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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 2, 1911
Died
December 21, 1987
Place of Birth
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Also Known As
- John Arthur Paige
Robert Paige
0.5 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
3.5
Frank Stanley (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
10.0
Frank Stanley (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
5.8
Bob Precht
Bye Bye Birdie
1963
3.8
Dr. Ross Barnett
The Marriage-Go-Round
1961
6.2
Roger
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
6.1
Robert Paige
It Happened to Jane
1959
5.0
Whitney Ames
The Millionaire
1955
🎬
7.0
Roger Libbott
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
🎬
7.0
Sam
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
6.2
Arthur Ashton
Split Second
1953
Credits
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Frank Stanley (archive footage)
2000
3.5
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Frank Stanley (archive footage)
1991
10.0
Bye Bye Birdie
as Bob Precht
1963
5.8
The Marriage-Go-Round
as Dr. Ross Barnett
1961
3.8
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Roger
1960
6.2
It Happened to Jane
as Robert Paige
1959
6.1
The Millionaire
as Whitney Ames
1955
5.0
🎬
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Roger Libbott
1953
7.0
🎬
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as Sam
1953
7.0
Split Second
as Arthur Ashton
1953
6.2
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
as Dr. Wilson
1953
5.4
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Paul Campbell
1952
6.7
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Host
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Spokesman for Schlitz
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Narrator
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Self - Host
1951
7.2
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Bill Russell
1950
6.3
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Host
1950
6.8
The Green Promise
as David Barkley
1949
6.0
Blonde Ice
as Les Burns
1948
5.7
The Flame
as Barry MacAllister
1947
5.7
The Red Stallion
as Andy McBride
1947
0.0
Tangier
as Paul Kenyon
1946
6.2
Shady Lady
as Bob Wendell
1945
5.8
Can't Help Singing
as Johnny Lawlor
1944
5.4
Her Primitive Man
as Peter Mathews / Pangi
1944
6.0
Follow the Boys
as Robert Paige (uncredited)
1944
5.3
Son of Dracula
as Frank Stanley
1943
5.8
Crazy House
as Robert Paige
1943
5.0
Fired Wife
as Hank Dunne
1943
4.2
Frontier Badmen
as Steve Logan
1943
0.0
Get Going
as Bob Carlton
1943
0.0
Mister Big
as Johnny Hanley
1943
2.2
Cowboy in Manhattan
as Bob Allen
1943
0.0
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Star of Movie House Film
1943
5.5
Hi, Buddy
as Johnny Blake
1943
7.0
Hi'ya, Chum
as Tommy Craig
1943
6.0
How's About It
as George Selby
1943
3.3
🎬
What We Are Fighting For
as Karl Baxter
1943
0.0
Get Hep to Love
as Stephen Winters
1942
4.0
Pardon My Sarong
as Tommy Layton
1942
6.4
Almost Married
as James Manning,lll
1942
0.0
You're Telling Me
as Dr. Burnside 'Burnsy' Walker
1942
0.0
What's Cookin'?
as Bob J. Riley
1942
5.5
Jail House Blues
as Cliff Bailey
1942
0.0
Don't Get Personal
as Paul Stevens
1942
2.3
Hellzapoppin'
as Jeff Hunter
1941
7.2
Melody Lane
as Gabe Morgan
1941
0.0
San Antonio Rose
as Con Conway
1941
7.0
The Monster and the Girl
as Larry Reed
1941
5.7
Dancing on a Dime
as Ted Brooks
1940
4.5
Golden Gloves
as Wally Matson
1940
5.0
Opened by Mistake
as Jimmie Daniels
1940
0.0
Women Without Names
as Fred MacNeil
1940
4.1
Parole Fixer
as Steve Eddson
1940
6.0
Emergency Squad
as Chester 'Chesty' Miller
1940
5.0
First Love
as Ball Guest
1939
7.5
Death of a Champion
as Alec Temple
1939
0.0
Flying G-Men
as Hal Andrews / The Black Falcon
1939
6.0
Homicide Bureau
as Thurston
1939
5.3
The Last Warning
as Tony Henderson (as Robert Page)
1938
7.0
I Stand Accused
as Joe Benson
1938
0.0
The Lady Objects
as Ken Harper
1938
5.4
🎬
Highway Patrol
as William Rolph
1938
0.0
The Main Event
as Mac Richards
1938
0.0
There's Always a Woman
as Jerry Marlowe
1938
5.8
When G-Men Step In
as G-Man Bruce Garth
1938
6.0
Who Killed Gail Preston?
as 'Swing' Traynor
1938
6.0
Talent Scout
as Bert Smith
1937
6.0
Meet the Boy Friend
as Tony Page
1937
5.2
Rhythm in the Clouds
as Phil Hale
1937
5.0
The Cherokee Strip
as Tom Valley
1937
6.0
Melody for Two
as Mr. Carlson
1937
0.0
Once a Doctor
as Dr. Burton
1937
6.3
Smart Blonde
as Lewis Friel
1937
6.1
Rose Bowl
as Football Player
1936
6.0
Cain and Mabel
as Ronny Cauldwell
1936
6.1