
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.”

District Attorney Bryan
The Maltese Falcon

Board Member (uncredited)
Rusty Leads the Way

District Attorney
I Killed That Man

Dr. Jones (uncredited)
One Exciting Week

Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)
Wilson

C.H. Metters (uncredited)
Johnny Comes Flying Home

Police Commissioner Bronson
Alias the Champ

Simon Dayton
Mr. Wong, Detective

Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)
It Started with Eve

Inspector Carr
The Clyde Mystery

Inspector Carr
The Side Show Mystery

Inspector Carr
The Crane Poison Case

Police Captain (uncredited)
The Reformer and the Redhead

Gov. Hanlon
Circumstantial Evidence

Lambert
The Madonna's Secret

Dr. Chalmers
Violence

Judge
The Roaring Twenties

Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)
Blondie in the Dough

Police Inspector Morgan
Million Dollar Pursuit

Wilson
I Stole a Million

Mr. Fellows
The Port of 40 Thieves

Lt. Edwards
The Judge

Court-Martial President
Across the Pacific

Judge
The Big Shot

Rafferty
Escape from Crime

Jim (uncredited)
Meet John Doe

Police Surgeon (uncredited)
High Wall

Philip Benton
Mr. Moto's Gamble

Prison Warden
Always in My Heart

Sen. Grant
The Great Man's Lady

Ulysses S. Grant
Sitting Bull

The Judge (uncredited)
Full Confession

Dr. Stacey (uncredited)
First Yank into Tokyo

Beau Richmond
The Girl Who Dared

Father Studebaker
The Studebaker Story

Warden Vance
Over the Wall

Frank Boyd
Two-Fisted Gentleman

John G. Harrison
Phantom Killer

Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)
Chicago Confidential

Bailey
Target

Police Commissioner
Hunted Men

Capt. Broad
Tugboat Annie Sails Again

General
Standing Room Only

William Brooks
Borrowed Hero

Judge
The Man Who Cried Wolf

Senator
The Flying Missile

David Corning
Murder Is News

Warden
Bad Guy

Charlie
So This Is Love

Insp. Bryce
Doctor Rhythm

Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You

Commissioner
Lady from Nowhere

Police Chief (uncredited)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough

R.N. Swanson
Meet Miss Bobby Socks

Insp. Carr
The Studio Murder Mystery

Defense Attorney Brower
I Stand Accused

Dr. Lansing
The Rose Bowl Story

Dr. May
The Forgotten Woman

Judge
Strange Alibi

Maj. White
The Spirit of Culver

Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)
Never Wave at a WAC

Judge Backus
Sugarfoot

City Story

Detective (Uncredited)
Craig's Wife

Purdy
Two in a Crowd

Inspector Carr
The Wall Street Mystery

Inspector Carr
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery

Albert Payson
Too Many Winners

Marcus Anson
The Checkered Coat

Pere Lacomb
Canadian Pacific

Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)
Angels Wash Their Faces

Governor Clairborne of Louisiana
Old Hickory

Doctor (uncredited)
Aerial Gunner

Speaker
The McGurk Way

Warden Jackson
Secret Service of the Air

Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)
Up in Arms

R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)
Key Witness

Second Trial Judge (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire

Night Captain
Smashing the Money Ring

Police Chief
Girls on Probation

Major in France Battlefield
Keep 'Em Rolling

Captain of Second Convict Ship
Devil's Island

Capt. Whitney
Heads Up

Harry - Conference Room Businessman
Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Warden
Blind Alley

Judge
Rose of Washington Square

Mr. Hamilton
Action in Arabia

Detective (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music

Inspector (uncredited)
Dr. Broadway

Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Christmas Holiday

Doctor
Swanee River

Code Room Instructor
Espionage Agent

First Warden (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny

Desk Lieutenant at Police Station
Three Smart Girls

Frank Y. Carter
You, the People

Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)
Missing Witnesses

Mr. McNish (uncredited)
Donovan's Brain

Diner on Train (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out

Mr. Gardner
Crazy Knights

Roberts
Dangerously Yours

Governor
Night Club Scandal

Hirsch
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet

Judge
Brother Rat and a Baby

Judge Ralph Townsend
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang

Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)
Hold Back the Dawn

Outcasts of the City

Perry White
Stamp Day for Superman

Cummings
Legion of Terror

Mr. Davis
The Devil On Wheels

Grover Wentworth
Two Wise Maids

Man with Bracelet
Pioneer Marshal

Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'
Forged Passport

George Morton (uncredited)
Listen Judge

Night Court Judge
Johnny Apollo

Mr. Carlton
A Man Betrayed

John Owens
Northwest Trail

FBI Chief (uncredited)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy

District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
Over My Dead Body

Senator Williams
The Phantom Rider

Doctor (uncredited)
Voice of the Whistler

Syncopation

Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass

Warden
This Is My Affair

McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Boom Town

Irate Man (uncredited)
Government Girl

Pensacola Commander (uncredited)
Flight Command

Defense Attorney (uncredited)
They Drive by Night

Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair

Gen. James Garfield
The Flag of Humanity

McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)
The Secret of the Whistler

Judge (uncredited)
The Golden Fleecing

Professor Gordon
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin
News Hounds

Sour Puss
The Pace That Thrills

Grant
Dangerous Nan McGrew

Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father
Success

Speaker of the House
The Gallant Legion

J.C. Allison
Good Luck, Mr. Yates

Second Senator
The Flying Missile

Marshal
The Wyoming Bandit

The Marshal
Badman's Gold

Col. Pollard
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

Mayor Grant McDowall
The Missourians

Homer Blackwell
Sheriff of Las Vegas

Stover - Prison Warden
Marshal of Cedar Rock

Senator Garfield
Daredevils of the West

Ben Shaw
Bandits of Dark Canyon

Mr. Walsh
Zorro's Black Whip

Prison Warden (uncredited)
Boys Town

State Official
Home on the Range

George Boone
Raiders of the South

Lon Royer [Ch.1]
The James Brothers of Missouri

Land Agent
Desperadoes of Dodge City

George Burke
The Gigolo Racket

John Turner
Bandit King of Texas

Isaac Cody, Bill's father
Law of the Golden West

Mr. Harvester
Run for the Hills

Prison Warden
Sheriff of Wichita

Col. Cornish
Jack McCall, Desperado

Colonel (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On

Clifton Staley
The Miami Story

Inspector Carr
The Skull Murder Mystery

The Week End Mystery

Police Captain
Pacific Blackout

Judge
I Was Framed

Chief Ferris
Tear Gas Squad

Senator Holbrook
Never Wave at a WAC

Ship Captain (uncredited)
Annie Get Your Gun

Judge
It Could Happen to You

Hargrave
Murder in the Air

Gendarme
Seventh Heaven

Captain Carroll
Fifty Roads to Town

"Henry Miller"
The Invisible Monster

Judge
Wife Wanted

Colonel George Mason
The Bill of Rights

Harper (uncredited)
It Happened on Fifth Avenue

G.W. Hunter
Walk a Crooked Mile

A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)
On Dress Parade

Mr. Craig
So's Your Uncle

Outraged Director
Crazy House

Important banker
Larceny with Music

Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow

Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)
Torture Money

Judge
Flight from Destiny

John Deming (uncredited)
Bunco Squad

Czar
Song of My Heart

Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
Strange Bargain

Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)
Badman's Territory

James Sawyer (uncredited)
Sucker List

Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)
The Naughty Nineties

Police Captain (uncredited)
She Had to Eat

Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)
On Stage Everybody

Dr. Burnell
Mom and Dad

Coroner (uncredited)
The Great Flamarion

Inspector Carr
The Cole Case

Mr. Witherspoon (uncredited)
Magnificent Doll

Harry Cashin
I'm from Arkansas

Dr. Jamison
The Great Plane Robbery

Captain Johnson (uncredited)
Invisible Stripes

Detective
Murder in the Pullman

Police Inspector Millett
In This Our Life

Captain Wallace
Criminals of the Air

Night Court Judge
Sensation Hunters

Circuit Judge
Iron Mountain Trail

Judge Carter (Uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno

Professor Cushman (uncredited)
The Brute Man

Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)
Bobby Ware Is Missing

'Jeroboam' Captain
Moby Dick

Insp. Carr
The Symphony Murder Mystery

Police Capt. Edmonds
Step by Step

Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Men

Police Captain Loomis
Criminal Lawyer

Mr. Cornwall
Man of Conflict

Judge
The Gentleman from Nowhere

Presidential Naval Aide
Stand Up and Cheer!

CommissionerPolice
Hunted Men

Perry White
Superman and Scotland Yard

Perry White
Superman and the Jungle Devil

Perry White
Superman Flies Again

Perry White
Superman in Exile

Perry White
Superman's Peril

Matthew Griswold
Unfinished Rainbows

Harbor Master (uncredited)
Johnny Angel

Inspector Carr
The Campus Mystery

Board Member (uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful

Mr. Bradley, the Banker (uncredited)
Music in Manhattan

Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
227
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-01-16
Place of Birth
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Also Known As
John Rummel Hamilton