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).
Miracle on 34th Street
as Fred GaileyKris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow...
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The Razor's Edge
as Gray MaturinAn adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the...
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Kansas City Confidential
as Joe RolfeAn ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.
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Dodsworth
as Harry McKeeA retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that...
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Silver Lode
as Dan BallardDan Ballard, a respected citizen in the western town of Silver Lode, has his wedding interrupted...
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Larceny
as Rick MasonRick Mason is the no-good lowdown rat who tries to capitalize on postwar patriotism and grief....
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Caribbean
as Dick Lindsay / Robert McAllisterFrancis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s,...
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Tripoli
as Lt. O'BannionIn 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the...
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99 River Street
as Ernie DriscollA former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with...
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Suspect
as IversonA government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets...
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The Boss
as Matt BradyA crusading politician falls prey to the temptations of power.
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Slightly Scarlet
as John GraceKleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary...
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The Vanquished
as Rockwell 'Rock' GraysonA man returns to his home -- a post Civil-War village -- and finds the law is in the hands of a...
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Raiders of the Seven Seas
as BarbarossaAfter staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa (John Payne)...
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Passage West
as Pete BlackIn 1863, having escaped from a rock-quarry prison in Salt Lake, six inmates led by convicted...
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Movieland Magic
as (archive footage)Released as part of a series of WB shorts under the collective title of "Technicolor Specials"...
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Crosswinds
as Steve SingletonA sailor gets his boat stolen from him after he's set up for a crime.
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Tennessee's Partner
as TennesseeA tough, womanizing high-stakes gambler known only as Tennessee has an uneasy relationship with...
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Kid Nightingale
as Steve NelsonA waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.
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Garden of the Moon
as Don VincenteDon Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by...
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The Road to Denver
as Bill MayhewThe Mayhew brothers flee from one Texas town to another as older brother Bill repeatedly...
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Captain China
as Charles S. ChinnoughThe title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after...
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El Paso
as Clay FletcherEx-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend,...
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King of the Lumberjacks
as James AbbottOutdoor drama about a newly-hired lumberjack discovering that his former girlfriend is now his...
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Rebel in Town
as John WilloughbyEx-Confederate Bedloe Mason and his four sons ride into a small Western town with robbery in...
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To the Shores of Tripoli
as Chris WintersChronicle of a spoiled rich boy who joins the Marines with an off-handed attitude and finally...
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Sentimental Journey
as William O. WeatherlyAn actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that...
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Sun Valley Serenade
as Ted ScottWhen Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a...
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Wings of the Navy
as Jerry HarringtonJerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both...
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Springtime in the Rockies
as Dan ChristyBroadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous...
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Hidden Fear
as Mike BrentA U.S. lawman busts Copenhagen counterfeiters to help his sister, falsely accused of murder.
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Hell's Island
as Mike CormackDown-on-his-luck Mike Cormack is hired to fly to a Caribbean island to retrieve a missing ruby....
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The Crooked Way
as Eddie Rice / Eddie RiccardiA war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans...
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The Eagle and the Hawk
as Capt. Todd CroydenTexas Ranger Todd Crayden is assigned a suicide mission South of the Border, to smuggle a...
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The Royal Rodeo
as Bill StevensA young monarch, bored with responsibility and craving excitement, invites a traveling rodeo...
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The Great Profile
as Richard LansingAn alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John...
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Iceland
as Capt. James MurfinMarine James Murfin, is unaware of Icelandic customs. When he flirts with Katina her Icelandic...
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The Great American Broadcast
as Rix MartinAfter WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she...
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Hello, Frisco, Hello
as Johnny CornellIn turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky...
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The Blazing Forest
as Kelly HansenEstranged brothers (John Payne, Richard Arlen) find themselves on the same lumberjack crew hired...
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Footlight Serenade
as Bill SmithConceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show....
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Star Dust
as Ambrose Fillmore "Bud" BordenWhen Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to...
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Maryland
as Leland "Lee" DanfieldA woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do...
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Rails Into Laramie
as Jefferson HarderA federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the...
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Tin Pan Alley
as Skeets HarriganSongwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to...
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College Swing
as Martin BatesGracie Alden tries to graduate from college to get an inheritance.
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Santa Fe Passage
as Kirby RandolphA disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian...
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Indianapolis Speedway
as Eddie GreerA champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession...
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Tear Gas Squad
as [Sergeant] Bill MorrisseyA brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
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Love on Toast
as Bill AdamsThe plot concerns a female press agent who must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for...
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Wake Up and Dream
as Jeff CairnAided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.
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They Ran for Their Lives
as Bob MartinA man with a dog helps a young woman being chased by hoodlums in the desert.
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The Dolly Sisters
as Harry FoxTwo sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography...
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Bailout at 43,000
as Major Paul PetersonAn Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief and anger when he is excused from...
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Remember the Day
as Dan HopkinsElderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls...
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Hold Back The Night
as Capt. Sam McKenzieA Marine officer (John Payne) goes through Korea with the bottle of Scotch that his wife (Mona...
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Week-End in Havana
as Jay WilliamsA ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships...
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The Saxon Charm
as Eric BuschIn order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around...
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Take It or Leave It
as (archive footage) (uncredited)A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his...
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Hats Off
as Jimmy MaxwellThe first musical comedy from the Grand National assembly line, Hats Off stars John Payne and...
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Fair Warning
as Jim PrestonIn California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a...
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Columbo
as Ned DiamondColumbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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What's My Line?
as Self - PanelistFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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Tony Awards
as Self - PerformerThe Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Clint BelmetDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...
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Robert Montgomery Presents
as Lt. Alec AustenRobert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...
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Gunsmoke
as Amos GentryGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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The Name of the Game
as Russ (FBI Agent)The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and...
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Studio 57
as uncreditedStudio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont...
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Studio 57
as Mike ConnerStudio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont...
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The Dick Powell Show
as James J. FittsThe Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961- 1963, primarily...
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The Restless Gun
as Vint BonnerThe Restless Gun is an American western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and...
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Hunter
as uncreditedGlobal espionage with an American agent and his sexy partner.
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General Electric Theater
as JinglesGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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General Electric Theater
as Father GerringerGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as uncreditedSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as BaroSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Britt PonsetSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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