Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1891-03-20
- Day of Death1966-02-28 (74 years)
- Place of BirthHamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Also Known AsJonathan Hale Jr.John HaleJonathan Hatley
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1956
The Three Outlaws
As: Pinkerton
- 1956
Jaguar
As: Dr. Powell
- 1955
Crossroads
As: Governor
- 1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
As: Mayor
- 1955
The Night Holds Terror
As: Bob Henderson
- 1954
Cattle Queen of Montana
As: Politician (uncredited)
- 1954
Duffy of San Quentin
As: Boyd
- 1954
She Couldn't Say No
As: John Bentley
1953The Flaming Urge
As: Mr. Chalmers
1953Kansas Pacific
As: Sherman Johnson
1953Taxi
As: Mr. Barker (uncredited)
1952The Steel Trap
As: Tom Bowers
1952Behind Southern Lines
As: General
1952Adventures of Superman
As: Professor Roberts
1952Son of Paleface
As: Governor Freeman (uncredited)
1952Young Man with Ideas
As: Stanley Rickson (uncredited)
1952Scandal Sheet
As: Frank Madison
1951Sunny Side of the Street
As: Cyrus Pelley
1951The Tall Target
As: Passenger from Carolina (uncredited)
1951Let's Go Navy!
As: Captain
1951Rodeo King and the Senorita
As: Dr. Sands
- 1951
Strangers on a Train
As: Mr. Antony
1951Insurance Investigator
As: Russell James
1950Short Grass
As: Charlie Bissel
1950Three Husbands
As: Edward Wurdeman - Attorney at Law
1950The Cisco Kid
As: Barry Owens
- 1950
The Cisco Kid
As: Barry Owen aka Bill Stevens
1950Triple Trouble
As: The Judge
1950Federal Agent at Large
As: James Goodwin
1950The Baron of Arizona
As: Governor
1949The Fountainhead
As: Guy Francon (uncredited)
1949Stampede
As: Varick
1949State Department: File 649
As: Director-General
1949The Judge
As: Judge Allan J. Brooks
1949Rose of the Yukon
As: Gen. Butler
1948Disaster
As: Police Commissioner Jerome
1948Johnny Belinda
As: Dr. Horace M. Gray (uncredited)
1948Tap Roots
As: Gen. Johnston (uncredited)
1948Silver River
As: Major Spencer
1948Call Northside 777
As: Governor's Aide Robert Winston (uncredited)
1948Rocky
As: Kenneth Forrester
1947High Wall
As: Emory Garrison
1947Her Husband's Affairs
As: Gov. Fox
1947Black Gold
As: Senator Watkins
1947The Ghost Goes Wild
As: Max Atterbury
1947The Vigilantes Return
As: Judge Holden
1947The Beginning or the End
As: Dr. Vannevar Bush
1946Wife Wanted
As: Philip Conway
1946Rolling Home
As: Henry Kane
1946Blondie Knows Best
As: J.C. Dithers
1946Angel on My Shoulder
As: Citizens for Better Government Chairman (uncredited)
1946Easy to Wed
As: Hector Boswell
1946The Walls Came Tumbling Down
As: Captain Griffin
1946The Cat Creeps
As: Walter Elliott
1946Blondie's Lucky Day
As: J.C. Dithers
1946Riverboat Rhythm
As: Col. Edward Beeler
1946Gay Blades
As: Whittlesey
1945Dakota
As: Col. Wordin
1945Life with Blondie
As: J.C. Dithers
1945Man Alive
As: Osborne
1945Allotment Wives
As: Brig. Gen. H.N. Gilbert
1945Divorce
As: Judge
1945The Phantom Speaks
As: Owen McAllister
1945G.I. Honeymoon
As: Colonel Hammerhead Smith
1945Watchtower Over Tomorrow
As: Security Council Chair
1945Leave It to Blondie
As: J.C. Dithers
1945The Strange Mr. Gregory
As: Defense Attorney Blair
1944Hollywood Canteen
As: Mr. Brodel (uncredited)
1944End of the Road
As: Gregory McCune
1944Dead Man's Eyes
As: Dr. Sam Welles
1944My Buddy
As: Senator Henry
1944This Is the Life
As: Dr. Plum
1944The Black Parachute
As: King Stephen
1943Jack London
As: Kerwin Maxwell
1943There's Something About a Soldier
As: Gen. Sommerton
1943Sweet Rosie O'Grady
As: Mr. Fox
1943Footlight Glamour
As: J.C. Dithers
1943Nobody's Darling
As: Jason Rhodes
1943It's a Great Life
As: J.C. Dithers
1943Hangmen Also Die!
As: Dedic
1943The Rear Gunner
As: Commanding Officer
1942Blondie for Victory
As: J.C. Dithers
1942Calling Dr. Gillespie
As: Frank M. Todwell
1942Flight Lieutenant
As: Joseph Sanford
1942Miss Annie Rooney
As: Mr. Martin White
1942Blondie's Blessed Event
As: J.C. Dithers
1942Lone Star Ranger
As: Judge Longstreth
1942Joe Smith, American
As: Blake McKettrick
1942The Bugle Sounds
As: Brigadier-General
1942Blondie Goes to College
As: J.C. Dithers
1941The Pittsburgh Kid
As: Max Ellison
1941Ringside Maisie
As: Dr. Kramer
1941Blondie in Society
As: J.C. Dithers
1941Her First Beau
As: Mr. Harris
1941Strange Alibi
As: Police Chief Sprague
1941The Great Swindle
As: Swann
1941Blondie Goes Latin
As: J.C. Dithers
1941Flight from Destiny
As: Dist. Atty. Johnson
1941The Saint In Palm Springs
As: Inspector Henry Fernack
1940Blondie Plays Cupid
As: J.C. Dithers
1940Melody and Moonlight
As: Otis Barnett
1940Dulcy
As: Homer Patterson
1940Blondie Has Servant Trouble
As: J.C. Dithers
1940We Who Are Young
As: Braddock
1940Private Affairs
As: George Gilkin
1940The Saint Takes Over
As: Inspector Henry Fernack
1940Johnny Apollo
As: Dr. Brown
1940The Saint's Double Trouble
As: Inspector Henry Fernack
1939The Big Guy
As: Jack Lane
1939Barricade
As: Assistant Secretary of State
1939The Amazing Mr. Williams
As: Mayor
1939Blondie Brings Up Baby
As: J.C. Dithers
1939Thunder Afloat
As: Admiral Girard
1939One Against the World
As: Dr. Ephraim McDowell
1939In Name Only
As: Dr. Gateson
1939In Old Monterey
As: Stevenson
1939The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
As: President of Western Union
1939Blondie Meets the Boss
As: J.C. Dithars
1939The Saint Strikes Back
As: Inspector Henry Fernack
1939Tail Spin
As: Racing Official Starter (Uncredited)
1939Wings of the Navy
As: Commandant
1939Stand Up and Fight
As: Colonel Webb
1938The Duke of West Point
As: Steven's Father
1938There's That Woman Again
As: Rolfe Davis
1938Blondie
As: Mr. Dithers
1938Tarnished Angel
As: Detective Sgt. Cramer
1938Fugitives for a Night
As: Police Captain
1938Breaking the Ice
As: Mr. Kane
1938Boys Town
As: John Hargraves
1938Letter of Introduction
As: Lou Woodstock (uncredited)
1938Men with Wings
As: Long
1938Crime Ring
As: Bank President
1938Wives Under Suspicion
As: Allison
1938The Saint in New York
As: Inspector Henry Fernack
1938Gangs of New York
As: Warden
1938Yellow Jack
As: Major General Leonard Wood
1938Her Jungle Love
As: J.C. Martin
1938Over the Wall
As: Governor James McDonald
1938Judge Hardy's Children
As: John Lee
1938The First Hundred Years
As: Judge Parker
1938Arsène Lupin Returns
As: F.B.I. Special Agent
1937Big Town Girl
As: Hershell
1937Madame X
As: Hugh Fariman Sr.
1937Danger – Love at Work
As: Parsons, an attorney
1937Saratoga
As: Frank Clayton
1937This Is My Affair
As: Judge
1937The League of Frightened Men
As: Alexander Drummond
1937Charlie Chan at the Olympics
As: Mr. Hopkins
1937Wings Over Honolulu
As: Judge Advocate
1937You Can't Buy Luck
As: Prosecutor (uncredited)
- 1937
A Star Is Born
As: Judge George J. Parris (uncredited)
1937The Man Who Found Himself
As: Dr. Tom Smythe
1937Racketeers in Exile
As: Alden Parker
1937John Meade's Woman
As: Mr. Melton
1937Sea Devils
As: Court-Martial President (uncredited)
1937Man Of The People
As: Carter Spetner
1937She's Dangerous
As: Charles Fitzgerald
- 1937
You Only Live Once
As: District Attorney (uncredited)
1936Sinner Take All
As: Dr. Harrison (uncredited)
1936Happy Go Lucky
As: J. Lansing Bennett
1936Flying Hostess
As: Kendall
1936The Accusing Finger
As: Special Prosecutor
1936The Devil Is a Sissy
As: Judge Holmes
1936China Clipper
As: State Department Official (uncredited)
1936Charlie Chan at the Race Track
As: Warren Fenton
193636 Hours to Kill
As: Mac - Train Conductor
1936Spendthrift
As: Attorney
- 1936
Fury
As: Defense Attorney
1936Educating Father
As: Fred Humphrey
1936The Case Against Mrs. Ames
As: First trial judge
1936The Singing Kid
As: Dr. Brown (uncredited)
1936Panic on the Air
As: Johnson
1936Sutter's Gold
As: Prosecuting Attorney
1936The Voice of Bugle Ann
As: District Attorney
1936You May Be Next!
As: Army Officer (uncredited)
1936Charlie Chan's Secret
As: Warren T. Phelps
1936Three Live Ghosts
As: Detective Bolton
1935If You Could Only Cook
As: Henry Brown - Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
1935Hit-and-Run Driver
As: Captain James (uncredited)
1935Too Tough to Kill
As: Chairman of the Board
1935The Calling of Dan Matthews
As: Club Owner (uncredited)
- 1935
A Night at the Opera
As: The Stage Manager (uncredited)
19353 Kids and a Queen
As: Gangster
1935Navy Wife
As: Norton
1935Page Miss Glory
As: Husband at Train Station (uncredited)
1935Alice Adams
As: Mr. Palmer
1935The Raven
As: Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right (uncredited)
1935Public Hero Number 1
As: Prison Board Member (uncredited)
1935Let 'em Have It
As: Microscopic Expert
1935'G' Men
As: Congressman (uncredited)
1935A Night at the Ritz
As: Director (uncredited)
1935One New York Night
As: Mr. Stokes
1934Lightning Strikes Twice
As: Capt. Nelson
1934Gentlemen Are Born
As: Second Broker
1934A Lost Lady
As: (uncredited)
1934The Case of the Howling Dog
As: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1934Housewife
As: Doctor