Birthday
1887/01/16
Day of death
1958/10/15 (71 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Also know as
John Rummel Hamilton, John R. Hamilton
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.”
(1941) The Maltese Falcon
as District Attorney Bryan
(1948) Rusty Leads the Way
as Board Member (uncredited)
(1941) I Killed That Man
as District Attorney
(1946) One Exciting Week
as Dr. Jones (uncredited)
(1944) Wilson
as Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)
(1946) Johnny Comes Flying Home
as C.H. Metters (uncredited)
(1949) Alias the Champ
as Police Commissioner Bronson
(1938) Mr. Wong, Detective
as Simon Dayton
(1941) It Started with Eve
as Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)
(1931) The Clyde Mystery
as Inspector Carr
(1932) The Side Show Mystery
as Inspector Carr
(1932) The Crane Poison Case
as Inspector Carr
(1950) The Reformer and the Redhead
as Police Captain (uncredited)
(1945) Circumstantial Evidence
as Gov. Hanlon
(1946) The Madonna's Secret
as Lambert
(1947) Violence
as Dr. Chalmers
(1939) The Roaring Twenties
as Judge
(1947) Blondie in the Dough
as Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)
(1951) Million Dollar Pursuit
as Police Inspector Morgan
(1939) I Stole a Million
as Wilson
(1944) The Port of 40 Thieves
as Mr. Fellows
(1949) The Judge
as Lt. Edwards
(1942) Across the Pacific
as Court-Martial President
(1942) The Big Shot
as Judge
(1942) Escape from Crime
as Rafferty
(1941) Meet John Doe
as Jim (uncredited)
(1947) High Wall
as Police Surgeon (uncredited)
(1938) Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Philip Benton
(1942) Always in My Heart
as Prison Warden
(1941) The Great Man's Lady
as Sen. Grant
(1954) Sitting Bull
as Ulysses S. Grant
(1939) Full Confession
as The Judge (uncredited)
(1945) First Yank into Tokyo
as Dr. Stacey (uncredited)
(1944) The Girl Who Dared
as Beau Richmond
(1928) A South Sea Bubble
as Tony Gates
(1928) The Ringer
as John Lenley
(1953) The Studebaker Story
as Father Studebaker
(1938) Over the Wall
as Warden Vance
(1936) Two-Fisted Gentleman
as Frank Boyd
(1942) Phantom Killer
as John G. Harrison
(1957) Chicago Confidential
as Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)
(1952) Target
as Bailey
(1938) Hunted Men
as Police Commissioner
(1940) Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as Capt. Broad
(1944) Standing Room Only
as General
(1941) Borrowed Hero
as William Brooks
(1937) The Man Who Cried Wolf
as Judge
(1950) The Flying Missile
as Senator
(1937) Murder Is News
as David Corning
(1937) Bad Guy
as Warden
(1953) So This Is Love
as Charlie
(1938) Doctor Rhythm
as Insp. Bryce
(1938) You Can't Take It with You
as Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
(1936) Lady from Nowhere
as Commissioner
(1941) Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Police Chief (uncredited)
(1932) The Studio Murder Mystery
as Insp. Carr
(1944) Meet Miss Bobby Socks
as R.N. Swanson
(1938) I Stand Accused
as Defense Attorney Brower
(1952) The Rose Bowl Story
as Dr. Lansing
(1939) The Forgotten Woman
as Dr. May
(1941) Strange Alibi
as Judge
(1939) The Spirit of Culver
as Maj. White
(1953) Never Wave at a WAC
as Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)
(1951) Sugarfoot
as Judge Backus
(1954) City Story
as ---
(1936) Craig's Wife
as Detective (Uncredited)
(1936) Two in a Crowd
as Purdy
(1932) The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
as Inspector Carr
(1931) The Wall Street Mystery
as Inspector Carr
(1947) Too Many Winners
as Albert Payson
(1948) The Checkered Coat
as Marcus Anson
(1949) Canadian Pacific
as Pere Lacomb
(1939) Angels Wash Their Faces
as Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)
(1939) Old Hickory
as Governor Clairborne of Louisiana
(1943) Aerial Gunner
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1952) The McGurk Way
as Speaker
(1939) Secret Service of the Air
as Warden Jackson
(1944) Up in Arms
as Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)
(1947) Key Witness
as R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)
(1939) Stronger Than Desire
as Second Trial Judge (uncredited)
(1939) Smashing the Money Ring
as Night Captain
(1938) Girls on Probation
as Police Chief
(1934) Keep 'Em Rolling
as Major in France Battlefield
(1939) Devil's Island
as Captain of Second Convict Ship
(1930) Heads Up
as Capt. Whitney
(1939) Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Harry - Conference Room Businessman
(1939) Blind Alley
as Warden
(1939) Rose of Washington Square
as Judge
(1939) They Shall Have Music
as Detective (uncredited)
(1944) Action in Arabia
as Mr. Hamilton
(1942) Dr. Broadway
as Inspector
(1944) Christmas Holiday
as Foreman
(1939) Swanee River
as Doctor
(1939) Dust Be My Destiny
as First Warden (uncredited)
(1939) Espionage Agent
as Code Room Instructor
(1936) Three Smart Girls
as Desk Lieutenant at Police Station
(1940) You, the People
as Frank Y. Carter
(1937) Missing Witnesses
as Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)
(1953) Donovan's Brain
as Mr. McNish (uncredited)
(1947) The Judge Steps Out
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
(1944) Crazy Knights
as Mr. Gardner
(1937) Dangerously Yours
as Roberts
(1937) Night Club Scandal
as Governor
(1940) Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
as Hirsch
(1940) Brother Rat and a Baby
as Judge
(1950) Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
as Judge Ralph Townsend
(1941) Hold Back the Dawn
as Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)
(1958) Outcasts of the City
as ---
(1954) Stamp Day for Superman
as Perry White
(1936) Legion of Terror
as Cummings
(1947) The Devil On Wheels
as Mr. Davis
(1937) Two Wise Maids
as Grover Wentworth
(1949) Pioneer Marshal
as Man with Bracelet
(1939) Forged Passport
as Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'
(1952) Listen Judge
as George Morton (uncredited)
(1940) Johnny Apollo
as Night Court Judge
(1939) Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as FBI Chief (uncredited)
(1942) Over My Dead Body
as District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
(1936) A Man Betrayed
as Mr. Carlton
(1945) Northwest Trail
as John Owens
(1946) The Phantom Rider
as Senator Williams
(1945) Voice of the Whistler
as Doctor (uncredited)
(1942) Syncopation
as ---
(1947) The Sea of Grass
as Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)
(1937) This Is My Affair
as Warden
(1940) Boom Town
as McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
(1943) Government Girl
as Irate Man (uncredited)
(1940) Flight Command
as Pensacola Commander
(1940) They Drive by Night
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
(1940) Lady with Red Hair
as Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)
(1940) The Flag of Humanity
as Gen. James Garfield
(1946) The Secret of the Whistler
as McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)
(1940) The Golden Fleecing
as Judge (uncredited)
(1947) News Hounds
as Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin
(1940) Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as Professor Gordon
(1952) The Pace That Thrills
as Sour Puss
(1930) Dangerous Nan McGrew
as Grant
(1931) Success
as Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father
(1948) The Gallant Legion
as Speaker of the House
(1943) Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as J.C. Allison
(1950) The Flying Missile
as Second Senator
(1949) The Wyoming Bandit
as Marshal
(1951) Badman's Gold
as The Marshal
(1950) Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
as Col. Pollard
(1950) The Missourians
as Mayor Grant McDowall
(1944) Sheriff of Las Vegas
as Judge Homer T. Blackwell
(1953) Marshal of Cedar Rock
as Stover - Prison Warden
(1943) Daredevils of the West
as Senator Garfield
(1947) Bandits of Dark Canyon
as Ben Shaw
(1944) Zorro's Black Whip
as Mr. Walsh
(1938) Boys Town
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
(1946) Home on the Range
as State Official
(1947) Raiders of the South
as George Boone
(1949) The James Brothers of Missouri
as Lon Royer [Ch.1]
(1948) Desperadoes of Dodge City
as Land Agent
(1931) The Gigolo Racket
as George Burke
(1949) Bandit King of Texas
as John Turner
(1949) Law of the Golden West
as Isaac Cody, Bill's father
(1949) Sheriff of Wichita
as Prison Warden
(1953) Run for the Hills
as Mr. Harvester
(1953) Jack McCall, Desperado
as Col. Cornish
(1941) They Died with Their Boots On
as Colonel (uncredited)
(1954) The Miami Story
as Clifton Staley
(1932) The Skull Murder Mystery
as Inspector Carr
(1931) The Week End Mystery
as ---
(1930) At the Villa Rose
as Starling
(1929) The Burgomaster of Stilemonde
as Odilion van Belle
(1941) Pacific Blackout
as Police Captain
(1942) I Was Framed
as Judge
(1940) Tear Gas Squad
as Chief Ferris
(1953) Never Wave at a WAC
as Senator Holbrook
(1950) Annie Get Your Gun
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
(1937) It Could Happen to You
as Judge
(1940) Murder in the Air
as Hargrave
(1937) Seventh Heaven
as Gendarme
(1937) Fifty Roads to Town
as Captain Carroll
(1950) The Invisible Monster
as "Henry Miller"
(1946) Wife Wanted
as Judge
(1939) The Bill of Rights
as Colonel George Mason
(1947) It Happened on Fifth Avenue
as Harper (uncredited)
(1948) Walk a Crooked Mile
as G.W. Hunter
(1939) On Dress Parade
as A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)
(1943) So's Your Uncle
as Mr. Craig
(1943) Crazy House
as Outraged Director
(1943) Larceny with Music
as Important banker
(1943) Mission to Moscow
as Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)
(1937) Torture Money
as Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)
(1941) Flight from Destiny
as Judge
(1950) Bunco Squad
as John Deming (uncredited)
(1948) Song of My Heart
as Czar
(1949) Strange Bargain
as Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
(1928) The Silver Lining
as John Hurst
(1928) The Three Kings
as Charlie King
(1946) Badman's Territory
as Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)
(1941) Sucker List
as James Sawyer (uncredited)
(1945) The Naughty Nineties
as Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)
(1937) She Had to Eat
as Police Captain (uncredited)
(1945) On Stage Everybody
as Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)
(1945) Mom and Dad
as Dr. Burnell
(1945) The Great Flamarion
as Coroner (uncredited)
(1932) The Cole Case
as Inspector Carr
(1946) Magnificent Doll
as Mr. Witherspoon
(1944) I'm from Arkansas
as Harry Cashin
(1940) The Great Plane Robbery
as Dr. Jamison
(1939) Invisible Stripes
as Captain Johnson (uncredited)
(1932) Murder in the Pullman
as Detective
(1942) In This Our Life
as Police Inspector Millett
(1937) Criminals of the Air
as Captain Wallace
(1945) Sensation Hunters
as Night Court Judge
(1953) Iron Mountain Trail
as Circuit Judge
(1944) Maisie Goes to Reno
as Judge Carter (Uncredited)
(1946) The Brute Man
as Professor Cushman (uncredited)
(1955) Bobby Ware Is Missing
as Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)
(1954) Moby Dick
as 'Jeroboam' Captain
(1946) Step by Step
as Police Capt. Edmonds
(1932) The Symphony Murder Mystery
as Insp. Carr
(1950) The Men
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
(1951) Criminal Lawyer
as Police Captain Loomis
(1953) Man of Conflict
as Mr. Cornwall
(1948) The Gentleman from Nowhere
as Judge
(1934) Stand Up and Cheer!
as Presidential Naval Aide
(1938) Hunted Men
as CommissionerPolice
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as "Jeroboam" Captain
(1953) I Led Three Lives
as ---
(1956) The Count of Monte Cristo
as ---
(1950) The Gene Autry Show
as Dan Parker
(1952) Adventures of Superman
as Perry White
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Colonel Norton
(1959) New York Confidential
as ---
(1951) Tales of Tomorrow
as ---
(1951) The Roy Rogers Show
as ---
(1956) Hey, Jeannie!
as Mr. Barker
(1951) The Adventures of Kit Carson
as ---
(1950) The Cisco Kid
as John Mitchell
(1954) Captain Midnight
as ---
(1950) The Cisco Kid
as Thomas T. Trimble
(1954) Passport to Danger
as ---
(1950) The Cisco Kid
as Sheriff
(1956) State Trooper
as Oscar
(1949) The Ed Wynn Show
as Self - Ed's Doctor (uncredited)
(1950) The Gene Autry Show
as Jonathan Diggers
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Mr. Campo (uncredited)
(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Porter
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as ---