Claude Payton

American actor

Claude Payton
Payton (left) on lobby card for Dice of Destiny, 1921
Born	Claude Duval Payton (1882-03-30)March 30, 1882 Centerville, Iowa, U.S.
Died	March 1, 1955(1955-03-01) (aged 72) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor

Claude Duval Payton (March 30, 1882 in Centerville, Iowa – March 1, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor^[1] in many silent films and other films.

On stage, Claude Payton toured with the Spooner Stock Company, which was headed by his brother, Corse Payton, and his sister, Cecil Spooner.^[2] By 1914, Claude was working at the Thanhouser film producing company in New Rochelle, New York, where he mainly played the roles of villains or lawmen in Western films. Although Claude Payton survived the transition from silent movies to films with sound, in 1935 he was mainly in minor supporting roles in films. Claude retired from the filmmaking business in the mid-1940s.

Filmography

Jean of the Wilderness (1914, Short) as Haskins (film debut)
The Master Hand (1914, Short) as Chief of Detectives
A Woman There Was (1919) as High Priest
The Man Who Lost Himself (1920) as Prince Maniloff
If I Were King (1920) as Montigney
The Soul of Youth (1920) as Pete Moran
Dice of Destiny (1920) as James Tierney
When We Were 21 (1921) as Dave
A Knight of the West (1921) as Ralph Barton
The Grim Comedian (1921) as (uncredited)
The Song of Life (1922) as Central Office Man
Two-Fisted Jefferson (1922)
The Masked Avenger (1922) as Bruno Douglas
Desert's Crucible (1922) as Tex Fuller
The Men of Zanzibar (1922) as George Sheyer
The Desert Bridegroom (1922)
Trooper O'Neil (1922) as Black Flood
Do and Dare (1922) as Córdoba
Bells of San Juan (1922) asJim Garson
Catch My Smoke (1922) as Tex Lynch
The Devil's Dooryard (1923) as Fred Bradley
The Law Rustlers (1923) as Doc Jordan
Desert Rider (1923) as Rufe Kinkaid
Skid Proof (1923) as Masters
The Man from Wyoming (1924) as Jack Halloway
The Back Trail (1924) as Gentleman Harry King
The Desert Outlaw (1924) as Black Loomis
Daring Chances (1924) as Sampson Burke
The Riddle Rider (1924) as Victor Raymond
Gold and the Girl (1925) as Rankin
Dangerous Odds (1925)
The Ridin' Streak (1925) as Sheriff
The Texas Trail (1925) as Dan Merrill
Ben-Hur (1925) as Jesus (uncredited)
The Cohens and Kellys (1926) as Bit Role (uncredited)
The Yellow Back (1926) as Bruce Condon
The Western Whirlwind (1927) as Jeff Taylor
Set Free (1927) as Burke Tanner
The Crowd (1928) as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Gate Crasher (1928) as Zanfield
Dodging Danger (1929, Short)
Say It with Songs (1929) as Judge
The Great Divide (1929) as Minor Role (uncredited)
Up the River (1930) as Guard (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin (1932) as Gendarme (uncredited)
The Last Frontier (1932, Serial) as Colonel Halliday
Tex Takes a Holiday (1932) as Saunders
Zoo in Budapest (1933) as Captain of Police (uncredited)
Fargo Express (1933) as Goss Partner #1
The Son of Kong (1933) as Sailor/Suspenders Peddler (uncredited)
Thunder Over Texas (1934) as Bruce Laird
Jealousy (1934) as Bit Role (uncredited)
The Mighty Barnum (1934) as Spieler (uncredited)
Les Misérables (1935) as Gendarme at Bishop's Home (uncredited)
After the Dance (1935) as Guard (uncredited)
The Public Menace (1935) as Detective (uncredited)
Barbary Coast (1935) as Passenger (uncredited)
A Night at the Opera (1935) as Police Captain (uncredited)
One-Way Ticket (1935) as Detective (uncredited)
Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) as Caretaker (uncredited)
Anthony Adverse (1936) as Announcer of Guests at Ball (uncredited)
San Quentin (1937) as Cop (uncredited)
All American Sweetheart (1937) as Attendant (uncredited)
Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938) as Deputy (uncredited)
Broadway Musketeers (1938) as Policeman at Murder Scene (uncredited)
The Spider's Web (1938, Serial) as Henchman Radarez (uncredited)
Eternally Yours (1939) as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)
Tower of London (1939) as Councilman (final film) (uncredited)

References

^ Katchmer, George A. (20 May 2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8.
^ Bregg, Charles M. (September 16, 1917). "News and Notes of the Theater". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. Sixth Section - 2. Retrieved November 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.