ROBERT PAIGE BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Robert Paige was born on December 2nd, 1910 in Indianapolis, Indiana with the birth name John Arthur Paige. Originally after high school he went to West Point Military Academy but decided to leave the academy early and relocated to Los Angeles, California in pursuit of a career as an actor.
Paige began with finding work as an usher at the Fox West Coast Theatres and later found work as a radio announcer on the station, KMTR in Hollywood. By the early 1930's, Paige began working as a film actor appearing on a number of shorts such as, "You Can't Buy Everything" (1934) starring May Robson, Jean Parker, Lewis Stone, Mary Forbes, Walter Brennan, Bruce Bennett and William Bakewell, "Annapolis Farewell" (1935) sarring Guy Standing, Rosalind Keith, Tom Brown and Richard Cromwell, "Hearts in Bondage" (1936) starring James Dunn, Mae Clark, Warner Richmond, Smiley Burnette, Charlotte Henry, Irving Pichel, Ben Alexander, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Henry B. Walthall and David Manners and his first real substantial role in, "Cain and Mabel" (1936) starring Clark Gable and Marion Davies.
Soon he began adding more well known films to his resume such as, "Smart Blonde" (1937) co-starring Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Addison Richards, Craig Reynolds, Charlotte Wynters, Jane Wyman, Tom Kennedy, Frank Faylen, and Fred 'Snowflake' Toones, "Meet the Boy Friend" (1937) starring as David Carlyle with Carol Huges, Warren Hymer, Syd Saylor and Smiley Brnette, "Highway Patrol" (1938) also starring Jacqueline Wells and Robert Middlemass, "The Main Event" (1938), "Flying G-Men" (1939) starring as as Hal Andrews, Flying G-Man, and The Black Falcon with Ann Duran, Dick Curtis, Richard Fiske, Lorna Gray and James Craig, "Emergency Squad" (1940) starring William Henry, Louise Campbell, Richard Denning and Anthony Quinn, "Women Without Names" (1940) starring Ellen Drew, Fay Helm, Louise Beavers, Jdith Barrett and Marjorie Main, "Golden Gloves" (1940) starring alongside Richard Denning, Jeanne Cagney, J. Carrol Naish, William Frawley, Robert Ryan and Edward Brophy and "The Monster and the Girl" (1941) starring Philip Terry, Ellen Drew, George Zucco, Paul Lukas, Rod Cameron and Gerald Mohr.
Along with his talent as an actor, he was also a talented vocalist and was given the chance to shine in the film, "Hellzapoppin" (1941) starring Ole Oleson, Chic Johnson, Martha Raye, Mischa Auer and Shemp Howard, followed by other singing roles in, "Pardon My Sarong" (1942) starring Abbott and Costello, Virginia Bruce, William Demarest and Lionel Atwill, "What's Cookin'?" (1942) starring The Andrews Sisters, Jane Frazee, Leo Carrillo, Franklin Pangborn, Billie Burke and Gloria Jean, "How About It" (1943) starring The Andrews Sisters, Grace McDonald, David Bruce and Shemp Howard and "Can't Help Singing" (1944) co-starring with Deanna Durbin, Akim Tamiroff, Thomas Gomez, George Cleveland, Ray Collins and David Bruce.
By 1946 he decided to work as a freelance actor and in 1949 he not only starred in but also produced his first film, "The Green Promise" starring wth starring Marguerite Chapman, Walter Brennan, Natalie Wood, Irving Bacon and Milburn Stone. His final film roles were in 1961 on, "The Marriage-Go-Round" and "Bye Bye Birdie" (1963) starring Ann Margret, Dick Van Dyke, Maureen Stapleton, Janet Leigh, Paul Lynde, Ed Sullivan, Jesse Pearson and Bobby Rydell but for the most part the later half of his career was focused on television work where he appeared in such series as, "Out There", "The Unexpected", "Lux Video Theatre", "Crossroads", "The Gray Ghost", "Bride and Groom", The Barbara Stanwyck Show" and "The Millionaire".
Robert Paige later returned back to working as a radio announcer and even found work in public relations. After retiring from the industry, Paige worked as a deputy supervisor in Los Angeles, California.
He married twice throughout his lifetime, first to Betty Henning in 1940 and this marriage came to an end in 1960. He then married his second wife, Joanne Ludden in 1962 and they had one child together and remained married until he passed away at the age of seventy six, on December 21st, 1987 in San Clemente, California after suffering from an aortic aneurysm.
Filmography
1963 Bye Bye Birdie
1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1961 The Marriage-Go-Round
1960 The Millionaire
1951 Bride and Groom
1957 Official Detective
1957 Crossroads
1957 The Gray Ghost
1953-1954 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1954 Four Star Playhouse
1953 Cavalcade of America
1953 Lux Video Theatre
1953 Split Second
1953 Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1952 The Schaefer Century Theatre
1952 Gruen Guild Theater
1952 Fireside Theatre
1952 The Unexpected
1951 Out There
1951 The Bigelow Theatre
1949 The Green Promise
1948 Blonde Ice
1947 The Flame
1947 The Red Stallion
1946 Tangier
1945 Shady Lady
1944 Can't Help Singing
1944 Her Primitive Man
1944 Golden Gloves
1943 Son of Dracula
1943 Crazy House
1943 Fired Wife
1943 Frontier Badmen
1943 Get Going
1943 Mister Big
1943 What We Are Fighting For
1943 Cowboy in Manhattan
1943 Keep 'Em Slugging
1943 Hi, Buddy
1943 Hi'ya, Chum
1943 How's About It
1942 Get Hep to Love
1942 Pardon My Sarong
1942 Almost Marrie
1942 You're Telling Me
1942 What's Cookin'?
1942 Jail House Blues
1942 Don't Get Personal
1941 Hellzapoppin'
1941 Melody Lane
1941 San Antonio Rose
1941 The Flame of New Orleans
1941 The Monster and the Girl
1940 Dancing on a Dime
1940 Golden Gloves
1940 Opened by Mistake
1940 Women Without Names
1940 Parole Fixer
1940 Emergency Squad
1939 First Love
1939 Death of a Champion
1939 Flying G-Men
1939 Homicide Bureau
1938 The Last Warning
1938 I Stand Accused
1938 The Lady Objects
1938 Highway Patrol
1938 The Main Event
1938 There's Always a Woman
1938 When G-Men Step In
1938 Who Killed Gail Preston?
1938 The Kid Comes Back
1938 Sergeant Murphy
1937 Talent Scout
1937 Meet the Boy Friend
1937 Rhythm in the Clouds
1937 The Cherokee Strip
1937 Melody for Two
1937 Once a Doctor
1937 Smart Blonde
1936 Rose Bowl
1936 Cain and Mabel
1936 Hearts in Bondage
1935 Annapolis Farewell
1934 You Can't Buy Everything
