---
name: "Paul Langton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-langton"
fi1m_id: "paul-langton"
imdb_id: "nm0486742"
tmdb_id: 97145
wikidata_id: "Q2225608"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 April 1913"
died: "15 April 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:05:25.090897+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."
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# Paul Langton

## Identity

Paul Langton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-langton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-langton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0486742
- **TMDB ID:** 97145
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2225608
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Langton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2225608, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486742/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97145

Actor. Born 17 April 1913 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Died 15 April 1980.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 April 1913, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- **Died:** 15 April 1980
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Langton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2225608, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486742/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97145

## Biography

Paul Langton (17 April 1913 – 15 April 1980) was an American actor. He appeared as Charlie Carey in the science-fiction film *The Incredible Shrinking Man* (1957). He is best known for his regular role as Leslie Harrington in the prime-time soap opera *Peyton Place* (1964–68).

Langton was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and moved to San Francisco as a child. He studied at the California School of Fine Arts and gained early stage experience with the Pasadena Playhouse and the Mountain Play Association. He made his film debut in 1941 and became a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, appearing in several war films including *They Were Expendable* (1945).

From the 1950s he worked extensively in television, with guest roles in series such as *Perry Mason*, *The Twilight Zone* and *Gunsmoke*. After *Peyton Place* he continued in guest parts until retiring due to ill health.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, tvinsider.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Incredible Shrinking Man* (1957), Fi1m 86, as Charlie Carey — [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredible-shrinking-man.md)

## Complete filmography (98)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Emergency!* (1972), series, as Myron Gilmore
- *The Immortal* (1970), series, Actor
- *The Outcasts* (1968), series, Actor
- *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor
- *Youngblood Hawke* (1964), as Glenn Hawke (uncredited)
- *Peyton Place* (1964), series, as Leslie Harrington
- *Advance to the Rear* (1964), as Maj. Forsythe (uncredited)
- *Man's Favorite Sport?* (1964), as Jim Stern (uncredited)
- *4 for Texas* (1963), as Beauregard
- *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, as Sheriff Johnny Kyle
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Sheriff — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Dime with a Halo* (1963), as Mr. Jones
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Bartlett
- *Bus Stop* (1961), series, Actor
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Dr. Ian Lamb
- *Mister Ed* (1961), series, Actor
- *The Roaring 20's* (1960), series, Actor
- *Checkmate* (1960), series, as The Architect
- *The Chevy Mystery Show* (1960), series, as Dr. Walter Halsey
- *Three Came to Kill* (1960), as Ben Scanlon
- *The Big Night* (1960), as Spencer
- *Not for Hire* (1959), series, as Saunders
- *The Last Angry Man* (1959), as Jack Vickery (uncredited)
- *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Dr. Stan Sandholm
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Doctor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Law of the Plainsman* (1959), series, as Sgt. Sean McGrath
- *Men Into Space* (1959), series, Actor
- *Tightrope* (1959), series, Actor
- *Invisible Invaders* (1959), as Lt. Gen. Stone
- *The Cosmic Man* (1959), as Col. Matthews
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Mr. Garrick
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, Actor
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor
- *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Marshal
- *Lawman* (1958), series, Actor
- *The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen* (1958), series, as Police Lt. Peter Maas
- *It! The Terror from Beyond Space* (1958), as Calder
- *Girl in the Woods* (1958), as Luke Plummer
- *Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer* (1958), series, as Lew Fallon
- *1104 Sutton Road* (1958), Actor
- *Leave It to Beaver* (1957), series, Actor
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Harry Vance, Simon Atley · Assistant D.A. Bertram Telford, Bertram Telford, Prosecutor Green
- *M Squad* (1957), series, as Van Wert
- *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Ralph Morse
- *Chicago Confidential* (1957), as Jake Parker
- *The Incredible Shrinking Man* (1957), as Charlie Carey — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-incredible-shrinking-man.md)
- *Utah Blaine* (1957), as Rip Coker
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Tom Lamont
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *The Big Knife* (1955), as Buddy Bliss
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Arthur Summers
- *Frontier* (1955), series, as Fred Graham
- *To Hell and Back* (1955), as Colonel Howe
- *Cheyenne* (1955), series, Actor
- *Navy Log* (1955), series, Actor
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Major Evans, Killion, Rob Curtin
- *Murder Is My Beat* (1955), as Ray Patrick
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as John 'Jack' Martin, Dr. Ralph Spencer
- *The Snow Creature* (1954), as Dr. Frank Parrish
- *Studio 57* (1954), series, Actor
- *Return from the Sea* (1954), as Lt. Manley
- *The Whistler* (1954), series, Actor
- *Jack Slade* (1953), as Dan Traver
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Johnny Ames, Roy
- *City Detective* (1953), series, Actor
- *Big Leaguer* (1953), as Brian McLennan
- *The Ford Television Theatre* (1952), series, Actor
- *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, as Captain Joshua Patten
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Garry Anchor
- *The Kill* (1952), as Marsh Huddlestone
- *Chevron Theatre* (1952), series, Actor
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Dr. Harvey W. Wiley
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Mal Martin, Landry, Cochran, Pete Hunter, Stacey Harris
- *Tales of Tomorrow* (1951), series, Actor
- *Holiday for Bill* (1951), as Bill Kemp
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Carl, Matthews
- *Danger* (1950), series, Actor
- *Treasury Men in Action* (1950), series, as Scottie Barrow
- *Suspense* (1949), series, as Winters
- *Trouble Preferred* (1948), as Ed Poole
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Mike Barnaby, John Temple
- *A Song Is Born* (1948), as Joe
- *Fighting Back* (1948), as Nick Sanders
- *For You I Die* (1947), as Johnny Coulter
- *The Romance of Rosy Ridge* (1947), as Tom Yeary
- *The Sea of Grass* (1947), as Young Doctor (uncredited)
- *My Brother Talks to Horses* (1947), as Mr. Gillespie
- *Till the Clouds Roll By* (1946), as Oscar Hammerstein II
- *Magic on a Stick* (1946), as John Walker (uncredited)
- *They Were Expendable* (1945), as Ens. 'Andy' Andrews
- *Purity Squad* (1945), as Mr. Winthrop (uncredited)
- *The Hidden Eye* (1945), as Barry Gifford
- *Fall Guy* (1945), as Joe Brent
- *The Thin Man Goes Home* (1944), as Tom Clayworth (uncredited)
- *Dark Shadows* (1944), as Peter Selkin (uncredited)
- *Gentle Annie* (1944), as Violet Goss
- *Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo* (1944), as Captain 'Ski' York
- *We've Never Been Licked* (1943), as Naval Officer (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Paul Langton](https://film.one/media/person/3875373/gallery-4a487828563a.jpg) Paul Langton — film screenshot (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Paul_Langton_in_Till_the_Clouds_Roll_By.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Paul Langton](https://film.one/media/person/3875373/gallery-2991767a82ba.jpg) Paul Langton — Image via TMDB

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