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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Road Demon

Flying Hostess

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

The Great Swindle

One Against the World

The Big Guy

Outcast

Midnight Madonna

Wife Wanted

Strangers on a Train

It's a Great Life

Jaguar

MGM Parade

City Detective

Blondie for Victory

Let 'em Have It

Melody and Moonlight

Her Jungle Love

Racketeers in Exile

One New York Night

Too Tough to Kill

Fury

If You Could Only Cook

A Night at the Opera

Hollywood Canteen

The First Hundred Years

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Gentlemen Are Born

This Is My Affair

Fugitives for a Night

Housewife

Strange Alibi

A Star Is Born

Screen Director's Playhouse

The Flaming Urge

Scandal Sheet

Rodeo King and the Senorita

Triple Trouble