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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 16, 1887
Died
October 15, 1958
Place of Birth
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
- John Rummel Hamilton
- John R. Hamilton
John Hamilton
0.7 Popularity
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.”
Known For
0.0
New York Confidential
1959
0.0
Outcasts of the City
1958
4.8
Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)
Chicago Confidential
1957
🎬
5.0
Oscar
State Trooper
1956
🎬
6.0
Mr. Barker
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
4.4
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
7.0
Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955
6.5
Mr. Campo (uncredited)
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
0.0
Perry White
Superman's Peril
1954
10.0
Perry White
Superman in Exile
1954
Credits
New York Confidential
1959
0.0
Outcasts of the City
1958
0.0
Chicago Confidential
as Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)
1957
4.8
🎬
State Trooper
as Oscar
1956
5.0
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Mr. Barker
1956
6.0
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
4.4
Bobby Ware Is Missing
as Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)
1955
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Mr. Campo (uncredited)
1955
6.5
Superman's Peril
as Perry White
1954
0.0
Superman in Exile
as Perry White
1954
10.0
Superman Flies Again
as Perry White
1954
10.0
Superman and the Jungle Devil
as Perry White
1954
10.0
Sitting Bull
as Ulysses S. Grant
1954
5.2
Captain Midnight
1954
5.7
Superman and Scotland Yard
as Perry White
1954
10.0
Moby Dick
as 'Jeroboam' Captain
1954
0.0
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City Story
1954
0.0
The Miami Story
as Clifton Staley
1954
4.7
🎬
Passport to Danger
1954
6.0
Stamp Day for Superman
as Perry White
1954
5.4
🎬
Man of Conflict
as Mr. Cornwall
1953
5.0
Donovan's Brain
as Mr. McNish (uncredited)
1953
6.1
So This Is Love
as Charlie
1953
3.8
Run for the Hills
as Mr. Harvester
1953
0.0
Iron Mountain Trail
as Circuit Judge
1953
6.0
Jack McCall, Desperado
as Col. Cornish
1953
5.7
Marshal of Cedar Rock
as Stover - Prison Warden
1953
5.5
Never Wave at a WAC
as Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)
1953
4.6
Never Wave at a WAC
as Senator Holbrook
1953
4.6
I Led Three Lives
1953
0.0
The Studebaker Story
as Father Studebaker
1953
0.0
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.3
Cavalcade of America
as Colonel Norton
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
as Porter
1952
3.5
Adventures of Superman
as Perry White
1952
6.6
The Rose Bowl Story
as Dr. Lansing
1952
3.0
Listen Judge
as George Morton (uncredited)
1952
7.0
Target
as Bailey
1952
5.8
The Pace That Thrills
as Sour Puss
1952
5.3
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The McGurk Way
as Speaker
1952
0.0
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
6.4
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as "Jeroboam" Captain
1951
8.6
Criminal Lawyer
as Police Captain Loomis
1951
6.8
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
5.3
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
6.0
Million Dollar Pursuit
as Police Inspector Morgan
1951
5.8
Badman's Gold
as The Marshal
1951
5.0
Sugarfoot
as Judge Backus
1951
5.0
The Flying Missile
as Senator
1950
4.9
The Flying Missile
as Second Senator
1950
4.9
The Missourians
as Mayor Grant McDowall
1950
6.0
Treasury Men in Action
as Judge (uncredited)
1950
6.0
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The Cisco Kid
as John Mitchell
1950
5.9
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The Cisco Kid
as Thomas T. Trimble
1950
5.9
🎬
The Cisco Kid
as Sheriff
1950
5.9
Bunco Squad
as John Deming (uncredited)
1950
5.9
The Men
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1950
7.0
The Gene Autry Show
as Dan Parker
1950
4.2
The Gene Autry Show
as Jonathan Diggers
1950
4.2
Annie Get Your Gun
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
1950
6.7
The Invisible Monster
as "Henry Miller"
1950
4.4
The Reformer and the Redhead
as Police Captain (uncredited)
1950
6.3
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
as Judge Ralph Townsend
1950
6.0
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
as Col. Pollard
1950
4.9
Pioneer Marshal
as Man with Bracelet
1949
0.0
Strange Bargain
as Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
1949
5.7
Alias the Champ
as Police Commissioner Bronson
1949
6.0
🎬
The Ed Wynn Show
as Self - Ed's Doctor (uncredited)
1949
7.0
The James Brothers of Missouri
as Lon Royer [Ch.1]
1949
6.0
Bandit King of Texas
as John Turner
1949
6.0
The Wyoming Bandit
as Marshal
1949
4.0
Law of the Golden West
as Isaac Cody, Bill's father
1949
6.0
Canadian Pacific
as Pere Lacomb
1949
5.0
The Judge
as Lt. Edwards
1949
5.3
Sheriff of Wichita
as Prison Warden
1949
0.0
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Rusty Leads the Way
as Board Member (uncredited)
1948
6.0
Desperadoes of Dodge City
as Land Agent
1948
0.0
The Gentleman from Nowhere
as Judge
1948
6.0
Walk a Crooked Mile
as G.W. Hunter
1948
6.0
The Checkered Coat
as Marcus Anson
1948
6.5
The Gallant Legion
as Speaker of the House
1948
7.0
Song of My Heart
as Czar
1948
5.0
High Wall
as Police Surgeon (uncredited)
1947
6.3
The Judge Steps Out
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
1947
7.0
Bandits of Dark Canyon
as Ben Shaw
1947
0.0
Blondie in the Dough
as Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)
1947
6.5
Key Witness
as R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)
1947
4.5
News Hounds
as Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin
1947
6.0
Too Many Winners
as Albert Payson
1947
5.5
Violence
as Dr. Chalmers
1947
5.2
The Sea of Grass
as Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)
1947
6.1
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Harper (uncredited)
1947
7.0
The Devil On Wheels
as Mr. Davis
1947
3.9
Raiders of the South
as George Boone
1947
0.0
Magnificent Doll
as Mr. Witherspoon (uncredited)
1946
5.9
The Secret of the Whistler
as McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)
1946
5.9
Wife Wanted
as Judge
1946
6.5
The Brute Man
as Professor Cushman (uncredited)
1946
4.5
Step by Step
as Police Capt. Edmonds
1946
6.2
One Exciting Week
as Dr. Jones (uncredited)
1946
6.0
Badman's Territory
as Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)
1946
5.7
Home on the Range
as State Official
1946
0.0
Johnny Comes Flying Home
as C.H. Metters (uncredited)
1946
0.0
The Madonna's Secret
as Lambert
1946
5.9
The Phantom Rider
as Senator Williams
1946
6.0
Northwest Trail
as John Owens
1945
5.0
Voice of the Whistler
as Doctor (uncredited)
1945
5.7
Johnny Angel
as Harbor Master (uncredited)
1945
5.9
Sensation Hunters
as Night Court Judge
1945
4.5
First Yank into Tokyo
as Dr. Stacey (uncredited)
1945
5.4
On Stage Everybody
as Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)
1945
0.0
The Naughty Nineties
as Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)
1945
6.6
Circumstantial Evidence
as Gov. Hanlon
1945
4.8
The Great Flamarion
as Coroner (uncredited)
1945
6.0
Mom and Dad
as Dr. Burnell
1945
4.8
Sheriff of Las Vegas
as Homer Blackwell
1944
4.0
Meet Miss Bobby Socks
as R.N. Swanson
1944
0.0
Hi, Beautiful
as Board Member (uncredited)
1944
9.5
Crazy Knights
as Mr. Gardner
1944
4.6
Zorro's Black Whip
as Mr. Walsh
1944
5.2
I'm from Arkansas
as Harry Cashin
1944
5.4
Music in Manhattan
as Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited)
1944
5.5
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Judge Carter (Uncredited)
1944
6.2
The Port of 40 Thieves
as Mr. Fellows
1944
6.7
The Girl Who Dared
as Beau Richmond
1944
5.7
Wilson
as Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)
1944
5.5
Christmas Holiday
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1944
6.4
Action in Arabia
as Mr. Hamilton
1944
5.9
Up in Arms
as Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)
1944
5.6
Standing Room Only
as General
1944
5.0
Government Girl
as Irate Man (uncredited)
1943
5.2
Crazy House
as Outraged Director
1943
5.0
Larceny with Music
as Important banker
1943
4.0
So's Your Uncle
as Mr. Craig
1943
5.0
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as J.C. Allison
1943
5.8
Daredevils of the West
as Senator Garfield
1943
0.0
Mission to Moscow
as Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)
1943
5.3
Aerial Gunner
as Doctor (uncredited)
1943
4.4
Phantom Killer
as John G. Harrison
1942
4.5
Across the Pacific
as Court-Martial President
1942
6.6
Escape from Crime
as Rafferty
1942
5.2
The Big Shot
as Judge
1942
6.3
Syncopation
1942
6.2
Dr. Broadway
as Inspector (uncredited)
1942
5.6
In This Our Life
as Police Inspector Millett
1942
6.8
I Was Framed
as Judge
1942
4.0
Always in My Heart
as Prison Warden
1942
6.0
Over My Dead Body
as District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
1942
0.0
Pacific Blackout
as Police Captain
1941
6.3
🎬
Unfinished Rainbows
as Matthew Griswold
1941
0.0
Borrowed Hero
as William Brooks
1941
4.0
I Killed That Man
as District Attorney
1941
6.0
They Died with Their Boots On
as Colonel (uncredited)
1941
6.6
The Great Man's Lady
as Sen. Grant
1941
6.3
The Maltese Falcon
as District Attorney Bryan
1941
7.7
Hold Back the Dawn
as Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)
1941
6.7
It Started with Eve
as Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)
1941
7.2
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Police Chief (uncredited)
1941
5.0
Sucker List
as James Sawyer (uncredited)
1941
6.3
Strange Alibi
as Judge
1941
6.6
Meet John Doe
as Jim (uncredited)
1941
7.3
Flight from Destiny
as Judge
1941
4.7
Flight Command
as Pensacola Commander (uncredited)
1940
5.6
The Great Plane Robbery
as Dr. Jamison
1940
0.0
You, the People
as Frank Y. Carter
1940
5.8
Lady with Red Hair
as Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)
1940
6.5
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as Capt. Broad
1940
5.5
The Flag of Humanity
as Gen. James Garfield
1940
6.0
Boom Town
as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
1940
6.9
The Golden Fleecing
as Judge (uncredited)
1940
5.3
They Drive by Night
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
1940
6.9
Murder in the Air
as Hargrave
1940
4.6
Tear Gas Squad
as Chief Ferris
1940
4.8
Johnny Apollo
as Night Court Judge
1940
6.8
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as Professor Gordon
1940
5.8
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Hirsch
1940
6.5
Brother Rat and a Baby
as Judge
1940
5.2
Invisible Stripes
as Captain Johnson (uncredited)
1939
6.1
Swanee River
as Doctor
1939
6.7
🎬
Old Hickory
as Governor Clairborne of Louisiana
1939
3.7
On Dress Parade
as A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)
1939
6.5
The Roaring Twenties
as Judge
1939
7.5
Smashing the Money Ring
as Night Captain
1939
5.0
Espionage Agent
as Code Room Instructor
1939
5.9
Dust Be My Destiny
as First Warden (uncredited)
1939
6.2
Full Confession
as The Judge (uncredited)
1939
4.7
Angels Wash Their Faces
as Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)
1939
6.4
The Bill of Rights
as Colonel George Mason
1939
6.0
They Shall Have Music
as Detective (uncredited)
1939
6.2
I Stole a Million
as Wilson
1939
6.0
The Forgotten Woman
as Dr. May
1939
0.0
Stronger Than Desire
as Second Trial Judge (uncredited)
1939
5.1
Blind Alley
as Warden
1939
5.7
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as FBI Chief (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Rose of Washington Square
as Judge
1939
5.8
Forged Passport
as Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'
1939
5.0
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Harry - Conference Room Businessman
1939
7.1
The Spirit of Culver
as Maj. White
1939
0.0
Secret Service of the Air
as Warden Jackson
1939
5.8
Devil's Island
as Captain of Second Convict Ship
1939
5.4
I Stand Accused
as Defense Attorney Brower
1938
0.0
Girls on Probation
as Police Chief
1938
5.9
Mr. Wong, Detective
as Simon Dayton
1938
5.5
Too Hot to Handle
as Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)
1938
5.8
Boys Town
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
1938
6.8
You Can't Take It with You
as Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
1938
7.5
Hunted Men
as Police Commissioner
1938
6.0
Hunted Men
as CommissionerPolice
1938
6.0
Doctor Rhythm
as Insp. Bryce
1938
6.0
Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Philip Benton
1938
6.3
Over the Wall
as Warden Vance
1938
5.0
🎬
Murder Is News
as David Corning
1937
2.3
Missing Witnesses
as Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)
1937
5.5
Night Club Scandal
as Governor
1937
3.8
Dangerously Yours
as Roberts
1937
3.5
The Man Who Cried Wolf
as Judge
1937
5.5
Bad Guy
as Warden
1937
6.0
She Had to Eat
as Police Captain (uncredited)
1937
5.0
It Could Happen to You
as Judge
1937
1.0
Fifty Roads to Town
as Captain Carroll
1937
0.0
This Is My Affair
as Warden
1937
7.3
Criminals of the Air
as Captain Wallace
1937
5.5
Seventh Heaven
as Gendarme
1937
6.3
Two Wise Maids
as Grover Wentworth
1937
0.0
Torture Money
as Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)
1937
6.0
A Man Betrayed
as Mr. Carlton
1936
6.0
Lady from Nowhere
as Commissioner
1936
0.0
Three Smart Girls
as Desk Lieutenant at Police Station
1936
6.4
Legion of Terror
as Cummings
1936
6.0
Two in a Crowd
as Purdy
1936
0.0
Craig's Wife
as Detective (Uncredited)
1936
6.3
Two-Fisted Gentleman
as Frank Boyd
1936
0.0
Stand Up and Cheer!
as Presidential Naval Aide
1934
4.9
Keep 'Em Rolling
as Major in France Battlefield
1934
6.0
🎬
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
as Inspector Carr
1932
4.5
🎬
The Crane Poison Case
as Inspector Carr
1932
0.0
🎬
The Campus Mystery
as Inspector Carr
1932
0.0
🎬
The Side Show Mystery
as Inspector Carr
1932
0.0
Murder in the Pullman
as Detective
1932
5.0
🎬
The Cole Case
as Inspector Carr
1932
0.0
The Skull Murder Mystery
as Inspector Carr
1932
4.8
The Studio Murder Mystery
as Insp. Carr
1932
6.0
The Symphony Murder Mystery
as Insp. Carr
1932
6.0
The Week End Mystery
1931
0.0
The Wall Street Mystery
as Inspector Carr
1931
6.0
🎬
The Clyde Mystery
as Inspector Carr
1931
0.0
Success
as Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father
1931
0.0
The Gigolo Racket
as George Burke
1931
0.0
Heads Up
as Capt. Whitney
1930
0.0
Dangerous Nan McGrew
as Grant
1930
2.0