John Hamilton
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Also Known As
John R. Hamilton
Born
January 16, 1887
Died
October 15, 1958
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John Hamilton was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Hamilton's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as the drama "The Mountain Eagle" (1926) with Bernhard Goetzke, "The Masked Menace" (1927) and "Legion of Terror" (1936). He also appeared in "Love Letters of a Star" (1936), "A Man Betrayed" (1937) and "Fifty Roads to Town" (1937). He continued...
Biography
John Hamilton was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Hamilton's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as the drama "The Mountain Eagle" (1926) with Bernhard Goetzke, "The Masked Menace" (1927) and "Legion of Terror" (1936). He also appeared in "Love Letters of a Star" (1936), "A Man Betrayed" (1937) and "Fifty Roads to Town" (1937). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the forties, appearing in "The Fatal Hour" (1940) with Boris Karloff, "Tear Gas Squad" (1940) and "Tugboat Annie Sails Again" (1940). He also appeared in "I Killed That Man" (1941). Toward the end of his career, he tackled roles in "Northwest Trail" (1945), the crime flick "The Great Flamarion" (1945) with Erich von Stroheim and "Strange Illusion" (1945) with Sally Eilers. He also appeared in "The Naughty Nineties" (1945) with Bud Abbott and the western "The Phantom Rider" (1946) with Robert Kent. Hamilton last acted in the Brian Keith crime feature "Chicago Confidential" (1957). Hamilton passed away in October 1958 at the age of 71.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Outcasts of the City
(1958)
Colonel
Chicago Confidential
(1957)
Morgan
The Night of the Hunter
(1955)
Cattle rancher
City Story
(1954)
Mr. [Jennings] Randolph
On the Waterfront
(1954)
Pop Doyle
Sitting Bull
(1954)
President Ulysses S. Grant
Donovan's Brain
(1953)
Mr. MacNish
Man of Conflict
(1953)
Cornwall
Iron Mountain Trail
(1953)
Circuit judge
Jack McCall, Desperado
(1953)
Col. Cornish
Marshal of Cedar Rock
(1953)
Prison warden
Run for the Hills
(1953)
Mr. Harvester
El Paso Stampede
(1953)
Rancher
So This Is Love
(1953)
Producer
Never Wave at a WAC
(1953)
Senator Holbrook
Million Dollar Mermaid
(1952)
Man at rectors
The Pace That Thrills
(1952)
Sour puss
Target
(1952)
Bailey
Badman's Gold
(1951)
Marshal
Million Dollar Pursuit
(1951)
Inspector Morgan
Sugarfoot
(1951)
Judge Backus
Night Riders of Montana
(1951)
Doctor
Belle Le Grand
(1951)
Broker
The Great Caruso
(1951)
Mr. DeWitt
Duchess of Idaho
(1950)
Board memeber
Bunco Squad
(1950)
Deming
The Reformer and the Redhead
(1950)
Police captain
Pioneer Marshal
(1950)
Elliott
The Missourians
(1950)
Mayor McDowell
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
(1950)
Colonel Pollard
Bells of Coronado
(1950)
Linden
Right Cross
(1950)
Horse owner
I'll Get By
(1950)
Marine general
Annie Get Your Gun
(1950)
Ship captain
Fighting Man of the Plains
(1949)
Currier
Strange Bargain
(1949)
Ashton
The Judge
(1949)
Lt. Edwards
Bandit King of Texas
(1949)
Marshal John Turner
Alias the Champ
(1949)
Police Commissioner Bronson
Law of the Golden West
(1949)
Isaac
The Wyoming Bandit
(1949)
Head marshal
Sheriff of Wichita
(1949)
Warden
Canadian Pacific
(1949)
Père Lacomb
The Judge Steps Out
(1949)
Man on train
The James Brothers of Missouri
(1949)
The Babe Ruth Story
(1948)
Businessman
Rusty Leads the Way
(1948)
Board member
The Gentleman from Nowhere
(1948)
Judge
The Gallant Legion
(1948)
Speaker of the House
Song of My Heart
(1948)
Czar
Desperadoes of Dodge City
(1948)
Stockton
In This Corner
(1948)
Captain Lyons
Return of the Bad Men
(1948)
Doc Green
The Fabulous Texan
(1947)
President Grant
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
(1947)
Dr. Remington
The Beginning or the End
(1947)
Dr. Harold C. Urey
It Happened on 5th Avenue
(1947)
Harper
News Hounds
(1947)
Big Tim Donlin
Too Many Winners
(1947)
Albert Payson
Bandits of Dark Canyon
(1947)
Ben Shaw
Raiders of the South
(1947)
George Boone
That's My Gal
(1947)
Assemblyman McBride
Violence
(1947)
Dr. Chalmers
I'll Be Yours
(1947)
Board chairman
The Unfinished Dance
(1947)
Doctor
The Sea of Grass
(1947)
Forrest Cochran
The Trouble with Women
(1947)
Judge
Fiesta
(1947)
Father
Boomerang!
(1947)
The Foxes of Harrow
(1947)
Auctioneer
Magnificent Doll
(1946)
Mr. Witherspoon
Blondie's Lucky Day
(1946)
Emery
Shadows Over Chinatown
(1946)
Pronnet
The Secret of the Whistler
(1946)
McLaren
Girl on the Spot
(1946)
Commissioner
The Brute Man
(1946)
Professor Cushman
One Exciting Week
(1946)
Dr. Jones
Home on the Range
(1946)
Statesman
Step by Step
(1946)
Captain Edmonds
Johnny Comes Flying Home
(1946)
C. H. Metters
The Madonna's Secret
(1946)
Lambert
Wife Wanted
(1946)
Judge
Because of Him
(1946)
Critic
She Wrote the Book
(1946)
Badman's Territory
(1946)
Commissioner Taylor
The Phantom Rider
(1946)
Wilson
(1945)
Legislator
Incendiary Blonde
(1945)
Justice of the peace
The Girl of the Limberlost
(1945)
Bronson
Circumstantial Evidence
(1945)
Governor Hanlon
I'll Tell the World
(1945)
President
Strange Illusion
(1945)
Mr. [Bill] Allen
Northwest Trail
(1945)
John Owens
Mom and Dad
(1945)
Dr. Burrell
First Yank into Tokyo
(1945)
Dr. Stacey
On Stage Everybody
(1945)
Mr. Smoothasilk
The Naughty Nineties
(1945)
Sheriff
Johnny Angel
(1945)
Ship's captain
Goodnight, Sweetheart
(1944)
District Attorney
Hi, Beautiful
(1944)
Board member
The Doughgirls
(1944)
Business man
Music in Manhattan
(1944)
Banker
Christmas Holiday
(1944)
Foreman
My Gal Loves Music
(1944)
Doctor
Standing Room Only
(1944)
General
Army Wives
(1944)
Gen. Lowry
Hi, Good Lookin'!
(1944)
McGillicudy
I'm from Arkansas
(1944)
The Girl Who Dared
(1944)
Beau Richmond
Shadow of Suspicion
(1944)
Sheriff of Las Vegas
(1944)
Judge Homer T. Blackwell
Crazy Knights
(1944)
Mr. Gardner
The Port of Forty Thieves
(1944)
Mr. Fellows
Swingtime Johnny
(1944)
Caldwell
Action in Arabia
(1944)
Hamilton
Meet Miss Bobby Socks
(1944)
R. N. Swanson
Allergic to Love
(1944)
Dr. McLaughlin
Up in Arms
(1944)
Businessman
Lake Placid Serenade
(1944)
Hopkins
Maisie Goes to Reno
(1944)
Judge Carter
Government Girl
(1944)
Irate man
Man from Frisco
(1944)
Governor
Zorro's Black Whip
(1944)
Captain America
(1944)
Rookies in Burma
(1943)
American general
So's Your Uncle
(1943)
Mr. Craig
Spy Train
(1943)
Conductor
Gals, Incorporated
(1943)
Doctor
Mission to Moscow
(1943)
American newsman
The Iron Major
(1943)
Dean
Over My Dead Body
(1943)
District Attorney
The Adventures of a Rookie
(1943)
Colonel
Larceny with Music
(1943)
Important banker
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
(1943)
Allison
What a Woman!
(1943)
Senator
Crazy House
(1943)
Director
Daredevils of the West
(1943)
Klondike Fury
(1942)
I Was Framed
(1942)
Judge
Phantom Killer
(1942)
John G. Harrison
Tennessee Johnson
(1942)
State chairman
The Great Man's Lady
(1942)
Senator Grant
In This Our Life
(1942)
Inspector
The Big Shot
(1942)
Judge
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
(1942)
Commissioner Bracken
Across the Pacific
(1942)
Court martial president
Escape from Crime
(1942)
Rafferty
Always in My Heart
(1942)
Warden
Lucky Jordan
(1942)
Colonel
They Died with Their Boots On
(1942)
Colonel
Dr. Broadway
(1942)
Inspector
To the Shores of Tripoli
(1942)
General Gordon
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Major
Wings for the Eagle
(1942)
Executive
Syncopation
(1942)
Mr. Ames
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Governor's associate
It Started with Eve
(1941)
Manager
Strange Alibi
(1941)
Judge
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
(1941)
Chief Turner
The Body Disappears
(1941)
Judge
Cheers for Miss Bishop
(1941)
President Watts
World Premiere
(1941)
Bronson
Borrowed Hero
(1941)
William Brooks
I Killed That Man
(1941)
District Attorney
The Maltese Falcon
(1941)
Bryan
Flight from Destiny
(1941)
Judge
Blues in the Night
(1941)
Doctor
Pacific Blackout
(1941)
Police captain
Hold Back the Dawn
(1941)
Mac
Passage from HongKong
(1941)
Captain Shouse
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
(1940)
Hirsch
Flight Command
(1940)
Pensacola commandant
Murder in the Air
(1940)
Hargrave
Johnny Apollo
(1940)
Judge
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love
(1940)
Jonathan Archer
The Fatal Hour
(1940)
Belden, Sr.
Tear Gas Squad
(1940)
Chief Ferris
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
(1940)
Captain Broad
The Great Plane Robbery
(1940)
Dr. Jamison
The Golden Fleecing
(1940)
Judge
Brother Rat and a Baby
(1940)
Judge
They Drive by Night
(1940)
Defense attorney
The Man Who Talked Too Much
(1940)
Governor
Waterfront
(1939)
Detective captain
Secret Service of the Air
(1939)
Warden Jackson
Call a Messenger
(1939)
Lieutenant Nelson
Inside Story
(1939)
Judge
Rose of Washington Square
(1939)
Judge
The Roaring Twenties
(1939)
Judge
Stronger Than Desire
(1939)
Judge
The Forgotten Woman
(1939)
Dr. May
Blind Alley
(1939)
Warden
Murder Is News
(1939)
David Corning
First Offenders
(1939)
Sheriff Slavin
Forged Passport
(1939)
Jack Rogers, also known as Lefty
I Stole a Million
(1939)
District Attorney
Smashing the Money Ring
(1939)
Night captain
Spirit of Culver
(1939)
Major White
Espionage Agent
(1939)
Code room instructor
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
(1939)
F.B.I. man
Invisible Stripes
(1939)
Captain Johnson
Angels with Dirty Faces
(1938)
Police captain
Boys Town
(1938)
The warden
Too Hot to Handle
(1938)
Fairfield
Personal Secretary
(1938)
Truesdale
Doctor Rhythm
(1938)
Inspector Bryce
Over the Wall
(1938)
Warden
Mr. Moto's Gamble
(1938)
Philip Benton
I Stand Accused
(1938)
Brower
Mr. Wong, Detective
(1938)
Simon Dayton
Girls on Probation
(1938)
Chief
She Had to Eat
(1937)
Police captain
Missing Witness
(1937)
Sampson
Married Before Breakfast
(1937)
Plainclothesman
Her Husband Lies
(1937)
First plainclothesman
Night Club Scandal
(1937)
Governor
This Is My Affair
(1937)
Warden
I Promise to Pay
(1937)
Martin
Fifty Roads to Town
(1937)
Captain Carroll
That Certain Woman
(1937)
American
Seventh Heaven
(1937)
Gendarme
Two Wise Maids
(1937)
Grover Wentworth
It Could Happen to You
(1937)
Judge
Criminals of the Air
(1937)
Captain Wallace
Bad Guy
(1937)
Warden [Summers]
The Man Who Cried Wolf
(1937)
Judge
Breezing Home
(1937)
Chairman
Love Letters of a Star
(1936)
Captain Hutton
Adventure in Manhattan
(1936)
Chief of g-men
The Final Hour
(1936)
Department of justice head
Legion of Terror
(1936)
Cummings
Two-Fisted Gentleman
(1936)
[Frank] Boyd
Two in a Crowd
(1936)
Purdy
Lady from Nowhere
(1936)
Commissioner
A Man Betrayed
(1936)
William E. Carlton
Parole!
(1936)
Police inspector Hamilton
Dangerous Nan McGrew
(1930)
Grant
Heads Up
(1930)
Captain Whitney
The Masked Menace
(1927)
Rainbow Riley
(1926)
Halfwit
The Mountain Eagle
(1926)
Cinematography (Feature Film)
The White Tower
(1950)
Camera tech
Streets of Laredo
(1949)
Camera Operator
Unconquered
(1947)
Camera Department staff
The Black Swan
(1942)
Loc Photographer
Sweethearts
(1938)
Camera tech
Post Production (Feature Film)
Plymouth Adventure
(1952)
Color Consultant
Branded
(1951)
Technicolor tech
Copper Canyon
(1950)
Technicolor tech
Fancy Pants
(1950)
Technicolor Camera op
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
(1949)
Technicolor tech
For Whom the Bell Tolls
(1943)
Col tech
Men with Wings
(1938)
Tech
Cast (Special)
Meet the Governor
(1955)
Cast (Short)
SUCKER LIST
(1941)
The Flag of Humanity
(1940)
You, the People
(1940)
Old Hickory
(1940)
The Bill of Rights
(1939)
Torture Money
(1937)
The Symphony Murder Mystery
(1932)
The Trans-Atlantic Mystery
(1932)
The Skull Murder Mystery
(1932)
The Studio Murder Mystery
(1932)
Murder In the Pullman
(1932)
The Cole Case
(1931)
The Clyde Mystery
(1931)
The Week End Mystery
(1931)
The Wall Street Mystery
(1931)
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