John Payne

Known for: Acting

Born: 1912-05-28 – 1989-12-06 (aged 77)

From: Roanoke, Virginia, USA

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).

Filmography (78)

TV★ 7.5
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
2006
as Hank Pym/Ant-Man (voice)
TV★ 8.1
Columbo
1971
as Ned Diamond
TV★ 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
as Russ (FBI Agent)
MOVIE★ 6.5
They Ran for Their Lives
1968
as Bob Martin
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TV★ 5.7
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as James J. Fitts
MOVIE★ 6.9
Suspect
1960
as Iverson
TV★ 4.4
The Restless Gun
1957
as Vint Bonner
MOVIE★ 5.5
Hidden Fear
1957
as Mike Brent
MOVIE★ 5.3
Bailout at 43,000
1957
as Major Paul Peterson
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Boss
1956
as Matt Brady
TV★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Clint Belmet
MOVIE★ 7.1
Rebel in Town
1956
as John Willoughby
MOVIE★ 6.5
Hold Back The Night
1956
as Capt. Sam McKenzie
TV★ 6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
MOVIE★ 6.3
Slightly Scarlet
1956
as John Grace
MOVIE★ 6.5
Tennessee's Partner
1955
as Tennessee
TV★ 7.0
Hollywood Preview
1955
as Self
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Amos Gentry
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Road to Denver
1955
as Bill Mayhew
MOVIE★ 6.1
Santa Fe Passage
1955
as Kirby Randolph
MOVIE★ 5.5
Hell's Island
1955
as Mike Cormack
TV★ 7.5
Studio 57
1954
MOVIE★ 6.2
Silver Lode
1954
as Dan Ballard
MOVIE★ 6.5
Rails Into Laramie
1954
as Jefferson Harder
MOVIE★ 6.8
99 River Street
1953
as Ernie Driscoll
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Vanquished
1953
as Rockwell 'Rock' Grayson
MOVIE★ 6.1
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953
as Barbarossa
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Jingles
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Blazing Forest
1952
as Kelly Hansen
MOVIE★ 7.1
Kansas City Confidential
1952
as Joe Rolfe
MOVIE★ 6.3
Caribbean
1952
as Dick Lindsay / Robert McAllister
TV★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MOVIE★ 5.9
Crosswinds
1951
as Steve Singleton
MOVIE★ 6.6
Passage West
1951
as Pete Black
MOVIE★ 5.8
Tripoli
1950
as Lt. O'Bannion
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Eagle and the Hawk
1950
as Capt. Todd Croyden
MOVIE★ 5.5
Captain China
1950
as Charles S. Chinnough
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
TV★ 6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Lt. Alec Austen
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Crooked Way
1949
as Eddie Rice / Eddie Riccardi
MOVIE★ 6.0
El Paso
1949
as Clay Fletcher
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Saxon Charm
1948
as Eric Busch
MOVIE★ 5.9
Larceny
1948
as Rick Mason
MOVIE★ 7.4
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
as Fred Gailey
MOVIE★ 7.4
Wake Up and Dream
1946
as Jeff Cairn
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Razor's Edge
1946
as Gray Maturin
MOVIE★ 6.5
Movieland Magic
1946
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Sentimental Journey
1946
as William O. Weatherly
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Dolly Sisters
1945
as Harry Fox
MOVIE★ 6.0
Take It or Leave It
1944
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE
B-29 Flight Engineer
1944
as Lt. Anderson
MOVIE★ 6.4
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
as Johnny Cornell
MOVIE★ 5.5
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942
as Chris Winters
MOVIE★ 6.9
Springtime in the Rockies
1942
as Dan Christy
MOVIE★ 6.5
Iceland
1942
as Capt. James Murfin
MOVIE★ 6.5
Footlight Serenade
1942
as Bill Smith
MOVIE★ 7.3
Remember the Day
1941
as Dan Hopkins
MOVIE★ 7.0
Week-End in Havana
1941
as Jay Williams
MOVIE★ 7.1
Sun Valley Serenade
1941
as Ted Scott
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Great American Broadcast
1941
as Rix Martin
MOVIE★ 5.4
Tin Pan Alley
1940
as Skeets Harrigan
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Great Profile
1940
as Richard Lansing
MOVIE★ 6.5
Maryland
1940
as Leland "Lee" Danfield
MOVIE★ 5.3
Tear Gas Squad
1940
as [Sergeant] Bill Morrissey
MOVIE★ 3.7
King of the Lumberjacks
1940
as James Abbott
MOVIE★ 5.7
Star Dust
1940
as Ambrose Fillmore "Bud" Borden
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Royal Rodeo
1939
as Bill Stevens
MOVIE★ 6.4
Kid Nightingale
1939
as Steve Nelson
MOVIE★ 5.6
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
as Eddie Greer
MOVIE★ 6.2
Wings of the Navy
1939
as Jerry Harrington
MOVIE★ 6.8
Garden of the Moon
1938
as Don Vincente
MOVIE★ 6.8
College Swing
1938
as Martin Bates
MOVIE★ 5.8
Love on Toast
1937
as Bill Adams
MOVIE★ 7.3
Fair Warning
1937
as Jim Preston
MOVIE★ 5.0
Hats Off
1936
as Jimmy Maxwell
MOVIE★ 7.1
Dodsworth
1936
as Harry McKee