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.”

Birthday

Jan 16, 1887

Place of birth

Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Deathday

Oct 15, 1958

Also known as

John Rummel Hamilton
John R. Hamilton

Credited in

As cast

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