John Payne

Age: 77 (passed away Dec. 6th, 1989)
Height: 6'

Birth Place: Roanoke, Virginia, USA
Born: May. 28th, 1912

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John Payne's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Restless Gun	Vint Bonner

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

Ex-father-in-law of writer-director 'Robert Towne' (qv).
Grandfather of actress 'Holly Payne (II)' (qv).
Singer, mostly in 20th Century-Fox musicals.
Was the first person in Hollywood interested in making the James Bond novels into a film series. In 1955, paid a $1,000 a month option for 9 months on the Bond novel Moonraker (he eventually gave up the option when he learned he couldn't retain the rights for the entire 007 series).
In 1942, after separating from Anne Shirley, John Payne had an affair with actress Jane Russell. The affair is detailed in Jane Russell's 1986 autobiography, "My Path and My Detours." The affair ended when Jane realized that she was still in love with her high school sweetheart, football player, Robert Waterfield, whom she married in April of 1943 (they divorced in 1967).
Featured in "Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir" by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry (McFarland, 2003).
Grandfather of actress 'Katharine Towne' (qv).
Direct descendant of 'John Howard Payne' (qv) (1791-1852), composer of the classic song "Home, Sweet Home" ("Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.").

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