Cast & creator
John Payne
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, Columbo, What's My Line?
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).
Also known as: John Howard Payne
62
film credits
22
television credits
82
1936–2006 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (84)
Showing 84 of 84 credits
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Columbo
Ned Diamond
1971
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
Robert Montgomery Presents
Lt. Alec Austen
1950
The Name of the Game
Russ (FBI Agent)
1968
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Clint Belmet
1956
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956
Gunsmoke
Amos Gentry
1955
Studio 57
1954Studio 57
Mike Conner
1954
The Dick Powell Show
James J. Fitts
1961
The Restless Gun
Vint Bonner
1957The Restless Gun
Producer
1957The Restless Gun
Teleplay
1957
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
Hank Pym/Ant-Man (voice)
2006
Miracle on 34th Street
Fred Gailey
1947
General Electric Theater
Jingles
1953General Electric Theater
Father Gerringer
1953
Slightly Scarlet
John Grace
1956
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Baro
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Britt Ponset
1951Hollywood Preview
Self
1955
The Razor's Edge
Gray Maturin
1946
Kansas City Confidential
Joe Rolfe
1952
Dodsworth
Harry McKee
1936
Remember the Day
Dan Hopkins
1941
The Vanquished
Rockwell 'Rock' Grayson
1953
The Road to Denver
Bill Mayhew
1955
King of the Lumberjacks
James Abbott
1940
Rails Into Laramie
Jefferson Harder
1954
Wings of the Navy
Jerry Harrington
1939
Raiders of the Seven Seas
Barbarossa
1953
To the Shores of Tripoli
Chris Winters
1942
Garden of the Moon
Don Vincente
1938
Week-End in Havana
Jay Williams
1941
Tennessee's Partner
Tennessee
1955
Take It or Leave It
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1944
The Eagle and the Hawk
Capt. Todd Croyden
1950
The Crooked Way
Eddie Rice / Eddie Riccardi
1949
99 River Street
Ernie Driscoll
1953
Silver Lode
Dan Ballard
1954
Hold Back the Night
Capt. Sam McKenzie
1956
Hell's Island
Mike Cormack
1955
Tear Gas Squad
[Sergeant] Bill Morrissey
1940
Bailout at 43,000
Major Paul Peterson
1957
Springtime in the Rockies
Dan Christy
1942
They Ran for Their Lives
Bob Martin
1968
The Great Profile
Richard Lansing
1940
Santa Fe Passage
Kirby Randolph
1955
The Great American Broadcast
Rix Martin
1941
Caribbean
Dick Lindsay / Robert McAllister
1952
Wake Up and Dream
Jeff Cairn
1946
Rebel in Town
John Willoughby
1956
El Paso
Clay Fletcher
1949
Sun Valley Serenade
Ted Scott
1941
College Swing
Martin Bates
1938
The Boss
Matt Brady
1956
Indianapolis Speedway
Eddie Greer
1939
Maryland
Leland "Lee" Danfield
1940B-29 Flight Engineer
Lt. Anderson
1944
Larceny
Rick Mason
1948
The Saxon Charm
Eric Busch
1948
Kid Nightingale
Steve Nelson
1939
Tripoli
Lt. O'Bannion
1950
Footlight Serenade
Bill Smith
1942
Captain China
Charles S. Chinnough
1950
Suspect
Iverson
1960
Crosswinds
Steve Singleton
1951
Hello, Frisco, Hello
Johnny Cornell
1943
Tin Pan Alley
Skeets Harrigan
1940
The Dolly Sisters
Harry Fox
1945
Iceland
Capt. James Murfin
1942
Hidden Fear
Mike Brent
1957
Sentimental Journey
William O. Weatherly
1946
Passage West
Pete Black
1951
Fair Warning
Jim Preston
1937
Star Dust
Ambrose Fillmore "Bud" Borden
1940
Love on Toast
Bill Adams
1937
Movieland Magic
(archive footage)
1946
The Blazing Forest
Kelly Hansen
1952
The Royal Rodeo
Bill Stevens
1939
Hats Off
Jimmy Maxwell
1936