John Hamilton

John Hamilton

1887-01-16 Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA Male 245 Known Credits

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.”

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-01-16

Place of Birth

Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Known Credits

245

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

John Rummel Hamilton, John R. Hamilton

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

The Maltese Falcon

1941

District Attorney Bryan

You Can't Take It with You

1938

Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

Colonel (uncredited)

Boys Town

1938

Prison Warden (uncredited)

The Men

1950

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947

Harper (uncredited)

Meet John Doe

1941

Jim (uncredited)

On Dress Parade

1939

A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)

Three Smart Girls

1936

Desk Lieutenant at Police Station

Boom Town

1940

McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Annie Get Your Gun

1950

Ship Captain (uncredited)

Stand Up and Cheer!

1934

Presidential Naval Aide

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939

FBI Chief (uncredited)

In This Our Life

1942

Police Inspector Millett

They Drive by Night

1940

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Stamp Day for Superman

1954

Perry White

Invisible Stripes

1939

Captain Johnson (uncredited)

Sugarfoot

1951

Judge Backus

The Naughty Nineties

1945

Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)

Daredevils of the West

1943

Senator Garfield

Government Girl

1943

Irate Man (uncredited)

Action in Arabia

1944

Mr. Hamilton

The Reformer and the Redhead

1950

Police Captain (uncredited)

Canadian Pacific

1949

Pere Lacomb

The Sea of Grass

1947

Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle

1938

Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)

Angels Wash Their Faces

1939

Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)

Larceny with Music

1943

Important banker

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938

Philip Benton

Across the Pacific

1942

Court-Martial President

Wife Wanted

1946

Judge

The Great Flamarion

1945

Coroner (uncredited)

Seventh Heaven

1937

Gendarme

Moby Dick

1954

'Jeroboam' Captain

Mission to Moscow

1943

Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)

Devil's Island

1939

Captain of Second Convict Ship

Up in Arms

1944

Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)

The Judge Steps Out

1947

Diner on Train (uncredited)

I Was Framed

1942

Judge

Dust Be My Destiny

1939

First Warden (uncredited)

Pioneer Marshal

1949

Man with Bracelet

Law of the Golden West

1949

Isaac Cody, Bill's father

Two in a Crowd

1936

Purdy

Voice of the Whistler

1945

Doctor (uncredited)

Never Wave at a WAC

1953

Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)

Blind Alley

1939

Warden

Girls on Probation

1938

Police Chief

Home on the Range

1946

State Official

The Girl Who Dared

1944

Beau Richmond

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939

Harry - Conference Room Businessman

Christmas Holiday

1944

Jury Foreman (uncredited)

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

1941

Police Chief (uncredited)

Bandit King of Texas

1949

John Turner

The Great Plane Robbery

1940

Dr. Jamison

Hold Back the Dawn

1941

Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)

It Started with Eve

1941

Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)

The Secret of the Whistler

1946

McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)

The Great Man's Lady

1941

Sen. Grant

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943

J.C. Allison

Circumstantial Evidence

1945

Gov. Hanlon

They Shall Have Music

1939

Detective (uncredited)

Johnny Apollo

1940

Night Court Judge

The Studebaker Story

1953

Father Studebaker

Badman's Territory

1946

Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)

Over the Wall

1938

Warden Vance

Lady with Red Hair

1940

Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)

Step by Step

1946

Police Capt. Edmonds

Secret Service of the Air

1939

Warden Jackson

Maisie Goes to Reno

1944

Judge Carter (Uncredited)

The Rose Bowl Story

1952

Dr. Lansing

One Exciting Week

1946

Dr. Jones (uncredited)

Walk a Crooked Mile

1948

G.W. Hunter

Iron Mountain Trail

1953

Circuit Judge

The Miami Story

1954

Clifton Staley

Wilson

1944

Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)

Sheriff of Wichita

1949

Prison Warden

High Wall

1947

Police Surgeon (uncredited)

Zorro's Black Whip

1944

Mr. Walsh

Girl on the Spot

1946

Police Commissioner (uncredited)

Stronger Than Desire

1939

Second Trial Judge (uncredited)

Johnny Angel

1945

Harbor Master (uncredited)

Strange Alibi

1941

Judge

Donovan's Brain

1953

Mr. McNish (uncredited)

Marshal of Cedar Rock

1953

Stover - Prison Warden

Magnificent Doll

1946

Mr. Witherspoon (uncredited)

Swanee River

1939

Doctor

Sitting Bull

1954

Ulysses S. Grant

Mr. Wong, Detective

1938

Simon Dayton

Strange Illusion

1945

Mr. Allen

Bunco Squad

1950

John Deming (uncredited)

Phantom Killer

1942

John G. Harrison

Dr. Broadway

1942

Inspector (uncredited)

Escape from Crime

1942

Rafferty

Bobby Ware Is Missing

1955

Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)

Crazy House

1943

Outraged Director

First Yank into Tokyo

1945

Dr. Stacey (uncredited)

Sheriff of Las Vegas

1944

Homer Blackwell

Superman's Peril

1954

Perry White

Over My Dead Body

1942

District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater

Mom and Dad

1945

Dr. Burnell

Legion of Terror

1936

Cummings

The Invisible Monster

1950

"Henry Miller"

Chicago Confidential

1957

Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)

She Had to Eat

1937

Police Captain (uncredited)

So's Your Uncle

1943

Mr. Craig

Flight Command

1940

Pensacola Commander (uncredited)

Too Many Winners

1947

Albert Payson

Borrowed Hero

1941

William Brooks

Dangerously Yours

1937

Roberts

The Bill of Rights

1939

Colonel George Mason

Badman's Gold

1951

The Marshal

So This Is Love

1953

Charlie

Espionage Agent

1939

Code Room Instructor

Murder in the Air

1940

Hargrave

Pacific Blackout

1941

Police Captain

The Devil On Wheels

1947

Mr. Davis

The Big Shot

1942

Judge

You, the People

1940

Frank Y. Carter

The Gallant Legion

1948

Speaker of the House

Criminal Lawyer

1951

Police Captain Loomis

Full Confession

1939

The Judge (uncredited)

Music in Manhattan

1944

Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited)

Strange Bargain

1949

Employee at Meeting (uncredited)

On Stage Everybody

1945

Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)

Key Witness

1947

R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)

Sensation Hunters

1945

Night Court Judge

Old Hickory

1939

Governor Clairborne of Louisiana

Criminals of the Air

1937

Captain Wallace

The Golden Fleecing

1940

Judge (uncredited)

The Spirit of Culver

1939

Maj. White

Aerial Gunner

1943

Doctor (uncredited)

The James Brothers of Missouri

1949

Lon Royer [Ch.1]

Listen Judge

1952

George Morton (uncredited)

Missing Witnesses

1937

Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)

The Missourians

1950

Mayor Grant McDowall

Craig's Wife

1936

Detective (uncredited)

The Port of 40 Thieves

1944

Mr. Fellows

Johnny Comes Flying Home

1946

C.H. Metters (uncredited)

The Checkered Coat

1948

Marcus Anson

Always in My Heart

1942

Prison Warden

Blondie in the Dough

1947

Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)

Tear Gas Squad

1940

Chief Ferris

Violence

1947

Dr. Chalmers

The Phantom Rider

1946

Senator Williams

Fifty Roads to Town

1937

Captain Carroll

Night Club Scandal

1937

Governor

I'm from Arkansas

1944

Harry Cashin

Two-Fisted Gentleman

1936

Frank Boyd

Northwest Trail

1945

John Owens

Bad Guy

1937

Warden

Jack McCall, Desperado

1953

Col. Cornish

The Brute Man

1946

Professor Cushman (uncredited)

Run for the Hills

1953

Mr. Harvester

Smashing the Money Ring

1939

Night Captain

Doctor Rhythm

1938

Insp. Bryce

The Judge

1949

Lt. Edwards

Two Wise Maids

1937

Grover Wentworth

Forged Passport

1939

Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'

Alias the Champ

1949

Police Commissioner Bronson

News Hounds

1947

Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin

Superman in Exile

1954

Perry White

Lady from Nowhere

1936

Commissioner

Murder Is News

1937

David Corning

Torture Money

1937

Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)

Sucker List

1941

James Sawyer (uncredited)

I Killed That Man

1941

District Attorney

Million Dollar Pursuit

1951

Police Inspector Morgan

The McGurk Way

1952

Speaker

Man of Conflict

1953

Mr. Cornwall

Rusty Leads the Way

1948

Board Member (uncredited)

The Gigolo Racket

1931

George Burke

Target

1952

Bailey

The Flag of Humanity

1940

Gen. James Garfield

Hi, Beautiful

1944

Board Member (uncredited)

Hunted Men

1938

Police Commissioner

The Skull Murder Mystery

1932

Inspector Carr

A Man Betrayed

1936

Mr. Carlton

Raiders of the South

1947

George Boone

I Stand Accused

1938

Defense Attorney Brower

Keep 'Em Rolling

1934

Major in France Battlefield

The Trans-Atlantic Mystery

1932

Inspector Carr

Heads Up

1930

Capt. Whitney

Superman Flies Again

1954

Perry White

Unfinished Rainbows

1941

Matthew Griswold

The Wall Street Mystery

1931

Inspector Carr

The Campus Mystery

1932

Inspector Carr

Crazy Knights

1944

Mr. Gardner

Success

1931

Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father

The Side Show Mystery

1932

Inspector Carr

The Clyde Mystery

1931

Inspector Carr

The Crane Poison Case

1932

Inspector Carr

Meet Miss Bobby Socks

1944

R.N. Swanson

The Cole Case

1932

Inspector Carr

TV Credits

Adventures of Superman

1952

Perry White (104 episodes)

The Cisco Kid

1950

John Mitchell (1 episodes)

Tales of Tomorrow

1951

(2 episodes)

State Trooper

1956

Oscar (1 episodes)

The Count of Monte Cristo

1956

(1 episodes)

The Gene Autry Show

1950

Dan Parker (1 episodes)

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

Mr. Campo (uncredited) (1 episodes)

Treasury Men in Action

1950

Judge (uncredited) (1 episodes)

I Led Three Lives

1953

(1 episodes)

Cavalcade of America

1952

Colonel Norton (1 episodes)

The Roy Rogers Show

1951

(1 episodes)

Captain Midnight

1954

(1 episodes)

Hey, Jeannie!

1956

Mr. Barker (1 episodes)

The Ed Wynn Show

1949

Self - Ed's Doctor (uncredited) (1 episodes)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

"Jeroboam" Captain (1 episodes)

New York Confidential

1959

(1 episodes)

Passport to Danger

1954

(2 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

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TV Production Credits

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