John Payne

ActorProducerWriter May 28 (died age 77) Roanoke, Virginia, USA 1936–2006 (70 year career)

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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

Film

Miracle on 34th Street

Fred Gailey

Film

Dodsworth

Harry McKee

Film

Kansas City Confidential

Joe Rolfe

Film

The Razor's Edge

Gray Maturin

Film

99 River Street

Ernie Driscoll

Film

Silver Lode

Dan Ballard

Film

Sun Valley Serenade

Ted Scott

Film

Hello, Frisco, Hello

Johnny Cornell

Filmography

Acting (78)

Movies (62)

They Ran for Their Lives

as Bob Martin

Suspect

as Iverson

Bailout at 43,000

as Major Paul Peterson

Hidden Fear

as Mike Brent

Hold Back The Night

as Capt. Sam McKenzie

Slightly Scarlet

as John Grace

The Boss

as Matt Brady

Rebel in Town

as John Willoughby

The Road to Denver

as Bill Mayhew

Hell's Island

as Mike Cormack

Tennessee's Partner

as Tennessee

Santa Fe Passage

as Kirby Randolph

Silver Lode

as Dan Ballard

Rails Into Laramie

as Jefferson Harder

Raiders of the Seven Seas

1953

as Barbarossa

5.7

The Vanquished

1953

as Rockwell 'Rock' Grayson

4.7

99 River Street

1953

as Ernie Driscoll

6.8

Kansas City Confidential

as Joe Rolfe

The Blazing Forest

as Kelly Hansen

Caribbean

as Dick Lindsay / Robert McAllister

Crosswinds

as Steve Singleton

Passage West

as Pete Black

Tripoli

as Lt. O'Bannion

The Eagle and the Hawk

1950

as Capt. Todd Croyden

5.4

Captain China

1950

as Charles S. Chinnough

4.6

The Crooked Way

1949

as Eddie Rice / Eddie Riccardi

El Paso

as Clay Fletcher

The Saxon Charm

as Eric Busch

Larceny

as Rick Mason

Miracle on 34th Street

as Fred Gailey

Wake Up and Dream

as Jeff Cairn

The Razor's Edge

as Gray Maturin

Sentimental Journey

as William O. Weatherly

Movieland Magic

as (archive footage)

The Dolly Sisters

as Harry Fox

Take It or Leave It

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.0

B-29 Flight Engineer

1944

as Lt. Anderson

Hello, Frisco, Hello

1943

as Johnny Cornell

6.3

To the Shores of Tripoli

1942

as Chris Winters

5.4

Iceland

1942

as Capt. James Murfin

5.7

Footlight Serenade

1942

as Bill Smith

Springtime in the Rockies

1942

as Dan Christy

6.7

The Great American Broadcast

as Rix Martin

Remember the Day

as Dan Hopkins

Sun Valley Serenade

as Ted Scott

Week-End in Havana

as Jay Williams

King of the Lumberjacks

1940

as James Abbott

2.7

Star Dust

1940

as Ambrose Fillmore "Bud" Borden

4.8

Maryland

1940

as Leland "Lee" Danfield

Tin Pan Alley

as Skeets Harrigan

The Great Profile

as Richard Lansing

Tear Gas Squad

as [Sergeant] Bill Morrissey

4.8

Kid Nightingale

1939

as Steve Nelson

5.5

Indianapolis Speedway

as Eddie Greer

Wings of the Navy

as Jerry Harrington

The Royal Rodeo

as Bill Stevens

College Swing

as Martin Bates

Garden of the Moon

as Don Vincente

Love on Toast

as Bill Adams

Fair Warning

as Jim Preston

Dodsworth

as Harry McKee

Hats Off

as Jimmy Maxwell

Television (16)

Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes

2006

as Hank Pym/Ant-Man (voice)

Columbo

as Ned Diamond

The Name of the Game

as Russ (FBI Agent)

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Dick Powell Show

as James J. Fitts

The Restless Gun

as Vint Bonner

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Clint Belmet

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest

Gunsmoke

as Amos Gentry

Hollywood Preview

as Self

Studio 57

as Mike Conner

General Electric Theater

1953

as Jingles

6.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.2

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Lt. Alec Austen

What's My Line?

as Self

Crew (2)

Television (2)

The Restless Gun

Producer

The Restless Gun

Teleplay