Louis "Lou" Payne (January 13, 1873 â€" August 14, 1953) was an
American character actor of the silent and sound film eras, as well as
legitimate theater. His acting life began on Broadway in the first
decade of the 1900s, when he appeared in the Broadway play, Her
Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark, which ran at the Manhattan
Theatre in 1900.In 1906, he married famous stage actress Mrs. Leslie
Carter, fifteen years her junior, and remained married to her until
her death in 1937. He made his film debut in 1915's DuBarry, a film
created to highlight Carter, who was a protégé of the playwright
David Belasco. Belasco wrote the stage play of the same name on which
the film is based, and in which Carter starred on Broadway. Payne
appeared in over 40 films during his 35-year career in Hollywood, as
well as doing numerous plays.In 1940, three years after Carter's
death, Warner Bros. produced a biopic on her life, Lady with Red Hair,
on which Payne serves as a technical advisor. He continued to act in
small roles through the 1940s. The final film in which Payne appeared
was 1951's epic Quo Vadis, starring Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr, in
which he played one of Jesus' 12 apostles. Payne died on August 14,
1953, at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills,
California. He was buried with his wife at Woodland Cemetery and
Arboretum in Dayton, Ohio.(Per AFI database)
American character actor of the silent and sound film eras, as well as
legitimate theater. His acting life began on Broadway in the first
decade of the 1900s, when he appeared in the Broadway play, Her
Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark, which ran at the Manhattan
Theatre in 1900.In 1906, he married famous stage actress Mrs. Leslie
Carter, fifteen years her junior, and remained married to her until
her death in 1937. He made his film debut in 1915's DuBarry, a film
created to highlight Carter, who was a protégé of the playwright
David Belasco. Belasco wrote the stage play of the same name on which
the film is based, and in which Carter starred on Broadway. Payne
appeared in over 40 films during his 35-year career in Hollywood, as
well as doing numerous plays.In 1940, three years after Carter's
death, Warner Bros. produced a biopic on her life, Lady with Red Hair,
on which Payne serves as a technical advisor. He continued to act in
small roles through the 1940s. The final film in which Payne appeared
was 1951's epic Quo Vadis, starring Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr, in
which he played one of Jesus' 12 apostles. Payne died on August 14,
1953, at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills,
California. He was buried with his wife at Woodland Cemetery and
Arboretum in Dayton, Ohio.(Per AFI database)
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