John Hamilton
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Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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.”
Appearances
7.7
The Maltese Falcon
District Attorney Bryan
8.0
Rusty Leads the Way
Board Member (uncredited)
6.7
I Killed That Man
District Attorney
6.5
One Exciting Week
Dr. Jones (uncredited)
5.6
Wilson
Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)
8.0
Johnny Comes Flying Home
C.H. Metters (uncredited)
7.3
Alias the Champ
Police Commissioner Bronson
5.6
Mr. Wong, Detective
Simon Dayton
7.2
It Started with Eve
Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Clyde Mystery
9.0
The Clyde Mystery
Inspector Carr
The Side Show Mystery
9.0
The Side Show Mystery
Inspector Carr
The Crane Poison Case
7.0
The Crane Poison Case
Inspector Carr
7.6
The Reformer and the Redhead
Police Captain (uncredited)
5.2
Circumstantial Evidence
Gov. Hanlon
6.4
The Madonna's Secret
Lambert
5.5
Violence
Dr. Chalmers
7.5
The Roaring Twenties
Judge
6.7
Blondie in the Dough
Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)
6.5
Million Dollar Pursuit
Police Inspector Morgan
8.0
I Stole a Million
Wilson
7.5
The Port of 40 Thieves
Mr. Fellows
5.5
The Judge
Lt. Edwards
6.6
Across the Pacific
Court-Martial President
6.4
The Big Shot
Judge
5.5
Escape from Crime
Rafferty
7.3
Meet John Doe
Jim (uncredited)
6.4
High Wall
Police Surgeon (uncredited)
6.4
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Philip Benton
6.3
Always in My Heart
Prison Warden
6.3
The Great Man's Lady
Sen. Grant
5.3
Sitting Bull
Ulysses S. Grant
5.6
Full Confession
The Judge (uncredited)
6.0
First Yank into Tokyo
Dr. Stacey (uncredited)
6.1
The Girl Who Dared
Beau Richmond
The Studebaker Story
Father Studebaker
5.7
Over the Wall
Warden Vance
9.0
Two-Fisted Gentleman
Frank Boyd
5.2
Phantom Killer
John G. Harrison
5.0
Chicago Confidential
Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)
6.6
Target
Bailey
5.7
Hunted Men
Police Commissioner
6.0
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Capt. Broad
5.7
Standing Room Only
General
5.5
Borrowed Hero
William Brooks
7.0
The Man Who Cried Wolf
Judge
5.3
The Flying Missile
Senator
Murder Is News
4.0
Murder Is News
David Corning
8.0
Bad Guy
Warden
4.3
So This Is Love
Charlie
7.5
Doctor Rhythm
Insp. Bryce
7.5
You Can't Take It with You
Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
9.0
Lady from Nowhere
Commissioner
5.4
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Police Chief (uncredited)
7.5
The Studio Murder Mystery
Insp. Carr
9.0
Meet Miss Bobby Socks
R.N. Swanson
9.0
I Stand Accused
Defense Attorney Brower
4.3
The Rose Bowl Story
Dr. Lansing
7.0
The Forgotten Woman
Dr. May
7.2
Strange Alibi
Judge
10.0
The Spirit of Culver
Maj. White
5.0
Never Wave at a WAC
Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)
City Story
8.0
City Story
5.3
Sugarfoot
Judge Backus
6.5
Craig's Wife
Detective (uncredited)
8.0
Two in a Crowd
Purdy
6.2
The Wall Street Mystery
Inspector Carr
5.4
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
Inspector Carr
6.0
Too Many Winners
Albert Payson
8.3
The Checkered Coat
Marcus Anson
5.2
Canadian Pacific
Pere Lacomb
6.7
Angels Wash Their Faces
Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)
Old Hickory
4.8
Old Hickory
Governor Clairborne of Louisiana
5.0
Aerial Gunner
Doctor (uncredited)
The McGurk Way
The McGurk Way
Speaker
5.9
Secret Service of the Air
Warden Jackson
5.7
Up in Arms
Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)
4.8
Key Witness
R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)
5.5
Stronger Than Desire
Second Trial Judge (uncredited)
5.8
Smashing the Money Ring
Night Captain
6.2
Girls on Probation
Police Chief
6.3
Keep 'Em Rolling
Major in France Battlefield
5.7
Devil's Island
Captain of Second Convict Ship
7.0
Heads Up
Capt. Whitney
7.3
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Harry - Conference Room Businessman
6.0
Blind Alley
Warden
6.7
Rose of Washington Square
Judge
6.0
Action in Arabia
Mr. Hamilton
6.5
They Shall Have Music
Detective (uncredited)
6.0
Dr. Broadway
Inspector (uncredited)
6.5
Christmas Holiday
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
7.0
Swanee River
Doctor
6.5
Dust Be My Destiny
First Warden (uncredited)
6.3
Espionage Agent
Code Room Instructor
6.5
Three Smart Girls
Desk Lieutenant at Police Station
6.2
You, the People
Frank Y. Carter
7.0
Missing Witnesses
Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)
6.2
Donovan's Brain
Mr. McNish (uncredited)
7.0
The Judge Steps Out
Diner on Train (uncredited)
5.2
Crazy Knights
Mr. Gardner
5.6
Dangerously Yours
Roberts
4.3
Night Club Scandal
Governor
6.5
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Hirsch
6.1
Brother Rat and a Baby
Judge
6.5
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
Judge Ralph Townsend
6.7
Hold Back the Dawn
Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)
10.0
Outcasts of the City
5.5
Stamp Day for Superman
Perry White
7.0
Legion of Terror
Cummings
4.6
The Devil On Wheels
Mr. Davis
10.0
Two Wise Maids
Grover Wentworth
6.5
Forged Passport
Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'
10.0
Pioneer Marshal
Man with Bracelet
7.3
Listen Judge
George Morton (uncredited)
6.9
Johnny Apollo
Night Court Judge
8.0
Over My Dead Body
District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
6.1
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
FBI Chief (uncredited)
6.0
A Man Betrayed
Mr. Carlton
6.5
The Phantom Rider
Senator Williams
5.8
Northwest Trail
John Owens
5.8
Voice of the Whistler
Doctor (uncredited)
6.8
Syncopation
6.1
The Sea of Grass
Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)
7.3
This Is My Affair
Warden
6.9
Boom Town
McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
5.7
Government Girl
Irate Man (uncredited)
5.9
Flight Command
Pensacola Commander (uncredited)
6.9
They Drive by Night
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
6.9
Lady with Red Hair
Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)
7.5
The Flag of Humanity
Gen. James Garfield
6.1
The Secret of the Whistler
McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)
5.9
The Golden Fleecing
Judge (uncredited)
6.8
News Hounds
Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin
5.8
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Professor Gordon
6.0
The Pace That Thrills
Sour Puss
4.5
Dangerous Nan McGrew
Grant
Success
Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father
7.3
The Gallant Legion
Speaker of the House
6.5
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
J.C. Allison
5.3
The Flying Missile
Second Senator
6.5
The Wyoming Bandit
Marshal
5.0
Badman's Gold
The Marshal
5.2
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
Col. Pollard
8.0
The Missourians
Mayor Grant McDowall
5.5
Sheriff of Las Vegas
Homer Blackwell
6.3
Marshal of Cedar Rock
Stover - Prison Warden
7.0
Daredevils of the West
Senator Garfield
9.0
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Ben Shaw
5.9
Zorro's Black Whip
Mr. Walsh
6.8
Boys Town
Prison Warden (uncredited)
10.0
Home on the Range
State Official
6.5
Raiders of the South
George Boone
6.7
The James Brothers of Missouri
Lon Royer [Ch.1]
10.0
Desperadoes of Dodge City
Land Agent
The Gigolo Racket
George Burke
8.0
Bandit King of Texas
John Turner
7.5
Law of the Golden West
Isaac Cody, Bill's father
8.0
Sheriff of Wichita
Prison Warden
6.0
Run for the Hills
Mr. Harvester
6.0
Jack McCall, Desperado
Col. Cornish
6.7
They Died with Their Boots On
Colonel (uncredited)
4.9
The Miami Story
Clifton Staley
5.8
The Skull Murder Mystery
Inspector Carr
9.0
The Week End Mystery
6.5
Pacific Blackout
Police Captain
5.0
I Was Framed
Judge
5.3
Tear Gas Squad
Chief Ferris
5.0
Never Wave at a WAC
Senator Holbrook
6.8
Annie Get Your Gun
Ship Captain (uncredited)
3.0
It Could Happen to You
Judge
5.1
Murder in the Air
Hargrave
6.4
Seventh Heaven
Gendarme
10.0
Fifty Roads to Town
Captain Carroll
4.7
The Invisible Monster
"Henry Miller"
7.8
Wife Wanted
Judge
6.3
The Bill of Rights
Colonel George Mason
7.1
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Harper (uncredited)
6.2
Walk a Crooked Mile
G.W. Hunter
6.6
On Dress Parade
A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)
6.0
So's Your Uncle
Mr. Craig
6.0
Crazy House
Outraged Director
5.3
Larceny with Music
Important banker
5.7
Mission to Moscow
Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)
6.3
Torture Money
Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)
5.8
Flight from Destiny
Judge
6.1
Bunco Squad
John Deming (uncredited)
7.0
Song of My Heart
Czar
5.8
Strange Bargain
Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
6.0
Badman's Territory
Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)
7.3
Sucker List
James Sawyer (uncredited)
6.7
The Naughty Nineties
Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)
5.6
She Had to Eat
Police Captain (uncredited)
8.0
On Stage Everybody
Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)
5.2
Mom and Dad
Dr. Burnell
6.1
The Great Flamarion
Coroner (uncredited)
The Cole Case
9.0
The Cole Case
Inspector Carr
6.1
Magnificent Doll
Mr. Witherspoon (uncredited)
6.0
I'm from Arkansas
Harry Cashin
9.0
The Great Plane Robbery
Dr. Jamison
6.2
Invisible Stripes
Captain Johnson (uncredited)
7.5
Murder in the Pullman
Detective
6.9
In This Our Life
Police Inspector Millett
6.3
Criminals of the Air
Captain Wallace
4.8
Sensation Hunters
Night Court Judge
6.5
Iron Mountain Trail
Circuit Judge
6.6
Maisie Goes to Reno
Judge Carter (Uncredited)
4.6
The Brute Man
Professor Cushman (uncredited)
8.0
Bobby Ware Is Missing
Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)
9.0
Moby Dick
'Jeroboam' Captain
7.0
The Symphony Murder Mystery
Insp. Carr
6.2
Step by Step
Police Capt. Edmonds
7.0
The Men
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
7.4
Criminal Lawyer
Police Captain Loomis
Man of Conflict
6.7
Man of Conflict
Mr. Cornwall
7.5
The Gentleman from Nowhere
Judge
5.3
Stand Up and Cheer!
Presidential Naval Aide
5.7
Hunted Men
CommissionerPolice
7.3
Superman and Scotland Yard
Perry White
8.7
Superman and the Jungle Devil
Perry White
7.7
Superman Flies Again
Perry White
8.3
Superman in Exile
Perry White
Superman's Peril
Perry White
Unfinished Rainbows
9.0
Unfinished Rainbows
Matthew Griswold
6.0
Johnny Angel
Harbor Master (uncredited)
The Campus Mystery
7.0
The Campus Mystery
Inspector Carr
9.8
Hi, Beautiful
Board Member (uncredited)
6.0
Music in Manhattan
Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited)
6.0
Too Hot to Handle
Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)
10.0
Girl on the Spot
Police Commissioner (uncredited)
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
"Jeroboam" Captain
8.0
I Led Three Lives
5.2
The Count of Monte Cristo
4.7
The Gene Autry Show
Dan Parker
6.6
Adventures of Superman
Perry White
4.6
Cavalcade of America
Colonel Norton
10.0
New York Confidential
6.4
Tales of Tomorrow
6.8
The Roy Rogers Show
Hey, Jeannie!
6.3
Hey, Jeannie!
Mr. Barker
6.0
The Adventures of Kit Carson
The Cisco Kid
6.1
The Cisco Kid
John Mitchell
6.5
Captain Midnight
The Cisco Kid
6.1
The Cisco Kid
Thomas T. Trimble
Passport to Danger
7.5
Passport to Danger
The Cisco Kid
6.1
The Cisco Kid
Sheriff
State Trooper
5.7
State Trooper
Oscar
The Ed Wynn Show
7.7
The Ed Wynn Show
Self - Ed's Doctor (uncredited)
4.7
The Gene Autry Show
Jonathan Diggers
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
Mr. Campo (uncredited)
4.6
Cavalcade of America
Porter
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
6.3
Treasury Men in Action
Judge (uncredited)