Paul Langton

Paul Langton
Paul Langton
	Langton in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
Born	April 17, 1913
Died	April 15, 1980 (aged 66); Burbank, California, U.S.
Alma mater	California School of Fine Arts
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Elda Piva

Paul Langton (April 17, 1913 – April 15, 1980)^[1] was an American actor perhaps best known for his role as Leslie Harrington on the television series Peyton Place.

Early years

When Langton was 12 years old he moved from Salt Lake City to San Francisco^[2] to be with his father, Ernest Langton, a former vaudevillian who then worked in the mailing department of the San Francisco Examiner. He attended Lowell High School^[3] and the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California.^[4] He worked in the press rooms of The Salt Lake Telegram and the Examiner to finance his education.^[5]

Career

Langton's early stage experience included acting in productions of the Mountain Play Association in California^[6] and the Pasadena Playhouse.^[5] In 1950 he portrayed Biff in a touring company of Death of a Salesman.^[2] He performed on Broadway in Harbor Lights (1956).^[7]

Making his movie bow in 1941, Langton became a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, frequently appearing in war films. Later, Langton was seen in character parts or supporting roles in such films as The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957). He also was a voice actor on Lux Radio Theatre from 1942 to 1954.^{[citation needed]}

Langton began appearing on television in 1951 in a series called The Web.^[8] His first regular role was that of Walter Dennis on the daytime series The Brighter Day.^[9] He also made five guest appearances on Perry Mason from 1958 to 1962, three of which were as prosecuting attorneys. But it was the role of Leslie Harrington on the prime time serial Peyton Place (1964–68)^[9]^{: 828–829} that finally gave him a level of stardom. After he was written out of the series, he appeared in half a dozen other programs including It Takes a Thief (1968), Ironside (TV series) and, in his final role, Emergency!, before retiring due to ill health.

Personal life and death

Langton was married to Elda Piva.^[3] He died in Burbank, California on April 15, 1980, aged 65.^[10] Langton was a Mormon.^[11]

Filmography

Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1943	We've Never Been Licked	Naval Officer	Uncredited
	First Comes Courage	Minor Role	Uncredited
	The Cross of Lorraine	French Soldier	Uncredited
	Destination Tokyo	'Copperfin' Crewman / Barber	Uncredited
1944	Marriage Is a Private Affair	Soldier	Uncredited
	Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo	Captain 'Ski' York
	The Thin Man Goes Home	Tom Clayworth	Uncredited
	Dark Shadows^{[citation needed]}	Peter Selkin, Suspect	Short crime drama film unrelated to later supernatural TV series; uncredited
	Gentle Annie	Violet Goss
1945	This Man's Navy	Minor Role	Uncredited
	The Hidden Eye	Barry Gifford
	Purity Squad	Mr. Winthrop	Short film, Uncredited
	What Next, Corporal Hargrove?	Captain Drake
	They Were Expendable	Ensign 'Andy' Andrews
1946	Magic on a Stick	John Walker	Short film, Uncredited
	The Hoodlum Saint	Bit Part	(scenes deleted)
	Courage of Lassie	Minor Role	Uncredited
	Till the Clouds Roll By	Oscar Hammerstein II	Fictionalized M-G-M musical biopic of composer Jerome Kern
1947	My Brother Talks to Horses	Mr. Gillespie
	The Sea of Grass	Young Doctor	Uncredited
	The Romance of Rosy Ridge	Tom Yeary
	For You I Die	Johnny Coulter
1948	Fighting Back	Nick Sanders
	A Song Is Born	Joe
	Trouble Preferred	Ed Poole
1953	Big Leaguer	Brian McLennan
1953	Jack Slade	Dan Traver
1954	Return from the Sea	Lieutenant Commander Frank Manley
1954	The Snow Creature	Dr. Frank Parrish
1955	Dr. Harvey W. Wiley^{[citation needed]}	Harvey W. Wiley	TV movie; episode of Hallmark Hall of Fame
	Murder Is My Beat	Ray Patrick
	To Hell and Back	Colonel Howe
	The Big Knife	Buddy Bliss
1957	Utah Blaine	Rip Coker
	The Incredible Shrinking Man	Charlie Carey
	Calypso Heat Wave	Mack Adams
	Chicago Confidential	Police Captain Jake Parker
1958	Girl in the Woods	Luke Plummer
1958	It! The Terror from Beyond Space	Lieutenant James Calder
1959	The Cosmic Man	Colonel Matthews
	Invisible Invaders	Lieutenant General Stone
	The Last Angry Man	Jack Vickery	Uncredited
1960	The Big Night	Spencer
1960	Three Came to Kill	Agent Ben Scanlon
1963	Dime with a Halo	Mr. Jones
	Twilight of Honor	Air Force Sergeant Kelly	Uncredited
	4 for Texas	Beauregard
1964	Man's Favorite Sport?	Jim Stern	Uncredited
	Advance to the Rear	Major Forsythe	Uncredited
	Shock Treatment	Judge Knox	Uncredited
	Youngblood Hawke	Glenn Hawke	Uncredited
TV series
Year	Title	Role	Note
1951	Tales of Tomorrow		Season 1 Episode 7: "The Monsters"
1951–1954	Danger		Season 1 Episode 46: "Goodbye, Hannah" (1951) Season 2 Episode 4: "Sleep and Tell" (1951) Season 2 Episode 5: "Inherit Murder" (1951) Season 2 Episode 15: "Passage for Christmas" (1951) Season 2 Episode 33: "Border Incident" (1952) Season 4 Episode 20: "In Line of Duty" (1954)
	Suspense	Winters / Dave Delaney	Season 3 Episode 41: "The Call" (1951) Season 3 Episode 46: "Tent on the Beach" (1951) Season 4 Episode 10: "Frisco Payoff" (1951) as Winters Season 4 Episode 14: "Pier 17" (1951) as Dave Delaney Season 4 Episode 44: "Death Cargo" (1952) Season 6 Episode 22: "Death on the Screen" (1954)
	The Web		Season 1 Episode 48: "Cops Must Be Tough" (1951) Season 1 Episode 59: "The Edge of Terror" (1951) Season 2 Episode 15: "Sentence of Death" (1952) Season 2 Episode 25: "The Phantom of the Bridge" (1952) Season 2 Episode 31: "Prelude to Murder" (1952) Season 4 Episode 35: "Brush-Off" (1954)
1951–1956	Kraft Television Theatre		Season 5 Episode 4: "Irish Eyes" (1951) Season 7 Episode 27: "Two Weeks in the Country" (1954) Season 9 Episode 42: "Babies for Sale" (1956)
1952	Armstrong Circle Theatre		Season 2 Episode 30: "Troubled Sands"
	CBS Television Workshop		Season 1 Episode 14: "Rainy Day on Paradise Junction"
	Goodyear Television Playhouse		Season 1 Episode 17: "The Lantern Copy" Season 1 Episode 21: "The Trial of Steven Kent"
	The Doctor		Season 1 Episode 4: "The Baker Story" Season 1 Episode 17: "Marti"
1952–1953	Chevron Theatre	Mark Tracey	Season 1 Episode 50: "My Brother's Wife" (1952) Season 2 Episode 1: "Island of Stone" (1953) as Mark Tracey Season 2 Episode 3: "The Beautiful Miss X" (1953) Season 2 Episode 24: "The Worried Man" (1953)
1952–1955	Studio One	(1) Marsh Huddleston (2) Mike Barnaby (3) John Temple	Season 5 Episode 1: "The Kill" (1952) as (1) Season 6 Episode 20: "Herman, Come by Bomber" (1954) as (2) Season 7 Episode 22: "The Broken Spur" (1955) as (3)
1953	Fireside Theatre	Ben	Season 6 Episode 8: "Phantom of the Bridge"
1953	Your Jeweler's Showcase	Charlie Harris	Season 1 Episode 20: "Cell 14"
1953–1955	The Ford Television Theatre	Dr. Chuck Kennedy Frank Johnson	Season 1 Episode 35: "The Jewel" (1953) as Dr. Chuck Kennedy Season 2 Episode 26: "The Taming of the Shrewd" (1954) Season 3 Episode 6: "The Road Ahead" (1954) Season 4 Episode 4: "Twelve to Eternity" (1955) as Frank Johnson
1953–1955	Letter to Loretta	(1) Fred Broc (2) Roy (3) Norvil Knox (4) Johnny Ames (5) Mark Hodges	Season 1 Episode 4: "Girl on a Flagpole" (1953) as (1) Season 1 Episode 6: "Earthquake" (1953) as (2) Season 1 Episode 18: "Secret Answer" (1954) as (3) Season 2 Episode 4: "The Lamp" (1954) as (4) Season 3 Episode 14: "A Pattern of Deceit" (1955) as (5)
1954	Cavalcade of America	Captain Joshua Patten	Season 2 Episode 32: "The Skipper's Lady"
	The Public Defender	Gil Wells	Season 1 Episode 16: "Youth Crime Ring"
	The Lone Wolf	Steber	Season 1 Episode 15: "The Las Vegas Story"
1954–1955	The Lone Ranger	Clay Trowbridge Regis Bassett	Season 4 Episode 1: "The Fugitive" (1954) as Clay Trowbridge Season 4 Episode 51: "Counterfeit Redskins" (1955) as Regis Bassett
1954–1957	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	(1) Mal Martin (2) Landry (3) Cochran (4) Pete Hunter (5) Stacey Harris	Season 3 Episode 45: "Rabbit Foot" (1954) as (1) Season 4 Episode 18: "The Cool One" (1955) as (2) Season 4 Episode 37: "Sentence of Death" (1955) as (3) Season 5 Episode 26: "The Waiting House" (1956) as (4) Season 7 Episode 5: "Smarty" (1957) as (5)
1955	The Whistler	Max	Season 1 Episode 19: "Sleep My Pretty One"
	Damon Runyon Theater	Barney Reardon	Season 1 Episode 4: "The Lacework Kid"
	City Detective	Philip	Season 2 Episode 30: "Case of the Beautiful Miss X"
	Treasury Men in Action	Scottie Barrow	Season 5 Episode 35: "The Case of the Perfect Gentleman"
	Front Row Center	Douglas Proctor	Season 1 Episode 9: "Guest in the House"
	Celebrity Playhouse	Cowie Thomas	Season 1 Episode 3: "Showdown at San Pablo"
	Four Star Playhouse	Garry Anchor	Season 4 Episode 3: "Let the Chips Fall"
	Frontier	Fred Graham	Season 1 Episode 7: "King of the Dakotas, Part 1"
1955–1956	Lux Video Theatre	Carl / Matthews	Season 5 Episode 45: "Last Year's Snow" (1955) as Carl Season 6 Episode 18: "Witness to Murder" (1956) as Matthews
1955–1959	The Millionaire	John 'Jack' Martin Dr. Ralph Spencer	Season 1 Episode 16: "The Jack Martin Story" (1955) as John 'Jack' Martin Season 5 Episode 28: "Millionaire Henry Banning" (1959) as Dr. Ralph Spencer
1956	Navy Log	Tim Lansing	Season 1 Episode 36: "Night Landing"
1956	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Arthur Summers	Season 2 Episode 2: "Fog Closing In"
1956–1958	Matinee Theatre	Paul McLean Matt	Season 1 Episode 121: "In Dread of Winter" (1956) Season 2 Episode 13: "A Question of Balance" (1956) as Paul McLean Season 2 Episode 112: "Voyage to Mandok" (1957) Season 3 Episode 88: "Cave-In" (1958) as Matt Season 3 Episode 128: "Walk the Sky" (1958) Season 3 Episode 160: "Course for Collision" (1958)
1957	The Gray Ghost	Gabe Travers	Season 1 Episode 11: "The Rescue"
	The Restless Gun	Adam Robie	Season 1 Episode 3: "Revenge at Harness Creek"
	Telephone Time	Dr. Samuel Rinehart	Season 3 Episode 13: "Novel Appeal"
	Code 3	Tim Hayes	Season 1 Episode 38: "Sunset Strip"
1957–1958	Broken Arrow	Colonel Horn	Season 2 Episode 10: "Renegades Return" (1957) Season 2 Episode 18: "Massacre" (1958)
1957–1959	State Trooper	Hal Denton Charles Medford	Season 1 Episode 12: "The Cash Out" (1957) as Hal Denton Season 3 Episode 2: "The Trap that Jack Built" (1959) as Charles Medford
1958	M Squad	Van Wert	Season 1 Episode 16: "The Cover-Up"
	Mike Hammer	Frank Beulah Lew Fallon	Season 1 Episode 3: "Hot Hands, Cold Dice" as Frank Beulah Season 1 Episode 29: "Four Blind Mice" as Lew Fallon
	The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen	Police Lieutenant Peter Maas	Season 1 Episode 6: "Cat of Many Tails"
	Lawman	Matt Saint	Season 1 Episode 9: "Bloodline"
	Playhouse 90	Paul Newton	Season 3 Episode 10: "Free Weekend"
	Steve Canyon	Major Martin	Season 1 Episode 12: "Pilot Error"
1958–1961	Gunsmoke	Major Evans Killion Rob Curtin	Season 4 Episode 3: "Gunsmuggler" (1958) as Major Evans Season 5 Episode 15: "Tag, You're It" (1959) as Killion Season 6 Episode 34: "The Imposter" (1961) as Rob Curtin
1958–1962	Wagon Train	Father Martin Ralph Morse	Season 2 Episode 2: "The Juan Ortega Story" (1958) as Father Martin Season 5 Episode 30: "The Terry Morrell Story" (1962) as Ralph Morse
1958–1962	Perry Mason	(1) Harry Vance (2) Simon Atley (3) & (5) Deputy District Attorney Bertram Telford (4) Prosecutor Green	Season 1 Episode 24: "The Case of the Deadly Double" (1958) as (1) Season 3 Episode 8: "The Case of the Bartered Bikini" (1959) as (2) Season 4 Episode 6: "The Case of the Wandering Widow" (1960) as (3) Season 4 Episode 22: "The Case of the Cowardly Lion" (1961) as (4) Season 5 Episode 27: "The Case of the Counterfeit Crank" (1962) as (5)
1959	The Lineup		Season 5 Episode 16: "The Frederick Freemont Case"
	Zane Grey Theater	Tom Lamont	Season 3 Episode 20: "Deadfall"
	Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond	Mr. Garrick	Season 1 Episode 8: "Premonition"
	The Rough Riders	Rudabaugh	Season 1 Episode 32: "Forty-Five Caliber Law"
	Men Into Space	Major Dr. Warnecke	Season 1 Episode 4: "Water Tank Rescue" Season 1 Episode 12: "Christmas on the Moon"
1959–1963	The Twilight Zone	Doctor / George	Season 1 Episode 1: "Where Is Everybody?" (series pilot) (1959) as Doctor Season 4 Episode 16: "On Thursday We Leave for Home" (1963) as George
1960	Tightrope	Lieutenant Harkness	Season 1 Episode 17: "Night of the Gun"
	Markham	Lieutenant Gromby	Season 1 Episode 31: "Sing a Song of Murder"
	Hawaiian Eye	John O'Neil	Season 1 Episode 19: "Hong Kong Passage"
	Tales of Wells Fargo	Frisbee / Leo Summers	Season 4 Episode 30: "Trading Post" as Frisbee Season 5 Episode 11: "Jeff Davis' Treasure" as Leo Summers
	Law of the Plainsman	Sergeant Sean McGrath	Season 1 Episode 29: "Cavern of the Wind"
	Not for Hire	Saunders	Season 1 Episode 30: "The General's Daughter"
	Rawhide	Henry J. Porter	Season 2 Episode 30: "Incident of the Silent Web"
	Shotgun Slade	Convict #1	Season 1 Episode 36: "A Flower on Boot Hill"
	The Chevy Mystery Show	Dr. Walter Halsey	Season 1 Episode 3: "The Summer Hero"
	Bat Masterson	Marshal	Season 3 Episode 1: "Debt of Honor"
1960–1962	The Untouchables	Bob Wheaton Carleton Edmunds	Season 1 Episode 22: "The White Slavers" as Bob Wheaton Season 4 Episode 11: "The Floyd Gibbons Story" as Carleton Edmunds
1961	National Velvet	Reg Tolland	Season 1 Episode 19: "The Colt"
	Laramie	Sheriff	Season 2 Episode 16: "Killer Without Cause"
	The Brothers Brannagan	Frankie Lyons	Season 1 Episode 17: "Overexposed"
	Lassie	Sergeant Nolan	Season 7 Episode 22: "The Patriot"
	Tallahassee 7000	Todd	Season 1 Episode 7: "The Violent Night"
	Adventures in Paradise	Dr. Stan Sandholm	Season 2 Episode 21: "Angel of Death"
	The Roaring 20's	Lieutenant Michael Carey	Season 1 Episode 20: "War with the Nighthawkers"
	Cheyenne	Clairmont Sheriff	Season 6 Episode 4: "The Young Fugitives"
	Checkmate	The Architect	Season 2 Episode 9: "The Two of Us"
	77 Sunset Strip	Mark Evans	Season 4 Episode 15: "The Chrome Coffin"
1962	Ripcord	Haney	Season 1 Episode 34: "Log Jam"
	Bus Stop	Bob Pearson	Season 1 Episode 15: "Summer Lightning"
	Alcoa Premiere	Sullivan	Season 1 Episode 26: "A Place to Hide"
	The Eleventh Hour	Assistant District Attorney Walter Maylie	Season 1 Episode 7: "Angie, You Made My Heart Stop"
	Mister Ed	Frank Gordon	Season 3 Episode 12: "Wilbur the Masher"
	The Brighter Day	Walter Dennis	Unknown episode
1963	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Tab Lamb	Season 2 Episode 14: "Love is a Sad Song"
	The Virginian	Bartlett	Season 1 Episode 18: "Say Goodbye to All That"
	The Fugitive	Sheriff	Season 1 Episode 10: "Fatso"
1964	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Sheriff Johnny Kyle	Season 1 Episode 11: "The Deep End"
1964	The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters	Beaufoy	Season 1 Episode 21: "The Day of the Lame Duck"
1964-1968	Peyton Place	Leslie Harrington	219 episodes
1968	The Outcasts	Gregg Jeremy	Season 1 Episode 3: "Three Ways to Die"
1968	It Takes a Thief	Preston Washburne	Season 2 Episode 11: "Glass Riddle"
1970	The Immortal	Walter Hiller	Season 1 Episode 1: "Sylvia"
1971	Ironside	Judge	Season 4 Episode 24: "Lesson in Terror"
1971	My Three Sons	Father O'Hara	Season 12 Episode 12: "The Sound of Music"
1972	Emergency!	Myron Gilmore	Season 1 Episode 2: "Botulism" (final appearance)

Notes

^ Kear, Lynn; Rossman, John (2012). The Complete Kay Francis Career Record: All Film, Stage, Radio and Television Appearances. McFarland. p. 249. ISBN 9781476602875. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b Rickert, Ruth (January 20, 1950). "Salt Laker Scores on Stage". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. 22. Retrieved August 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Paul Langton Started at Lowell". The San Francisco Examiner. California, San Francisco. March 9, 1947. p. 138. Retrieved 31 August 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "'Salesman' Cast Enjoys Its Hobbies". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. August 13, 1950. p. Part IV – 4. Retrieved May 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Paul Langton Takes Demanding Role in Play Due at Fox". Santa Barbara News-Press. September 6, 1950. p. 10. Retrieved August 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mountain Play Casting Is Now On". San Anselmo Herald. California, San Anselmo. April 11, 1940. p. 7. Retrieved May 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Paul Langton". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on October 14, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
^ Performers' Television Credits, 1948–2000
^ ^a ^b Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
^ "Paul Langton". The Muscatine Journal. Classic Images. June 28, 1980. p. 46. Retrieved August 30, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Biographies: Latter-day Saint and/or Utah Film Personalities: L". www.ldsfilm.com.