John Hamilton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-01-16 (71 years old)

Deathday

1958-10-15

Place of Birth

Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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.”

Acting

1941

The Maltese Falcon

as District Attorney Bryan

1948

Rusty Leads the Way

as Board Member (uncredited)

1941

I Killed That Man

as District Attorney

1946

One Exciting Week

as Dr. Jones (uncredited)

1944

Wilson

as Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)

1946

Johnny Comes Flying Home

as C.H. Metters (uncredited)

1949

Alias the Champ

as Police Commissioner Bronson

1938

Mr. Wong, Detective

as Simon Dayton

1941

It Started with Eve

as Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)

1931

The Clyde Mystery

as Inspector Carr

1932

The Side Show Mystery

as Inspector Carr

1932

The Crane Poison Case

as Inspector Carr

1950

The Reformer and the Redhead

as Police Captain (uncredited)

1945

1946

1947

Violence

as Dr. Chalmers

1947

Blondie in the Dough

as Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)

1951

Million Dollar Pursuit

as Police Inspector Morgan

1939

1944

1949

The Judge

as Lt. Edwards

1942

Across the Pacific

as Court-Martial President

1942

The Big Shot

as Judge

1942

1941

Meet John Doe

as Jim (uncredited)

1947

High Wall

as Police Surgeon (uncredited)

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Philip Benton

1942

Always in My Heart

as Prison Warden

1941

1954

Sitting Bull

as Ulysses S. Grant

1939

Full Confession

as The Judge (uncredited)

1945

First Yank into Tokyo

as Dr. Stacey (uncredited)

1944

The Girl Who Dared

as Beau Richmond

1928

A South Sea Bubble

as Tony Gates

1928

The Ringer

as John Lenley

1953

The Studebaker Story

as Father Studebaker

1938

Over the Wall

as Warden Vance

1936

1942

Phantom Killer

as John G. Harrison

1957

Chicago Confidential

as Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)

1952

Target

as Bailey

1938

Hunted Men

as Police Commissioner

1940

1944

1941

Borrowed Hero

as William Brooks

1950

1937

Murder Is News

as David Corning

1937

Bad Guy

as Warden

1953

So This Is Love

as Charlie

1938

Doctor Rhythm

as Insp. Bryce

1938

You Can't Take It with You

as Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)

1936

Lady from Nowhere

as Commissioner

1941

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

as Police Chief (uncredited)

1944

Meet Miss Bobby Socks

as R.N. Swanson

1932

1938

I Stand Accused

as Defense Attorney Brower

1952

The Rose Bowl Story

as Dr. Lansing

1939

1941

1939

1953

Never Wave at a WAC

as Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)

1951

Sugarfoot

as Judge Backus

1936

Craig's Wife

as Detective (Uncredited)

1936

1931

The Wall Street Mystery

as Inspector Carr

1932

1947

Too Many Winners

as Albert Payson

1948

The Checkered Coat

as Marcus Anson

1949

Canadian Pacific

as Pere Lacomb

1939

Angels Wash Their Faces

as Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)

1939

Old Hickory

as Governor Clairborne of Louisiana

1943

Aerial Gunner

as Doctor (uncredited)

1952

The McGurk Way

as Speaker

1939

Secret Service of the Air

as Warden Jackson

1944

Up in Arms

as Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)

1947

Key Witness

as R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)

1939

Stronger Than Desire

as Second Trial Judge (uncredited)

1939

Smashing the Money Ring

as Night Captain

1938

Girls on Probation

as Police Chief

1934

Keep 'Em Rolling

as Major in France Battlefield

1939

Devil's Island

as Captain of Second Convict Ship

1930

Heads Up

as Capt. Whitney

1939

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

as Harry - Conference Room Businessman

1939

Blind Alley

as Warden

1944

Action in Arabia

as Mr. Hamilton

1939

They Shall Have Music

as Detective (uncredited)

1942

Dr. Broadway

as Inspector

1944

1939

Swanee River

as Doctor

1939

Espionage Agent

as Code Room Instructor

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

as First Warden (uncredited)

1936

Three Smart Girls

as Desk Lieutenant at Police Station

1940

You, the People

as Frank Y. Carter

1937

Missing Witnesses

as Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)

1953

Donovan's Brain

as Mr. McNish (uncredited)

1947

The Judge Steps Out

as Diner on Train (uncredited)

1944

Crazy Knights

as Mr. Gardner

1937

1937

1941

Hold Back the Dawn

as Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)

1954

1936

Legion of Terror

as Cummings

1947

1937

Two Wise Maids

as Grover Wentworth

1949

Pioneer Marshal

as Man with Bracelet

1939

Forged Passport

as Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'

1952

Listen Judge

as George Morton (uncredited)

1940

Johnny Apollo

as Night Court Judge

1936

A Man Betrayed

as Mr. Carlton

1945

Northwest Trail

as John Owens

1939

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as FBI Chief (uncredited)

1942

Over My Dead Body

as District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater

1946

The Phantom Rider

as Senator Williams

1945

Voice of the Whistler

as Doctor (uncredited)

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)

1937

1940

Boom Town

as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

1943

Government Girl

as Irate Man (uncredited)

1940

Flight Command

as Pensacola Commander (uncredited)

1940

They Drive by Night

as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

1940

Lady with Red Hair

as Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)

1940

The Flag of Humanity

as Gen. James Garfield

1946

The Secret of the Whistler

as McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)

1940

The Golden Fleecing

as Judge (uncredited)

1940

1947

News Hounds

as Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin

1952

1931

Success

as Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father

1948

The Gallant Legion

as Speaker of the House

1943

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

as J.C. Allison

1950

The Flying Missile

as Second Senator

1949

1951

Badman's Gold

as The Marshal

1950

1950

The Missourians

as Mayor Grant McDowall

1944

Sheriff of Las Vegas

as Judge Homer T. Blackwell

1953

Marshal of Cedar Rock

as Stover - Prison Warden

1943

Daredevils of the West

as Senator Garfield

1947

1944

Zorro's Black Whip

as Mr. Walsh

1938

Boys Town

as Prison Warden (uncredited)

1946

Home on the Range

as State Official

1947

Raiders of the South

as George Boone

1949

1948

1931

The Gigolo Racket

as George Burke

1949

Bandit King of Texas

as John Turner

1949

Law of the Golden West

as Isaac Cody, Bill's father

1953

Run for the Hills

as Mr. Harvester

1949

Sheriff of Wichita

as Prison Warden

1953

Jack McCall, Desperado

as Col. Cornish

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

as Colonel (uncredited)

1954

The Miami Story

as Clifton Staley

1932

The Skull Murder Mystery

as Inspector Carr

1930

1929

The Burgomaster of Stilemonde

as Odilion van Belle

1941

Pacific Blackout

as Police Captain

1942

I Was Framed

as Judge

1940

Tear Gas Squad

as Chief Ferris

1953

Never Wave at a WAC

as Senator Holbrook

1950

Annie Get Your Gun

as Ship Captain (uncredited)

1940

1937

Seventh Heaven

as Gendarme

1937

Fifty Roads to Town

as Captain Carroll

1950

The Invisible Monster

as "Henry Miller"

1946

Wife Wanted

as Judge

1939

The Bill of Rights

as Colonel George Mason

1947

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

as Harper (uncredited)

1948

Walk a Crooked Mile

as G.W. Hunter

1939

On Dress Parade

as A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)

1943

So's Your Uncle

as Mr. Craig

1943

Crazy House

as Outraged Director

1943

Larceny with Music

as Important banker

1943

Mission to Moscow

as Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)

1937

Torture Money

as Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)

1950

Bunco Squad

as John Deming (uncredited)

1948

1949

Strange Bargain

as Employee at Meeting (uncredited)

1928

The Silver Lining

as John Hurst

1928

The Three Kings

as Charlie King

1946

Badman's Territory

as Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)

1941

Sucker List

as James Sawyer (uncredited)

1945

The Naughty Nineties

as Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)

1937

She Had to Eat

as Police Captain (uncredited)

1945

On Stage Everybody

as Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)

1945

Mom and Dad

as Dr. Burnell

1945

The Great Flamarion

as Coroner (uncredited)

1932

The Cole Case

as Inspector Carr

1946

Magnificent Doll

as Mr. Witherspoon

1944

I'm from Arkansas

as Harry Cashin

1940

1939

Invisible Stripes

as Captain Johnson (uncredited)

1932

1942

In This Our Life

as Police Inspector Millett

1937

Criminals of the Air

as Captain Wallace

1945

Sensation Hunters

as Night Court Judge

1953

Iron Mountain Trail

as Circuit Judge

1944

Maisie Goes to Reno

as Judge Carter (Uncredited)

1946

The Brute Man

as Professor Cushman (uncredited)

1955

Bobby Ware Is Missing

as Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)

1954

Moby Dick

as 'Jeroboam' Captain

1946

Step by Step

as Police Capt. Edmonds

1950

The Men

as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

1951

Criminal Lawyer

as Police Captain Loomis

1953

Man of Conflict

as Mr. Cornwall

1934

Stand Up and Cheer!

as Presidential Naval Aide

1938

Hunted Men

as CommissionerPolice

1954

1954

Superman Flies Again

as Perry White

1954

Superman in Exile

as Perry White

1954

Superman's Peril

as Perry White

1941

Unfinished Rainbows

as Matthew Griswold

1945

Johnny Angel

as Harbor Master (uncredited)

1932

The Campus Mystery

as Inspector Carr

1944

Hi, Beautiful

as Board Member (uncredited)

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