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John Payne (actor) : biography

May 23, 1912 – December 6, 1989

John Howard PayneCalifornia Death Records. – California Department of Health Services Office of Health Information and Research. (May 23, 1912 – December 6, 1989NOTE: The California Death Records show his date of birth as May 28, but most published biographies show May 23, as does his obituary in The New York Times.) was an American film actor who is mainly remembered from film noir crime stories and 20th Century Fox musical films, and for his leading roles in Miracle on 34th Street and the NBC Western television series The Restless Gun.

Death

Payne died in Malibu, California, of congestive heart failure on December 6, 1989, aged 77.

He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Filmography

Year Title Role Co-starring
1936 Dodsworth Harry McKee Walter Huston
1937 Fair Warning Jim Preston Betty Furness
Hats Off Jimmy Maxwell Mae Clarke
Love on Toast Bill Adams Stella Adler
1938 College Swing Martin Bates George Burns, Gracie Allen, Martha Raye, Bob Hope, and Betty Grable
Garden of the Moon Don Vincente Pat O’Brien
1939 Kid Nightingale Steve Nelson aka Kid Nightingale Jane Wyman
Wings of the Navy Jerry Harrington George Brent and Olivia de Havilland
Indianapolis Speedway Eddie Greer Ann Sheridan
The Royal Rodeo Bill Stevens
1940 Star Dust Ambrose Fillmore aka Bud Borden Linda Darnell
Maryland Lee Danfield Walter Brennan
King of the Lumberjacks James ‘Jim’/’Slim’ Abbott Gloria Dickson
The Great Profile Richard Lansing John Barrymore and Anne Baxter
Tear Gas Squad Sergeant Bill Morrissey George Reeves
Tin Pan Alley Francis Aloysius ‘Skeets’ Harrigan Alice Faye and Betty Grable
1941 The Great American Broadcast Rix Martin Alice Faye
Sun Valley Serenade Ted Scott Sonia Henie, Milton Berle and Glenn Miller
Week-End in Havana Jay Williams Alice Faye
Remember the Day Dan Hopkins Claudette Colbert
1942 To the Shores of Tripoli Chris Winters Maureen O’Hara and Randolph Scott
Footlight Serenade William J. ‘Bill’ Smith Betty Grable
Springtime in the Rockies Dan Christy Betty Grable and Carmen Miranda
Iceland Capt. James Murfin Sonia Henie
1943 Hello, Frisco, Hello Johnny Cornell Alice Faye
1945 The Dolly Sisters Harry Fox Betty Grable
1946 Wake Up and Dream Jeff Cairn June Haver
Sentimental Journey William O. Weatherly Maureen O’Hara
The Razor’s Edge Gray Maturin Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney
1947 Miracle on 34th Street Fred Gailey Maureen O’Hara, Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood
Larceny Rick Mason Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea
1948 The Saxon Charm Eric Busch Robert Montgomery and Susan Hayward
1949 The Crooked Way Eddie Rice aka Eddie Riccardi Ellen Drew
Captain China Charles S. Chinnough/Capt. China Gail Russell, Lon Chaney, Jr., and Robert Armstrong
El Paso Clay Fletcher Sterling Hayden and Gail Russell
1950 Tripoli Lt. Presley O’Bannon Maureen O’Hara
The Eagle and the Hawk Capt. Todd Croyden Rhonda Fleming
1951 Passage West Pete Black Dooley Wilson
Crosswinds Steve Singleton Rhonda Fleming and Forrest Tucker
1952 Kansas City Confidential Joe Rolfe/Peter Harris Coleen Gray, Preston Foster, Lee Van Cleef, and Neville Brand
Caribbean Dick Lindsay/Robert MacAllister Arlene Dahl
The Blazing Forest Kelly Hansen Agnes Moorehead and William Demarest
1953 The Vanquished Rockwell (Rock) Grayson Coleen Gray
Raiders of Seven Seas Barbarossa Gerald Mohr, Donna Reed, and Lon Chaney, Jr.
99 River Street Ernie Driscoll Evelyn Keyes
1954 Silver Lode Dan Ballard Lizabeth Scott
Rails Into Laramie Jefferson Harder Dan Duryea and Lee Van Cleef
1955 Santa Fe Passage Kirby Randolph Faith Domergue
The Road to Denver Bill Mayhew Lee Van Cleef and Mona Freeman
Tennessee’s Partner Tennessee Rhonda Fleming, Coleen Gray, and Ronald Reagan
Hell’s Island Mike Cormack
1956 Slightly Scarlet Ben Grace Rhonda Fleming, and Arlene Dahl
Hold Back the Night Capt. Sam McKenzie
The Boss Matt Brady
Rebel in Town John Willoughby Ruth Roman and J. Carrol Naish
1957 Hidden Fear Mike Brent
Bailout at 43,000 Maj. Paul Peterson
1960 O’Conner’s Ocean
1968 They Ran for Their Lives Bob Martin
1975 Columbo: Forgotten Lady (TV) Ned Diamond Peter Falk and Janet Leigh