John Payne

TV Actor

John Payne was born in Roanoke, Virginia, United States on May 23rd, 1912 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 77, John Payne biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
May 23, 1912
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Death Date
Dec 6, 1989 (age 77)
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
Networth
$50 Million
Profession
Entrepreneur, Film Actor, Screenwriter, Singer, Stage Actor, Television Actor, Voice Actor
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John Payne Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Anne Shirley, ​ ​(m. 1937; div. 1943)​, Gloria DeHaven, ​ ​(m. 1944; div. 1950)​, Alexandra Crowell Curtis, ​ ​(m. 1953)​
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3, including Julie Payne
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John Payne Career

Acting career

Payne was discovered by a talent scout for the Shubert theaters in 1934 and was given a job as a stock player. He appeared in Rose Marie and The Student Prince's road company productions for $40 a week.

Payne appeared on several Shubert Brothers tours and appeared on New York City-based radio stations frequently. He appeared in the Broadway revue At Home Abroad (1935–36), alongside Ethel Waters, Eleanor Powell, and Beatrice Lillie. He understudied for Reginald Gardiner, and it took over a night. Fred Kohlmar of Sam Goldwyn's company was seen by him and was offered a movie job.

In 1936, he left New York for Hollywood. Harry McKee, the son-in-law of Walter Huston's titular character, appeared in Dodsworth's Dodsworth in his first appearance.

In Hats Off (1936), an independent film, he played Jimmy Maxwell.

Payne was the third billed in Fair Warning (1937), at Fox, and he was the lead in Love on Toast (1937). He was not involved in (1938) He played a small part in Paragu's College Swing (1938).

Payne played Don Vincent in Garden of the Moon (1938). He served in Kid Nightingale (1939) and Wings of the Navy (1939). Payne was a fan of Ann Sheridan in Indianapolis Speedway (1939).

During this period, he returned to Broadway to appear in Abe Lincoln, Illinois (1938–39). Payne was dissatisfied with his Warner Bros. jobs and asked for a divorce.

Payne appeared in Star Dust (1940), which was the 20th Century Fox. Darryl F. Zanuck, a film assistant, gave him a long-term deal.

He played a supporting role in Maryland (1940) and The Great Profile (1940).

Payne appeared on The Great American Broadcast (1940), appeared in the film Tin Pan Alley (1940), and Sun Valley Serenade (1941).

In Remember the Day (1941) and To the Shores of Tripoli (1942), Fox gave him the opportunity to act drama.

After serving in the military during World War II, Payne returned to Fox and appeared in The Dolly Sisters (1945), portraying Harry Fox. It was one of Payne's most well-received films.

Payne appeared in Sentimental Journey (1946) and appeared in The Razor's Edge (1946).

Payne's most familiar role in the classic holiday classic Miracle on 34th Street (1947) with Natalie Wood, Maun O'Hara, and Edmund Gwenn may be his last film for Fox. It was another successful box office runoff. Sitting Pretty (1948), he was supposed to make another with O'Hara (1948). However, he was released from the studio in October 1947, four years to run, earning him $670,000. Payne admitted that he was dissatisfied with the roles being offered.

Payne later said he had been asking for his freedom every week for eight months before he received it. Jeanine Basinger, a film historian, later wrote that "Fox considered [Payne] as a secondary Tyrone Power." They didn't know how to use him."

Payne attempted to make his name change and begin playing tough-guy characters in Hollywood films noir after leaving Fox.

He appeared in The Saxon Charm (1948), and performed two noirs at Universal, Larceny (1948), where he appeared in the lead role. In The Crooked Way (1949) for United Artists, he was the lead.

Payne was offered the opportunity to appear in a Western for Pine-Thomas Productions, a Payne was given the opportunity to appear in a Western for the company, which was based out of El Paso (1949), the company's first film, was released. Other characters appeared in Captain China (1950), an adventure film set during the Barbary War; and The Eagle and the Hawk (1950), a Western.

He was in Passage West (1951), another Western; and Crosswinds (1952), an adventure film; and The Vanquished (1952), a Western.

Payne maintained that the films he appeared in were shot in color and that the film rights revert to him after several years, making him wealthy when he rented them to television.

He said he got four times the fan mail at Fox in 1952. "I make less photographs now, but I make the ones I want to make."

Payne appeared in Kansas City Confidential (1952), a noir film, and owned 25% of the film. He appeared on Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953), a pirate film, and 99 River Street (1953), a noir.

Payne did a series of Westerns: Silver Lode (1954), for Benedict Bogeaus (1955), Rails Across Laramie (1955), Payne's Paraphrasedoutput; and The Road to Denver (1955) at Independence; Payne's Brother (1955) for Bogeaus; and Bentley's Partner (1955) at Nashville (1955) for Bogeaus.

He bought a $1,000-a-month version of the Ian Fleming James Bond book Moonraker in 1955 (he eventually gave up the choice after finding he could not keep the rights for the entire book series).

He returned to Pine-Thomas for a noir, Hell's Island (1956), then Slightly Scarlet (1956) for Bogeaus. He produced Hold Back the Night (1956) for Allied Artists and The Boss (1956) for United Artists and The Boss (1956), co-producing the latter. Hidden Fear, another noir film shot in Denmark, was shot by him.

Payne appeared in one more Pine-Thomas film, Bailout at 43,000 (1957), starring Major Paul Peterson.

Vint Bonner appeared in The Restless Gun, a half-hour western that aired on NBC Monday evenings from September 23, 1957 to September 14, 1959. He was a gunfighter who preferred not to fight if other options were available. The Six Shooter was based on a previous radio series starring James Stewart, which was originally based on a James Stewart based on The Six Shooter. On October 31, 1957, Payne appeared on The Ford Show, hosted by Tennessee Ernie Ford.

Payne produced They Ran for Their Lives (1968), one of his last films, and appeared with Alice Faye in a 1974 revival of the musical Good News. In 1970, he appeared in "Gentry's Law" in Gunsmoke.

In 1975, he co-starred with Peter Falk and Janet Leigh in the Columbo episode "Forgotten Lady." Payne made fortune through real estate investments in southern California later in life.

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The best Christmas films of all time have been ranked by IMDb; did your favorite make the list?

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 25, 2023
It's finally Christmas time. If you're in possession of a box of chocolates, this is the perfect time of the year to relax and switch onto a wholesome film. Although the holiday season is all about gift giving, the best part of it is enjoying a belly full of food when not watching your favorite film. However, there are just so many to choose from, whether it be Die Hard at Home Alone or Die Hard of Home Alone, finding a film the whole family wants to watch can be daunting. MailOnline has compiled a list of the Top ten Christmas Films of all time, so you won't miss out on the must-watch festive shows. Did you favourite Christmas film make the list? Take a look at the following links and let us know.

Despite suffering three seizures in 24 hours, a West Ham fan is set to watch the European final on Sunday

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 6, 2023
SHEKHAR BHATIA IN PRAGUE: A West Ham fan who was the perpetrator of a brutal machete racist assault suffered three seizures during the night but later went out drinking with his mates today. In the assault by three Asian men who were detained at the Old Bailey for attempted murder, John Payne, 51, of Stepney, sustained brain injury. Since the attack, he has been hospitalized and has a significant scar on his skull from the assault.

While enjoying the scenery of Loch Ness, the holidaymaker captures photos of a 'larger' shape with a 'long neck'

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 12, 2023
On Loch Ness, a holidaymaker has snapped a strange shape - which he claims had a "huge neck." On April 9, father-of-three John Payne, 55, was admiring the views from his window at guest house Foyers Roost, Inverness, next to the famed Loch Ness, when he noticed some strange activity on the loch. For centuries, tales of a Loch Ness monster, sometimes referred to as Nessie, have circulated, but definitive evidence has never been found either way.