Claude Payton

Claude Payton
Lobby card from Dice of Destiny (1920) with Payton at left
Born (1882-03-20)March 20, 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 20, 1882 in Centerville, Iowa – March 1, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor.

Career

Claude Duval Payton was a tall, bearded supporting actor in many silent films and other films. He toured exclusively with a stock company headed by his 1st cousin, Corse Payton. 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)
  • The Master Hand (1914)
  • A Woman There Was (1919) .... High Priest
  • The Man Who Lost Himself (1920) .... Prince Maniloff
  • If I Were King (1920) .... Montigney
  • The Soul of Youth (1920) .... Pete Moran
  • Dice of Destiny (1920) .... James Tierney
  • When We Were 21 (1921) .... Dave
  • A Knight of the West (1921) (as Claude Peyton) .... Ralph Barton
  • The Song of Life (1922) .... Central Office Man
  • The Masked Avenger (1922) .... Bruno Douglas
  • Desert's Crucible (1922) .... Tex Fuller
  • The Men of Zanzibar (1922) (as Claude Peyton) .... George Sheyer
  • Trooper O'Neil (1922) .... Black Flood
  • Do and Dare (1922) (as Claude Peyton) .... Córdoba
  • Bells of San Juan (1922) .... Jim Garson
  • Catch My Smoke (1922) (as Claude Peyton) .... Tex Lynch
  • The Devil's Dooryard (1923) .... Fred Bradley
  • The Law Rustlers (1923) .... Doc Jordan
  • Desert Rider (1923) (as Claude Peyton) .... Rufe Kinkaid
  • Skid Proof (1923) (as Claude Peyton) .... Masters
  • The Man from Wyoming (1924) .... Jack Halloway
  • The Back Trail (1924) .... Gentleman Harry King
  • The Desert Outlaw (1924) .... Black Loomis
  • Daring Chances (1924) .... Sampson Burke
  • The Riddle Rider (1924)
  • Gold and the Girl (1925) (as Claude Peyton) .... Rankin
  • The Texas Trail (1925) .... Dan Merrill
  • Ben-Hur (1925) (uncredited) .... Jesus
  • The Cohens and Kellys (1926) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
  • The Yellow Back (1926) .... Bruce Condon
  • The Western Whirlwind (1927) .... Jeff Taylor
  • Set Free (1927) .... Buck Tanner
  • The Crowd (1928) (uncredited)
  • The Gate Crasher (1928) .... Zanfield (stage manager)
  • Dodging Danger (1929)
  • Say It with Songs (1929) .... Judge
  • The Great Divide (1929) (uncredited)
  • The Ridin' Streak (1929) .... Sheriff
  • The Black Ghost (1932) .... Col. Haliday
  • The Last Frontier (1932) .... Colonel Halliday
  • Tex Takes a Holiday (1932)
  • Zoo in Budapest (1933) (uncredited) .... Captain of Police
  • Fargo Express (1933) .... Goss partner #1
  • The Son of Kong (1933) (uncredited) .... Sailor / Suspenders Peddler
  • Thunder Over Texas (1934) .... Bruce Laird
  • Jealousy (1934) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
  • The Mighty Barnum (1934) (uncredited) .... Spieler
  • Les Misérables (1935) (uncredited) .... Gendarme at Bishop's Home
  • After the Dance (1935) (uncredited) .... Guard
  • The Public Menace (1935) (uncredited) .... Detective
  • Barbary Coast (1935) (uncredited) .... Passenger
  • A Night at the Opera (1935) (uncredited) .... Police Captain
  • One-Way Ticket (1935) (uncredited) .... Detective
  • Miss Pacific Fleet (1935) (uncredited) .... Caretaker
  • Anthony Adverse (1936) (uncredited) .... Announcer of guests at ball
  • San Quentin (1937) (uncredited) .... Cop
  • Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938) (uncredited) .... Deputy
  • Broadway Musketeers (1938) (uncredited) .... Policeman at Murder Scene
  • The Spider's Web (1938) (uncredited) .... Henchman Radarez [Ch. 11]
  • Eternally Yours (1939) (uncredited) .... Scotland Yard Man
  • Tower of London (1939) (uncredited) .... Councilman
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