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