John Hamilton
Born: 1887-01-16 in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1958-10-15
Known For: Acting
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.”
Filmography
1958
1957
- Chicago Confidential as Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)
1956
- State Trooper as Oscar
- Hey, Jeannie! as Mr. Barker
- The Count of Monte Cristo
1955
- Screen Director's Playhouse as Mr. Campo (uncredited)
- Bobby Ware Is Missing as Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)
1954
- Captain Midnight
- Passport to Danger
- Sitting Bull as Ulysses S. Grant
- Stamp Day for Superman as Perry White
- Superman Flies Again as Perry White
- Superman and the Jungle Devil as Perry White
- Superman's Peril as Perry White
- Superman in Exile as Perry White
- The Miami Story as Clifton Staley
- Moby Dick as 'Jeroboam' Captain
- Superman and Scotland Yard as Perry White
- City Story
1953
- I Led Three Lives
- Never Wave at a WAC as Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)
- Donovan's Brain as Mr. McNish (uncredited)
- Jack McCall, Desperado as Col. Cornish
- So This Is Love as Charlie
- Iron Mountain Trail as Circuit Judge
- Man of Conflict as Mr. Cornwall
- Marshal of Cedar Rock as Stover - Prison Warden
- Run for the Hills as Mr. Harvester
- The Studebaker Story as Father Studebaker
1952
- Adventures of Superman as Perry White
- Cavalcade of America as Colonel Norton
- The Ford Television Theatre
- The Rose Bowl Story as Dr. Lansing
- Target as Bailey
- The McGurk Way as Speaker
- Listen Judge as George Morton (uncredited)
- The Pace That Thrills as Sour Puss
1951
- Tales of Tomorrow
- The Adventures of Kit Carson
- The Roy Rogers Show
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as "Jeroboam" Captain
- Sugarfoot as Judge Backus
- Criminal Lawyer as Police Captain Loomis
- Million Dollar Pursuit as Police Inspector Morgan
- Badman's Gold as The Marshal
1950
- The Gene Autry Show as Dan Parker
- The Cisco Kid as John Mitchell
- Treasury Men in Action as Judge (uncredited)
- The Men as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- Annie Get Your Gun as Ship Captain (uncredited)
- The Flying Missile as Senator
- Bunco Squad as John Deming (uncredited)
- Davy Crockett, Indian Scout as Col. Pollard
- The Missourians as Mayor Grant McDowall
- The Reformer and the Redhead as Police Captain (uncredited)
- The Invisible Monster as "Henry Miller"
- Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang as Judge Ralph Townsend
1949
- Canadian Pacific as Pere Lacomb
- The Ed Wynn Show as Self - Ed's Doctor (uncredited)
- Strange Bargain as Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
- Alias the Champ as Police Commissioner Bronson
- The Wyoming Bandit as Marshal
- The James Brothers of Missouri as Lon Royer [Ch.1]
- Law of the Golden West as Isaac Cody, Bill's father
- Sheriff of Wichita as Prison Warden
- Pioneer Marshal as Man with Bracelet
- Bandit King of Texas as John Turner
- The Judge as Lt. Edwards
1948
- Walk a Crooked Mile as G.W. Hunter
- The Checkered Coat as Marcus Anson
- Desperadoes of Dodge City as Land Agent
- The Gallant Legion as Speaker of the House
- Song of My Heart as Czar
- Rusty Leads the Way as Board Member (uncredited)
- The Gentleman from Nowhere as Judge
1947
- It Happened on Fifth Avenue as Harper (uncredited)
- The Sea of Grass as Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)
- The Devil On Wheels as Mr. Davis
- High Wall as Police Surgeon (uncredited)
- The Judge Steps Out as Diner on Train (uncredited)
- Raiders of the South as George Boone
- Bandits of Dark Canyon as Ben Shaw
- News Hounds as Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin
- Blondie in the Dough as Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)
- Key Witness as R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)
- Violence as Dr. Chalmers
- Too Many Winners as Albert Payson
1946
- Badman's Territory as Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)
- The Secret of the Whistler as McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)
- Magnificent Doll as Mr. Witherspoon (uncredited)
- One Exciting Week as Dr. Jones (uncredited)
- Step by Step as Police Capt. Edmonds
- The Brute Man as Professor Cushman (uncredited)
- Johnny Comes Flying Home as C.H. Metters (uncredited)
- The Madonna's Secret as Lambert
- The Phantom Rider as Senator Williams
- Girl on the Spot as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
- Wife Wanted as Judge
- Home on the Range as State Official
1945
- The Great Flamarion as Coroner (uncredited)
- Johnny Angel as Harbor Master (uncredited)
- Circumstantial Evidence as Gov. Hanlon
- The Naughty Nineties as Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)
- On Stage Everybody as Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)
- Mom and Dad as Dr. Burnell
- Voice of the Whistler as Doctor (uncredited)
- Sensation Hunters as Night Court Judge
- Northwest Trail as John Owens
- First Yank into Tokyo as Dr. Stacey (uncredited)
1944
- The Port of 40 Thieves as Mr. Fellows
- Crazy Knights as Mr. Gardner
- Up in Arms as Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)
- Action in Arabia as Mr. Hamilton
- Wilson as Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)
- Christmas Holiday as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
- Standing Room Only as General
- I'm from Arkansas as Harry Cashin
- The Girl Who Dared as Beau Richmond
- Zorro's Black Whip as Mr. Walsh
- Music in Manhattan as Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited)
- Maisie Goes to Reno as Judge Carter (Uncredited)
- Hi, Beautiful as Board Member (uncredited)
- Sheriff of Las Vegas as Homer Blackwell
- Meet Miss Bobby Socks as R.N. Swanson
1943
- Mission to Moscow as Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)
- Aerial Gunner as Doctor (uncredited)
- Government Girl as Irate Man (uncredited)
- Crazy House as Outraged Director
- So's Your Uncle as Mr. Craig
- Good Luck, Mr. Yates as J.C. Allison
- Daredevils of the West as Senator Garfield
- Larceny with Music as Important banker
1942
- In This Our Life as Police Inspector Millett
- The Big Shot as Judge
- Across the Pacific as Court-Martial President
- I Was Framed as Judge
- Dr. Broadway as Inspector (uncredited)
- Over My Dead Body as District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
- Syncopation
- Escape from Crime as Rafferty
- Phantom Killer as John G. Harrison
- Always in My Heart as Prison Warden
1941
- The Maltese Falcon as District Attorney Bryan
- Meet John Doe as Jim (uncredited)
- They Died with Their Boots On as Colonel (uncredited)
- It Started with Eve as Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)
- Hold Back the Dawn as Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)
- Strange Alibi as Judge
- Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Police Chief (uncredited)
- The Great Man's Lady as Sen. Grant
- Sucker List as James Sawyer (uncredited)
- Borrowed Hero as William Brooks
- Flight from Destiny as Judge
- I Killed That Man as District Attorney
- Pacific Blackout as Police Captain
- Unfinished Rainbows as Matthew Griswold
1940
- They Drive by Night as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
- Boom Town as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
- Brother Rat and a Baby as Judge
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Hirsch
- Johnny Apollo as Night Court Judge
- Flight Command as Pensacola Commander (uncredited)
- Tugboat Annie Sails Again as Capt. Broad
- You, the People as Frank Y. Carter
- Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe as Professor Gordon
- Lady with Red Hair as Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)
- The Great Plane Robbery as Dr. Jamison
- The Golden Fleecing as Judge (uncredited)
- Tear Gas Squad as Chief Ferris
- Murder in the Air as Hargrave
- The Flag of Humanity as Gen. James Garfield
1939
- The Roaring Twenties as Judge
- Secret Service of the Air as Warden Jackson
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy as FBI Chief (uncredited)
- They Shall Have Music as Detective (uncredited)
- Blind Alley as Warden
- Invisible Stripes as Captain Johnson (uncredited)
- Angels Wash Their Faces as Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)
- Espionage Agent as Code Room Instructor
- Swanee River as Doctor
- Dust Be My Destiny as First Warden (uncredited)
- I Stole a Million as Wilson
- Rose of Washington Square as Judge
- Three Smart Girls Grow Up as Harry - Conference Room Businessman
- Smashing the Money Ring as Night Captain
- Full Confession as The Judge (uncredited)
- Devil's Island as Captain of Second Convict Ship
- Stronger Than Desire as Second Trial Judge (uncredited)
- Forged Passport as Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'
- The Bill of Rights as Colonel George Mason
- The Forgotten Woman as Dr. May
- On Dress Parade as A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)
- Old Hickory as Governor Clairborne of Louisiana
- The Spirit of Culver as Maj. White
1938
- You Can't Take It with You as Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
- Boys Town as Prison Warden (uncredited)
- Mr. Moto's Gamble as Philip Benton
- Mr. Wong, Detective as Simon Dayton
- Girls on Probation as Police Chief
- Too Hot to Handle as Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)
- I Stand Accused as Defense Attorney Brower
- Hunted Men as Police Commissioner
- Over the Wall as Warden Vance
- Doctor Rhythm as Insp. Bryce
1937
- Fifty Roads to Town as Captain Carroll
- Seventh Heaven as Gendarme
- Dangerously Yours as Roberts
- Missing Witnesses as Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)
- Night Club Scandal as Governor
- She Had to Eat as Police Captain (uncredited)
- Torture Money as Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)
- This Is My Affair as Warden
- Criminals of the Air as Captain Wallace
- It Could Happen to You as Judge
- The Man Who Cried Wolf as Judge
- Bad Guy as Warden
- Two Wise Maids as Grover Wentworth
- Murder Is News as David Corning
1936
- Craig's Wife as Detective (uncredited)
- Two in a Crowd as Purdy
- Three Smart Girls as Desk Lieutenant at Police Station
- Two-Fisted Gentleman as Frank Boyd
- A Man Betrayed as Mr. Carlton
- Legion of Terror as Cummings
- Lady from Nowhere as Commissioner
1934
- Stand Up and Cheer! as Presidential Naval Aide
- Keep 'Em Rolling as Major in France Battlefield
1932
- The Trans-Atlantic Mystery as Inspector Carr
- The Symphony Murder Mystery as Insp. Carr
- The Studio Murder Mystery as Insp. Carr
- The Skull Murder Mystery as Inspector Carr
- The Crane Poison Case as Inspector Carr
- The Cole Case as Inspector Carr
- Murder in the Pullman as Detective
- The Side Show Mystery as Inspector Carr
- The Campus Mystery as Inspector Carr
1931
- Success as Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father
- The Clyde Mystery as Inspector Carr
- The Gigolo Racket as George Burke
- The Week End Mystery
- The Wall Street Mystery as Inspector Carr
1930
- Heads Up as Capt. Whitney
- Dangerous Nan McGrew as Grant