Perry White

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Perry White
Real name:	Perry White George Taylor (Golden Age)
Species:	Human
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First Appearance:	Action Comics #1 (As George Taylor) Adventures of Superman (Radio show) (As Perry White)
Occupation:	Editor-in-Chief, Daily Planet
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Known Family:	Alice White, wife T.J. White, nephew
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Portrayed by:	Frank Langella (Superman Returns)

Perry White is the Editor-in-Chief of the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet. White maintains very high journalistic standards. He is an archetypal image of the tough, irascible but fairminded boss.

According to comic-book continuity, White was an award-winning journalist who served a term as Mayor of Metropolis. He worked as an assistant editor on the Metropolis Daily Star under George Taylor before becoming editor of the Planet.

Personality

White is a tough, cigar-smoking boss with strict ideas about how his employees should operate.

George Taylor

In the golden age comics, the character was known as George Taylor, the editor of the Daily Star.

However, in the Adventures of Superman radio show, the name was changed to Perry White.

In modern-age comics continuity, George Taylor is a seperate person, the editor of the Daily Star, which a competing Metropolitan newspaper.