Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 16, 1887
Place of Birth:
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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John Hamilton
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Outcasts of the City | |
| 1957 | Chicago Confidential | Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Bobby Ware Is Missing | Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Sitting Bull | Ulysses S. Grant |
| 1954 | City Story | |
| 1954 | Stamp Day for Superman | Perry White |
| 1954 | The Miami Story | Clifton Staley |
| 1954 | Moby Dick | 'Jeroboam' Captain |
| 1954 | Superman and Scotland Yard | Perry White |
| 1954 | Superman and the Jungle Devil | Perry White |
| 1954 | Superman Flies Again | Perry White |
| 1954 | Superman in Exile | Perry White |
| 1954 | Superman's Peril | Perry White |
| 1953 | The Studebaker Story | Father Studebaker |
| 1953 | So This Is Love | Charlie |
| 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC | Sen. Holbrook (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Donovan's Brain | Mr. McNish (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Marshal of Cedar Rock | Stover - Prison Warden |
| 1953 | Run for the Hills | Mr. Harvester |
| 1953 | Jack McCall, Desperado | Col. Cornish |
| 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC | Senator Holbrook |
| 1953 | Iron Mountain Trail | Circuit Judge |
| 1953 | Man of Conflict | Mr. Cornwall |
| 1952 | Target | Bailey |
| 1952 | The Rose Bowl Story | Dr. Lansing |
| 1952 | The McGurk Way | Speaker |
| 1952 | Listen Judge | George Morton (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Pace That Thrills | Sour Puss |
| 1951 | Million Dollar Pursuit | Police Inspector Morgan |
| 1951 | Sugarfoot | Judge Backus |
| 1951 | Badman's Gold | The Marshal |
| 1951 | Criminal Lawyer | Police Captain Loomis |
| 1950 | The Reformer and the Redhead | Police Captain (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Flying Missile | Senator |
| 1950 | Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang | Judge Ralph Townsend |
| 1950 | The Flying Missile | Second Senator |
| 1950 | Davy Crockett, Indian Scout | Col. Pollard |
| 1950 | The Missourians | Mayor Grant McDowall |
| 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun | Ship Captain (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Invisible Monster | "Henry Miller" |
| 1950 | Bunco Squad | John Deming (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Men | Justice of the Peace (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Alias the Champ | Police Commissioner Bronson |
| 1949 | The Judge | Lt. Edwards |
| 1949 | Canadian Pacific | Pere Lacomb |
| 1949 | Pioneer Marshal | Man with Bracelet |
| 1949 | The Wyoming Bandit | Marshal |
| 1949 | The James Brothers of Missouri | Lon Royer [Ch.1] |
| 1949 | Bandit King of Texas | John Turner |
| 1949 | Law of the Golden West | Isaac Cody, Bill's father |
| 1949 | Sheriff of Wichita | Prison Warden |
| 1949 | Strange Bargain | Employee at Meeting (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Rusty Leads the Way | Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Checkered Coat | Marcus Anson |
| 1948 | The Gallant Legion | Speaker of the House |
| 1948 | Desperadoes of Dodge City | Land Agent |
| 1948 | Walk a Crooked Mile | G.W. Hunter |
| 1948 | Song of My Heart | Czar |
| 1948 | The Gentleman from Nowhere | Judge |
| 1947 | Violence | Dr. Chalmers |
| 1947 | Blondie in the Dough | Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1947 | High Wall | Police Surgeon (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Too Many Winners | Albert Payson |
| 1947 | Key Witness | R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Diner on Train (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Devil On Wheels | Mr. Davis |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Forrest Hamilton (uncredited) |
| 1947 | News Hounds | Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin |
| 1947 | Bandits of Dark Canyon | Ben Shaw |
| 1947 | Raiders of the South | George Boone |
| 1947 | It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Harper (uncredited) |
| 1946 | One Exciting Week | Dr. Jones (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Johnny Comes Flying Home | C.H. Metters (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Madonna's Secret | Lambert |
| 1946 | The Phantom Rider | Senator Williams |
| 1946 | The Secret of the Whistler | McLaren aka Mac (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Home on the Range | State Official |
| 1946 | Wife Wanted | Judge |
| 1946 | Badman's Territory | Commissioner Taylor (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Magnificent Doll | Mr. Witherspoon |
| 1946 | The Brute Man | Professor Cushman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Step by Step | Police Capt. Edmonds |
| 1945 | Circumstantial Evidence | Gov. Hanlon |
| 1945 | First Yank into Tokyo | Dr. Stacey (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Northwest Trail | John Owens |
| 1945 | Voice of the Whistler | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Naughty Nineties | Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited) |
| 1945 | On Stage Everybody | Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Mom and Dad | Dr. Burnell |
| 1945 | The Great Flamarion | Coroner (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Sensation Hunters | Night Court Judge |
| 1945 | Johnny Angel | Harbor Master (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Wilson | Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Port of 40 Thieves | Mr. Fellows |
| 1944 | The Girl Who Dared | Beau Richmond |
| 1944 | Standing Room Only | General |
| 1944 | Meet Miss Bobby Socks | R.N. Swanson |
| 1944 | Up in Arms | Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Action in Arabia | Mr. Hamilton |
| 1944 | Christmas Holiday | Foreman |
| 1944 | Crazy Knights | Mr. Gardner |
| 1944 | Sheriff of Las Vegas | Judge Homer T. Blackwell |
| 1944 | Zorro's Black Whip | Mr. Walsh |
| 1944 | I'm from Arkansas | Harry Cashin |
| 1944 | Maisie Goes to Reno | Judge Carter (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | Hi, Beautiful | Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Aerial Gunner | Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Government Girl | Irate Man (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Good Luck, Mr. Yates | J.C. Allison |
| 1943 | Daredevils of the West | Senator Garfield |
| 1943 | So's Your Uncle | Mr. Craig |
| 1943 | Crazy House | Outraged Director |
| 1943 | Larceny with Music | Important banker |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow | Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Across the Pacific | Court-Martial President |
| 1942 | The Big Shot | Judge |
| 1942 | Escape from Crime | Rafferty |
| 1942 | Always in My Heart | Prison Warden |
| 1942 | Phantom Killer | John G. Harrison |
| 1942 | Dr. Broadway | Inspector |
| 1942 | Over My Dead Body | District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater |
| 1942 | Syncopation | |
| 1942 | I Was Framed | Judge |
| 1942 | In This Our Life | Police Inspector Millett |
| 1941 | The Maltese Falcon | District Attorney Bryan |
| 1941 | I Killed That Man | District Attorney |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve | Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Jim (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Great Man's Lady | Sen. Grant |
| 1941 | Borrowed Hero | William Brooks |
| 1941 | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Police Chief (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Strange Alibi | Judge |
| 1941 | Hold Back the Dawn | Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited) |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Colonel (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Police Captain |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny | Judge |
| 1941 | Sucker List | James Sawyer (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Unfinished Rainbows | Matthew Griswold |
| 1940 | Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Capt. Broad |
| 1940 | You, the People | Frank Y. Carter |
| 1940 | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Hirsch |
| 1940 | Brother Rat and a Baby | Judge |
| 1940 | Johnny Apollo | Night Court Judge |
| 1940 | Boom Town | McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Flight Command | Pensacola Commander (uncredited) |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night | Defense Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Lady with Red Hair | Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Flag of Humanity | Gen. James Garfield |
| 1940 | The Golden Fleecing | Judge (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | Professor Gordon |
| 1940 | Tear Gas Squad | Chief Ferris |
| 1940 | Murder in the Air | Hargrave |
| 1940 | The Great Plane Robbery | Dr. Jamison |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Judge |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million | Wilson |
| 1939 | Full Confession | The Judge (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Forgotten Woman | Dr. May |
| 1939 | The Spirit of Culver | Maj. White |
| 1939 | Angels Wash Their Faces | Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Old Hickory | Governor Clairborne of Louisiana |
| 1939 | Secret Service of the Air | Warden Jackson |
| 1939 | Stronger Than Desire | Second Trial Judge (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Smashing the Money Ring | Night Captain |
| 1939 | Devil's Island | Captain of Second Convict Ship |
| 1939 | Three Smart Girls Grow Up | Harry - Conference Room Businessman |
| 1939 | Blind Alley | Warden |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Judge |
| 1939 | They Shall Have Music | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Swanee River | Doctor |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | First Warden (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Espionage Agent | Code Room Instructor |
| 1939 | Forged Passport | Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty' |
| 1939 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy | FBI Chief (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Bill of Rights | Colonel George Mason |
| 1939 | On Dress Parade | A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Captain Johnson (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Mr. Wong, Detective | Simon Dayton |
| 1938 | Mr. Moto's Gamble | Philip Benton |
| 1938 | Over the Wall | Warden Vance |
| 1938 | Hunted Men | Police Commissioner |
| 1938 | Doctor Rhythm | Insp. Bryce |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited) |
| 1938 | I Stand Accused | Defense Attorney Brower |
| 1938 | Girls on Probation | Police Chief |
| 1938 | Boys Town | Prison Warden (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Hunted Men | CommissionerPolice |
| 1937 | The Man Who Cried Wolf | Judge |
| 1937 | Murder Is News | David Corning |
| 1937 | Bad Guy | Warden |
| 1937 | Missing Witnesses | Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Dangerously Yours | Roberts |
| 1937 | Night Club Scandal | Governor |
| 1937 | Two Wise Maids | Grover Wentworth |
| 1937 | This Is My Affair | Warden |
| 1937 | It Could Happen to You | Judge |
| 1937 | Seventh Heaven | Gendarme |
| 1937 | Fifty Roads to Town | Captain Carroll |
| 1937 | Torture Money | Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited) |
| 1937 | She Had to Eat | Police Captain (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Criminals of the Air | Captain Wallace |
| 1936 | Two-Fisted Gentleman | Frank Boyd |
| 1936 | Lady from Nowhere | Commissioner |
| 1936 | Craig's Wife | Detective (Uncredited) |
| 1936 | Two in a Crowd | Purdy |
| 1936 | Three Smart Girls | Desk Lieutenant at Police Station |
| 1936 | Legion of Terror | Cummings |
| 1936 | A Man Betrayed | Mr. Carlton |
| 1934 | Keep 'Em Rolling | Major in France Battlefield |
| 1934 | Stand Up and Cheer! | Presidential Naval Aide |
| 1932 | The Side Show Mystery | Inspector Carr |
| 1932 | The Crane Poison Case | Inspector Carr |
| 1932 | The Studio Murder Mystery | Insp. Carr |
| 1932 | The Trans-Atlantic Mystery | Inspector Carr |
| 1932 | The Skull Murder Mystery | Inspector Carr |
| 1932 | The Cole Case | Inspector Carr |
| 1932 | Murder in the Pullman | Detective |
| 1932 | The Symphony Murder Mystery | Insp. Carr |
| 1932 | The Campus Mystery | Inspector Carr |
| 1931 | The Clyde Mystery | Inspector Carr |
| 1931 | The Wall Street Mystery | Inspector Carr |
| 1931 | Success | Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father |
| 1931 | The Gigolo Racket | George Burke |
| 1931 | The Week End Mystery | |
| 1930 | Heads Up | Capt. Whitney |
| 1930 | Dangerous Nan McGrew | Grant |
| 1930 | At the Villa Rose | Starling |
| 1929 | The Burgomaster of Stilemonde | Odilion van Belle |
| 1928 | A South Sea Bubble | Tony Gates |
| 1928 | The Ringer | John Lenley |
| 1928 | The Silver Lining | John Hurst |
| 1928 | The Three Kings | Charlie King |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | New York Confidential | |
| 1956 | The Count of Monte Cristo | |
| 1956 | Hey, Jeannie! | Mr. Barker |
| 1956 | State Trooper | Oscar |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Mr. Campo (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Captain Midnight | |
| 1954 | Passport to Danger | |
| 1953 | I Led Three Lives | |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Perry White |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Colonel Norton |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Porter |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Jeroboam" Captain |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | |
| 1951 | The Roy Rogers Show | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson | |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show | Dan Parker |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid | John Mitchell |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid | Thomas T. Trimble |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid | Sheriff |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show | Jonathan Diggers |
| 1950 | Treasury Men in Action | Judge (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Ed Wynn Show | Self - Ed's Doctor (uncredited) |