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John Hamilton

Acting

Born January 16, 1887 · Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Died October 15, 1958

Also known as John Rummel Hamilton · John R. 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.”

Filmography50+ titles

The Maltese Falcon

1941as District Attorney Bryan

The Ed Wynn Show

as Self - Ed's Doctor (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties

1939as Judge

You Can't Take It with You

1938as Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)

Meet John Doe

1941as Jim (uncredited)

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939as Harry - Conference Room Businessman

It Started with Eve

1941as Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947as Harper (uncredited)

The Men

1950as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

In This Our Life

1942as Police Inspector Millett

Boom Town

1940as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

They Drive by Night

1940as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Syncopation

1942

Boys Town

1938as Prison Warden (uncredited)

The Roy Rogers Show

Annie Get Your Gun

1950as Ship Captain (uncredited)

Blondie in the Dough

1947as Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)

The Naughty Nineties

1945as Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

1941as Colonel (uncredited)

Hold Back the Dawn

1941as Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)

Adventures of Superman

1952as Perry White

Maisie Goes to Reno

1944as Judge Carter (Uncredited)

Across the Pacific

1942as Court-Martial President

The Wyoming Bandit

1949as Marshal

They Shall Have Music

1939as Detective (uncredited)

Three Smart Girls

1936as Desk Lieutenant at Police Station

Captain Midnight

High Wall

1947as Police Surgeon (uncredited)

Seventh Heaven

1937as Gendarme

Tales of Tomorrow

Marshal of Cedar Rock

1953as Stover - Prison Warden

Badman's Territory

1946as Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)

Treasury Men in Action

as Judge (uncredited)

Donovan's Brain

1953as Mr. McNish (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes

1939as Captain Johnson (uncredited)

The Cisco Kid

1950as Sheriff

The Sea of Grass

1947as Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)

The Great Flamarion

1945as Coroner (uncredited)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939as FBI Chief (uncredited)

Johnny Angel

1945as Harbor Master (uncredited)

First Yank into Tokyo

1945as Dr. Stacey (uncredited)

Action in Arabia

1944as Mr. Hamilton

I'm from Arkansas

1944as Harry Cashin

Too Hot to Handle

1938as Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)

The Adventures of Kit Carson

Zorro's Black Whip

1944as Mr. Walsh

The Golden Fleecing

1940as Judge (uncredited)

Flight Command

1940as Pensacola Commander (uncredited)

Northwest Trail

1945as John Owens

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

1940as Professor Gordon