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 Cisc
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Personal Info

Id

12502

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-03-20

Place of Birth

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

  • Jonathan Hale Jr.
  • John Hale
  • Jonathan Hatley
  • Content Score

    100

    Yes! Looking good!

    Known For

    Blondie

    Blondie

    Blondie in Society

    Blondie in S

    Blondie Plays Cupid

    Blondie Play

    Blondie Has Servant Trouble

    Blondie Has

    Blondie Brings Up Baby

    Blondie Brin

    Blondie Meets the Boss

    Blondie Meet

    Blondie Goes to College

    Blondie Goes

    Footlight Glamour

    Footlight Gl

    Blondie's Blessed Event

    Blondie's Bl

    It's a Great Life

    It's a Great

    Blondie Goes Latin

    Blondie Goes

    Blondie for Victory

    Blondie for

    Blondie Knows Best

    Blondie Know

    Leave It to Blondie

    Leave It to

    Blondie's Lucky Day

    Blondie's Lu

    Life with Blondie

    Life with Bl

    Strangers on a Train

    Strangers on

    Hangmen Also Die!

    Hangmen Also

    Jack London

    Jack London

    The Steel Trap

    The Steel Tr

    Nobody's Darling

    Nobody's Dar

    Charlie Chan at the Olympics

    Charlie Chan

    Scandal Sheet

    Scandal Shee

    Charlie Chan's Secret

    Charlie Chan

    Charlie Chan at the Race Track

    Charlie Chan

    Triple Trouble

    Triple Troub

    High Wall

    High Wall

    The Great Swindle

    The Great Sw

    Boys Town

    Boys Town

    The Strange Mr. Gregory

    The Strange

    The Baron of Arizona

    The Baron of

    End of the Road

    End of the R

    The Night Holds Terror

    The Night Ho

    36 Hours to Kill

    36 Hours to

    Alice Adams

    Alice Adams

    Dead Man's Eyes

    Dead Man's E

    The Saint's Double Trouble

    The Saint's

    Saratoga

    Saratoga

    Disaster

    Disaster

    The Judge

    The Judge

    The Saint Strikes Back

    The Saint St

    The Saint in New York

    The Saint in

    The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

    The Story of

    The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

    The Amazing

    The Ghost Goes Wild

    The Ghost Go

    Strange Alibi

    Strange Alib

    The Saint Takes Over

    The Saint Ta

    The Saint In Palm Springs

    The Saint In

    The Beginning or the End

    The Beginnin

    Flight Lieutenant

    Flight Lieut

    The Walls Came Tumbling Down

    The Walls Ca

    Cattle Queen of Montana

    Cattle Queen

    The Rear Gunner

    The Rear Gun

    Wife Wanted

    Wife Wanted

    Sea Devils

    Sea Devils

    Placeholder

    State Depart

    Arsène Lupin Returns

    Arsène Lupin

    The Accusing Finger

    The Accusing

    Hit-and-Run Driver

    Hit-and-Run

    Over the Wall

    Over the Wal

    Insurance Investigator

    Insurance In

    Danger – Love at Work

    Danger – Lov

    Let's Go Navy!

    Let's Go Nav

    Racketeers in Exile

    Racketeers i

    Flight from Destiny

    Flight from

    Divorce

    Divorce

    The Duke of West Point

    The Duke of

    Miss Annie Rooney

    Miss Annie R

    Placeholder

    Too Many Par

    Lightning Strikes Twice

    Lightning St

    Duffy of San Quentin

    Duffy of San

    The Case Against Mrs. Ames

    The Case Aga

    The Flaming Urge

    The Flaming

    Placeholder

    Happy Go Luc

    Tarnished Angel

    Tarnished An

    A Lost Lady

    A Lost Lady

    In Old Monterey

    In Old Monte

    Man Alive

    Man Alive

    She's Dangerous

    She's Danger

    Barricade

    Barricade

    Rolling Home

    Rolling Home

    John Meade's Woman

    John Meade's

    Her Jungle Love

    Her Jungle L

    There's Something About a Soldier

    There's Some

    Judge Hardy's Children

    Judge Hardy'

    Placeholder

    Exiled to Sh

    Son of Paleface

    Son of Palef

    Letter of Introduction

    Letter of In

    Breaking the Ice

    Breaking the

    Let 'em Have It

    Let 'em Have

    Gangs of New York

    Gangs of New

    The First Hundred Years

    The First Hu

    Wives Under Suspicion

    Wives Under

    Riverboat Rhythm

    Riverboat Rh

    Rose of the Yukon

    Rose of the

    Fugitives for a Night

    Fugitives fo

    The Phantom Speaks

    The Phantom

    Sunny Side of the Street

    Sunny Side o

    Madame X

    Madame X

    Taxi

    Taxi

    One New York Night

    One New York

    Placeholder

    Road Demon

    The Amazing Mr. Williams

    The Amazing

    Man Of The People

    Man Of The P

    In Name Only

    In Name Only

    The Man Who Found Himself

    The Man Who

    Spendthrift

    Spendthrift

    Sutter's Gold

    Sutter's Gol

    The Devil Is a Sissy

    The Devil Is

    There's That Woman Again

    There's That

    Rocky

    Rocky

    Gentlemen Are Born

    Gentlemen Ar

    Men with Wings

    Men with Win

    The Black Parachute

    The Black Pa

    Stand Up and Fight

    Stand Up and

    Wings of the Navy

    Wings of the

    Tail Spin

    Tail Spin

    Thunder Afloat

    Thunder Aflo

    Kansas Pacific

    Kansas Pacif

    Outcast

    Outcast

    Fury

    Fury

    You Can't Buy Luck

    You Can't Bu

    Behind Southern Lines

    Behind South

    Wings Over Honolulu

    Wings Over H

    Sweet Rosie O'Grady

    Sweet Rosie

    Placeholder

    Jaguar

    Dakota

    Dakota

    Her Husband's Affairs

    Her Husband'

    Placeholder

    Too Tough to

    Big Town Girl

    Big Town Gir

    The Pittsburgh Kid

    The Pittsbur

    Johnny Apollo

    Johnny Apoll

    Joe Smith, American

    Joe Smith, A

    The Three Outlaws

    The Three Ou

    Placeholder

    My Buddy

    G.I. Honeymoon

    G.I. Honeymo

    We Who Are Young

    We Who Are Y

    This Is My Affair

    This Is My A

    Rodeo King and the Senorita

    Rodeo King a

    Three Live Ghosts

    Three Live G

    The Singing Kid

    The Singing

    Stampede

    Stampede

    Black Gold

    Black Gold

    Easy to Wed

    Easy to Wed

    Gay Blades

    Gay Blades

    Sinner Take All

    Sinner Take

    Short Grass

    Short Grass

    Lone Star Ranger

    Lone Star Ra

    Silver River

    Silver River

    Calling Dr. Gillespie

    Calling Dr.

    Call Northside 777

    Call Northsi

    Dulcy

    Dulcy

    A Night at the Opera

    A Night at t

    A Star Is Born

    A Star Is Bo

    A Night at the Ritz

    A Night at t

    Placeholder

    Watchtower O

    Housewife

    Housewife

    The Vigilantes Return

    The Vigilant

    Yellow Jack

    Yellow Jack

    Navy Wife

    Navy Wife

    She Couldn't Say No

    She Couldn't

    This Is the Life

    This Is the

    Flying Hostess

    Flying Hoste

    The Bugle Sounds

    The Bugle So

    Crime Ring

    Crime Ring

    The Cat Creeps

    The Cat Cree

    Federal Agent at Large

    Federal Agen

    Her First Beau

    Her First Be

    Melody and Moonlight

    Melody and M

    3 Kids and a Queen

    3 Kids and a

    Panic on the Air

    Panic on the

    You Only Live Once

    You Only Liv

    Ringside Maisie

    Ringside Mai

    The Case of the Howling Dog

    The Case of

    'G' Men

    'G' Men

    Public Hero Number 1

    Public Hero

    The Calling of Dan Matthews

    The Calling

    If You Could Only Cook

    If You Could

    Page Miss Glory

    Page Miss Gl

    The Voice of Bugle Ann

    The Voice of

    You May Be Next!

    You May Be N

    The Raven

    The Raven

    Hollywood Canteen

    Hollywood Ca

    Johnny Belinda

    Johnny Belin

    Educating Father

    Educating Fa

    Angel on My Shoulder

    Angel on My

    The Fountainhead

    The Fountain

    Young Man with Ideas

    Young Man wi

    The Tall Target

    The Tall Tar

    China Clipper

    China Clippe

    Allotment Wives

    Allotment Wi

    Placeholder

    Private Affa

    Three Husbands

    Three Husban

    Tap Roots

    Tap Roots

    One Against the World

    One Against

    The Big Guy

    The Big Guy

    A Dangerous Profession

    A Dangerous

    The League of Frightened Men

    The League o

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    No title found

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    1956

    The Three Outlaws

    asPinkerton

    1956

    Jaguar

    asDr. Powell

    1955

    The Night Holds Terror

    asBob Henderson

    1954

    Cattle Queen of Montana

    asPolitician (uncredited)

    1954

    Duffy of San Quentin

    asBoyd

    1954

    She Couldn't Say No

    asJohn Bentley

    1953

    The Flaming Urge

    asMr. Chalmers

    1953

    Kansas Pacific

    asSherman Johnson

    1953

    Taxi

    asMr. Barker (uncredited)

    1952

    The Steel Trap

    asTom Bowers

    1952

    Behind Southern Lines

    asGeneral

    1952

    Son of Paleface

    asGovernor Freeman (uncredited)

    1952

    Young Man with Ideas

    asStanley Rickson (uncredited)

    1952

    Scandal Sheet

    asFrank Madison

    1951

    Sunny Side of the Street

    asCyrus Pelley

    1951

    The Tall Target

    asPassenger from Carolina (uncredited)

    1951

    Let's Go Navy!

    asCaptain

    1951

    Rodeo King and the Senorita

    asDr. Sands

    1951

    Strangers on a Train

    asMr. Antony

    1951

    Insurance Investigator

    asRussell James

    1950

    Short Grass

    asCharlie Bissel

    1950

    Three Husbands

    asEdward Wurdeman - Attorney at Law

    1950

    Triple Trouble

    asThe Judge

    1950

    Federal Agent at Large

    asJames Goodwin

    1950

    The Baron of Arizona

    asGovernor

    1949

    A Dangerous Profession

    as

    1949

    The Fountainhead

    asGuy Francon (uncredited)

    1949

    Stampede

    asVarick

    1949

    State Department: File 649

    asDirector-General

    1949

    The Judge

    asJudge Allan J. Brooks

    1949

    Rose of the Yukon

    asGen. Butler

    1948

    Disaster

    asPolice Commissioner Jerome

    1948

    Johnny Belinda

    asDr. Horace M. Gray (uncredited)

    1948

    Tap Roots

    asGen. Johnston (uncredited)

    1948

    Silver River

    asMajor Spencer

    1948

    Call Northside 777

    asGovernor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)

    1948

    Rocky

    asKenneth Forrester

    1947

    High Wall

    asEmory Garrison

    1947

    Her Husband's Affairs

    asGov. Fox

    1947

    Black Gold

    asSenator Watkins

    1947

    The Ghost Goes Wild

    asMax Atterbury

    1947

    The Vigilantes Return

    asJudge Holden

    1947

    The Beginning or the End

    asDr. Vannevar Bush

    1946

    Wife Wanted

    asPhilip Conway

    1946

    Rolling Home

    asHenry Kane

    1946

    Blondie Knows Best

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1946

    Angel on My Shoulder

    asCitizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)

    1946

    Easy to Wed

    asHector Boswell

    1946

    The Walls Came Tumbling Down

    asCaptain Griffin

    1946

    The Cat Creeps

    asWalter Elliott

    1946

    Blondie's Lucky Day

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1946

    Riverboat Rhythm

    asCol. Edward Beeler

    1946

    Gay Blades

    asWhittlesey

    1945

    Dakota

    asColonel Wordin

    1945

    Life with Blondie

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1945

    Man Alive

    asOsborne

    1945

    Allotment Wives

    asBrig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert

    1945

    Divorce

    asJudge

    1945

    The Phantom Speaks

    asOwen McAllister

    1945

    G.I. Honeymoon

    asColonel Hammerhead Smith

    1945

    Watchtower Over Tomorrow

    asSecurity Council Chair

    1945

    Leave It to Blondie

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1945

    The Strange Mr. Gregory

    asDefense Attorney Blair

    1944

    Hollywood Canteen

    asMr. Brodel (uncredited)

    1944

    End of the Road

    asGregory McCune

    1944

    Dead Man's Eyes

    asDr. Sam Welles

    1944

    My Buddy

    asSenator Henry

    1944

    This Is the Life

    asDr. Plum

    1944

    The Black Parachute

    asKing Stephen

    1943

    Jack London

    asKerwin Maxwell

    1943

    There's Something About a Soldier

    asGen. Sommerton

    1943

    Sweet Rosie O'Grady

    asMr. Fox

    1943

    Footlight Glamour

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1943

    Nobody's Darling

    asJason Rhodes

    1943

    It's a Great Life

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1943

    Hangmen Also Die!

    asDedic

    1943

    The Rear Gunner

    asCommanding Officer

    1943

    The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

    as

    1942

    Blondie for Victory

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1942

    Calling Dr. Gillespie

    asFrank M. Todwell

    1942

    Flight Lieutenant

    asJoseph Sanford

    1942

    Miss Annie Rooney

    asMr. Martin White

    1942

    Blondie's Blessed Event

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1942

    Lone Star Ranger

    asJudge Longstreth

    1942

    Joe Smith, American

    asBlake McKettrick

    1942

    The Bugle Sounds

    asBrigadier-General

    1942

    Blondie Goes to College

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1941

    The Pittsburgh Kid

    asMax Ellison

    1941

    Ringside Maisie

    asDr. Kramer

    1941

    Blondie in Society

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1941

    Her First Beau

    asMr. Harris

    1941

    Strange Alibi

    asPolice Chief Sprague

    1941

    The Great Swindle

    asSwann

    1941

    Blondie Goes Latin

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1941

    Flight from Destiny

    asDist. Atty. Johnson

    1941

    The Saint In Palm Springs

    asInspector Henry Fernack

    1940

    Blondie Plays Cupid

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1940

    Melody and Moonlight

    asOtis Barnett

    1940

    Dulcy

    asHomer Patterson

    1940

    Blondie Has Servant Trouble

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1940

    We Who Are Young

    asBraddock

    1940

    Private Affairs

    asGeorge Gilkin

    1940

    The Saint Takes Over

    asInspector Henry Fernack

    1940

    Johnny Apollo

    asDr. Brown

    1940

    The Saint's Double Trouble

    asInspector Henry Fernack

    1939

    The Big Guy

    asJack Lane

    1939

    Barricade

    asAssistant Secretary of State

    1939

    The Amazing Mr. Williams

    asMayor

    1939

    Blondie Brings Up Baby

    asJ.C. Dithers

    1939

    Thunder Afloat

    asAdmiral Girard

    1939

    One Against the World

    asDr. Ephraim McDowell

    1939

    In Name Only

    asDr. Gateson

    1939

    In Old Monterey

    asStevenson

    1939

    The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

    asPresident of Western Union

    1939

    Blondie Meets the Boss

    asJ.C. Dithars

    1939

    The Saint Strikes Back

    asInspector Henry Fernack

    1939

    Tail Spin

    asRacing Official Starter (Uncredited)

    1939

    Wings of the Navy

    asCommandant

    1939

    Stand Up and Fight

    asColonel Webb

    1938

    The Duke of West Point

    asSteven's Father

    1938

    There's That Woman Again

    asRolfe Davis

    1938

    Road Demon

    asAnderson

    1938

    Blondie

    asMr. Dithers

    1938

    Tarnished Angel

    asDetective Sgt. Cramer

    1938

    Fugitives for a Night

    asPolice Captain

    1938

    Breaking the Ice

    asMr. Kane

    1938

    Boys Town

    asJohn Hargraves

    1938

    Letter of Introduction

    asLou Woodstock (uncredited)

    1938

    Men with Wings

    asLong

    1938

    Crime Ring

    asBank President

    1938

    Wives Under Suspicion

    asAllison

    1938

    The Saint in New York

    asInspector Henry Fernack

    1938

    Gangs of New York

    asWarden

    1938

    Yellow Jack

    asMajor General Leonard Wood

    1938

    Her Jungle Love

    asJ.C. Martin

    1938

    Over the Wall

    asGovernor James McDonald

    1938

    Judge Hardy's Children

    asJohn Lee

    1938

    The First Hundred Years

    asJudge Parker

    1938

    Arsène Lupin Returns

    asF.B.I. Special Agent

    1937

    Exiled to Shanghai

    asJ.B. Willet

    1937

    Big Town Girl

    asHershell

    1937

    Madame X

    asHugh Fariman Sr.

    1937

    Danger – Love at Work

    asParsons, an attorney

    1937

    Saratoga

    asFrank Clayton

    1937

    Midnight Madonna

    asStuart Kirkland

    1937

    This Is My Affair

    asJudge

    1937

    The League of Frightened Men

    asAlexander Drummond

    1937

    Charlie Chan at the Olympics

    asMr. Hopkins

    1937

    Wings Over Honolulu

    asJudge Advocate

    1937

    You Can't Buy Luck

    asProsecutor (uncredited)

    1937

    A Star Is Born

    asJudge George J. Parris (uncredited)

    1937

    The Man Who Found Himself

    asDr. Tom Smythe

    1937

    Racketeers in Exile

    asAlden Parker

    1937

    John Meade's Woman

    asMr. Melton

    1937

    Sea Devils

    asCourt-Martial President (uncredited)

    1937

    Outcast

    as

    1937

    Man Of The People

    asCarter Spetner

    1937

    She's Dangerous

    asCharles Fitzgerald

    1937

    You Only Live Once

    asDistrict Attorney (uncredited)

    1936

    Sinner Take All

    asDr. Harrison (uncredited)

    1936

    Happy Go Lucky

    asJ. Lansing Bennett

    1936

    Flying Hostess

    asKendall

    1936

    The Accusing Finger

    asSpecial Prosecutor

    1936

    The Devil Is a Sissy

    asJudge Holmes

    1936

    China Clipper

    asState Department Official (uncredited)

    1936

    Charlie Chan at the Race Track

    asWarren Fenton

    1936

    36 Hours to Kill

    asMac - Train Conductor

    1936

    Spendthrift

    asAttorney

    1936

    Fury

    asDefense Attorney

    1936

    Educating Father

    asFred Humphrey

    1936

    The Case Against Mrs. Ames

    asFirst trial judge

    1936

    The Singing Kid

    asDr. Brown (uncredited)

    1936

    Panic on the Air

    asJohnson

    1936

    Too Many Parents

    asJudge

    1936

    Sutter's Gold

    asProsecuting Attorney

    1936

    The Voice of Bugle Ann

    asDistrict Attorney

    1936

    You May Be Next!

    asArmy Officer (uncredited)

    1936

    Charlie Chan's Secret

    asWarren T. Phelps

    1936

    Three Live Ghosts

    asDetective Bolton

    1935

    If You Could Only Cook

    asHenry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)

    1935

    Hit-and-Run Driver

    asCaptain James (uncredited)

    1935

    Too Tough to Kill

    asChairman of the Board

    1935

    The Calling of Dan Matthews

    asClub Owner (uncredited)

    1935

    A Night at the Opera

    asThe Stage Manager (uncredited)

    1935

    3 Kids and a Queen

    asGangster

    1935

    Navy Wife

    asNorton

    1935

    Page Miss Glory

    asHusband at Train Station (uncredited)

    1935

    Alice Adams

    asMr. Palmer

    1935

    The Raven

    asBedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)

    1935

    Public Hero Number 1

    asPrison Board Member (uncredited)

    1935

    Let 'em Have It

    asMicroscopic Expert

    1935

    'G' Men

    asCongressman (uncredited)

    1935

    A Night at the Ritz

    asDirector (uncredited)

    1935

    One New York Night

    asMr. Stokes

    1934

    Lightning Strikes Twice

    asCapt. Nelson

    1934

    Gentlemen Are Born

    asSecond Broker

    1934

    A Lost Lady

    as(uncredited)

    1934

    The Case of the Howling Dog

    asCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)

    1934

    Housewife

    asDoctor

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)as

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)as

    Coming Soon

    (2 episode)asProfessor Roberts

    Coming Soon

    (2 episode)as

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)as

    Coming Soon

    (2 episode)asBarry Owens

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)as

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)as

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asMayor

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asGovernor

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asBarry Owen aka Bill Stevens

    Coming Soon

    (1 episode)asGeneral