Who played the male lead in the movie, "Miracle on 34th St.?" (old ver!
Question: John Payne .as.. Fred Gailey
Answers: John Payne .as.. Fred Gailey
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Edmund Gwenn was Santa and John Payne was the boyfriend. I'm not sure which you're looking for.
Edmund Gwynn was Kris Kringle. Or did you mean John Payne who was the attorney?
John Payne played Fred Gailey and Edmund Gwenn played Kris Kringle.
Here's the IMDb page for the movie: http://imdb.com/title/tt0039628/
John Payne played Fred, but Edmund Gwenn played Kris Kringle.