Robert Paige

Robert Paige was an American actor who made about 65 films and was best known for playing the lead in the horror picture Son of Dracula (1943). Born in Indianapolis, he spent six years in radio before his screen debut in 1934, first billed as David Carlyle so audiences would not confuse him with the rising leading man John Payne. He worked mainly for Warner Brothers and Republic, then signed with Columbia Pictures in 1938, which gave him the name Robert Paige and cast him in B features. A year at Paramount brought The Monster and the Girl (1941), and from 1941 Universal used him as a romantic lead in comedies and musicals. He later produced independently, was the last permanent host of The Colgate Comedy Hour, and received an Emmy for Best Male Personality in 1955. He became a Los Angeles television newscaster, and his final film was Bye Bye Birdie (1963). He died in 1987.