Birthday
1891/03/20
Day of death
1966/02/28 (74 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Also know 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 app...Read more
(1938) Blondie
as Mr. Dithers
(1939) Blondie Brings Up Baby
as J.C. Dithers
(1939) Blondie Meets the Boss
as J.C. Dithars
(1940) Blondie Has Servant Trouble
as J.C. Dithers
(1940) Blondie Plays Cupid
as J.C. Dithers
(1941) Blondie in Society
as J.C. Dithers
(1942) Blondie for Victory
as J.C. Dithers
(1941) Blondie Goes Latin
as J.C. Dithers
(1942) Blondie Goes to College
as J.C. Dithers
(1942) Blondie's Blessed Event
as J.C. Dithers
(1943) Footlight Glamour
as J.C. Dithers
(1943) It's a Great Life
as J.C. Dithers
(1945) Leave It to Blondie
as J.C. Dithers
(1946) Blondie Knows Best
as J.C. Dithers
(1946) Blondie's Lucky Day
as J.C. Dithers
(1945) Life with Blondie
as J.C. Dithers
(1951) Strangers on a Train
as Mr. Antony
(1943) Hangmen Also Die!
as Dedic
(1943) Jack London
as Kerwin Maxwell
(1952) The Steel Trap
as Tom Bowers
(1943) Nobody's Darling
as Jason Rhodes
(1937) Charlie Chan at the Olympics
as Mr. Hopkins
(1952) Scandal Sheet
as Frank Madison
(1936) Charlie Chan's Secret
as Warren T. Phelps
(1936) Charlie Chan at the Race Track
as Warren Fenton
(1950) Triple Trouble
as The Judge
(1947) High Wall
as Emory Garrison
(1941) The Great Swindle
as Swann
(1938) Boys Town
as John Hargraves
(1945) The Strange Mr. Gregory
as Defense Attorney Blair
(1950) The Baron of Arizona
as Governor
(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
(1943) The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
as ---
(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) The Walls Came Tumbling Down
as Captain Griffin
(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) Too Many Parents
as Judge
(1934) Lightning Strikes Twice
as Capt. Nelson
(1954) Duffy of San Quentin
as Boyd
(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
(1943) There's Something About a Soldier
as Gen. Sommerton
(1938) Judge Hardy's Children
as John Lee
(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) Gangs of New York
as Warden
(1938) The First Hundred Years
as Judge Parker
(1938) Wives Under Suspicion
as Allison
(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) Sunny Side of the Street
as Cyrus Pelley
(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
(1939) The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Mayor
(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) There's That Woman Again
as Rolfe Davis
(1948) Rocky
as Kenneth Forrester
(1934) Gentlemen Are Born
as Second Broker
(1938) Men with Wings
as Long
(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
(1937) Outcast
as ---
(1936) Fury
as Defense Attorney
(1937) You Can't Buy Luck
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
(1952) Behind Southern Lines
as General
(1937) Wings Over Honolulu
as Judge Advocate
(1943) Sweet Rosie O'Grady
as Mr. Fox
(1956) Jaguar
as Dr. Powell
(1945) Dakota
as Col. Wordin
(1947) Her Husband's Affairs
as Gov. Fox
(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) This Is My Affair
as Judge
(1936) Three Live Ghosts
as Detective Bolton
(1951) Rodeo King and the Senorita
as Dr. Sands
(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) 3 Kids and a Queen
as Gangster
(1936) Panic on the Air
as Johnson
(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 Raven
as Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
(1935) Page Miss Glory
as Husband at Train Station (uncredited)
(1935) The Calling of Dan Matthews
as Club Owner (uncredited)
(1935) If You Could Only Cook
as Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
(1936) You May Be Next!
as Army Officer (uncredited)
(1936) The Voice of Bugle Ann
as District Attorney
(1936) Educating Father
as Fred Humphrey
(1944) Hollywood Canteen
as Mr. Brodel (uncredited)
(1946) Angel on My Shoulder
as Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)
(1948) Johnny Belinda
as Dr. Horace M. Gray (uncredited)
(1949) The Fountainhead
as Guy Francon (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
(1949) A Dangerous Profession
as ---
(1937) The League of Frightened Men
as Alexander Drummond
(1954) Lassie
as ---
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1952) Adventures of Superman
as Professor Roberts
(1954) The Whistler
as ---
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as ---
(1950) The Cisco Kid
as Barry Owens
(1953) City Detective
as ---
(1952) Mr. & Mrs. North
as ---
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Mayor
(1955) Crossroads
as Governor
(1950) The Cisco Kid
as Barry Owen aka Bill Stevens
(1951) The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as General