Paul Langton

Paul Langton in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)

Paul Langton ((1913-04-17)April 17, 1913, Salt Lake City, Utah^[1] – April 15, 1980(1980-04-15) (aged 66), Burbank, California) was an American actor perhaps best known for his role as Leslie Harrington on the television series Peyton Place.

Langton attended the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California.^[2] His early stage experience included acting in productions of the Mountain Play Association in California.^[3]

Making his movie bow in 1941, Langton became a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, frequently appearing in war films. Later, Langton was seen in character parts or supporting roles in such films as The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957).

Langton began appearing on television in 1951 in a series called The Web;^[4] his first regular role being that of Walter Dennis on the daytime series The Brighter Day.^[5] He also made five guest appearances on Perry Mason from 1958-1962, three of which were as prosecuting attorneys. But it was the role of Leslie Harrington on the prime time serial Peyton Place (1964–68)^[5]^:828–829 that finally gave him a level of stardom. After he was written out of the series, he appeared in half a dozen other programs including It Takes a Thief (1968), Ironside (TV series) and, in his final role, Emergency!, before retiring due to ill health.

He died in 1980, two days before his 67th birthday.

Selected filmography

Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1943	We've Never Been Licked	Naval Officer	Uncredited
	First Comes Courage	Undetermined Role	Uncredited
	The Cross of Lorraine	French Soldier	Uncredited
	Destination Tokyo	'Copperfin' Crewman / Barber	Uncredited
1944	Marriage Is a Private Affair	Soldier	Uncredited
	Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo	Captain 'Ski' York
	Gentle Annie	Violet Goss
	Dark Shadows	Peter Selkin – Suspect	Short film – Uncredited
1945	This Man's Navy	Minor Role	Uncredited
	The Hidden Eye	Barry Gifford
	Purity Squad	Mr. Winthrop	Short film, Uncredited
	What Next, Corporal Hargrove?	Capt. Drake
	They Were Expendable	Ens. 'Andy' Andrews
	The Thin Man Goes Home	Tom Clayworth	Uncredited
1946	Magic on a Stick	John Walker	Short film – Uncredited
	The Hoodlum Saint	Bit Part	Scenes deleted
	Courage of Lassie	Minor Role	Uncredited
	Till the Clouds Roll By	Oscar Hammerstein II
1947	My Brother Talks to Horses	Mr. Gillespie
	The Sea of Grass	Young Doctor	Uncredited
	The Romance of Rosy Ridge	Tom Yeary
	For You I Die	Johnny Coulter
1948	Fighting Back	Nick Sanders
	A Song Is Born	Joe
	Trouble Preferred	Ed Poole
1953	Big Leaguer	Brian McLennan
1953	Jack Slade	Dan Traver
1954	Return from the Sea	Lt. Cmdr. Frank Manley
1954	The Snow Creature	Dr. Frank Parrish
1955	Dr. Harvey W. Wiley	Harvey W. Wiley	TV movie
	Murder Is My Beat	Ray Patrick
	To Hell and Back	Colonel Howe
	The Big Knife	Buddy Bliss
1957	Utah Blaine	Rip Coker
	The Incredible Shrinking Man	Charlie Carey
	Calypso Heat Wave	Mack Adams
	Chicago Confidential	Police Capt. Jake Parker
1958	Girl in the Woods	Luke Plummer
1958	It! The Terror from Beyond Space	Lt. James Calder
1959	The Cosmic Man	Col. Matthews
	Invisible Invaders	Lt. Gen. Stone
	The Last Angry Man	Jack Vickery	Uncredited
1960	The Big Night	Spencer
1960	Three Came to Kill	Agent Ben Scanlon
1963	Dime with a Halo	Mr. Jones
	Twilight of Honor	Air Force Sgt. Kelly	Uncredited
	4 for Texas	Beauregard
1964	Man's Favorite Sport?	Jim Stern	Uncredited
	Advance to the Rear	Maj. Forsythe	Uncredited
	Shock Treatment	Judge Knox	Uncredited
	Youngblood Hawke	Glenn Hawke	Uncredited
TV Series
Year	Title	Episode	Notes
1951	Tales of Tomorrow	The Monsters
1951–1954	Danger	Goodbye, Hannah	1951
		Sleep and Tell	1951
		Inherit Murder	1951
		Border Incident	1952
		In Line of Duty	1954
	Suspense	The Call	1951
		Tent on the Beach	1951
		Frisco Payoff	1951 – Winters
		Pier 17	1951 – Dave Delaney
		Death Cargo	1952
		Death on the Screen	1954
	The Web	The Edge of Error	1951
		Prelude to Murder	1952
		Brush-Off	1954
1951–1956	Kraft Television Theatre	Irish Eyes	1951
		Two Weeks in the Country	1954
		Babies for Sale	1956
1952	Armstrong Circle Theatre	Troubled Sands
	CBS Television Workshop	Rainy Day in Paradise Junction
	Goodyear Television Playhouse	The Lantern Copy
	Goodyear Television Playhouse	The Trial of Steven Kent
	The Doctor	Marti
	The Doctor	The Baker Story
	Chevron Theatre	My Brother's Wife
1952–1955	Studio One	The Kill	1952 – Marsh Huddleston
		Herman, Come by Bomber	1954
		The Broken Spur	1955 – John Temple
1953	Fireside Theatre	Phantom of the Bridge	Ben
1953	Your Jeweler's Showcase	Cell 14	Charlie Harris
1953–1955	The Ford Television Theatre	The Jewel	1953 – Dr.Chuck Kennedy
		The Road Ahead	1954
		Twelve to Eternity	1955 – Frank Johnson
	Letter to Loretta	Girl on a Flagpole	1953 – Fred Broc
		Earthquake	1953 – Roy
		Secret Answer	1954 – Norville Knox
		The Lamp	1954 – Johnny Ames
		A Pattern of Deceit	1955 – Mark Hodges
1954	Cavalcade of America	The Skipper's Lady	Captain Joshua Patten
1954	The Public Defender	Youth Crime Ring	Gil Wells
1954–1955	The Lone Ranger	The Fugitive	1954 – Clay Trowbridge
1954–1955	The Lone Ranger	Counterfeit Redskins	1955 – Regis Bassett
1954–1957	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Rabbit Foot	1954 – Mal Martin
		The Cool One	1955 – Landry
		Sentence of Death	1955 – Cochran
		The Waiting House	1956 – Pete Hunter
		Smarty	1957 – Stacey Harris
1955	The Whistler	Sleep My Pretty One	Max
	Studio 57	The Stalking Horse
	Damon Runyon Theater	The Lacework Kid	Barney Reardon
	City Detective	Case of the Beautiful Miss X	Philip
	The Lone Wolf	The Las Vegas Story	Steber
	Treasury Men in Action	The Case of the Perfect Gentleman	Scottie Barrow
	Front Row Center	Guest in the House	Douglas Proctor
	Celebrity Playhouse	Showdown at San Pablo	Cowie Thomas
	Four Star Playhouse	Let the Chips Fall	Garry Anchor
	Frontier	King of the Dakotas: Part 1	Fred Graham
1955–1956	Lux Video Theatre	Last Year's Snow	1955 – Carl
1955–1956	Lux Video Theatre	Witness to Murder	1956 – Matthews
1955–1959	The Millionaire	The Jack Martin Story	1955 – Jack Martin
1955–1959	The Millionaire	Millionaire Henry Banning	1959 – Spencer
1956	Navy Log	Night Landing	Tim Lansing
1956	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Fog Closing In	Arthur Summers
1956–1958	Matinee Theatre	In Dread of Winter	1956
		A Question of Balance	1956 – Paul McLean
		Cave-In	1958 – Matt
1957	The Gray Ghost	The Rescue	Gabe Travers
	The Restless Gun	Revenge at Harness Creek	Adam Robie
	Telephone Time	Novel Appeal	Dr. Samuel Rinehart
	Code 3	Sunset Strip	Tim Hayes
1957–1958	Broken Arrow	Renegades Return	1957 – Colonel Horn
1957–1958	Broken Arrow	Massacre	1958 – Col. Horn
1957–1959	State Trooper	The Trap That Jack Built	1959 – Charles Medford
1957–1959	State Trooper	The Cash Out	1957 – Hal Denton
1958	M Squad	The Cover Up	Van Wert
	Mike Hammer	Four Blind Mice	Lew Fallon
	Mike Hammer	Hot Hands, Cold Dice	Frank Beulah
	The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen	Cat of Many Tails
	Lawman	Bloodline	Matt Saint
	Playhouse 90	Free Weekend	Paul Newton
	Steve Canyon	Pilot Error	Major Martin
1958–1961	Gunsmoke	Gunsmuggler	1958 – Major Evans
		Tag, You're It	1959 – Killion
		The Imposter	1961 – Rob Curtin/Sam Fraser
1958–1962	Wagon Train	The Juan Ortega Story	1958 – Father Martin
	Wagon Train	The Terry Morrell Story	1962 – Ralph Morse
	Perry Mason	The Case of the Deadly Double	1958 – Harry Vance
		The Case of the Bartered Bikini	1959 – Simon Atley
		The Case of the Wandering Widow	1960 – Deputy D.A.Telford
		The Case of the Cowardly Lion	1961 – Prosecutor Green
		The Case of the Counterfeit Crank	1962 – Bertram Telford
1959	The Lineup	The Frederick Freemont Case
	Zane Grey Theater	Deadfall	Tom Lamont
	Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond	Premonition	Mr. Garrick
	The Rough Riders	Forty-Five Calibre Law	Rudabaugh
	Men Into Space	Water Tank Rescue	Maj. Warnecke
	Men Into Space	Christmas on the Moon	Maj. Dr. Warnecke
1959–1963	The Twilight Zone	"Where Is Everybody?"	1959 – Doctor
1959–1963	The Twilight Zone	"On Thursday We Leave for Home"	1963 – George
1960	Tightrope	Night of the Gun	Lieutenant Harkness
	Markham	Sing a Song of Murder	Lieutenant Gromby
	Hawaiian Eye	Hong Kong Passage	John O'Neil
	Tales of Wells Fargo	The Trading Post	Frisbee
	Law of the Plainsman	Cavern of the Wind	Sgt. Sean McGrath
	Not for Hire	The General's Daughter	Saunders
	Rawhide	Incident of the Silent Web	Henry Porter
	Shotgun Slade	A Flower on Boot Hill	Convict #1
	The Chevy Mystery Show	The Summer Hero	Dr. Walter Halsey
	Bat Masterson	Debt of Honor	Marshal
1960–1962	The Untouchables	The White Slavers	1960 – Bob Wheaton
1960–1962	The Untouchables	The Floyd Gibbons Story	1962 – Carleton Edmonds
1961	National Velvet	The Colt	Reg Tolland
	Laramie	Killer Without Cause	Sheriff
	The Brothers Brannagan	Overexposed	Frankie Lyons
	Lassie	The Patriot	Sgt. Nolan
	Tallahassee 7000	The Violent Night	Todd
	Adventures in Paradise	Angel of Death	Dr. Stan Sandholm
	The Roaring 20's	War with the Nighthawkers	Lt. Michael Carey
	Cheyenne	The Young Fugitives	Clairmont Sheriff
	Checkmate	The Two of Us	The Architect
	77 Sunset Strip	The Chrome Coffin	Mark Evans
1962	Ripcord	Log Jam	Haney
	Bus Stop	Summer Lightning	Bob Pearson
	Alcoa Premiere	A Place to Hide	Sullivan
	The Eleventh Hour	Angie, You Made My Heart Stop	Maylie
	Mister Ed	Wilbur the Masher	Frank Gordon
	The Brighter Day	Unknown episode	Walter Dennis
1963	Dr. Kildare	Love Is a Sad Song	Dr. Tab Lamb
	The Virginian	Say Goodbye to All That	Bartlett
	The Fugitive	Fatso	Sheriff
1964	Kraft Suspense Theatre	The Deep End	Sheriff Johnny Kyle
1964	The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters	The Day of the Lame Duck	Beaufoy
1968	Peyton Place	Season 4 Episodes 49, 67, 68, 84, 86	Leslie Harrington
	The Outcasts	Three Ways to Die	Gregg Jeremy
	It Takes a Thief	Glass Riddle	Preston Washburne
1970	The Immortal	Sylvia	Walter Hiller
1971	Ironside	Lesson in Terror	Judge
1971	My Three Sons	The Sound of Music	Father O'Hara
1972	Emergency!	Botulism, (Last appearance)	Myron Gilmore

Notes

↑ Kear, Lynn; Rossman, John (2012). The Complete Kay Francis Career Record: All Film, Stage, Radio and Television Appearances. McFarland. p. 249. ISBN 9781476602875. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
↑ "'Salesman' Cast Enjoys Its Hobbies". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. August 13, 1950. p. Part IV – 4. Retrieved May 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Mountain Play Casting Is Now On". San Anselmo Herald. California, San Anselmo. April 11, 1940. p. 7. Retrieved May 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Performers' Television Credits, 1948–2000
1 2 Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.

References

The Soap Opera Encyclopedia, Christopher Schemering ISBN 0-345-35344-7
Performers' Television Credits, 1948–2000, David M. Inman ISBN 0786411732

External links

Paul Langton on IMDb
Paul Langton at the Internet Broadway Database

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[1] Kear, Lynn; Rossman, John (2012). The Complete Kay Francis Career Record: All Film, Stage, Radio and Television Appearances. McFarland. p. 249. ISBN 9781476602875. Retrieved 5 May 2018.

[2] "'Salesman' Cast Enjoys Its Hobbies". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. August 13, 1950. p. Part IV – 4. Retrieved May 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Mountain Play Casting Is Now On". San Anselmo Herald. California, San Anselmo. April 11, 1940. p. 7. Retrieved May 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] Performers' Television Credits, 1948–2000

[etvs-5] 1 2 Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.