Jonathan Hale

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Jonathan Hale born Jonathan Hatley March 21 1891 February 28 1966 was a Canadianborn 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 Bumsteads 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 Coloneltype 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 Hale committed suicide on February 28 1966 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 which was found near his body He was 74 Hale was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood California Sadly Hales grave went unmarked for more than four decades until a proper headstone was erected by donations from the Dearly Departed fanbased group in 2013 he is now honored with the inscription We Remembered You