Perry White

Perry White is a fictional character who appears in the Superman comics, and is the editor-in-chief of the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet.

Other Media

• Pierre Watkin played Perry White in the serials starring Kirk Alyn.
• John Hamilton played Perry White on the TV series Adventures of Superman starring George Reeves.
• In the four Superman movies starring Christopher Reeve, Perry White was played by actor Jackie Cooper.
• Lane Smith played Perry White on the TV series '. In the series, his exclamation "Great Caesar's ghost!" was replaced with "Great shades of Elvis!", and the comics briefly followed suit.
• In one episode of the TV series Smallville, Perry White was portrayed by Michael McKean. In this, he was a former Daily Planet reporter reduced to tabloid television.
• In Bryan Singer's Superman Returns Perry White was originally going to portrayed by Hugh Laurie. But when it was determined that there would be a schedule conflict involving Laurie's TV series House, M.D. (which is incidentally, executive produced by Singer), Laurie was forced to drop out and Frank Langella stepped in to play Perry White.