Jonathan Hale

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-03-20 (75 years old)

Deathday

1966-02-28

Place of Birth

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jonathan Hale

Biography

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...

Acting

1938

Blondie

as Mr. Dithers

1939

Blondie Brings Up Baby

as J.C. Dithers

1940

1941

Blondie in Society

as J.C. Dithers

1940

Blondie Plays Cupid

as J.C. Dithers

1942

1939

Blondie Meets the Boss

as J.C. Dithars

1942

Blondie for Victory

as J.C. Dithers

1941

Blondie Goes Latin

as J.C. Dithers

1946

Blondie Knows Best

as J.C. Dithers

1943

Footlight Glamour

as J.C. Dithers

1943

It's a Great Life

as J.C. Dithers

1945

Life with Blondie

as J.C. Dithers

1942

1945

Leave It to Blondie

as J.C. Dithers

1946

Blondie's Lucky Day

as J.C. Dithers

1951

1943

1943

Jack London

as Kerwin Maxwell

1952

The Steel Trap

as Tom Bowers

1943

Nobody's Darling

as Jason Rhodes

1952

Scandal Sheet

as Frank Madison

1936

Charlie Chan's Secret

as Warren T. Phelps

1936

1947

High Wall

as Emory Garrison

1950

Triple Trouble

as The Judge

1941

1938

Boys Town

as John Hargraves

1945

The Strange Mr. Gregory

as Defense Attorney Blair

1950

1944

End of the Road

as Gregory McCune

1955

The Night Holds Terror

as Bob Henderson

1936

36 Hours to Kill

as Mac - Train Conductor

1935

Alice Adams

as Mr. Palmer

1944

Dead Man's Eyes

as Dr. Sam Welles

1940

The Saint's Double Trouble

as Inspector Henry Fernack

1937

Saratoga

as Frank Clayton

1948

Disaster

as Police Commissioner Jerome

1949

The Judge

as Judge Allan J. Brooks

1938

The Saint in New York

as Inspector Henry Fernack

1939

The Saint Strikes Back

as Inspector Henry Fernack

1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

as President of Western Union

1947

The Ghost Goes Wild

as Max Atterbury

1941

Strange Alibi

as Police Chief Sprague

1940

The Saint Takes Over

as Inspector Henry Fernack

1941

The Saint In Palm Springs

as Inspector Henry Fernack

1947

The Beginning or the End

as Dr. Vannevar Bush

1942

Flight Lieutenant

as Joseph Sanford

1946

1954

Cattle Queen of Montana

as Politician (uncredited)

1943

The Rear Gunner

as Commanding Officer

1946

Wife Wanted

as Philip Conway

1937

Sea Devils

as Court-Martial President (uncredited)

1949

State Department: File 649

as Director-General

1938

Arsène Lupin Returns

as F.B.I. Special Agent

1936

The Accusing Finger

as Special Prosecutor

1935

Hit-and-Run Driver

as Captain James (uncredited)

1938

Over the Wall

as Governor James McDonald

1951

Insurance Investigator

as Russell James

1937

Danger – Love at Work

as Parsons, an attorney

1951

Let's Go Navy!

as Captain

1937

Racketeers in Exile

as Alden Parker

1941

Flight from Destiny

as Dist. Atty. Johnson

1945

Divorce

as Judge

1938

The Duke of West Point

as Steven's Father

1942

Miss Annie Rooney

as Mr. Martin White

1936

1934

1936

The Case Against Mrs. Ames

as First trial judge

1953

The Flaming Urge

as Mr. Chalmers

1936

Happy Go Lucky

as J. Lansing Bennett

1938

Tarnished Angel

as Detective Sgt. Cramer

1934

A Lost Lady

as (uncredited)

1939

In Old Monterey

as Stevenson

1945

Man Alive

as Osborne

1937

She's Dangerous

as Charles Fitzgerald

1939

Barricade

as Assistant Secretary of State

1946

Rolling Home

as Henry Kane

1937

John Meade's Woman

as Mr. Melton

1938

Her Jungle Love

as J.C. Martin

1938

1937

Exiled to Shanghai

as J.B. Willet

1952

Son of Paleface

as Governor Freeman (uncredited)

1938

Letter of Introduction

as Lou Woodstock (uncredited)

1938

Breaking the Ice

as Mr. Kane

1935

Let 'em Have It

as Microscopic Expert

1938

1938

1938

1946

Riverboat Rhythm

as Col. Edward Beeler

1949

Rose of the Yukon

as Gen. Butler

1938

Fugitives for a Night

as Police Captain

1945

The Phantom Speaks

as Owen McAllister

1951

1937

Madame X

as Hugh Fariman Sr.

1953

Taxi

as Mr. Barker (uncredited)

1935

One New York Night

as Mr. Stokes

1938

Road Demon

as Anderson

1937

Man Of The People

as Carter Spetner

1939

In Name Only

as Dr. Gateson

1937

The Man Who Found Himself

as Dr. Tom Smythe

1936

Spendthrift

as Attorney

1936

Sutter's Gold

as Prosecuting Attorney

1936

The Devil Is a Sissy

as Judge Holmes

1938

1948

Rocky

as Kenneth Forrester

1934

Gentlemen Are Born

as Second Broker

1938

1944

The Black Parachute

as King Stephen

1939

Stand Up and Fight

as Colonel Webb

1939

Wings of the Navy

as Commandant

1939

Tail Spin

as Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)

1939

Thunder Afloat

as Admiral Girard

1953

Kansas Pacific

as Sherman Johnson

1936

Fury

as Defense Attorney

1937

You Can't Buy Luck

as Prosecutor (uncredited)

1952

1937

Wings Over Honolulu

as Judge Advocate

1943

1956

Jaguar

as Dr. Powell

1945

Dakota

as Col. Wordin

1947

1935

Too Tough to Kill

as Chairman of the Board

1937

Big Town Girl

as Hershell

1941

The Pittsburgh Kid

as Max Ellison

1940

Johnny Apollo

as Dr. Brown

1942

Joe Smith, American

as Blake McKettrick

1956

The Three Outlaws

as Pinkerton

1944

My Buddy

as Senator Henry

1945

G.I. Honeymoon

as Colonel Hammerhead Smith

1940

We Who Are Young

as Braddock

1937

1936

Three Live Ghosts

as Detective Bolton

1936

The Singing Kid

as Dr. Brown (uncredited)

1949

Stampede

as Varick

1947

Black Gold

as Senator Watkins

1946

Easy to Wed

as Hector Boswell

1946

Gay Blades

as Whittlesey

1936

Sinner Take All

as Dr. Harrison (uncredited)

1950

Short Grass

as Charlie Bissel

1942

Lone Star Ranger

as Judge Longstreth

1948

Silver River

as Major Spencer

1942

Calling Dr. Gillespie

as Frank M. Todwell

1948

Call Northside 777

as Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)

1940

Dulcy

as Homer Patterson

1935

A Night at the Opera

as The Stage Manager (uncredited)

1937

A Star Is Born

as Judge George J. Parris (uncredited)

1935

A Night at the Ritz

as Director (uncredited)

1945

Watchtower Over Tomorrow

as Security Council Chair

1934

Housewife

as Doctor

1947

The Vigilantes Return

as Judge Holden

1938

Yellow Jack

as Major General Leonard Wood

1937

Midnight Madonna

as Stuart Kirkland

1935

Navy Wife

as Norton

1954

She Couldn't Say No

as John Bentley

1944

This Is the Life

as Dr. Plum

1936

Flying Hostess

as Kendall

1942

The Bugle Sounds

as Brigadier-General

1938

Crime Ring

as Bank President

1946

The Cat Creeps

as Walter Elliott

1950

Federal Agent at Large

as James Goodwin

1941

Her First Beau

as Mr. Harris

1940

Melody and Moonlight

as Otis Barnett

1935

1936

1937

You Only Live Once

as District Attorney (uncredited)

1941

Ringside Maisie

as Dr. Kramer

1934

The Case of the Howling Dog

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1935

'G' Men

as Congressman (uncredited)

1935

Public Hero Number 1

as Prison Board Member (uncredited)

1935

The Calling of Dan Matthews

as Club Owner (uncredited)

1936

You May Be Next!

as Army Officer (uncredited)

1935

Page Miss Glory

as Husband at Train Station (uncredited)

1935

If You Could Only Cook

as Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)

1935

The Raven

as Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)

1936

Educating Father

as Fred Humphrey

1936

The Voice of Bugle Ann

as District Attorney

1944

Hollywood Canteen

as Mr. Brodel (uncredited)

1949

The Fountainhead

as Guy Francon (uncredited)

1948

Johnny Belinda

as Dr. Horace M. Gray (uncredited)

1946

Angel on My Shoulder

as Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)

1952

Young Man with Ideas

as Stanley Rickson (uncredited)

1951

The Tall Target

as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)

1936

China Clipper

as State Department Official (uncredited)

1945

Allotment Wives

as Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert

1940

Private Affairs

as George Gilkin

1950

Three Husbands

as Edward Wurdeman - Attorney at Law

1948

Tap Roots

as Gen. Johnston (uncredited)

1939

One Against the World

as Dr. Ephraim McDowell

1939

The Big Guy

as Jack Lane

1937

The League of Frightened Men

as Alexander Drummond

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