Jonathan Hale
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 20, 1891, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- February 28, 1966
- Movies
- 200
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1956 | The Three Outlaws | Pinkerton |
| 1956 | Jaguar | Dr. Powell |
| 1955 | The Night Holds Terror | Bob Henderson |
| 1954 | Cattle Queen of Montana | Politician (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Duffy of San Quentin | Boyd |
| 1954 | She Couldn't Say No | John Bentley |
| 1953 | The Flaming Urge | Mr. Chalmers |
| 1953 | Kansas Pacific | Sherman Johnson |
| 1953 | Taxi | Mr. Barker (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Steel Trap | Tom Bowers |
| 1952 | Behind Southern Lines | General |
| 1952 | Son of Paleface | Governor Freeman (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Young Man with Ideas | Stanley Rickson (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Scandal Sheet | Frank Madison |
| 1951 | Sunny Side of the Street | Cyrus Pelley |
| 1951 | The Tall Target | Passenger from Carolina (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Let's Go Navy! | Captain |
| 1951 | Rodeo King and the Senorita | Dr. Sands |
| 1951 | Strangers on a Train | Mr. Antony |
| 1951 | Insurance Investigator | Russell James |
| 1950 | Short Grass | Charlie Bissel |
| 1950 | Three Husbands | Edward Wurdeman |
| 1950 | Triple Trouble | The Judge |
| 1950 | Federal Agent at Large | James Goodwin |
| 1950 | The Baron of Arizona | Governor |
| 1949 | A Dangerous Profession | |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Guy Francon (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Stampede | Varick |
| 1949 | State Department: File 649 | Director-General |
| 1949 | The Judge | Judge Allan J. Brooks |
| 1949 | Rose of the Yukon | Gen. Butler |
| 1948 | Disaster | Police Commissioner Jerome |
| 1948 | Johnny Belinda | Dr. Gray (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Tap Roots | Gen. Johnston (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Silver River | Major Spencer |
| 1948 | King of the Gamblers | Sam Hyland |
| 1948 | Call Northside 777 | Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Rocky | Kenneth Forrester |
| 1947 | High Wall | Emory Garrison |
| 1947 | Her Husband's Affairs | Gov. Fox |
| 1947 | Black Gold | Senator Watkins |
| 1947 | The Ghost Goes Wild | Max Atterbury |
| 1947 | The Vigilantes Return | Judge Holden |
| 1947 | The Beginning or the End | Dr. Vannevar Bush |
| 1946 | Wife Wanted | Philip Conway |
| 1946 | Rolling Home | Henry Kane |
| 1946 | Blondie Knows Best | J.C. Dithers |
| 1946 | Angel on My Shoulder | Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Easy to Wed | Hector Boswell |
| 1946 | The Walls Came Tumbling Down | Captain Griffin |
| 1946 | The Cat Creeps | Walter Elliott |
| 1946 | Blondie's Lucky Day | J.C. Dithers |
| 1946 | Riverboat Rhythm | Col. Edward Beeler |
| 1946 | Gay Blades | Whittlesey |
| 1945 | Dakota | Colonel Wordin |
| 1945 | Life with Blondie | J.C. Dithers |
| 1945 | Man Alive | Osborne |
| 1945 | Allotment Wives | Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert |
| 1945 | Divorce | Judge |
| 1945 | The Phantom Speaks | Owen McAllister |
| 1945 | G.I. Honeymoon | Colonel Hammerhead Smith |
| 1945 | Watchtower Over Tomorrow | Security Council Chair |
| 1945 | Leave It to Blondie | J.C. Dithers |
| 1945 | The Strange Mr. Gregory | Defense Attorney Blair |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Mr. Brodel (uncredited) |
| 1944 | End of the Road | Gregory McCune |
| 1944 | Dead Man's Eyes | Dr. Sam Welles |
| 1944 | My Buddy | Senator Henry |
| 1944 | This Is the Life | Dr. Plum |
| 1944 | The Black Parachute | King Stephen |
| 1943 | Jack London | Kerwin Maxwell |
| 1943 | There's Something About a Soldier | Gen. Sommerton |
| 1943 | Sweet Rosie O'Grady | Mr. Fox |
| 1943 | Footlight Glamour | J.C. Dithers |
| 1943 | Nobody's Darling | Jason Rhodes |
| 1943 | It's a Great Life | J.C. Dithers |
| 1943 | The Rear Gunner | Commanding Officer |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! | Dedic |
| 1943 | The Amazing Mrs. Holliday | |
| 1942 | Blondie for Victory | J.C. Dithers |
| 1942 | Calling Dr. Gillespie | Frank M. Todwell |
| 1942 | Flight Lieutenant | Joseph Sanford |
| 1942 | Miss Annie Rooney | Mr. Martin White |
| 1942 | Blondie's Blessed Event | J.C. Dithers |
| 1942 | Lone Star Ranger | Judge Longstreth |
| 1942 | Joe Smith, American | Blake McKettrick |
| 1942 | The Bugle Sounds | Brigadier-General |
| 1942 | Blondie Goes to College | J.C. Dithers |
| 1941 | The Pittsburgh Kid | Max Ellison |
| 1941 | Ringside Maisie | Dr. Kramer |
| 1941 | Blondie in Society | J.C. Dithers |
| 1941 | Her First Beau | Mr. Harris |
| 1941 | Strange Alibi | Police Chief Sprague |
| 1941 | The Great Swindle | Swann |
| 1941 | Blondie Goes Latin | J.C. Dithers |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny | Dist. Atty. Johnson |
| 1941 | The Saint In Palm Springs | Inspector Henry Fernack |
| 1940 | Blondie Plays Cupid | J.C. Dithers |
| 1940 | Melody and Moonlight | Otis Barnett |
| 1940 | Dulcy | Homer Patterson |
| 1940 | Blondie Has Servant Trouble | J.C. Dithers |
| 1940 | We Who Are Young | Braddock |
| 1940 | Private Affairs | George Gilkin |
| 1940 | The Saint Takes Over | Inspector Henry Fernack |
| 1940 | Johnny Apollo | Dr. Brown |
| 1940 | The Saint's Double Trouble | Inspector Henry Fernack |
| 1939 | The Big Guy | Jack Lane |
| 1939 | Barricade | Assistant Secretary of State |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Mayor |
| 1939 | Blondie Brings Up Baby | J.C. Dithers |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | Admiral Girard |
| 1939 | One Against the World | Dr. Ephraim McDowell |
| 1939 | In Name Only | Dr. Gateson |
| 1939 | In Old Monterey | Stevenson |
| 1939 | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | President of Western Union |
| 1939 | Blondie Meets the Boss | J.C. Dithars |
| 1939 | The Saint Strikes Back | Inspector Henry Fernack |
| 1939 | Tail Spin | Racing Official Starter (Uncredited) |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy | Commandant |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Colonel Webb |
| 1938 | The Duke of West Point | Colonel Early |
| 1938 | There's That Woman Again | Rolfe Davis |
| 1938 | Road Demon | Anderson |
| 1938 | Blondie | Mr. Dithers |
| 1938 | Tarnished Angel | Detective Sgt. Cramer |
| 1938 | Fugitives for a Night | Police Captain |
| 1938 | Breaking the Ice | Mr. Kane |
| 1938 | Boys Town | John Hargraves |
| 1938 | Letter of Introduction | Lou Woodstock (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Men with Wings | Long |
| 1938 | Crime Ring | Bank President |
| 1938 | Wives Under Suspicion | Allison |
| 1938 | The Saint in New York | Inspector Henry Fernack |
| 1938 | Gangs of New York | Warden |
| 1938 | Yellow Jack | Major General Leonard Wood |
| 1938 | Her Jungle Love | J.C. Martin |
| 1938 | Over the Wall | Governor James McDonald |
| 1938 | Judge Hardy's Children | John Lee |
| 1938 | The First Hundred Years | Judge Parker |
| 1938 | Arsène Lupin Returns | F.B.I. Special Agent |
| 1937 | Exiled to Shanghai | J.B. Willet |
| 1937 | Big Town Girl | Hershell |
| 1937 | Madame X | Hugh Fariman Sr. |
| 1937 | Danger – Love at Work | Parsons, an attorney |
| 1937 | Saratoga | Frank Clayton |
| 1937 | Midnight Madonna | Stuart Kirkland |
| 1937 | This Is My Affair | Judge |
| 1937 | The League of Frightened Men | Alexander Drummond |
| 1937 | Charlie Chan at the Olympics | Mr. Hopkins |
| 1937 | Wings Over Honolulu | Judge Advocate |
| 1937 | You Can't Buy Luck | Prosecutor (uncredited) |
| 1937 | A Star Is Born | Judge Parris (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Man Who Found Himself | Dr. Tom Smythe |
| 1937 | Racketeers in Exile | Alden Parker |
| 1937 | John Meade's Woman | Mr. Melton |
| 1937 | Sea Devils | Court-Martial President (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Outcast | |
| 1937 | Man Of The People | Carter Spetner |
| 1937 | She's Dangerous | Charles Fitzgerald |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once | District Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Sinner Take All | Dr. Harrison (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Happy Go Lucky | J. Lansing Bennett |
| 1936 | Flying Hostess | Kendall |
| 1936 | The Accusing Finger | Special Prosecutor |
| 1936 | The Devil Is a Sissy | Judge Holmes |
| 1936 | China Clipper | State Department Official (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Charlie Chan at the Race Track | Warren Fenton |
| 1936 | 36 Hours to Kill | Mac - Train Conductor |
| 1936 | Spendthrift | Attorney |
| 1936 | Fury | Defense Attorney |
| 1936 | Educating Father | Fred Humphrey |
| 1936 | The Case Against Mrs. Ames | First trial judge |
| 1936 | The Singing Kid | Dr. Brown (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Panic on the Air | Johnson (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Too Many Parents | Judge |
| 1936 | Sutter's Gold | Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1936 | The Voice of Bugle Ann | District Attorney |
| 1936 | You May Be Next! | Army Officer (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Charlie Chan's Secret | Warren T. Phelps |
| 1936 | Three Live Ghosts | Detective Bolton |
| 1935 | If You Could Only Cook | Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Hit-and-Run Driver | Captain James (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Too Tough to Kill | Chairman of the Board |
| 1935 | The Calling of Dan Matthews | Club Owner (uncredited) |
| 1935 | A Night at the Opera | The Stage Manager (uncredited) |
| 1935 | 3 Kids and a Queen | Gangster |
| 1935 | Navy Wife | Norton |
| 1935 | Page Miss Glory | Husband at Train Station (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Alice Adams | Mr. Palmer |
| 1935 | The Raven | Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Public Hero Number 1 | Prison Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Let 'em Have It | Microscopic Expert |
| 1935 | 'G' Men | Congressman (uncredited) |
| 1935 | A Night at the Ritz | Director (uncredited) |
| 1935 | One New York Night | Mr. Stokes |
| 1934 | Lightning Strikes Twice | Capt. Nelson |
| 1934 | Gentlemen Are Born | Second Broker |
| 1934 | A Lost Lady | (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Case of the Howling Dog | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Housewife | Doctor |
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