Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-01-16 (71 years old)
Deathday
1958-10-15
Place of Birth
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known As
John Rummel Hamilton
John R. Hamilton
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.”
1941
as District Attorney Bryan
1948
as Board Member (uncredited)
1941
as District Attorney
1946
as Dr. Jones (uncredited)
1944
as Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)
1946
as C.H. Metters (uncredited)
1949
as Police Commissioner Bronson
1938
as Simon Dayton
1941
as Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)
1931
as Inspector Carr
1932
as Inspector Carr
1932
as Inspector Carr
1950
as Police Captain (uncredited)
1945
as Gov. Hanlon
1946
as Lambert
1947
as Dr. Chalmers
1939
as Judge
1947
as Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)
1951
as Police Inspector Morgan
1939
as Wilson
1944
as Mr. Fellows
1949
as Lt. Edwards
1942
as Court-Martial President
1942
as Judge
1942
as Rafferty
1941
as Jim (uncredited)
1947
as Police Surgeon (uncredited)
1938
as Philip Benton
1942
as Prison Warden
1941
as Sen. Grant
1954
as Ulysses S. Grant
1939
as The Judge (uncredited)
1945
as Dr. Stacey (uncredited)
1944
as Beau Richmond
1928
as Tony Gates
1928
as John Lenley
1953
as Father Studebaker
1938
as Warden Vance
1936
as Frank Boyd
1942
as John G. Harrison
1957
as Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)
1952
as Bailey
1938
as Police Commissioner
1940
as Capt. Broad
1944
as General
1941
as William Brooks
1937
as Judge
1950
as Senator
1937
as David Corning
1937
as Warden
1953
as Charlie
1938
as Insp. Bryce
1938
as Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
1936
as Commissioner
1941
as Police Chief (uncredited)
1944
as R.N. Swanson
1932
as Insp. Carr
1938
as Defense Attorney Brower
1952
as Dr. Lansing
1939
as Dr. May
1941
as Judge
1939
as Maj. White
1953
as Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)
1951
as Judge Backus
1954
1936
as Detective (Uncredited)
1936
as Purdy
1931
as Inspector Carr
1932
as Inspector Carr
1947
as Albert Payson
1948
as Marcus Anson
1949
as Pere Lacomb
1939
as Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)
1939
as Governor Clairborne of Louisiana
1943
as Doctor (uncredited)
1952
as Speaker
1939
as Warden Jackson
1944
as Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)
1947
as R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)
1939
as Second Trial Judge (uncredited)
1939
as Night Captain
1938
as Police Chief
1934
as Major in France Battlefield
1939
as Captain of Second Convict Ship
1930
as Capt. Whitney
1939
as Harry - Conference Room Businessman
1939
as Warden
1939
as Judge
1944
as Mr. Hamilton
1939
as Detective (uncredited)
1942
as Inspector
1944
as Foreman
1939
as Doctor
1939
as Code Room Instructor
1939
as First Warden (uncredited)
1936
as Desk Lieutenant at Police Station
1940
as Frank Y. Carter
1937
as Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)
1953
as Mr. McNish (uncredited)
1947
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
1944
as Mr. Gardner
1937
as Roberts
1937
as Governor
1940
as Hirsch
1940
as Judge
1950
as Judge Ralph Townsend
1941
as Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)
1954
as Perry White
1936
as Cummings
1947
as Mr. Davis
1937
as Grover Wentworth
1949
as Man with Bracelet
1939
as Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'
1952
as George Morton (uncredited)
1940
as Night Court Judge
1936
as Mr. Carlton
1945
as John Owens
1939
as FBI Chief (uncredited)
1942
as District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
1946
as Senator Williams
1945
as Doctor (uncredited)
1942
1947
as Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)
1937
as Warden
1940
as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
1943
as Irate Man (uncredited)
1940
as Pensacola Commander (uncredited)
1940
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
1940
as Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)
1940
as Gen. James Garfield
1946
as McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)
1940
as Judge (uncredited)
1940
as Professor Gordon
1947
as Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin
1952
as Sour Puss
1930
as Grant
1931
as Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father
1948
as Speaker of the House
1943
as J.C. Allison
1950
as Second Senator
1949
as Marshal
1951
as The Marshal
1950
as Col. Pollard
1950
as Mayor Grant McDowall
1944
as Judge Homer T. Blackwell
1953
as Stover - Prison Warden
1943
as Senator Garfield
1947
as Ben Shaw
1944
as Mr. Walsh
1938
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
1946
as State Official
1947
as George Boone
1949
as Lon Royer [Ch.1]
1948
as Land Agent
1931
as George Burke
1949
as John Turner
1949
as Isaac Cody, Bill's father
1953
as Mr. Harvester
1949
as Prison Warden
1953
as Col. Cornish
1941
as Colonel (uncredited)
1954
as Clifton Staley
1932
as Inspector Carr
1930
as Starling
1929
as Odilion van Belle
1941
as Police Captain
1942
as Judge
1940
as Chief Ferris
1953
as Senator Holbrook
1950
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
1937
as Judge
1940
as Hargrave
1937
as Gendarme
1937
as Captain Carroll
1950
as "Henry Miller"
1946
as Judge
1939
as Colonel George Mason
1947
as Harper (uncredited)
1948
as G.W. Hunter
1939
as A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)
1943
as Mr. Craig
1943
as Outraged Director
1943
as Important banker
1943
as Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)
1937
as Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)
1941
as Judge
1950
as John Deming (uncredited)
1948
as Czar
1949
as Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
1928
as John Hurst
1928
as Charlie King
1946
as Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)
1941
as James Sawyer (uncredited)
1945
as Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)
1937
as Police Captain (uncredited)
1945
as Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)
1945
as Dr. Burnell
1945
as Coroner (uncredited)
1932
as Inspector Carr
1946
as Mr. Witherspoon
1944
as Harry Cashin
1940
as Dr. Jamison
1939
as Captain Johnson (uncredited)
1932
as Detective
1942
as Police Inspector Millett
1937
as Captain Wallace
1945
as Night Court Judge
1953
as Circuit Judge
1944
as Judge Carter (Uncredited)
1946
as Professor Cushman (uncredited)
1955
as Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)
1954
as 'Jeroboam' Captain
1932
as Insp. Carr
1946
as Police Capt. Edmonds
1950
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1951
as Police Captain Loomis
1953
as Mr. Cornwall
1948
as Judge
1934
as Presidential Naval Aide
1938
as CommissionerPolice
1954
as Perry White
1954
as Perry White
1954
as Perry White
1954
as Perry White
1954
as Perry White
1941
as Matthew Griswold
1945
as Harbor Master (uncredited)
1932
as Inspector Carr
1944
as Board Member (uncredited)
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