Robert Paige

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1911-12-02
Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Also Known As: John Arthur Paige

Movies List of Robert Paige

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Son of Dracula

1943 Movie
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Bye Bye Birdie

1963 Movie
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Split Second

1953 Movie
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Blonde Ice

1948 Movie
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The Flame

1947 Movie
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Flying G-Men

1939 Movie
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Can't Help Singing

1944 Movie
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Hellzapoppin'

1941 Movie
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San Antonio Rose

1941 Movie
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Smart Blonde

1937 Movie
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Get Hep to Love

1942 Movie
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The Marriage-Go-Round

1961 Movie
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Jail House Blues

1942 Movie
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Golden Gloves

1940 Movie
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Shady Lady

1945 Movie
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Rhythm in the Clouds

1937 Movie
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Cain and Mabel

1936 Movie
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Mister Big

1943 Movie
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Tangier

1946 Movie
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Meet the Boy Friend

1937 Movie
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Fired Wife

1943 Movie
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Dancing on a Dime

1940 Movie
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Women Without Names

1940 Movie
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How's About It

1943 Movie
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The Red Stallion

1947 Movie
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I Stand Accused

1938 Movie
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The Green Promise

1949 Movie
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Rose Bowl

1936 Movie
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Melody for Two

1937 Movie
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Homicide Bureau

1939 Movie
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Her Primitive Man

1944 Movie
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First Love

1939 Movie
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Parole Fixer

1940 Movie
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The Lady Objects

1938 Movie
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The Cherokee Strip

1937 Movie
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Frontier Badmen

1943 Movie
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Once a Doctor

1937 Movie
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Emergency Squad

1940 Movie
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What's Cookin'?

1942 Movie
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When G-Men Step In

1938 Movie
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Talent Scout

1937 Movie
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The Last Warning

1938 Movie
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Almost Married

1942 Movie
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Melody Lane

1941 Movie
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Hi'ya, Chum

1943 Movie
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Hi, Buddy

1943 Movie
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Pardon My Sarong

1942 Movie
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Get Going

1943 Movie
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Highway Patrol

1938 Movie
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Don't Get Personal

1942 Movie
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Keep 'Em Slugging

1943 Movie
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The Main Event

1938 Movie
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You're Telling Me

1942 Movie
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Cowboy in Manhattan

1943 Movie
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Crazy House

1943 Movie
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Opened by Mistake

1940 Movie
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Death of a Champion

1939 Movie
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It Happened to Jane

1959 Movie