John Payne

Personal Info

Birthday

May 28, 1912

Day of Death

1989-12-06

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Also Known As

John Howard Payne

John Payne

Biography

John Payne was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He is best remembered as a singer in 20th Century Fox musical films and for his roles in Miracle on 34th Street (1947) and the television series The Restless Gun (1957-1959).

Known For

Columbo

Robert Montgomery Presents

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

The Name of the Game

Gunsmoke

The Dick Powell Show

Studio 57

Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes

Filmography

1997
Kitchen Party
as Bill
1968
They Ran for Their Lives
as Bob Martin
1960
Suspect
as Iverson
1957
Hidden Fear
as Mike Brent
Bailout at 43,000
as Major Paul Peterson
1956
The Boss
as Matt Brady
Rebel in Town
as John Willoughby
Hold Back The Night
as Capt. Sam McKenzie
Slightly Scarlet
as John Grace
1955
Tennessee's Partner
as Tennessee
The Road to Denver
as Bill Mayhew
Santa Fe Passage
as Kirby Randolph
Hell's Island
as Mike Cormack
1954
Silver Lode
as Dan Ballard
Rails Into Laramie
as Jefferson Harder
1953
99 River Street
as Ernie Driscoll
The Vanquished
as Rockwell 'Rock' Grayson
Raiders of the Seven Seas
as Barbarossa
1952
The Blazing Forest
as Kelly Hansen
Kansas City Confidential
as Joe Rolfe
Caribbean
as Dick Lindsay / Robert McAllister
1951
Crosswinds
as Steve Singleton
Passage West
as Pete Black
1950
Tripoli
as Lt. O'Bannion
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Capt. Todd Croyden
Captain China
as Charles S. Chinnough
1949
The Crooked Way
as Eddie Rice / Eddie Riccardi
El Paso
as Clay Fletcher
1948
The Saxon Charm
as Eric Busch
Larceny
as Rick Mason
1947
Miracle on 34th Street
as Fred Gailey
1946
Wake Up and Dream
as Jeff Cairn
The Razor's Edge
as Gray Maturin
Movieland Magic
as (archive footage)
Sentimental Journey
as William O. Weatherly
1945
The Dolly Sisters
as Harry Fox
1944
Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
B-29 Flight Engineer
as Lt. Anderson
1943
Hello, Frisco, Hello
as Johnny Cornell
1942
To the Shores of Tripoli
as Chris Winters
Springtime in the Rockies
as Dan Christy
Iceland
as Capt. James Murfin
Footlight Serenade
as Bill Smith
1941
Remember the Day
as Dan Hopkins
Week-End in Havana
as Jay Williams
Sun Valley Serenade
as Ted Scott
The Great American Broadcast
as Rix Martin
1940
Tin Pan Alley
as Skeets Harrigan
The Great Profile
as Richard Lansing
Maryland
as Leland "Lee" Danfield
Tear Gas Squad
as [Sergeant] Bill Morrissey
King of the Lumberjacks
as James Abbott
Star Dust
as Ambrose Fillmore "Bud" Borden
1939
The Royal Rodeo
as Bill Stevens
Kid Nightingale
as Steve Nelson
Indianapolis Speedway
as Eddie Greer
Wings of the Navy
as Jerry Harrington
1938
Garden of the Moon
as Don Vincente
College Swing
as Martin Bates
1937
Love on Toast
as Bill Adams
Fair Warning
as Jim Preston
1936
Hats Off
as Jimmy Maxwell
Dodsworth
as Harry McKee