Jonathan Hale
Acting
Born 1891-03-20
Died 1966-02-28
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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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".
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Lassie
Adventures of Superman
MGM Parade
The Cisco Kid
Cavalcade of America
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
City Detective
Screen Director's Playhouse
Crossroads
Strangers on a Train
Mr. & Mrs. North
The Whistler
A Lost Lady
Tap Roots
The Fountainhead
There's That Woman Again
A Star Is Born
The Raven
Housewife
A Night at the Opera
Fury
Hangmen Also Die!
Boys Town
Call Northside 777
'G' Men
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
You Only Live Once
Blondie
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
In Name Only
Johnny Belinda
A Dangerous Profession
Silver River
Let's Go Navy!
Ringside Maisie
Dakota
Tarnished Angel
If You Could Only Cook
Angel on My Shoulder
Madame X
Wives Under Suspicion
The Baron of Arizona
Triple Trouble
Cattle Queen of Montana
Scandal Sheet
Son of Paleface
Flight Lieutenant
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Young Man with Ideas
Johnny Apollo
Her Husband's Affairs
The Tall Target
Gentlemen Are Born
The Accusing Finger
Gay Blades
Blondie for Victory
Alice Adams
The Beginning or the End
Hollywood Canteen
High Wall
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