1. Jonathan Hole was an American actor whose entertainment career covered five genres over 65 years.
16 Facts About Jonathan Hole
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From his early days on the vaudeville stage and in legitimate theater, through radio, television and feature-length films that took his career up to the 1990s, Hole created a variety of characters in hundreds of roles.
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Jonathan Hole graduated from North High School in Des Moines and attended Drake University.
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Jonathan Hole was a radio performer active in his native Iowa as well as New York City, Detroit, Chicago, and Los Angeles, California.
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In 1942 in Chicago, Jonathan Hole was a co-chair of the Red Cross entertainment committee on war relief.
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Jonathan Hole portrayed Paul Henderson on the radio soap opera Ma Perkins.
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Jonathan Hole carved out a long career in television, beginning in 1951 with an appearance on Hollywood Theatre Time, in the episode Mr Young's Sprouts, which starred Gale Storm and Don DeFore.
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Jonathan Hole often made repeat appearances on television shows, appearing in multiple episodes playing different roles.
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Jonathan Hole appeared seven times each in Dragnet, Burke's Law, and Green Acres.
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Jonathan Hole appeared in five Maverick episodes, and five times on CBS's Perry Mason.
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Jonathan Hole appeared twice on ABC's The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, with Hugh O'Brian.
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Jonathan Hole appeared in episodes 5 and 48 of Batman.
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Jonathan Hole guest starred on The Andy Griffith Show as Orville Monroe, the undertaker.
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Jonathan Hole made 200 appearances in 121 television shows and made-for-television movies.
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Jonathan Hole married actress Betty Hanna, whom he met when they acted together in Dayton, Ohio.
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Jonathan Hole died in North Hollywood in 1998 at age 93, and is buried with his wife at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles.