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".
200 movies · 12 shows
The Three Outlaws
1956·6.0
Jaguar
1956·7.5
The Night Holds Terror
1955·5.5
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954·5.7
Duffy of San Quentin
1954·6.6
She Couldn't Say No
1954·5.7
The Flaming Urge
1953·7.0
Kansas Pacific
1953·5.0
Taxi
1953·6.8
The Steel Trap
1952·6.6
Behind Southern Lines
1952·8.0
Son of Paleface
1952·6.4
Young Man with Ideas
1952·5.2
Scandal Sheet
1952·7.0
Sunny Side of the Street
1951·8.0
The Tall Target
1951·6.9
Let's Go Navy!
1951·8.0
Rodeo King and the Senorita
1951·7.0
Strangers on a Train
1951·7.7
Insurance Investigator
1951·5.7
Short Grass
1950·6.5
Three Husbands
1950·5.4
Triple Trouble
1950·7.0
Federal Agent at Large
1950·5.8
The Baron of Arizona
1950·6.7
A Dangerous Profession
1949·5.7
The Fountainhead
1949·6.8
Stampede
1949·6.3
State Department: File 649
1949·5.0
The Judge
1949·5.5
Rose of the Yukon
1949·7.0
Disaster
1948·6.0
Johnny Belinda
1948·6.8
Tap Roots
1948·6.9
Silver River
1948·6.2
King of the Gamblers
1948·7.0
Call Northside 777
1948·6.7
Rocky
1948·8.0
High Wall
1947·6.4
Her Husband's Affairs
1947·5.6
Black Gold
1947·7.0
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947·6.0
The Vigilantes Return
1947·3.8
The Beginning or the End
1947·6.4
Wife Wanted
1946·7.8
Rolling Home
1946·5.7
Blondie Knows Best
1946·6.9
Angel on My Shoulder
1946·6.5
Easy to Wed
1946·6.4
The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946·6.2
The Cat Creeps
1946·5.0
Blondie's Lucky Day
1946·6.4
Riverboat Rhythm
1946·6.3
Gay Blades
1946·8.0
Dakota
1945·5.2
Life with Blondie
1945·6.7
Man Alive
1945·5.6
Allotment Wives
1945·6.7
Divorce
1945·6.0
The Phantom Speaks
1945·5.7
G.I. Honeymoon
1945·8.0
Watchtower Over Tomorrow
1945·5.4
Leave It to Blondie
1945·6.8
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945·5.5
Hollywood Canteen
1944·7.3
End of the Road
1944·5.8
Dead Man's Eyes
1944·6.6
My Buddy
1944·9.0
This Is the Life
1944·6.0
The Black Parachute
1944·6.8
Jack London
1943·6.1
There's Something About a Soldier
1943·5.4
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943·6.5
Footlight Glamour
1943·8.0
Nobody's Darling
1943·8.0
It's a Great Life
1943·7.7
The Rear Gunner
1943·6.4
Hangmen Also Die!
1943·6.9
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943·6.7
Blondie for Victory
1942·7.6
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942·7.0
Flight Lieutenant
1942·6.3
Miss Annie Rooney
1942·6.3
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942·7.0
Lone Star Ranger
1942·5.3
Joe Smith, American
1942·6.5
The Bugle Sounds
1942·6.8
Blondie Goes to College
1942·6.6
The Pittsburgh Kid
1941·7.0
Ringside Maisie
1941·5.6
Blondie in Society
1941·6.4
Her First Beau
1941·6.5
Strange Alibi
1941·7.2
The Great Swindle
1941·8.0
Blondie Goes Latin
1941·6.6
Flight from Destiny
1941·5.8
The Saint In Palm Springs
1941·6.1
Blondie Plays Cupid
1940·6.8
Melody and Moonlight
1940·7.5
Dulcy
1940·6.4
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940·7.0
We Who Are Young
1940·6.3
Private Affairs
1940·7.0
The Saint Takes Over
1940·6.7
Johnny Apollo
1940·6.8
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940·6.0
The Big Guy
1939·8.0
Barricade
1939·6.5
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939·6.0
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939·6.9
Thunder Afloat
1939·6.1
One Against the World
1939·8.0
In Name Only
1939·7.0
In Old Monterey
1939·6.3
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939·6.3
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939·5.8
The Saint Strikes Back
1939·5.8
Tail Spin
1939·6.3
Wings of the Navy
1939·6.2
Stand Up and Fight
1939·6.0
The Duke of West Point
1938·4.5
There's That Woman Again
1938·6.2
Road Demon
1938·10.0
Blondie
1938·7.0
Tarnished Angel
1938·5.3
Fugitives for a Night
1938·7.3
Breaking the Ice
1938·6.1
Boys Town
1938·6.8
Letter of Introduction
1938·6.0
Men with Wings
1938·5.4
Crime Ring
1938·5.8
Wives Under Suspicion
1938·5.3
The Saint in New York
1938·6.6
Gangs of New York
1938·5.3
Yellow Jack
1938·5.9
Her Jungle Love
1938·7.5
Over the Wall
1938·5.7
Judge Hardy's Children
1938·6.8
The First Hundred Years
1938·7.3
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938·6.3
Exiled to Shanghai
1937·5.5
Big Town Girl
1937·7.0
Madame X
1937·6.1
Danger – Love at Work
1937·7.0
Saratoga
1937·6.5
Midnight Madonna
1937·8.0
This Is My Affair
1937·7.3
The League of Frightened Men
1937·6.2
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937·6.8
Wings Over Honolulu
1937·6.4
You Can't Buy Luck
1937·4.7
A Star Is Born
1937·7.2
The Man Who Found Himself
1937·8.5
Racketeers in Exile
1937·7.5
John Meade's Woman
1937·7.0
Sea Devils
1937·6.0
Outcast
1937·8.0
Man Of The People
1937·7.0
She's Dangerous
1937·7.0
You Only Live Once
1937·7.1
Sinner Take All
1936·4.9
Happy Go Lucky
1936·7.0
Flying Hostess
1936·10.0
The Accusing Finger
1936·5.8
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936·7.0
China Clipper
1936·5.9
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936·7.1
36 Hours to Kill
1936·6.1
Spendthrift
1936·6.0
Fury
1936·7.5
Educating Father
1936·9.0
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936·5.0
The Singing Kid
1936·7.0
Panic on the Air
1936·5.8
Too Many Parents
1936·5.2
Sutter's Gold
1936·7.0
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936·5.5
You May Be Next!
1936·4.8
Charlie Chan's Secret
1936·7.0
Three Live Ghosts
1936·6.0
If You Could Only Cook
1935·7.5
Hit-and-Run Driver
1935·6.2
Too Tough to Kill
1935·7.5
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935·4.7
A Night at the Opera
1935·7.4
3 Kids and a Queen
1935·6.8
Navy Wife
1935·6.0
Page Miss Glory
1935·6.7
Alice Adams
1935·6.7
The Raven
1935·6.6
Public Hero Number 1
1935·6.3
Let 'em Have It
1935·7.6
'G' Men
1935·6.6
A Night at the Ritz
1935·6.5
One New York Night
1935·7.5
Lightning Strikes Twice
1934·5.3
Gentlemen Are Born
1934·7.3
A Lost Lady
1934·5.8
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934·6.3
Housewife
1934·7.3