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John Hamilton

Acting · Born 1887-01-16 · 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.”

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Credits · 241

New York Confidential

Outcasts of the City

Chicago Confidential

1957 · Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)

1956 · Mr. Barker

The Count of Monte Cristo

Bobby Ware Is Missing

1955 · Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955 · Mr. Campo (uncredited)

Superman and the Jungle Devil

1954 · Perry White

Superman Flies Again

1954 · Perry White

Superman in Exile

1954 · Perry White

1954 · Ulysses S. Grant

Captain Midnight

Superman and Scotland Yard

1954 · Perry White

1954 · 'Jeroboam' Captain

The Miami Story

1954 · Clifton Staley

Passport to Danger

Passport to Danger

Stamp Day for Superman

1954 · Perry White

Man of Conflict

Man of Conflict

1953 · Mr. Cornwall

Donovan's Brain

1953 · Mr. McNish (uncredited)

So This Is Love

1953 · Charlie

Run for the Hills

1953 · Mr. Harvester

Iron Mountain Trail

1953 · Circuit Judge

Jack McCall, Desperado

1953 · Col. Cornish

Marshal of Cedar Rock

1953 · Stover - Prison Warden

Never Wave at a WAC

1953 · Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)

I Led Three Lives

The Ford Television Theatre

Cavalcade of America

1952 · Colonel Norton

Adventures of Superman

1952 · Perry White

The Rose Bowl Story

1952 · Dr. Lansing

1952 · George Morton (uncredited)

The Pace That Thrills

1952 · Sour Puss

The Roy Rogers Show

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · "Jeroboam" Captain

Criminal Lawyer

1951 · Police Captain Loomis

The Adventures of Kit Carson

Tales of Tomorrow

Million Dollar Pursuit

1951 · Police Inspector Morgan

1951 · The Marshal

1951 · Judge Backus

The Flying Missile

1950 · Senator

The Missourians

1950 · Mayor Grant McDowall

Treasury Men in Action

1950 · Judge (uncredited)

1950 · John Mitchell

1950 · John Deming (uncredited)

1950 · Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

The Gene Autry Show

1950 · Dan Parker

Annie Get Your Gun

1950 · Ship Captain (uncredited)

The Invisible Monster

1950 · "Henry Miller"

The Reformer and the Redhead

1950 · Police Captain (uncredited)

Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang

1950 · Judge Ralph Townsend

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

1950 · Col. Pollard

Pioneer Marshal

1949 · Man with Bracelet

Strange Bargain

1949 · Employee at Meeting (uncredited)

Alias the Champ

1949 · Police Commissioner Bronson

The Ed Wynn Show

The Ed Wynn Show

1949 · Self - Ed's Doctor (uncredited)

The James Brothers of Missouri

1949 · Lon Royer [Ch.1]

Bandit King of Texas

1949 · John Turner

The Wyoming Bandit

1949 · Marshal

Law of the Golden West

1949 · Isaac Cody, Bill's father

Canadian Pacific

1949 · Pere Lacomb

1949 · Lt. Edwards

Sheriff of Wichita

1949 · Prison Warden

Rusty Leads the Way

1948 · Board Member (uncredited)

Desperadoes of Dodge City

1948 · Land Agent

The Gentleman from Nowhere

Walk a Crooked Mile

1948 · G.W. Hunter

The Checkered Coat

1948 · Marcus Anson

The Gallant Legion

1948 · Speaker of the House

Song of My Heart

1947 · Police Surgeon (uncredited)

The Judge Steps Out

1947 · Diner on Train (uncredited)

Bandits of Dark Canyon

1947 · Ben Shaw

Blondie in the Dough

1947 · Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)

1947 · R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)

1947 · Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin

Too Many Winners

1947 · Albert Payson

1947 · Assemblyman McBride

1947 · Dr. Chalmers

The Sea of Grass

1947 · Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947 · Harper (uncredited)

The Devil On Wheels

1947 · Mr. Davis

Raiders of the South

1947 · George Boone

Magnificent Doll

1946 · Mr. Witherspoon (uncredited)

The Secret of the Whistler

1946 · McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)

1946 · Professor Cushman (uncredited)

1946 · Police Capt. Edmonds

One Exciting Week

1946 · Dr. Jones (uncredited)

Badman's Territory

1946 · Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)

Home on the Range

1946 · State Official

Johnny Comes Flying Home

1946 · C.H. Metters (uncredited)

The Madonna's Secret

1946 · Lambert

The Phantom Rider

1946 · Senator Williams

Girl on the Spot

1946 · Police Commissioner (uncredited)

Northwest Trail

1945 · John Owens

Voice of the Whistler

1945 · Doctor (uncredited)

1945 · Harbor Master (uncredited)

Sensation Hunters

1945 · Night Court Judge

First Yank into Tokyo

1945 · Dr. Stacey (uncredited)

On Stage Everybody

1945 · Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)

The Naughty Nineties

1945 · Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence

1945 · Gov. Hanlon

Strange Illusion

1945 · Mr. Allen

The Great Flamarion

1945 · Coroner (uncredited)

1945 · Dr. Burnell

Sheriff of Las Vegas

1944 · Homer Blackwell

Meet Miss Bobby Socks

1944 · R.N. Swanson

1944 · Board Member (uncredited)

1944 · Mr. Gardner

Zorro's Black Whip

1944 · Mr. Walsh

I'm from Arkansas

1944 · Harry Cashin

Music in Manhattan

1944 · Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited)

Maisie Goes to Reno

1944 · Judge Carter (Uncredited)

The Port of 40 Thieves

1944 · Mr. Fellows

The Girl Who Dared

1944 · Beau Richmond

1944 · Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)

Christmas Holiday

1944 · Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Action in Arabia

1944 · Mr. Hamilton

1944 · Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)

Standing Room Only

1944 · General

Government Girl

1943 · Irate Man (uncredited)

1943 · Outraged Director

Larceny with Music

1943 · Important banker

So's Your Uncle

1943 · Mr. Craig

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943 · J.C. Allison

Daredevils of the West

1943 · Senator Garfield

Mission to Moscow

1943 · Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)

1943 · Doctor (uncredited)

1942 · John G. Harrison

Across the Pacific

1942 · Court-Martial President

Escape from Crime

1942 · Rafferty

1942 · Inspector (uncredited)

In This Our Life

1942 · Police Inspector Millett

Always in My Heart

1942 · Prison Warden

Over My Dead Body

1942 · District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater

Pacific Blackout

1941 · Police Captain

Unfinished Rainbows

Unfinished Rainbows

1941 · Matthew Griswold

1941 · William Brooks

I Killed That Man

1941 · District Attorney

They Died with Their Boots On

1941 · Colonel (uncredited)

The Great Man's Lady

1941 · Sen. Grant

The Maltese Falcon

1941 · District Attorney Bryan

It Started with Eve

1941 · Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)

Hold Back the Dawn

1941 · Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

1941 · Police Chief (uncredited)

1941 · James Sawyer (uncredited)

1941 · Jim (uncredited)

Flight from Destiny

1940 · Pensacola Commander (uncredited)

The Great Plane Robbery

1940 · Dr. Jamison

You, the People

1940 · Frank Y. Carter

Lady with Red Hair

1940 · Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

1940 · Capt. Broad

The Flag of Humanity

1940 · Gen. James Garfield

1940 · McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

The Golden Fleecing

1940 · Judge (uncredited)

They Drive by Night

1940 · Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Murder in the Air

1940 · Hargrave

1940 · Chief Ferris

1940 · Night Court Judge

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

1940 · Professor Gordon

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Brother Rat and a Baby

Invisible Stripes

1939 · Captain Johnson (uncredited)

1939 · Governor Clairborne of Louisiana

On Dress Parade

1939 · A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties

Smashing the Money Ring

1939 · Night Captain

Espionage Agent

1939 · Code Room Instructor

Dust Be My Destiny

1939 · First Warden (uncredited)

Full Confession

1939 · The Judge (uncredited)

Angels Wash Their Faces

1939 · Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)

The Bill of Rights

1939 · Colonel George Mason

They Shall Have Music

1939 · Detective (uncredited)

I Stole a Million

The Forgotten Woman

1939 · Dr. May

Stronger Than Desire

1939 · Second Trial Judge (uncredited)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939 · FBI Chief (uncredited)

Rose of Washington Square

Forged Passport

1939 · Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939 · Harry - Conference Room Businessman

The Spirit of Culver

1939 · Maj. White

Secret Service of the Air

1939 · Warden Jackson

1939 · Captain of Second Convict Ship

I Stand Accused

1938 · Defense Attorney Brower

Girls on Probation

1938 · Police Chief

Mr. Wong, Detective

1938 · Simon Dayton

Too Hot to Handle

1938 · Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)

1938 · Prison Warden (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You

1938 · Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)

1938 · Police Commissioner

1938 · Insp. Bryce

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938 · Philip Benton

1938 · Warden Vance

1937 · David Corning

Missing Witnesses

1937 · Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)

Night Club Scandal

1937 · Governor

Dangerously Yours

1937 · Roberts

The Man Who Cried Wolf

1937 · Police Captain (uncredited)

It Could Happen to You

Fifty Roads to Town

1937 · Captain Carroll

This Is My Affair

Criminals of the Air

1937 · Captain Wallace

1937 · Gendarme

1937 · Grover Wentworth

1937 · Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)

1936 · Mr. Carlton

Lady from Nowhere

1936 · Commissioner

Three Smart Girls

1936 · Desk Lieutenant at Police Station

Legion of Terror

1936 · Cummings

1936 · Detective (uncredited)

Two-Fisted Gentleman

1936 · Frank Boyd

Stand Up and Cheer!

1934 · Presidential Naval Aide

Keep 'Em Rolling

1934 · Major in France Battlefield

The Trans-Atlantic Mystery

1932 · Inspector Carr

The Crane Poison Case

The Crane Poison Case

1932 · Inspector Carr

The Campus Mystery

The Campus Mystery

1932 · Inspector Carr

The Side Show Mystery

The Side Show Mystery

1932 · Inspector Carr

Murder in the Pullman

1932 · Detective

1932 · Inspector Carr

The Skull Murder Mystery

1932 · Inspector Carr

The Studio Murder Mystery

1932 · Insp. Carr

The Symphony Murder Mystery

1932 · Insp. Carr

The Week End Mystery

The Wall Street Mystery

1931 · Inspector Carr

The Clyde Mystery

The Clyde Mystery

1931 · Inspector Carr

1930 · Capt. Whitney

Dangerous Nan McGrew

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