1911-12-02 ( 113 years old ) in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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.
Movies
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000-01-01
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991-01-01
Bye Bye Birdie
1963-04-04
The Marriage-Go-Round
1961-01-06
It Happened to Jane
1959-05-24
Split Second
1953-05-02
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
1953-04-06
The Green Promise
1949-03-22
Blonde Ice
1948-07-24
The Flame
1947-11-24
The Red Stallion
1947-08-16
Tangier
1946-06-06
Shady Lady
1945-09-07
Can't Help Singing
1944-12-25
Her Primitive Man
1944-05-29
Son of Dracula
1943-11-05
Crazy House
1943-10-08
Fired Wife
1943-09-04
Frontier Badmen
1943-08-05
Get Going
1943-06-21
Mister Big
1943-05-28
Cowboy in Manhattan
1943-05-21
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943-03-01
Hi, Buddy
1943-02-26
Hi'ya, Chum
1943-02-25
How's About It
1943-01-01
What We Are Fighting For
1943-01-01
Get Hep to Love
1942-10-02
Pardon My Sarong
1942-08-07
Almost Married
1942-05-22
You're Telling Me
1942-05-03
What's Cookin'?
1942-02-20
Jail House Blues
1942-02-01
Don't Get Personal
1942-01-02
Hellzapoppin'
1941-12-25
Melody Lane
1941-12-09
San Antonio Rose
1941-06-20
The Monster and the Girl
1941-02-28
Dancing on a Dime
1940-11-01
Golden Gloves
1940-08-02
Opened by Mistake
1940-05-10
Women Without Names
1940-03-14
Parole Fixer
1940-02-02
Emergency Squad
1940-01-05
First Love
1939-11-10
Death of a Champion
1939-08-24
Flying G-Men
1939-01-28
Homicide Bureau
1939-01-05
The Last Warning
1938-12-07
I Stand Accused
1938-10-29
The Lady Objects
1938-10-12
Highway Patrol
1938-06-27
The Main Event
1938-06-22
There's Always a Woman
1938-04-20
When G-Men Step In
1938-03-16
Who Killed Gail Preston?
1938-02-24
Talent Scout
1937-07-24
Meet the Boy Friend
1937-07-12
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937-06-21
The Cherokee Strip
1937-05-15
Melody for Two
1937-05-01
Once a Doctor
1937-01-23
Smart Blonde
1937-01-02
Rose Bowl
1936-11-30
Cain and Mabel
1936-09-26
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