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Jonathan Hale
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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 Ha…
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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".
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1956
The Three Outlaws
Movie Pinkerton
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1956
Jaguar
Movie Dr. Powell
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1955
Crossroads
TV show Governor
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1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV show Mayor
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1955
MGM Parade
TV show
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1955
The Night Holds Terror
Movie Bob Henderson
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1954
Cattle Queen of Montana
Movie Politician (uncredited)
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1954
Lassie
TV show
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1954
The Whistler
TV show
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1954
Duffy of San Quentin
Movie Boyd
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1954
She Couldn't Say No
Movie John Bentley
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1953
The Flaming Urge
Movie Mr. Chalmers
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1953
City Detective
TV show
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1953
Kansas Pacific
Movie Sherman Johnson
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1953
Taxi
Movie Mr. Barker (uncredited)
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1952
The Steel Trap
Movie Tom Bowers
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1952
Behind Southern Lines
Movie General
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1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV show
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1952
Cavalcade of America
TV show
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1952
Adventures of Superman
TV show Professor Roberts
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1952
Son of Paleface
Movie Governor Freeman (uncredited)
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1952
Young Man with Ideas
Movie Stanley Rickson (uncredited)
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1952
Scandal Sheet
Movie Frank Madison
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1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV show
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1951
Sunny Side of the Street
Movie Cyrus Pelley
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1951
The Tall Target
Movie Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
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1951
Let's Go Navy!
Movie Captain
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1951
Rodeo King and the Senorita
Movie Dr. Sands
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1951
Strangers on a Train
Movie Mr. Antony
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1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV show General
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1951
Insurance Investigator
Movie Russell James
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1950
Short Grass
Movie Charlie Bissel
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1950
Three Husbands
Movie Edward Wurdeman
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1950
The Cisco Kid
TV show Barry Owens
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1950
Triple Trouble
Movie The Judge
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1950
Federal Agent at Large
Movie James Goodwin
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1950
The Baron of Arizona
Movie Governor
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1949
A Dangerous Profession
Movie
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1949
The Fountainhead
Movie Guy Francon (uncredited)
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1949
Stampede
Movie Varick
