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 1944s Cant 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 Universals reliable stars, playing romantic leads. He is prominent in many of Universals 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 NBCs 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.

Filmes indisponível de Robert Paige

Son of Dracula

Frank Stanley

Filme 1943

Bye Bye Birdie

Bob Precht

Filme 1963

Split Second

Arthur Ashton

Filme 1953

Blonde Ice

Les Burns

Filme 1948

The Flame

Barry MacAllister

Filme 1947

Can't Help Singing

Johnny Lawlor

Filme 1944

Hellzapoppin'

Jeff Hunter

Filme 1941

San Antonio Rose

Con Conway

Filme 1941

Smart Blonde

Lewis Friel

Filme 1937

The Monster and the Girl

Larry Reed

Filme 1941

The Marriage-Go-Round

Dr. Ross Barnett

Filme 1961

Jail House Blues

Cliff Bailey

Filme 1942

Golden Gloves

Wally Matson

Filme 1940

Shady Lady

Bob Wendell

Filme 1945

The Many Faces of Dracula

Frank Stanley (archive footage)

Filme 2000

Who Killed Gail Preston?

'Swing' Traynor

Filme 1938

Cain and Mabel

Ronny Cauldwell

Filme 1936

Mister Big

Johnny Hanley

Filme 1943

Tangier

Paul Kenyon

Filme 1946

Meet the Boy Friend

Tony Page

Filme 1937

Fired Wife

Hank Dunne

Filme 1943

Dancing on a Dime

Ted Brooks

Filme 1940

Women Without Names

Fred MacNeil

Filme 1940

How's About It

George Selby

Filme 1943

There's Always a Woman

Jerry Marlowe

Filme 1938

I Stand Accused

Joe Benson

Filme 1938

The Green Promise

David Barkley

Filme 1949

Melody for Two

Mr. Carlson

Filme 1937

Her Primitive Man

Peter Mathews / Pangi

Filme 1944

Parole Fixer

Steve Eddson

Filme 1940

The Cherokee Strip

Tom Valley

Filme 1937

Frontier Badmen

Steve Logan

Filme 1943

Once a Doctor

Dr. Burton

Filme 1937

Emergency Squad

Chester 'Chesty' Miller

Filme 1940

What's Cookin'?

Bob J. Riley

Filme 1942

When G-Men Step In

G-Man Bruce Garth

Filme 1938

Talent Scout

Bert Smith

Filme 1937

The Last Warning

Tony Henderson (as Robert Page)

Filme 1938

Melody Lane

Gabe Morgan

Filme 1941

Hi'ya, Chum

Tommy Craig

Filme 1943

Hi, Buddy

Johnny Blake

Filme 1943

Get Going

Bob Carlton

Filme 1943

Highway Patrol

William Rolph

Filme 1938

Don't Get Personal

Paul Stevens

Filme 1942

The Main Event

Mac Richards

Filme 1938

You're Telling Me

Dr. Burnside 'Burnsy' Walker

Filme 1942

Cowboy in Manhattan

Bob Allen

Filme 1943

Opened by Mistake

Jimmie Daniels

Filme 1940

Death of a Champion

Alec Temple

Filme 1939

Série de TV indisponível de Robert Paige

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Tv 1950

The Millionaire

Whitney Ames

Tv 1955

Lux Video Theatre

Bill Russell

Tv 1950

Cavalcade of America

Tv 1952

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self - Host

Tv 1950

Four Star Playhouse

Paul Campbell

Tv 1952

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Host

Tv 1951