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person_profile-Robert Paige

Robert Paige Died at age: 76

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Robert Paige

Date of Birth:

Dec 02, 1911

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Dec 21, 1987

Biography of

Robert Paige

    Robert Paige (born John Arthur Page December 2, 1911 in Indianapolis, Indiana, died Dec 21,1987) was a TV star and Universal Pictures leading man who made 65 films in his lifetime and was the only actor ever allowed to sing on film with Deanna Durbin (in 1944's Can't Help Singing). He was a graduate of West Point and was related to Admiral David Beatty, hero of the World War I Battle of Jutland. Paige began his screen career in 1934. His handsome features and assured speaking voice earned him prominent roles in motion pictures, such as Cain and Mabel with Clark Gable and Marion Davies. In 1936, to avoid confusion with another rising leading man, John Payne, Paige briefly adopted the screen name "David Carlyle." He worked primarily for Warner Brothers and Republic Pictures during this period. In 1938 he signed a contract with Columbia Pictures, which changed his screen name to Robert Paige. Columbia cast him in "B" features and starred him in one serial, Flying G-Men. When the Columbia contract lapsed, Paige moved to Paramount Pictures and finally found a home in 1941 at Universal Pictures. Robert Paige quickly became one of Universal's reliable stars, playing romantic leads. He is prominent in many of Universal's comedies and musicals, including those of Abbott and Costello, Olsen and Johnson, Gloria Jean, and Hugh Herbert. He had a good singing voice and a flair for comedy, and the studio capitalized on these talents. Beginning in 1943 Universal gave Paige important roles in its biggest productions, but by then he was so established as a B-picture lead that he never quite graduated to mega-stardom. Paige, along with other contract players, left Universal after a corporate shakeup in 1946. He became an independent film producer in 1947 and entered the new field of television. He was the last permanent host of NBC's variety series The Colgate Comedy Hour, and won an Emmy in 1955 for "Best Male Personality" (a category that no longer exists). In the 1960s he became a TV newscaster in Los Angeles. Paige continued to work in occasional films through 1963; his last two films were The Marriage-Go-Round (1961) and Bye Bye Birdie (1963). From 1966 to 1970 Paige was a newscaster and political correspondent for ABC News in Los Angeles. He left the news desk to become Deputy Supervisor of Los Angeles under Baxter Ward, and then moved into the public relations field. He retired in the late 1970s. Robert Paige died suddenly of an aortic aneurysm in 1987.

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Robert Paige

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Filmography of

Robert Paige

Found 63 Movies in total

The Many Faces of Dracula

Frank Stanley (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2000

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Frank Stanley (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1991

Bye Bye Birdie

Bob Precht ( Actor )

... 1963

The Marriage-Go-Round

Dr. Ross Barnett ( Actor )

... 1961

It Happened to Jane

Robert Paige ( Actor )

... 1959

Split Second

Arthur Ashton ( Actor )

... 1953

... 1953

The Green Promise

David Barkley ( Actor )

Producer

... 1949

Blonde Ice

Les Burns ( Actor )

... 1948

The Flame

Barry MacAllister ( Actor )

... 1947

The Red Stallion

Andy McBride ( Actor )

... 1947

Tangier

Paul Kenyon ( Actor )

... 1946

Shady Lady

Bob Wendell ( Actor )

... 1945

Can't Help Singing

Johnny Lawlor ( Actor )

... 1944

Her Primitive Man

Peter Mathews / Pangi ( Actor )

... 1944

Son of Dracula

Frank Stanley ( Actor )

... 1943

Crazy House

Robert Paige ( Actor )

... 1943

Fired Wife

Hank Dunne ( Actor )

... 1943

Frontier Badmen

Steve Logan ( Actor )

... 1943

Get Going

Bob Carlton ( Actor )

... 1943

Mister Big

Johnny Hanley ( Actor )

... 1943

Cowboy in Manhattan

Bob Allen ( Actor )

... 1943

Keep 'Em Slugging

Star of Movie House Film ( Actor )

... 1943

Hi, Buddy

Johnny Blake ( Actor )

... 1943

Hi'ya, Chum

Tommy Craig ( Actor )

... 1943

How's About It

George Selby ( Actor )

... 1943

Get Hep to Love

Stephen Winters ( Actor )

... 1942

Pardon My Sarong

Tommy Layton ( Actor )

... 1942

Almost Married

James Manning,lll ( Actor )

... 1942

You're Telling Me

Dr. Burnside 'Burnsy' Walker ( Actor )

... 1942

What's Cookin'?

Bob J. Riley ( Actor )

... 1942

Jail House Blues

Cliff Bailey ( Actor )

... 1942

Don't Get Personal

Paul Stevens ( Actor )

... 1942

Hellzapoppin'

Jeff Hunter ( Actor )

... 1941

Melody Lane

Gabe Morgan ( Actor )

... 1941

San Antonio Rose

Con Conway ( Actor )

... 1941

The Monster and the Girl

Larry Reed ( Actor )

... 1941

Dancing on a Dime

Ted Brooks ( Actor )

... 1940

Golden Gloves

Wally Matson ( Actor )

... 1940

Opened by Mistake

Jimmie Daniels ( Actor )

... 1940

Women Without Names

Fred MacNeil ( Actor )

... 1940

Parole Fixer

Steve Eddson ( Actor )

... 1940

Emergency Squad

Chester 'Chesty' Miller ( Actor )

... 1940

First Love

Ball Guest ( Actor )

... 1939

Death of a Champion

Alec Temple ( Actor )

... 1939

Flying G-Men

Hal Andrews / The Black Falcon ( Actor )

... 1939

Homicide Bureau

Thurston ( Actor )

... 1939

The Last Warning

Tony Henderson (as Robert Page) ( Actor )

... 1938

I Stand Accused

Joe Benson ( Actor )

... 1938

The Lady Objects

Ken Harper ( Actor )

... 1938

The Main Event

Mac Richards ( Actor )

... 1938

There's Always a Woman

Jerry Marlowe ( Actor )

... 1938

When G-Men Step In

G-Man Bruce Garth ( Actor )

... 1938

Who Killed Gail Preston?

'Swing' Traynor ( Actor )

... 1938

Talent Scout

Bert Smith ( Actor )

... 1937

Meet the Boy Friend

Tony Page ( Actor )

... 1937

Rhythm in the Clouds

Phil Hale ( Actor )

... 1937

The Cherokee Strip

Tom Valley ( Actor )

... 1937

Melody for Two

Mr. Carlson ( Actor )

... 1937

Once a Doctor

Dr. Burton ( Actor )

... 1937

Smart Blonde

Lewis Friel ( Actor )

... 1937

Rose Bowl

Football Player ( Actor )

... 1936

Cain and Mabel

Ronny Cauldwell ( Actor )

... 1936