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{{short description|American actor (1873-1954)}}
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| name = Louis Payne
| name = Louis Payne
| image =
| image = William Louis Payne, actor.jpg
| caption =
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1873|1|13}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1873|1|13}}
| birth_place = [[Pennsylvania]], United States
| birth_place = [[Pennsylvania]], United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|1954|8|14|1873|1|13}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1953|8|14|1873|1|13}}
| death_place = [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles|Woodland Hills]], [[California]], United States
| death_place = [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles|Woodland Hills]], [[California]], United States
| birthname = William Louis Payne
| birthname = William Louis Payne
| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = [[Mrs. Leslie Carter]] - 7/13/1906 - 11/13/1937 (her death)
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Mrs. Leslie Carter]]|1906|1937|end=died}}
| yearsactive = 1915–1951
| yearsactive = 1915–1951
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'''William Louis Payne''' (January 13, 1873 – August 14, 1953) was an American [[character actor]] of the [[silent film|silent]] and [[sound film]] eras, as well as legitimate theater.
'''Louis Payne''', also known as '''Lou Payne''', was an American character actor of the [[silent film|silent]] and [[sound film]] eras, as well as legitimate theater. His acting life began on Broadway in the first decade of the 1900s, when he would appear in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] play, ''Her Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark'', which ran at the [[Manhattan Theatre]] in 1900.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=5392 | publisher=Internet Broadway Database | title=Her Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref> In 1906 he married famous stage actress [[Mrs. Leslie Carter]], fifteen years her junior, and would remain married to her until her death in 1937. He would make his film debut in 1915's ''[[DuBarry|Du Barry]]'', which was a film created to highlight Carter, who was a protégé of the playwright, [[David Belasco]]. Belasco wrote the stage play of the same name on which the film is based, and in which Carter starred on Broadway.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=16670 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Du Barry | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=5528 | publisher=Internet Broadway Database | title=Du Barry | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref> Payne would appear in over 40 films during his 35 career in Hollywood, as well as doing numerous plays.<ref name=AFIF>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&Type=CA&Tbl=AN&CatID=&ID=9317&searchedFor=Louis_Payne_&SortType=ASC&SortCol=RELEASE_YEAR | title=Louis Payne | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Allmovie>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/louis-payne-p55606 | publisher=Allmovie.com | title=Louis Payne: biography | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref>


==Biography==
In 1940, three years after Carter's death, [[Warner Bros.]] produced a [[Biographical film|biopic]] on her life, ''[[Lady with Red Hair]]'', on which Payne would serve as a technical advisor.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8255 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Lady with Red Hair | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref> He would continue to act in small roles through the 1940s. The final film in which Payne appeared was 1951's epic ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'', starring [[Robert Taylor (actor)|Robert Taylor]] and [[Deborah Kerr]], in which he played one of Jesus' 12 apostles.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=50257 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Quo Vadis | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref> Payne would die on August 14, 1953, at the [[Motion Picture Country Home]] in Woodland Hills, California. He was buried with his wife at [[Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio|Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum]] in Dayton, Ohio. <ref>{{cite book | title=Mrs. Leslie Carter, A Biography of the Early Twentieth Century American Stage Star | last=Clinton | first=Craig | year=2006 | publisher=McFarland Publishing}}</ref>
Born in Pennsylvania, Payne's acting life began in the first decade of the 1900s, when he appeared in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] play, ''Her Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark'', which ran at the [[Manhattan Theatre]] in 1900.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=5392 | publisher=Internet Broadway Database | title=Her Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref> In 1903 he played [[Nathaniel Winkle]] in ''Mr. Pickwick'' at the [[Herald Square Theatre]] and later the [[Grand Opera House (Manhattan)|Grand Opera House]].<ref>[https://gsarchive.net/AMT/pickwick/index.html Dramatis Personæ: ''Mr Pickwick'' (1903)], The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive</ref>

In 1906, he married famous stage actress [[Mrs. Leslie Carter]], fifteen years her junior, and remained married to her until her death in 1937. He made his film debut in 1915's ''[[DuBarry (film)|DuBarry]]'', a film created to highlight Carter, who was a protégé of the playwright [[David Belasco]]. Belasco wrote the stage play of the same name on which the film is based, and in which Carter starred on Broadway.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=16670 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Du Barry | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=5528 | publisher=Internet Broadway Database | title=Du Barry | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref> Payne appeared in over 40 films during his 35-year career in Hollywood, as well as doing numerous plays.<ref name=AFIF>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&Type=CA&Tbl=AN&CatID=&ID=9317&searchedFor=Louis_Payne_&SortType=ASC&SortCol=RELEASE_YEAR | title=Louis Payne | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Allmovie>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/louis-payne-p55606 | publisher=Allmovie.com | title=Louis Payne: biography | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref>

In 1940, three years after Carter's death, [[Warner Bros.]] produced a [[Biographical film|biopic]] on her life, ''[[Lady with Red Hair]]'', on which Payne serves as a technical advisor.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8255 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Lady with Red Hair | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref> He continued to act in small roles through the 1940s. The final film in which Payne appeared was 1951's epic ''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'', starring [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]] and [[Deborah Kerr]], in which he played one of Jesus' 12 apostles.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=50257 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Quo Vadis | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}</ref> Payne died on August 14, 1953, at the [[Motion Picture Country Home]] in Woodland Hills, California. He was buried with his wife at [[Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio|Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum]] in Dayton, Ohio.<ref>{{cite book | title=Mrs. Leslie Carter, A Biography of the Early Twentieth Century American Stage Star | last=Clinton | first=Craig | year=2006 | publisher=McFarland Publishing}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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*''[[DuBarry|Du Barry]]'' (1915)
*''[[DuBarry (film)|DuBarry]]'' (1915)
*''[[For Sale (1924 film)|For Sale]]'' (1924)
*''[[For Sale (1924 film)|For Sale]]'' (1924)
*''[[True as Steel (film)|True as Steel]]'' (1924)
*''[[True as Steel (film)|True as Steel]]'' (1924)
*''[[Alias Mary Flynn]]'' (1925)
*''[[So This Is Marriage]]'' (1924)
*''[[As Man Desires]]'' (1925)
*''[[Alias Mary Flynn]]'' (1925)
*''The Fate of a Flirt'' (1925)
*''[[As Man Desires]]'' (1925)
*''[[The Lady Who Lied]]'' (1925)
*''[[The Fate of a Flirt]]'' (1925)
*''[[The Last Edition]]'' (1925)
*''[[The Lady Who Lied]]'' (1925)
*''[[The Only Thing]]'' (1925)
*''[[The Last Edition]]'' (1925)
*''[[We Moderns]]'' (1925)
*''[[The Only Thing]]'' (1925)
*''[[The Blind Goddess]]'' (1926)
*''[[We Moderns]]'' (1925)
*''[[The Outsider (1926 film)|The Outsider]]'' (1926)
*''[[The Blind Goddess (1926 film)|The Blind Goddess]]'' (1926)
*''[[The Shamrock Handicap]]'' (1926)
*''[[The Outsider (1926 film)|The Outsider]]'' (1926)
*''A Woman's Heart'' (1926)
*''[[The Shamrock Handicap]]'' (1926)
* ''[[A Woman's Heart (film)|A Woman's Heart]]'' (1926)
*''Broadway Madness'' (1927)
*''[[The King of Kings (1927 film)|The King of Kings]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Broadway Madness]]'' (1927)
*''[[The King of Kings (1927 film)|The King of Kings]]'' (1927)
*''[[Vanity (1927 film)|Vanity]]'' (1927)
*''[[Vanity (1927 film)|Vanity]]'' (1927)
*''[[The Yankee Clipper (1927 film)|The Yankee Clipper]]'' (1927)
*''[[The Yankee Clipper (1927 film)|The Yankee Clipper]]'' (1927)
*''[[The Whip (film)|The Whip]]'' (1928)
*''[[The Whip (1928 film)|The Whip]]'' (1928)
*''[[Evangeline (1929 film)|Evangeline]]'' (1929)
*''[[Evangeline (1929 film)|Evangeline]]'' (1929)
*''[[Big News (film)|Big News]]'' (1929)
*''[[Big News (film)|Big News]]'' (1929)
*''[[Interference (film)|Interference]]'' (1929)
*''[[Interference (film)|Interference]]'' (1929)
*''The Dude Wrangler'' (1930)
*''[[The Dude Wrangler]]'' (1930)
*''[[Lawful Larceny]]'' (1930)
*''[[Lawful Larceny (1930 film)|Lawful Larceny]]'' (1930)
*''Part Time Wife'' (1930)
*''[[Part Time Wife]]'' (1930)
*''[[Now I'll Tell]]'' (1934)
*''[[Now I'll Tell]]'' (1934)
*''[[Pride and Prejudice (1940 film)|Pride and Prejudice]]'' (1940)
*''[[Pride and Prejudice (1940 film)|Pride and Prejudice]]'' (1940)
*''[[Look Who's Laughing]]'' (1941)
*''[[Look Who's Laughing]]'' (1941)
*''[[Gildersleeve on Broadway]]'' (1943)
*''[[Gildersleeve on Broadway]]'' (1943)
*''[[Government Girl]]'' (1944)
*''[[Government Girl]]'' (1944)
*''[[Heavenly Days]]'' (1944)
*''[[Heavenly Days]]'' (1944)
*''[[The Woman in the Window]]'' (1944)
*''[[The Woman in the Window (1944 film)|The Woman in the Window]]'' (1944)
*''Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe'' (1945)
*''[[Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe]]'' (1945)
*''[[Saratoga Trunk]]'' (1946)
*''[[Saratoga Trunk]]'' (1945) as Raymond Soule (uncredited)
*''[[From This Day Forward]]'' (1946)
*''[[From This Day Forward]]'' (1946)
*''[[Joan of Arc (1948 film)|Joan of Arc]]'' (1948) as Judge Thibault (uncredited)
*''[[Challenge to Lassie]]'' (1949)
*''[[Joan of Arc (1948 film)|Joan of Arc]]'' (1950)
*''[[Challenge to Lassie]]'' (1949)
*''[[My Forbidden Past]]'' (1951)
*''[[My Forbidden Past]]'' (1951)
*''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' (1951)
*''[[Quo Vadis (1951 film)|Quo Vadis]]'' (1951)


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==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:American male silent film actors]]
[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]
[[Category:American vaudeville performers]]
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[[Category:Burials at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum]]

Latest revision as of 16:48, 3 September 2024

Louis Payne
Born
William Louis Payne

(1873-01-13)January 13, 1873
Pennsylvania, United States
DiedAugust 14, 1953(1953-08-14) (aged 80)
Woodland Hills, California, United States
OccupationActor
Years active1915–1951
Spouse
(m. 1906; died 1937)

William Louis Payne (January 13, 1873 – August 14, 1953) was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras, as well as legitimate theater.

Biography

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Born in Pennsylvania, Payne's acting life began in the first decade of the 1900s, when he appeared in the Broadway play, Her Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark, which ran at the Manhattan Theatre in 1900.[1] In 1903 he played Nathaniel Winkle in Mr. Pickwick at the Herald Square Theatre and later the Grand Opera House.[2]

In 1906, he married famous stage actress Mrs. Leslie Carter, fifteen years her junior, and remained married to her until her death in 1937. He made his film debut in 1915's DuBarry, a film created to highlight Carter, who was a protégé of the playwright David Belasco. Belasco wrote the stage play of the same name on which the film is based, and in which Carter starred on Broadway.[3][4] Payne appeared in over 40 films during his 35-year career in Hollywood, as well as doing numerous plays.[5][6]

In 1940, three years after Carter's death, Warner Bros. produced a biopic on her life, Lady with Red Hair, on which Payne serves as a technical advisor.[7] He continued to act in small roles through the 1940s. The final film in which Payne appeared was 1951's epic Quo Vadis, starring Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr, in which he played one of Jesus' 12 apostles.[8] Payne died on August 14, 1953, at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California. He was buried with his wife at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum in Dayton, Ohio.[9]

Filmography

[edit]

(Per AFI database)[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Her Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  2. ^ Dramatis Personæ: Mr Pickwick (1903), The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
  3. ^ "Du Barry". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  4. ^ "Du Barry". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Louis Payne". Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  6. ^ "Louis Payne: biography". Allmovie.com. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  7. ^ "Lady with Red Hair". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  8. ^ "Quo Vadis". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  9. ^ Clinton, Craig (2006). Mrs. Leslie Carter, A Biography of the Early Twentieth Century American Stage Star. McFarland Publishing.
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