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John Hamilton

Born 1887-01-16

Died 1958-10-15

📍 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.”

Filmography 233

New York Confidential

Outcasts of the City

Chicago Confidential

as Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)

The Count of Monte Cristo

Bobby Ware Is Missing

as Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)

Screen Director's Playhouse

as Mr. Campo (uncredited)

Superman and the Jungle Devil

Superman Flies Again

Superman in Exile

Superman's Peril

as Ulysses S. Grant

Captain Midnight

Superman and Scotland Yard

as 'Jeroboam' Captain

The Miami Story

as Clifton Staley

Stamp Day for Superman

Donovan's Brain

as Mr. McNish (uncredited)

So This Is Love

Run for the Hills

as Mr. Harvester

Iron Mountain Trail

as Circuit Judge

Jack McCall, Desperado

as Col. Cornish

Marshal of Cedar Rock

as Stover - Prison Warden

Never Wave at a WAC

as Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)

Never Wave at a WAC

as Senator Holbrook

The Studebaker Story

as Father Studebaker

I Led Three Lives

The Ford Television Theatre

Cavalcade of America

as Colonel Norton

Cavalcade of America

Adventures of Superman

The Rose Bowl Story

as George Morton (uncredited)

The Pace That Thrills

The Roy Rogers Show

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as "Jeroboam" Captain

Criminal Lawyer

as Police Captain Loomis

The Adventures of Kit Carson

Tales of Tomorrow

Million Dollar Pursuit

as Police Inspector Morgan

as Judge Backus

The Flying Missile

The Flying Missile

as Second Senator

The Missourians

as Mayor Grant McDowall

Treasury Men in Action

as Judge (uncredited)

as John Deming (uncredited)

as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

The Gene Autry Show

The Gene Autry Show

as Jonathan Diggers

Annie Get Your Gun

as Ship Captain (uncredited)

The Invisible Monster

as "Henry Miller"

The Reformer and the Redhead

as Police Captain (uncredited)

Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang

as Judge Ralph Townsend

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

as Col. Pollard

Pioneer Marshal

as Man with Bracelet

Strange Bargain

as Employee at Meeting (uncredited)

Alias the Champ

as Police Commissioner Bronson

The James Brothers of Missouri

as Lon Royer [Ch.1]

Bandit King of Texas

The Wyoming Bandit

Law of the Golden West

as Isaac Cody, Bill's father

Canadian Pacific

Sheriff of Wichita

as Prison Warden

Rusty Leads the Way

as Board Member (uncredited)

Desperadoes of Dodge City

The Gentleman from Nowhere

Walk a Crooked Mile

The Checkered Coat

as Marcus Anson

The Gallant Legion

as Speaker of the House

Song of My Heart

as Police Surgeon (uncredited)

The Judge Steps Out

as Diner on Train (uncredited)

Bandits of Dark Canyon

Blondie in the Dough

as Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)

as R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)

as Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin

Too Many Winners

as Albert Payson

as Dr. Chalmers

The Sea of Grass

as Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as Harper (uncredited)

The Devil On Wheels

Raiders of the South

as George Boone

Magnificent Doll

as Mr. Witherspoon (uncredited)

The Secret of the Whistler

as McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)

as Professor Cushman (uncredited)

as Police Capt. Edmonds

One Exciting Week

as Dr. Jones (uncredited)

Badman's Territory

as Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)

Home on the Range

as State Official

Johnny Comes Flying Home

as C.H. Metters (uncredited)

The Madonna's Secret

The Phantom Rider

as Senator Williams

Girl on the Spot

as Police Commissioner (uncredited)

Northwest Trail

Voice of the Whistler

as Doctor (uncredited)

as Harbor Master (uncredited)

Sensation Hunters

as Night Court Judge

First Yank into Tokyo

as Dr. Stacey (uncredited)

On Stage Everybody

as Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)

The Naughty Nineties

as Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence

The Great Flamarion

as Coroner (uncredited)

Sheriff of Las Vegas

as Homer Blackwell

Meet Miss Bobby Socks

as R.N. Swanson

as Board Member (uncredited)

Zorro's Black Whip

I'm from Arkansas

as Harry Cashin

Music in Manhattan

as Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited)

Maisie Goes to Reno

as Judge Carter (Uncredited)

The Port of 40 Thieves

The Girl Who Dared

as Beau Richmond

as Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)

Christmas Holiday

as Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Action in Arabia

as Mr. Hamilton

as Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)

Standing Room Only

Government Girl

as Irate Man (uncredited)

as Outraged Director

Larceny with Music

as Important banker

So's Your Uncle

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

as J.C. Allison

Daredevils of the West

as Senator Garfield

Mission to Moscow

as Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)

as Doctor (uncredited)

as John G. Harrison

Across the Pacific

as Court-Martial President

Escape from Crime

as Inspector (uncredited)

In This Our Life

as Police Inspector Millett

Always in My Heart

as Prison Warden

Over My Dead Body

as District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater

Pacific Blackout

as Police Captain

as William Brooks

I Killed That Man

as District Attorney

They Died with Their Boots On

as Colonel (uncredited)

The Great Man's Lady

The Maltese Falcon

as District Attorney Bryan

It Started with Eve

as Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)

Hold Back the Dawn

as Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

as Police Chief (uncredited)

as James Sawyer (uncredited)

as Jim (uncredited)

Flight from Destiny

as Pensacola Commander (uncredited)

The Great Plane Robbery

You, the People

as Frank Y. Carter

Lady with Red Hair

as Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

The Flag of Humanity

as Gen. James Garfield

as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

The Golden Fleecing

as Judge (uncredited)

They Drive by Night

as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Murder in the Air

as Chief Ferris

as Night Court Judge

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

as Professor Gordon

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Brother Rat and a Baby

Invisible Stripes

as Captain Johnson (uncredited)

On Dress Parade

as A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties

Smashing the Money Ring

as Night Captain

Espionage Agent

as Code Room Instructor

Dust Be My Destiny

as First Warden (uncredited)

Full Confession

as The Judge (uncredited)

Angels Wash Their Faces

as Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)

The Bill of Rights

as Colonel George Mason

They Shall Have Music

as Detective (uncredited)

I Stole a Million

The Forgotten Woman

Stronger Than Desire

as Second Trial Judge (uncredited)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as FBI Chief (uncredited)

Rose of Washington Square

Forged Passport

as Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

as Harry - Conference Room Businessman

The Spirit of Culver

Secret Service of the Air

as Warden Jackson

as Captain of Second Convict Ship

I Stand Accused

as Defense Attorney Brower

Girls on Probation

as Police Chief

Mr. Wong, Detective

as Simon Dayton

Too Hot to Handle

as Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)

as Prison Warden (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You

as Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)

as Police Commissioner

as CommissionerPolice

Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Philip Benton

as Warden Vance

Missing Witnesses

as Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)

Night Club Scandal

Dangerously Yours

The Man Who Cried Wolf

as Police Captain (uncredited)

It Could Happen to You

Fifty Roads to Town

as Captain Carroll

This Is My Affair

Criminals of the Air

as Captain Wallace

as Grover Wentworth

as Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)

Lady from Nowhere

as Commissioner

Three Smart Girls

as Desk Lieutenant at Police Station

Legion of Terror

as Detective (uncredited)

Two-Fisted Gentleman

Stand Up and Cheer!

as Presidential Naval Aide

Keep 'Em Rolling

as Major in France Battlefield

The Trans-Atlantic Mystery

as Inspector Carr

Murder in the Pullman

The Skull Murder Mystery

as Inspector Carr

The Studio Murder Mystery

The Symphony Murder Mystery

The Week End Mystery

The Wall Street Mystery

as Inspector Carr

as Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father

The Gigolo Racket

as George Burke

as Capt. Whitney

Dangerous Nan McGrew