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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...
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LassieSeries • 1954
Adventures of SupermanSeries • 1952
The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokSeries • 1951
The Cisco KidSeries • 1950
MGM ParadeSeries • 1955
Cavalcade of AmericaSeries • 1952
Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries • 1955
Mr. & Mrs. NorthSeries • 1952
CrossroadsSeries • 1955
Strangers on a TrainMovie • 1951
A Star Is BornMovie • 1937
A Night at the OperaMovie • 1935
'G' MenMovie • 1935
You Only Live OnceMovie • 1937
Boys TownMovie • 1938
The FountainheadMovie • 1949
The RavenMovie • 1935
In Name OnlyMovie • 1939
FuryMovie • 1936
The Baron of ArizonaMovie • 1950
Cattle Queen of MontanaMovie • 1954
Hangmen Also Die!Movie • 1943
Charlie Chan's SecretMovie • 1936
The Story of Alexander Graham BellMovie • 1939