Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-03-20 (75 years old)
Deathday
1966-02-28
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Also known As
Jonathan Hale Jr.
John Hale
Jonathan Hatley
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...
1938
as Mr. Dithers
1939
as J.C. Dithers
1940
as J.C. Dithers
1941
as J.C. Dithers
1940
as J.C. Dithers
1942
as J.C. Dithers
1939
as J.C. Dithars
1942
as J.C. Dithers
1941
as J.C. Dithers
1946
as J.C. Dithers
1943
as J.C. Dithers
1943
as J.C. Dithers
1945
as J.C. Dithers
1942
as J.C. Dithers
1945
as J.C. Dithers
1946
as J.C. Dithers
1951
as Mr. Antony
1943
as Dedic
1943
as Kerwin Maxwell
1952
as Tom Bowers
1943
as Jason Rhodes
1937
as Mr. Hopkins
1952
as Frank Madison
1936
as Warren T. Phelps
1936
as Warren Fenton
1947
as Emory Garrison
1950
as The Judge
1941
as Swann
1938
as John Hargraves
1945
as Defense Attorney Blair
1950
as Governor
1944
as Gregory McCune
1955
as Bob Henderson
1936
as Mac - Train Conductor
1935
as Mr. Palmer
1944
as Dr. Sam Welles
1940
as Inspector Henry Fernack
1937
as Frank Clayton
1948
as Police Commissioner Jerome
1949
as Judge Allan J. Brooks
1938
as Inspector Henry Fernack
1939
as Inspector Henry Fernack
1939
as President of Western Union
1947
as Max Atterbury
1941
as Police Chief Sprague
1940
as Inspector Henry Fernack
1941
as Inspector Henry Fernack
1947
as Dr. Vannevar Bush
1942
as Joseph Sanford
1946
as Captain Griffin
1954
as Politician (uncredited)
1943
as Commanding Officer
1946
as Philip Conway
1937
as Court-Martial President (uncredited)
1949
as Director-General
1938
as F.B.I. Special Agent
1936
as Special Prosecutor
1935
as Captain James (uncredited)
1938
as Governor James McDonald
1951
as Russell James
1937
as Parsons, an attorney
1951
as Captain
1937
as Alden Parker
1941
as Dist. Atty. Johnson
1945
as Judge
1938
as Steven's Father
1942
as Mr. Martin White
1936
as Judge
1934
as Capt. Nelson
1954
as Boyd
1936
as First trial judge
1953
as Mr. Chalmers
1936
as J. Lansing Bennett
1938
as Detective Sgt. Cramer
1934
as (uncredited)
1939
as Stevenson
1945
as Osborne
1937
as Charles Fitzgerald
1939
as Assistant Secretary of State
1946
as Henry Kane
1937
as Mr. Melton
1938
as J.C. Martin
1943
as Gen. Sommerton
1938
as John Lee
1937
as J.B. Willet
1952
as Governor Freeman (uncredited)
1938
as Lou Woodstock (uncredited)
1938
as Mr. Kane
1935
as Microscopic Expert
1938
as Warden
1938
as Judge Parker
1938
as Allison
1946
as Col. Edward Beeler
1949
as Gen. Butler
1938
as Police Captain
1945
as Owen McAllister
1951
as Cyrus Pelley
1937
as Hugh Fariman Sr.
1953
as Mr. Barker (uncredited)
1935
as Mr. Stokes
1938
as Anderson
1939
as Mayor
1937
as Carter Spetner
1939
as Dr. Gateson
1937
as Dr. Tom Smythe
1936
as Attorney
1936
as Prosecuting Attorney
1936
as Judge Holmes
1938
as Rolfe Davis
1948
as Kenneth Forrester
1934
as Second Broker
1938
as Long
1944
as King Stephen
1939
as Colonel Webb
1939
as Commandant
1939
as Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
1939
as Admiral Girard
1953
as Sherman Johnson
1937
1936
as Defense Attorney
1937
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
1952
as General
1937
as Judge Advocate
1943
as Mr. Fox
1956
as Dr. Powell
1945
as Col. Wordin
1947
as Gov. Fox
1935
as Chairman of the Board
1937
as Hershell
1941
as Max Ellison
1940
as Dr. Brown
1942
as Blake McKettrick
1956
as Pinkerton
1944
as Senator Henry
1945
as Colonel Hammerhead Smith
1940
as Braddock
1937
as Judge
1951
as Dr. Sands
1936
as Detective Bolton
1936
as Dr. Brown (uncredited)
1949
as Varick
1947
as Senator Watkins
1946
as Hector Boswell
1946
as Whittlesey
1936
as Dr. Harrison (uncredited)
1950
as Charlie Bissel
1942
as Judge Longstreth
1948
as Major Spencer
1942
as Frank M. Todwell
1948
as Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
1940
as Homer Patterson
1935
as The Stage Manager (uncredited)
1937
as Judge George J. Parris (uncredited)
1935
as Director (uncredited)
1945
as Security Council Chair
1934
as Doctor
1947
as Judge Holden
1938
as Major General Leonard Wood
1937
as Stuart Kirkland
1935
as Norton
1954
as John Bentley
1944
as Dr. Plum
1936
as Kendall
1942
as Brigadier-General
1938
as Bank President
1946
as Walter Elliott
1950
as James Goodwin
1941
as Mr. Harris
1940
as Otis Barnett
1935
as Gangster
1936
as Johnson
1937
as District Attorney (uncredited)
1941
as Dr. Kramer
1934
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1935
as Congressman (uncredited)
1935
as Prison Board Member (uncredited)
1935
as Club Owner (uncredited)
1936
as Army Officer (uncredited)
1935
as Husband at Train Station (uncredited)
1935
as Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
1935
as Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
1936
as Fred Humphrey
1936
as District Attorney
1944
as Mr. Brodel (uncredited)
1949
as Guy Francon (uncredited)
1948
as Dr. Horace M. Gray (uncredited)
1946
as Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)
1952
as Stanley Rickson (uncredited)
1951
as Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
1936
as State Department Official (uncredited)
1945
as Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert
1940
as George Gilkin
1950
as Edward Wurdeman - Attorney at Law
1948
as Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
1939
as Dr. Ephraim McDowell
1939
as Jack Lane
1937
as Alexander Drummond
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