Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1912-05-28

Deathday

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

7.4%

Miracle on 34th Street

Jun 4, 1947

8.1%

Columbo

Sep 15, 1971

7.1%

Kansas City Confidential

Nov 11, 1952

7.1%

Dodsworth

Sep 23, 1936

6.6%

Gunsmoke

Sep 10, 1955

6.9%

The Razor's Edge

Nov 19, 1946

6.8%

99 River Street

Aug 21, 1953

6.1%

Silver Lode

Jul 23, 1954

6.1%

Slightly Scarlet

Feb 29, 1956

6.4%

The Crooked Way

Apr 22, 1949

6.2%

Hello, Frisco, Hello

Mar 26, 1943

6.8%

What's My Line?

Feb 2, 1950

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Acting

1997

Kitchen Party as Bill

1971

Columbo as Ned Diamond

1968		The Name of the Game as Russ (FBI Agent)
1968		They Ran for Their Lives as Bob Martin

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961		The Dick Powell Show as James J. Fitts

1960

Suspect as Iverson

1957		The Restless Gun as Vint Bonner
1957		Hidden Fear as Mike Brent
1957		Bailout at 43,000 as Major Paul Peterson

1956		The Boss as Matt Brady
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Clint Belmet
1956		Rebel in Town as John Willoughby
1956		Hold Back The Night as Capt. Sam McKenzie
1956		The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
1956		Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1956		Slightly Scarlet as John Grace

1955		Tennessee's Partner as Tennessee
1955		Hollywood Preview as Self
1955		Gunsmoke as Amos Gentry
1955		The Road to Denver as Bill Mayhew
1955		Santa Fe Passage as Kirby Randolph
1955		Hell's Island as Mike Cormack

1954		Studio 57
1954		Studio 57 as Mike Conner
1954		Silver Lode as Dan Ballard
1954		Rails Into Laramie as Jefferson Harder

1953		99 River Street as Ernie Driscoll
1953		The Vanquished as Rockwell 'Rock' Grayson
1953		Raiders of the Seven Seas as Barbarossa
1953		General Electric Theater as Jingles
1953		General Electric Theater as Father Gerringer

1952		The Blazing Forest as Kelly Hansen
1952		Kansas City Confidential as Joe Rolfe
1952		Caribbean as Dick Lindsay / Robert McAllister

1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Baro
1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Britt Ponset
1951		Crosswinds as Steve Singleton
1951		Passage West as Pete Black

1950		Tripoli as Lt. O'Bannion
1950		The Eagle and the Hawk as Capt. Todd Croyden
1950		What's My Line? as Self
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
1950		Captain China as Charles S. Chinnough
1950		Robert Montgomery Presents as Lt. Alec Austen

1949		The Crooked Way as Eddie Rice / Eddie Riccardi
1949		El Paso as Clay Fletcher

1948		The Saxon Charm as Eric Busch
1948		Larceny as Rick Mason

1947

Miracle on 34th Street as Fred Gailey

1946		Wake Up and Dream as Jeff Cairn
1946		The Razor's Edge as Gray Maturin
1946		Movieland Magic as (archive footage)
1946		Sentimental Journey as William O. Weatherly

1945

The Dolly Sisters as Harry Fox

1944		Take It or Leave It as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1944		B-29 Flight Engineer as Lt. Anderson

1943

Hello, Frisco, Hello as Johnny Cornell

1942		To the Shores of Tripoli as Chris Winters
1942		Springtime in the Rockies as Dan Christy
1942		Iceland as Capt. James Murfin
1942		Footlight Serenade as Bill Smith

1941		Remember the Day as Dan Hopkins
1941		Week-End in Havana as Jay Williams
1941		Sun Valley Serenade as Ted Scott
1941		The Great American Broadcast as Rix Martin

1940		Tin Pan Alley as Skeets Harrigan
1940		The Great Profile as Richard Lansing
1940		Maryland as Leland "Lee" Danfield
1940		Tear Gas Squad as [Sergeant] Bill Morrissey
1940		King of the Lumberjacks as James Abbott
1940		Star Dust as Ambrose Fillmore "Bud" Borden

1939		The Royal Rodeo as Bill Stevens
1939		Kid Nightingale as Steve Nelson
1939		Indianapolis Speedway as Eddie Greer
1939		Wings of the Navy as Jerry Harrington

1938		Garden of the Moon as Don Vincente
1938		College Swing as Martin Bates

1937		Love on Toast as Bill Adams
1937		Fair Warning as Jim Preston

1936		Hats Off as Jimmy Maxwell
1936		Dodsworth as Harry McKee

Production

1957

The Restless Gun as Producer

Writing

1957

The Restless Gun as Teleplay