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Miracle on 34th Street Fred Gailey

(1947)

Kansas City Confidential Joe Rolfe

(1952)

The Restless Gun Vint Bonner / Britt Ponset / Gene Baroda / Jebediah Bonner

(1957-1959)

99 River Street Ernie Driscoll

(1953)

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Actor (73 credits)

1975 Columbo (TV Series)
Ned Diamond

- Forgotten Lady (1975) ... Ned Diamond

1971 Cade's County (TV Series)
Clement Stark

- Requiem for Miss Madrid (1971) ... Clement Stark

1970 Gunsmoke (TV Series)
Amos Gentry

- Gentry's Law (1970) ... Amos Gentry

1968 The Name of the Game (TV Series)
Russ (FBI Agent)

- Fear of High Places (1968) ... Russ (FBI Agent)

1968 They Ran for Their Lives
Bob Martin

1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV Series)
James J. Fitts

- Borderline (1962) ... James J. Fitts

1955-1962 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Father Gerringer / Jingles

- The Little Hours (1962) ... Father Gerringer

- Lash of Fear (1955) ... Jingles

1960 O'Conner's Ocean (TV Movie)
Tom O'Conner

1957-1959 The Restless Gun (TV Series)
Vint Bonner / Gene Baroda / Jebediah Bonner / ...

- The Hill of Death (1959) ... Vint Bonner

- A Very Special Investigator (1959) ... Vint Bonner

- The Englishman (1959) ... Vint Bonner

- The Cavis Boy (1959) ... Vint Bonner

- A Trial for Jenny May (1959) ... Vint Bonner

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1957 Hidden Fear
Mike Brent

1957 Bailout at 43,000
Major Paul Peterson

1951-1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series)
Britt Ponset / Baro

- The Restless Gun (1957) ... Britt Ponset

- Exit (1951) ... Baro

- The Name Is Bellingham (1951)

1957 Zane Grey Theatre (TV Series)
Clint Belmet

- Until the Man Dies (1957) ... Clint Belmet

1956 The Boss
Matt Brady

1956 Rebel in Town
John Willoughby

1956 Hold Back the Night
Capt. Sam McKenzie

1956 Studio 57 (TV Series)
Mike Conner

- Deadline (1956) ... Mike Conner

1956 Slightly Scarlet
Ben Grace

1955 Tennessee's Partner
Tennessee

1955 The Road to Denver
Bill Mayhew

1955 Santa Fe Passage
Kirby Randolph

1955 Hell's Island
Mike Cormack

1954 The Best of Broadway (TV Series)
C.K. Dexter Haven

- The Philadelphia Story (1954) ... C.K. Dexter Haven

1954 Silver Lode
Dan Ballard

1954 Rails Into Laramie
Jefferson Harder

1953 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series)
Lt. Alec Austen

- The Deep Six (1953) ... Lt. Alec Austen

1953 99 River Street
Ernie Driscoll

1953 The Vanquished
Rockwell Grayson

1953 Raiders of the Seven Seas
Barbarossa

1952 The Blazing Forest
Kelly Hansen

1952 Kansas City Confidential
Joe Rolfe

1952 Caribbean
Dick Lindsay / Robert MacAllister

1951 Crosswinds
Steve Singleton

1951 Passage West
Pete Black

1950 Tripoli
Lt. O'Bannion

1950 Nash Airflyte Theatre (TV Series)
Thacker

- A Double-Dyed Deceiver (1950) ... Thacker

1950 The Eagle and the Hawk
Capt. Todd Croyden

1950 Captain China
Charles S. Chinnough aka Captain China

1949 The Silver Theatre (TV Series)

- School for Love (1949)

1949 The Crooked Way
Eddie Rice aka Eddie Riccardi

1949 El Paso
Clay Fletcher

1948 The Saxon Charm
Eric Busch

1948 Larceny
Rick Maxon

1947 Miracle on 34th Street
Fred Gailey

1946 Wake Up and Dream
Jeff Cairn

1946 The Razor's Edge
Gray Maturin

1946 Sentimental Journey
William O. Weatherly

1945 The Dolly Sisters
Harry Fox

1943 Hello Frisco, Hello
Johnny Cornell

1942 Springtime in the Rockies
Dan Christy

1942/I Iceland
Corporal James Murfin

1942 Footlight Serenade
William J. 'Bill' Smith

1942 To the Shores of Tripoli
Chris Winters

1941 Remember the Day
Dan Hopkins

1941 Week-End in Havana
Jay Williams

1941 Sun Valley Serenade
Ted Scott

1941 The Great American Broadcast
Rix Martin

1940 Tin Pan Alley
Skeets Harrigan

1940 The Great Profile
Richard Lansing

1940 Maryland
Lee Danfield

1940 Tear Gas Squad
Bill Morrissey

1940 King of the Lumberjacks
James 'Jim' 'Slim' Abbott

1940 Star Dust
Ambrose Fillmore / Bud Borden

1939 The Royal Rodeo (Short)
Bill Stevens

1939 Kid Nightingale
Steve Nelson aka Kid Nightingale

1939 Indianapolis Speedway
Eddie Greer

1939 Wings of the Navy
Jerry Harrington

1938 Garden of the Moon
Don Vincente

1938 College Swing
Martin Bates

1937 Love on Toast
Bill Adams

1937 Fair Warning
Jim Preston (as John Howard Payne)

1936 Hats Off
Jimmy Maxwell

1936 Dodsworth
Harry (as John Howard Payne)

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Producer (3 credits)

1960 O'Conner's Ocean (TV Movie) (producer)

1957-1959 The Restless Gun (TV Series) (executive producer - 77 episodes)

- The Hill of Death (1959) ... (executive producer)

- A Very Special Investigator (1959) ... (executive producer)

- The Englishman (1959) ... (executive producer)

- The Cavis Boy (1959) ... (executive producer)

- A Trial for Jenny May (1959) ... (executive producer)

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1956 The Boss (producer - uncredited)

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Writer (4 credits)

The Restless Gun (TV Series) (teleplay - 2 episodes, 1957 - 1958) (story - 2 episodes, 1957 - 1958)

- Jebediah Bonner (1958) ... (teleplay)

- The Gold Star (1958) ... (story)

- The Child (1957) ... (story)

- The Shooting of Jett King (1957) ... (teleplay)

1955 Hell's Island (uncredited)

1953 99 River Street (uncredited)

1952 Kansas City Confidential (uncredited)

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Soundtrack (27 credits)

2017 The Shape of Water (performer: "I Know Why (and So Do You)")

1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "I Can't Begin to Tell You" - uncredited)

1975 Columbo (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Forgotten Lady (1975) ... (performer: "Speak Low" - uncredited)

1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "You'll Never Know")

1974 The 28th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) (performer: "You're the Cream in My Coffee")

1959 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- John Payne, Dorothy Collins, Ivo Robie & Petite Michele (1959) ... (performer: "Every Little Movement", "Runnin' Wild", "The Continental", "I Can't Begin to Tell You", "You Say the Sweetest Things (Baby)", "K-K-K-Katy", "Ragtime Cowboy Joe", "It Happened in Sun Valley" - uncredited)

1957-1959 The Restless Gun (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes)

- Ricochet (1959) ... (performer: "Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)" - uncredited)

- The Suffragette (1958) ... (performer: "Beautiful Dreamer" - uncredited)

- Silver Threads (1957) ... (performer: "Streets of Laredo (Cowboy's Lament)" - uncredited)

1957 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- John Payne (1957) ... (performer: "Dude Cowboy" - uncredited)

1946 Wake Up and Dream (performer: "Give Me the Simple Life", "We're Off to See the Wizard" (1939) (uncredited))

1946 Movieland Magic (Short) (performer: "The Good Old American Way" - uncredited)

1945 The Dolly Sisters (performer: "I Can't Begin to Tell You" (uncredited), "Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl" (uncredited), "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows", "Arrah Go on, I'm Gonna Go Back to Oregon" (uncredited))

1943 Hello Frisco, Hello (performer: "Hello, Frisco!", "By the Watermelon Vine (Lindy Lou)" - uncredited)

1942 Springtime in the Rockies (performer: "Run, Little Raindrop, Run", "Pan American Jubilee")

1942/I Iceland (performer: "There Will Never Be Another You" - uncredited)

1942 Footlight Serenade (performer: "I'm Still Crazy for You", "I'll Be Marching to a Love Song" - uncredited)

1941 Remember the Day (performer: "Pretty Baby" - uncredited)

1941 Week-End in Havana ("Tropical Magic", uncredited) / (performer: "The Ñango (Nyango)" - uncredited)

1941 Sun Valley Serenade (performer: "I Know Why (and So Do You)" (1941) - uncredited)

1941 The Great American Broadcast (performer: "I Take to You", "Where You Are")

1940 Tin Pan Alley ("You Say The Sweetest Things (Baby)" (1940)) / (performer: "You Say The Sweetest Things (Baby)" (1940), "America, I Love You" (1915))

1940 Star Dust (performer: "Secrets in the Moonlight")

1939 The Royal Rodeo (Short) (performer: "Sons of the Plains Are We", "That's the Way to Be a Buckaroo", "The Good Old American Way" - uncredited)

1939 Kid Nightingale (performer: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (1930), "Hark, Hark, the Meadowlark" (1939), "Who Told You I Cared?" (1939), "Mother Machree" (1910), "Listen to the Mockingbird" (1855) - uncredited)

1938 Garden of the Moon (performer: "Garden of the Moon" (1938), "Love Is Where You Find It" (1938), "The Lady on the Two Cent Stamp" (1938), "Confidentially" (1938), "The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish" (1938) - uncredited)

1938 College Swing (performer: "I Fall In Love With You Every Day", "What Did Romeo Say To Juliet?")

1937 Love on Toast (performer: "I'd Love to Play a Love Scene")

1936 Hats Off (performer: "Where Have You Been All My Life", "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" - uncredited)

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Director (1 credit)

1968 They Ran for Their Lives

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Self (26 credits)

1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV Special)
Self (uncredited)

1974 The Bob Braun Show (TV Series)
Self - Actor

- Episode dated 25 April 1974 (1974) ... Self - Actor

1974 The 28th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Self - Performer

1963-1974 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Self - Co-Host / Self - Guest

- Episode #13.141 (1974) ... Self - Guest

- Episode #7.68 (1967) ... Self - Guest

- Episode #3.40 (1963) ... Self - Co-Host

- Episode #3.39 (1963) ... Self - Co-Host

- Episode #3.38 (1963) ... Self - Co-Host

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1968 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Mamie Van Doren, John Payne, Xavier Cugat, Charo, Ray Stevens, Julie Budd (1968) ... Self - Guest

1964 To Tell the Truth (TV Series)
Self - Panelist

- Morey Amsterdam, Eva Gabor, Phyllis Newman, John Payne - day 5 (1964) ... Self - Panelist

- Morey Amsterdam, Eva Gabor, Phyllis Newman, John Payne - day 4 (1964) ... Self - Panelist

- Morey Amsterdam, Eva Gabor, Phyllis Newman, John Payne - day 3 (1964) ... Self - Panelist

- Morey Amsterdam, Eva Gabor, Phyllis Newman, John Payne - day 2 (1964) ... Self - Panelist

- Morey Amsterdam, Eva Gabor, Phyllis Newman, John Payne - day 1 (1964) ... Self - Panelist

1964 The Match Game (TV Series)
Self - Team Captain

- Episode #2.153 (1964) ... Self - Team Captain

- Episode #2.152 (1964) ... Self - Team Captain

- Episode #2.151 (1964) ... Self - Team Captain

- Episode #2.150 (1964) ... Self - Team Captain

- Arlene Francis & John Payne (1964) ... Self - Team Captain

1951-1961 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Self - Panelist / Self - Mystery Guest

- Janet Leigh (2) (1961) ... Self - Panelist

- Victor Borge & Hedda Hopper (1959) ... Self - Panelist

- Ed Sullivan (2) (1958) ... Self - Panelist

- John Payne (1951) ... Self - Mystery Guest

1960 I've Got a Secret (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 26 October 1960 (1960) ... Self - Guest

1960 The Garry Moore Show (TV Series)
Self

- Kaye Ballard, John Payne, Roberta Sherwood (1960) ... Self

1959 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- John Payne, Dorothy Collins, Ivo Robie & Petite Michele (1959) ... Self - Guest

1957 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV Series)
Self - Actor / Singer

- John Payne (1957) ... Self - Actor / Singer

1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- NBC Fall Preview (1957) ... Self - Guest

1955 Hollywood Preview (TV Series)
Self - Actor

- Episode #1.12 (1955) ... Self - Actor

1953 The Milton Berle Show (TV Series)
Self - Actor

- Episode #6.6 (1953) ... Self - Actor

1953 The Name's the Same (TV Series)
Self

- John Payne (1953) ... Self

1953 The Steve Allen Show presented by Knickerbocker Beer (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.9 (1953) ... Self

1952 All Star Revue (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #2.37 (1952) ... Self (uncredited)

1952 Death Valley Days (TV Series)
Self / Host (1972; 'Call of the West' version)

1951 TV Club (TV Series documentary)
Self

- John Payne (1951) ... Self

1951 The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (TV Series)
Self

- Milton Berle, John Payne (1951) ... Self

1950 The Faye Emerson Show (TV Series)
Self

- John Payne (1950) ... Self

1949 We, the People (TV Series)
Self - Actor

- Admiral Richard E. Byrd, John Payne, Don Miller, Harry Stuhldreher, Jim Crowley, Elmer Leyden, H. Allen Smith (1949) ... Self - Actor

1944 B-29 Flight Engineer (Documentary short)
Lt. Anderson (uncredited)

1943 Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (Documentary short)
Self

1938 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 1 (Documentary short)
Self

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Archive footage (11 credits)

2008 Carmen Miranda: That Girl from Rio (Video documentary)
Self

1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1997 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Sonja Henie: Fire on Ice (1997) ... Self

1997 Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1995 Century of Cinema (TV Series documentary)
Dan Ballard

- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) ... Dan Ballard (uncredited)

1990 Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (Video documentary)

1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1959-1961 Frontier Justice (TV Series)
Clint Belmet

- Until the Man Dies (1961) ... Clint Belmet

- Until the Man Dies (1959) ... Clint Belmet

1954 Screen Snapshots: Memories in Uniform (Documentary short)
Self

1946 Movieland Magic (Short)

1944 Take It or Leave It
Skeets Harrigan (uncredited)

Personal Details

Other Works:

(7/2/64) Stage: Appeared (replacing Richard Kiley) in "Here's Love" on Broadway. Written by Meredith Willson. Also in cast: Laurence Naismith, Lisa Kirk. See more »

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1 Print Biography | 1 Portrayal | 1 Pictorial | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

Alternate Names:

John Howard Payne

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)

Spouse:

Alexandra Crowell Curtis (his death) | See more »

Parents:

Payne, Ida Hope | Payne, George Washington

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Back in 1937 while I was under contract to Paramount, I sang on a five-minute radio program with another contract player from Paramount. A girl who's done rather well since -- Betty Grable. Betty and I didn't do so well then, though. We couldn't find a sponsor and finally gave up the program. I sang low tenor -- or, should I say, high baritone.

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Had appeared with Betty Grable in five films: College Swing (1938), Tin Pan Alley (1940), Footlight Serenade (1942), Springtime in the Rockies (1942) and The Dolly Sisters (1945). See more »

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