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