
John Hamilton
Department: 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.”
Known For

The Maltese Falcon
1941

Rusty Leads the Way
1948

I Killed That Man
1941

One Exciting Week
1946

Wilson
1944

Johnny Comes Flying Home
1946

Alias the Champ
1949

Mr. Wong, Detective
1938

It Started with Eve
1941

The Clyde Mystery
1931

The Side Show Mystery
1932

The Crane Poison Case
1932

The Reformer and the Redhead
1950

Circumstantial Evidence
1945

The Madonna's Secret
1946

Violence
1947

The Roaring Twenties
1939

Blondie in the Dough
1947

Million Dollar Pursuit
1951

I Stole a Million
1939

The Port of 40 Thieves
1944

The Judge
1949

Across the Pacific
1942

The Big Shot
1942

Escape from Crime
1942

Meet John Doe
1941

High Wall
1947

Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938

Always in My Heart
1942

The Great Man's Lady
1941

Sitting Bull
1954

Full Confession
1939

First Yank into Tokyo
1945

The Girl Who Dared
1944

The Studebaker Story
1953

Over the Wall
1938

Two-Fisted Gentleman
1936

Phantom Killer
1942

Chicago Confidential
1957

Target
1952

Hunted Men
1938

Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940

Standing Room Only
1944

Borrowed Hero
1941

The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937

The Flying Missile
1950

Murder Is News
1937

Bad Guy
1937

So This Is Love
1953

Doctor Rhythm
1938

You Can't Take It with You
1938

Lady from Nowhere
1936

Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941

Meet Miss Bobby Socks
1944

The Studio Murder Mystery
1932

I Stand Accused
1938

The Rose Bowl Story
1952

The Forgotten Woman
1939

Strange Alibi
1941

The Spirit of Culver
1939

Never Wave at a WAC
1953

Sugarfoot
1951

City Story
1954

Craig's Wife
1936

Two in a Crowd
1936

The Wall Street Mystery
1931

The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
1932

Too Many Winners
1947

The Checkered Coat
1948

Canadian Pacific
1949

Angels Wash Their Faces
1939

Old Hickory
1939

Aerial Gunner
1943

The McGurk Way
1952

Secret Service of the Air
1939

Up in Arms
1944

Key Witness
1947

Stronger Than Desire
1939

Smashing the Money Ring
1939

Girls on Probation
1938

Keep 'Em Rolling
1934

Devil's Island
1939

Heads Up
1930

Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939

Blind Alley
1939

Rose of Washington Square
1939

Action in Arabia
1944

They Shall Have Music
1939

Dr. Broadway
1942

Christmas Holiday
1944

Swanee River
1939

Espionage Agent
1939

Dust Be My Destiny
1939

Three Smart Girls
1936

You, the People
1940

Missing Witnesses
1937

Donovan's Brain
1953

The Judge Steps Out
1947

Crazy Knights
1944

Dangerously Yours
1937

Night Club Scandal
1937

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940

Brother Rat and a Baby
1940

Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
1950

Hold Back the Dawn
1941

Outcasts of the City
1958

Stamp Day for Superman
1954

Legion of Terror
1936

The Devil On Wheels
1947

Two Wise Maids
1937

Pioneer Marshal
1949

Forged Passport
1939

Listen Judge
1952

Johnny Apollo
1940

A Man Betrayed
1936

Northwest Trail
1945

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939

Over My Dead Body
1942

The Phantom Rider
1946

Voice of the Whistler
1945

Syncopation
1942

The Sea of Grass
1947

This Is My Affair
1937

Boom Town
1940

Government Girl
1943

Flight Command
1940

They Drive by Night
1940

Lady with Red Hair
1940

The Flag of Humanity
1940

The Secret of the Whistler
1946

The Golden Fleecing
1940

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940

News Hounds
1947

The Pace That Thrills
1952

Dangerous Nan McGrew
1930

Success
1931

The Gallant Legion
1948

Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943

The Flying Missile
1950

The Wyoming Bandit
1949

Badman's Gold
1951

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
1950

The Missourians
1950

Sheriff of Las Vegas
1944

Marshal of Cedar Rock
1953

Daredevils of the West
1943

Bandits of Dark Canyon
1947

Zorro's Black Whip
1944

Boys Town
1938

Home on the Range
1946

Raiders of the South
1947

The James Brothers of Missouri
1949

Desperadoes of Dodge City
1948

The Gigolo Racket
1931

Bandit King of Texas
1949

Law of the Golden West
1949

Run for the Hills
1953

Sheriff of Wichita
1949

Jack McCall, Desperado
1953

They Died with Their Boots On
1941

The Miami Story
1954

The Skull Murder Mystery
1932

The Week End Mystery
1931

Pacific Blackout
1941

I Was Framed
1942

Tear Gas Squad
1940

Never Wave at a WAC
1953

Annie Get Your Gun
1950

It Could Happen to You
1937

Murder in the Air
1940

Seventh Heaven
1937

Fifty Roads to Town
1937

The Invisible Monster
1950

Wife Wanted
1946

The Bill of Rights
1939

It Happened on Fifth Avenue
1947

Walk a Crooked Mile
1948

On Dress Parade
1939

So's Your Uncle
1943

Crazy House
1943

Larceny with Music
1943

Mission to Moscow
1943

Torture Money
1937

Flight from Destiny
1941

Bunco Squad
1950

Song of My Heart
1948

Strange Bargain
1949

Badman's Territory
1946

Sucker List
1941

The Naughty Nineties
1945

She Had to Eat
1937

On Stage Everybody
1945

Mom and Dad
1945

The Great Flamarion
1945

The Cole Case
1932

Magnificent Doll
1946

I'm from Arkansas
1944

The Great Plane Robbery
1940

Invisible Stripes
1939

Murder in the Pullman
1932

In This Our Life
1942

Criminals of the Air
1937

Sensation Hunters
1945

Iron Mountain Trail
1953

Maisie Goes to Reno
1944

The Brute Man
1946

Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955

Moby Dick
1954

The Symphony Murder Mystery
1932

Step by Step
1946

The Men
1950

Criminal Lawyer
1951

Man of Conflict
1953

The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948

Stand Up and Cheer!
1934

Hunted Men
1938

Superman and Scotland Yard
1954

Superman and the Jungle Devil
1954

Superman Flies Again
1954

Superman in Exile
1954

Superman's Peril
1954

Unfinished Rainbows
1941

Johnny Angel
1945

The Campus Mystery
1932

Hi, Beautiful
1944

Music in Manhattan
1944

Too Hot to Handle
1938

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

I Led Three Lives
1953

The Count of Monte Cristo
1956

The Gene Autry Show
1950

Adventures of Superman
1952

Cavalcade of America
1952

New York Confidential
1959

Tales of Tomorrow
1951

The Roy Rogers Show
1951

Hey, Jeannie!
1956

The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951

The Cisco Kid
1950

Captain Midnight
1954

The Cisco Kid
1950

Passport to Danger
1954

The Cisco Kid
1950

State Trooper
1956

The Ed Wynn Show
1949

The Gene Autry Show
1950

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955

Cavalcade of America
1952

The Ford Television Theatre
1952

Treasury Men in Action
1950