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