Personal info

Known for

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

3 / May / 1912 (112 years old)

Place of Birth

Roanoke, Virginia, USA

Also Known As

John Howard Payne

John Payne

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

8.1

Columbo

4 / Sep / 1971

8.0

Hunter

6 / Feb / 1977

7.4

Miracle on 34th Street

4 / Jun / 1947

7.1

Kansas City Confidential

3 / Nov / 1952

7.1

Dodsworth

4 / Sep / 1936

7.0

Rebel in Town

2 / Jul / 1956

7.0

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

6 / Oct / 1951

7.0

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

6 / Oct / 1951

7.0

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

6 / Oct / 1951

6.9

Sun Valley Serenade

6 / Aug / 1941

Credits

Acting

1977

•

Hunter

(1 episode)

1971

•

Columbo

(1 episode) as Ned Diamond

1968

•

They Ran for Their Lives

as Bob Martin

1968

•

The Name of the Game

(1 episode) as Russ (FBI Agent)

1961

•

The Dick Powell Show

(1 episode) as James J. Fitts

1961

•

The Mike Douglas Show

(1 episode) as Self

1960

•

Suspect

as Iverson

1957

•

Hidden Fear

as Mike Brent

1957

•

Bailout at 43,000

as Major Paul Peterson

1957

•

The Restless Gun

(76 episodes) as Vint Bonner

1956

•

Slightly Scarlet

as John Grace

1956

•

The Boss

as Matt Brady

1956

•

Rebel in Town

as John Willoughby

1956

•

Hold Back The Night

as Capt. Sam McKenzie

1956

•

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

(1 episode) as Clint Belmet

1956

•

The Steve Allen Show

(1 episode) as Self - Guest

1956

•

Tony Awards

(1 episode) as Self - Performer

1955

•

Tennessee's Partner

as Tennessee

1955

•

Hell's Island

as Mike Cormack

1955

•

Santa Fe Passage

as Kirby Randolph

1955

•

The Road to Denver

as Bill Mayhew

1955

•

Hollywood Preview

(1 episode) as Self

1955

•

Gunsmoke

(1 episode) as Amos Gentry

1954

•

Silver Lode

as Dan Ballard

1954

•

Rails Into Laramie

as Jefferson Harder

1954

•

Studio 57

(1 episode)

1954

•

Studio 57

(1 episode) as Mike Conner

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

(1 episode) as Jingles

1953

•

General Electric Theater

(1 episode) as Father Gerringer

1952

•

Kansas City Confidential

as Joe Rolfe

1952

•

Caribbean

as Dick Lindsay / Robert McAllister

1952

•

The Blazing Forest

as Kelly Hansen

1951

•

Crosswinds

as Steve Singleton

1951

•

Passage West

as Pete Black

1951

•

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

(1 episode)

1951

•

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

(1 episode) as Baro

1951

•

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

(1 episode) as Britt Ponset

1950

•

The Eagle and the Hawk

as Capt. Todd Croyden

1950

•

Tripoli

as Lt. O'Bannion

1950

•

Captain China

as Charles S. Chinnough

1950

•

Robert Montgomery Presents

(1 episode) as Lt. Alec Austen

1950

•

What's My Line?

(1 episode) as Self - Mystery Guest

1950

•

What's My Line?

(2 episodes) as Self - Panelist

1949

•

The Crooked Way

as Eddie Rice / Eddie Riccardi

1949

•

El Paso

as Clay Fletcher

1948

•

Larceny

as Rick Mason

1948

•

The Saxon Charm

as Eric Busch

1947

•

Miracle on 34th Street

as Fred Gailey

1946

•

The Razor's Edge

as Gray Maturin

1946

•

Wake Up and Dream

as Jeff Cairn

1946

•

Sentimental Journey

as William O. Weatherly

1946

•

Movieland Magic

as (archive footage)

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

•

Footlight Serenade

as Bill Smith

1942

•

Springtime in the Rockies

as Dan Christy

1942

•

To the Shores of Tripoli

as Chris Winters

1942

•

Iceland

as Capt. James Murfin

1941

•

Sun Valley Serenade

as Ted Scott

1941

•

Week-End in Havana

as Jay Williams

1941

•

Remember the Day

as Dan Hopkins

1941

•

The Great American Broadcast

as Rix Martin

1940

•

Star Dust

as Ambrose Fillmore "Bud" Borden

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

•

Tin Pan Alley

as Skeets Harrigan

1939

•

Wings of the Navy

as Jerry Harrington

1939

•

Indianapolis Speedway

as Eddie Greer

1939

•

The Royal Rodeo

as Bill Stevens

1939

•

Kid Nightingale

as Steve Nelson

1938

•

College Swing

as Martin Bates

1938

•

Garden of the Moon

as Don Vincente

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

(76 episodes) Producer

Writing

1957

•

The Restless Gun

(1 episode) Teleplay

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