What is John Payne?
{{Infobox person | name = John Payne | image = Restless Gun John Payne 1957.JPG | alt = | caption = | birth_name = John Howard Payne | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|5|28}} | birth_place = [[Roanoke]], [[Virginia]], [[U.S.]] | death_date = {{Death date|1989|12|6}} | death_place = [[Malibu]], [[California]], [[U.S.]] | nationality = American | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = actor / singer }} '''John Payne''' (May 28, 1912 – December 6, 1989) was an [[Americans|American]] [[actor]] and [[singer]]. == Career == John Payne began his career playing a small role in the [[William Wyler]] [[movie]] ''Dodsworth'' (1936). In 1938 he got a role in the [[comedy]] ''College Swing'', [[movie director|directed]] by [[Raoul Walsh]]. He appeared on [[Broadway]] from 1935 to 1939. His first starring role was playing a [[Boxing|boxer]] Steve Nelson in ''Kid Nightingale'' (1939), directed by George Amy. John Payne work with [[Randolph Scott]] and [[Maureen O'Hara]] in the [[war movie]] ''To the Shores of Tripoli'' (1942), directed by H. Bruce Humberstone. In 1946 he got the role co-starring in ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'' (1947), directed by [[George Seaton]]. Another great movie starring Payne was ''[[Kansas City Confidential]]'' (1952), directed by Phil Karlson. In this movie Payne plays an [[criminal|ex-convict]] trying to become a part of [[society]] who people think [[robbery|robbed]] many [[armor]]ed [[car]]. He has also been a regular performer in [[Westerns]] movies ''El Paso'' (1949), ''The Eagle and the Hawk'' (1950) and ''Passage West'' (1951) directed by [[Lewis R. Foster]], ''[[The Vanquished]]'' (1953), directed by [[Edward Ludwig]], ''Silver Lode'' (1954), directed by [[Allan Dwan]], ''Rails Into Laramie'' (1954) directed by [[Jesse Hibbs]], ''Santa Fe Passage'' (1955) directed by [[William Witney]], ''The Road to Denver'' (1955), directed by Joseph Kane, ''Tennessee's Partner'' (1955), where he worked with [[Ronald Reagan]], directed by [[Allan Dwan]], and ''Rebe