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John 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.”

Known For: Acting

Born: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA, 1887-01-16

Died: 1958-10-15

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1928	The Silver Lining	John Hurst	0
2	1928	A South Sea Bubble	Tony Gates	0
3	1928	The Ringer	John Lenley	0
4	1928	The Three Kings	Charlie King	0
5	1929	The Burgomaster of Stilemonde	Odilion van Belle	0
6	1930	At the Villa Rose	Starling	0
7	1930	Dangerous Nan McGrew	Grant	20
8	1930	Heads Up	Capt. Whitney	0
9	1931	The Gigolo Racket	George Burke	0
10	1931	Success	Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father	0
11	1931	The Clyde Mystery	Inspector Carr	0
12	1931	The Wall Street Mystery	Inspector Carr	60
13	1931	The Week End Mystery		0
14	1932	The Symphony Murder Mystery	Insp. Carr	0
15	1932	The Studio Murder Mystery	Insp. Carr	60
16	1932	The Skull Murder Mystery	Inspector Carr	48
17	1932	The Cole Case	Inspector Carr	0
18	1932	Murder in the Pullman	Detective	50
19	1932	The Side Show Mystery	Inspector Carr	0
20	1932	The Campus Mystery	Inspector Carr	0
21	1932	The Crane Poison Case	Inspector Carr	0
22	1932	The Trans-Atlantic Mystery	Inspector Carr	43
23	1934	Keep 'Em Rolling	Major in France Battlefield	60
24	1934	Stand Up and Cheer!	Presidential Naval Aide	49
25	1936	Two-Fisted Gentleman	Frank Boyd	0
26	1936	Craig's Wife	Detective (Uncredited)	63
27	1936	Two in a Crowd	Purdy	0
28	1936	Legion of Terror	Cummings	60
29	1936	Three Smart Girls	Desk Lieutenant at Police Station	63
30	1936	Lady from Nowhere	Commissioner	0
31	1936	A Man Betrayed	Mr. Carlton	60
32	1937	Torture Money	Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)	60
33	1937	Two Wise Maids	Grover Wentworth	0
34	1937	Seventh Heaven	Gendarme	66
35	1937	Criminals of the Air	Captain Wallace	55
36	1937	This Is My Affair	Warden	73
37	1937	Fifty Roads to Town	Captain Carroll	0
38	1937	It Could Happen to You	Judge	10
39	1937	She Had to Eat	Police Captain (uncredited)	50
40	1937	Bad Guy	Warden	60
41	1937	The Man Who Cried Wolf	Judge	55
42	1937	Dangerously Yours	Roberts	35
43	1937	Night Club Scandal	Governor	40
44	1937	Missing Witnesses	Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)	55
45	1937	Murder Is News	David Corning	10
46	1938	Over the Wall	Warden Vance	50
47	1938	Mr. Moto's Gamble	Philip Benton	62
48	1938	Doctor Rhythm	Insp. Bryce	60
49	1938	Hunted Men	Police Commissioner	60
50	1938	Hunted Men	CommissionerPolice	60
51	1938	You Can't Take It with You	Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)	75
52	1938	Boys Town	Prison Warden (uncredited)	67
53	1938	Mr. Wong, Detective	Simon Dayton	55
54	1938	Girls on Probation	Police Chief	59
55	1938	I Stand Accused	Defense Attorney Brower	0
56	1939	Devil's Island	Captain of Second Convict Ship	54
57	1939	Secret Service of the Air	Warden Jackson	58
58	1939	The Spirit of Culver	Maj. White	0
59	1939	Three Smart Girls Grow Up	Harry - Conference Room Businessman	71
60	1939	Forged Passport	Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'	50
61	1939	Rose of Washington Square	Judge	58
62	1939	Confessions of a Nazi Spy	FBI Chief (uncredited)	61
63	1939	Blind Alley	Warden	57
64	1939	Stronger Than Desire	Second Trial Judge (uncredited)	58
65	1939	The Forgotten Woman	Dr. May	0
66	1939	I Stole a Million	Wilson	60
67	1939	They Shall Have Music	Detective (uncredited)	61
68	1939	The Bill of Rights	Colonel George Mason	60
69	1939	Angels Wash Their Faces	Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)	64
70	1939	Full Confession	The Judge (uncredited)	47
71	1939	Dust Be My Destiny	First Warden (uncredited)	62
72	1939	Espionage Agent	Code Room Instructor	59
73	1939	Smashing the Money Ring	Night Captain	50
74	1939	The Roaring Twenties	Judge	75
75	1939	On Dress Parade	A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)	65
76	1939	Old Hickory	Governor Clairborne of Louisiana	37
77	1939	Swanee River	Doctor	67
78	1939	Invisible Stripes	Captain Johnson (uncredited)	63
79	1940	Brother Rat and a Baby	Judge	52
80	1940	Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet	Hirsch	64
81	1940	Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe	Professor Gordon	58
82	1940	Johnny Apollo	Night Court Judge	68
83	1940	Tear Gas Squad	Chief Ferris	48
84	1940	Murder in the Air	Hargrave	46
85	1940	They Drive by Night	Defense Attorney (uncredited)	69
86	1940	The Golden Fleecing	Judge (uncredited)	53
87	1940	Boom Town	McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)	69
88	1940	The Flag of Humanity	Gen. James Garfield	60
89	1940	Tugboat Annie Sails Again	Capt. Broad	55
90	1940	You, the People	Frank Y. Carter	58
91	1940	Lady with Red Hair	Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)	65
92	1940	The Great Plane Robbery	Dr. Jamison	0
93	1940	Flight Command	Pensacola Commander (uncredited)	56
94	1941	Flight from Destiny	Judge	52
95	1941	Meet John Doe	Jim (uncredited)	73
96	1941	Strange Alibi	Judge	66
97	1941	Sucker List	James Sawyer (uncredited)	63
98	1941	Nine Lives Are Not Enough	Police Chief (uncredited)	50
99	1941	It Started with Eve	Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)	71
100	1941	Hold Back the Dawn	Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)	67
101	1941	The Maltese Falcon	District Attorney Bryan	77
102	1941	The Great Man's Lady	Sen. Grant	63
103	1941	They Died with Their Boots On	Colonel (uncredited)	66
104	1941	I Killed That Man	District Attorney	60
105	1941	Borrowed Hero	William Brooks	40
106	1941	Unfinished Rainbows	Matthew Griswold	0
107	1941	Pacific Blackout	Police Captain	63
108	1942	Over My Dead Body	District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater	0
109	1942	Always in My Heart	Prison Warden	60
110	1942	I Was Framed	Judge	40
111	1942	In This Our Life	Police Inspector Millett	68
112	1942	Dr. Broadway	Inspector	50
113	1942	Syncopation		62
114	1942	The Big Shot	Judge	63
115	1942	Escape from Crime	Rafferty	52
116	1942	Across the Pacific	Court-Martial President	66
117	1942	Phantom Killer	John G. Harrison	43
118	1943	Aerial Gunner	Doctor (uncredited)	44
119	1943	Mission to Moscow	Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)	53
120	1943	Daredevils of the West	Senator Garfield	0
121	1943	Good Luck, Mr. Yates	J.C. Allison	58
122	1943	So's Your Uncle	Mr. Craig	50
123	1943	Larceny with Music	Important banker	40
124	1943	Crazy House	Outraged Director	50
125	1943	Government Girl	Irate Man (uncredited)	52
126	1944	Standing Room Only	General	50
127	1944	Up in Arms	Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)	60
128	1944	Action in Arabia	Mr. Hamilton	59
129	1944	Christmas Holiday	Foreman	63
130	1944	Wilson	Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)	55
131	1944	The Girl Who Dared	Beau Richmond	57
132	1944	The Port of 40 Thieves	Mr. Fellows	67
133	1944	Maisie Goes to Reno	Judge Carter (Uncredited)	62
134	1944	I'm from Arkansas	Harry Cashin	54
135	1944	Zorro's Black Whip	Mr. Walsh	52
136	1944	Crazy Knights	Mr. Gardner	46
137	1944	Hi, Beautiful	Board Member (uncredited)	95
138	1944	Meet Miss Bobby Socks	R.N. Swanson	0
139	1944	Sheriff of Las Vegas	Judge Homer T. Blackwell	45
140	1945	Mom and Dad	Dr. Burnell	52
141	1945	The Great Flamarion	Coroner (uncredited)	62
142	1945	Circumstantial Evidence	Gov. Hanlon	48
143	1945	The Naughty Nineties	Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)	68
144	1945	On Stage Everybody	Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)	0
145	1945	First Yank into Tokyo	Dr. Stacey (uncredited)	54
146	1945	Sensation Hunters	Night Court Judge	47
147	1945	Johnny Angel	Harbor Master (uncredited)	59
148	1945	Voice of the Whistler	Doctor (uncredited)	57
149	1945	Northwest Trail	John Owens	50
150	1946	The Phantom Rider	Senator Williams	60
151	1946	The Madonna's Secret	Lambert	59
152	1946	Johnny Comes Flying Home	C.H. Metters (uncredited)	0
153	1946	Home on the Range	State Official	0
154	1946	Badman's Territory	Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)	57
155	1946	One Exciting Week	Dr. Jones (uncredited)	60
156	1946	Step by Step	Police Capt. Edmonds	62
157	1946	The Brute Man	Professor Cushman (uncredited)	45
158	1946	Wife Wanted	Judge	65
159	1946	The Secret of the Whistler	McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)	59
160	1946	Magnificent Doll	Mr. Witherspoon	59
161	1947	Raiders of the South	George Boone	0
162	1947	The Devil On Wheels	Mr. Davis	43
163	1947	It Happened on Fifth Avenue	Harper (uncredited)	70
164	1947	The Sea of Grass	Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)	63
165	1947	Violence	Dr. Chalmers	52
166	1947	Too Many Winners	Albert Payson	55
167	1947	News Hounds	Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin	63
168	1947	Key Witness	R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)	46
169	1947	Blondie in the Dough	Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)	65
170	1947	The Judge Steps Out	Diner on Train (uncredited)	70
171	1947	Bandits of Dark Canyon	Ben Shaw	0
172	1947	High Wall	Police Surgeon (uncredited)	62
173	1948	Song of My Heart	Czar	50
174	1948	The Gallant Legion	Speaker of the House	70
175	1948	The Checkered Coat	Marcus Anson	65
176	1948	Walk a Crooked Mile	G.W. Hunter	59
177	1948	The Gentleman from Nowhere	Judge	60
178	1948	Desperadoes of Dodge City	Land Agent	0
179	1948	Rusty Leads the Way	Board Member (uncredited)	60
180	1949	Sheriff of Wichita	Prison Warden	0
181	1949	The Judge	Lt. Edwards	57
182	1949	Canadian Pacific	Pere Lacomb	52
183	1949	Law of the Golden West	Isaac Cody, Bill's father	60
184	1949	The Wyoming Bandit	Marshal	40
185	1949	Bandit King of Texas	John Turner	60
186	1949	The James Brothers of Missouri	Lon Royer [Ch.1]	60
187	1949	Alias the Champ	Police Commissioner Bronson	60
188	1949	Strange Bargain	Employee at Meeting (uncredited)	57
189	1949	Pioneer Marshal	Man with Bracelet	0
190	1950	Davy Crockett, Indian Scout	Col. Pollard	49
191	1950	Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang	Judge Ralph Townsend	60
192	1950	The Reformer and the Redhead	Police Captain (uncredited)	63
193	1950	The Invisible Monster	"Henry Miller"	44
194	1950	Annie Get Your Gun	Ship Captain (uncredited)	68
195	1950	The Men	Justice of the Peace (uncredited)	70
196	1950	Bunco Squad	John Deming (uncredited)	59
197	1950	The Missourians	Mayor Grant McDowall	60
198	1950	The Flying Missile	Senator	49
199	1950	The Flying Missile	Second Senator	49
200	1951	Sugarfoot	Judge Backus	50
201	1951	Badman's Gold	The Marshal	50
202	1951	Million Dollar Pursuit	Police Inspector Morgan	58
203	1951	Criminal Lawyer	Police Captain Loomis	68
204	1952	The McGurk Way	Speaker	0
205	1952	The Pace That Thrills	Sour Puss	53
206	1952	Target	Bailey	58
207	1952	Listen Judge	George Morton (uncredited)	68
208	1952	The Rose Bowl Story	Dr. Lansing	35
209	1953	The Studebaker Story	Father Studebaker	0
210	1953	Never Wave at a WAC	Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)	49
211	1953	Never Wave at a WAC	Senator Holbrook	49
212	1953	Marshal of Cedar Rock	Stover - Prison Warden	55
213	1953	Jack McCall, Desperado	Col. Cornish	53
214	1953	Iron Mountain Trail	Circuit Judge	60
215	1953	Run for the Hills	Mr. Harvester	0
216	1953	So This Is Love	Charlie	45
217	1953	Donovan's Brain	Mr. McNish (uncredited)	61
218	1953	Man of Conflict	Mr. Cornwall	50
219	1954	Stamp Day for Superman	Perry White	56
220	1954	The Miami Story	Clifton Staley	49
221	1954	City Story		0
222	1954	Moby Dick	'Jeroboam' Captain	0
223	1954	Superman and Scotland Yard	Perry White	100
224	1954	Sitting Bull	Ulysses S. Grant	52
225	1954	Superman and the Jungle Devil	Perry White	100
226	1954	Superman Flies Again	Perry White	100
227	1954	Superman in Exile	Perry White	100
228	1954	Superman's Peril	Perry White	0
229	1955	Bobby Ware Is Missing	Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)	70
230	1957	Chicago Confidential	Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)	50
231	1958	Outcasts of the City		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Ed Wynn Show	Self - Ed's Doctor (uncredited)	70
2	1950	The Gene Autry Show	Dan Parker	42
3	1950	The Gene Autry Show	Jonathan Diggers	42
4	1950	The Cisco Kid	John Mitchell	59
5	1950	The Cisco Kid	Sheriff	59
6	1950	The Cisco Kid	Thomas T. Trimble	59
7	1950	Treasury Men in Action	Judge (uncredited)	55
8	1951	Tales of Tomorrow		60
9	1951	The Adventures of Kit Carson		53
10	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	"Jeroboam" Captain	86
11	1951	The Roy Rogers Show		64
12	1952	Adventures of Superman	Perry White	67
13	1952	Cavalcade of America	Colonel Norton	35
14	1952	Cavalcade of America	Porter	35
15	1952	The Ford Television Theatre		73
16	1953	I Led Three Lives		0
17	1954	Passport to Danger		60
18	1954	Captain Midnight		57
19	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Mr. Campo (uncredited)	65
20	1956	The Count of Monte Cristo		44
21	1956	Hey, Jeannie!	Mr. Barker	55
22	1956	State Trooper	Oscar	50
23	1959	New York Confidential		0