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Jonathan Hale (born Jonathan Hatley;[1] March 21, 1891 – February 28, 1966) was a Canadian-born film and television actor.

Jonathan Hale
Jonathan Hale in Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
Born	Jonathan Hatley (1891-03-21)March 21, 1891 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died	February 28, 1966(1966-02-28) (aged 74) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, US
Resting place	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1934–1965

Life and career

Hale was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[2] Before his acting career, Hale worked in the Diplomatic Corps.[3] 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".[4]

Death

Hale committed suicide on February 28, 1966 at the age of 74.[5] 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,[6] which was found near his body. He was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California. His 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".^{[citation needed]}

Selected filmography

References

External links

• Jonathan Hale at IMDb
• Jonathan Hale at Find a Grave

На других языках

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[de] Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale (eigentlich Jonathan Hatley; * 23. März 1891 in Ontario, Kanada; † 28. Februar 1966 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, USA) war ein kanadischer Filmschauspieler.

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