Biography
Claude Duval Payton (March 30, 1882 in Centerville, Iowa – March 1, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor 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. 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
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Movies 31
Councilman
Tower of London (1939)
Movie
6
Scotland Yard Man
Eternally Yours (1939)
Movie
Guard
After the Dance (1935)
Movie
Bruce Laird
Thunder Over Texas (1934)
Movie
Sailor / Suspenders Peddler
The Son of Kong (1933)
Movie
4.71
Lem
Fargo Express (1933)
Movie
Gendarme (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin (1932)
Movie
Guard (uncredited)
Up the River (1930)
Movie
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Great Divide (1929)
Movie
Judge
Say It with Songs (1929)
Movie
Burke Tanner
Set Free (1927)
Movie
Jeff Taylor
The Western Whirlwind (1927)
Movie
Bruce Condon
The Yellow Back (1926)
Movie
Jesus Christ (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Movie
6
Dan Merrill
The Texas Trail (1925)
Movie
Rankin
Gold and the Girl (1925)
Movie
Sampson Burke
Daring Chances (1924)
Movie
Black Loomis
The Desert Outlaw (1924)
Movie
Gentleman Harry King
The Back Trail (1924)
Movie
Jack Halloway
The Man from Wyoming (1924)
Movie
Masters
Skid Proof (1923)
Movie
Rufe Kinkaid
Desert Rider (1923)
Movie
Tex Lynch
Catch My Smoke (1922)
Movie
Jim Garson
Bells of San Juan (1922)
Movie
Córdoba
Do and Dare (1922)
Movie
Black Flood
Trooper O'Neill (1922)
Movie
Central Office Man
The Song of Life (1922)
Movie
Dave
When We Were Twenty-One (1921)
Movie
Pete Morano
The Soul of Youth (1920)
Movie
Montigney
If I Were King (1920)
Movie
High Priest
A Woman There Was (1919)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1882-03-20
Deathday1955-03-01 (72 years old)
Birth NameClaude Duval Payton
Birth PlaceCenterville, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsClaude Duval Payton
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