant
Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
as John Lee
China Clipper (1936)
as State Department Official (uncredited)
The Raven (1935)
as Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
Saratoga (1937)
as Frank Clayton
A Night at the Opera (1935)
as The Stage Manager (uncredited)
King of the Gamblers (1948)
as Sam Hyland
Young Man with Ideas (1952)
as Stanley Rickson (uncredited)
Life with Blondie (1945)
as J.C. Dithers
The Accusing Finger (1936)
as Special Prosecutor
Melody and Moonlight (1940)
as Otis Barnett
The Beginning or the End (1947)
as Dr. Vannevar Bush
Her First Beau (1941)
as Mr. Harris
Flight Lieutenant (1942)
as Joseph Sanford
The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
as Judge Holmes
This Is My Affair (1937)
as Judge
Son of Paleface (1952)
as Governor Freeman (uncredited)
Blondie for Victory (1942)
as J.C. Dithers
Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
as Warren Fenton
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
as Colonel Webb
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
Actor
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
as F.B.I. Special Agent
Breaking the Ice (1938)
as Mr. Kane
The Night Holds Terror (1955)
as Bob Henderson
High Wall (1947)
as Emory Garrison
The Saint In Palm Springs (1941)
as Inspector Henry Fernack
We Who Are Young (1940)
as Braddock
The Strange Mr. Gregory (1945)
as Defense Attorney Blair
Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)
as Frank M. Todwell
The Man Who Found Himself (1937)
as Dr. Tom Smythe
The Bugle Sounds (1942)
as Brigadier-General
The Steel Trap (1952)
as Tom Bowers
The Great Swindle (1941)
as Swann
Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
as Dr. Sam Welles
Blondie Knows Best (1946)
as J.C. Dithers
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
as John Bentley
Madame X (1937)
as Hugh Fariman Sr.
Thunder Afloat (1939)
as Admiral Girard
Public Hero Number 1 (1935)
as Prison Board Member (uncredited)
Men with Wings (1938)
as Long
The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)
as Mayor
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Saint Takes Over (1940)
as Inspector Henry Fernack
The Flaming Urge (1953)
as Mr. Chalmers
Tail Spin (1939)
as Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
Kansas Pacific (1953)
as Sherman Johnson
Blondie Goes to College (1942)
as J.C. Dithers
Flight from Destiny (1941)
as Dist. Atty. Johnson
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
as Mr. Hopkins
Federal Agent at Large (1950)
as James Goodwin
Short Grass (1950)
as Charlie Bissel
Jack London (1943)
as Kerwin Maxwell
Exiled to Shanghai (1937)
as J.B. Willet
The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)
as District Attorney
Divorce (1945)
as Judge
The First Hundred Years (1938)
as Judge Parker
Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
as Warren T. Phelps
Crime Ring (1938)
as Bank President
Racketeers in Exile (1937)
as Alden Parker
Three Husbands (1950)
as Edward Wurdeman
The Saint in New York (1938)
as Inspector Henry Fernack
Let 'em Have It (1935)
as Microscopic Expert
Blondie Goes Latin (1941)
as J.C. Dithers
State Department: File 649 (1949)
as Director-General
The Rear Gunner (1943)
as Commanding Officer
In Old Monterey (1939)
as Stevenson
Road Demon (1938)
as Anderson
This Is the Life (1944)
as Dr. Plum
End of the Road (1944)
as Gregory McCune
The Three Outlaws (1956)
as Pinkerton
Yellow Jack (1938)
as Major General Leonard Wood
Watchtower Over Tomorrow (1945)
as Security Council Chair
The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
as Inspector Henry Fernack
The Walls Came Tumbling Down (1946)
as Captain Griffin
Happy Go Lucky (1936)
as J. Lansing Bennett
The Ghost Goes Wild (1947)
as Max Atterbury
Blondie's Blessed Event (1942)
as J.C. Dithers
Wings Over Honolulu (1937)
as Judge Advocate
Easy to Wed (1946)
as Hector Boswell
The League of Frightened Men (1937)
as Alexander Drummond
Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)
as J.C. Dithars
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
as J.C. Dithers
The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)
as Inspector Henry Fernack
Riverboat Rhythm (1946)
as Col. Edward Beeler
The Singing Kid (1936)
as Dr. Brown (uncredited)
The Cat Creeps (1946)
as Walter Elliott
There's That Woman Again (1938)
as Rolfe Davis
Footlight Glamour (1943)
as J.C. Dithers
It's a Great Life (1943)
as J.C. Dithers
Gangs of New York (1938)
as Warden
Stampede (1949)
as Varick
Allotment Wives (1945)
as Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert
Insurance Investigator (1951)
as Russell James
Black Gold (1947)
as Senator Watkins
Rolling Home (1946)
as Henry Kane
Strange Alibi (1941)
as Police Chief Sprague
Sutter's Gold (1936)
as Prosecuting Attorney
Lightning Strikes Twice (1934)
as Capt. Nelson
There's Something About a Soldier (1943)
as Gen. Sommerton
The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)
as First trial judge
Duffy of San Quentin (1954)
as Boyd
Private Affairs (1940)
as George Gilkin
The Vigilantes Return (1947)
as Judge Holden
Sinner Take All (1936)
as Dr. Harrison (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)
as J.C. Dithers
Page Miss Glory (1935)
as Husband at Train Station (uncredited)
Man Of The People (1937)
as Carter Spetner
My Buddy (1944)
as Senator Henry
Scandal Sheet (1952)
as Frank Madison
One New York Night (1935)
as Mr. Stokes
3 Kids and a Queen (1935)
as Gangster
Too Many Parents (1936)
as Judge
Hit-and-Run Driver (1935)
as Captain James (uncredited)
Behind Southern Lines (1952)
as General
Big Town Girl (1937)
as Hershell
Three Live Ghosts (1936)
as Detective Bolton
Panic on the Air (1936)
as Johnson (uncredited)
The Duke of West Point (1938)
as Colonel Early
Barricade (1939)
as Assistant Secretary of State
The Black Parachute (1944)
as King Stephen
The Judge (1949)
as Judge Allan J. Brooks
Taxi (1953)
as Mr. Barker (uncredited)
The Big Guy (1939)
as Jack Lane
Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
as Mr. Martin White
Rodeo King and the Senorita (1951)
as Dr. Sands
Educating Father (1936)
as Fred Humphrey
Her Jungle Love (1938)
as J.C. Martin
Dulcy (1940)
as Homer Patterson
The Phantom Speaks (1945)
as Owen McAllister
Man Alive (1945)
as Osborne
Sea Devils (1937)
as Court-Martial President (uncredited)
Midnight Madonna (1937)
as Stuart Kirkland
Nobody's Darling (1943)
as Jason Rhodes
Leave It to Blondie (1945)
as J.C. Dithers
Flying Hostess (1936)
as Kendall
You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935)
as Club Owner (uncredited)
Rose of the Yukon (1949)
as Gen. Butler
G.I. Honeymoon (1945)
as Colonel Hammerhead Smith
Too Tough to Kill (1935)
as Chairman of the Board
Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
as Cyrus Pelley
You May Be Next! (1936)
as Army Officer (uncredited)
A Night at the Ritz (1935)
as Director (uncredited)
36 Hours to Kill (1936)
as Mac - Train Conductor
Navy Wife (1935)
as Norton
Spendthrift (1936)
as Attorney
Lone Star Ranger (1942)
as Judge Longstreth
The Pittsburgh Kid (1941)
as Max Ellison
John Meade's Woman (1937)
as Mr. Melton
Disaster (1948)
as Police Commissioner Jerome
One Against the World (1939)
as Dr. Ephraim McDowell