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American actor (1912–1989)

For the other actor of that name, see John Howard Payne.

For other people with the same name, see John Payne.

John Howard Payne^[1] (May 23, 1912 – December 6, 1989) was an American film actor who is mainly remembered from film noir crime stories and 20th Century Foxmusical films, and for his leading roles in Miracle on 34th Street and the NBCWesterntelevision seriesThe Restless Gun.

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Early life

Payne was born in Roanoke, Virginia on May 23, 1912.^[2][3] His mother, Ida Hope (née Schaeffer), a singer, graduated from the Virginia Seminary in Roanoke and married George Washington Payne, a developer in Roanoke.

They lived at Fort Lewis, an antebellum mansion that became a state historic property, but was destroyed by fire in the late 1940s.

Payne attended prep school at Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, and then went to Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia.

He then transferred