Jonathan Hale

Known for ActingBorn 1891-03-20Died 1966-02-28Hamilton, 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".Read more

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One Against the World

Road Demon

Flying Hostess

One New York Night

MGM Parade

My Buddy

Educating Father

The Man Who Found Himself

Behind Southern Lines

Let's Go Navy!

Sunny Side of the Street

Rocky

Gay Blades

G.I. Honeymoon

Footlight Glamour

Nobody's Darling

Blondie for Victory

The Great Swindle

The Big Guy

The First Hundred Years

Outcast

Midnight Madonna

Wife Wanted

Strangers on a Train

It's a Great Life

Jaguar

City Detective

Let 'em Have It

Melody and Moonlight

Her Jungle Love

If You Could Only Cook

Racketeers in Exile

Fury

Too Tough to Kill

A Night at the Opera

Hollywood Canteen

Fugitives for a Night

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Gentlemen Are Born

Blondie's Blessed Event

This Is My Affair

Housewife

Strange Alibi

Blondie Has Servant Trouble

A Star Is Born

Screen Director's Playhouse

Blondie

The Flaming Urge