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.”

Filmography

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