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