Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale (March 21, 1891 – February 28, 1966) was a Canadian-born film and television actor. He committed suicide in 1966.

He was 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 Farnack in various The Saint films by RKO Pictures.

Fans of the TV series "Adventures of Superman" remember Hale for key roles in two different episodes:
*"The Evil Three", in which a he played a murderous "Southern Colonel"-type character
*"Panic in the Sky", one of the most famous episodes, in which he played the lead astronomer at the Metropolis Observatory (actually one of the California observatories).

Hale is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California.

elected filmography

* "The Saint in Palm Springs" (1941)
* "The Saint Takes Over" (1940)
* "The Saint's Double Trouble" (1940)
* "The Saint Strikes Back" (1939)
* "Blondie" (1938)
* "The Saint in New York" (1938)
* "Madame X" (1937)
* "Saratoga" (1937)
* "The League of Frightened Men" (1937)
* "Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
* "Alice Adams" (1935)

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