Actor

John Hamilton

January 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.”

Notable work

7.7
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
as District Attorney Bryan
7.5
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)

Often works with

Eddie Acuff
4 titles together
They Died with Their Boots On, In This Our Life, Christmas Holiday
Humphrey Bogart
3 titles together
The Maltese Falcon, Across the Pacific, The Big Shot
Sydney Greenstreet
3 titles together
The Maltese Falcon, They Died with Their Boots On, Across the Pacific
Stanley Ridges
3 titles together
They Died with Their Boots On, Wilson, The Big Shot
Mary Astor
2 titles together
The Maltese Falcon, Across the Pacific
Gladys George
2 titles together
The Maltese Falcon, Christmas Holiday

Full filmography · 150

Outcasts of the City
cast
1958
Chicago Confidential
as Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)
1957
Bobby Ware Is Missing
as Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)
1955
Superman and the Jungle Devil
as Perry White
1954
Superman Flies Again
as Perry White
1954
Superman in Exile
as Perry White
1954
Superman's Peril
as Perry White
1954
Sitting Bull
as Ulysses S. Grant
19545.3
Superman and Scotland Yard
as Perry White
1954
Moby Dick
as 'Jeroboam' Captain
1954
City Story
cast
1954
The Miami Story
as Clifton Staley
1954