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Jonathan Hale is a Actor Canadien born on 20 march 1891 at Ontario (Canada)
For the American actor similarly named, see Jonathan Hole.
Jonathan Hale (March 21, 1891 – February 28, 1966) was a Canadian-born film and television actor.
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Jonathan Hale
Birth name Jonathan Hatley
Nationality Canada
Birth 20 march 1891 at Ontario (Canada)
Death 28 february 1966 (at 74 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Nationality Canada
Birth 20 march 1891 at Ontario (Canada)
Death 28 february 1966 (at 74 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Jonathan Hale (March 21, 1891 – February 28, 1966) was a Canadian-born film and television actor.
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The Night Holds Terror (1955)
, 1h26Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Jack Kelly, Vince Edwards, Hildy Parks, John Cassavetes, David Cross, Jack Kruschen
Roles Bob Henderson
Rating62%
Family man Gene Courtier makes the mistake of picking up a hitch-hiker, Victor Gosset, a wanted criminal.
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
, 1h29Directed by Lloyd Bacon, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Arthur Hunnicutt, Edgar Buchanan, Wallace Ford, Raymond Walburn
Roles John Bentley
Rating58%
Wealthy Corby Lane (Jean Simmons) visits the small American hamlet of Progress, Arkansas, whose residents had paid for a critical medical operation for her when she was a child. She decides to express her gratitude by giving them money anonymously. The headstrong woman clashes with the local doctor, Robert Sellers (Robert Mitchum), who foresees the resulting chaos.
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
, 1h28Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Ronald Reagan, Gene Evans, Lance Fuller, Anthony Caruso, Jack Elam
Roles Politician (uncredited)
Rating56%
Pop Jones inherits a piece of family land in Montana, so he and his daughter, Sierra Nevada, decide to leave their Texas ranch and move there. As she bathes in a pond along the trail, Sierra Nevada encounters a stranger, Farrell, a hired gunman who warns her about dangerous Indians nearby.
Duffy of San Quentin (1954)
, 1h18Directed by Walter Doniger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Louis Hayward, Joanne Dru, Paul Kelly, Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready, Horace McMahon
Roles Boyd
Rating66%
The Flaming Urge (1953)
, 1h8Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Harold Lloyd Jr., Cathy Downs, Byron Foulger, Jonathan Hale, Florence Lake, Herbert Rawlinson
Roles Mr. Chalmers
Rating58%
A young man arrives in the small town of Monroe, Michigan where he finds a job in a department store. However he has an apparently irresistible urge to follow and observe fires. When there is a spate of arson attacks on the town, he becomes chief suspect.
Kansas Pacific (1953)
, 1h13Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films
Actors Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon, Douglas Fowley, Irving Bacon
Roles Sherman Johnson
Rating57%
Set prior to the Civil War but after the South has seceded from the U.S., Kansas Pacific centres of the efforts to build a railroad across Kansas toward the West Coast. Southern sympathizers attempt to sabotage the railroad construction efforts so Army Captain John Nelson, played by Sterling Hayden, is brought in to keep the project going. Captain Nelson must not only contend with the efforts of the saboteurs but also try to romance the railroad foreman's daughter, Barbara Bruce, who is played by Eve Miller. This film also features Clayton Moore, best known for his roles in films and on television of The Lone Ranger.
Taxi (1953)
, 1h17Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Dan Dailey, John Cassavetes, Constance Smith, Mark Roberts, Neva Patterson, Blanche Yurka
Roles Mr. Barker (uncredited)
Rating64%
Taxi driver Ed Nielson is a bad-tempered bachelor who lives with his mother and owes money on his cab.
Son of Paleface (1952)
, 1h35Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Roy Rogers, Lloyd Corrigan, Bill Williams, Douglass Dumbrille
Roles Governor Freeman (uncredited)
Rating67%
Peter "Junior" Potter (Hope) has graduated from Harvard and now heads west to the town of Sawbuck Pass to claim his Daddy's fortune. Driving into town in a jalopy and wearing a comical plaid suit, he splashes mud all over a crowd of townspeople. He also discovers to his horror that practically everyone in town claims to be owed a debt, and that his father's treasure chest is empty.
Young Man with Ideas (1952)
, 1h24Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Denise Darcel, Nina Foch, Donna Corcoran, Ray Collins
Roles Stanley Rickson (uncredited)
Rating59%
Maxwell Webster is a Montana attorney whose career isn't going as well as wife Julie feels it should be. She gets tipsy at a country club and praises her husband's work in front of colleagues, then urges him to ask boss Edmund Jethrow for a partnership. Instead, he loses his job.
Scandal Sheet (1952)
, 1h22Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Broderick Crawford, Donna Reed, John Derek, Rosemary DeCamp, Henry O'Neill, Harry Morgan
Roles Frank Madison
Rating73%
A newspaper man, Mark Chapman (Broderick Crawford), takes over an ailing New York daily newspaper, the fictional New York Express, and revives it as a scandal sheet by staging a number of publicity stunts. The man's wife, whom he left penniless years ago, resurfaces and threatens to blackmail him. He kills her, accidentally, but then tries to cover it up.
The Steel Trap (1952)
, 1h25Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale, Walter Sande, Carleton Young, Katherine Warren
Roles Tom Bowers
Rating68%
With a million dollars cash in the vault, Jim Osborne (Joseph Cotten), an assistant bank manager in Los Angeles, is tempted to steal from his own bank and flee the country. Doing research at the library, he learns that Brazil does not have an extradition treaty with the United States. If he steals the money at close of business on a Friday, he will have time to travel to Brazil before the theft is even discovered. However, the season when the bank opens on Saturdays is about to begin, so he must take action the same week or else wait for months.
Carbine Williams (1952)
, 1h32Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Prison films, Gangster films
Actors James Stewart, John Smith, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey, Carl Benton Reid, Paul Stewart
Roles juge Henry P. Lane
Rating68%
The film follows the life of David Marshall Williams (James Stewart), who was a member of the Winchester team that invented the semi-automatic M1 Carbine used in World War II. Williams was found distilling illegal moonshine, and was held responsible for the death of a federal officer during a raid on his still. He was sentenced to thirty years hard labor. He cycled through the prison system, until a firm, but compassionate warden, H.T. Peoples (Wendell Corey), allowed him to work in a prison tool shop. There, he invented the gas system for his famous rifle. Williams was released from prison in 1929 and worked with Winchester Firearms on development of the M1 Carbine.
Strangers on a Train (1951)
, 1h37Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Tennis films
Actors Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Patricia Hitchcock, Marion Lorne
Roles Mr. Antony
Rating78%
Amateur tennis star Guy Haines (Farley Granger) wants to divorce his vulgar and promiscuous wife Miriam (Laura Elliott), so he can marry the elegant Anne Morton (Ruth Roman), the daughter of a senator, and hopefully have a career in politics. On a train Haines accidentally meets Bruno Anthony (Robert Walker), who recognizes Guy. Bruno tells Guy about his idea for the perfect murders: Bruno will kill Miriam, and in exchange Guy will kill Bruno's father. They have no identifiable motive for the crimes, and therefore they will not be suspects. Guy hurriedly leaves, but Bruno feels he has agreed. Bruno pockets Guy's monogrammed cigarette lighter.
Let's Go Navy! (1951)
, 1h8Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, William Benedict, Buddy Gorman, Allen Jenkins
Roles Captain
Rating63%
A local charity has raised sixteen hundred dollars and entrusted the boys with it. They are then robbed of the cash by two men dressed as sailors. Believing them to be real sailors, and in order to catch them, they enlist in the Navy under fake names. They spend a year at sea, but cannot locate the thieves. However, Sach is able to win two thousand dollars gambling and the boys return to the Bowery. It is there that they are robbed by the same two men, but with the Navy captain helping, they are able to capture the crooks. They return to the navy office to receive their commendations, but are mistakenly re-enlisted!
Sunny Side of the Street (1951)
, 1h11Directed by Richard Quiney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Terry Moore, Jerome Courtland, Lynn Bari, Audrey Long, Dick Wesson, Dick Wesson
Roles Cyrus Pelley
Rating56%
Betty Holloway (Terry Moore) a receptionist at a major TV station hopes to secure a break for her singer boyfriend Ted Mason (Jerome Courtland), Betty enlists the aid of Laine. Mason's career really takes off when a team of TV writers discover that he's the childhood sweetheart of Gloria Pelly (Audrey Long), the daughter of an important sponsor.