John Hamilton
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John Rummel Hamilton was an American actor, who played in many movies and television programs. He is probably best remembered for his role as the blustery newspaper editor Perry White for the 1950s television program “Adventures of Superman.”
Known for
Credits
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
as District Attorney Bryan
The Men (1950)
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
They Drive by Night (1940)
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
In This Our Life (1942)
as Police Inspector Millett
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Colonel (uncredited)
Sugarfoot (1951)
as Judge Backus
Boys Town (1938)
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
as Judge
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
as Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)
Two in a Crowd (1936)
as Purdy
Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
as Presidential Naval Aide
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
as Judge
Moby Dick (1954)
as 'Jeroboam' Captain
Pioneer Marshal (1949)
as Man with Bracelet
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
as Harper (uncredited)
The Girl Who Dared (1944)
as Beau Richmond
Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
as Philip Benton
Stamp Day for Superman (1954)
as Perry White
Three Smart Girls (1936)
as Desk Lieutenant at Police Station
Wife Wanted (1946)
as Judge
Meet John Doe (1941)
as Jim (uncredited)
Girl on the Spot (1946)
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Devil's Island (1939)
as Captain of Second Convict Ship
Outcasts of the City (1958)
Actor
You, the People (1940)
as Frank Y. Carter
One Exciting Week (1946)
as Dr. Jones (uncredited)
Action in Arabia (1944)
as Mr. Hamilton
So's Your Uncle (1943)
as Mr. Craig
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
Law of the Golden West (1949)
as Isaac Cody, Bill's father
Iron Mountain Trail (1953)
as Circuit Judge
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
as Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)
Always in My Heart (1942)
as Prison Warden
The Devil On Wheels (1947)
as Mr. Davis
The Sea of Grass (1947)
as Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)
Boom Town (1940)
as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Too Many Winners (1947)
as Albert Payson
Too Hot to Handle (1938)
as Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)
Home on the Range (1946)
as State Official
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
as FBI Chief (uncredited)
Government Girl (1943)
as Irate Man (uncredited)
Across the Pacific (1942)
as Court-Martial President
Sheriff of Wichita (1949)
as Prison Warden
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
as First Warden (uncredited)
Voice of the Whistler (1945)
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Studebaker Story (1953)
as Father Studebaker
The Pace That Thrills (1952)
as Sour Puss
The Forgotten Woman (1939)
as Dr. May
Murder in the Air (1940)
as Hargrave
Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
as Judge
Christmas Holiday (1944)
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
High Wall (1947)
as Police Surgeon (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady (1941)
as Sen. Grant
Badman's Territory (1946)
as Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)
Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
as G.W. Hunter
Seventh Heaven (1937)
as Gendarme
Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930)
as Grant
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
as Hirsch
The Checkered Coat (1948)
as Marcus Anson
Invisible Stripes (1939)
as Captain Johnson (uncredited)
Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
as Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)
Magnificent Doll (1946)
as Mr. Witherspoon (uncredited)
Canadian Pacific (1949)
as Pere Lacomb
On Dress Parade (1939)
as A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
as Professor Gordon
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950)
as Col. Pollard
Northwest Trail (1945)
as John Owens
The Bill of Rights (1939)
as Colonel George Mason
Key Witness (1947)
as R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow (1943)
as Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)
Up in Arms (1944)
as Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)
Raiders of the South (1947)
as George Boone
Larceny with Music (1943)
as Important banker
They Shall Have Music (1939)
as Detective (uncredited)
Jack McCall, Desperado (1953)
as Col. Cornish
Badman's Gold (1951)
as The Marshal
Bobby Ware Is Missing (1955)
as Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
Johnny Apollo (1940)
as Night Court Judge
The Great Plane Robbery (1940)
as Dr. Jamison
Forged Passport (1939)
as Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'
It Started with Eve (1941)
as Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Marshal of Cedar Rock (1953)
as Stover - Prison Warden
Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
as Simon Dayton
Wilson (1944)
as Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)
Flight Command (1940)
as Pensacola Commander (uncredited)
Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
as Mr. Walsh
Sitting Bull (1954)
as Ulysses S. Grant
This Is My Affair (1937)
as Warden
Donovan's Brain (1953)
as Mr. McNish (uncredited)
She Had to Eat (1937)
as Police Captain (uncredited)
The Madonna's Secret (1946)
as Lambert
Strange Alibi (1941)
as Judge
Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
as Night Captain
Song of My Heart (1948)
as Czar
Dr. Broadway (1942)
as Inspector (uncredited)
Crazy Knights (1944)
as Mr. Gardner
The Big Shot (1942)
as Judge
Flight from Destiny (1941)
as Judge
Superman and Scotland Yard (1954)
as Perry White
Blondie in the Dough (1947)
as Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)
Secret Service of the Air (1939)
as Warden Jackson
Hunted Men (1938)
as Police Commissioner
The Great Flamarion (1945)
as Coroner (uncredited)
Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
as Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)
Step by Step (1946)
as Police Capt. Edmonds
Craig's Wife (1936)
as Detective (uncredited)
The Golden Fleecing (1940)
as Judge (uncredited)
The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
as Dr. Lansing
Johnny Angel (1945)
as Harbor Master (uncredited)
That's My Gal (1947)
as Assemblyman McBride
Bunco Squad (1950)
as John Deming (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
as Judge Carter (Uncredited)
The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
as Police Captain (uncredited)
The Flying Missile (1950)
as Senator
So This Is Love (1953)
as Charlie
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
as Harry - Conference Room Businessman
Over My Dead Body (1942)
as District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
Syncopation (1942)
Actor
Strange Illusion (1945)
as Mr. Allen
The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)
as Judge
The Skull Murder Mystery (1932)
as Inspector Carr
Bandit King of Texas (1949)
as John Turner
Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944)
as Homer Blackwell
Chicago Confidential (1957)
as Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout (1941)
as Police Captain
The Secret of the Whistler (1946)
as McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)
First Yank into Tokyo (1945)
as Dr. Stacey (uncredited)
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery (1932)
as Inspector Carr
Espionage Agent (1939)
as Code Room Instructor
Crazy House (1943)
as Outraged Director
The James Brothers of Missouri (1949)
as Lon Royer [Ch.1]
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
as Police Chief (uncredited)
Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940)
as Capt. Broad
Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
as Board Member (uncredited)
Desperadoes of Dodge City (1948)
as Land Agent
Music in Manhattan (1944)
as Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited)
The Flag of Humanity (1940)
as Gen. James Garfield
I Killed That Man (1941)
as District Attorney
Criminals of the Air (1937)
as Captain Wallace
The Port of 40 Thieves (1944)
as Mr. Fellows
Dangerously Yours (1937)
as Roberts
Blind Alley (1939)
as Warden
Swanee River (1939)
as Doctor
Alias the Champ (1949)
as Police Commissioner Bronson
News Hounds (1947)
as Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin
I'm from Arkansas (1944)
as Harry Cashin
Lady with Red Hair (1940)
as Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)
The Wall Street Mystery (1931)
as Inspector Carr
Strange Bargain (1949)
as Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946)
as C.H. Metters (uncredited)
I Stole a Million (1939)
as Wilson
Listen Judge (1952)
as George Morton (uncredited)
Bandits of Dark Canyon (1947)
as Ben Shaw
The Gallant Legion (1948)
as Speaker of the House
Daredevils of the West (1943)
as Senator Garfield
Run for the Hills (1953)
as Mr. Harvester
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang (1950)
as Judge Ralph Townsend
Heads Up (1930)
as Capt. Whitney
The Spirit of Culver (1939)
as Maj. White
Meet Miss Bobby Socks (1944)
as R.N. Swanson
Mom and Dad (1945)
as Dr. Burnell
Murder Is News (1937)
as David Corning
Full Confession (1939)
as The Judge (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed (1936)
as Mr. Carlton
Night Club Scandal (1937)
as Governor
Criminal Lawyer (1951)
as Police Captain Loomis
Stronger Than Desire (1939)
as Second Trial Judge (uncredited)
City Story (1954)
Actor
Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)
as J.C. Allison
Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
as Captain Carroll
The Brute Man (1946)
as Professor Cushman (uncredited)
Sucker List (1941)
as James Sawyer (uncredited)
The Miami Story (1954)
as Clifton Staley
Escape from Crime (1942)
as Rafferty
Million Dollar Pursuit (1951)
as Police Inspector Morgan
The Wyoming Bandit (1949)
as Marshal
Tear Gas Squad (1940)
as Chief Ferris
Girls on Probation (1938)
as Police Chief
On Stage Everybody (1945)
as Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)
Phantom Killer (1942)
as John G. Harrison
Bad Guy (1937)
as Warden
Murder in the Pullman (1932)
as Detective
The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948)
as Judge
The Invisible Monster (1950)
as "Henry Miller"
Aerial Gunner (1943)
as Doctor (uncredited)
Lady from Nowhere (1936)
as Commissioner
Keep 'Em Rolling (1934)
as Major in France Battlefield
The Judge (1949)
as Lt. Edwards
Sensation Hunters (1945)
as Night Court Judge
The Cole Case (1932)
as Inspector Carr
The Symphony Murder Mystery (1932)
as Insp. Carr
Superman Flies Again (1954)
as Perry White
Borrowed Hero (1941)
as William Brooks
It Could Happen to You (1937)
as Judge
Legion of Terror (1936)
as Cummings
Two Wise Maids (1937)
as Grover Wentworth
Doctor Rhythm (1938)
as Insp. Bryce
Standing Room Only (1944)
as General
Hi, Beautiful (1944)
as Board Member (uncredited)
The Week End Mystery (1931)
Actor
The Missourians (1950)
as Mayor Grant McDowall
Over the Wall (1938)
as Warden Vance
Target (1952)
as Bailey
Superman and the Jungle Devil (1954)
as Perry White
Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
as Gov. Hanlon
Unfinished Rainbows (1941)
as Matthew Griswold
The Side Show Mystery (1932)
as Inspector Carr
I Stand Accused (1938)
as Defense Attorney Brower
Old Hickory (1939)
as Governor Clairborne of Louisiana
The Crane Poison Case (1932)
as Inspector Carr
The Phantom Rider (1946)
as Senator Williams
I Was Framed (1942)
as Judge
Missing Witnesses (1937)
as Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)
Man of Conflict (1953)
as Mr. Cornwall
Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936)
as Frank Boyd
Violence (1947)
as Dr. Chalmers
Superman's Peril (1954)
as Perry White
The Studio Murder Mystery (1932)
as Insp. Carr
The Clyde Mystery (1931)
as Inspector Carr
Torture Money (1937)
as Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)
Superman in Exile (1954)
as Perry White
Success (1931)
as Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father
The McGurk Way (1952)
as Speaker
The Gigolo Racket (1931)
as George Burke
The Campus Mystery (1932)
as Inspector Carr