--- name: "John Payne" canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-payne" roles: ["Actor"] born: "28 May 1912" died: "6 December 1989" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-20T01:36:40.048702+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # John Payne Actor. Born 28 May 1912 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA. Died 6 December 1989. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 28 May 1912, Roanoke, Virginia, USA - **Died:** 6 December 1989 - **Active:** 1936–1947 - **Also known as:** John Howard Payne - **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 87 (1), 1940s 74 (2) - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Family 1 - **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $3m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Payne_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q723415, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668361/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70820 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Dodsworth*](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md) (87) - **Disney+:** [*Miracle on 34th Street*](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md) (85) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography John Payne, also credited as John Howard Payne, was an American actor. He made his screen debut in *Dodsworth* (1936) as Harry McKee. Payne appeared in 20th Century Fox musicals and film noir productions. He played Fred Gailey in *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947) and starred in the television series *The Restless Gun* (1957–1959). Other notable roles include those in *The Razor's Edge* (1946), *Kansas City Confidential* (1952) and *99 River Street* (1953). He began in stage work and received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures and one for television. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), Fi1m 85, as Fred Gailey — [page](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md) - *The Razor's Edge* (1946), Fi1m 63, as Gray Maturin — [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md) - *Dodsworth* (1936), Fi1m 87, as Harry McKee — [page](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md) ## Complete filmography (72) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes* (2006), series, as Hank Pym/Ant-Man (voice) - *Columbo* (1971), series, as Ned Diamond — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md) - *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Russ (FBI Agent) - *They Ran for Their Lives* (1968), as Bob Martin - *Suspect* (1960), as Iverson - *The Restless Gun* (1957), series, as Vint Bonner · Producer, Teleplay - *Hidden Fear* (1957), as Mike Brent - *Bailout at 43,000* (1957), as Major Paul Peterson - *The Boss* (1956), as Matt Brady - *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Clint Belmet - *Rebel in Town* (1956), as John Willoughby - *Hold Back the Night* (1956), as Capt. Sam McKenzie - *Slightly Scarlet* (1956), as John Grace - *Tennessee's Partner* (1955), as Tennessee - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Amos Gentry - *The Road to Denver* (1955), as Bill Mayhew - *Santa Fe Passage* (1955), as Kirby Randolph - *Hell's Island* (1955), as Mike Cormack - *Studio 57* (1954), series, as Mike Conner - *Silver Lode* (1954), as Dan Ballard - *Rails Into Laramie* (1954), as Jefferson Harder - *99 River Street* (1953), as Ernie Driscoll - *The Vanquished* (1953), as Rockwell 'Rock' Grayson - *Raiders of the Seven Seas* (1953), as Barbarossa - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Jingles, Father Gerringer - *The Blazing Forest* (1952), as Kelly Hansen - *Kansas City Confidential* (1952), as Joe Rolfe - *Caribbean* (1952), as Dick Lindsay / Robert McAllister - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Baro, Britt Ponset - *Crosswinds* (1951), as Steve Singleton - *Passage West* (1951), as Pete Black - *Tripoli* (1950), as Lt. O'Bannion - *The Eagle and the Hawk* (1950), as Capt. Todd Croyden - *Captain China* (1950), as Charles S. Chinnough - *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Lt. Alec Austen - *The Crooked Way* (1949), as Eddie Rice / Eddie Riccardi - *El Paso* (1949), as Clay Fletcher - *The Saxon Charm* (1948), as Eric Busch - *Larceny* (1948), as Rick Mason - *Miracle on 34th Street* (1947), as Fred Gailey — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/miracle-on-34th-street.md) - *Wake Up and Dream* (1946), as Jeff Cairn - *The Razor's Edge* (1946), as Gray Maturin — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md) - *Movieland Magic* (1946), as (archive footage) - *Sentimental Journey* (1946), as William O. Weatherly - *The Dolly Sisters* (1945), as Harry Fox - *Take It or Leave It* (1944), as (archive footage) (uncredited) - *B-29 Flight Engineer* (1944), as Lt. Anderson - *Hello, Frisco, Hello* (1943), as Johnny Cornell - *Springtime in the Rockies* (1942), as Dan Christy - *Iceland* (1942), as Capt. James Murfin - *Footlight Serenade* (1942), as Bill Smith - *To the Shores of Tripoli* (1942), as Chris Winters - *Remember the Day* (1941), as Dan Hopkins - *Week-End in Havana* (1941), as Jay Williams - *Sun Valley Serenade* (1941), as Ted Scott - *The Great American Broadcast* (1941), as Rix Martin - *Tin Pan Alley* (1940), as Skeets Harrigan - *The Great Profile* (1940), as Richard Lansing - *Maryland* (1940), as Leland "Lee" Danfield - *Tear Gas Squad* (1940), as [Sergeant] Bill Morrissey - *King of the Lumberjacks* (1940), as James Abbott - *Star Dust* (1940), as Ambrose Fillmore "Bud" Borden - *The Royal Rodeo* (1939), as Bill Stevens - *Kid Nightingale* (1939), as Steve Nelson - *Indianapolis Speedway* (1939), as Eddie Greer - *Wings of the Navy* (1939), as Jerry Harrington - *Garden of the Moon* (1938), as Don Vincente - *College Swing* (1938), as Martin Bates - *Love on Toast* (1937), as Bill Adams - *Fair Warning* (1937), as Jim Preston - *Hats Off* (1936), as Jimmy Maxwell - *Dodsworth* (1936), as Harry McKee — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/dodsworth.md) ## Gallery - ![John Payne](https://film.one/media/person/1228973/gallery-3ebd580fc774.jpg) John Payne — Macfadden Publications-page 2., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/John_Payne_in_uniform_1943.jpg/1280px-John_Payne_in_uniform_1943.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![John Payne 1941 (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/1228973/gallery-a89f4e2832b9.jpg) John Payne 1941 (2021) — Modern Screen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/John_Payne_1941_02.jpg/1280px-John_Payne_1941_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![John Payne and Gloria DeHaven night-clubbing, 1944](https://film.one/media/person/1228973/gallery-d4b6a22d10be.jpg) John Payne and Gloria DeHaven night-clubbing, 1944 — Acme Newsphoto. Photographer not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/John_Payne_and_Gloria_DeHaven_night-clubbing%2C_1944.jpg/1280px-John_Payne_and_Gloria_DeHaven_night-clubbing%2C_1944.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![John Payne](https://film.one/media/person/1228973/gallery-2ca1e597b761.jpg) John Payne — Image via TMDB - ![John Payne](https://film.one/media/person/1228973/gallery-2230e8dc9510.jpg) John Payne — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/john-payne