John Payne
Popularity:4.824
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1912-05-28
Place of Birth:Roanoke, Virginia, USA
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Also Known As:John Howard Payne
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the...
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his...
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace,...
Larceny (1948)
Rick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief. He finagles a war widow into giving up her savings for...
Silver Lode (1954)
Dan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted by four men led by Ned McCarty, an old acquaintance...
99 River Street (1953)
A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
Tennessee's Partner (1955)
A tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with Duchess, madam of a thinly-disguised bordello, and no...
The Vanquished (1953)
A man returns to his home -- a post Civil-War village -- and finds the law is in the hands of a few scrupulous people.
The Crooked Way (1949)
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his...
Footlight Serenade (1942)
Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts...
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance...
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When...
The Boss (1956)
A crusading politician falls prey to the temptations of power.
Crosswinds (1951)
A sailor gets his boat stolen from him after he's set up for a crime.
Hell's Island (1955)
Down-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby. On the island, possibly involved with the ruby's...
Week-End in Havana (1941)
A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships is stuck on a reef off of the coast. He obtains...
Star Dust (1940)
When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.
The Razor's Edge (1946)
An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will...
Remember the Day (1941)
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to...
Hidden Fear (1957)
A U.S. lawman busts Copenhagen counterfeiters to help his sister, falsely accused of murder.
Santa Fe Passage (1955)
A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian territory.
To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
Chronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally becomes a battle-wise soldier.
Rebel in Town (1956)
Ex-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in mind. Hearing a suspicious "click," Wes Mason whirls and...
The Dolly Sisters (1945)
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
Wings of the Navy (1939)
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can...
Hold Back The Night (1956)
A Marine officer (John Payne) goes through Korea with the bottle of Scotch that his wife (Mona Freeman) gave him in the last war.
They Ran for Their Lives (1968)
A man with a dog helps a young woman being chased by hoodlums in the desert.
College Swing (1938)
Gracie Alden tries to graduate from college to get an inheritance.
The Great Profile (1940)
An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne,...
The Saxon Charm (1948)
In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him but his latest protégé, novelist...
Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa (John Payne) takes hostage a spirited Spanish noblewoman named Alida...
Caribbean (1952)
Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s, and sold into slavery, by Andrew McAllister, and...
The Road to Denver (1955)
The Mayhew brothers flee from one Texas town to another as older brother Bill repeatedly attempts to keep younger brother Sam out of jail. Bill...
Garden of the Moon (1938)
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performing at the Garden of the Moon, which is broadcast...
Passage West (1951)
In 1863, having escaped from a rock-quarry prison in Salt Lake, six inmates led by convicted murderer Pete Black take over a small wagon train headed...
Hats Off (1936)
The first musical comedy from the Grand National assembly line, Hats Off stars John Payne and Mae Clarke as rival press agents Jimmy Maxwell and Jo...
El Paso (1949)
Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends...
Rails Into Laramie (1954)
A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the construction of a new railroad track.
Maryland (1940)
A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his...
The Eagle and the Hawk (1950)
Texas Ranger Todd Crayden is assigned a suicide mission South of the Border, to smuggle a government agent into Mexico...
Tear Gas Squad (1940)
A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather than finish school.
Wake Up and Dream (1946)
Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
Sentimental Journey (1946)
An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She...
Tripoli (1950)
In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American flag.
Suspect (1960)
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that...
The Blazing Forest (1952)
Estranged brothers (John Payne, Richard Arlen) find themselves on the same lumberjack crew hired by a feisty widow to clear the timber from her...
The Great American Broadcast (1941)
After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A...
The Royal Rodeo (1939)
A young monarch, bored with responsibility and craving excitement, invites a traveling rodeo show to perform at his palace.
Captain China (1950)
The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy....
Kid Nightingale (1939)
A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.
King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
Outdoor drama about a newly-hired lumberjack discovering that his former girlfriend is now his new boss's wife.
Bailout at 43,000 (1957)
An Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief and anger when he is excused from performing a dangerous test in a new aircraft.
Love on Toast (1937)
The plot concerns a female press agent who must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for an ad campaign mounted by a soup company. The Mr....
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new...
Fair Warning (1937)
In California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a wealthy mine owner who had been staying at a fancy...
Dodsworth (1936)
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
Iceland (1942)
Marine James Murfin, is unaware of Icelandic customs. When he flirts with Katina her Icelandic family take his actions as a proposal of marriage to...
Take It or Leave It (1944)
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.
Movieland Magic (1946)
Released as part of a series of WB shorts under the collective title of "Technicolor Specials" (WB production number 2003) this short most likely...
B-29 Flight Engineer (1944)
This government documentary short film depicts and explains proper procedures for functioning as a flight engineer on the B-29 bomber. Lieutenant...
Columbo (1971)
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing...
The Dick Powell Show (1961)
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General Electric Theater (1953)
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
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The Restless Gun (1957)
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Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
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Studio 57 (1954)
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Gunsmoke (1955)
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General Electric Theater (1953)
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was...
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
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The Name of the Game (1968)
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What's My Line? (1950)
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...
Tony Awards (1956)
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The...
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
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Studio 57 (1954)
Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and...
What's My Line? (1950)
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...
Hunter (1977)
Global espionage with an American agent and his sexy partner.
Hunter (1970)
The Restless Gun is an American western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a...
Hunter (1970)
The Restless Gun is an American western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a...