Claude Payton
Payton (left) on lobby card for Dice of Destiny, 1921
Born
Claude Duval Payton

(1882-03-30)March 30, 1882
DiedMarch 1, 1955(1955-03-01) (aged 72)
OccupationActor

Claude Duval Payton (March 30, 1882 in Centerville, Iowa March 1, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor[1] 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.[2] 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

References

  1. Katchmer, George A. (20 May 2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8.
  2. Bregg, Charles M. (September 16, 1917). "News and Notes of the Theater". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. Sixth Section - 2. Retrieved November 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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