Jan 16, 1887 - Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
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.”
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| Movie | 1941 | The Maltese Falcon | District Attorney Bryan | |
| Movie | 1948 | Rusty Leads the Way | Board Member (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1941 | I Killed That Man | District Attorney | |
| Movie | 1946 | One Exciting Week | Dr. Jones (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1944 | Wilson | Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1946 | Johnny Comes Flying Home | C.H. Metters (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1949 | Alias the Champ | Police Commissioner Bronson | |
| Movie | 1938 | Mr. Wong, Detective | Simon Dayton | |
| Movie | 1941 | It Started with Eve | Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1931 | The Clyde Mystery | Inspector Carr | |
| Movie | 1932 | The Side Show Mystery | Inspector Carr | |
| Movie | 1932 | The Crane Poison Case | Inspector Carr | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Reformer and the Redhead | Police Captain (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1945 | Circumstantial Evidence | Gov. Hanlon | |
| Movie | 1946 | The Madonna's Secret | Lambert | |
| Movie | 1947 | Violence | Dr. Chalmers | |
| Movie | 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Judge | |
| Movie | 1947 | Blondie in the Dough | Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1951 | Million Dollar Pursuit | Police Inspector Morgan | |
| Movie | 1939 | I Stole a Million | Wilson | |
| Movie | 1944 | The Port of 40 Thieves | Mr. Fellows | |
| Movie | 1949 | The Judge | Lt. Edwards | |
| Movie | 1942 | Across the Pacific | Court-Martial President | |
| Movie | 1942 | The Big Shot | Judge | |
| Movie | 1942 | Escape from Crime | Rafferty | |
| Movie | 1941 | Meet John Doe | Jim (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1947 | High Wall | Police Surgeon (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1938 | Mr. Moto's Gamble | Philip Benton | |
| Movie | 1942 | Always in My Heart | Prison Warden | |
| Movie | 1941 | The Great Man's Lady | Sen. Grant | |
| Movie | 1954 | Sitting Bull | Ulysses S. Grant | |
| Movie | 1939 | Full Confession | The Judge (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1945 | First Yank into Tokyo | Dr. Stacey (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1944 | The Girl Who Dared | Beau Richmond | |
| Movie | 1928 | A South Sea Bubble | Tony Gates | |
| Movie | 1928 | The Ringer | John Lenley | |
| Movie | 1953 | The Studebaker Story | Father Studebaker | |
| Movie | 1938 | Over the Wall | Warden Vance | |
| Movie | 1936 | Two-Fisted Gentleman | Frank Boyd | |
| Movie | 1942 | Phantom Killer | John G. Harrison | |
| Movie | 1957 | Chicago Confidential | Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1952 | Target | Bailey | |
| Movie | 1938 | Hunted Men | Police Commissioner | |
| Movie | 1940 | Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Capt. Broad | |
| Movie | 1944 | Standing Room Only | General | |
| Movie | 1941 | Borrowed Hero | William Brooks | |
| Movie | 1937 | The Man Who Cried Wolf | Judge | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Flying Missile | Senator | |
| Movie | 1937 | Murder Is News | David Corning | |
| Movie | 1937 | Bad Guy | Warden | |
| Movie | 1953 | So This Is Love | Charlie | |
| Movie | 1938 | Doctor Rhythm | Insp. Bryce | |
| Movie | 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1936 | Lady from Nowhere | Commissioner | |
| Movie | 1941 | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Police Chief (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1932 | The Studio Murder Mystery | Insp. Carr | |
| Movie | 1944 | Meet Miss Bobby Socks | R.N. Swanson | |
| Movie | 1938 | I Stand Accused | Defense Attorney Brower | |
| Movie | 1952 | The Rose Bowl Story | Dr. Lansing | |
| Movie | 1939 | The Forgotten Woman | Dr. May | |
| Movie | 1941 | Strange Alibi | Judge | |
| Movie | 1939 | The Spirit of Culver | Maj. White | |
| Movie | 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC | Sen. Holbrook (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1954 | City Story | ||
| Movie | 1951 | Sugarfoot | Judge Backus | |
| Movie | 1936 | Craig's Wife | Detective (Uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1936 | Two in a Crowd | Purdy | |
| Movie | 1931 | The Wall Street Mystery | Inspector Carr | |
| Movie | 1932 | The Trans-Atlantic Mystery | Inspector Carr | |
| Movie | 1947 | Too Many Winners | Albert Payson | |
| Movie | 1948 | The Checkered Coat | Marcus Anson | |
| Movie | 1949 | Canadian Pacific | Pere Lacomb | |
| Movie | 1939 | Angels Wash Their Faces | Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1939 | Old Hickory | Governor Clairborne of Louisiana | |
| Movie | 1943 | Aerial Gunner | Doctor (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1952 | The McGurk Way | Speaker | |
| Movie | 1939 | Secret Service of the Air | Warden Jackson | |
| Movie | 1944 | Up in Arms | Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1947 | Key Witness | R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1939 | Stronger Than Desire | Second Trial Judge (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1939 | Smashing the Money Ring | Night Captain | |
| Movie | 1938 | Girls on Probation | Police Chief | |
| Movie | 1934 | Keep 'Em Rolling | Major in France Battlefield | |
| Movie | 1939 | Devil's Island | Captain of Second Convict Ship | |
| Movie | 1930 | Heads Up | Capt. Whitney | |
| Movie | 1939 | Three Smart Girls Grow Up | Harry - Conference Room Businessman | |
| Movie | 1939 | Blind Alley | Warden | |
| Movie | 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Judge | |
| Movie | 1944 | Action in Arabia | Mr. Hamilton | |
| Movie | 1939 | They Shall Have Music | Detective (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1942 | Dr. Broadway | Inspector | |
| Movie | 1944 | Christmas Holiday | Foreman | |
| Movie | 1939 | Swanee River | Doctor | |
| Movie | 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | First Warden (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1939 | Espionage Agent | Code Room Instructor | |
| Movie | 1936 | Three Smart Girls | Desk Lieutenant at Police Station | |
| Movie | 1940 | You, the People | Frank Y. Carter | |
| Movie | 1937 | Missing Witnesses | Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1953 | Donovan's Brain | Mr. McNish (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Diner on Train (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1944 | Crazy Knights | Mr. Gardner | |
| Movie | 1937 | Dangerously Yours | Roberts | |
| Movie | 1937 | Night Club Scandal | Governor | |
| Movie | 1940 | Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet | Hirsch | |
| Movie | 1940 | Brother Rat and a Baby | Judge | |
| Movie | 1950 | Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang | Judge Ralph Townsend | |
| Movie | 1941 | Hold Back the Dawn | Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1958 | Outcasts of the City | ||
| Movie | 1954 | Stamp Day for Superman | Perry White | |
| Movie | 1936 | Legion of Terror | Cummings | |
| Movie | 1947 | The Devil On Wheels | Mr. Davis | |
| Movie | 1937 | Two Wise Maids | Grover Wentworth | |
| Movie | 1939 | Forged Passport | Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty' | |
| Movie | 1949 | Pioneer Marshal | Man with Bracelet | |
| Movie | 1952 | Listen Judge | George Morton (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1940 | Johnny Apollo | Night Court Judge | |
| Movie | 1942 | Over My Dead Body | District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater | |
| Movie | 1939 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy | FBI Chief (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1936 | A Man Betrayed | Mr. Carlton | |
| Movie | 1946 | The Phantom Rider | Senator Williams | |
| Movie | 1945 | Northwest Trail | John Owens | |
| Movie | 1945 | Voice of the Whistler | Doctor (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1942 | Syncopation | ||
| Movie | 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Forrest Hamilton (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1937 | This Is My Affair | Warden | |
| Movie | 1940 | Boom Town | McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1943 | Government Girl | Irate Man (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1940 | Flight Command | Pensacola Commander (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1940 | They Drive by Night | Defense Attorney (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1940 | Lady with Red Hair | Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1940 | The Flag of Humanity | Gen. James Garfield | |
| Movie | 1946 | The Secret of the Whistler | McLaren aka Mac (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1940 | The Golden Fleecing | Judge (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1947 | News Hounds | Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin | |
| Movie | 1940 | Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | Professor Gordon | |
| Movie | 1952 | The Pace That Thrills | Sour Puss | |
| Movie | 1930 | Dangerous Nan McGrew | Grant | |
| Movie | 1931 | Success | Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father | |
| Movie | 1948 | The Gallant Legion | Speaker of the House | |
| Movie | 1943 | Good Luck, Mr. Yates | J.C. Allison | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Flying Missile | Second Senator | |
| Movie | 1949 | The Wyoming Bandit | Marshal | |
| Movie | 1951 | Badman's Gold | The Marshal | |
| Movie | 1950 | Davy Crockett, Indian Scout | Col. Pollard | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Missourians | Mayor Grant McDowall | |
| Movie | 1944 | Sheriff of Las Vegas | Judge Homer T. Blackwell | |
| Movie | 1953 | Marshal of Cedar Rock | Stover - Prison Warden | |
| Movie | 1943 | Daredevils of the West | Senator Garfield | |
| Movie | 1947 | Bandits of Dark Canyon | Ben Shaw | |
| Movie | 1944 | Zorro's Black Whip | Mr. Walsh | |
| Movie | 1938 | Boys Town | Prison Warden (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1946 | Home on the Range | State Official | |
| Movie | 1947 | Raiders of the South | George Boone | |
| Movie | 1949 | The James Brothers of Missouri | Lon Royer [Ch.1] | |
| Movie | 1948 | Desperadoes of Dodge City | Land Agent | |
| Movie | 1931 | The Gigolo Racket | George Burke | |
| Movie | 1949 | Bandit King of Texas | John Turner | |
| Movie | 1949 | Law of the Golden West | Isaac Cody, Bill's father | |
| Movie | 1949 | Sheriff of Wichita | Prison Warden | |
| Movie | 1953 | Run for the Hills | Mr. Harvester | |
| Movie | 1953 | Jack McCall, Desperado | Col. Cornish | |
| Movie | 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Colonel (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1954 | The Miami Story | Clifton Staley | |
| Movie | 1932 | The Skull Murder Mystery | Inspector Carr | |
| Movie | 1931 | The Week End Mystery | ||
| Movie | 1930 | At the Villa Rose | Starling | |
| Movie | 1929 | The Burgomaster of Stilemonde | Odilion van Belle | |
| Movie | 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Police Captain | |
| Movie | 1942 | I Was Framed | Judge | |
| Movie | 1940 | Tear Gas Squad | Chief Ferris | |
| Movie | 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC | Senator Holbrook | |
| Movie | 1950 | Annie Get Your Gun | Ship Captain (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1937 | It Could Happen to You | Judge | |
| Movie | 1940 | Murder in the Air | Hargrave | |
| Movie | 1937 | Seventh Heaven | Gendarme | |
| Movie | 1937 | Fifty Roads to Town | Captain Carroll | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Invisible Monster | "Henry Miller" | |
| Movie | 1946 | Wife Wanted | Judge | |
| Movie | 1939 | The Bill of Rights | Colonel George Mason | |
| Movie | 1947 | It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Harper (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1948 | Walk a Crooked Mile | G.W. Hunter | |
| Movie | 1939 | On Dress Parade | A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1943 | So's Your Uncle | Mr. Craig | |
| Movie | 1943 | Crazy House | Outraged Director | |
| Movie | 1943 | Larceny with Music | Important banker | |
| Movie | 1943 | Mission to Moscow | Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1937 | Torture Money | Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1941 | Flight from Destiny | Judge | |
| Movie | 1950 | Bunco Squad | John Deming (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1948 | Song of My Heart | Czar | |
| Movie | 1949 | Strange Bargain | Employee at Meeting (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1928 | The Silver Lining | John Hurst | |
| Movie | 1928 | The Three Kings | Charlie King | |
| Movie | 1946 | Badman's Territory | Commissioner Taylor (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1941 | Sucker List | James Sawyer (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1945 | The Naughty Nineties | Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1937 | She Had to Eat | Police Captain (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1945 | On Stage Everybody | Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1945 | Mom and Dad | Dr. Burnell | |
| Movie | 1945 | The Great Flamarion | Coroner (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1932 | The Cole Case | Inspector Carr | |
| Movie | 1946 | Magnificent Doll | Mr. Witherspoon | |
| Movie | 1944 | I'm from Arkansas | Harry Cashin | |
| Movie | 1940 | The Great Plane Robbery | Dr. Jamison | |
| Movie | 1939 | Invisible Stripes | Captain Johnson (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1932 | Murder in the Pullman | Detective | |
| Movie | 1942 | In This Our Life | Police Inspector Millett | |
| Movie | 1937 | Criminals of the Air | Captain Wallace | |
| Movie | 1945 | Sensation Hunters | Night Court Judge | |
| Movie | 1953 | Iron Mountain Trail | Circuit Judge | |
| Movie | 1944 | Maisie Goes to Reno | Judge Carter (Uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1946 | The Brute Man | Professor Cushman (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1955 | Bobby Ware Is Missing | Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1954 | Moby Dick | 'Jeroboam' Captain | |
| Movie | 1932 | The Symphony Murder Mystery | Insp. Carr | |
| Movie | 1946 | Step by Step | Police Capt. Edmonds | |
| Movie | 1950 | The Men | Justice of the Peace (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1951 | Criminal Lawyer | Police Captain Loomis | |
| Movie | 1953 | Man of Conflict | Mr. Cornwall | |
| Movie | 1948 | The Gentleman from Nowhere | Judge | |
| Movie | 1934 | Stand Up and Cheer! | Presidential Naval Aide | |
| Movie | 1938 | Hunted Men | CommissionerPolice | |
| Movie | 1954 | Superman and Scotland Yard | Perry White | |
| Movie | 1954 | Superman and the Jungle Devil | Perry White | |
| Movie | 1954 | Superman Flies Again | Perry White | |
| Movie | 1954 | Superman in Exile | Perry White | |
| Movie | 1954 | Superman's Peril | Perry White | |
| Movie | 1941 | Unfinished Rainbows | Matthew Griswold | |
| Movie | 1945 | Johnny Angel | Harbor Master (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1932 | The Campus Mystery | Inspector Carr | |
| Movie | 1944 | Hi, Beautiful | Board Member (uncredited) | |
| TV Show | 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | "Jeroboam" Captain | 1 |
| TV Show | 1953 | I Led Three Lives | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1956 | The Count of Monte Cristo | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Gene Autry Show | Dan Parker | 1 |
| TV Show | 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Perry White | 104 |
| TV Show | 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Colonel Norton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1959 | New York Confidential | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1951 | The Roy Rogers Show | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1956 | Hey, Jeannie! | Mr. Barker | 1 |
| TV Show | 1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Cisco Kid | John Mitchell | 1 |
| TV Show | 1954 | Captain Midnight | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Cisco Kid | Thomas T. Trimble | 1 |
| TV Show | 1954 | Passport to Danger | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Cisco Kid | Sheriff | 1 |
| TV Show | 1956 | State Trooper | Oscar | 1 |
| TV Show | 1949 | The Ed Wynn Show | Self - Ed's Doctor (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1950 | The Gene Autry Show | Jonathan Diggers | 1 |
| TV Show | 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Mr. Campo (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Porter | 1 |
| TV Show | 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | 2 | |
| TV Show | 1950 | Treasury Men in Action | Judge (uncredited) | 1 |
No crew credits available.
