John Hamilton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 16, 1887
- Died
- Oct 15, 1958 (aged 71)
- Place of birth
- Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Credits
- 246
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.”
Known for
The Maltese Falcon
1941Movie
District Attorney Bryan
You Can't Take It with You
1938Movie
Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
Meet John Doe
1941Movie
Jim (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
1939Movie
Judge
They Drive by Night
1940Movie
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941Movie
Colonel (uncredited)
Filmography
New York Confidential
1959TV
Outcasts of the City
1958Movie
Chicago Confidential
1957Movie
Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)
State Trooper
1956TV
Oscar
Hey, Jeannie!
1956TV
Mr. Barker
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956TV
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955Movie
Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955TV
Mr. Campo (uncredited)
Superman and the Jungle Devil
1954Movie
Perry White
Superman Flies Again
1954Movie
Perry White
Superman in Exile
1954Movie
Perry White
Superman's Peril
1954Movie
Perry White
Sitting Bull
1954Movie
Ulysses S. Grant
Captain Midnight
1954TV
Superman and Scotland Yard
1954Movie
Perry White
Moby Dick
1954Movie
'Jeroboam' Captain
City Story
1954Movie
The Miami Story
1954Movie
Clifton Staley
Passport to Danger
1954TV
Stamp Day for Superman
1954Movie
Perry White
Man of Conflict
1953Movie
Mr. Cornwall
Donovan's Brain
1953Movie
Mr. McNish (uncredited)
So This Is Love
1953Movie
Charlie
Run for the Hills
1953Movie
Mr. Harvester
Iron Mountain Trail
1953Movie
Circuit Judge
Jack McCall, Desperado
1953Movie
Col. Cornish
Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953Movie
Stover - Prison Warden
Never Wave at a WAC
1953Movie
Sen. Holbrook (uncredited), Senator Holbrook (uncredited)
The Studebaker Story
1953Movie
Father Studebaker
I Led Three Lives
1953TV
The Ford Television Theatre
1952TV
Cavalcade of America
1952TV
Colonel Norton, Porter
Adventures of Superman
1952TV
Perry White
The Rose Bowl Story
1952Movie
Dr. Lansing
Listen Judge
1952Movie
George Morton (uncredited)
Target
1952Movie
Bailey
The Pace That Thrills
1952Movie
Sour Puss
The McGurk Way
1952Movie
Speaker
The Roy Rogers Show
1951TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
"Jeroboam" Captain
Criminal Lawyer
1951Movie
Police Captain Loomis
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951TV
Tales of Tomorrow
1951TV
Million Dollar Pursuit
1951Movie
Police Inspector Morgan
Badman's Gold
1951Movie
The Marshal
Sugarfoot
1951Movie
Judge Backus
The Flying Missile
1950Movie
Senator, Second Senator
The Missourians
1950Movie
Mayor Grant McDowall
Treasury Men in Action
1950TV
Judge (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid
1950TV
John Mitchell, Thomas T. Trimble, Sheriff
Bunco Squad
1950Movie
John Deming (uncredited)
The Men
1950Movie
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Gene Autry Show
1950TV
Dan Parker, Jonathan Diggers
Annie Get Your Gun
1950Movie
Ship Captain (uncredited)
The Invisible Monster
1950Movie
"Henry Miller"
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950Movie
Police Captain (uncredited)
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
1950Movie
Judge Ralph Townsend
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
1950Movie
Col. Pollard
Pioneer Marshal
1949Movie
Man with Bracelet
Strange Bargain
1949Movie
Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
Alias the Champ
1949Movie
Police Commissioner Bronson
The Ed Wynn Show
1949TV
Self - Ed's Doctor (uncredited)
The James Brothers of Missouri
1949Movie
Lon Royer [Ch.1]
Bandit King of Texas
1949Movie
John Turner
The Wyoming Bandit
1949Movie
Marshal
Law of the Golden West
1949Movie
Isaac Cody, Bill's father
Canadian Pacific
1949Movie
Pere Lacomb
The Judge
1949Movie
Lt. Edwards
Sheriff of Wichita
1949Movie
Prison Warden
Rusty Leads the Way
1948Movie
Board Member (uncredited)
Desperadoes of Dodge City
1948Movie
Land Agent
The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948Movie
Judge
Walk a Crooked Mile
1948Movie
G.W. Hunter
The Checkered Coat
1948Movie
Marcus Anson
The Gallant Legion
1948Movie
Speaker of the House
Song of My Heart
1948Movie
Czar
High Wall
1947Movie
Police Surgeon (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
1947Movie
Diner on Train (uncredited)
Bandits of Dark Canyon
1947Movie
Ben Shaw
Blondie in the Dough
1947Movie
Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)
Key Witness
1947Movie
R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)
News Hounds
1947Movie
Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin
Too Many Winners
1947Movie
Albert Payson
That's My Gal
1947Movie
Assemblyman McBride
Violence
1947Movie
Dr. Chalmers
The Sea of Grass
1947Movie
Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947Movie
Harper (uncredited)
The Devil On Wheels
1947Movie
Mr. Davis
Raiders of the South
1947Movie
George Boone
Magnificent Doll
1946Movie
Mr. Witherspoon (uncredited)
The Secret of the Whistler
1946Movie
McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)
Wife Wanted
1946Movie
Judge
The Brute Man
1946Movie
Professor Cushman (uncredited)
Step by Step
1946Movie
Police Capt. Edmonds
One Exciting Week
1946Movie
Dr. Jones (uncredited)
Badman's Territory
1946Movie
Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)
Home on the Range
1946Movie
State Official
Johnny Comes Flying Home
1946Movie
C.H. Metters (uncredited)
The Madonna's Secret
1946Movie
Lambert
The Phantom Rider
1946Movie
Senator Williams
Girl on the Spot
1946Movie
Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Northwest Trail
1945Movie
John Owens
Voice of the Whistler
1945Movie
Doctor (uncredited)
Johnny Angel
1945Movie
Harbor Master (uncredited)
Sensation Hunters
1945Movie
Night Court Judge
First Yank into Tokyo
1945Movie
Dr. Stacey (uncredited)
On Stage Everybody
1945Movie
Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties
1945Movie
Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
1945Movie
Gov. Hanlon
Strange Illusion
1945Movie
Mr. Allen
The Great Flamarion
1945Movie
Coroner (uncredited)
Mom and Dad
1945Movie
Dr. Burnell
Sheriff of Las Vegas
1944Movie
Homer Blackwell
Meet Miss Bobby Socks
1944Movie
R.N. Swanson
Hi, Beautiful
1944Movie
Board Member (uncredited)
Crazy Knights
1944Movie
Mr. Gardner
Zorro's Black Whip
1944Movie
Mr. Walsh
I'm from Arkansas
1944Movie
Harry Cashin
Music in Manhattan
1944Movie
Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944Movie
Judge Carter (Uncredited)
The Port of 40 Thieves
1944Movie
Mr. Fellows
The Girl Who Dared
1944Movie
Beau Richmond
Wilson
1944Movie
Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday
1944Movie
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Action in Arabia
1944Movie
Mr. Hamilton
Up in Arms
1944Movie
Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)
Standing Room Only
1944Movie
General
Government Girl
1943Movie
Irate Man (uncredited)
Crazy House
1943Movie
Outraged Director
Larceny with Music
1943Movie
Important banker
So's Your Uncle
1943Movie
Mr. Craig
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943Movie
J.C. Allison
Daredevils of the West
1943Movie
Senator Garfield
Mission to Moscow
1943Movie
Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)
Aerial Gunner
1943Movie
Doctor (uncredited)
Phantom Killer
1942Movie
John G. Harrison
Across the Pacific
1942Movie
Court-Martial President
Escape from Crime
1942Movie
Rafferty
The Big Shot
1942Movie
Judge
Syncopation
1942Movie
Dr. Broadway
1942Movie
Inspector (uncredited)
In This Our Life
1942Movie
Police Inspector Millett
I Was Framed
1942Movie
Judge
Always in My Heart
1942Movie
Prison Warden
Over My Dead Body
1942Movie
District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
Pacific Blackout
1941Movie
Police Captain
Unfinished Rainbows
1941Movie
Matthew Griswold
Borrowed Hero
1941Movie
William Brooks
I Killed That Man
1941Movie
District Attorney
They Died with Their Boots On
1941Movie
Colonel (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady
1941Movie
Sen. Grant
The Maltese Falcon
1941Movie
District Attorney Bryan
It Started with Eve
1941Movie
Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn
1941Movie
Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941Movie
Police Chief (uncredited)
Sucker List
1941Movie
James Sawyer (uncredited)
Strange Alibi
1941Movie
Judge
Meet John Doe
1941Movie
Jim (uncredited)
Flight from Destiny
1941Movie
Judge
Flight Command
1940Movie
Pensacola Commander (uncredited)
The Great Plane Robbery
1940Movie
Dr. Jamison
You, the People
1940Movie
Frank Y. Carter
Lady with Red Hair
1940Movie
Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940Movie
Capt. Broad
The Flag of Humanity
1940Movie
Gen. James Garfield
Boom Town
1940Movie
McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
The Golden Fleecing
1940Movie
Judge (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
1940Movie
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Murder in the Air
1940Movie
Hargrave
Tear Gas Squad
1940Movie
Chief Ferris
Johnny Apollo
1940Movie
Night Court Judge
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940Movie
Professor Gordon
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940Movie
Hirsch
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940Movie
Judge
Invisible Stripes
1939Movie
Captain Johnson (uncredited)
Swanee River
1939Movie
Doctor
Old Hickory
1939Movie
Governor Clairborne of Louisiana
On Dress Parade
1939Movie
A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties
1939Movie
Judge
Smashing the Money Ring
1939Movie
Night Captain
Espionage Agent
1939Movie
Code Room Instructor
Dust Be My Destiny
1939Movie
First Warden (uncredited)
Full Confession
1939Movie
The Judge (uncredited)
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939Movie
Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)
The Bill of Rights
1939Movie
Colonel George Mason
They Shall Have Music
1939Movie
Detective (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
1939Movie
Wilson
The Forgotten Woman
1939Movie
Dr. May
Stronger Than Desire
1939Movie
Second Trial Judge (uncredited)
Blind Alley
1939Movie
Warden
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939Movie
FBI Chief (uncredited)
Rose of Washington Square
1939Movie
Judge
Forged Passport
1939Movie
Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939Movie
Harry - Conference Room Businessman
The Spirit of Culver
1939Movie
Maj. White
Secret Service of the Air
1939Movie
Warden Jackson
Devil's Island
1939Movie
Captain of Second Convict Ship
I Stand Accused
1938Movie
Defense Attorney Brower
Girls on Probation
1938Movie
Police Chief
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938Movie
Simon Dayton
Too Hot to Handle
1938Movie
Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)
Boys Town
1938Movie
Prison Warden (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
1938Movie
Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
Hunted Men
1938Movie
Police Commissioner, CommissionerPolice
Doctor Rhythm
1938Movie
Insp. Bryce
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938Movie
Philip Benton
Over the Wall
1938Movie
Warden Vance
Murder Is News
1937Movie
David Corning
Missing Witnesses
1937Movie
Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)
Night Club Scandal
1937Movie
Governor
Dangerously Yours
1937Movie
Roberts
The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937Movie
Judge
Bad Guy
1937Movie
Warden
She Had to Eat
1937Movie
Police Captain (uncredited)
It Could Happen to You
1937Movie
Judge
Fifty Roads to Town
1937Movie
Captain Carroll
This Is My Affair
1937Movie
Warden
Criminals of the Air
1937Movie
Captain Wallace
Seventh Heaven
1937Movie
Gendarme
Two Wise Maids
1937Movie
Grover Wentworth
Torture Money
1937Movie
Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
1936Movie
Mr. Carlton
Lady from Nowhere
1936Movie
Commissioner
Three Smart Girls
1936Movie
Desk Lieutenant at Police Station
Legion of Terror
1936Movie
Cummings
Two in a Crowd
1936Movie
Purdy
Craig's Wife
1936Movie
Detective (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Gentleman
1936Movie
Frank Boyd
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934Movie
Presidential Naval Aide
Keep 'Em Rolling
1934Movie
Major in France Battlefield
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
1932Movie
Inspector Carr
The Crane Poison Case
1932Movie
Inspector Carr
The Campus Mystery
1932Movie
Inspector Carr
The Side Show Mystery
1932Movie
Inspector Carr
Murder in the Pullman
1932Movie
Detective
The Cole Case
1932Movie
Inspector Carr
The Skull Murder Mystery
1932Movie
Inspector Carr
The Studio Murder Mystery
1932Movie
Insp. Carr
The Symphony Murder Mystery
1932Movie
Insp. Carr
The Week End Mystery
1931Movie
The Wall Street Mystery
1931Movie
Inspector Carr
The Clyde Mystery
1931Movie
Inspector Carr
Success
1931Movie
Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father
The Gigolo Racket
1931Movie
George Burke
Heads Up
1930Movie
Capt. Whitney
Dangerous Nan McGrew
1930Movie
Grant