Jonathan Hale
Birthday: 1891-03-21 | Place of Birth: Hamilton, Ontario, CanadaFrom 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".
Known For
Acting
Role
as Dr. Powell
as Pinkerton
as Boyd
as Mr. Chalmers
as Frank Madison
as Mr. Antony
as Russell James
as Charlie Bissel
as Edward Wurdeman - Attorney at Law
as Governor
as Varick
as Major Spencer
as Gov. Fox
as Judge Holden
as Max Atterbury
as Captain Griffin
as Philip Conway
as Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert
as Owen McAllister
as Dr. Sam Welles
as King Stephen
as Senator Henry
as Commanding Officer
as Kerwin Maxwell
as Blake McKettrick
as Dist. Atty. Johnson
as Inspector Henry Fernack
as Max Ellison
as Police Chief Sprague
as Inspector Henry Fernack
