# Louis Payne
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{{short description|American actor (1873–1954)}}
{{for|persons of a similar name|Lewis Payne (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Louis Payne
| image = William Louis Payne, actor.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1873|1|13}}
| birth_place = [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|1953|8|14|1873|1|13}}
| death_place = [Woodland Hills](/source/Woodland_Hills%2C_Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), United States
| birth_name = William Louis Payne
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{marriage|[Mrs. Leslie Carter](/source/Mrs._Leslie_Carter)|1906|1937|end=died}}
| years_active = 1915–1951
}}
'''William Louis Payne''' (January 13, 1873 – August 14, 1953) was an American [character actor](/source/character_actor) of the [silent](/source/silent_film) and [sound film](/source/sound_film) eras, as well as legitimate theater.
==Biography==
Born in Pennsylvania, Payne's acting life began in the first decade of the 1900s, when he appeared in the [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) play, ''Her Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark'', which ran at the [Manhattan Theatre](/source/Manhattan_Theatre) in 1900.[{{cite web | url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=5392 | publisher=Internet Broadway Database | title=Her Majesty, the Girl Queen of Nordenmark | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}] In 1903 he played [Nathaniel Winkle](/source/Nathaniel_Winkle) in ''Mr. Pickwick'' at the [Herald Square Theatre](/source/Herald_Square_Theatre) and later the [Grand Opera House](/source/Grand_Opera_House_(Manhattan)).[[https://gsarchive.net/AMT/pickwick/index.html Dramatis Personæ: ''Mr Pickwick'' (1903)], The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive]
In 1906, he married famous stage actress [Mrs. Leslie Carter](/source/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](/source/DuBarry_(film))'', a film created to highlight Carter, who was a protégé of the playwright [David Belasco](/source/David_Belasco). Belasco wrote the stage play of the same name on which the film is based, and in which Carter starred on Broadway.[{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=16670 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Du Barry | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}][{{cite web | url=http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=5528 | publisher=Internet Broadway Database | title=Du Barry | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}] Payne appeared in over 40 films during his 35-year career in Hollywood, as well as doing numerous plays.[{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&Type=CA&Tbl=AN&CatID=&ID=9317&searchedFor=Louis_Payne_&SortType=ASC&SortCol=RELEASE_YEAR | title=Louis Payne | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}][{{cite web | url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/louis-payne-p55606 | publisher=Allmovie.com | title=Louis Payne: biography | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}]
In 1940, three years after Carter's death, [Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Bros.) produced a [biopic](/source/Biographical_film) on her life, ''[Lady with Red Hair](/source/Lady_with_Red_Hair)'', on which Payne serves as a technical advisor.[{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=8255 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Lady with Red Hair | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}] He continued to act in small roles through the 1940s. The final film in which Payne appeared was 1951's epic ''[Quo Vadis](/source/Quo_Vadis_(1951_film))'', starring [Robert Taylor](/source/Robert_Taylor_(American_actor)) and [Deborah Kerr](/source/Deborah_Kerr), in which he played one of Jesus' 12 apostles.[{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=50257 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Quo Vadis | accessdate=December 23, 2014}}] Payne died on August 14, 1953, at the [Motion Picture Country Home](/source/Motion_Picture_Country_Home) in Woodland Hills, California. He was buried with his wife at [Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum](/source/Woodland_Cemetery%2C_Dayton%2C_Ohio) in Dayton, Ohio.[{{cite book | title=Mrs. Leslie Carter, A Biography of the Early Twentieth Century American Stage Star | last=Clinton | first=Craig | year=2006 | publisher=McFarland Publishing}}]
==Filmography==
(Per [AFI](/source/American_Film_Institute) database)