Claude Payton

• Born: Mar 30, 1882 in Centerville, Iowa
• Died: Mar 01, 1955 in Los Angeles, California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '20s-'30s
• Major Genres: Western, Action
• Career Highlights: The Man from Wyoming, Daring Chances, Trooper O'Neil
• First Major Screen Credit: Two-Fisted Jefferson (1922)

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. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

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