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John Hamilton

John Hamilton

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

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.”

Filmography
Outcasts of the City poster
Outcasts of the City
1958
Chicago Confidential poster
Chicago Confidential
1957 • Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)
Bobby Ware Is Missing poster
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955 • Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)
Superman and the Jungle Devil poster
Superman and the Jungle Devil
1954 • Perry White
Superman Flies Again poster
Superman Flies Again
1954 • Perry White
Superman in Exile poster
Superman in Exile
1954 • Perry White
Superman's Peril poster
Superman's Peril
1954 • Perry White
Sitting Bull poster
Sitting Bull
1954 • Ulysses S. Grant
Superman and Scotland Yard poster
Superman and Scotland Yard
1954 • Perry White
Moby Dick poster
Moby Dick
1954 • 'Jeroboam' Captain
No Image
City Story
1954
The Miami Story poster
The Miami Story
1954 • Clifton Staley
Stamp Day for Superman poster
Stamp Day for Superman
1954 • Perry White
No Image
Man of Conflict
1953 • Mr. Cornwall
Donovan's Brain poster
Donovan's Brain
1953 • Mr. McNish (uncredited)
So This Is Love poster
So This Is Love
1953 • Charlie
Run for the Hills poster
Run for the Hills
1953 • Mr. Harvester
Iron Mountain Trail poster
Iron Mountain Trail
1953 • Circuit Judge
Jack McCall, Desperado poster
Jack McCall, Desperado
1953 • Col. Cornish
Marshal of Cedar Rock poster
Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953 • Stover - Prison Warden
Never Wave at a WAC poster
Never Wave at a WAC
1953 • Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)
Never Wave at a WAC poster
Never Wave at a WAC
1953 • Senator Holbrook
The Studebaker Story poster
The Studebaker Story
1953 • Father Studebaker
The Rose Bowl Story poster
The Rose Bowl Story
1952 • Dr. Lansing
Listen Judge poster
Listen Judge
1952 • George Morton (uncredited)
Target poster
Target
1952 • Bailey
The Pace That Thrills poster
The Pace That Thrills
1952 • Sour Puss
No Image
The McGurk Way
1952 • Speaker
Criminal Lawyer poster
Criminal Lawyer
1951 • Police Captain Loomis
Million Dollar Pursuit poster
Million Dollar Pursuit
1951 • Police Inspector Morgan
Badman's Gold poster
Badman's Gold
1951 • The Marshal
Sugarfoot poster
Sugarfoot
1951 • Judge Backus
The Flying Missile poster
The Flying Missile
1950 • Senator
The Flying Missile poster
The Flying Missile
1950 • Second Senator
The Missourians poster
The Missourians
1950 • Mayor Grant McDowall
Bunco Squad poster
Bunco Squad
1950 • John Deming (uncredited)
The Men poster
The Men
1950 • Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Annie Get Your Gun poster
Annie Get Your Gun
1950 • Ship Captain (uncredited)
The Invisible Monster poster
The Invisible Monster
1950 • "Henry Miller"
The Reformer and the Redhead poster
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950 • Police Captain (uncredited)
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang poster
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
1950 • Judge Ralph Townsend
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout poster
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
1950 • Col. Pollard
Pioneer Marshal poster
Pioneer Marshal
1949 • Man with Bracelet
Strange Bargain poster
Strange Bargain
1949 • Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
Alias the Champ poster
Alias the Champ
1949 • Police Commissioner Bronson
The James Brothers of Missouri poster
The James Brothers of Missouri
1949 • Lon Royer [Ch.1]
Bandit King of Texas poster
Bandit King of Texas
1949 • John Turner
The Wyoming Bandit poster
The Wyoming Bandit
1949 • Marshal
Law of the Golden West poster
Law of the Golden West
1949 • Isaac Cody, Bill's father
Canadian Pacific poster
Canadian Pacific
1949 • Pere Lacomb
The Judge poster
The Judge
1949 • Lt. Edwards
Sheriff of Wichita poster
Sheriff of Wichita
1949 • Prison Warden
Rusty Leads the Way poster
Rusty Leads the Way
1948 • Board Member (uncredited)
Desperadoes of Dodge City poster
Desperadoes of Dodge City
1948 • Land Agent
The Gentleman from Nowhere poster
The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948 • Judge
Walk a Crooked Mile poster
Walk a Crooked Mile
1948 • G.W. Hunter
The Checkered Coat poster
The Checkered Coat
1948 • Marcus Anson
The Gallant Legion poster
The Gallant Legion
1948 • Speaker of the House
Song of My Heart poster
Song of My Heart
1948 • Czar
High Wall poster
High Wall
1947 • Police Surgeon (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out poster
The Judge Steps Out
1947 • Diner on Train (uncredited)
Bandits of Dark Canyon poster
Bandits of Dark Canyon
1947 • Ben Shaw
Blondie in the Dough poster
Blondie in the Dough
1947 • Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)
Key Witness poster
Key Witness
1947 • R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)
News Hounds poster
News Hounds
1947 • Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin
Too Many Winners poster
Too Many Winners
1947 • Albert Payson
Violence poster
Violence
1947 • Dr. Chalmers
The Sea of Grass poster
The Sea of Grass
1947 • Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue poster
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947 • Harper (uncredited)
The Devil On Wheels poster
The Devil On Wheels
1947 • Mr. Davis
Raiders of the South poster
Raiders of the South
1947 • George Boone
Magnificent Doll poster
Magnificent Doll
1946 • Mr. Witherspoon (uncredited)
The Secret of the Whistler poster
The Secret of the Whistler
1946 • McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)
Wife Wanted poster
Wife Wanted
1946 • Judge
The Brute Man poster
The Brute Man
1946 • Professor Cushman (uncredited)
Step by Step poster
Step by Step
1946 • Police Capt. Edmonds
One Exciting Week poster
One Exciting Week
1946 • Dr. Jones (uncredited)
Badman's Territory poster
Badman's Territory
1946 • Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)
Home on the Range poster
Home on the Range
1946 • State Official
Johnny Comes Flying Home poster
Johnny Comes Flying Home
1946 • C.H. Metters (uncredited)
The Madonna's Secret poster
The Madonna's Secret
1946 • Lambert
The Phantom Rider poster
The Phantom Rider
1946 • Senator Williams
Northwest Trail poster
Northwest Trail
1945 • John Owens
Voice of the Whistler poster
Voice of the Whistler
1945 • Doctor (uncredited)
Johnny Angel poster
Johnny Angel
1945 • Harbor Master (uncredited)
Sensation Hunters poster
Sensation Hunters
1945 • Night Court Judge
First Yank into Tokyo poster
First Yank into Tokyo
1945 • Dr. Stacey (uncredited)
On Stage Everybody poster
On Stage Everybody
1945 • Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties poster
The Naughty Nineties
1945 • Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence poster
Circumstantial Evidence
1945 • Gov. Hanlon
The Great Flamarion poster
The Great Flamarion
1945 • Coroner (uncredited)
Mom and Dad poster
Mom and Dad
1945 • Dr. Burnell
Sheriff of Las Vegas poster
Sheriff of Las Vegas
1944 • Homer Blackwell
Meet Miss Bobby Socks poster
Meet Miss Bobby Socks
1944 • R.N. Swanson
Hi, Beautiful poster
Hi, Beautiful
1944 • Board Member (uncredited)
Crazy Knights poster
Crazy Knights
1944 • Mr. Gardner
Zorro's Black Whip poster
Zorro's Black Whip
1944 • Mr. Walsh
I'm from Arkansas poster
I'm from Arkansas
1944 • Harry Cashin
Music in Manhattan poster
Music in Manhattan
1944 • Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno poster
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944 • Judge Carter (Uncredited)