Despite his tough exterior, Perry is more a paternal figure to his staff than a boss. He has a special fondness for Clark and Lois and feels they'd be as good a team personally as they are professionally. He also likes Jimmy Olsen more than he'll ever admit, even though he does get tired of Jimmy calling him "Chief" all the time.

"GREAT CAESARS GHOST." IT'S PERRY WHITE.

Julian Noa

Julian Noa was allowed to develop his portrayal of Perry White for radio independent of the comic book and newspaper features.  Julian Noa's blustery style set the standard for the character's later appearances in comic books, TV, and movies.

Pierre Watkin

Character actor, typically portraying personages of authority, erudition or other distinction, who appeared in some 250 Hollywood films from the mid-30's until his death on Feb. 3rd. 1960. He played Perry White in "Superman "(1948), and "Atom Man Vs. Superman" (1950). He appeared on four episodes of "The Adventures of Superman", and was set to reprise his role as the editor of The Daily Planet in a revival of the series in 1959, as Hamilton had died in the interim since the cancellation of the original series. However, series star George Reeves also died in the summer of 1959, ending those plans. Watkin himself died within the year.

John Hamilton

John Hamilton was often typecast as prison wardens and judges, though he played numerous other characters in films of the Thirties, Forties, and Fifties. He became widely known when he was cast as Daily Planet newspaper editor Perry White in the 1950s TV classic "Adventures of Superman"

Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper was the first child actor to make it big in the sound era and the first child actor ever to be nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award (for "Skippy" in 1931). Cooper managed to parlay his success into a long career that included teen and young adult roles, leads in TV series, a turn as a successful TV programming executive and later a stint as an award-winning TV director. Through it all, though, he continued to accept acting roles, most prominently as Perry White in all four "Superman" feature films from 1978-1987.

Lane Smith

Lane Smith was educated in the Carnegie Institute of Technology where he studied Drama. Lane's career started in the late 1950's, in theartres in New York. His film career didn't start until 1973 when he played Rick Penny in 'The last American hero' since then he has been in some 41 movies. Lane was cast as Perry White in "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993- 1997).
The exclamation "Great Caesar's ghost!" was replaced with "Great shades of Elvis!" on the show, and the comics briefly followed suit. In a subplot that carried over many episodes, Perry was portrayed as having marital difficulties with his wife Alice due to his dedication to the paper. The couple later reunited just before the series finale.

Michael McKean

Michael McKean pictured with his wife Annette "Martha Kent" O'Toole.
On October 29, 2003 Michael McKean was a guest star on Smallville. He was a washed up, alcoholic tabloid reporter named Perry White who comes to town and thinks he sees Clark using his abilities. Michael is best rememberd as Leonard 'Lenny' Kosnowski, on "Laverne & Shirley" (1976-1982), and as rhythm guitarist David St. Hubbins in Rob Reiner's "This Is Spinal Tap" (1984).

Frank Langella

In Bryan Singer's Superman Returns, Perry White was originally going to be portrayed by Hugh Laurie. But when it was determined that there would be a schedule conflict involving Laurie's TV series House (which is incidentally, executive produced by Singer), Laurie was forced to drop out and Frank Langella stepped in to play Perry White.
In most of his previous incarnations, Daily Planet editor-in-chief Perry White has been the archetypal tough-talking boss. Superman: The Movie, which cast veteran actor Jackie Cooper in the role, presented a Perry White who barked commands at the staff and repeatedly warned Jimmy Olsen, "Don't call me chief!"
But Frank Langella says that his interpretation of the character "couldn't be further away" from that pugnacious prototype. "From the very first day, Bryan was very clear that he wanted Perry White [to be] the anchor of the film," he says. "Not brash, not cigar-chomping, not a finger-pointing yeller, but actually a man who wants to protect his paper against everything else. So we went away from any of the other cliches you may have seen."

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