John Hamilton

John Hamilton

  • Birthday: 1887-01-16
  • Deathday: 1958-10-15
  • Place of birth: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Also know as: John Rummel 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.”

Filmography

The Maltese Falcon

1941

As District Attorney Bryan

Mr. Wong, Detective

1938

As Simon Dayton

It Started with Eve

1941

As Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence

1945

As Gov. Hanlon

The Madonna's Secret

1946

As Lambert

Violence

1947

As Dr. Chalmers

The Roaring Twenties

1939

As Judge

I Stole a Million

1939

As Wilson

The Port of 40 Thieves

1944

As Mr. Fellows

The Judge

1949

As Lt. Edwards

Across the Pacific

1942

As Court-Martial President

The Big Shot

1942

As Judge

Escape from Crime

1942

As Rafferty

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938

As Philip Benton

Always in My Heart

1942

As Prison Warden

The Great Man's Lady

1942

As Sen. Grant

Sitting Bull

1954

As Ulysses S. Grant

The Girl Who Dared

1944

As Beau Richmond

Over the Wall

1938

As Warden Vance

Phantom Killer

1942

As John G. Harrison

Target

1952

As Bailey

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

1940

As Capt. Broad

Standing Room Only

1944

As General

Borrowed Hero

1941

As William Brooks

The Flying Missile

1950

As Senator

So This Is Love

1953

As Charlie

Doctor Rhythm

1938

As Insp. Bryce

Murder Is News

1937

As David Corning

Bad Guy

1937

As Warden

You Can't Take It with You

1938

As Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)

Northwest Trail

1945

As John Owens

The Phantom Rider

1946

As Senator Williams

A Man Betrayed

1936

As Mr. Carlton

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

1941

As Police Chief (uncredited)

Lady from Nowhere

1936

As Commissioner

Meet Miss Bobby Socks

1944

As R.N. Swanson

The Studio Murder Mystery

1932

As Insp. Carr

The Spirit of Culver

1939

As Maj. White

Strange Alibi

1941

As Judge

Two in a Crowd

1936

As Purdy

Craig's Wife

1936

As Detective (Uncredited)

The Wall Street Mystery

1931

As Inspector Carr

The Trans-Atlantic Mystery

1932

As Inspector Carr

Too Many Winners

1947

As Albert Payson

Canadian Pacific

1949

As Pere Lacomb

Angels Wash Their Faces

1939

As Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)

Old Hickory

1939

As Governor Clairborne of Louisiana

Up in Arms

1944

As Man In Theatre Lobby

Secret Service of the Air

1939

As Warden Jackson

Stronger Than Desire

1939

As Second Trial Judge (uncredited)

Smashing the Money Ring

1939

As Night Captain

Keep 'Em Rolling

1934

As Major in France Battlefield

Girls on Probation

1938

As Police Chief

Devil's Island

1939

As Captain of Second Convict Ship

Heads Up

1930

As Capt. Whitney

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939

As Harry - Conference Room Businessman

Blind Alley

1939

As Warden

They Shall Have Music

1939

As Detective (uncredited)

Espionage Agent

1939

As Code Room Instructor

Dust Be My Destiny

1939

As First Warden (uncredited)

Swanee River

1939

As Doctor

Three Smart Girls

1936

As Desk Lieutenant at Police Station

You, the People

1940

As Frank Y. Carter

Donovan's Brain

1953

As Mr. McNish (uncredited)

Dangerously Yours

1937

As Roberts

Night Club Scandal

1937

As Governor

Hold Back the Dawn

1941

As Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)

The Devil On Wheels

1947

As Mr. Davis

Legion of Terror

1936

As Cummings

Pioneer Marshal

1949

As Man with Bracelet

Stamp Day for Superman

1954

As Perry White

Two Wise Maids

1937

As Grover Wentworth

Forged Passport

1939

As Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'

Johnny Apollo

1940

As Night Court Judge

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939

As FBI Chief (uncredited)

Over My Dead Body

1942

As District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater

Voice of the Whistler

1945

As Doctor (uncredited)

This Is My Affair

1937

As Warden

Boom Town

1940

As McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Government Girl

1943

As Irate Man (uncredited)

Flight Command

1940

As Pensacola Commander

They Drive by Night

1940

As Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Lady with Red Hair

1940

As Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)

The Flag of Humanity

1940

As Gen. James Garfield

The Secret of the Whistler

1946

As McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)

The Golden Fleecing

1940

As Judge (uncredited)

News Hounds

1947

As Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

1940

As Professor Gordon

The Pace That Thrills

1952

As Sour Puss

Dangerous Nan McGrew

1930

As Grant

Success

1931

As Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father

The Gallant Legion

1948

As Speaker of the House

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943

As J.C. Allison

The Flying Missile

1950

As Second Senator

Sheriff of Las Vegas

1944

As Judge Homer T. Blackwell

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

1950

As Col. Pollard

The Missourians

1950

As Mayor Grant McDowall

The Wyoming Bandit

1949

As Marshal

Badman's Gold

1951

As The Marshal

Marshal of Cedar Rock

1953

As Stover - Prison Warden

Daredevils of the West

1943

As Senator Garfield

Zorro's Black Whip

1944

As Mr. Walsh

Boys Town

1938

As Prison Warden (uncredited)

Bandits of Dark Canyon

1947

As Ben Shaw

Home on the Range

1946

As State Official

Raiders of the South

1947

As George Boone

Desperadoes of Dodge City

1948

As Land Agent

The Gigolo Racket

1931

As George Burke

Bandit King of Texas

1949

As John Turner

Law of the Golden West

1949

As Isaac Cody, Bill's father

Sheriff of Wichita

1949

As Prison Warden

The James Brothers of Missouri

1949

As Lon Royer [Ch.1]

Run for the Hills

1953

As Mr. Harvester

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

As Colonel (uncredited)

Jack McCall, Desperado

1953

As Col. Cornish

The Miami Story

1954

As Clifton Staley

The Skull Murder Mystery

1932

As Inspector Carr

At the Villa Rose

1930

As Starling

The Burgomaster of Stilemonde

1929

As Odilion van Belle

Pacific Blackout

1941

As Police Captain

I Was Framed

1942

As Judge

Annie Get Your Gun

1950

As Ship Captain (uncredited)

Never Wave at a WAC

1953

As Senator Holbrook

Tear Gas Squad

1940

As Chief Ferris

Murder in the Air

1940

As Hargrave

Seventh Heaven

1937

As Gendarme

Fifty Roads to Town

1937

As Captain Carroll

The Invisible Monster

1950

As "Henry Miller"

Wife Wanted

1946

As Judge

The Bill of Rights

1939

As Colonel George Mason

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947

As Harper (uncredited)

Walk a Crooked Mile

1948

As G.W. Hunter

On Dress Parade

1939

As A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)

Torture Money

1937

As Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)

So's Your Uncle

1943

As Mr. Craig

Crazy House

1943

As Outraged Director

Larceny with Music

1943

As Important banker

Mission to Moscow

1943

As Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)

Flight from Destiny

1941

As Judge

Bunco Squad

1950

As John Deming (uncredited)

Song of My Heart

1948

As Czar

Strange Bargain

1949

As Employee at Meeting (uncredited)

The Three Kings

1928

As Charlie King

The Silver Lining

1928

As John Hurst

Badman's Territory

1946

As Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)

Sucker List

1941

As James Sawyer (uncredited)

The Naughty Nineties

1945

As Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)

She Had to Eat

1937

As Police Captain (uncredited)

On Stage Everybody

1945

As Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)

Mom and Dad

1945

As Dr. Burnell

The Great Flamarion

1945

As Coroner (uncredited)

Magnificent Doll

1946

As Mr. Witherspoon

The Cole Case

1932

As Inspector Carr

I'm from Arkansas

1944

As Harry Cashin

The Great Plane Robbery

1940

As Dr. Jamison

Invisible Stripes

1939

As Captain Johnson (uncredited)

Murder in the Pullman

1932

As Detective

In This Our Life

1942

As Police Inspector Millett

Criminals of the Air

1937

As Captain Wallace

Sensation Hunters

1945

As Night Court Judge

Iron Mountain Trail

1953

As Circuit Judge

Maisie Goes to Reno

1944

As Judge Carter (Uncredited)

The Brute Man

1946

As Professor Cushman (uncredited)

Bobby Ware Is Missing

1955

As Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)

Moby Dick

1954

As 'Jeroboam' Captain

The Symphony Murder Mystery

1932

As Insp. Carr

Step by Step

1946

As Police Capt. Edmonds

The Men

1950

As Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Criminal Lawyer

1951

As Police Captain Loomis

Man of Conflict

1953

As Mr. Cornwall

Rusty Leads the Way

1948

As Board Member (uncredited)

Alias the Champ

1949

As Police Commissioner Bronson

Million Dollar Pursuit

1951

As Police Inspector Morgan

Blondie in the Dough

1947

As Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)

The Studebaker Story

1953

As Father Studebaker

Two-Fisted Gentleman

1936

As Frank Boyd

I Stand Accused

1938

As Defense Attorney Brower

The Forgotten Woman

1939

As Dr. May

Never Wave at a WAC

1953

As Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)

City Story

1954

As

The Checkered Coat

1948

As Marcus Anson

Crazy Knights

1944

As Mr. Gardner

The Judge Steps Out

1947

As Diner on Train (uncredited)

I Killed That Man

1941

As District Attorney

One Exciting Week

1946

As Dr. Jones (uncredited)

Wilson

1944

As Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)

Johnny Comes Flying Home

1946

As C.H. Metters (uncredited)

The Clyde Mystery

1931

As Inspector Carr

The Side Show Mystery

1932

As Inspector Carr

The Crane Poison Case

1932

As Inspector Carr

The Reformer and the Redhead

1950

As Police Captain (uncredited)

Meet John Doe

1941

As Jim (uncredited)

High Wall

1947

As Police Surgeon (uncredited)

First Yank into Tokyo

1945

As Dr. Stacey (uncredited)

Full Confession

1939

As The Judge (uncredited)

A South Sea Bubble

1928

As Tony Gates

The Ringer

1928

As John Lenley

Hunted Men

1938

As Police Commissioner

The Rose Bowl Story

1952

As Dr. Lansing

Sugarfoot

1951

As Judge Backus

Aerial Gunner

1943

As Doctor (uncredited)

The McGurk Way

1952

As Speaker

Key Witness

1947

As R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)

Dr. Broadway

1942

As Inspector

Christmas Holiday

1944

As Foreman

Action in Arabia

1944

As Mr. Hamilton

Missing Witnesses

1937

As Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)

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