by Hans J. Wollstein
biography
A tall, often bearded supporting actor, Claude Payton had toured extensively with a stock company headed by his brother, Corse. By 1914, he was with the Thanhouser company of New Rochelle, NY, the beginning of a long screen career spent mainly playing Boss villains or lawmen in low-budget Westerns. Payton survived the transition to sound but from 1935 on was mainly seen in unbilled bit parts. He seems to have retired in the mid-'40s.
| Title | Year | Editors' Rating | User Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Eternally Yours
Actor |
1939 | |||
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A Night at the Opera
Actor |
1935 | |||
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Miss Pacific Fleet
Actor |
1935 | |||
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The Barbary Coast
Actor |
1935 | |||
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Thunder Over Texas
Actor |
1934 | |||
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Fargo Express
Actor |
1932 | |||
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Tex Takes a Holiday
Actor |
1932 | |||
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The Gate Crasher
Actor |
1928 | |||
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Set Free
Actor |
1927 | |||
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The Western Whirlwind
Actor |
1927 | |||
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The Yellow Back
Actor |
1926 | |||
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Straight Through
Actor |
1925 | |||
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Texas Trail
Actor |
1925 | |||
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Daring Chances
Actor |
1924 | |||
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Desert Outlaw
Actor |
1924 | |||
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The Back Trail
Actor |
1924 | |||
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The Man from Wyoming
Actor |
1924 | |||
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Das Lied vom Leben
Actor |
1922 | |||
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The Marshal of Moneymint
Actor |
1922 | |||
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The Masked Avenger
Actor |
1922 | |||
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Trooper O'Neil
Actor |
1922 | |||
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Two-Fisted Jefferson
Actor |
1922 | |||
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Dice of Destiny
Actor |
1920 | |||
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If I Were King
Actor |
1920 | |||
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Woman There Was
Actor |
1919 |