Claude Payton


Claude Duval Payton 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

  • Jean of the Wilderness as Haskins
  • The Master Hand as Chief of Detectives
  • A Woman There Was as High Priest
  • The Man Who Lost Himself as Prince Maniloff
  • If I Were King as Montigney
  • The Soul of Youth as Pete Moran
  • Dice of Destiny as James Tierney
  • When We Were 21 as Dave
  • A Knight of the West as Ralph Barton
  • The Grim Comedian as
  • The Song of Life as Central Office Man
  • Two-Fisted Jefferson
  • The Masked Avenger as Bruno Douglas
  • Desert's Crucible as Tex Fuller
  • The Men of Zanzibar as George Sheyer
  • The Desert Bridegroom
  • Trooper O'Neil as Black Flood
  • Do and Dare as Córdoba
  • Bells of San Juan as Jim Garson
  • Catch My Smoke as Tex Lynch
  • The Devil's Dooryard as Fred Bradley
  • The Law Rustlers as Doc Jordan
  • Desert Rider as Rufe Kinkaid
  • Skid Proof as Masters
  • The Man from Wyoming as Jack Halloway
  • The Back Trail as Gentleman Harry King
  • The Desert Outlaw as Black Loomis
  • Daring Chances as Sampson Burke
  • The Riddle Rider as Victor Raymond
  • Gold and the Girl as Rankin
  • Dangerous Odds
  • The Ridin' Streak as Sheriff
  • The Texas Trail as Dan Merrill
  • Ben-Hur as Jesus
  • The Cohens and Kellys as Bit Role
  • The Yellow Back as Bruce Condon
  • The Western Whirlwind as Jeff Taylor
  • Set Free as Burke Tanner
  • The Crowd as Minor Role
  • The Gate Crasher as Zanfield
  • Dodging Danger
  • Say It with Songs as Judge
  • The Great Divide as Minor Role
  • Up the River as Guard
  • Arsène Lupin as Gendarme
  • The Last Frontier as Colonel Halliday
  • Tex Takes a Holiday as Saunders
  • Zoo in Budapest as Captain of Police
  • Fargo Express as Goss Partner #1
  • The Son of Kong as Sailor/Suspenders Peddler
  • Thunder Over Texas as Bruce Laird
  • Jealousy as Bit Role
  • The Mighty Barnum as Spieler
  • Les Misérables as Gendarme at Bishop's Home
  • After the Dance as Guard
  • The Public Menace as Detective
  • Barbary Coast as Passenger
  • A Night at the Opera as Police Captain
  • One-Way Ticket as Detective
  • Miss Pacific Fleet as Caretaker
  • Anthony Adverse as Announcer of Guests at Ball
  • San Quentin as Cop
  • All American Sweetheart as Attendant
  • Penrod and His Twin Brother as Deputy
  • Broadway Musketeers as Policeman at Murder Scene
  • The Spider's Web as Henchman Radarez
  • Eternally Yours as Scotland Yard Man
  • Tower of London as Councilman