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Jonathan Hale

Highest Rated: 100% In Name Only (1939)

Lowest Rated: 60% Madame X (1937)

Birthday: Mar 21, 1891

Birthplace: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jonathan Hale was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Hale's earliest roles were in film, including the dramatic adaptation "Alice Adams" (1935) with Katharine Hepburn, the Richard Arlen adaptation "Three Live Ghosts" (1935) and the Lionel Barrymore drama "The Voice of Bugle Ann" (1936). He also appeared in "Educating Father" (1936), the mystery "Charlie Chan at the Race Track" (1936) with Warner Oland and the mystery "Charlie Chan's Secret" (1936) with Warner Oland. He continued to work steadily in film throughout the thirties, appearing in "In Name Only" (1939), "The Saint Strikes Back" (1939) and the Gene Autry western "In Old Monterey" (1939). He also appeared in the action picture "Wings of the Navy" (1939) with George Brent. Nearing the end of his career, he continued to act in "G.I. Honeymoon" (1945), the western "Dakota" (1945) with John Wayne and "Angel on My Shoulder" (1946). He also appeared in "The Cat Creeps" (1946) and "Easy to Wed" (1946) with Van Johnson. Hale was most recently credited in "Toddlers & Tiaras" (TLC, 2008-2013). Hale passed away in February 1966 at the age of 75.

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Highest rated movies

100% 73% In Name Only
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100% 88% Scandal Sheet
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98% 92% Strangers on a Train
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89% 71% Alice Adams
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86% 81% Boys Town
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85% 74% The Fountainhead
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75% The Cat Creeps
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60% 50% Madame X
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60% 40% Charlie Chan's Secret
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Jonathan Hale

Jonathan Hale ALICE ADAMS, Evelyn Venable, Hedda Hopper, Jonathan Hale, Katharine Hepburn, Frank Albertson, 1935 THE SAINT IN NEW YORK, Louis Hayward, Jonathan Hale, 1938 BLONDIE'S BLESSED EVENT, from left, Paul Harvey, Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Hans Conried, Jonathan Hale, 1942 WE WHO ARE YOUNG, John Shelton, Jonathan Hale, 1940 THE CAT CREEPS, Fred Brady, Rose Hobart, Noah Beery Jr. (back), Paul Kelly, Lois Collier, Jonathan Hale, 1946 THE DEVIL IS A SISSY, Jonathan Hale, Mickey Rooney, Jackie Cooper, 1936 THE SAINT TAKES OVER, George Sanders, Jonathan Hale, 1940 BLONDIE GOES TO COLLEGE, from left, Janet Blair, Larry Parks, Jonathan Hale, Andrew Tombes, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Penny Singleton, 1942 THE SAINT STRIKES BACK, George Sanders, Jonathan Hale, 1939 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 28% Guns, Girls and Gambling Cinematographer - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Three Outlaws Pinkerton (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 40% The Night Holds Terror Bob Henderson (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 43% She Couldn't Say No John Bentley (uncredited) (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 33% Kansas Pacific Railroad President Sherman Johnson (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Flaming Urge Mr. Chalmers (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 64% The Steel Trap Tom Bowers (Character) - 1952
100% 88% Scandal Sheet Frank Madison (Character) - 1952
98% 92% Strangers on a Train Mr. Anthony (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sunny Side of the Street Cyrus Pelley (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Let's Go Navy! Captain (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Short Grass Charlie Bissel (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 71% Three Husbands Edward Wurdeman (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet State Department: File 649 Director-General (Character) - 1949
85% 74% The Fountainhead Guy Francon (uncredited) (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 42% Silver River Major Spencer (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Black Gold Senator Watkins (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 33% Her Husband's Affairs Gov. Fox (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ghost Goes Wild Max Atterbury (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 50% High Wall Emory Garrison (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 64% Angel on My Shoulder Citizens for Better Government Chairman (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 54% Easy to Wed Hector Boswell (Character) - 1946
75% No Score Yet The Cat Creeps Walter Elliot (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Strange Mr. Gregory Defense Attorney Blair (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wife Wanted Philip Conway (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Allotment Wives, Inc. General Gilbert (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man Alive Osborne (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Divorce Judge Conlon (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Footlight Glamour J.C. Dithers (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 13% Dead Man's Eyes Dr. Welles (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Black Parachute King Stephen (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet And Now Tomorrow Dr. Sloane (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 80% It's a Great Life J.C. Dithers (Character) - 1943
87% 67% Hangmen Also Die Dedic (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 12% The Jack London Story Kerwin Maxwell (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet There's Something About a Soldier General Sommerton (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rear Gunner Narrator - 1943
No Score Yet 43% The Amazing Mrs. Holliday Ferguson (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 77% Blondie Goes to College J.C. Dithers (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Joe Smith, American Blake McKettrick (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 40% Miss Annie Rooney Mr. Martin White (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Calling Dr. Gillespie Frank Marshall Todwell (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lone Star Ranger Judge Longstreth (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blondie's Blessed Event J.C. Dithers (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blondie for Victory J.C. Dithers (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flight Lieutenant Joseph Sanford (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Bugle Sounds Brigadier-General (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 58% Blondie Plays Cupid J.C. Dithers (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 75% Blondie in Society J.C. Dithers (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 80% Blondie Goes Latin Mr. J.C. Dithers (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 27% The Saint in Palm Springs Insp. Henry Fernack (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strange Alibi Police Chief Sprague (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flight From Destiny Dist. Atty. Johnson (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 80% Blondie Has Servant Trouble J.C. Dithers (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blondie Brings Up Baby J.C. Dithers (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 50% The Saint Takes Over Inspector Henry Fernack (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 62% Johnny Apollo Dr. Brown (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet We Who Are Young William Braddock (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 18% The Saint's Double Trouble Inspector Henry Fernack (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dulcy Homer Patterson (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Old Monterey Stevenson (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 0% Wings of the Navy Commandant (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 69% Blondie J.C. Dithers (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 82% Blondie Meets the Boss J.C. Dithers (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Against the World Dr. Ephraim McDowell (Character) - 1939
100% 73% In Name Only Dr. Ned Gateson (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 64% The Saint Strikes Back Inspector Henry Fernack (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stand Up and Fight Colonel Webb (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yellow Jack Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Her Jungle Love J.C. Martin (Character) - 1938
86% 81% Boys Town John Hargraves (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gangs of New York Warden (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 40% Arsene Lupin Returns F.B.I. Special Agent (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fugitives for a Night Police Captain (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 50% The Saint in New York Inspector Henry Fernack (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet The First Hundred Years Judge Parker (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Over the Wall Governor James McDonald (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tarnished Angels Detective Sgt. Edward Cramer (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Danger, Love at Work Parsons (Character) - 1937
60% 50% Madame X Hugh Fariman Sr (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet 58% Charlie Chan at the Olympics Mr. Hopkins (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Exiled to Shanghai J.B. Willet (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man of the People Carter Spetner (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet She's Dangerous Charles Fitzgerald (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Singing Kid Dr. Brown (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 40% The Devil Is a Sissy Judge Holmes (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 100% Charlie Chan at the Race Track Warren Fenton (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Happy-Go-Lucky J. Lansing Bennett (Character) - 1936
60% 40% Charlie Chan's Secret Warren T. Phelps (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Voice of Bugle Ann District Attorney (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Live Ghosts Detective Bolton (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet 36 Hours to Kill Conductor (Character) - 1936
89% 71% Alice Adams Mr. Palmer (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lightning Strikes Twice Capt. Hobart Nelson (Character) - 1935

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Hazel Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet 88% The Andy Griffith Show Orville Monroe (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Leave It to Beaver Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zorro Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Screen Directors Playhouse Unknown (Character) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lassie Walter Barton (Guest Star) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jeff's Collie Unknown (Guest Star) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cavalcade of America Postmaster General Brown (Character) 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Superman Unknown (Guest Star) 1953