Jonathan Hale
Jonathan Hale was a Canadian-born film and television actor.
Life and career
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 several installments of The Saint film series.
In 1950, he made two appearances in The Cisco Kid as Barry Owens. He also appeared in two episodes of Adventures of Superman: "The Evil Three", in which he played a murderous "Southern Colonel"-type character, and "Panic in the Sky", in which he played the lead astronomer at the Metropolis Observatory. Other television programs on which Hale appeared include Crossroads, The Loretta Young Show, Brave Eagle, Schlitz Playhouse, The Joey Bishop Show, Our Miss Brooks and Walt Disney's Disneyland: "A Tribute to Joel Chandler Harris".
Death
Hale committed suicide on February 28, 1966, at the age of 74. He was found dead that evening in his room at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. Hale had taken his own life with a.38 caliber pistol, which was found near his body. He was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California. His 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".
Selected filmography
Housewife as Doctor The Case of the Howling Dog as Courtroom Spectator A Lost Lady Gentlemen Are Born as Second Broker Lightning Strikes Twice as Capt. Hobart NelsonA Night at the Ritz as Director One New York Night as Mr. Stokes G Men as Congressman Let 'Em Have It as Microscopic Expert Public Hero No. 1 as Prison Board Member The Raven as Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right Alice Adams as Mr. PalmerPage Miss Glory as Husband at Train Station Navy Wife as Norton Three Kids and a Queen as Gangster A Night at the Opera as Stage Manager in Opera Box Who Announces Gottlieb's Disappearance The Calling of Dan Matthews as Club Owner Too Tough to Kill as Chairman of the Board If You Could Only Cook as Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors Three Live Ghosts as Detective BoltonCharlie Chan's Secret as Warren T. PhelpsYou May Be Next as Army Officer The Voice of Bugle Ann as District AttorneySutter's Gold as Prosecuting Attorney Too Many Parents as JudgeThe Singing Kid as Dr. Brown Panic on the Air as Johnson The Case Against Mrs. Ames as Judge at First TrialEducating Father as Fred HumphreyFury as Defense AttorneyParole! as Parole Board Member Spendthrift as Attorney 36 Hours to Kill as ConductorCharlie Chan at the Race Track as Warren FentonChina Clipper as State Department Official Down the Stretch as Secretary M.L. Lyon The Devil Is a Sissy as Judge HolmesThe Magnificent Brute as Official Easy to Take as Mr. Hardy The Plainsman as Major The Accusing Finger as Special ProsecutorBorn to Dance as Hector the Columnist Flying Hostess as KendallHappy Go Lucky as J. Lansing BennettSinner Take All as Dr. Harrison Mysterious Crossing as Garland - Banker You Only Live Once as District Attorney She's Dangerous as Charles FitzgeraldMan of the People as Carter SpetnerOutcast as Judge A Doctor's Diary as Mr. Williams Sea Devils as Court-Martial President John Meade's Woman as Mr. MeltonRacketeers in Exile as Alden ParkerThe Man Who Found Himself as Dr. Tom Smythe A Star Is Born as Judge George J. Parris You Can't Buy Luck as Prosecutor Wings Over Honolulu as Judge Advocate Charlie Chan at the Olympics as HopkinsThe League of Frightened Men as Alexander DrummondThis Is My Affair as JudgeMidnight Madonna as Stuart KirklandSaratoga as Frank ClaytonDanger – Love at Work as ParsonsMadame X as Hugh Fariman SrCarnival Queen as Robert JacobyBig Town Girl as HershellExiled to Shanghai as J.B. WilletArsène Lupin Returns as F.B.I. Special AgentMad About Music as Prosecutor, Film Within a Film The First Hundred Years as Judge ParkerHer Jungle Love as J.C. MartinJudge Hardy's Children as John LeeOver the Wall as GovernorIsland in the Sky as Prison Warden Matthews Yellow Jack as Major General Leonard WoodGangs of New York as WardenThe Saint in New York as Inspector Henry FernackWives Under Suspicion as AllisonCrime Ring as Bank President Men with Wings as Long Letter of Introduction as Lou WoodstockBoys Town as John HargravesFugitives for a Night as Police CaptainBreaking the Ice as KaneTarnished Angel as Detective Sgt. Edward CramerBlondie as J.C. DithersRoad Demon as AndersonThe Duke of West Point as Colonel EarlyThere's That Woman Again as Rolfe DavisStand Up and Fight as Colonel WebbWings of the Navy as CommandantTail Spin as Racing Official Starter Blondie Meets the Boss as DithersThe Saint Strikes Back as Inspector Henry FernackThe Story of Alexander Graham Bell as President of Western UnionIn Name Only as Dr. Ned GatesonIn Old Monterey as StevensonFugitive at Large as Prison Warden Thunder Afloat as Admiral GirardBlondie Brings Up Baby as J.C. DithersThe Amazing Mr. Williams as MayorBarricade as Assistant Secretary of StateThe Big Guy as Jack LangThe Saint's Double Trouble as Inspector Henry FernackJohnny Apollo as Dr. BrownThe Saint Takes Over as Inspector Henry FernackPrivate Affairs as George GilkinWe Who Are Young as BraddockBlondie Has Servant Trouble as J.C. DithersDulcy as Homer PattersonMelody and Moonlight as Otis BarnettBlondie Plays Cupid as J.C. DithersThe Saint in Palm Springs as Inspector Henry FernackFlight from Destiny as District AttorneyBlondie Goes Latin as Mr. J.C. DithersThe Great Swindle as SwannStrange Alibi as Police Chief SpragueHer First Beau as Mr. HarrisBlondie in Society as J.C. DithersRingside Maisie as Dr. KramerThe Pittsburgh Kid as Max EllisonThe Bugle Sounds as Brigadier-GeneralBlondie Goes to College as J.C. DithersJoe Smith, American as Blake McKettrickThe Lone Star Ranger as Judge LongstrethBlondie's Blessed Event as J.C. DithersMiss Annie Rooney as Mr. WhiteFlight Lieutenant as Joseph SanfordCalling Dr. Gillespie as Frank Marshall TodwellBlondie for Victory as J.C. DithersThe Amazing Mrs. Holliday as FergusonHangmen Also Die! as DedicIt's a Great Life as J.C. DithersNobody's Darling as Jason RhodesFootlight Glamour as J.C. DithersSweet Rosie O'Grady as Mr. FoxJack London as Kerwin MaxwellThere's Something About a Soldier as General SommertonThis Is the Life as Dr. PlumThe Black Parachute as King StephenSince You Went Away as Second Train Conductor My Buddy as Senator HenryEnd of the Road as Gregory McCuneDead Man's Eyes as Dr. WellesAnd Now Tomorrow as Dr. Sloane Hollywood Canteen as Mr. Brodel Leave It to Blondie as J.C. DithersG. I. Honeymoon as Colonel Hammerhead SmithThe Phantom Speaks as Owen McAllisterDivorce as Judge ConlonAllotment Wives as Brig. General H. N. GilbertMan Alive as OsborneDakota as Col. WordinThe Strange Mr. Gregory as Defense Attorney BlairLife with Blondie as J.C. DithersGay Blades as WhittleseyRiverboat Rhythm as Colonel Edward BeelerBlondie's Lucky Day as J.C. DithersThe Cat Creeps as Walter ElliotThe Walls Came Tumbling Down as Captain GriffinEasy to Wed as Hector BoswellAngel on My Shoulder as Citizens for Better Government Chairman Blondie Knows Best as J.C. DithersRolling Home as Henry KaneWife Wanted as Philip ConwayThe Strange Mr. Gregory as BlairThe Beginning or the End as Dr. Vannevar BushThe Ghost Goes Wild as Max AtterburyThe Vigilantes Return as Judge HoldenBlack Gold as Senator WatkinsHer Husband's Affairs as Gov. FoxHigh Wall as Emory GarrisonRocky as Kenneth ForresterCall Northside 777 as Robert Winston - Governor's Aide King of the Gamblers as Sam HylandSilver River as Major SpencerTap Roots as General Johnston Michael O'Halloran as Judge SchaffnerJohnny Belinda as Dr. Horace M. Gray Disaster as Police Commissioner JeromeRose of the Yukon as Gen. ButlerTell It to the Judge as Judge Allan J. BrooksState Department: File 649 as Director-GeneralStampede as VarickThe Fountainhead as Guy Francon A Dangerous Profession as Roger Lennert, Lucy's Attorney The Baron of Arizona as GovernorFederal Agent at Large as James GoodwinTriple Trouble as JudgeThree Husbands as Edward Wurdeman, Attorney at LawShort Grass as Charlie BisselInsurance Investigator as Russell JamesStrangers on a Train as Mr. AntonyRodeo King and the Senorita as Dr. SandsLet's Go Navy! as CaptainThe Tall Target as Passenger from Carolina Sunny Side of the Street as Cyrus PelleyScandal Sheet as Frank MadisonCarbine Williams as Judge Henry P. Lane Young Man with Ideas as Stanley Rickson Son of Paleface as Gov. Freeman The Steel Trap as Tom BowersTaxi as Mr. Barker Kansas Pacific as Sherman JohnsonThe Flaming Urge as Mr. ChalmersDuffy of San Quentin as BoydShe Couldn't Say No as John Bentley Men of the Fighting Lady as Home Movie Commentator Cattle Queen of Montana The Night Holds Terror as Bob HendersonJaguar as Dr. PowellThe Three Outlaws as Pinkerton