Portrait of John Hamilton

John Hamilton

Acting

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.”

Born: January 16, 1887

Place of Birth: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Filmography

1957
Chicago Confidential

as Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)

1955
Bobby Ware Is Missing

as Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)

1955
Screen Director's Playhouse

as Mr. Campo (uncredited)

1954
Superman Flies Again

as Perry White

1954
Superman in Exile

as Perry White

1954
Superman's Peril

as Perry White

1954
Sitting Bull

as Ulysses S. Grant

1954
1954
Moby Dick

as 'Jeroboam' Captain

1954
The Miami Story

as Clifton Staley

1954
1953
Man of Conflict

as Mr. Cornwall

1953
Donovan's Brain

as Mr. McNish (uncredited)

1953
So This Is Love

as Charlie

1953
Run for the Hills

as Mr. Harvester

1953
Iron Mountain Trail

as Circuit Judge

1953
Jack McCall, Desperado

as Col. Cornish

1953
Marshal of Cedar Rock

as Stover - Prison Warden

1953
Never Wave at a WAC

as Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)

1953
Never Wave at a WAC

as Senator Holbrook

1953
The Studebaker Story

as Father Studebaker

1952
Cavalcade of America

as Colonel Norton

1952
1952
The Rose Bowl Story

as Dr. Lansing

1952
Listen Judge

as George Morton (uncredited)

1952
Target

as Bailey

1952
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as "Jeroboam" Captain

1951
Criminal Lawyer

as Police Captain Loomis

1951
Million Dollar Pursuit

as Police Inspector Morgan

1951
Badman's Gold

as The Marshal

1951
Sugarfoot

as Judge Backus

1950
1950
The Flying Missile

as Second Senator

1950
The Missourians

as Mayor Grant McDowall

1950
Treasury Men in Action

as Judge (uncredited)

1950
Bunco Squad

as John Deming (uncredited)

1950
The Men

as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

1950
The Gene Autry Show

as Dan Parker

1950
The Gene Autry Show

as Jonathan Diggers

1950
Annie Get Your Gun

as Ship Captain (uncredited)

1950
The Invisible Monster

as "Henry Miller"

1950
The Reformer and the Redhead

as Police Captain (uncredited)

1950
1949
Pioneer Marshal

as Man with Bracelet

1949
Strange Bargain

as Employee at Meeting (uncredited)

1949
Alias the Champ

as Police Commissioner Bronson

1949
1949
Bandit King of Texas

as John Turner

1949
1949
Law of the Golden West

as Isaac Cody, Bill's father

1949
Canadian Pacific

as Pere Lacomb

1949
The Judge

as Lt. Edwards

1949
Sheriff of Wichita

as Prison Warden

1948
1948
Walk a Crooked Mile

as G.W. Hunter

1948
The Checkered Coat

as Marcus Anson

1948
The Gallant Legion

as Speaker of the House

1948
1947
High Wall

as Police Surgeon (uncredited)

1947
The Judge Steps Out

as Diner on Train (uncredited)

1947
1947
Blondie in the Dough

as Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)

1947
Key Witness

as R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)

1947
News Hounds

as Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin

1947
Too Many Winners

as Albert Payson

1947
Violence

as Dr. Chalmers

1947
The Sea of Grass

as Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)

1947
It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as Harper (uncredited)

1947
1947
Raiders of the South

as George Boone

1946
Magnificent Doll

as Mr. Witherspoon (uncredited)

1946
The Secret of the Whistler

as McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)

1946
Wife Wanted

as Judge

1946
The Brute Man

as Professor Cushman (uncredited)

1946
Step by Step

as Police Capt. Edmonds

1946
One Exciting Week

as Dr. Jones (uncredited)

1946
Badman's Territory

as Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)

1946
Home on the Range

as State Official

1946
Johnny Comes Flying Home

as C.H. Metters (uncredited)

1946
1946
The Phantom Rider

as Senator Williams

1945
Northwest Trail

as John Owens

1945
Voice of the Whistler

as Doctor (uncredited)

1945
Johnny Angel

as Harbor Master (uncredited)

1945
Sensation Hunters

as Night Court Judge

1945
First Yank into Tokyo

as Dr. Stacey (uncredited)

1945
On Stage Everybody

as Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)

1945
The Naughty Nineties

as Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)

1945
1945
The Great Flamarion

as Coroner (uncredited)

1945
Mom and Dad

as Dr. Burnell

1944
Sheriff of Las Vegas

as Homer Blackwell

1944
Meet Miss Bobby Socks

as R.N. Swanson

1944
Hi, Beautiful

as Board Member (uncredited)

1944
Crazy Knights

as Mr. Gardner

1944
Zorro's Black Whip

as Mr. Walsh

1944
I'm from Arkansas

as Harry Cashin

1944
Music in Manhattan

as Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited)

1944
Maisie Goes to Reno

as Judge Carter (Uncredited)

1944
1944
The Girl Who Dared

as Beau Richmond

1944
Wilson

as Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)

1944
1944
Action in Arabia

as Mr. Hamilton

1944
Up in Arms

as Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)

1944
1943
Government Girl

as Irate Man (uncredited)

1943
Crazy House

as Outraged Director

1943
Larceny with Music

as Important banker

1943
So's Your Uncle

as Mr. Craig

1943
Good Luck, Mr. Yates

as J.C. Allison

1943
Daredevils of the West

as Senator Garfield

1943
Mission to Moscow

as Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)

1943
Aerial Gunner

as Doctor (uncredited)

1942
Phantom Killer

as John G. Harrison

1942
Across the Pacific

as Court-Martial President

1942
1942
The Big Shot

as Judge

1942
Dr. Broadway

as Inspector (uncredited)

1942
In This Our Life

as Police Inspector Millett

1942
I Was Framed

as Judge

1942
Always in My Heart

as Prison Warden

1942
Over My Dead Body

as District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater

1941
Pacific Blackout

as Police Captain

1941
Borrowed Hero

as William Brooks

1941
I Killed That Man

as District Attorney

1941
They Died with Their Boots On

as Colonel (uncredited)

1941
1941
The Maltese Falcon

as District Attorney Bryan

1941
It Started with Eve

as Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)

1941
Hold Back the Dawn

as Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)

1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough

as Police Chief (uncredited)

1941
Sucker List

as James Sawyer (uncredited)

1941
1941
Meet John Doe

as Jim (uncredited)

1940
Flight Command

as Pensacola Commander (uncredited)

1940
1940
Lady with Red Hair

as Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)

1940
You, the People

as Frank Y. Carter

1940
1940
The Flag of Humanity

as Gen. James Garfield

1940
Boom Town

as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

1940
The Golden Fleecing

as Judge (uncredited)

1940
They Drive by Night

as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

1940
1940
Tear Gas Squad

as Chief Ferris

1940
Johnny Apollo

as Night Court Judge

1940
1939
Invisible Stripes

as Captain Johnson (uncredited)

1939
Swanee River

as Doctor

1939
On Dress Parade

as A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)

1939
Smashing the Money Ring

as Night Captain

1939
Espionage Agent

as Code Room Instructor

1939
Dust Be My Destiny

as First Warden (uncredited)

1939
Full Confession

as The Judge (uncredited)

1939
Angels Wash Their Faces

as Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)

1939
The Bill of Rights

as Colonel George Mason

1939
They Shall Have Music

as Detective (uncredited)

1939
1939
1939
Stronger Than Desire

as Second Trial Judge (uncredited)

1939
Blind Alley

as Warden

1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as FBI Chief (uncredited)

1939
Forged Passport

as Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'

1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up

as Harry - Conference Room Businessman

1939
1939
Secret Service of the Air

as Warden Jackson

1939
Devil's Island

as Captain of Second Convict Ship

1938
I Stand Accused

as Defense Attorney Brower

1938
Girls on Probation

as Police Chief

1938
Mr. Wong, Detective

as Simon Dayton

1938
Too Hot to Handle

as Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)

1938
Boys Town

as Prison Warden (uncredited)

1938
You Can't Take It with You

as Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)

1938
Hunted Men

as Police Commissioner

1938
Hunted Men

as CommissionerPolice

1938
Doctor Rhythm

as Insp. Bryce

1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Philip Benton

1938
Over the Wall

as Warden Vance

1937
Murder Is News

as David Corning

1937
Missing Witnesses

as Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)

1937
1937
1937
Bad Guy

as Warden

1937
She Had to Eat

as Police Captain (uncredited)

1937
Fifty Roads to Town

as Captain Carroll

1937
1937
Criminals of the Air

as Captain Wallace

1937
Seventh Heaven

as Gendarme

1937
Two Wise Maids

as Grover Wentworth

1937
Torture Money

as Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)

1936
A Man Betrayed

as Mr. Carlton

1936
Lady from Nowhere

as Commissioner

1936
Three Smart Girls

as Desk Lieutenant at Police Station

1936
Legion of Terror

as Cummings

1936
1936
Craig's Wife

as Detective (Uncredited)

1936
1934
Stand Up and Cheer!

as Presidential Naval Aide

1934
Keep 'Em Rolling

as Major in France Battlefield

1932
1932
The Skull Murder Mystery

as Inspector Carr

1932
1931
The Wall Street Mystery

as Inspector Carr

1931
Success

as Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father

1931
The Gigolo Racket

as George Burke

1930
Heads Up

as Capt. Whitney