Claude Duval Payton (March 30, 1882 in Centerville, Iowa â€" March 1,
1955 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor.Claude Payton
was a tall, bearded supporting actor in many silent films and other
films. He toured exclusively with a stock company headed by his 1st
cousin, Corse Payton. 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.
1955 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor.Claude Payton
was a tall, bearded supporting actor in many silent films and other
films. He toured exclusively with a stock company headed by his 1st
cousin, Corse Payton. 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.
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