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