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